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Hoy tenemos una llamada de impulso
Es un poco diferente, pero sentimos que necesitamos hablar de algo muy importante
Que creen que podria ser?
Solo estoy mandando un mensajito
Ok, ok, buenos dias, Rosalba
Bueno chicos, pues bienvenidos a nuestra llamada de impulso
Hoy es martes 8 de abril y como saben la mayoria de ustedes estan en Estados Unidos o Canadá
No, no es de Mision 414 Pipe, pero si les vamos a hablar de eso
Sentimos que hablemos de lo que esta pasando en el mundo
Me encantaria escuchar que es lo que toda esta conversacion de la economia, de la incertidumbre
Que es lo que esta generando en nuestros corazones
Si, ustedes saben que parte de lo que nosotros hablamos en Buscadores del Reino
Es de prosperar financieramente, no?
Y cuando vienen todas estas conversaciones, estas noticias, estas alarmas
De la economia, nosotros que estamos en Canadá, Pipe tambien esta en Canadá
Hay demasiada conversacion porque obviamente todas estas cosas que el gobierno americano esta haciendo
Tambien pone en miedo o genera miedo a los paises que van a ser afectados, entre ellos Canadá
Entonces queremos hablar de todo esto, queremos ver cual es la postura del reino
En conversaciones similares, entonces antes que nada queremos
A los que estan en Estados Unidos, a los que estan escuchando estas conversaciones
Que escuchan?
Y no es de politica, algo que yo le decía a Sebas que yo admiro mucho de Pedro
Es que no lo va a saber hablar de politica
El realmente pone el reino por encima de cualquier estado politico
Entonces no estamos hablando de politica, estamos hablando de momentos de incertidumbre
Que ocurren en la economia, en nuestras economias en casa
La incertidumbre de perder un trabajo, que se yo, de que tus negocios tambien sean afectados
Entonces me encantaria escuchar que es lo que honestamente, vulnerablemente
Que paso por la mente de ustedes ayer, que Sebas de hecho me decía que ayer le llamaron
Ayer fue lunes y como es que le llamaron posiblemente
El lunes negro, durante el fin de semana se
Estaban diciendo que en las bolsas se le iba a llamar el lunes negro
Creo que al final no fue tan malo como se esperaba
Sin embargo si fue, todas las bolsas mundiales han estado en baja
Entonces no se si alguien quiere empezar compartiendo
Puedes levantar tu mano si quieres hablar
Sin pena, buenos dias Arsenia
O que es lo que el señor te ha hablado a ti
A través de esta verpipe
Cuentanos, buenos dias
Hola chicos
Yo personalmente con Andre no vemos muchas noticias
Sin embargo es imposible no enterarse de lo que esta pasando
Y siempre hemos dicho eso
Dios nos permite enterarnos de las cosas que son realmente importantes
Aunque no veamos las noticias, ya sea porque llegan en correo del colegio
Porque facebook, otras comunidades
Y si esto de Canadá, en tema de economia
Pues recordamos tambien del pais de donde venimos
Tenemos economias que han sido fuertemente golpeadas
Con cambios tambien drásticos en temas de aranceles, de impuestos, etc
Y hemos visto provisión de donde Dios nos trajo
Entonces aunque aquí estamos en otro estilo de vida
No dudamos que es el mismo Dios que nos cuidó allá
that will continue to be present here.
We do not depend on work or resources,
but God will provide.
If prices go up, he will provide more,
or he will provide us with things that prices have not gone up,
which are internally.
In the midst of all this,
I have gratitude and tranquility,
because it is an economic war,
it is not a war of so many that we see now.
So I say, if it still affects the pocket,
but I can go out quietly anyway,
to walk down the street,
I prefer that to the wars we see
where I cannot send the child to school
because there is a missile protocol there.
So in that sense, we try to see the positive side,
or less negative, let's say,
taking into account that the one who provides us
is not the government, but God.
And if this is going to imply expenses
or changes in family dynamics,
in tastes, in preferences,
well, the Lord will have it there.
So we want to take it very little by little,
without letting ourselves be alarmed,
controlling our thoughts and living in the present.
That is, what we have today, what is there today,
what is today's task.
Very good, very good.
That is precisely what we also wanted to bring you today.
Thank you, Peter.
That is the posture, our posture is of kingdom,
and being in the kingdom, we depend on the king.
And how important what Pipe said,
to take it one day at a time,
and somehow re-align our thoughts and our emotions.
Because we don't see the news much either,
we find out, I think it's good and it's not good,
because our pastor is always very aware,
and he says it's important, and I agree.
To the point where you don't let yourself be influenced
by what is happening,
where you let that control your thoughts,
your emotions, the fear that begins to generate,
what the news can say.
And that's where, how are we going to re-align
our thoughts and our heart to the kingdom.
Because we don't live,
we live in a world with the systems of the world,
but we are not from this world.
We say, come your kingdom to earth as it is in heaven.
So we have to re-focus on what is happening in the kingdom of God,
because that is our reality.
In fact, what we don't see, he says, is even more real.
The invisible kingdom is more powerful than what we see physically.
So when we re-align, the peace of the Lord comes,
the promises of God come,
and we remember the truths of the word of God.
So, Ivette, tell us what you were feeling or thinking.
No, I completely agree with what Pipe shared,
and with what they are expressing about the posture.
Personally, I don't know if it's good for good or bad,
I don't see anything, I don't have this tuning,
I don't watch television.
However, the extremes are not good either,
because we should be, like what we are doing now,
this call you are making is super important,
because between us, between the kingdom,
the citizens of the kingdom, between us, brothers and sisters,
we must exhort ourselves.
But also, as we have been seeing here,
always adhering to the wisdom that is God,
so without fear.
However, one of the things I learned,
because as I tell you, I am very comfortable,
which is not our posture, it should not be like that.
No, never, oh yes, yes, God, but it's not just saying,
I trust you, but, okay, sir.
Go to the secret place and say, okay, sir,
you know that I don't fixate, right?
We don't live by what we see, by nature,
but I need, right, at this moment, I need you to direct me.
So, because that's exactly where we're going to tune in,
with what you were saying,
the spiritual world is much stronger and more real, right?
The spiritual is first.
So, how do we bring it here?
So, that call is to be constantly,
okay, sir, I need you, I need this,
and precisely these conversations will take place
and we will be there when we are looking for the first one.
But, that's how it is, that's how it is.
Perfect. Thank you, Ivette, because that's exactly what we want to talk about today.
And as you know, we are in a reading plan here with you in Buscadores del Reino.
So, I was telling Sebas, whenever we can, let's...
I mean, the Lord speaks to us on time, right?
And out of time, but it's almost always precise.
And whenever we can bring what we are reading in our reading to today's world, to what we are living,
there we find that wisdom that Ivette speaks of.
So, we want to read to you or remind you of what we are reading through the story of Joseph.
We are almost finishing right now.
What Pipet is saying.
Exactly, with what is happening.
How beautiful is the Lord.
Again, his word, in his word we find peace, but also strategies.
I liked something, Ivette, that I think you were looking at there, right?
That we understand that we live by faith, but that doesn't mean that we...
Ah, okay, so I'm going to sit here with my hands crossed because God is going to provide for me.
And that's what we want to talk about.
So, let's read the story of Joseph.
Let's meditate on how God gave him that wisdom to make a plan.
To act, right?
He gave him wisdom to be able to have a financial plan.
In fact, and today we are talking about this, about the economy and the issue of perhaps prospering in our finances,
even in the midst of uncertainty.
In the midst of fear, in the midst of these moments in which we are living.
I believe that the Lord gives us, in his word, quantities, especially in finances,
quantities of verses, quantities of things.
He says, well, many people, there are more verses that speak about finances in the Bible, more than 2,000,
than even salvation.
I mean, the Lord cares that our financial knowledge is deep,
because otherwise he wouldn't have given so many clues, so many things.
So, today we want that, because we feel...
For example, in the church, we go...
There are some brothers, some friends who work in the same company.
A company that, for the last four months, has been in an incredible tension,
because 85% of its business comes from the United States.
They manufacture heavy machinery.
And my friends, well, one of the three had just started working.
And in the four months that all this started, I think like a month and a half,
they were like, no, we're going to wait another week to start.
I mean, he was new.
So, to start with his work, and they were postponing it,
postponing it because they knew what was going on with the rates,
what was going on with all this, right?
So, it became very real for them.
And well, as they are friends, that also adds a little care, right?
Obviously, we are also leaders of marriages in the church,
and knowing that this is an important part, it adds a reason to pray.
And I said, well, if they are three friends in a church,
well, most likely the community of buscaros del reino
could also go through something like that.
So, that's what we want.
We want to bring you today biblical strategies
to deal with any type of situation with these rates.
So, let's read.
Well, then let's read quickly.
I know you already read it.
But when Pharaoh has this dream in Genesis 41,
and Joseph interprets it, which is very interesting
because we are seeing Joseph activate a gift or a talent that God had given him, right?
He says, I am not, it is not my talent, it is God's,
but it is something that God had given him.
And there is a key for us.
And we are going to be talking about this in the challenge that we are going to do at the end of the month.
When you activate your gifts given by God in situations like these,
there is promotion and there is provision.
Provision pursues.
or follow the use of your gifts given by God.
I mean, sometimes we are pursuing provision,
but something very nice that we heard this week is that God did not create you to look for a job.
And listen to me, I know I'm not saying don't work.
God created you to fulfill an assignment, God created you with a purpose.
And while you fulfill and obey, while we live in obedience to God, provision comes.
That's why Matthew 6.33, the key to our whole program,
first seeks the kingdom of God and His justice.
What does that mean? That I seek Him, that I obey Him, that I trust in Him,
that I follow what He is telling me in His word and what the Holy Spirit is directing me to do.
And the rest comes in addition.
That is to say, the provision chases you, not you to the provision.
And that is very important that we understand today and that we have a renewal of our mind.
To say, Lord, when I am looking for you, when I am obeying you,
when I am being faithful in the little, and that can be in your work, right?
But I'm being faithful, I'm putting into practice what you tell me in your word.
The provision comes and chases you.
And we see it in this of Joseph.
Joseph was in prison.
Joseph was trapped, we can say imprisoned.
I don't know if maybe that's how we feel emotionally sometimes,
or we feel financially imprisoned.
We can also be in a debt prison.
I don't know, let's examine in which areas I feel imprisoned.
And the moment that Joseph put himself at the service of the Pharaoh
to use the gift that God had given him to help a problem that the Pharaoh was having,
that no one could identify the interpretation.
He not only, I love this, he not only tells him what the dream means, right?
The fat cows are going to be seven years and seven years of abundance, seven years of scarcity.
But then, look at what it says in the verse.
Let's start from 29.
No, sorry.
Well, yes, it says, chapter 41, verse 29.
The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt.
But then seven years of such intense hunger will come,
that it will make forget all that prosperity of Egypt.
Hunger will destroy the land.
And there is the news that can be the news, right?
The news that we hear that enters like that little fear in our heart.
Hunger will be so serious that it will erase even the memory of the good years.
Having had two similar dreams means that those events were decreed by God
and he will make them happen soon.
Okay, that's the interpretation.
But look at verse 33.
Therefore, here comes the strategy.
The Pharaoh should find an intelligent and wise man
and put him in charge of all the land of Egypt.
After the Pharaoh, he should appoint supervisors,
in the Queen Valera it says, governors of the land,
in order to store a fifth part of the harvest during the seven good years.
Let them gather all the food production in the coming good years
and take it to the grains of the Pharaoh.
Store the grain well and watch it so that there is food in the cities.
In this way there will be enough to eat
when the seven years of hunger on the land of Egypt come.
Otherwise, hunger will destroy the land.
I love that José not only gave the interpretation,
but also gave a solution, gave a strategy.
And what can I highlight here that we can apply?
It says, look for an intelligent and wise man.
And Beth said it, look for the wisdom of God.
That must be our focus.
And you are here, precisely, looking for the wisdom of God.
That is, you cannot be in a better place than looking for the kingdom
and looking for the wisdom of God.
Because in the presence of God, we find these strategies, these ideas.
This was not something random, like, oh, this was given by God to José.
Because we see, we saw it today or yesterday,
that he implemented this strategy and made the whole kingdom of the Pharaoh grow
because of a strategy, a plan that came from God.
Not only that, I believe that the strategy that the Lord gave him
not only made it grow, brought prosperity, but developed it.
The purpose that God had for his children, that they would be Israel, without that strategy...
They would have died.
Jacob or Israel would not have reached Egypt, they would not have...
Yes, because it is not only the restoration of the relationship, but God obviously wanted to save that family because that is where our Savior comes from, right?
So it is provision and it is purpose.
Exactly. God's provision also has a purpose. I mean, there is a purpose in his provision.
Well, I'm meditating while I'm talking, so maybe I don't need to meditate anymore.
I see it as if God's purpose is primary, the provision is secondary.
When you are in God's purpose, the provision is in fact given.
It is a given, as they say.
Exactly.
Very good.
How beautiful that is, guys, because we don't have to worry about provision, because you and I are children of purpose.
God has a purpose in our lives. Just as he saved Jacob and his family because he had a purpose with them,
God will not leave us forgotten. He says, I will not leave you nor forsake you. God will not leave us because he has a purpose.
So his provision, another verse says, in all my life I have not seen just a helpless man, nor a seed that begs for bread.
God has a purpose with you, with your descendants, just as he had with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
So God will not leave us, and we have to remember that and believe it.
Today I feel that through what I'm telling you, it's as if I remember myself.
That's why the Bible says, my soul, right?
You order your soul, you order your emotions, what you should think and what you should feel, based on the word.
So declare it about yourselves.
If you feel fear, if you say, where is the next check coming from?
God has a purpose with me, with my family, with my children.
The provision will come because God has a purpose with us. Amen.
The other thing I wanted to highlight, and I know you have something more practical.
First, let's look for wisdom. I wanted to highlight that, and that is in the presence of God.
Second, he said, look for supervisors.
And in Queen Valera it says, governors.
And this word came to my mind, to govern.
God wants, and here comes the action part, that not only is there the part of faith, of looking for the Lord,
but God also wants you to govern your finances.
To govern is to have dominion, right?
God has given us, God has entrusted us with different responsibilities.
He has given us a house, He has given you a job.
And your finances is one of the things that God has given you to manage faithfully.
He says that we are administrators, it does not belong to us.
So how are you governing your finances?
I would like us to examine today, am I being a good governor?
He says, choose intelligent men, men and women, intelligent, wise, and put them to govern.
So, we look for the wisdom of God, we look for His presence, we know that He provides,
but also comes the part of us, which is to be wise governors of our finances.
I know that sometimes in a marriage, maybe one, right?
In my case, sometimes I don't meddle much because, I don't know, I don't feel many limiting beliefs,
but I told you yesterday, I want to be more involved in the finances,
because I also have the responsibility to govern, to know how the state of our,
as a proverb says, how is the state of your cows, of your barns.
So, that would be a question, how are we governing?
And practically, we see that God gave him a very practical strategy,
a financial plan, when he says the fifth part.
So, what would be some more practical things, do you think, in this time?
Well, the fifth part is the same as a 20%, right?
A tenth part would be 10%, the fifth part would be 20%.
I mean, the people who teach finance always say that we have to have money to spend,
money to give and money to save, right?
We, to be totally transparent, we are, I mean, the tenth for us is sacred,
For me, it has been something that has covered my life.
I feel that there is a very special blessing.
And from very early on in my walk with the Lord,
since I met the Lord, basically at the age of 18,
I learned to read the Bible.
And that always comes first.
Saving has been very sporadic.
Saving when we have a very particular plan,
a very particular purpose.
For example, when we bought our first house here in Canada,
it was a non-stop saving,
where the focus was to save for the initial fee,
the down payment.
And it was incredible what that focus allowed us to do
in such a short time to get this money.
After that, in our personal finances,
we have not been very, I would not say responsible,
but perhaps diligent in saving.
Now, we also manage our finances in our business a little differently.
And in our business, I have had that habit of saving.
We save from each monthly income that comes in.
We save a large percentage to pay taxes.
And we save a percentage, 10% of savings
for any investment that we may want to make.
Now, here I am seeing a strategy from José,
where he says, give more, save more than normal.
I believe that it is normal for no one to save 20% of what is generated.
But anticipating a season of skinny cows, a difficult season,
José is telling the pharaoh, you have to save 20%.
And I feel that this could become a call to attention for us,
a strategy for us.
If you are not saving, start saving.
And if you are saving, save more in that season.
You will not have any side effects.
Obviously, we have to squeeze.
There are two options.
Either we squeeze our budget a little bit,
or we look for ways to generate more money to be able to save more.
So, this is what we read.
I feel that it is something that stands out as something that we can do.
And I want to emphasize that the things you see in the Bible are not coincidences.
When you see, even a name, there will be times when we will see names,
and be patient with the reading,
because it is not a title that was put or left without a purpose.
And when I see strategies that, in this case, God gave to José,
and it is very clear when he says 20%, in the fifth part,
I say, Lord, there is something.
There is something with that number.
It does not mean that, maybe it is not for everyone,
to say, now, today, start saving 20%.
But it is something that the Lord gives us strategies.
The Lord gives us plans in his word.
And as Seba said, if you are not saving,
maybe the call to attention is, even before that,
if you are not governing your finances,
Lord, how can I be a man and a woman of vision?
Lord, how can I be like José, who had the wisdom to see, to have a plan?
Lord, do I have to meet with my family, with my husband,
and make a plan, and maybe review our finances?
We have a software that we use to track the finances of our home,
and we have not done it in recent months.
And I said, Seba, I want us to sit down and do that.
And I want to do that part.
Yes, how do we work as a team?
Maybe that is obedience to this word.
Maybe obedience is, Lord, am I spending more?
Am I spending on unnecessary things?
Lord, do I need to submit an area of my finances to you?
Lord, am I wasting the fat cows of prosperity?
Lord, do I need to start saving more?
Do I need to adjust, tighten?
Those are the questions that only God will answer.
We are not telling them here, do this and this and this, but go to the Lord.
and seek His wisdom.
Just as Joseph had a plan,
go and ask the Lord
what is the financial plan
that you want for our life,
for our family,
for this moment,
so that we can try to prosper,
no matter
what is happening in the world.
Right? So,
to recap, and I would like to
speak with you because
we still have time. Was there something else?
Sebas, do you want to add something?
Yes, I have a couple of things.
Well,
when I was meditating on this,
I was also thinking about what we were talking about before.
The Word is telling us
not to seek provision,
but to seek the Kingdom.
Not to seek work,
but to seek the Kingdom.
And I also know that
there is that other
extreme,
where
there are brothers who say,
no, I depend 100% on the Lord,
I am seeking the Kingdom,
and they do nothing.
We were talking this morning
that there is a line between
faith
and
the need, the obedience,
the wisdom,
and you were saying, you reminded me this morning,
faith without work is dead.
So, of course, we have to have
100% confidence in the Lord,
seek the Kingdom,
not the provision.
If we seek the Kingdom, the provision comes,
but at the same time,
there is our doing.
So,
depending on the Lord
is having faith, but at the same time,
being responsible.
And one of the ways
that I feel that we can
do our part,
as Soraya says, is by educating ourselves.
And going back to what I was saying,
the Bible is full of verses,
and I want to bring you three verses
for times like this.
One is in Proverbs 6,
verses 6 and 8,
which is about the ants.
I imagine you remember it.
It says,
You, Olgazán, learn a lesson from the ants.
Learn from what they do,
and be wise.
Although they have no prince, nor governor, nor leader
to make them work, they work all summer
gathering food for winter.
This is related to what
José did in the summer,
in the time of the fat cows,
he saved for the winter,
for the time of the
skinny cows. Also, Proverbs 22, 3.
It says,
The prudent
anticipates danger and
takes precautions.
The simplon advances blind and suffers the consequences.
Right?
We could become simplons
if we are only
living in faith
without taking
those precautions.
There is the line.
I live in faith,
but I also take precautions.
I also do my part.
Right? In Ecclesiastes 11, 2.
I live in faith, but I am not lazy.
I am not lazy.
Because you know what?
What a good clarification.
It could be that laziness
is hidden
in saying I trust God.
It could be that saying I trust God
is an excuse to
say I am lazy.
So,
you know that Proverbs speaks
strongly to the one who does not act.
So, that is it.
It is faith and wisdom. It is faith and obedience.
Yes. So, for me,
education at times
like this is important.
Educating ourselves
on how we can
manage our resources.
Educating ourselves
on how we can
multiply our resources
for those who are in
Kingdom Options.
That could be something
that the Lord can
awaken an interest.
How to multiply investments.
Here in Ecclesiastes 11, 2
it says,
put your investments in various places
because you do not know what risks
you will face.
So, also having those different
ways of
making money.
Not only depending on the main resource
that could be our job,
our business,
but what other thing
we could implement
to make money.
Now, there are different
positions regarding
the different income streams.
Right?
I think that we have to
focus on what
makes the most sense
for us today.
Because the one who is out of focus
ends up doing nothing.
But when you already have
your focus, when you already
know that you have a salary
through your work,
In your business, to the point where you are receiving something consistently, what else can you do?
Whether it's options, or some other additional thing to get money.
We have a rental house, that generates an income.
We have my beautiful letters, we have a HonorEx, we have some consultancies.
So, different things that can generate money.
So, the question for you is, what can I also do, apart from what I'm doing, to have these investments in various places?
Very wise. I really liked that.
Let's go to the wisdom of proverbs and say, well, what would wisdom teach us about finances in times like these?
Because I loved it.
Well, I would also love to hear from you, what other things have worked for you?
Maybe some advice, if there is something that God has given you, a certain wisdom also in the financial area.
Something that you do at home to help with finances, or I don't know, to create your budget.
Something that God has revealed to you at some point in your walk with Him.
Let's listen to Perla.
You can raise your hand, and of course, share.
Hello, Perla.
Good morning.
Well, it's 7 in the morning.
I don't know what time it is.
That's why I say good morning.
I have a big story, but I want to summarize it quickly.
I identify a lot with Jose.
In 2019, I taught Ramsey's class.
So, I was teaching, but I remember that one of the things was to put together your emergency fund.
I had a number, which was $3,000.
And I remember when I saw my emergency fund, I was giving the class, or directing the class,
we had about $700, but we already knew the concept.
And the goal was that, $3,000.
Little by little, that was 2019.
My goal was $3,000.
Well, the pandemic came, and everything closed, everything closed.
But eventually, they gave us, they started giving us unemployment.
The first time that a business owner qualifies for unemployment,
because employers don't qualify for unemployment,
more than employees.
So, they started giving us income, and fast.
And in the emergency fund, I said,
the first thing I have to earn is this fund,
that I'm using, those resources.
But it was, well, it was two things.
Income, and no expenses, because there was nothing.
There were no outings, there were no expenses, nothing.
So, my goal was to save, save, save, save.
Well, this emergency fund was growing, growing, growing, growing,
to $5,000, to $10,000, to $15,000, to $20,000, to $30,000.
And I said, wow, and we're not spending, because it was the income of both.
We decided to turn the garage into a home.
And that was about $30,000.
Everything was paid in cash, because I already had the resources.
The rest, we decided to save, save there.
The pandemic opened, the business opened,
and in 2023, we suffered a financial fall again in the business.
And if it hadn't been for that R&B that we built,
that has kept us now,
because since 2023, due to that economic crisis,
a lawsuit that we had, that we lost,
we were left without a salary, both of us.
So, we have, since 2023, without earning an income for us.
The loss comes in money, but it's for the business,
and it's for the debts, and it's for all of that.
And if it hadn't been for that emergency fund,
that we saved about $70,000,
we wouldn't be where we are right now.
So, I don't know, it's something I wanted to share,
not to say quantities and say, wow,
but that we don't buy cars, we don't buy,
and many times I got excited,
like, oh my God, we would have had enough for a house,
we would have had enough to go on a trip,
we would have had enough for a new car,
but I always had, not fear,
but that diligence that, no, we have to save, we have to save.
We were, for me, the time of the pandemic
was the time of the fat cows,
and right now, literally, we are in the time of the skinny cows,
running out of resources,
and if they have come one after another,
I'm like, okay, we have to get more money from the resources.
I repeat, the good thing about reading these stories
is that we know the end of the stories,
we know that God never leaves us.
deja y ahí hemos estado, o sea, manteniendonos con ese sistema o esos, ¿cómo dicen?
Pues, pasos que Dios nos enseña, ¿verdad?, en proverbios, administrar el dinero, y sí,
estamos súper reducidos a no gastar porque no tenemos ingreso. Estamos como que, dice,
sobreviviendo del fondo de emergencia. Tampoco es como una manera de vivir completamente
así, pero, pues, seguimos trabajando para, de alguna manera, generar ingresos. Solo
quería contar esa historia. Gracias, Perla, por ese testimonio, y creo que lo que dijiste,
¿no?, fuiste a una clase de Dave Ramsey, y yo quiero, es una de las cosas que Sebas
decía, ¿no?, educación financiera. Si nunca hemos tomado, no sé si en sus iglesias hacen
algún tipo de clase financiera. De hecho, en mayo vamos a tener a una financiera. A
Itamar. A Itamar se llama. Ella estuvo en el Reto de Sabiduría en el 2023, y ella hace
financieras, es finanzas bíblicas. Entonces, ella va a estar con nosotros, y de hecho,
yo estaba pensando eso ayer, que quisiera, tal vez, hacerlo de noche porque necesitamos
más tiempo. O sea, una horita se va tan rápido. Entonces, quizás ese martes va a ser una
sesión de noche, y les vamos a dar con tiempo la fecha para que puedan prepararse. Pero
averigüen si hay algún tipo de educación financiera que puedan tomar, porque mira cómo
Dios usó eso para ser fuente de provisión, y es una estrategia de sabiduría, ¿verdad?,
para Perla. Bueno, vamos con, vamos con Sharon. Sharon, hola, ¿cómo estás? Qué gusto verte.
Hola, ¿cómo están? Bueno, yo quería compartir que, la verdad, ha sido como una palabra de
confirmación y como rema. Justo el domingo hablaba con una amiga de la iglesia y me contaba
su testimonio, y tiene que ver como con todo esto de lo que hablan de visión y provisión,
y es que, bueno, ella me contó como que ya iba pasando, y ya Dios le dijo cómo vas a
comprar un restaurante, y que literal pasó, y vio como un restaurante que se estaba vendiendo,
ella sin tener un centavo en su cuenta, y fue con su esposo, y el esposo la miraba como
estás loca, y ella como, no, yo voy a comprar este restaurante, se sentó con el dueño,
negoció y demás, tenía un monto que necesitaba, y literal como que otra persona se le acercó
a la iglesia, o sea, como en dos semanas, y le dijo como, Dios puso en mi corazón que
tengo que darte este cheque, y era exactamente el monto del restaurante. Entonces, es como,
o sea, yo siento que Dios me habla con esto, porque yo tengo un proyecto, y así como sé
que muchos tenemos un proyecto, pero siento que Dios nos pide como, o sea, que debemos
pedir de una forma específica. Cuando yo estaba buscando trabajo, Dios también me
decía como, ¿Cuánto quieres ganar? ¿Qué trabajo quieres? Porque a veces estamos como,
quiero un trabajo, quiero un carro, quiero una casa, pero Dios quiere que lo hagamos
como, ¿Cómo quieres tu casa? ¿Cómo quieres tu carro? ¿Cómo quieres tu trabajo? Entonces, es como,
o sea, cuando hay una visión, cuando tenemos claro una visión, lo que ustedes decían,
la provisión, o sea, que va a favor de esa visión, es por añadidura. Entonces, es como
lo que quiero compartir, porque Dios justo ahora como que lo está poniendo en mi corazón,
es como una palabra rema y de confirmación. ¡Wow! ¡Qué lindo Sharon! Gracias por aportar,
me encanta que oremos específicamente, y qué lindo que Dios, hay un versículo que
compartimos en el podcast que dice, el que dirige nuestros pasos y se deleita en cada
detalle de nuestras vidas, dice ese versículo, Salmos 37, y no es, o sea, a veces no sé por
qué hacemos eso, es cierto Sharon, decir, Señor, yo quiero una casa, pero Dios quiere
los detalles, Dios dice, dime cómo, y sueña conmigo, nosotros somos, amamos con Seba soñar
yo no sé por qué, Dios nos ha dado mucho, que nos sentamos literalmente y decimos soñemos,
o sea, como que, ¿qué te ves haciendo? y ¿dónde estamos? y eso es visión, o sea,
y creo que nos decía el pastor, en el día 30, el pastor de Perú, de Agua Viva, el pastor Sergio
Hernández, recuerdan, nos decía eso, tu fe va de acuerdo a tu visión también, o sea,
si tú la única visión que tienes es, ay Señor, que solo me alcance los, no sé,
los 100 dolaritos que me hace falta, pues ahí llega tu límite, o sea, pero si tú tienes visión
y puedes soñar con Dios, entonces tu fe tiene que ser elevada, cada vez que la visión es más
grande, tu fe es más grande, y Dios dice que a él le apoya.
Sagrada nuestra fe, ¿verdad? Entonces, tengamos sueños grandes. Sharon, gracias por aportar, me encantó.
Tú estás en Kitchener, ¿no?
Sí.
Sí, ya me acuerdo. Super. Me encanta, gracias. Vamos a ver, vamos a escuchar a Cristina también. Hola, hola. Ahí te veo, moviéndote.
Hola, Pau y Seba, buenos días. Quería compartir algo referente a eso. Fíjense que cómo Dios lo va preparando a uno, como ustedes dicen.
En su tiempo había escuchado la historia de José. Llegó a una iglesia episcopal, San Mateo, y al año de estar ahí, dan un curso de finanzas,
donde dice que el 10% es para Dios, 10% para ahorrar, 20% de ahorro extra por si se te arruina el carro, no tener la cuota para la casa, y el 60% de todos los gastos.
Quiero decirles con mucha humildad y la gloria para Dios, que del día que lo implementé, ha hecho fruto en mi vida, en la de nuestro hogar con mi esposo.
Pero también, Dios me bendijo con un trabajo de 18 años que estoy con unos judíos. Y ha sido de tanta bendición en nuestra vida, que decía Perla, Dios nos bendijo mucho en la pandemia, muchísimo.
Gracias a Dios, a toda esa visión, yo pude también cómo ahorrar, cómo abrir ciertos negocios en El Salvador.
Y ahora que estamos en un proceso tan difícil, que me decía mi esposo en la mañana, ¿qué vamos a hacer cuando el dinero se acabe? Me dijo cuando estábamos desayunando.
Dios proveerá, le dije. Y le doy gracias que me aportó en un trabajo, que llueve, trueno, relampague, yo tengo trabajo, mi amor.
Y Dios sabrá cómo nos va a sacar de esta. Hoy que estoy leyendo nuevamente José, he crecido en esa fortaleza, en esa convicción y en esa seguridad.
Y así sea el último momento que se nos acabe ese ahorrito que tenemos, él va a proveer nuevamente como lo ha hecho todo este tiempo atrás.
Así es que le doy gracias a Dios solo de escuchar la lectura, porque a veces me cuesta manejar un poquito la app, a veces me meto, no me meto.
Pero con solo eso he podido ver mi cambio y mi crecimiento espiritual, chico.
Así es que es de bendición el poder leer cada día los versículos que nos manda Pau y Seba y escuchar también el proverbio del día.
Solo con eso quiero decirle que me siento fortalecida y Dios puso esas palabras en mi boca para poder decir el día de hoy a mi esposo.
Porque sentimos que estamos en esa vaca flacas, pero Dios lo hará nuevamente con nosotros para glorificarlo a ellos, chicos.
Gracias, Pau y Sebas.
Gracias, qué lindo ese testimonio. Y me encantó algo que dijiste que quiero resaltar, que fuimos bendecidos en COVID.
Yo no sé ustedes, pero nosotros vimos la provisión de Dios más que nunca en medio de, por así decir, cuando el mundo se paró, ¿verdad?
Cuando todos andaban en tanto caos emocional y sí, hubo mucho temor, pero para nosotros Dios proveyó milagrosamente.
Entonces, Dios le decía al pueblo de Israel, recuerden, no recordamos las cosas malas, pero recordamos su provisión.
Cómo les proveí en el desierto, cómo les mandé maná, cómo nunca se desgastaron sus sandalias ni su ropa.
Cuando vemos atrás y vemos la fidelidad de Dios, Sebas, a veces me dice, el proven track record de Dios es su fidelidad hacia nosotros.
Dios nunca nos ha dado una razón para no creer que él va a proveer, aún cuando estemos en esas vacas flacas, como decía Cristina, así que me encanta.
Vamos con Joana.
Hola, este tema fue como anillo al dedo.
Yo hoy he estado on and off porque estoy trabajando, pero Dios me está hablando de plata, manejo de plata.
Y no estoy leyendo, estoy estudiando el libro de las ganancias primero, y les juro que esto no es una casualidad.
Y las personas que han hablado me han enriquecido demasiado esos testimonios y lo que nos han compartido.
Gracias porque ustedes pueden pensar que es Dios, pero si ustedes no permitieran ser usados como lo hacen, ustedes no llegarían a nosotros de la manera que lo hacen.
Entonces sí, es Dios, sí, pero también les doy el crédito porque la verdad, ustedes son el dúo maravilla. Gracias.
Muchas gracias, Joana.
Ay, Joana, me tocas mi corazón.
Saben que yo esta mañana le decía a Sebas, hoy voy a ser honesta.
Les decía, no sé cómo me siento con estas llamadas porque a veces es como que…
Presión.
No es presión.
It's like, we have to talk, we have to...
Responsibility.
Thank you.
And yes, like I was saying, and well, it's every week to say, okay, what are we going to talk about?
In a way, it's like you have to plan, right?
The call.
So, thank you, because it really is the Lord, but it's also walking in obedience to what
He is commanding us, and I love you all.
I know I don't know you personally, but there is a special function here.
Soraya said, I don't know you, but I feel like I've known you for years.
And it's the love of Christ that is in this call.
We are very grateful that the Lord has entrusted us with His lives, and we take that responsibility
to bring them closer to the Lord and to His kingdom.
That's why I encourage you to follow the plan, so that we can impact their lives, so that
they may believe in the constancy of being in the word and seeking their kingdom.
Believe me, their lives will change, just as the Lord has done with us.
So, thank you for those words.
Sonia, we are with you.
Hello, good morning.
Good morning, everyone.
I would just like to add to the comment of one of the colleagues about the vision.
I remember that when I lived the difficult situation that I already told you about, I had
lost the meaning of life, really.
But I stayed on stand-by for a long time, until God began to put certain dreams or
wishes or longings in my heart.
And I have no doubt that this is focused on His purpose for my life and for what He wants
to use it for.
As you can see, in the United States, the vision board is used a lot.
And God began to tell me, make your life plan, make your life plan.
And I said, well, then guide me, what do you want me to capture?
And well, He began to revive in me things that I love doing.
One of them is decorating.
Another one is traveling.
And well, I started to, well, I want to show you a little bit.
I divided it into four parts.
And one is the person.
I don't know if you can see it.
There you go, there you go.
Financial freedom, I read above.
You can't see all the photos, but digital courses.
Tell me what the four areas represent.
We can't hear you, Sonia.
The microphone is...
There it is.
There it is better.
We can't hear you well.
I don't know if it's when you put...
It's like the audio goes away.
It's blocking the microphone.
It's blocking the audio and the microphone.
I think it's to show us the...
Let's see, try it.
No, we can't hear you well.
If you want, put it aside.
Put the board aside so that we can only hear you.
And you can hear us.
I don't know why the audio was blocking you.
Okay, very good.
Okay.
Well, first, guide me to do it in that order of importance, of priority.
Obviously, the personal first.
And within the personal, there are many things.
And the first is the spiritual.
From there, in order of importance, I did the family.
From there, the work.
And from there, what I give to the world.
That this implies what my ministry is in the church.
How beautiful.
Well, part of...
This has given me that focus.
And the truth is, I am surprised because I have carried out some things.
God has...
ayudado a hacerlo y todos los días le digo señor ayúdame a avanzar hoy en el plan de vida que me
diste y lo que lo que a lo mejor puse por emoción y no y no incluye a tu propósito para mí pues
hazlo un lado ayúdame a hacerlo un lado y ayúdame a avanzar ayúdame a avanzar entonces esos me ha
ayudado mucho me ha ayudado y en lo personal puse en medio y puse un mensaje de él para mí dice no
hay días malos sólo hay días en los que tienes que aprender a confiar más en mí pero claro obviamente
debo de tomar acción en algunas en varias cosas verdad y si en lo primer puse libertad financiera
puse casa armonía puse viajes puse en la visión literalmente tener visión y en cuanto bueno hacia
el mundo tengo un llamado a las a las a las naciones no sé cómo no sé cuándo no sé de
qué manera no sé por dónde va a ser pero bueno sé que él me va a guiar para hacerlo y hacerlo y
bueno en eso en eso gracias por compartir se te está cortando pero gracias por aportar
esa visión no sé si soy yo cortando pero igual sonia y chicos vamos a ir cerrando tenemos un
minutito antes de poder entrar a la siguiente llamada de 100x así que vamos a orar y qué bendición
poder estudiar la palabra con ustedes así que padre te damos gracias por este momento gracias
por hablarnos señor a través de tu palabra por esas confirmaciones que has dado señor por
hacernos meditar señor en qué áreas necesitamos empezar a gobernar o ahorrar o simplemente tener
un plan de sabiduría señor que venga de tu presencia ayuda a mis hermanos provee por cada
una de sus necesidades señor y sigue instruyéndonos en tu palabra y recordándonos renovando nuestra
mente a tus promesas en tu palabra señor te amamos y te entregamos este día en el nombre de
jesús amén muchísimas gracias los bendiga el próximo martes o jueves para los que están en 100x