Fe Mas Faith

Salmo 77 es una herramienta util para aquellos que navegando momentos bajos en su mente y corazon. A traves de su palabra, vemos pasos practicos para manejar los retos en la vida, mayormente porque es Dios quien esta con nosotros y nos llama a ser sanados.

Reading the Bible as a Latina Pentecostal PK: Today's generation longs for the gospel to action- and justice-oriented, God shows us in His word that not only does He take notice of injustice but He acts on behalf of those who suffer injustice.

Genesis 31:5-9 He said to them, “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me. You know how hard I have worked for your father, but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm. For if he said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,’ the whole flock began to produce speckled young. And when he changed his mind and said, ‘The striped animals will be your wages,’ then the whole flock produced striped young. In this way, God has taken your father’s animals and given them to me.

Proverbs 11:30 The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends.

Reading the Bible as a Latina Pentecostal PK: King David shows me how I can exercise self-control in positioning my struggles and tension with my identity as a Latina born in America in a way that pleases the Lord.

Psalm 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartbe pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Proverbs 11:17 Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you.

Reading the Bible as a Latina Pentecostal PK:

Matthew 8:14-15 When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever. But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.

Proverbs 11:14 Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.

Reading the Bible as a Latina Pentecostal PK: As a Latina growing up in an immigrant community, I've witnessed how education has very little to do with our calling and service in the Lord's Kingdom, contrary to what the role of education in the Western church. Checkout this episode focusing on these verses:

Acts 4:13-14 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.

Proverbs 11:33 A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.

Reading the Bible as a Latina Pentecostal PK: "As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation." Genesis 17:20

Yet another example of how God redeems the decisions of our past. God was kind towards Abraham and Ishmael as God chose to bless Ishmael despite Abraham and Sara's striving to fulfill God's promise by their own efforts.