A Single Word from the Lord Is Enough for a
Miracle to Happen!
By Riqui Ricón*
And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the
centurion sent friends to him,
saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou
shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy
to come unto thee: but say in a word,
and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under
authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and
to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and
said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel (Luke 7:6-9, KJV).
We see here, in this episode of the life of Jesus, that He marveled
that this centurion understood better
than the Israelites that the Word of God has ALL authority over problems, illnesses,
or afflictions.
The parallel
passage in Matthew
chapter 8 says: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed (Matthew
8:8, KJV).
Born-again children of God understand that the Bible
is the Word of God and,
therefore, has all authority to fulfill itself.
Thou hast enlarged me when I was in
distress... Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest
me dwell in safety (Psalm
4:1b, 7-8, KJV).
The Word of God is so real and powerful that
it not only provides you with physical healing but also causes
you to enlarge (to grow,
mature, and prosper), brings joy to your heart, and
gives you peace and confidence.
That’s right—you can put all your confidence
and your faith in the fact that if God has said it, then He will fulfill it; if God has spoken it, then He will execute
it.
He will cause you to enlarge in the midst of distress!
Because of the Word of God, you will have such joy in your
heart that you will be able to live with confidence; you will be able to live
in peace.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world (John 16:33, KJV).
No matter if things have started well or poorly
for you this year, you can do something: You can decide your future.
Decide to
believe God! Decide to believe the Word
of God! You know that God does
not lie, and you know that the Bible is His Word of Honor; therefore, you can
decide to be like that centurion who did not need to PHYSICALLY SEE the Son of
God, nor did he need any kind of proof or evidence. You can begin this year by
deciding to believe that the Word of God is everything, and that it is the only thing you need to come out as more than a conqueror. Decide
to trust in God!
O Lord of hosts,
blessed is the man that trusteth in thee (Psalm 84:12, KJV).
Despite the difficulties and afflictions of
this world, there is no greater security—there is no better guarantee for
living a full life—than to know and believe the good Will of God, which is
pleasing and perfect. For heaven and earth will sooner cease to exist before He fails to fulfill
any of His promises that He has placed in His Word.
“To me this is like the days of
Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Though
the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love will not be shaken from you nor my covenant
of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you (Isaiah
54:9- 10, NIV).
Now that you are in Christ
Jesus, and through the Word
of God, He is no longer angry with you; instead, the New Covenant—the
Covenant of Peace— determines the relationship between you and God. And this new relationship is truly amazing.
See how much our heavenly Father
loves us that he allows us to be called children of God. And the most wonderful thing is that we really are! Naturally, since most people do not know
God, they do not understand why we are (1 John
3:1, NIV).
Through the Word of God, with the New Covenant
in the Blood of Jesus, you
have been made a beloved child of God. A Born-Again Child of God!
Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth (3 John 1:2, KJV).
Through the Word of God, His good will has
been declared toward you, and it is pleasing and perfect: that you may prosper in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers. So, stop looking at your problems,
illnesses, and circumstances. Fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher
of the faith, and use the words of that centurion:
Lord Jesus,
only speak the Word and my circumstances will change!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved Heavenly Father, thank You, thank
You so much for giving me Your Word, the Bible. It is Your Word of Honor, and I
know that in it I have the guarantee, the full security, and the certainty that
Your will for me is good, pleasing, and perfect.
Precious Lord Jesus,
through the New Covenant in Your
Blood, I am now a Born-Again Child of God, and I can speak to my problems and
afflictions with all authority because I know Your Word.
I am healed! I am free! I am prosperous! The Love, the joy, and the peace that Christ Jesus bought for me
with His death and resurrection are my legitimate inheritance! I have declared
that this year is the best year of my life, and so it shall be! In all things I
am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me, Christ Jesus! I CAN DO ALL
THINGS! In Christ Jesus, I have already overcome the world, for You, Holy
Spirit, who live and dwell in me, are greater than anyone who is in the world!
Father, I will never doubt
Your Word! 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.
January 5 Luke 7.1-47
/ Genesis 8-10 / Psalm 4
Luke
7 Now when he had ended all his sayings
in the audience of the people, he
entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Jesus,
he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come
and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus,
they besought him instantly, saying,
That he was worthy for whom he
should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house,
the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto
him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter
under my roof:
7 Wherefore neither
thought I myself
worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a
man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he cometh;
and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When Jesus heard
these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning
to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
11 And it came to pass the day after,
that he went into a city called
Nain; and many of his
disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came
nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried
out, the only son of his mother,
and she was a widow:
and much people of the city
was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And
he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified
God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and,
That God hath visited his people.
17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout
all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John shewed
him of all these things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying,
Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that
should come? or look we for another?
21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that
were blind he gave sight.
22 Then Jesus
answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen
and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,
the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23
And blessed is he, whosoever
shall not be offended in me.
24 And when the
messengers of John were departed, he began to
speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?
A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye
out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which
are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings'
courts.
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet?
Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto
you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet
than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected
the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of
him.
31 And the Lord said,
Whereunto then shall
I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting
in the marketplace, and calling
one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not
wept.
33 For John the Baptist
came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say,
Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom
is justified of all her
children.
36 And one of the Pharisees desired
him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and
sat down to meat.
37 And, behold,
a woman in the city, which was a sinner,
when she knew that
Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind
him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the
hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the
Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying,
This man, if he were a prophet,
would have known who and what manner of woman this is that
toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat
to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
41 There was a certain
creditor which had two debtors:
the one owed five hundred
pence, and the other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave
them both. Tell me
therefore, which of them will love him most?
43 Simon answered
and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And
he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou
gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and
wiped them with the hairs of her head.
45 Thou gavest
me no kiss: but this woman since
the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint:
but this woman hath anointed
my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven;
for she loved much: but to
whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Genesis
8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the
waters assuaged;
2 The fountains
also of the deep and the windows
of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned
from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters
were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters
decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty
days, that Noah opened the window
of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth
a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters
were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth
a dove from him, to see if the waters
were abated from off
the face of the ground;
9 But the dove
found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole
earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and
pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth
the dove out of
the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening;
and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the
earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to
pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of
the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed
the covering of the ark, and looked,
and, behold, the face of the
ground was dry.
14 And in the second
month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons,
and thy sons' wives with
thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in
the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him:
19 Every beast,
every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their
kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the
LORD;
and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart,
I will not again curse the
ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from
his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have
done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night
shall not cease.
9 And God blessed
Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread
of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth
upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving
thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof,
which is the blood thereof,
shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your
blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth
man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the
image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring
forth abundantly in the earth,
and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living
creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle,
and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the
ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood;
neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant
which I make between me and
you and every
living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember
my covenant, which is between
me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and
the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall
be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living
creature of all flesh that is
upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant,
which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of
Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted
a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine,
and was drunken;
and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan,
saw the nakedness of his father, and told
his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and
Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's
nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan;
a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed
be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth,
and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and
Canaan shall be his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred
and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:
and he died.
10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth;
Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz,
and Riphath, and
Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim,
and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles
divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in
their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim,
and Phut, and
Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba,
and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah;
Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod:
he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty
hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom
was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth
Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and the city
Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh
and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 And Mizraim
begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan
begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite,
and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the
Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar,
unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even
unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in
their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were
children born.
22
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur,
and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether,
and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad
begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his
brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan
begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram,
and Uzal, and
Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael,
and Sheba,
29
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their tongues, in their
lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families
of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their
nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Psalm
4 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged
me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?
how long will ye love vanity, and seek after
leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
the LORD will hear when I call unto
him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and
be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness
in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and
their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace,
and sleep: for thou,
LORD, only makest
me dwell in safety.
And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the
centurion sent friends to him,
saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou
shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy
to come unto thee: but say in a word,
and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under
authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and
to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and
said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel (Luke 7:6-9, KJV).
We see here, in this episode of the life of Jesus, that He marveled
that this centurion understood better
than the Israelites that the Word of God has ALL authority over problems, illnesses,
or afflictions.
The parallel
passage in Matthew
chapter 8 says: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed (Matthew
8:8, KJV).
Born-again children of God understand that the Bible
is the Word of God and,
therefore, has all authority to fulfill itself.
Thou hast enlarged me when I was in
distress... Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest
me dwell in safety (Psalm
4:1b, 7-8, KJV).
The Word of God is so real and powerful that
it not only provides you with physical healing but also causes
you to enlarge (to grow,
mature, and prosper), brings joy to your heart, and
gives you peace and confidence.
That’s right—you can put all your confidence
and your faith in the fact that if God has said it, then He will fulfill it; if God has spoken it, then He will execute
it.
He will cause you to enlarge in the midst of distress!
Because of the Word of God, you will have such joy in your
heart that you will be able to live with confidence; you will be able to live
in peace.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world (John 16:33, KJV).
No matter if things have started well or poorly
for you this year, you can do something: You can decide your future.
Decide to
believe God! Decide to believe the Word
of God! You know that God does
not lie, and you know that the Bible is His Word of Honor; therefore, you can
decide to be like that centurion who did not need to PHYSICALLY SEE the Son of
God, nor did he need any kind of proof or evidence. You can begin this year by
deciding to believe that the Word of God is everything, and that it is the only thing you need to come out as more than a conqueror. Decide
to trust in God!
O Lord of hosts,
blessed is the man that trusteth in thee (Psalm 84:12, KJV).
Despite the difficulties and afflictions of
this world, there is no greater security—there is no better guarantee for
living a full life—than to know and believe the good Will of God, which is
pleasing and perfect. For heaven and earth will sooner cease to exist before He fails to fulfill
any of His promises that He has placed in His Word.
“To me this is like the days of
Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Though
the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love will not be shaken from you nor my covenant
of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you (Isaiah
54:9- 10, NIV).
Now that you are in Christ
Jesus, and through the Word
of God, He is no longer angry with you; instead, the New Covenant—the
Covenant of Peace— determines the relationship between you and God. And this new relationship is truly amazing.
See how much our heavenly Father
loves us that he allows us to be called children of God. And the most wonderful thing is that we really are! Naturally, since most people do not know
God, they do not understand why we are (1 John
3:1, NIV).
Through the Word of God, with the New Covenant
in the Blood of Jesus, you
have been made a beloved child of God. A Born-Again Child of God!
Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth (3 John 1:2, KJV).
Through the Word of God, His good will has
been declared toward you, and it is pleasing and perfect: that you may prosper in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers. So, stop looking at your problems,
illnesses, and circumstances. Fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher
of the faith, and use the words of that centurion:
Lord Jesus,
only speak the Word and my circumstances will change!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved Heavenly Father, thank You, thank
You so much for giving me Your Word, the Bible. It is Your Word of Honor, and I
know that in it I have the guarantee, the full security, and the certainty that
Your will for me is good, pleasing, and perfect.
Precious Lord Jesus,
through the New Covenant in Your
Blood, I am now a Born-Again Child of God, and I can speak to my problems and
afflictions with all authority because I know Your Word.
I am healed! I am free! I am prosperous! The Love, the joy, and the peace that Christ Jesus bought for me
with His death and resurrection are my legitimate inheritance! I have declared
that this year is the best year of my life, and so it shall be! In all things I
am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me, Christ Jesus! I CAN DO ALL
THINGS! In Christ Jesus, I have already overcome the world, for You, Holy
Spirit, who live and dwell in me, are greater than anyone who is in the world!
Father, I will never doubt
Your Word! 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.
January 5 Luke 7.1-47
/ Genesis 8-10 / Psalm 4
Luke
7 Now when he had ended all his sayings
in the audience of the people, he
entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Jesus,
he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come
and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus,
they besought him instantly, saying,
That he was worthy for whom he
should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house,
the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto
him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter
under my roof:
7 Wherefore neither
thought I myself
worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a
man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he cometh;
and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When Jesus heard
these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning
to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
11 And it came to pass the day after,
that he went into a city called
Nain; and many of his
disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came
nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried
out, the only son of his mother,
and she was a widow:
and much people of the city
was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And
he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified
God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and,
That God hath visited his people.
17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout
all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John shewed
him of all these things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying,
Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that
should come? or look we for another?
21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that
were blind he gave sight.
22 Then Jesus
answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen
and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,
the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23
And blessed is he, whosoever
shall not be offended in me.
24 And when the
messengers of John were departed, he began to
speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?
A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye
out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which
are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings'
courts.
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet?
Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto
you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet
than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected
the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of
him.
31 And the Lord said,
Whereunto then shall
I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting
in the marketplace, and calling
one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not
wept.
33 For John the Baptist
came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say,
Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom
is justified of all her
children.
36 And one of the Pharisees desired
him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and
sat down to meat.
37 And, behold,
a woman in the city, which was a sinner,
when she knew that
Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind
him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the
hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the
Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying,
This man, if he were a prophet,
would have known who and what manner of woman this is that
toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat
to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
41 There was a certain
creditor which had two debtors:
the one owed five hundred
pence, and the other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave
them both. Tell me
therefore, which of them will love him most?
43 Simon answered
and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And
he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou
gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and
wiped them with the hairs of her head.
45 Thou gavest
me no kiss: but this woman since
the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint:
but this woman hath anointed
my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven;
for she loved much: but to
whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Genesis
8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the
waters assuaged;
2 The fountains
also of the deep and the windows
of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned
from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters
were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters
decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty
days, that Noah opened the window
of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth
a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters
were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth
a dove from him, to see if the waters
were abated from off
the face of the ground;
9 But the dove
found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole
earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and
pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth
the dove out of
the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening;
and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the
earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to
pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of
the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed
the covering of the ark, and looked,
and, behold, the face of the
ground was dry.
14 And in the second
month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons,
and thy sons' wives with
thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in
the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him:
19 Every beast,
every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their
kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the
LORD;
and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart,
I will not again curse the
ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from
his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have
done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night
shall not cease.
9 And God blessed
Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread
of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth
upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving
thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof,
which is the blood thereof,
shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your
blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth
man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the
image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring
forth abundantly in the earth,
and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living
creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle,
and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the
ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood;
neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant
which I make between me and
you and every
living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember
my covenant, which is between
me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and
the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall
be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living
creature of all flesh that is
upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant,
which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of
Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted
a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine,
and was drunken;
and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan,
saw the nakedness of his father, and told
his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and
Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's
nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan;
a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed
be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth,
and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and
Canaan shall be his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred
and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:
and he died.
10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth;
Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz,
and Riphath, and
Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim,
and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles
divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in
their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim,
and Phut, and
Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba,
and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah;
Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod:
he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty
hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom
was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth
Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and the city
Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh
and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 And Mizraim
begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan
begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite,
and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the
Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar,
unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even
unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in
their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were
children born.
22
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur,
and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether,
and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad
begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his
brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan
begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram,
and Uzal, and
Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael,
and Sheba,
29
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their tongues, in their
lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families
of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their
nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Psalm
4 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged
me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?
how long will ye love vanity, and seek after
leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
the LORD will hear when I call unto
him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and
be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness
in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and
their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace,
and sleep: for thou,
LORD, only makest
me dwell in safety.
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