Inside Out Devotionals

"The Father loves the Son,  and has given all things into his hand."  John 3:35  It is commonsense that in order to have success in life we need to WORK HARD, we can´t just "sit and watch", but we need to get up and "JUST DO IT". Well, this is not what we learn from Jesus, the  MOST SUCCESSFUL -MAN- THE UNIVERSE HAS EVER SEEN! But what was his secret? Pastor Bill Johnson (Bethel Church) always says that God never hides his secrets and mysteries FROM us, but FOR us -his beloved children-! Jesus has openned up his good treasure and is willing to share it with us, for HIS DELIGHT is to see us LIVING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE just as HE is successful! The first point is: Jesus was 100% dependent on the FATHER. He wouldn´t wake up every morning and go about DOING AND DOING stuff  "for God" in order to please "God". First off, Jesus KNEW HE was God´s delight despite of his DOING and the KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF GOD´S LOVE FOR HIM...

"... whoever believes  in me  will do the works I do,   and they will do even greater things  than these..." John 14:12 We all are created by a GREAT God. Things around us  (the skies, the oceans, etc) give us a glimpse of HOW GREAT is our God. The bible says that we are created after God´s own image and likeness (Gen 1:26,27). No wonder every single person,  deep within,  has the desire to be GREAT, to DO great things, to PROSPER, to be SUCCESSFUL. It is not wrong to desire ALL that because we were BORN for ALL these things!!  We have a GREAT GOD who DOES GREAT THINGS and we, as his children, are his partners here on earth to ACCOMPLISH these GREAT things. God has GREAT DREAMS, and He places his GREAT dreams in men´s hearts! We have an appettite for the impossible, but frustration will come every time we try to reach for it apart from God, on our own, trusting our faculties, habilities, talents and efforts.  During Je...

 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us."  Rom 8:18 This weekend I heard an ilustration that really caused me to think. It talked about two babies in the womb of their mother discussing whether there would be "life after birth". Whereas one baby would say that there was nothing after birth, the other one would say that wonderful things - a whole new life- were ahead of them after birth: they would be able to walk with their own legs, feed themselves with their own hands, hug their mom, etc.  Thinking about this ilustration, it occured to me that we could use the same thought pattern when it comes to ETERNITY. THIS earthly life is nothing but a SHORT preparation for GREATER THINGS THAT JESUS HAS FOR US in the time to come! Those 9 months in the womb is NOTHING compared to THE REST of their lives after birth. Likewise, our short earthly years (70,80 100 years) ...

“  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment : because as he is , so are we in this world.”   1 John 4:17 Most people try not to think about eternity. The reason for that is because of the time they are fearful of God´s judgement upon then. We are taught that we must watch every step we take for we will be accountable of each one of them. No wonder people try not to get TOO close to God, for in their eyes, He is this angry God who is ready to bring all judgement upon them. Well, all that would be true if it was not written: “… mercy triumphs over judgment. ”James 2:13.   We cannot lose focus that the core of God´s very nature is LOVE, and out of His nature flows MERCY AND GRACE, for   “ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 That doesn´t mean that ...