El Amor de Dinero

Estamos viviendo en tiempos dificultosos en nuestra economía. Parece que los bancos prestaron dinero a personas que no puede repagar. Cuando compraron casas, compraron con el entendimiento que los dos partes esta mintiendo. Los bancos no tienen dinero pero lo prestan, las personas no pueden repagar pero acepten la responsabilidad. Lo hacer para hacer negocio, lo hacen para hacer una venta. Todo por el amor del dinero. Gente puede hacer muchas cosas locas por el amor del dinero.

El amor de dinero puede causar personas de hacer cosas que antes nunca puede imaginar. Ahora estamos en un tiempo de nuestro sistema económica que esta en crisis por el amor del dinero. Muchas compañías que estaba haciendo mucho negocio ya esta en punto de morir. Muchos perdieron trabajo por medio del amor del dinero. Familias esta sufriendo por medio del amor del dinero que ya esta afectando los hogares. Ahora matrimonios esta sufriendo por medio de este amor por dinero también. Los corazones que han sido íntimas ya están alejadas por medio del otro amor. Y es el amor del dinero.

El amor del dinero tiene una voz y esa voz esta llamando nos cada día. Y si no estamos seguros, algún día va destruir nosotros también. Y no solo están llamando nosotros afuera de nuestra sensibilidad en aspecto de nuestro negocio, y de nuestro matrimonio, pero también a nuestra fe.

1 Timoteo 6:10: "Porque el amor al dinero es la raíz de toda clase de males. Por codiciarlo, algunos se han desviado de la fe y se han causado muchísimos sinsabores. "

La solución para nuestra economía – el amor de Dios (v. 11) Vea este vesiculo:

Tú, en cambio, hombre de Dios, huye de todo eso, y esmérate en seguir la justicia, la piedad, la fe, el amor, la constancia y la humildad.

El primer remedio es de huir de ese llamamiento del amor del dinero. Quiere decir no permanecer en lugares donde puede escuchar esas voces que esta llamando nosotros afuera de la voluntad del Señor.

La justicia – se refiere a nuestra posición con nuestra comunidad. Va a venir oportunidades que se ve bueno pero no son. ¿Podamos hacer mucho dinero, pero a que costo?

La piedad – se refiere a nuestra relación con Dios. Va afectar nuestro corazón delante el Señor? Entonces no vale pena de ganar dinero y no usarlo para la gloria de Dios.

La Fe – nuestra relación con nuestra iglesia.

El Amor – nuestra relación con nuestra familia y amistades.

La constancia – quiere decir “paciencia”. Que no hay impulsos que empuje nosotros a comprar y mal gastar nuestro dinero.

La humildad – el atitude de nuestro corazón. Proverbios 22:4 4 Recompensa de la humildad y del temor del Señor son las riquezas, la honra y la vida.

La batalla para nuestra economía – la llamada de Dios (v. 12)

Entonces hay dos llamadas en nuestra vida, uno que es del mundo, y el otro que es de Dios. Y en medio, hay una batalla que debemos que ganar.

1 Timoteo 6:11: "Pelea la buena batalla de la fe; haz tuya la vida eterna, a la que fuiste llamado y por la cual hiciste aquella admirable declaración de fe delante de muchos testigos."

Con estos versiculos claves uno puede mantener una buena relacion con el Senor y tambien con su dinero. Que Dios les bendiga.

Stepping up and Stepping out!

3 John 1:3 "It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth."

The Christian life is all about walking with Christ and that means walking together. We are never walking alone. When you become a Christian, one of the most important things to learn is the need to have Christian friends and surround yourself with them so as not to grow weak. In this verse we see that others saw how fellow Christians were walking, and they commented to John about how well they were doing in their Christian Walk.

There are three Questions to ask yourself considering your walk with Christ.

1. Who are three people who are walking closely with you in Christ?
2. What would they say about you and your walk with Christ?
3. What would your life be like without those three people?
4. What are the dangers of walking life alone?
   

It is easy to see how desperately we need each other. Life is too short to go it alone. As we travel through life it is the quality of the company we keep that makes life rich, meaningful and enjoyable. Also, relationships in Christ bring great joy. There is too much gloom, doom and negativity in the world to get us down. Only Christ and the relationships He brings to us can give us great joy. It is beautiful to see what Christ is doing in peoples lives as a way of changing the landscape of our world. Dig deeper, go further, get to know your Christian brothers better and you will see how God has truly designed us to live. When the weekend rolls around, my family and I cannot wait to go to church and see our friends and find out how their week went, and what God is doing in their lives. It is great to have this support in our lives. Our prayer is that you find this support too in your local church.

Pastor Vince Gonzales

Taking Time with the Kids in Family Prayer and Bible Study

Do you have regular time of Bible study or devotion with your children? When I encounter friends with serious discipline issues with their children I have only one question: "Do you ever read the Bible and pray together with your kids?" I can tell the answer before they tell me. I can usually read it in their eyes.
Praying together and reading the Bible together is the best way to find out what is going on with your kids, and the best way for them to know what is going on with you. It promotes harmony, unity and love. There are several excuses for families not spending time together in the Word of God. I would like to address a few:

1. No Time- This is excuse number one, but yet when you really think about it, it really is not an excuse at all. The reality is that we make time for what is important, and if we work at it, we can find all kinds of time at our disposal. We find time for whatever is important to us. We need to see the time together in the word as important to the survival of our marriage and our home. Otherwise, it will never happen. I guarantee it, once you start, you will begin to look forward to it.
2. I don't know how to lead a Bible study - Have you ever been to a Bible study? Then you know how to lead one. If you have not attended one, take the time to attend one and learn how to lead one yourself. You don't need to know profound things. Bible study is a time of joint study and discovery together. Still afraid of leading a Bible study? Then just spend time praying together and for each other. You could also ask your kids to lead a study, that would be great fun.
3. My kids don't want to do it - Excuse me? Who is in charge here? If we don't tell our kids what is good for them then who will tell them? Part of parenting is establishing control and respect. In the long run, your kids will look back at the times you spent together as some of the most precious times together as a family. They will honor you for it in the future.
4. How do I pray? Just pray sentence prayers, close your eyes and talk to God. Begin to pray for each other, your church and your neighbors. It doesn't have to be long at first, but the Lord must be invited to spend time with you in your home.
5. What else can I do? - Sing songs, draw pictures, call grandma and tell her that you are praying for her as a family, act out Bible stories (my kids loved that one), for laughs, imitate people from church and try to guess who they are. The list is unending....

I hope these ideas can spark the creative juices going and get your family back on track with the Holy Spirit. Stay with it, don't give up and watch God make a great change in your family.

God bless you!

Pastor Vince Gonzales

Todays Centurian

This past Saturday night we looked at the great faith of the Centurion who asked Jesus to heal his servant. His faith was great because he risked his stature of being over 100 trained assassins to come to the feet of Jesus. He risked his reputation and even his life to ask Jesus of this one thing, to heal a servant who was very dear to him. Not only did Jesus heal his servant but He elevated this centurion to the table of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. What a blessing and on top of that, he went home to find his servant healed. Do you have that kind of faith today? Are you ready to risk your reputation as a fence sitter to one of a grace receiver?
That kind of faith involves great risks, but that is the kind of risks God asks of us. He does not want to be second, but our first choice in problem solutions.
This week we will be boldly approaching the throne of grace ask we ask God to take us to the next level of our building fund. We are also asking God to prepare our hearts and our families hearts as we seek him earnestly in prayer. What a beautiful thing it is to pray together with the hermanos!
We are looking for some hall of fame believers to join us for prayer this week as wee seek God together in prayer.

The Power of Believing

John 20:31 : "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."

The distance between preferred outcome and actual outcome is equal to the power of believing. But the purpose of believing is that we might have life "with His name on it."

All of our activities, dreams and desires should be linked to our new life in Christ. In Him we find purpose and meaning. All of our trophy's, education, accolades and victorys are the result living the life He has purposed for us to live.

Isn't it awesome to say "Praise God" after the impossible has been realized? Isn't it freeing to know that God has all of our problems resolved and that we just have to "believe it" through? Is your tomorrow greater than your yesterday? It should be. Your today should be living in light of the great expectation that greater things are still to be done in Jesus name.

But look at our reference point for life in verse 31: "These thing have been written..". The Bible gives us a written record of how God intervened on our behalf by sending us His Son Jesus. The record states clearly the promises, power and awesomeness of what God can do in the lives of ordinary people like ourselves.

Don't walk in defeat, walk in victory today! Stay true to the Word of God and read it, stand on it and believe it for God's greater glory.

Pastor Vince