You Will Make This Year the Best Year
of Your Life!
By Riqui Ricón*
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved
(Luke 5:38, KJV).
It is
always beautiful to receive a present. Opening a gift bag or unwrapping a package we have just received is
exciting. It’s about the surprise of receiving something new that we don’t yet
know. You can begin this new year today with
that same feeling
and expectation, because
the best days of your life are ahead of you.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new (2
Corinthians 5:17, KJV).
No matter how old you are, the Bible—which is the Word of God and does not
lie—is no respecter of persons and teaches you clearly that if anyone is in
Christ, they are a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, ALL
things are made NEW. Now, either this is true or it isn't. There is no middle ground!
For God is faithful, and he knows
that our message to you is not a flickering "yes" and "no."
For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not represent any hesitation; nor is he a simultaneous "Yes" and "No," since he is God's "Yes." In Christ, all the promises of God are "Yes" and
"Amen"; that is, they are confirmed. And for the glory of God they
are fulfilled in us, those of us who belong to Christ (2
Corinthians 1:18-20, NIV).
Good news! You can begin this New Year knowing
that the promises
of God are confirmed, and for the glory of God they shall be fulfilled
in your life, because you belong to Christ!
For in the gospel
the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith [by
believing God, believing His Word] from first to last, just as it is
written: “The righteous will live by faith [by believing God, believing His
Word]”
(Romans 1:17, NIV).
Beloved, do not be deceived by the accuser,
who is the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning; do not allow
him to steal your hope with his lies.
He will scream in your ear, "No!
I'm not lying. This is reality. Etc."; but you must strengthen yourself in the Lord and in the power of His might, stand
firm in the Word of God and declare: "That may be the reality,
devil, but I know the Truth, and the Truth is that I
am a born-again child of God and—get this straight—I am more than a conqueror
and I can do ALL things, absolutely ALL things, through Christ Jesus who
strengthens me."
That’s right! You are that New Creation
the Bible speaks of! You are the new
wine that God has prepared to sweeten and bring joy to this year that is
beginning! In the New Year, you are, and will continue to be, a child of the
Almighty God!
Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the wine will
burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be
ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins (Mark
2:22, NIV).
Remember that new wine is put into new wineskins.
Do not conform to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s
will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will (Romans
12:2, NIV).
Do not listen to other voices! Listen only
to the Voice of your heavenly Father who encourages you to change
your old way of thinking. Renew yourself in the
spirit of your mind with the Word of God, the Bible, and wait with joy and
happiness for the best from Him in this year that is beginning.
You were taught, with regard to your former
way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires; to be made new in the spirit of your minds; and to put on
the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians
4:22-24, NIV).
Despite everything the devil says,
screams, or kicks
about, you—and only you—are that new man (woman); that
born-again child of God, created according to God in the righteousness and
holiness of the truth.
That’s right, the Bible is talking about you!
You can start this year knowing that it is a year of SPLENDOR,
where the Abundant Grace that
is upon you will manifest so that you develop the maximum potential in your
life, health, family, economy, and ministry.
Therefore, take hold of the Word of God, the
Bible, and make it happen. Believe Him, and make the reading and meditation of the Word of God the
maximum priority in your life.
Receive Abundant Grace
to reign!
Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight
is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall
be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in
his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper (Psalm 1:1-3, KJV).
As difficult as it may seem, you are now
this blessed man (woman), and you are destined, by the Word of God, to be—in this New Year—a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its
fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; everything you do shall
prosper.
How can you make this possible? Simple!
This book of the law shall
not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success (Joshua 1:8, KJV).
It is written! Make a firm purpose to read
and meditate on the ENTIRE Bible during this year; put it in your mind, mouth, and heart,
and faith will grow in you. You will begin to keep and do
everything written in it, and then (not before, nor after, nor in any other
way), you will make your way prosperous
and everything will turn out well for you.
God says it! And if God says it is so, then it must be the Truth and it will be
fulfilled.
Another very important and necessary thing
for starting this year is to always remember that:
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).
Because of the love God feels for you, Jesus
went to the cross and paid the price for all your sins to adopt you into His
family as a legitimate child and make you a partaker of His nature
through all these precious and magnificent
promises.
See what large love the Father
has given us, that we should be called children of God; and as such we are. For
this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him (1
John 3:1, NIV).
Since you are that legitimate and beloved
child of God, strip off the old corrupted nature as if it were an old garment.
Renew yourself in the spirit
of your mind, knowing
and believing that you are a child of the Most High God,
and begin to reign with Abundant Grace, for this year is the year of your SPLENDOR
O
Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth
in thee (Psalm 84:12,
KJV). Believe God! Believe His Word!
Take each and every one of His promises and
live this year knowing that heaven and earth
will sooner cease to
exist before God, your Father,
fails to fulfill His Word to you. Trust in Him and you will be blessed,
for He will do it.
Prepare to reign using the Abundant Grace that God, your Father,
has given you!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved Heavenly Father, today I prepare to
begin a new year with the certainty and conviction of who I am.
Lord Jesus, because of what You did out
of love for me, I now have an
identity: I am a born-again child of God. Today I
certainly forget what is behind and reach
forward to what is ahead—the goal, the prize of the high calling of living this
life as a child of the King. How can I ever repay all this! How could I not live in Your Abundant Grace, precious God!
I declare, in the name of Jesus, that this
year will be the best year of my life. This is the year of my healing and of a
life in health. I call forth economic prosperity and the restoration of all
family bonds. I bless my house and my family, declaring that You, glorious Holy Spirit, will never
be lacking in the lives and hearts of
my loved ones and that Your Word will dwell abundantly in
all of us. I call forth the light and the freedom
that comes from knowing I am a born-
again child of God. New Year, you will be the year of my Splendor where I will
reign through Abundant Grace. In all things, I will come out more than a
conqueror through Your love, my Lord Jesus! I can do all things! I am healed! I
am free! I am prosperous! Love, joy, and peace are the characteristics of my
new nature in Christ! 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 1 Luke 5.27-39
/ Genesis 1-2 / Psalm 1
Luke
27 And after these things
he went forth, and saw a publican,
named Levi,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed
him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others
that sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured
against his disciples, saying, Why do ye
eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a
physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make
prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children
of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in
those days.
36 And he spake also
a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh
a rent, and the
piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth
new wine into old bottles;
else the new wine will burst
the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are
preserved.
39 No man also having
drunk old wine straightway desireth
new: for he saith,
The old is better.
Genesis
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face
of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided
the light from the
darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening
and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters
called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it
was so.
12 And the earth brought
forth grass, and herb yielding
seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed
was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning
were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights
in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights;
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he
made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light
from the darkness: and God saw
that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning
were the fourth
day.
20 And God said, Let
the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was
good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning
were the fifth
day.
24 And God said, Let
the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the
beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth
upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female
created he them.
28 And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl
of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said,
Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every
thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so.
31
And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good.
And the evening
and the morning were the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens
and the earth were finished,
and all the host of
them.
2 And on the seventh
day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens
and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,
and every herb of the field before
it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the
ground.
6 But there
went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward
in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of
good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence
it was parted, and became into
four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
13 And the name of the second
river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward
the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,
Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the
ground the LORD God formed every beast of
the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought
them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called
every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones,
and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave
unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Psalm
1 Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly
are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall
not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly
shall perish.
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved
(Luke 5:38, KJV).
It is
always beautiful to receive a present. Opening a gift bag or unwrapping a package we have just received is
exciting. It’s about the surprise of receiving something new that we don’t yet
know. You can begin this new year today with
that same feeling
and expectation, because
the best days of your life are ahead of you.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new (2
Corinthians 5:17, KJV).
No matter how old you are, the Bible—which is the Word of God and does not
lie—is no respecter of persons and teaches you clearly that if anyone is in
Christ, they are a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, ALL
things are made NEW. Now, either this is true or it isn't. There is no middle ground!
For God is faithful, and he knows
that our message to you is not a flickering "yes" and "no."
For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not represent any hesitation; nor is he a simultaneous "Yes" and "No," since he is God's "Yes." In Christ, all the promises of God are "Yes" and
"Amen"; that is, they are confirmed. And for the glory of God they
are fulfilled in us, those of us who belong to Christ (2
Corinthians 1:18-20, NIV).
Good news! You can begin this New Year knowing
that the promises
of God are confirmed, and for the glory of God they shall be fulfilled
in your life, because you belong to Christ!
For in the gospel
the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith [by
believing God, believing His Word] from first to last, just as it is
written: “The righteous will live by faith [by believing God, believing His
Word]”
(Romans 1:17, NIV).
Beloved, do not be deceived by the accuser,
who is the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning; do not allow
him to steal your hope with his lies.
He will scream in your ear, "No!
I'm not lying. This is reality. Etc."; but you must strengthen yourself in the Lord and in the power of His might, stand
firm in the Word of God and declare: "That may be the reality,
devil, but I know the Truth, and the Truth is that I
am a born-again child of God and—get this straight—I am more than a conqueror
and I can do ALL things, absolutely ALL things, through Christ Jesus who
strengthens me."
That’s right! You are that New Creation
the Bible speaks of! You are the new
wine that God has prepared to sweeten and bring joy to this year that is
beginning! In the New Year, you are, and will continue to be, a child of the
Almighty God!
Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the wine will
burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be
ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins (Mark
2:22, NIV).
Remember that new wine is put into new wineskins.
Do not conform to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s
will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will (Romans
12:2, NIV).
Do not listen to other voices! Listen only
to the Voice of your heavenly Father who encourages you to change
your old way of thinking. Renew yourself in the
spirit of your mind with the Word of God, the Bible, and wait with joy and
happiness for the best from Him in this year that is beginning.
You were taught, with regard to your former
way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires; to be made new in the spirit of your minds; and to put on
the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians
4:22-24, NIV).
Despite everything the devil says,
screams, or kicks
about, you—and only you—are that new man (woman); that
born-again child of God, created according to God in the righteousness and
holiness of the truth.
That’s right, the Bible is talking about you!
You can start this year knowing that it is a year of SPLENDOR,
where the Abundant Grace that
is upon you will manifest so that you develop the maximum potential in your
life, health, family, economy, and ministry.
Therefore, take hold of the Word of God, the
Bible, and make it happen. Believe Him, and make the reading and meditation of the Word of God the
maximum priority in your life.
Receive Abundant Grace
to reign!
Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight
is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall
be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in
his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper (Psalm 1:1-3, KJV).
As difficult as it may seem, you are now
this blessed man (woman), and you are destined, by the Word of God, to be—in this New Year—a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its
fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; everything you do shall
prosper.
How can you make this possible? Simple!
This book of the law shall
not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success (Joshua 1:8, KJV).
It is written! Make a firm purpose to read
and meditate on the ENTIRE Bible during this year; put it in your mind, mouth, and heart,
and faith will grow in you. You will begin to keep and do
everything written in it, and then (not before, nor after, nor in any other
way), you will make your way prosperous
and everything will turn out well for you.
God says it! And if God says it is so, then it must be the Truth and it will be
fulfilled.
Another very important and necessary thing
for starting this year is to always remember that:
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).
Because of the love God feels for you, Jesus
went to the cross and paid the price for all your sins to adopt you into His
family as a legitimate child and make you a partaker of His nature
through all these precious and magnificent
promises.
See what large love the Father
has given us, that we should be called children of God; and as such we are. For
this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him (1
John 3:1, NIV).
Since you are that legitimate and beloved
child of God, strip off the old corrupted nature as if it were an old garment.
Renew yourself in the spirit
of your mind, knowing
and believing that you are a child of the Most High God,
and begin to reign with Abundant Grace, for this year is the year of your SPLENDOR
O
Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth
in thee (Psalm 84:12,
KJV). Believe God! Believe His Word!
Take each and every one of His promises and
live this year knowing that heaven and earth
will sooner cease to
exist before God, your Father,
fails to fulfill His Word to you. Trust in Him and you will be blessed,
for He will do it.
Prepare to reign using the Abundant Grace that God, your Father,
has given you!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved Heavenly Father, today I prepare to
begin a new year with the certainty and conviction of who I am.
Lord Jesus, because of what You did out
of love for me, I now have an
identity: I am a born-again child of God. Today I
certainly forget what is behind and reach
forward to what is ahead—the goal, the prize of the high calling of living this
life as a child of the King. How can I ever repay all this! How could I not live in Your Abundant Grace, precious God!
I declare, in the name of Jesus, that this
year will be the best year of my life. This is the year of my healing and of a
life in health. I call forth economic prosperity and the restoration of all
family bonds. I bless my house and my family, declaring that You, glorious Holy Spirit, will never
be lacking in the lives and hearts of
my loved ones and that Your Word will dwell abundantly in
all of us. I call forth the light and the freedom
that comes from knowing I am a born-
again child of God. New Year, you will be the year of my Splendor where I will
reign through Abundant Grace. In all things, I will come out more than a
conqueror through Your love, my Lord Jesus! I can do all things! I am healed! I
am free! I am prosperous! Love, joy, and peace are the characteristics of my
new nature in Christ! 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 1 Luke 5.27-39
/ Genesis 1-2 / Psalm 1
Luke
27 And after these things
he went forth, and saw a publican,
named Levi,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed
him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others
that sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured
against his disciples, saying, Why do ye
eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a
physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make
prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children
of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in
those days.
36 And he spake also
a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh
a rent, and the
piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth
new wine into old bottles;
else the new wine will burst
the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are
preserved.
39 No man also having
drunk old wine straightway desireth
new: for he saith,
The old is better.
Genesis
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face
of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided
the light from the
darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening
and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters
called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it
was so.
12 And the earth brought
forth grass, and herb yielding
seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed
was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning
were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights
in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights;
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he
made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light
from the darkness: and God saw
that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning
were the fourth
day.
20 And God said, Let
the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was
good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning
were the fifth
day.
24 And God said, Let
the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the
beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth
upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female
created he them.
28 And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl
of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said,
Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every
thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so.
31
And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good.
And the evening
and the morning were the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens
and the earth were finished,
and all the host of
them.
2 And on the seventh
day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens
and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,
and every herb of the field before
it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the
ground.
6 But there
went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward
in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of
good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence
it was parted, and became into
four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
13 And the name of the second
river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward
the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,
Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the
ground the LORD God formed every beast of
the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought
them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called
every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones,
and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave
unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Psalm
1 Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly
are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall
not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly
shall perish.
