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January 19th

Sweeter Than Honey!

By Riqui Ricón*

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:7-10, KJV)

It amazes me to see how people who profess to be believers come asking for help regarding some need, and when I try to direct them toward the Word of God by saying, "let's see what the Bible says about your problem," it doesn't seem to satisfy them or be the answer they expect. They usually respond, "yes, yes, I know the Bible says that, but..."

Do you know what the conjunction "but" means? It literally means: I am going to contradict what I just said. So, if you ever find yourself thinking, "well, yes, I believe the Bible is the Truth, but..." pay close attention, because you are about to deny what you just stated.

The Bible is the Word of God and it is perfect, converting the soul; the Bible is faithful, making wise the simple. The Word of God is right, rejoicing the heart; the Bible is pure, enlightening the eyes. Love for the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the Word of God is truth, all of it righteous. It is more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Without "buts," the answer to all your needs is in the Bible, which is the Word of God and cannot lie. For if God said it, then He will fulfill it; if God spoke it, then He will execute it. God has a Word of Honor!

For this reason, it is so important that EVERY day you put the Bible in your mouth, mind, and heart. May you be continually and constantly listening to, reading, and meditating on the Perfect, Eternal, and Infallible Word of God.

For it is this, the Word of Honor of the only living and true God, who assures you that:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:1-4, KJV)

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19, KJV)

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Romans 8:37, KJV)

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24, KJV)

The Bible, the Word of God, is God Himself speaking to let you know that He 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)

It is the Almighty God who commits His Word of Honor declaring that you are His beloved child.

See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don’t know God, so they don’t understand that we are his children. (1 John 3:1, NLT)

So, doubt no more—God loves you! And this, my friend, is the Truth and it is sweeter than honey.

Let’s pray out loud:

Precious Lord Jesus, I have no words to thank You for what You did by dying on the cross out of love for me. Thank You because now I have been justified by

Your Blood; all my sins have been forgiven, and I have been sanctified to be adopted into the Father's family. I am a Born Again Child of God! Today I can approach the throne of grace with confidence, to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. And as if that weren't enough, I have You, Holy Spirit, as my guarantee, and I have Your blessed Word. Thank You! Thank You so much! Because of this Love, I have Eternal Life and every right to make my life a full and abundant one. Beloved Heavenly Father, Your Word is a Word of Honor, and now I am convinced that if You did not spare Your own Son but gave Him up for love of me, how will You not also along with Him graciously give me all things? Lord, You will supply everything I lack according to Your riches in glory. I shall lack nothing! And though I walk through the valley of shadow and death, I will fear no evil, because You, Lord, are with me. Thank You so much! Because of this Love, I can confidently declare, with all certainty, that I am healed! I am free! I am prosperous! I receive the love, joy, and peace that my Heavenly Father bought for me at the price of the Blood of His Son Jesus. I believe that the Bible is Your Word, Lord, so there is no way I can lose in this life! In Jesus' name. 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 19    Luke 14.25-35 / Genesis 26 / Psalm 19 Luke

25  And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

26  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28  For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29  Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30  Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31  Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

32  Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

33  So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34  Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35  It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 

 

Genesis

 

26 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

2  And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

3  Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

4  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

5  Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6  And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

7  And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

8  And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

9  And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

10  And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

11  And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

12  Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

13  And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

14  For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

15  For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

16  And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

17  And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

18  And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19  And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20  And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

21  And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

22  And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

23  And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

24  And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

25  And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

26  Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

27  And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

28  And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

29  That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.

30  And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

31  And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32  And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

33  And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

34  And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

35  Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

 

 

Psalm

 

19 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

2  Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

3  There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

4  Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

5  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

6  His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

7  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

8  The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

9  The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

10  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

11  Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

12  Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

13  Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

14  Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.