How can you know that Jesus is near if you can’t see him? This is a hard concept for anyone to really accept, but it is true and it is what you will want your children to understand a bit better once this devotional is finished.

God has called us to a joyful and victorious life in Him. While there’s no formula that delivers the ultimate faith-filled life, He has given us ways to daily strengthen our faith. Activities like talking with Him in prayer, reading the Bible, and serving Him and others lead us one step at a time into a deeper relationship. In God at the Center: Habits for Spiritual Growth, Luis Palau outlines clear steps we can take to build the fundamentals of faith to spiritual maturity.

Si quieres tener una relación cercana con Dios, es importante que le agradezcas por las bendiciones que recibes. Esta acción puede ser tan simple como acordarte de darle las gracias cuando te sientas bien o disfrutes activamente una bendición. Sin embargo, también debes buscar formas de estar agradecido con Dios aunque los tiempos sean difíciles. Además, puedes mostrarle que valoras sus bendiciones honrándolo con tus acciones cada día.

Si quieres tener una relación cercana con Dios, es importante que le agradezcas por las bendiciones que recibes. Esta acción puede ser tan simple como acordarte de darle las gracias cuando te sientas bien o disfrutes activamente una bendición. Sin embargo, también debes buscar formas de estar agradecido con Dios aunque los tiempos sean difíciles. Además, puedes mostrarle que valoras sus bendiciones honrándolo con tus acciones cada día.

Ser agradecido es esencial para apreciar y disfrutar plenamente la vida. Agradecer lo que somos, lo que hemos conseguido, lo que tenemos, las personas que nos rodea, etc. Nos hace vivir en armonía con nuestro entorno y con un alto grado de bienestar.

Are you thankful no matter what? Perhaps you have lost your job recently, as the economy has continued to struggle. Or you may have lost your health, or a loved one. Such circumstances can be tremendously difficult. But even so, we all have much to be thankful for. Look with me at the story of a man who had every right to be bitter—but wasn’t.

The next footsteps in the corridor, he knew, might be those of the guards taking him away to his execution. His only bed was the hard, cold stone floor of the dank, cramped prison cell. Not an hour passed when he was free from the constant irritation of the chains and the pain of the iron manacles cutting into his wrists and legs.

Separated from friends, unjustly accused, brutally treated—if ever a person had a right to complain, it was this man, languishing almost forgotten in a harsh Roman prison. But instead of complaints, his lips rang with words of praise and thanksgiving!

The man was the Apostle Paul—a man who had learned the meaning of true thanksgiving

As a Christian worker or believer, you need to know that you should work not for yourself but for the owner and Lord of your life and of all that you have. If you really understand the full meaning of this truth, it will revolutionize your life and ministry. And without a doubt it will change your way of thinking and living.

We can apply Psalm 84:4 with a simple mantra. Praise God in the midst of trouble. Praising the Lord always is how we learn to be still during difficult times

Gratitude is a warm feeling of thankfulness towards the world, or towards specific individuals. The person who feels gratitude is thankful for what they have, and does not constantly seek more.

We believe in one living and true God who is the Creator of heaven and earth; who is eternal, almighty, unchangeable, infinitely powerful, wise, just and holy.

We believe that the one God eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God, co-equal and co-eternal, having precisely the same nature and attributes, and worthy of precisely the same worship, confidence, and obedience.