How to Reach God's Blessing!
Believing God! Believing His Word!
By Riqui Ricón*
The blessing
of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth
no sorrow with it.
(Proverbs 10:22, KJV)
In these challenging times (exciting times,
I would say), many people want to know where God's Blessing is and how to obtain it. They think that if they can
manage to get God to bless them, then they will be able to overcome the
challenges they face.
The words "Blessing" and "Bless" come from the union of two words:
the word "well" (or
good) and the word "spoken" (or said). Thus, the word Blessing (from
the Latin bene dictus) means
well-said or a good word; and the word Bless (from the Latin bene dicere) means to speak well.
So, based on its origins,
God's Blessing is nothing other
than God's "Good Word"—that is, the good
things that God has said.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
Is the Lord's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to
pass unto thee or not. (Numbers 11:23, KJV)
God's Blessing consists
of the words of good that God has spoken
about you in His Word, the Bible. And all of them
will be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
(Luke 21:33, KJV)
Heaven and earth will cease to exist before God fails to fulfill a single one of His Words of Blessing that He has
expressed in His Word, the Bible.
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast
promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to
bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for
thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing
let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. (2
Samuel 7:28-29, KJV)
The Word of God, the Bible, is the Truth, and since you know that all the Words that come out of God's
Mouth are fulfilled
without a single
one failing, then, by
simple logic, ALL the good Words that God has said about you are going to be
fulfilled, without a doubt!
And he came to him, and, behold, he
stood by his burnt offering, and the princes
of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken? And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak,
and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: God
is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should
repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he
not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. (Numbers
23:17-20, KJV)
God's Blessing IS
irrevocable!
The Bible is the Word of God and does not lie; it contains
ALL of God's Blessing, for
in it are the Words that have come from the mouth of God.
Thus, God's Blessing,
which is what makes one rich and adds no sorrow to it, is within your reach and much closer than
you imagine.
Your word, Lord, is eternal; it
stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. (Psalm
119:89-90, NIV)
The Word of God is infallible, eternal, and
immutable; the Blessing has ALREADY been spoken, and you can realize that God
does not need to be monitoring your conduct to see if you are a worthy
recipient of a Word of Blessing. No! The Word of God is the Blessing
of God, and it has the power and
authority to fulfill itself.
The Blessing
is the Word of Love that God has uttered
about you!
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (Jeremiah
29:11, KJV)
God desires peace and not evil for you; that is why He has blessed you. He has spoken and decreed good for your life.
And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:2, KJV)
Therefore,
do not mold your thoughts
to the way the world thinks, but change
your way of thinking; renew your thoughts with the Word of God, with the
Blessing, so that you may prove the will of God.
His will for you is good, acceptable, and perfect!
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)
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you!
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)
God loves you so much that even though you were dead in trespasses and sins, He gave you
life together with Christ Jesus to call you (to bless you) His own Child.
Behold, I send an Angel before
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
(Exodus 23:20, KJV)
The Good Word of God (the Blessing) has sent angels
before you to guard you and guide you in all your ways.
And ye shall serve the Lord your
God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness
away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren,
in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. (Exodus
23:25-26, KJV)
Now, thanks to what Jesus did out of Love
for you, by dying on that cross and rising again to justify you, forgive you,
and give you New Life, you are a Born Again
Child of God, and God's Blessing enriches
your life by granting you health
and long life.
Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth. (3 John 1:2, KJV)
The Blessing has already been spoken! It is the Word of God and it is there,
within your reach, near you, to follow you and overtake you: that you be
prospered in all things, that you have health, and that your soul prospers.
He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us all things? (Romans
8:32, KJV)
All things!
If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved heavenly Father,
how beautiful it is to know I am so loved by You. Thank You for such a great
Love! Truly, I am very grateful to You. Thank You because the beginning of
wisdom is this Love that relates You and me. Thank You for making me Your Child.
Thank You because despite my circumstances, You increase my days and add years
of life to me. Lord Jesus, through Your sacrifice of Love, through Your precious
blood shed to the last drop, I have now
passed from death to life and You have transferred me from darkness into Your
marvelous Light! I can live the Life You bought for me! So, in every problem,
illness, or affliction, I, (your
name here), am more than a conqueror, for I can do ALL things through Christ
who strengthens me, and though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I WILL NOT FEAR any evil because You, Jesus, 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 runneth over. Surely goodness
and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my
life, and I will dwell in Your house, oh Lord, for ever. I am healed! I am free!
I am prosperous! I am blessed! I am a Born Again Child of God! 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.
February
20 Matthew 2 / Exodus
22-23 / Proverbs 10 Matthew
2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem
of Judaea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where
is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod
the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where
Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written
by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,
art not the least among
the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people
Israel.
7 Then Herod,
when he had privily called
the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the
young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come
and worship him also.
9 When they had
heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east,
went before them, till it came and stood over where the young
child was.
10
When they saw the star,
they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And when they
were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense
and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream
that they should
not return to Herod,
they departed into their own country another way.
13 And when they
were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there
until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until
the death of Herod: that it might
be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod,
when he saw that he was mocked
of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in Bethlehem,
and in all the coasts
thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he
had diligently inquired of the
wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 In Rama was there
a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying, Arise,
and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which
sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose, and took the young child
and his mother,
and came into the
land of Israel.
22 But when he heard
that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into
the parts of Galilee:
23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Exodus
22 If
a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep,
and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four
sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief be found breaking
up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no
blood be shed for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should
make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive,
whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten,
and shall put in his beast,
and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the
best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6 If fire break
out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled
the fire shall surely make
restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour
money or stuff to keep, and it be
stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not found,
then the master
of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have
put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9 For all manner of
trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties
shall come before the judges;
and whom the judges
shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliver
unto his neighbour
an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any
beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods;
and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13 If it be torn in pieces,
then let him bring it for witness,
and he shall not make good that which was torn.
14 And if a man borrow ought
of his neighbour, and it be hurt,
or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it
good.
15 But if the owner
thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an
hired thing, it came for his hire.
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall
surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly
refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer
a witch to live.
19
Whosoever lieth with a beast
shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the
LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger,
nor oppress him: for ye were strangers
in the land of Egypt.
22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your
children fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not
be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment
to pledge, thou shalt deliver
it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
27 For that is his
covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth
unto me, that I will hear; for I
am gracious.
28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits,
and of thy liquors: the
firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth
day thou shalt give it me.
31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall
ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall
cast it to the dogs.
23 Thou shalt not raise a false report:
put not thine
hand with the wicked to be
an unrighteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude
to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest
judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his
cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely
bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment
of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false
matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou
not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth
the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger,
seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10
And six years thou shalt
sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits
thereof:
11 But the seventh year thou shalt
let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave
the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy
vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and
the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger,
may be refreshed.
13 And in all things
that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither
let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt
keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt
eat unleavened bread seven
days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it
thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours,
which thou hast sown
in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year,
when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear
before the LORD God.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou
shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring
thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke
him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is
in him.
22 But if thou shalt
indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be
an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut
them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their
works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take
sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 There shall nothing cast their young,
nor be barren, in thy land: the number
of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my
fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies
turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from
before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from before
thee in one year; lest the land become
desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little
and little I will drive them out from before
thee, until thou be
increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I will set
thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river:
for I will deliver the inhabitants
of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their
gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely
be a snare unto thee.
Proverbs
10 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the
heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit
nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous
to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh
poor that dealeth
with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence
covereth the mouth of
the wicked.
7 The memory
of the just is blessed:
but the name of the wicked shall
rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive
commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways
shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:
but a prating fool shall
fall.
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth
the mouth of the wicked.
12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth
all sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for
the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near
destruction.
15 The rich man's wealth
is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth
reproof erreth.
18 He that hideth hatred
with lying lips, and he that uttereth
a slander, is a
fool.
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20 The tongue
of the just is as choice silver:
the heart of the wicked
is little worth.
21
The lips of the righteous
feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22 The blessing
of the LORD, it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief:
but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the
righteous shall be granted.
25 As the whirlwind passeth,
so is the wicked no more: but the righteous
is an everlasting foundation.
26 As vinegar
to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard
to them that send him.
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be
shortened.
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright:
but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous
shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth
forth wisdom: but the froward
tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
The blessing
of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth
no sorrow with it.
(Proverbs 10:22, KJV)
In these challenging times (exciting times,
I would say), many people want to know where God's Blessing is and how to obtain it. They think that if they can
manage to get God to bless them, then they will be able to overcome the
challenges they face.
The words "Blessing" and "Bless" come from the union of two words:
the word "well" (or
good) and the word "spoken" (or said). Thus, the word Blessing (from
the Latin bene dictus) means
well-said or a good word; and the word Bless (from the Latin bene dicere) means to speak well.
So, based on its origins,
God's Blessing is nothing other
than God's "Good Word"—that is, the good
things that God has said.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
Is the Lord's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to
pass unto thee or not. (Numbers 11:23, KJV)
God's Blessing consists
of the words of good that God has spoken
about you in His Word, the Bible. And all of them
will be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
(Luke 21:33, KJV)
Heaven and earth will cease to exist before God fails to fulfill a single one of His Words of Blessing that He has
expressed in His Word, the Bible.
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast
promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to
bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for
thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing
let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. (2
Samuel 7:28-29, KJV)
The Word of God, the Bible, is the Truth, and since you know that all the Words that come out of God's
Mouth are fulfilled
without a single
one failing, then, by
simple logic, ALL the good Words that God has said about you are going to be
fulfilled, without a doubt!
And he came to him, and, behold, he
stood by his burnt offering, and the princes
of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken? And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak,
and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: God
is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should
repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he
not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. (Numbers
23:17-20, KJV)
God's Blessing IS
irrevocable!
The Bible is the Word of God and does not lie; it contains
ALL of God's Blessing, for
in it are the Words that have come from the mouth of God.
Thus, God's Blessing,
which is what makes one rich and adds no sorrow to it, is within your reach and much closer than
you imagine.
Your word, Lord, is eternal; it
stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. (Psalm
119:89-90, NIV)
The Word of God is infallible, eternal, and
immutable; the Blessing has ALREADY been spoken, and you can realize that God
does not need to be monitoring your conduct to see if you are a worthy
recipient of a Word of Blessing. No! The Word of God is the Blessing
of God, and it has the power and
authority to fulfill itself.
The Blessing
is the Word of Love that God has uttered
about you!
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (Jeremiah
29:11, KJV)
God desires peace and not evil for you; that is why He has blessed you. He has spoken and decreed good for your life.
And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:2, KJV)
Therefore,
do not mold your thoughts
to the way the world thinks, but change
your way of thinking; renew your thoughts with the Word of God, with the
Blessing, so that you may prove the will of God.
His will for you is good, acceptable, and perfect!
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)
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you!
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)
God loves you so much that even though you were dead in trespasses and sins, He gave you
life together with Christ Jesus to call you (to bless you) His own Child.
Behold, I send an Angel before
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
(Exodus 23:20, KJV)
The Good Word of God (the Blessing) has sent angels
before you to guard you and guide you in all your ways.
And ye shall serve the Lord your
God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness
away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren,
in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. (Exodus
23:25-26, KJV)
Now, thanks to what Jesus did out of Love
for you, by dying on that cross and rising again to justify you, forgive you,
and give you New Life, you are a Born Again
Child of God, and God's Blessing enriches
your life by granting you health
and long life.
Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth. (3 John 1:2, KJV)
The Blessing has already been spoken! It is the Word of God and it is there,
within your reach, near you, to follow you and overtake you: that you be
prospered in all things, that you have health, and that your soul prospers.
He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us all things? (Romans
8:32, KJV)
All things!
If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved heavenly Father,
how beautiful it is to know I am so loved by You. Thank You for such a great
Love! Truly, I am very grateful to You. Thank You because the beginning of
wisdom is this Love that relates You and me. Thank You for making me Your Child.
Thank You because despite my circumstances, You increase my days and add years
of life to me. Lord Jesus, through Your sacrifice of Love, through Your precious
blood shed to the last drop, I have now
passed from death to life and You have transferred me from darkness into Your
marvelous Light! I can live the Life You bought for me! So, in every problem,
illness, or affliction, I, (your
name here), am more than a conqueror, for I can do ALL things through Christ
who strengthens me, and though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I WILL NOT FEAR any evil because You, Jesus, 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 runneth over. Surely goodness
and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my
life, and I will dwell in Your house, oh Lord, for ever. I am healed! I am free!
I am prosperous! I am blessed! I am a Born Again Child of God! 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.
February
20 Matthew 2 / Exodus
22-23 / Proverbs 10 Matthew
2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem
of Judaea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where
is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod
the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where
Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written
by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,
art not the least among
the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people
Israel.
7 Then Herod,
when he had privily called
the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the
young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come
and worship him also.
9 When they had
heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east,
went before them, till it came and stood over where the young
child was.
10
When they saw the star,
they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And when they
were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense
and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream
that they should
not return to Herod,
they departed into their own country another way.
13 And when they
were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there
until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until
the death of Herod: that it might
be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod,
when he saw that he was mocked
of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in Bethlehem,
and in all the coasts
thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he
had diligently inquired of the
wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 In Rama was there
a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying, Arise,
and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which
sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose, and took the young child
and his mother,
and came into the
land of Israel.
22 But when he heard
that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into
the parts of Galilee:
23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Exodus
22 If
a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep,
and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four
sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief be found breaking
up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no
blood be shed for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should
make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive,
whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten,
and shall put in his beast,
and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the
best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6 If fire break
out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled
the fire shall surely make
restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour
money or stuff to keep, and it be
stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not found,
then the master
of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have
put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9 For all manner of
trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties
shall come before the judges;
and whom the judges
shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliver
unto his neighbour
an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any
beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods;
and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13 If it be torn in pieces,
then let him bring it for witness,
and he shall not make good that which was torn.
14 And if a man borrow ought
of his neighbour, and it be hurt,
or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it
good.
15 But if the owner
thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an
hired thing, it came for his hire.
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall
surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly
refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer
a witch to live.
19
Whosoever lieth with a beast
shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the
LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger,
nor oppress him: for ye were strangers
in the land of Egypt.
22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your
children fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not
be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment
to pledge, thou shalt deliver
it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
27 For that is his
covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth
unto me, that I will hear; for I
am gracious.
28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits,
and of thy liquors: the
firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth
day thou shalt give it me.
31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall
ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall
cast it to the dogs.
23 Thou shalt not raise a false report:
put not thine
hand with the wicked to be
an unrighteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude
to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest
judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his
cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely
bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment
of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false
matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou
not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth
the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger,
seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10
And six years thou shalt
sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits
thereof:
11 But the seventh year thou shalt
let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave
the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy
vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and
the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger,
may be refreshed.
13 And in all things
that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither
let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt
keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt
eat unleavened bread seven
days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it
thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours,
which thou hast sown
in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year,
when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear
before the LORD God.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou
shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring
thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke
him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is
in him.
22 But if thou shalt
indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be
an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut
them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their
works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take
sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 There shall nothing cast their young,
nor be barren, in thy land: the number
of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my
fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies
turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from
before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from before
thee in one year; lest the land become
desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little
and little I will drive them out from before
thee, until thou be
increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I will set
thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river:
for I will deliver the inhabitants
of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their
gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely
be a snare unto thee.
Proverbs
10 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the
heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit
nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous
to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh
poor that dealeth
with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence
covereth the mouth of
the wicked.
7 The memory
of the just is blessed:
but the name of the wicked shall
rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive
commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways
shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:
but a prating fool shall
fall.
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth
the mouth of the wicked.
12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth
all sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for
the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near
destruction.
15 The rich man's wealth
is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth
reproof erreth.
18 He that hideth hatred
with lying lips, and he that uttereth
a slander, is a
fool.
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20 The tongue
of the just is as choice silver:
the heart of the wicked
is little worth.
21
The lips of the righteous
feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22 The blessing
of the LORD, it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief:
but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the
righteous shall be granted.
25 As the whirlwind passeth,
so is the wicked no more: but the righteous
is an everlasting foundation.
26 As vinegar
to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard
to them that send him.
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be
shortened.
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright:
but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous
shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth
forth wisdom: but the froward
tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
