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Of Pain And GainBill CrowderPosted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com  Thanks to the Sources at: rbc[dot]org -and- odb[dot]org  Follow Pastor Tony at:
During
summer training camp, the coaches on one football team wore T-shirts
intended to urge their players to exert maximum effort. The
shirts bore the motto, “Each day you must
choose: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
Discipline is tough—and something we may try to avoid. But in sports and in life, short-term pain is often the only path to long-term gain. In the heat of battle it is too late to prepare. Either
you are ready for the challenges of life or you will be haunted
by the “what ifs,” “if onlys,” and “I should’ves” that accompany the
failure to be prepared. That’s the pain of regret.
One source defines regret as “an intelligent and
emotional dislike for personal past acts and behaviors.” It’s
painful to look back at our choices through the lens of regret and feel
the weight of our failures. This
was the case for the psalmist. After a personal episode of sin and
failure, he wrote, “Many sorrows shall
be to the wicked; but he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall
surround him” (Ps. 32:10). In
the clarity of hindsight, he saw the wisdom of a life that strives
to honor the Lord—a life that does not need to be marked by regret.
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Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him. —Psalm 32:10 |
In You, O Lord,
we take delight,
Our every need You can supply; We long to do what’s true and right, So, Lord, on You we will rely. — D. De Haan Present
choices determine future rewards.
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in a Year: 1 Samuel 30-31; Luke 13:23-35 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
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"¿Qué dice la Biblia acerca del diezmo?" Diezmar / ofrendar debe ser un gozo, una bendición. Tristemente, casi nunca es ese el caso en la iglesia de hoy. Diezmar es un asunto con el que muchos cristianos luchan dia a dia. En muchas iglesias locales ponen demasiado énfasis en diezmar. Al mismo tiempo, muchos cristianos rehúsan someterse a la exhortación bíblica tocante a ofrendar al Señor. Diezmar es un concepto del Antiguo Testamento. El diezmo era un requisito de la ley en la cual todos los Israelitas ofrendaban al tabernáculo / templo el 10% de todo lo que ganaban y hacían crecer ( Levítico 27:30; Números 18:26; Deuteronomio 14:23; 2 Crónicas 31:5 ). El Nuevo Testamento en ninguna parte ordena, o aún recomienda que los cristianos se sometan a un sistema legalista de diezmar. Pablo declara que los creyentes deberían apartar una porción de sus ingresos a fin de dar soporte a la iglesia ( 1 Corintios 16:1-2 ). El Nuevo Testamento en ningún lugar señala un cierto porcent...
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