The Encounter

Just as there are four moon stages, there are four seasons. Spring cannot exist without winter and vice versa. Following the pattern of nature, in order to see our “fruit” we will have to go through a “winter.” Recognizing our season means recognizing the time to sow and the time to reap our harvest. What season are you in? And most importantly, are you able to recognize it?

You tried the world, had “fun” in hopes to fill the void in your heart, to fill the part of you that wanted to be validated by somebody. Yet when it came to needing to depend on someone, depend on so called “friends”, you are forgotten and lonely once again. There was one, one who remembered us in our lowly condition, one who’s lovingkindness endures forever! Tune in to hear about the one who is Jesus Christ who so gracefully showed us everlasting kindness.

The words that come out of our mouth show the abundance of our heart. The words we speak have the ability to hurt or uplift someone. Gossiping brings the person down.  The story might have truth to it but it mostly contains lies to keep the other people engaged. Like Miriam and Aaron they spoke bad about their brother Moses and got punished (Numbers 12). Gossiping never brings anything good; in the moment it can be entertaining but in the long run it brings hate and bitterness

Be careful ears what you hear. Listening is good for learning. But learning about someone’s privacy isn’t. We can fall into a cycle of talking bad about people, but also listening can contaminate us too.

It’s easy to fall into spiritual laziness, not being able to find the motivation to open up the Bible or even say a prayer. Caught up in the troubles of life we forget about the most important part of our lives: making sure our spirit is fed. Just as our body needs to be fed, so does our spirit!

There are 2 types of thought in today's age, the mentality of the world and the mentality of those who follow God. It’s really difficult to maintain that constant reminder of how a follower of Christ is supposed to think and to differentiate ourselves from the thoughts of the world. Hence, it’s important we go back to our fundamentals to keep in remembrance of how we should always go back to where we started. How can we train ourselves to replace our mentality with one like Christ? 

There are 2 types of thought in today's age, the mentality of the world and the mentality of those who follow God. It’s really difficult to maintain that constant reminder of how a follower of Christ is supposed to think and to differentiate ourselves from the thoughts of the world. Hence, it’s important we go back to our fundamentals to keep in remembrance of how we should always go back to where we started. How can we train ourselves to replace our mentality with one like Christ? 

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” As followers of Christ we can think the only part of ourselves that we are supposed to take care of is our spirit. Although it can be true we should remember that taking care of ourselves physically is important as well. Paul also tells us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and we should aim to treat it as such. Many of us may ask, how can we prepare our bodies to be Holy and acceptable to God? Tune in to find out!

Formed - Anciano Daniel Ponce 

Holy Fire - Anciano Daniel Ponce