Pastor of Armonía Church, devoted to helping others learn to know, love, and serve God.
LEARNING TO LOVE
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister” (1 John 4:7-21, NIV).
How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters live together in harmony!
Our time together helps us follow Jesus, experience transformation, and fulfill our God-given mission in our daily lives.
Disciples Learn to Know God and Follow Him.
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Discípulos Aprenden a Conocer a Dios y le Siguen.
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Disciples Learn to Know God and Follow Him. * Discípulos Aprenden a Conocer a Dios y le Siguen. *
KNOW GOD
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”
Knowing God helps us know others.
Disciples Learn to Love God and are Transformed by Him.
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Discípulos Aprenden a Amar a Dios y son Transformados por Él.
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Disciples Learn to Love God and are Transformed by Him. * Discípulos Aprenden a Amar a Dios y son Transformados por Él. *
LOVE GOD
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.”
Loving God helps us love others.
Disciples Learn to Serve God and are on Mission with Him.
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Discípulos Aprenden a Servir a Dios y están en Misión con Él.
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Disciples Learn to Serve God and are on Mission with Him. * Discípulos Aprenden a Servir a Dios y están en Misión con Él. *
SERVE GOD
“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
