No puedo pensar de un titulo and stand strong.

Jer 25:12 Y será que, cuando fueren cumplidos los setenta años, visitaré sobre el rey de Babilonia y sobre aquella gente su maldad, ha dicho Jehová, y sobre la tierra de los Caldeos; y pondréla en desiertos para siempre.


Aunque Israel había hecho muchas cosas malas, Dios no iba a dejar su pueblo en desolación. Aunque El tiene que castigarno de vez en cuando (y este es solamente porque El nos ama) no quiere Dios torturarnos. El nos ama, sin importancia a lo que hemos hecho.


El es un Dios de amor y paz. Y aunque pecamos, El no va a ni matarnos ni dejarnos.


Jer 26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Jer 26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Jer 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.


I think it would have been very difficult for Jeremiah to say these things. It can be extremely daunting to tell someone that they’re doing something wrong, let alone a curse to all nations.
But that’s exactly what it’s going to take sometimes.

It might be scary, and daunting at times, but the truth is that God’s work isn’t always a walk in the park. It might be tough at times, and it might be scary. I know that I’ve been put in moments where I wanted to crawl under a rock and hide forever.

But God gets glory out of a Christian who stands (and not in a vicious spirit. Trent said it really well, “A godly action does not require an ungodly attitude) for the truth of God, and speaks the truth against unnumbered foes.


--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

I like football (that's soccer for you Americans)

I sold a 2500 dollar espresso machine at work today. I was pretty happy about that.

Anyway.

Since Thursday, we've really done some major work at the church, and we've still got lots to go. Even if it's an hour, would you please stop by and help us?

We've put up walls, torn some wood apart, painted walls, changed lights and tiles, cleaned closets, sanded, eaten about 40 Papa John's pizzas and done a few other things as well.

I'm super exhausted right now, but I'm having a blast all the same. Once Sunday ends, I'll go back to a "normal" schedule: Wake up, work, school, bed, repeat till Thursday.

And I'm not really excited about that. I'd much rather be working at the church, and not get paid, than spend 8 hours a day at Bed Bath & Beyond.

Once I wake up Thursday, my week really picks up. I don't work Thursdays and Fridays, so I get to dedicate both those days to doing ministry work. I kinda like to pretend that I'm full time ministry, even if it's just for those two days.

And Saturdays aren't too bad. I get off at 5pm, and that leaves me a good bit of time to do some serious studying and work at church.

Drew's staying with us tonight. Everyone's at Moe’s, or looking at Christmas lights right now. I'm blogging. Some people are vacuuming and a few others are goofing around on facebook and other various sites.

The Caps are beating the Flyers 8-2 right now. This makes me happy. Man City beat Chelsea, Barcelona won, Depor lost, and all is well. The only thing that stopped today from being awesome (sports wise) would be that Liverpool could only manage a draw.

And Sevilla drew today. If Valencia win tomorrow, we'll be in third place in Líga. That would be really good.

Sometimes, I wonder if Torres turns on his TV, and gets jealous of Villa. Even though they're both word class strikers, Liverpool are playing like a mid-table club this year (so far) and Valencia have had a pretty decent season so far. Or does Villa even realize that Torres is getting jealous? Just wondering.

And when you're streaking down field at the goal, nothing else seems to matter, all you can hear is the crowd, you only feel your body pumping, and can all but count the goal scored. But when you're the guy who gets to slide out to create space, you realize that someone else is going to score the goal. And the fact is that if you didn't create space for it, there would be no goal, but the other guy is the one being carried off the field on everyone's shoulders.

And other times, you'll keep running goal ward, even though you know you need to be making space, just to prove you're faster, or that you can make a run just as well as that guy, or even just to remind everyone you're on the pitch.

And once you score one goal, all you can do from then on is shoot as soon as you touch the ball. You'll be 35 yards away from goal, shooting with your weak foot, but you're still going to shoot, just in the chance you might get a second goal.

But really, not even Villa, Torres, Rooney, Drogba, Navas, Fabiano or anyone scores every game. And sometimes they have to settle for no goals in a week. But as long as the team wins, all is well. And the thing that they all learned is not to force it, because you'll take a bad shot, and just make a fool of yourself.

Problems don't start until a wanna-be starlet, who netted one lucky goal, thinks he's the man, and deserves to be first team, or starts freaking out because he hasn't scored in 5 games.

I dunno. Defense is important; everyone needs a keeper, and midfielders are the ones who feed the ball to the front. And without all those guys, a striker would be nothing. But there's still nothing better than being a striker.



--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

Foundations and los higos.

Jer 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

The foundation is the most important part of any building. Any building, or structure that is not supported by the correct foundation will fall; it is only a matter of time.

And to the man who buildeth his house on unrighteousness, or his ministry on unrighteousness (which could be pride, glory-seeking, or anything else) woe will come to him.

Jer 24

Este capítulo es un visión del futuro. Y la cosa que aprendí de capitulo 24 es que los hijos de Dios siempre ganarán. Parecerá que no hay esperanza y que nuestro fracaso es seguro, pero Dios siempre trabajará en alguna manera para que sus hijos siempre triunfan sobre el mal.
Los buenos higos conocerán a Dios, pero los malos estarán destruidas. Así es con los hijos de Dios y los que no son salvos.


--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

In the fourth watch of the night.

Last night was an awesome night. After church, I talked with Mike Shane for a while. He's an awesome guy; in about an hour, he really taught me some amazing things. Then he tried to wrestle me.

Anyway.

There were a few of us who worked late last night, and Micah and I actually worked all night and then slept at the church.

And I'm not saying this to brag on anyone, but it was an awesome time. I've never been someone who really likes manual labour, but in the last two and a half months, I've seen the Lord grow me to enjoy it some more.

At about 3:30-4:00 am, Micah and I stopped working. I went to the kitchen to get a snack, and when I got back, Micah was watching either Jason and the Argonauts or Hercules..or both at the same time.

So at about 5:00 am, I realized something...that it was 5am, and here we sit, watching old movies on a computer, eating chips. That's what I call serving the Lord.

At about 6:45, I woke up (I moved the couch across the church so I could watch the movie and lay down at the same time.) and noticed something.

"Why is Micah sleeping on the floor? And is he using Scott's coat as a jacket? Whatever.... I'm going back to sleep." (It was the funniest thing in the world at the moment.)

The next thing I know it was 8am, David Velke was asking me why I was sleeping on the couch...in the office.

It might not sound that exciting to anyone else, but I had a blast.

--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

En sus manos y a terrible one

Jer 18:6 ¿No podré yo hacer de vosotros como este alfarero, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová? He aquí que como el barro en la mano del alfarero, así sois vosotros en mi mano, oh casa de Israel.

Como Cristianos, es muy fácil pensar que somos inteligentes, justos y que tenemos mucho poder para cambiarnos. Pero la verdad es que solamente somos barro en las manos de Dios. Dios es El que nos construye para ser un hombre de Dios, o misionero etc...

Y sin importancia a cuanto el barro quiere ser un vaso, siempre será barro si nadie lo hace un vaso. Y podemos querer ser un gran hombre o mujer de Dios con todo nuestro poder, pero si Dios no nos hace así, nunca llegaremos a ser un hombre o mujer de Dios.

Jer 20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Even though Jeremiah has been smote and put in the stocks, he still remains adamant that the Lord is with him. And he’s correct!

Though things might seem to be totally against us, and everything seems ready to fall apart, the Lord is always with us. And those who oppose us, and seek to destroy Christianity, Satan and his forces, shall not prevail against Christians, for the Lord is with us as a mighty terrible one.

Though the Lord has nothing but love and mercy for His children, any who opposes His name are against an undefeatable power.

Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.

I want it, y mi corazón

Jer 16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
Jer 16:2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

There are some things that we just won’t be able to have in our Christian life, no matter how much we want them. And there may be a myriad of reasons for which we cannot have them. For Jeremiah, the Lord told him he would never have a wife or children.

Jeremiah had two options:

-Accept that it was the Lord’s will for him to be single, and realize that it’s better for him this way
-Pout and moan about how much he wanted a family/go and get married anyway, and thus suffer the consequences.

Jer 17:9 Engañoso es el corazón más que todas las cosas, y perverso; ¿quién lo conocerá?

A veces, nos gusta pensar que somos inteligentes, justos y que sabemos lo que sea correcto en nuestras vidas. Pero la Biblia dice que la verdad es que no podemos entender nuestros propios corazones!

Cuando tenemos que decidir en algo, no debemos seguir lo que queremos, pero debemos buscar la voluntad de Dios.

--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

Irony.

I really think dramatic irony makes everything a little more interesting. Especially when no one is sure how much anyone else knows, but knows that they know something.

--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

No olvides! Don't forget!

Jer 13:17 Mas si no oyereis esto, en secreto llorará mi alma á causa de vuestra soberbia; y llorando amargamente, se desharán mis ojos en lágrimas, porque el rebaño de Jehová fué cautivo.

Cuando un cristiano no escucha a Dios, el corazón de Dios está triste. Dice la Biblia que Su alma llora cuando no escuchamos.


Y sabemos que Dios nos ama más que sabemos. Entonces, ¿Por qué querríamos hacer triste un Dios que nos ama tanto?


Es posible que olvidemos cuanto Dios nos ama. Porque si no pensamos en su gran amor, es muy fácil seguir a una cosa diferente que Dios.

Jer 14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

In order for anyone to be able to accept help, they firs need to realize their need for help. And no one can accept Christ as their personal Saviour until they realize they need Him.


We ought not to dwell on our sins, faults, and wrongdoings but we also shouldn’t ever forget that without God, we would still be nothing but wicked sinners.

God is our strength, our foundation, support, and everything else that makes us able to do anything. It is only by His grace and power that we can do anything.


--Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.--

God, forever y nuestros ojos.

Jer 10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.


As much as we try to replace God, and try to fill our void with other things, there is none like God. Sin is fun for a season, but it’s the Lord who lasts forever. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever.


Anything other than the Lord will eventually end, and will no longer provide joy. People die, money gets spent, cars break down, things rot and rust, but the Word of God is forever.


Jer 12:1 JUSTO eres tú, oh Jehová, aunque yo contigo dispute: hablaré empero juicios contigo. ¿Por qué es prosperado el camino de los impíos, y tienen bien todos los que se portan deslealmente?

Aunque no entendemos toda que Dios hace, y no nos parece justo, El es Dios. Y lo que vemos no nos parece lo correcto. Pero nuestra vista es diferente que la vista de Dios. Y a veces no entenderemos lo que hace Dios. Pero El es justo, y siempre hace lo corecto.


Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.

Trust me...y alabar a Dios

Jer 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit

People love to be able to trust things. Knowing you can trust someone or something is an amazing relief. It’s great to not have to worry about something, and to be able to place trust in something.

But sometimes, people are too gullible, or foolish, and trust the wrong things. They trust false doctrine, because it sounds good. Or they trust what their eyes can see, and their mind can think, because it seems safe. But God’s plan doesn’t always seem like the safe choice in our eyes.
People trust in jobs, and expect that a paycheck will pay their bills, and put food on the table. The truth is quite the opposite! It’s the Lord, not a check, or a job, that provides everything for us. He may use a paycheck, but it is always the Lord providing.

His love, mercy and acceptance of us as saved Christians is so amazing, so pure, so true and holy that when one is truly trusting in Him, the only feasible outcome is joy.

Jer 9:23 Así dijo Jehová: No se alabe el sabio en su sabiduría, ni en su valentía se alabe el valiente, ni el rico se alabe en sus riquezas

Muchas veces, puede ser muy, muy, muy fácil mirar a un gran hombre de Dios y pensar > y alabarle. Pero, la verdad es que ese hombre no ha hecho nado, sino Dios ha hecho todo.
Más vale darla gloria a Dios que a todo el mundo, porque Él es el único digno. El es nuestro poder y gozo, nuestro paz y nos ama.

Pray for Spain. Pray that the Lord would raise up missionaries and native Spaniards to take the gospel to the millions of lost souls in Spain.