Señor, Enseñame a servir!
Señor, ensañame a servir , no a ser servido;
que no busque tanto que me sirvan,
como servir a mis semejantes;
quen en mi corazon anide esta oración:
"Señor, cómo anhelo que en mi despiertes el vivo deseo de imitarte:
la toalla te ceñiste y a tus cercanos serviste!"
Señor, enseñame a servir y no buscar notoriedad
ni al aplauso de aquellos a quienes sirvo,
sino de ti escuchar un dia: "Bien, buen siervo,
en lo poco has sido fiel, en lo mucho te pondre".
Que en secreto y con nobleza me empeñe
en dar a otros lo que a mi me gustaria.
Señor, enseñame a servir y entender que el camino
del servicio incluye: una cruz,
renunciacion y quebranto;
la misma senda que mi Salvador anduvo
para enjugar mi llanto.
Ayudame, Señor, a comprender que mayor es el que sirve
que el que siempre es servido;
que valla yo por la senda de la vida quitando
a otros los estorbos del camino y sanando toda herida.
Señor, enseñame a servir sin medir las recompensas,
sin temer el menosprecio y la verguenza,
al aprobio ó a la ingratitud humana.
Quiero, Señor, servir a los demás de buena gana,
Como si a ti mismo lo hiciera, y si en mi corta vida alguna vez traicionado fuera,
ayúdame a recordar que fue eso lo que te llevó a la cruz para darme vida.
Breaking Point
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This messege right here was written to me by a brother in Christ named Joey. I was about to give up but he desided to not let his brother fall because he knew that something great was and still is in store for me. During this time I was the youth president and being a Youth president wasn't the problem but my situation at home, and I felt from the Lord to place this post here because the same way it helped me out I asure you that you will also come out too. God Bless and Enjoy.
Wuz Up Jose,
I prayed for you last night, (or this morning, 3:30 am), becuase of what you shared with the youth group last night. Today, when I woke up this morning, I remembered what you said about how you were struggling with many things in your life and how you almost felt like givin up. So, knowing that you were in need of some encouragement I decided to write you this letter to help you out as much as I can. As it says, in (Romans 12:10), "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love." and in (Romans 12:13), "Share with God's people who are in need. Practice Hospitality." So, in writing this letter to you, I am also fulfilling this two verses in the Bible. I really felt it in my heart to write this letter to you filled with quotes from the Bible to give you some encouragement and to help strengthen your faith during your struggles. So, as you continue to read this letter and come across certain verses that may help you through your struggles, I encourage you to look them up in your Bible and highlight them and memorize them. If you want to, you can print this letter and save it for future reference, to help you through your struggles.
(Romans 12:11) says, " Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord." In this verse, zeal and fervor are synonyms: according to the dictionary , the mean- great enthusiasm. So, this verse is saying that you have to continue to be spiritually enthusiastic when it comes to serving the Lord, don't let the devil take away your enthusiasm in the Lord because of the trials and tribulations you're going through. (Romans 12:12) says, "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." The main thing I want you to focus on here is the part that says to be patient in affliction. A while back, T.D. Jakes gave a good sermon that was titled "The Breaking Point" . In the preaching je was talking about how every Christian must experience a point in their lives where they feel like everyone and everything is against them and they can't take it anymore, they feel like they're just going to break, they feel like just giving up. But if you continue to be faithful to God and continue to stand firm in him even while going through your toughest struggles, he will be faithful to you and give you the strength you need to overcome that "Breaking Point" in your life, then you will know that God is with you and you will truly know what it is like to be in Victory over the devil. Then you will truly live up to our motto for this year, "This is our year of conquer." (Romans 12:21) says, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 8:35-39) says, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long: we are considered as sheep to be slaughter." No, in all this things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death or life, nor angels nor demons, neither the present nor the feature, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the LOVE of GOD that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:18) says, " I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the Glory that will be revealed in us." (Romans 5:3-5) says, "Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, becuase we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disapoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." (James 1:2-4) says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." (2 Corinthians 12:9) But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:10) says, "That is why for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."(2 John 2:8) says, "Whatch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully."
As I said before, I wrote this letter to you as an effortto help you through your struggles. Sometimes it is hard to keep your faith when it seems like everyone is agaisnt you and it seems like you're going to lose your mind because nothing in your life seems to go right; but I guarantee you that if you stand firm in God, you will be able to overcome this "Breaking Point" in your life, no matter what may come your way, God will help you through it. As it says in (James 1:2-4), the testing of your faith develops perseverance, which needs to complete its work in your life so that you can become mature and complete, not lacking anything. So, I encourage you to continue and to keep this verser in your head, highligh them in your Bible, memorize them, meditate on them, and do whatever you have to do to keep them in your mind. Once you have this verses in your mind to motivate you to keep your faith, you will truly be able to overcome this "Breaking Point" in your life and you will truly be able to say that this year was your year of conquer, because you experience the "Breaking Point" in your life and were about to give up, but you kept your faith and were able to overcome this "Breaking Point" in your life, which is by far the worst attack that the enemy can throw against you. If you can make it through this point in your life, you can make it through everything and you will be able to overcome anything. Hopefully you'll be able to make it today to the youth rally in Tampa on this first day of our forty day fast. I promise that I will keep you in my prayers. Don't loose this letter; keep it for futuere reference. I'll see you later.
The End..
All I want to say is that this is something that everyone of us most overcome. THE BREAKING POINT. This letter is prophetic to my life because this is were my ministry gets a push by the experiences I face in life... Go on and Don't give up... I also hope that you have noticed the importance of having friends who know the Power of God and what God is able to do. Because when you're backed up against the wall and you just can't move and you just seem that you don't know what to do, because they are some fixes in life that leave you in a state of paralisys, and the only way for you to get out is by the faith of your associates, your companions, your friends....With this I just want to see unto you that "It does matter who you RUN with" .... God Bless..
Keep on with Faith
You know sometimes there are times in our lifes. Where we just want to leave everything where its at and live in a place away from everyone else . Because we think that is the way that we are going to find the true joy or the exit of the problem..... See the Lord made me realize that the problem is not the actual situation that we are facing but is US. Why? Just think about it for a minute... You need to relize that we are the ones that make the desicions in our lives and what we decide its going to make a change in our lifes.. That's why the Lord says in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the toughts that I have toward you, saith the Lord, toughts of peace and not of evil, to give you and expected end." See our ways are not his ways and his toughts are not his toughts for he has a calling on our lives that it can only be fulfilled if we follow his ways.. Praise be to my Lord Jesus..!!!! I remember it like if it just had happened. I remember that day when the Lord Jesus came into my heart. I was lost but yet chosen, I was captive but yet chosen, I try to find a place to fit in with people but nobody accepted me because was and still am Chosen..... Now wait a minute.. How do you know that you are chosen? See the Bible tells me in Jeremiah 1:5 " Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctify thee( I set you apart), and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." The Lord had set me apart for his porpuse before I came out of the womb. Now getting back to the main subject. My point is that because he know us before we were formed and because he is our creator he knows our path.. See before I logged on to share with you what God placed into my heart I received permission. For He knows the tought tours you and me...... I dont know your situation but the Lord sure knows.. All you have to do is humble yourself before Him (the Most High) and I don't promise but I guarantee that your help is on the way.. God has chosen you for a specific purpose during this time of your life and the devil is trying to defeat you but the Lord says "Dont you worry about it, Vengeance belongs to me.. and I will put your enemies at your dinner table and they shall be defeated and you will reign because you are a child of the King.." He will Put my enemies before me at my dinner table? WHAT!!!!! If you remember and if you read the Bible you will be able to recall that in the Old testament
LOCUST use to eat men But John came to set the path for Jesus - He came in
EATING locust!!! OH Yess... Praise The Lord..!!! Please understand this verse ( what use to eat at men, now men is eating) That's why the Lord says and I shall place a table with your enemies served on it. For vengeance belongs to the Lord.
Finally I exort you to not run away from the sitaution but face it for the Lord will give you the strenght.....
Becuase I can do all things throught Christ who strenghtens me..!!!!!!
God Bless
In His name...
Josian Medina
