Ayúdate Que Yo Te Ayudare

25 de febero del 2018

Salmo 18:6-16

“Ayúdate Que Yo Te Ayudare” suena como algo justo y apropiado. Por esa razón, no nos debe sorprender que esta es la frase que más confundimos como uno de los diez mandamientos. La frase parece comunicar que tienes que poner de tu parte en una forma mínima para Dios ayudarte en tu situación, y por lo contrario, de tu no proveer una cantidad minina de ayuda, Dios no te ayudara. Esto suena verdad primeramente porque Dios no da un espíritu de dominio propio, pero la realidad es que la Biblia nos da una cantidad abrumadora de ocasiones cuando Dios nos ayuda aun cuando no podemos ayudar, primeramente en Cristo Jesús.

¿A qué se refieren las personas cuando usan esta declaración? ¿Bajo qué circunstancias las personas usan esta frase más?

¿Alguna vez has estado en una situación que te sentiste impotente para aliviarla o detenerla? Explique.

¿Cómo describirías la cantidad de trabajo que Dios está haciendo en el Salmo 18: 6-16? ¿Cómo has visto esto en tu vida? ¿Cómo necesitas ver esto en tu vida ahora mismo?

God Helps Those That Help Themselves

February 25, 2018

Psalm 18:6-16

"God Helps Those That Help Themselves" sounds like something fair and appropriate. For that reason, it should not surprise us that this is the phrase we most confuse as one of the Ten Commandments. The phrase seems to communicate that you have to do your part in a minimal way for God to help you in your situation, and on the contrary, if you do not provide a small amount of help, God will not help you. This sounds true primarily because God give us a spirit of self-control, but the reality is that the Bible gives us an overwhelming number of occasions when God helps us even when we could not help ourselves, most evidently in Christ Jesus.

What do people mean when they use this statement? Under what circumstances do people use this phrase the most?

Have you ever been in a situation that you felt helpless to alleviate or stop? Explain.

How would you describe the amount of work God is doing in Psalm 18:6-16? How have you seen this in your life? How do you need to see this in your life right now?

Finishing What We Started

February 11, 2018

James4:13-17

God opposes the proud. Why? Simply pride is not willing to see its own situation for what it really is. Pride blinds us from our own sin always presenting a distorted perspective of reality. By distorting reality, it becomes impossible for us to understand the consequences of our sin, much less achieve repentance. The prideful prefers to blame the whole world before examining himself and that's why grace becomes so close but so far away. On the contrary, James invites us to humble ourselves before God.

Tell us about an occasion when someone close to you saw a completely different situation from the rest of the people. (Ex. A joke that nobody found funny.)

We doubt that James is against planning in advance, therefore exactly what he is trying to denounce in verses 13-14. Explain.

What makes the attitude in verse 15 so different from that of verses 13-14?

When was the last time you made a plan without counting on God and then you wanted God to bless it?

How well do you know what you should do and have not done it?