As the year is about to end, what does God say
about you?
God speaks for you!
By Riqui Ricón*
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal
diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither
shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt
be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy
land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons
marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God
rejoice over thee (Isaiah 62:3-5, KJV).
While it is
true that you did with your life whatever
you felt like and because of that you were without
Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants
of promise, having no hope, and without
God in the world (Ephesians 2:12, KJV), now you can realize that in
the Bible, God's Plan for your life always included lifting you up from the
dust and misery to a condition you could hardly have imagined:
To be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God!
Because of what Christ Jesus did on the cross out of Love for you, now God
Himself calls you Hephzibah, which
means "my delight is in her." Amazing!
For Zion's sake will I not hold my
peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof
go forth as brightness, and the salvation
thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy
righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the Lord shall name (Isaiah 62:1-2, KJV).
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you!
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not
his Son into the world to condemn
the world; but that the world through
him might be saved (John 3:16-17, KJV).
All for the love of you!
But God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:4-6, KJV).
That’s right, my beloved, regardless of the condition
or the problems you face today, you must never forget that all
of this—the Gospel—is nothing other than the Love God feels for you.
A Love that makes Him yearn for you and open His mouth to speak about you
and declare His Word of Truth in your favor!
Next time you find yourself
in difficulties or danger, remember
everything He has done to
save you and what He has said by guaranteeing you a Full and abundant life:
The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10, KJV).
Always remember what God has said in His Word about you, because then you
will face any situation, no matter how adverse it may be, knowing that you will come out more than a conqueror,
since:
He that spared not his own Son, but
delivered him up for all us, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It
is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from
the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:32-39, KJV).
He has called you His Child, and being a Born Again Child of God means Living a totally Supernatural Life, where you can
lay hold of the Word of God to overcome and drive fear, anxiety, and anguish
from your life once and for all.
See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him (1
John 3:1, NIV).
So, with only a few days left to start a new
year, strengthen yourself in the Lord and in the power of His might, which is His Word. Give no place to fear or
the doubt it generates. Take heart! God
has not left you nor will He ever
leave you.
What could you say to all this? If God is for me, who can be against me?! The
best of my life is right before my feet!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved heavenly Father, it truly is
wonderful to know I am so loved by You. The more I read and meditate on Your
Word, the clearer it is in my heart—the great Love with which You have loved
me. Thank You, thank You very much, Lord! I truly know there is no way I can
lose in this life. Lord Jesus, You have given me life and Eternal Life, so even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,
for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a
table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my
cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life, and in Your house, Lord Jesus, I will dwell forever.
You, Lord, are my light and my salvation. Whom could I fear?
You, Lord, are the strength of my life, so I fear no one. Even if the wicked attack me and try to destroy me, they will
all be defeated. I will not be afraid even if a whole army surrounds me. I will
trust in You, my God, even if they declare war on me. For I know that even if
my parents abandon me, You, Lord,
will take care of
me. Therefore, I declare that: from
every problem, sickness, or
circumstance, I, (your
name here), will come out more than a conqueror through Your Love,
Lord Jesus. I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens me! I am healed! I am
free! I am prosperous! The Love, joy, and peace that You, Jesus Christ, paid for me by dying on the cross and overcoming death
by rising from the dead are mine by right! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in
because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my
God, my King, and my Lord.
Thank You, Almighty God, because with this
simple prayer and profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred from darkness
to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I am Your
Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never live
defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You will notice
that the program is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
December
27 Luke 3.1-20
/ Ezekiel 40-41 / Isaiah 62
Luke
3 Now in the fifteenth
year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being
governor of Judaea, and Herod being
tetrarch of Galilee,
and his brother
Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and
Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being
the high priests,
the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the
wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching
the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written
in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.
5 Every valley
shall be filled,
and every mountain
and hill shall be brought
low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be
made smooth;
6
And all flesh shall see the salvation
of God.
7 Then said he to
the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth
therefore fruits worthy
of repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able
of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10
And the people
asked him, saying,
What shall we do then?
11 He answereth
and saith unto them, He that hath two coats,
let him impart to him that hath none; and he that
hath meat, let him do likewise.
12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master,
what shall we do?
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And the soldiers
likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely;
and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people
were in expectation, and all men mused in their
hearts of John, whether he
were the Christ, or not;
16 John answered,
saying unto them all, I indeed baptize
you with water;
but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but
the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things
in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19 But Herod
the tetrarch, being
reproved by him for Herodias
his brother Philip's wife,
and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Ezekiel
40 In the five and twentieth
year of our captivity, in the beginning
of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year
after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
2 In the visions of God brought
he me into the land of Israel,
and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the
frame of a city on the south.
3 And he brought me
thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand,
and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
4 And the man said
unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the
intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all
that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 And behold
a wall on the outside
of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits
long by the cubit and an hand breadth:
so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh
toward the east,
and went up the
stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed
broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
7 And every little
chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers
were five cubits;
and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one
reed.
8 He measured
also the porch of the gate within,
one reed.
9 Then measured
he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof,
two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
10 And the little chambers
of the gate eastward were three on this side, and
three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one
measure on this side and on that side.
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the
length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
12 The space also
before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on
this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He measured
then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and
twenty cubits, door against door.
14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court
round about the gate.
15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance
unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
16 And there were narrow
windows to the little chambers,
and to their posts within the
gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about
inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
17 Then brought
he me into the outward
court, and, lo, there were chambers,
and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the
pavement.
18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the
gates was the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront
of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court
without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
20 And the gate of the outward
court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the
breadth thereof.
21 And the little
chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
22 And their
windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh
toward the east; and they went up unto it by
seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
23 And the gate of the inner
court was over against the gate toward
the north, and toward the
east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
24 After that he
brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured
the posts thereof
and the arches
thereof according to these measures.
25 And there were windows
in it and in the arches thereof
round about, like those windows: the length was
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
26 And there were
seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured
from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
28 And he brought me to the inner court
by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to
these measures;
29 And the little
chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures:
and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits
long, and five and twenty
cubits broad.
30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five
cubits broad.
31 And the arches thereof
were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going
up to it had eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the inner court
toward the east: and he measured
the gate according to these measures.
33 And the little
chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round
about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
34 And the arches
thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts
thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going
up to it had eight steps.
35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured
it according to these
measures;
36 The little
chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows
to it round about: the length was fifty cubits,
and the breadth five and
twenty cubits.
37 And the posts thereof
were toward the utter court;
and palm trees were
upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
38 And the chambers and the entries
thereof were by the posts of the gates,
where they washed the burnt offering.
39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables
on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt
offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40 And at the side
without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side,
which was at the porch of the gate,
were two tables.
41 Four tables
were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they
slew their sacrifices.
42 And the four
tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments
wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43 And within
were hooks, an hand broad,
fastened round about:
and upon the tables was the
flesh of the offering.
44 And without the
inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward
the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose
prospect is toward the south, is
for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
46 And the chamber
whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge
of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons
of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto
him.
47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits
long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar
that was before the house.
48 And he brought me
to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits
on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth
of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits,
and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to
it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that
side.
41 Afterward he brought
me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits
broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the
breadth of the tabernacle.
2 And the breadth
of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits:
and the breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then went he inward,
and measured the post of the door,
two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth
of the door, seven cubits.
4 So he measured the length thereof,
twenty cubits; and the breadth,
twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most
holy place.
5 After he measured the wall of the house,
six cubits; and the breadth
of every side chamber, four
cubits, round about the house on every side.
6 And the side chambers
were three, one over another,
and thirty in order; and they
entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold,
but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
7 And there was an
enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding
about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of
the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the
highest by the midst.
8 I saw also the height of the house round about:
the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six
great cubits.
9 The thickness
of the wall, which was for the side chamber
without, was five cubits: and that which was left was
the place of the side chambers that were within.
10 And between
the chambers was the wideness
of twenty cubits
round about the house on
every side.
11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and
another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was
five cubits round about.
12 Now the building that was before
the separate place
at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and
the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length
thereof ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits
long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls
thereof, an hundred cubits long;
14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward
the east, an hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length
of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof
on the one side and on the other
side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries
round about on their three stories, over against the
door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and
the windows were covered;
17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house,
and without, and by all the wall round about within and
without, by measure.
18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees,
so that a palm tree was
between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
19 So that the face
of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side:
it was made through all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the
temple.
21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the
appearance of the other.
22 The altar of wood
was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof,
and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of
wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
23 And the temple and the sanctuary
had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves
apiece, two turning
leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other
door.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,
cherubims and palm trees, like
as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the
porch without.
26 And there were narrow
windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch,
and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
Isaiah
62 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not
rest, until the righteousness thereof
go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which
the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the
LORD, and a royal
diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no
more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in
thee, and thy land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marrieth
a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,
so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the
LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD hath sworn by his right
hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be
meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine,
for the which thou hast laboured:
9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink
it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through,
go through the gates; prepare
ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out
the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold,
thy salvation cometh;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people,
The redeemed of the
LORD: and thou
shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
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