Inside Out Devotionals

"So you are no longer a slave,  but God´s child; and since you are his child,  God has made you also an heir" Galatians 4:7 Every human being has born with this desire of being someone important, someone great, someone who is sincerely loved. We spend our lives doing things in order to achieve other things, or positions, that will satisfy such longing within. We desire to be a "great man/woman" in this world, in society, at our jobs, or even just in our class at school.  But the most significant position we can ever reach doesn´t depend on how hard I work. Have you ever asked God how He sees you? What does HE say you are or what are HIS THOUGHTS about you? I highly recommend you to ask Him this life-changing question! I assure you that you will hear the BEST things you ever heard, for HE FORMED AND CREATED YOU, and no matter how hard we "try" to mess up our lives, He will always have good thoughts and plans for us since we ...

Looking at them, Jesus said,  “With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible,  but not with God;  for all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27 (AMP) When we look around we can see people willing to do ANYTHING in order to experience something that will impact their lives in a significant and permanent way. That is not something new in human race´s history. 2000 years ago there was a young man that approached Jesus with the question: "what must I -do- get eternal life"? We are taught that if we want something, we must DESERVE IT, we must DO something in order to GET something back. So when it comes to spiritual things, we tend to transfer such mindset to our relationship with God. Mind you, though, God is not like men, neither thinks like us! His thoughts are much higher than ours and he has such a giving heart that doesn´t give according to our worthiness or works.  Even in serving the Lord we tend to think that...

 Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader,  “Don’t listen to them; just trust me.”  Mark 5:36 These are the words of Jesus to a man called Jairus whose daughter was dead. Jairus came to Jesus to ask him to heal his daughter while she was still alive, but by the time they got back to his house people announced that she was dead, therefore there was no need to bother Jesus any further.  We should know that Jesus is deeply touched by things that matter to us!! He is never late and even when it seems like things got to its DEAD POINT, that there is no solution... Jesus is ALWAYS THE SOLUTION! There is nothing he can´t do, there is no situation he cannot change!  The world around us and even friends and family will try to tell us that THE GAME IS OVER, there is no HOPE. But JESUS HIMSELF IS OUR HOPE.  Sometimes the wisest thing to do is to be deaf to the world and what they say when their words don´...

Then Joseph had another dream,  and he told it to his brothers:  “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars  were bowing down to me."  Genesis 37:9 Much of what we dream as we sleep results from our daily routine, thoughts and worries. But d reams can also be another form of heavenly language.  Dreams prepare our hearts to things that will come to pass in our future.  The bible is full of examples of people who were told about future situations through dreams as they slept.  Joseph, one of the sons of Jacob, at the age of 17 started having some dreams. The content of all those dreams were basically that he was in a position of authority- even over his own family. That was definitely something not reasonable to think of or likely to happen considering that he was the youngest in the family. Joseph became hated by his brothers and was called a "dreamer". But his dreams came from God and God doesn´t kn...

"His divine power has given us everything we need  for a godly life trough our knowledge of him  who called us  by his own glory and goodness."  2 Peter 1:3 The bible tells us the story of how God delivered his people, Israel, from slavery in Egypt through a young guy called Moses. Moses had some traumatic experiences in Egypt that caused him to flee to a desert and dwell there for 40 years after killing an egyptian.  From the beginning of Moses life, God already had a plan for him! I mean, Moses was already IN God´s plans of deliverance for his people and the fact that Moses killed someone didn´t cause God to change his plans.  But as for Moses, he was the one hesitating to say a straight yes to God´s mission for him. Moses was primarily aware of his lacks instead of God´s provision. He would say that he wasn´t qualified for the "job" for he could not speak right, people would doubt he was commissioned for that, he wasn´t sure in ...

"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him and gave him the name that is above every name :  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth ..."  Philippians 2:9-10 The Reputation Institute (www.reputationinstitute.com) is responsible for the largest global study of corporate reputations. This study is released every year and its result is a list of the most reputable companies in the world. For instance, in 2016, the TOP 1 company in the globe was: Rolex. In 2015, BMW topped list. Ok, my point is: whenever we HEAR any of these NAMES, we KNOW that HIGH QUALITY is related to it. We KNOW that having any product made by these companies is a sign of STATUS, besides guaranteed SATISFACTION. The bible says that God has given his son Jesus A NAME that is ABOVE ALL NAMES. If we think highly of such natural human brands, how much high should we THINK about this name: JESUS.  If the NAME OF ...

"Therefore in anyone is in Christ,  he is a new creature:  old things are passed away;  behold,  all things are become new"  2 Cor 5 :17 Most of people have a list of new year´s resolutions but changes in our lives do not come out of our own decision and effort to make things different. Changes in our life come from the TRANSFORMATION that happens within which is only possible through FAITH IN JESUS who is ABLE to change things we can´t. Things around us start to change when we begin to SEE things in a different perspective.  "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light" Matthew 6:22 This goes beyond thinking positive. It is thinking and seeing things the way JESUS thinks and sees them. Jesus himself did that! He once said "I speak that which I have seen with my Father" (John 8:38).  As we spend time with Jesus, reading His Word, speaking to Him throughout the day,...

"See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I am making a way in the wilderness  and streams in the wasteland"  Isaiah 43:19 In a couple of days 2016 will be ending and a NEW YEAR is coming. For many people, shifting years has no special meaning, but just like shifting SEASONS has an external consequence (leaves fall, flowers bloom, etc.), when years shift, we should be aware and be ready for SOME NEW SEASON in our lives as well. The neat thing is all our life, all our days are already prepared before we even live any of them! Psalm 139:16 says   "all the days ordained for me were written in your book before any one of them came to be".  That means: God knows EVERYTHING that is going to happen in 2017 in your life! And He says that He has GOOD PLANS for you (Jer 29:11)! So a smart way to start off this next year is simply asking the Lord about His plans for you. He knows everything and it is his desi...

"... and you will be a blessing."  Genesis 12:2 God made a promise to Abram: He would make him a great nation and bless him; He would make his name great and Abram would be a blessing.  Abram was already a prosperous man when He heard the Lord´s voice and obeyed his instructions. But even when things are going well in our lives, there is always room for them to get EVEN BETTER! That was the case with Abram! Things were going well, but whatever the Lord speaks over, it WILL get so much better!  Now the point is: once our lives are touched by God, the natural result is: BLESSED! and once we are blessed, it will be NATURAL to be a BLESSING. The Amplied bible speaks of blessing as a source of great good to others.   We cannot become that which is not potencially in us already. For example, an apple tree could never bear apples if that wasn´t potencially IN IT already! Even though there are times when we won´t see a single apple on the tree, that...