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Joe
Stowell
One
of my favorite stories is about the Texas rancher who was doing
agricultural consulting
for a farmer in
Germany. He asked the German
farmer about the size of his property, to which he replied, “About a mile square.” When the
German asked the Texan about the size of his ranch, the rancher
explained that if he got in
his pick-up truck at dawn and drove until sunset he would still be on
his ranch. Not to be outdone,
the farmer replied, “I used to have an old
truck like that!”(Perspective-Spanish-Audio-)
All
joking aside, it’s
important to have the right perspective. Unfortunately, the
Christians in Laodicea had
the wrong perspective about wealth (Rev. 3:14-22). By all appearances, they were rich. They
had plenty of earthly goods and thought they needed nothing—not even Jesus.
But Jesus had a
different perspective. In spite of their material prosperity, He saw that they were “wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and
naked” (v.17). So He invited them to become truly rich by
seeking what only He
could provide: purity, character,
righteousness, and wisdom.
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Read: Revelation 3:14-22 |
Let’s not make the Laodicean mistake. Instead, let’s keep our perspective right about what it means to be rich. True wealth is not measured by what you have but by who you are in Christ. (Revelation
3 -Audio-)
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[You] do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. —Revelation 3:17 |
In Christ we’re rich beyond belief
With wealth the world cannot see; We have new strength and character, New righteousness and purity. —Sper The
poorest person is he whose only wealth is money.
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Bible
in a Year: Deut. 26-27; Mark 14:27-53 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
Thanks to the Sources at: rbc[dot]org -and- odb[dot]org |
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¿Quien fue el hombre que mientras mentia Dios estaba con él y cuando dijo la verdad Dios se aparto de él?
Libro de Jueces : La historia de Sansón y Dalila. (Jueces 16:13 mentira, v. 17 dijo la verdad y v. 20 Dios se aparto de él.)- Después Sansón se enamoró de una mujer llamada Dalila, que vivía en el valle de Sore. Los jefes de los filisteos fueron a ver a Dalila, y le dijeron: –Engaña a Sansón y averigua de dónde le vienen sus fuerzas extraordinarias, y cómo podríamos vencerle; así podremos atarle y tenerle sujeto. A cambio de tus servicios, cada uno de nosotros te dará mil cien monedas de plata. -Entonces ella dijo a Sansón: –Por favor, dime de dónde te vienen esas fuerzas extraordinarias. ¿Hay algún modo de atarte sin que te puedas soltar?-Sansón le respondió: –Si me atan con siete cuerdas de arco que todavía no estén secas, perderé mi fuerza y seré un hombre común y corriente. Los jefes de los filisteos llevaron a Dalila siete cuerdas de arco nuevas, y con ellas Dalila ató a Sansón. Y como ya antes había escondido a unos hombres en su cuarto, gritó: –¡Sansón, te atacan los f...
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