Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
Un pacto nuevo: Dios ha entrado voluntariamente en un nuevo acuerdo con nosotros, sus creaturas, sellándolo con la sangre de su Hijo, Jesús, y ha mandado al Espíritu para darnos el poder para cumplir con este pacto nuevo. Dios ha hecho un pacto de amor y gracia con nosotros. El Todopoderoso también nos ha hecho dignos y competentes para compartir este pacto con otros. No es extraño que de vida: trae vida a nosotros y por nosotros.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
God "has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant." God has willingly entered into a new covenant of love, grace, and purpose with us, his adopted children. He sealed that covenant with the blood of his Son Jesus and Lord. Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit to give us the power to live the life of this new covenant.* God has made a covenant of love and grace with us. The Almighty has then turned around and made us worthy and "competent" to share that covenant with others. God's covenant with us is life-giving because it brings life to us and life to others, through us!
* The thoughts and prayer today are rooted in Paul's teaching in Romans 7 and Romans 8, Titus 3:3-7, and 2 Corinthians 3, which ends with these words:
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate and reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Mi oración
Oh Dios Santo y Majestuoso, gracias por tu gracia que me ha salvado del pecado y de la muerte. Gracias por mandar el regalo de tu Hijo y tu Espíritu para que pueda vivir contigo en un nuevo pacto de vida, gracia y amor. Mientras te confieso mis debilidades, también me comprometo a vivir para honrar tu sacrificio, amor y pacto, confiando que me darás el poder de ser lo que tú me has llamado a ser. En el nombre de Jesús oro, Amén.
My Prayer...
O holy and majestic God, thank you for your grace that has saved me from sin and has redeemed me from the law of sin and death. Thank you for sending the gift of your Son and for the Son giving me the gift of your Spirit so that I can live with you in a covenant of life, grace, and love. While I confess my weaknesses, I also commit to live to honor your sacrifice, love, and covenant with me. I pursue Jesus, knowing that he is at work through the Spirit to transform me to live under this new covenant. I trust that you will empower me to be what you are calling me to be as I live in covenant with you. In Jesus' name, I pray and give thanks. Amen.
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