Thursday, April 30, 2009

Thursday's Living Water

Scripture

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.
Psalm 73:8



Para el bien es estar cerca de Dios.
He hecho del Señor Soberano mi refugio
para contar todas sus obras.
Salmos 73:28




Reading - Slowly read the Scripture passage several times


Meditation - Take some time to reflect on the words and phrases in the text. Which words, phrases or images speak to you most?


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Wednesday's Living Water

Scripture

The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law;
But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren,
be steadfast, immovable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15: 56-58




El aguijón de la muerte es el pecado, y el poder del pecado es la ley;

pero a Dios gracias, que nos da la victoria por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

Por tanto, mis amados hermanos, estad firmes, constantes, abundando siempre en la obra del Señor, sabiendo que vuestro trabajo en el Señor no es en vano.
1 Corintios 15: 56-58



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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Tuesday's Living Water

Scripture

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."
John 16:33


Estas cosas os he hablado para que en tengáis paz. En el mundo tenéis tribulación; pero confiad, yo he vencido al mundo.
Juan 16:33




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Monday, April 27, 2009

Monday's Living Water

Scripture

"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;

that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
John 14: 16-17



Y yo rogaré al Padre, y El os dará otro Consolador para que esté con vosotros para siempre;

es decir, el Espíritu de verdad, a quien el mundo no puede recibir, porque ni le ve ni le conoce, pero vosotros sí le conocéis porque mora con vosotros y estará en vosotros.
Juan 14: 16-17



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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sunday's Living Water

Scripture

Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 John 5: 5-6


Y quién es el que vence al mundo, sino el que cree que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios?

Este es el que vino mediante agua y sangre, Jesucristo; no sólo con agua, sino con agua y con sangre. Y el Espíritu es el que da testimonio, porque el Espíritu es la verdad.
1 Juan 5: 5-6




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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Saturday's Living Water

Scripture

…having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Colossians 2: 12


habiendo sido sepultados con El en el bautismo, en el cual también habéis resucitado con El por la fe en la acción del poder de Dios, que le resucitó de entre los muertos.
Colosenses 1: 12



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Friday, April 24, 2009

Friday's Living Water

Scripture

For there is no partiality with God.
Romans 2: 11


Porque en Dios no hay acepción de personas.
Romanos 2: 11



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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Thursday's Living Water

Scripture

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
Colossians 1: 17-18


Y El es antes de todas las cosas, y en El todas las cosas permanecen.

El es también la cabeza del cuerpo que es la iglesia; y El es el principio, el primogénito de entre los muertos, a fin de que El tenga en todo la primacía.
Colosenses 1: 17-18



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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Wednesday's Living Water

Scripture

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know--

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

"But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
Acts 2: 22- 24




Varones israelitas, escuchad estas palabras: Jesús el Nazareno, varón confirmado por Dios entre vosotros con milagros, prodigios y señales que Dios hizo en medio vuestro a través de El, tal como vosotros mismos sabéis,

a éste, entregado por el plan predeterminado y el previo conocimiento de Dios, clavasteis en una cruz por manos de impíos y le matasteis,

a quien Dios resucitó, poniendo fin a la agonía de la muerte, puesto que no era posible que El quedara bajo el dominio de ella.
Hechos 2: 22-24



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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Tuesday's Living Water

Scripture

And He is the radiance of His glory
and the exact representation of His nature,
and upholds all things by the word of His power.
When He had made purification of sins,
He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,…
Hebrews 1: 3


El es el resplandor de su gloria y la expresión exacta de su naturaleza, y sostiene todas las cosas por la palabra de su poder. Después de llevar a cabo la purificación de los pecados, se sentó a la diestra de la Majestad en las alturas,…
Hebreos 1: 3



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Monday, April 20, 2009

Monday's Living Water

Scripture

for our gospel did not come to you in word only,
but also in power
and in the Holy Spirit
and with full conviction…
1 Thessalonians 1: 5


pues nuestro evangelio no vino a vosotros solamente en palabras, sino también en poder y en el Espíritu Santo y con plena convicción
1 Tesalonicenses 1: 5


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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Sunday's Living Water

Scripture

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2: 2-5


Me propuse más bien, estando entre ustedes, no saber de cosa alguna, excepto de Jesucristo, y de éste crucificado. Es más, me presenté ante ustedes con tanta debilidad que temblaba de miedo. No les hablé ni les prediqué con palabras sabias y elocuentes sino con demostración del poder del Espíritu, para que la fe de ustedes no dependiera de la sabiduría humana sino del poder de Dios.
1 Corintios 2: 2-5 (NVI
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Saturday's Living Water

Scripture

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18


Porque la palabra de la cruz es necedad para los que se pierden, pero para nosotros los salvos es poder de Dios.
1 Corintios 1:18



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Friday, April 17, 2009

Friday's Living Water

Scripture

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1: 13-14


Porque El nos libró del dominio de las tinieblas y nos trasladó al reino de su Hijo amado,
en quien tenemos redención: el perdón de los pecados.
Colosenses 1: 13-14




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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Thursday's Living Water

Scripture

Now I make known to you, brethren,
the gospel
which I preached to you,
which also you received,
in which also you stand,
by which also you are saved,
if you hold fast the word
which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
and that He was buried,
and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,…
1 Corinthians 15: 1-4



Ahora os hago saber, hermanos, el evangelio que os prediqué, el cual también recibisteis, en el cual también estáis firmes,

por el cual también sois salvos, si retenéis la palabra que os prediqué, a no ser que hayáis creído en vano.

Porque yo os entregué en primer lugar lo mismo que recibí: que Cristo murió por nuestros pecados, conforme a las Escrituras;

que fue sepultado y que resucitó al tercer día, conforme a las Escrituras;…
1 Corintios 15: 1-4



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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Wednesday's Living Water

Scripture

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
John 14: 10-11



No crees que yo estoy en el Padre, y el Padre en ? Las palabras que yo os digo, no las hablo por mi propia cuenta, sino que el Padre que mora en es el que hace las obras.

Creedme que yo estoy en el Padre, y el Padre en ; y si no, creed por las obras mismas.
Juan 14: 10-11


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tuesday's Living Water

Scripture

And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." John 20: 20-21


Y diciendo esto, les mostró las manos y el costado. Entonces los discípulos se regocijaron al ver al Señor.

Jesús entonces les dijo otra vez: Paz a vosotros; como el Padre me ha enviado, así también yo os envío.
Juan 20: 20-21


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Monday, April 13, 2009

Monday's Living Water

Scripture

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2: 4-6



Pero Dios, que es rico en misericordia, por causa del gran amor con que nos amó,
aun cuando estábamos muertos en nuestros delitos, nos dio vida juntamente con Cristo (por gracia habéis sido salvados),
y con El nos resucitó, y con El nos sentó en los lugares celestiales en Cristo Jesús,
Efesios 2: 4-6


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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Sunday's Living Water

Scripture

For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
John 20: 9


Porque todavía no habían entendido la Escritura, que Jesús debía resucitar de entre los muertos.
Juan 20: 9


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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Saturday's Living Water

Scripture

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1 Peter 3:18

Porque también Cristo murió por los pecados una sola vez, el justo por los injustos, para llevarnos a Dios, muerto en la carne pero vivificado en el espíritu;
1 Pedro 3:18


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Friday, April 10, 2009

Friday's Living Water

Scripture

Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him…

And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;
and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face…

So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
John 19: 1-3, 16

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"… And

Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
Matthew 27: 46, 50


Pilato, pues, tomó entonces a Jesús y le azotó.

Y los soldados tejieron una corona de espinas, la pusieron sobre su cabeza y le vistieron con un manto de púrpura;

y acercándose a El, le decían: ¡Salve, Rey de los judíos! Y le daban bofetadas
Así que entonces le entregó a ellos para que fuera crucificado.
Juan 19: 1-3, 16

Y alrededor de la hora novena, Jesús exclamó a gran voz, diciendo: ELI, ELI, LEMA SABACTANI? Esto es: DIOS MIO, DIOS MIO, POR QUE ME HAS ABANDONADO?

Entonces Jesús, clamando otra vez a gran voz, exhaló el espíritu.
Mateo 27: 46, 50


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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Thursday's Living Water

Scripture

Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
John 17: 1-2


Estas cosas habló Jesús, y alzando los ojos al cielo, dijo: Padre, la hora ha llegado; glorifica a tu Hijo, para que el Hijo te glorifique a ti,

por cuanto le diste autoridad sobre todo ser humano para que vida eterna a todos los que le has dado.
Juan 17: 1-2 (La Biblia de las Americas)


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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Wednesday's Living Water

Scripture

And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

"He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

"I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
John 12: 44-46


El que cree en clamó Jesús con voz fuerte—, cree no sólo en sino en el que me envió. Y el que me ve a , ve al que me envió. Yo soy la luz que ha venido al mundo, para que todo el que crea en no viva en tinieblas.
Juan 12: 44-46 (NVI)


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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Scripture

"Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
John 12: 27


Ahora todo mi ser está angustiado, y acaso voy a decir: "Padre, sálvame de esta hora difícil" ? Si precisamente para afrontarla he venido!
Juan 12: 27 (NVI)


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Monday, April 6, 2009

Monday's Living Water

Scripture

He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done."

Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.
Matthew 26: 42-44


Por segunda vez se retiró y oró: «Padre mío, si no es posible evitar que yo beba este trago amargo, hágase tu voluntadCuando volvió, otra vez los encontró dormidos, porque se les cerraban los ojos de sueño. Así que los dejó y se retiró a orar por tercera vez, diciendo lo mismo.
Mateo 26: 42-44 (NVI)


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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Sunday's Living Water

Scripture

"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 8:3


Te humilló y te hizo pasar hambre, pero luego te alimentó con maná, comida que ni ni tus antepasados habían conocido, con lo que te enseñó que no sólo de pan vive el *hombre, sino de todo lo que sale de la boca del Señor.
Deuteronomio 8:3 (NVI)


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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Saturday's Living Water

Scripture

'See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and give life
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
Deuteronomy 32:39


" ¡Vean ahora que yo soy único!
No hay otro Dios fuera de .
Yo doy la muerte y devuelvo la vida,
causo heridas y doy sanidad.
Nadie puede librarse de mi poder.
Deuteronomio 32:39


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Friday, April 3, 2009

Friday's Living Water

Scripture

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14


Sáname, Señor, y seré sanado;
sálvame y seré salvado,
porque eres mi alabanza.
Jeremias 17:14


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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Thursday's Living Water

Scripture

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6: 19-20


Acaso no saben que su cuerpo es templo del Espíritu Santo, quien está en ustedes y al que han recibido de parte de Dios? Ustedes no son sus propios dueños; fueron comprados por un precio. Por tanto, honren con su cuerpo a Dios.
1 Corintios 6: 19-20


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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Wednesday's Living Water

Scripture

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
2 Peter 1: 3-4


Su divino poder, al darnos el conocimiento de aquel que nos llamó por su propia gloria y potencia, nos ha concedido todas las cosas que necesitamos para vivir como Dios manda. Así Dios nos ha entregado sus preciosas y magníficas promesas para que ustedes, luego de escapar de la corrupción que hay en el mundo debido a los malos deseos, lleguen a tener parte en la naturaleza divina.
2 Pedro 1:3-4 (NVI)


Reading - Slowly read the Scripture passage several times


Meditation - Take some time to reflect on the words and phrases in the text. Which words, phrases or images speak to you most?


Prayer - Offer the internalized passage back to God in the form of a personalized prayer of adoration, confession, renewal, petition, intercession, affirmation, or thanksgiving.


Contemplation - What word or image captures the spirit of the passage for you?