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Felipe
Massa of Brazil should have won the Formula One Grand Prix in
Singapore. But as he drove off from a refueling stop while in the lead,
the fuel hose was still attached. By the time his team removed the
hose, he had lost so much time that he finished 13th.
The
apostle Paul warned Timothy of another kind of attachment that would
cause him defeat—“the affairs of this life” (2 Tim. 2:4). He urged
Timothy not to let anything slow him down or distract him from the
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No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life. — 2 Timothy 2:4 |
There
are many attractive things in our world that are so easy to get
entangled with—hobbies, sports, TV, computer games. These may start off
as “refueling” activities, but later they can take up so much of our
time and thought that they interfere with the purpose for which God
created us: to share the good news of Christ, serve Him with our gifts,
and bring glory to Him.
 Paul told Timothy why he ought not be entangled with this world’s affairs: So that he could “please Him” (v.4). If your desire is to please the Lord Jesus, you will want to stay untangled from the world. As John reminds us, “The world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:17).
Although
we live in this world,
we must declare our allegiance to heaven.  |
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| Bible
in a Year: Ruth 1-4; Luke 8:1-25 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
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En el amor no hay temor, sino que el amor perfecto echa fuera el temor. El que teme espera el castigo, así que no ha sido perfeccionado en el amor. (1 Juan 4:17b-18) Amor, una palabra que está en la boca de muchos y en el corazón de pocos. Vivimos en un mundo frío y violento, tanto en los hechos como en las palabras, donde el amor parece haberse enfriado. Este ambiente sombrío genera miedo, depresión y desencanto con la vida. Pero cuando alzamos nuestros ojos para ver el verdadero amor, no ese amor que muestran las películas, sino el amor que vence al miedo y supera a la muerte, toda la opresión de este mundo no es suficiente para abatirnos. El amor derramado por Dios a través de su hijo Jesús es capaz de vencer el miedo y el castigo. Debemos alimentarnos de este amor y esparcirlo. Este amor no puede ser prohibido por la ley y nadie es capaz de arrebatarlo. ¡Debemos perfeccionarnos en este amor! Sí, es necesario, pues este es un amor práctico. De la misma forma en que somos alimentados...
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