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Are you tired? Do you wish you could start life over again? Do you wish you could take back things you said, and things you did? Is your heart broken? Have people hurt you, and you wish you could forget? Have you hurt people, and you wish you could forget? Jesus, who is God, has come to earth to save you. He took all of our sin and pain and hurt, and he died with it on the cross. Jesus rose from the dead and offers you – today – a new life, a new start. He offers you forgiveness for your sin, and also healing from what others have done to you. Do you want a new life?

No elegí nacer. En otras palabras, no elegí existir. No elegí a mis padres ni mis circunstancias. Definitivamente, no elegí mi aspecto ni mi personalidad. Y, sin embargo, todo eso parece definirme. No elegí que sucedieran cosas malas. Pero me marcaron. Me hicieron temer, luchar, sentirme inseguro e incluso hacer cosas que desearía no haber hecho. Y ahora esas cosas parecen definirme. ¿Cómo puedo salir de este laberinto? ¿Quién soy realmente? ¿Adónde pertenezco? Dios dice: ‘Con amor eterno te he amado’, y, ‘antes de que nacieras, ya te había apartado’.[1] En este breve ...

Jesús se reunía personalmente con la gente en las casas, en los campos, en el lago, en las calles de la ciudad. Una de las primeras cosas que Jesús hizo después de resucitar fue encontrarse con dos personas en una larga caminata, y pasó horas caminando y hablando sólo con ellos. ¿Tienes una fe sincera en Jesús? ¿Te gustaría reunirte con otras personas y crecer en tu fe? Puedes hacerlo. En este breve folleto comparto algunas ideas prácticas sobre cómo puedes poner esto en marcha...

Mozliwe, ze jestes zly na Boga albo obecnie w niego nie wierzysz. A moze wierzysz w Boga, ale zostales zraniony. Moze jestes muzulmaninem, wyznawca hinduizmu, buddysta lub innego wyznania. Byc moze jestes w zupelnie innym miejscu, którego nawet ty nie potrafisz okreslic... Niezaleznie od tego, przyjacielu, jak sie czujesz i gdzie jestes, Bóg Biblii - od pierwszej do ostatniej ksiegi - zaprasza cie, a nawet "prosi", bys zapytal: "Kim jest Jezus?"

(excerpt from the text) '... This is critical, my friends, the issue of what we can and do know regarding sin andsuffering, and what we don’t and can’t know. We got to stay in our ‘truth’ lane.There will be paradoxes in our understanding, and therefore (hopefully!) inour communications and interactions with people. This is good! In some areasof God’s revelation, to be true to it, we must be limited, this far and no further, thisclear and no clearer… We’re called to weep with those who weep, not to tell themthat God ordained the disaster, and has a plan in it. If that truly ...

The most religious and powerful people in Jesus’ time, well, we don’t even know their names. Their glory faded with them. And yet the poor, the uneducated and nameless, well, we know them, their legacy if not their names, and they have changed history. It’s not what they did, but rather what Jesus did for them. You see, when Jesus honors a person, that honor is true legacy. We want to know them, and be known by them, because Jesus honored them. A prostitute who had been healed, one day poured perfume on the head of Jesus. His own disciples, the famous twelve and others, rebuked her, ...

(Excerpt from the Introduction) I remember watching on the news the unfolding fate of a guy on death row. There was only about an hour left till execution. It was clear this guy was innocent. As I watched and listened, I jumped on my computer and wrote an email to the Governor of the State, imploring him to pick up the phone and put this one on hold. I said he didn’t want blood on his hands with such an obvious miscarriage of justice. Nothing. Six o’clock came and went. Ten minutes later the guy was dead. I get through a lot in life by looking at the clock and knowing that by this or ...

A father’s acceptance. A father’s delight in you. Listen, whether your father gives you this or not, it doesn’t change your true worth, the true you. Jesus said, ‘Do not call anyone no earth ‘father’, for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.’ (Matthew 23:9) You might have some DNA from an earthly parent, but that is surface stuff. The real stuff is that you have been ‘made in the image of God’, and that he has put eternity in your heart. The deep truth about you comes from the throne room of your Creator, your Father in heaven. And your true and ‘secret’ name will...

¿Has perdido tu camino? ¿Tuviste una verdadera fe en Jesús en algún momento, pero ahora te encuentras distanciado? Jesús conoce tu camino. Conoce tu historia. Te ama y te llama de vuelta a casa. ‘Todavía estaba lejos cuando su padre lo vio y se compadeció de él; salió corriendo a su encuentro, lo abrazó y lo besó.’ (Lucas 15:20) Peter Walker y su familia viven en Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos. Para más información sobre el autor, visita: www.paraservirle.weebly.com Foto de portada por @jack.dw

‘Lo primero que tienes que saber para seguir a Jesús, lo primero que tienes que ‘hacer’, es, simplemente, recibir Su paz’ (de la Introducción). Esta es una guía breve, de 20 entradas, para ayudarte a fortalecer tu nueva fe en Jesús. ¡Espero que te aliente! ‘Jesús mismo se acercó y comenzó a caminar con ellos…’ (Lucas 24:15) Foto de cubierta por Jack Walker @jack.dw

Como seguidor de Jesús, como cristiano, he luchado con mi sentido de identidad. Sigo luchando. Cada persona que sigue en verdad a Jesús, lo ha visto como Señor. El resto, no lo ve. Por eso Jesús dijo a Sus discípulos: ‘Dichosos los ojos de ustedes porque ven, y sus oídos porque oyen.’ (Mateo 13:16 NVI) Empecé a seguir a Jesús a los dieciséis años, después de que Él me hubiera seguido a mí durante mucho tiempo. Llegó un momento en que no podía negarle más, no podía seguir viviendo una doble vida, y me detuve, me di la vuelta y empecé a seguirle. Enseguida me di cuenta ...

Incluso el nombre ‘escuela media’ te hace sentir como si no estuvieras aquí, ni allí, ¡estás en el medio! Sin embargo, la verdad es que la secundaria no está en ‘segundo lugar’, ¡es un lugar muy importante por derecho propio! Y esta etapa de tu vida (tu edad, tus amigos, tus sentimientos) también es muy importante. Espero que disfrutes leyendo estas reflexiones devocionales, y que crezcas en 3 aspectos clave: 1) Que conozcas mejor a Jesús; 2) Que sientas más paz y felicidad en tu amistad con Jesús; 3) Que aprendas algunas maneras de compartir a Jesús con tus amigos –no ...

Tu experiencia de ‘hogar’ aquí en la tierra es, en el mejor de los casos, una metáfora, y en el peor, una falsa impresión. En cualquier caso –en todos los casos– ningún hogar aquí en la tierra es tu ‘verdadero hogar’. Tu verdadero hogar sólo está en el cielo. Está con Dios, tu Padre bueno y amoroso, tu Creador, y con Su pueblo. Tu verdadero hogar es eterno, cálido, seguro y lleno de Espíritu y vida. No más dolor, mancha, culpa, arrepentimiento, sufrimiento, lágrimas o muerte. Es para siempre. Jesús dijo que Él era la ‘puerta’ al cielo. Pasamos a través de Él ...

Introduction: Ruins fascinate me. Especially castles and palaces where someone arrogant once ruled, once roared, but now cannot even whisper. They cannot stop even the fading of their memory amongst the living. Memory, only a thing in the minds of mortals, and all mortals destined to die. I’ve heard death described as ‘humiliating’ to mankind. It just happens – heart, mind and body – and there is nothing anyone can do about it. And no matter how high the towers you built, the tomes of wisdom you published, the vaults of money you had or gave away, you disintegrate and disperse ...

Let’s start by talking about ‘groups’ in life. And when I say groups, I mean friend groups, working groups, gangs, sororities, frats, Freemasons, book clubs, committees, church groups, tennis clubs, country clubs, etc. Groups don’t really exist. I mean, they are a thing, of course, but a fabricated thing. Held together by people’s notions. Take for example that friend group you had a few years ago, where is it now? Or that BFF from school? Or that project group that were ‘so close’? I don’t mean to be cynical here. Not at all. Just trying to get back to those elements in ...

Essays: On Love Evidence for Life on Earth Violent God in the Bible On Singing to God (Worship) Guilt, Shame, Regret and Redemption Where Things Land Universal Damnation Women in Leadership in the Bible Contradictions in the Bible For Everything Else

(Excerpt from the Introduction) We find ourselves here without a map! Where do we go? What way do we take? What is life’s purpose? Where is it going? In this short book I want to share with you a ‘map’ that God has given us. We don’t have to be lost. We were made by God, and he has provided us with guidance for this life, and for all eternity. He did not leave us alone – even though it can feel like that sometimes.

It’s the ‘in-between’ time. So much of it. More of it than not. Packing. Unpacking. Sorting. Cleaning up before, cleaning up after. Paperwork. Contingencies. Repairs. More repairs. Returns. Check-ups. Follow-ups. Waiting. Rushing. Getting from this end to that end. Gearing up. Psyching up. Getting through. Trying to wind down. Wondering. Wandering. This, my friend, is not an attitude. This is simply reality. The stats. The breakdown of the clock each day. God said it would be like this. Check out these verses, and then let’s consider… ‘God said to Adam, ‘Because you ate from ...

176 blog posts, 2014-2020. Each with a URL and QR code for easy sharing. Over the last 6 years I have enjoyed posting reflections about Jesus Christ, and his life-changing Gospel. We write on ‘paper’, and indeed the Bible is a ‘written Word’. But Jesus Christ is the ‘Word made flesh’ (John 1:14), and He came to come alive in your heart by His Spirit – the Word off the page...

Each of these ‘thoughts’ is only a starting point. I trust that you, the reader, can go beyond them, deeper into Spirit. ‘All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Christ.’ (Colossians 2:3) Peter Walker and his family live in NC, USA. More on the author at: 1peter1three.weebly.com Cover photo by @jack.dw