Our devotional life is our loving communion with God. When the Christian life is an experience, the sweetest and favorite moments are spent with God in prayer or reading His Word. When religion is tradition, we repeat our prayers, but they lose flavor and meaning, and the Bible loses its appeal. And when he finally gets to the appropriate religion, we pray only when it suits us, which means that we lose touch with God for weeks and months. And the Bible is closed. I still call ourselves Christians, and brothers call the church, and keep some rules of moral conduct, but there is no communion with God.

Our devotional life is our loving communion with God. When the Christian life is an experience, the sweetest and favorite moments are spent with God in prayer or reading His Word. When religion is tradition, we are "saying" our prayers, but they lose flavor and meaning, and the Bible loses its appeal. And when he finally gets to the appropriate religion, we pray only when it suits us, which means that we lose touch with God for weeks and months. And the Bible is closed. I still call ourselves Christians, and brothers call the church, and keep some rules of moral conduct, but there is no communion with God.


The famous psychologist William James said: For most people religion is a dull habit, being that should be an acute fever. How true!

For most this slip of a real experience, a tradition and something desirable, is not something sudden. It is rather a slow process. An old shepherd said no sheep jump the fence and suddenly be lost. No, but gradually recedes while eating until you lose the pastor. So with us. Nobody decides suddenly I'm lost in sin. What happens is that we're engaging more and more into a swarm of secular occupations at work, school, office or home things that are not necessarily evil, but even one day responsibilities legítimashasta discover that we have lost sight of the Shepherd of our souls and our hearts are cold.

The deception is the tool. We can deceive ourselves (Jeremiah 17:9). Again we see the importance of ensuring good heart. We delude ourselves by allowing the influence, however subtle, of our environment to infiltrate our lives. Such examples include materialism, sexual immorality, not builders of television programs, etc.. Therefore we must expose to light our paths and authority of God and His Word (Psalm 139:23,24, Hebrews 4:12,13).

There is a saying, "you can not cheat an honest person." For his honesty and purity in Christ, the faithful son of God can more easily discern the deceit in others. So to keep our integrity we must not be deceived by others. Romans 16:17-18 speaks of those who cause divisions. The Christian must turn away from those who do and speak against the doctrine they have learned. Often such people speak in an attractive and convincing, but do not serve Christ rather misleading.

There are several types of people who try to deceive, of which one should avoid: 1) those who claim to be the Christ (Mark 13:5,6), 2) those who cause divisions and criticize as misguided evangelical doctrine (Romans 16: 17.18), 3) those who speak of things mischievous and vanities (Ephesians 5:3-6) and 4) those who practice sin as a way of saying they are Christians (John 3:7-10).

Christ is our model and there was no deceit in his mouth (Isaiah 53:9). He himself said in whom is no guile is blessed by God (John 1:47). The scam is similar to the lie. I Peter 3:10 teaches that those who enjoy the abundant life does not cheat or lie. This is because these Christians do not get involved in crashes, develop friendships and trust with others easier. Moreover, honesty kept clean conscience. God's children should not use lies or deception, but must clearly and simply proclaim the truth, the Word of God (II Corinthians 4:2).
Finally, cheating or lying is compromised: 1) gradually lose the knowledge of God (Jeremiah 9:6), 2) cooling spiritual suffering, so much of not wanting to return to God (Jeremiah 8: 5), and 3) to give rise to pride and arrogance. (Jeremiah 3:27,28).

The enemy besieged and when he fails to divert directly weaken decides first. As the constant drop of water that falls on the rock, so is his persistence. But the rock this one, no one can be with her to help her, but not a child of God.
The family of God is the Church of the Living God, which supports and defends the truth (1 Timothy 3:15).

We are called to belong not just to believe. God created us to live together, for fellowship and to raise a family. We can not fulfill God's purposes alone (Genesis 2:18).

In the Bible there are examples of solitary saints or spiritual siblings isolated from other believers and deprived of communion. According to the Bible are one body and we can not stand on our own
(1 Corinthians 12:12, Ephesians 2:21-22, Ephesians 3:6, Ephesians 4:16, Colossians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 4:17).

Although our relationship with Christ is personal, God's intention is not to be private. In the family of God we are connected with all other believers (Romans 12:5).

Unlike the worldly concept, for the Apostle Paul to be a member of the church meant to be a vital organ in a living body, an indispensable part linked to the body (Romans 12:4-5, 1 Corinthians 6:15, 1 Corinthians 12: 12-27).

Each of us has a specific meaning and function as part of His body, because a finger or toe cut good for nothing, right? (Romans 12:4-5). Out of body organs shrivel and die, they can not survive alone (Ephesians 4:16). Thus, the first symptom is usually spiritual cooling irregular attendance to cults and meetings of believers. When everything is neglected communion sinks.

Being a member of the family of God has implications not something to be carnally knowing. The church is part of God's plan for the world
(Matthew 16:18).

The church is the body of Christ, is indestructible and will exist for eternity. The person who says, I do not need anyone, he is arrogant or ignorant. The church is so important that Jesus died for her (Ephesians 5:25).

The Bible calls the Church the Bride of Christ and the body of Christ. Can you imagine saying to Jesus:

"I love you Jesus, but I hate your body - your church?"

It is sad that many Christians use the church, but not love. The Bible commands us to love our spiritual family (1 Peter 2:17).

The Bible says a Christian without a Church is like a body without a body, a sheep without a flock or a child without a family. The Bible says that we are members of the family of God, fellow Christians everywhere (Ephesians 2:19).

Currently, independent individualism of our culture has created many spiritual orphans, believers rabbits that hop from one church to another without identification, without accountability, or commitment to any. Many think they can be good Christians without coverage of a local church, but God does not agree with that.

Perhaps now the Lord Jesus is saying to you: You have many admirable qualities, are faithful to the doctrine, you are active in church, but I have something against you: You do not love me like you loved me before.

And thank God that comes to us with a stick or a whip, but with tenderness and love, to return from a religious tradition or wildcard, to a relationship, a communion, intimate, fulfilling, and joyous with the .

In a campaign of evangelism, one night went to the altar a major secular church. It was official board member, Sunday school teacher, a faithful church member. Before kneeling, turned to the congregation and said: I think everybody here knows me and knows I've tried to live a good life. But several months I realized that there is no victory in my heart as before. I have given to sin, not even I had like it. But tonight, God has shown me that between him and me has been developing a distance, and for this reason I have not been able to win others to Christ. Not because I've become evil, but because I am a Christian who is not on the spiritual level it deserves. So I want to come to the altar to pray. And if there's anyone here who acknowledge being in the same condition as mine, I beg you to join me to pray together.

Given this offer, a large number of men, women and young men got up and went to pray. Do other members of the official board? Yes Other Sunday school teachers? Of course. No one is immune to the danger of spiritual cooling. Sometimes, without realizing our souls are entering a lull, a cold, spiritual, and are no longer what we were. Possibly still have not lost to God, but we are on track to lose.

I also like that preacher I distanced from God, I left that material things and all sorts of problems get in the way, I even let my laziness and my apathy take over my life. Christ is merciful to all, and in his great mercy me close to him, to have a revival, but he does not want to give it useless workers who were given or less, he wants men and women courageous and brave, very brave.

I asked that effort is the search and found that endeavor is to give a little more than what is normally given daily, so if I prayed 15 minutes before, now gold 20, or if you have not fasted, now one days fasting If before I got up at 12 to go to church, now I get up at 11.

I also asked him how to be brave, it is easier than it looks!, Simply we can develop the courage, saying that we are children of God everywhere, in our conduct, to some it seems uncomfortable praying aloud at the altar of God , the more when we go on the street? or if some decide to move his lips without uttering a word when we sing and praise Him, dare to sing while walking? God showed me that I sing loudly while going down the street is a way of showing the world that He is my Father, and I'm proud to be his son.

Now brother, I invite you to think about whether you have been estranged from his Creator, and take the opportunity while there is life, to reconcile and ask for a new anointing, fresh and powerful before it's too late and to come on days when no longer there is opportunity.

God bless you.

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