Posts Tagged ‘Jesus’

JESUS, the Name

Posted: December 3, 2012 in Christian Reflections, devotionals, Faith
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freedom3There are a lot of religions, sects and movements in the world; though not all of them deliver souls from slavery, sin and hell. There is only One that can set free from anything and Jesus is His name. There may be many ways in which people seek freedom and fulfillment, but none of them offer everlasting life and God himself dwelling among them as Christianity.

What Jesus did in the Cross gave Him authority over everything; to set free captives, to heal the sick, to restore the broken, to bring joy to the depressive, to sanctify sinners and to brake any yoke of darkness. Only trough Jesus salvation can be found. There is no other way of going to heaven. No matter how attractive seem other gods, they can’t offer what Jesus can: true freedom. (more…)

Accept the gift of His righteousness – Richy Esparza

Posted: June 14, 2012 in Christian Reflections, Christian Youth, devotionals
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“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:4-5 New Living Translation

Comprehending correctly what Jesus did in the Cross for the believers brings forth a pure heart and a powerful living. With no condemnation or judgment to be received, but a life lived out of gratitude to God. A believer still trying to earn God´s blessings trough works rather than faith is not God´s will, and this causes affliction to an already set free soul. (more…)

The Jesus factor – Richy Esparza

Posted: May 18, 2012 in Christian Reflections, Christian Youth, devotionals
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What happens when you start forgetting why do you do it? I mean, it used to be the greatest privilege and now it has become a burden. Living for God without Jesus is consuming. Family is still out there, ministry, work and the task list, though the joy is missing.

A Christian living without Jesus is simply a gun with no bullets, an eagle with wounded wings, a car with no engine, a singer that lost his voice. It’s a life with no meaning at all. Its leaving the Jesus factor out of our lives.

Jesus said it this way:

“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.” Revelation 2:4  New International Version (NIV) (more…)

So much God loved you – Richy Esparza

Posted: January 23, 2012 in Christian Reflections, Faith
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“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16 (New Living Translation)

At 25 I met God´s grace and the power of Jesus. I had turned the life God gave me into a waste, backed up by a bottle of alcohol. My dreams lacked of transcendence, I just wanted to get by life. Alcohol got everything out of me, and when I was really lost, it happened. I heard that there was someone with enough power to set me free me and restore me; and his name was Jesus. I invited Him into my heart and He gave a new name, saved me and cleansed me. Being my surprise that He did not called me full of shame but loved one, not waste but masterpiece. (more…)

The Cross – Richy Esparza

Posted: July 2, 2011 in Christian Reflections, devotionals, Faith
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 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life..” John 3:16 

For the people that received the law from God the Cross was the punishment well deserved to a prophet from Nazareth that went crazy and assured to be the Christ of God. He who prophets had told would redeem them from their yoke. But they did not recognize him.

For the empire that ruled in that time the Cross was what a “rebel” deserved, for he and a group of fisherman, tax collectors and prostitutes challenged them with the asseveration that a higher kingdom that could not been seen existed.

For the religious leaders of Jerusalem the Cross was the consequence that a retired carpenter lost his mind and proclaimed himself the Son of God. (more…)

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