Estad siempre gozosos. Orad sin cesar. Dad gracias en todo, porque ésta es la voluntad de Dios para con vosotros en Cristo Jesús. (1 Tesalonicenses 5:16-18 RVR60) Algunos versículos, como el de hoy, son más fáciles de memorizar que de practicar. Dar gracias es fácil, pero dar gracias en todo es una tarea casi imposible. La gratitud, a veces, parece fuera de lugar al considerar la intensidad del dolor o del malestar que estamos experimentando. Pero tenemos un Consolador. El cual yo confió y quiero que tu también. Pido por la hija del amigo de Ramón esta desaparecida y por el aniversario de nuestra Iglesia ya son 5 años, damos Gloria a Dios por eso! Orar sin cesar !! Dios te bendiga!! Amén
The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread
Acts 8 Acts 8:1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. In some countries, a person who becomes a Christian forfeits a good education and job. And in a few countries, a person who converts risks his or her life. One church historian estimates that more Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than in all preceding centuries put together. Yet, strangely, more often than not, intense persecution of Christians leads to a spurt of growth in the church. An ancient saying expresses this phenomenon: “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.” The First Big Advance For a while, the new faith enjoyed popular favor. But very soon it involved grave risk. In the book of Acts, the persecution that produced the first Christian martyr, Stephen, ironically brought about the advance of Christianity outside its Jewish base. Forced out of stormy Jerusalem, the scatterin...
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