Las siete palabras desde la cruz

Jesus is not merely an entrepreneur who has found a promising enterprise on one of His planets. Rather, He is a ravished Bridegroom who has come to win the affections of a lovesick Bride. That makes it personal to Him. In an age when ministry success is often measured by church growth statistics and name recognition, Jesus is calling us to once again return to the simplicity of serving Him because it's personal for us, too.

"Entrando en la plataforma para predicar esa mañana, admití que no era un pastor primero, sino un tipo regular, asustado, inseguro, cotidiano cuya vida había sido cambiada por Jesús. Y si Jesús realmente me amaba como yo era (yo sabía que lo hacía), entonces ¿por qué debería seguir tratando de ser alguien que no era?" ¿Por qué fingimos tanto? ¿Por qué pasamos tanto tiempo tratando de complacer a todos los demás y hacer tan poco esfuerzo por agradar a Dios? Cuando Craig Groeschel se hizo estas preguntas, no pudo encontrar una buena respuesta. Así que un día decidió rendirse y ...

Oh, Lord, I breathed as I sat on the platform at a meeting. "Look at that chic speaker three chairs down. Why did I wear beige? They won't be able to see me against the curtains!" I've always struggled with comparisons. I had a sister I adored and I wanted to be just like her. I had a friend with cute freckles on her nose and I wanted freckles too. I played tournament tennis and I wanted to perfect my backhand and make it look just like my Wimbledon idol. It didn't help when I became a Christian either. In fact it grew worse. I looked around at the new friends I had made and found an...

Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD, and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD. Contains Book of Her Foundations and Minor Works. In 1573, while staying in Salamanca to assist her nuns in the task of establishing one of her seventeen monasteries, Teresa began composing the story of their foundation. The Book of Her Foundations comprises the major portion of Volume Three. This book not only tells the story of the establishment of her monasteries but, characteristic of Teresa, digresses into counsels on prayer, love, melancholy, virtuous living and dying, plus other teachings of the Mother Foundress. This book ...