Augusto 23 | TU TRAMO

And we say this Where does my help come from? We all say My help comes from you We have come to the house of the Lord To give you joy We say, Heaven If Heaven counts your works Poetry written for you Jealousy, mercy They all point to you And if I am lost I know where I can find you So we say I will rise I will rise My eyes to the mountains I will see you Hot as the sun I will follow The cry of your grace Because I know That you are still God That you are still God We have suffered everything I know you take care of me You know I know you take care of me We believe it Nothing can separate me

Because I depend on you And if I am lost I know where I can find you So we say I will rise I will rise My eyes to the mountains I will see you Hot as the sun I will follow The cry of your grace Because I know That you are still God That you are still God You know this part We say La lluvia La lluvia viene De donde viene mi esperanza De donde viene mi esperanza VIENE DEL DESCANSO La lluvia viene La lluvia viene De ti alzaré Alzaré Mis manos a los cielos Te veré Obrando mi favor Y seguiré Porque yo sé

Que tú sigues siendo Dios Si tú sigues siendo Dios Si tú sigues siendo Tú sigues siendo Dios Y si me encuentro perdido Sé dónde te puedo encontrar ¡Haga un fuerte aplauso al Señor, José! ¡Aleluya! Gracias Dios te damos en esta mañana Por habernos permitido llegar a tu casa Adorarte y exaltarte y brindarte todo lo que somos Y todo lo que hacemos para ti, Rey Te amamos Dios Si el camino es hecho es Tu espíritu yo seguiré Aunque quebrantado esté Cada pieza te daré I hear your voice, Lord, I am here. I say, Lord, I am here. I speak in my heart, not alone, and only for your grace, God. More of you, less of me, I want, I want to see your glory here. I hear your voice, Lord, I am here. I say, Lord, I am here. I hear your voice, Lord, I am here. I say, Lord, I am here. Oh, here we are, God, blessed to you. Here we are, God, everything, everything we give you. And that's why we say, here I am, here I am. Come on, say it, my church. I give you today, here I am.

Oh, everything, everything, everything I am. And here I am, here I am. Everything I am, I give you today. And here I am, here I am. Everything I am, I give you today. And here I am, here I am. Everything I am, I give you today. And here I am, here I am. Everything I am, I give you today. Oh, everything is for you and everything is for you. Oh, everything we give you, we receive it at your feet. Oh, everything we give you, we receive it at your feet. To whom life gave me, I give all that I am. Use my life today, God, and reign in my heart. I hear your voice, here I am, Lord. I say, yes, God, here I am, Lord. Amen. And you could not sing all my life without ceasing In the name of Jesus I will rise And every time I cry out louder Only the name of Jesus Makes me sing alone Nobody like Jesus Nobody like Jesus And only you are a sign We say you have been my faithful friend And you have been my faithful friend And you, goodness, do not forget In the name of Jesus I will rise

And every time I cry out louder Only the name of Jesus Makes me sing alone Nobody like Jesus And only you are a sign Only the name, only the name of Jesus Makes me sing alone Nobody like Jesus And only you are a sign Name above all names It is Jesus Christ It is Jesus Christ The one who died on the cross The one who is still sitting on his throne Twenty-four elders began to worship him His name is Jesus Your name is like the light of the sun That the darkness defeated Life and resurrection Jesus, your name is salvation and salvation All the storm will fall You will never fail Jesus And the bread broken by humanity Wounded by that evil Who was, who is and who will come Jesus And he is the king of heresy, Lord Who broke the door His name is the Savior, Jesus

And only to Jesus We give the light And only to Jesus We give the light And only to Jesus We give the glory And only to Jesus We give the glory Only in the name of Jesus Only in the name of Jesus Only in the name of Jesus Makes me sing holy Look, no one No one like Jesus No one like Jesus No one like Jesus Only you are free In the name of Jesus Only in the name of Jesus Only in the name of Jesus Makes me sing holy No one like Jesus Only you are Lord The story of Jesus The story of Jesus Is that he was perfect He was God and made calm To live among us And die Even without deserving

It is the story of Jesus That he being perfect For love He died for you and for me To give us another chance Yes, he died to give us another chance If you have not known this Jesus If you think it's just another story And you have not made it your reality That you do not deserve this love To be in his presence That we should be dead But his death Today allows us to be standing So let's sing this chorus one more time But keeping that in mind Remembering what the name of Jesus means What does it mean? Only the name Only in the name of Jesus Only in the name of Jesus Only in the name of Jesus Raise your voice May I speak at night Nadie como Jesus Nadie como Jesus Nadie como Jesus Y solo tú eres mi amor Solo el nombre Y solo el nombre de Jesús

Solo el nombre de Jesús Solo el nombre de Jesús Nadie como Jesús Nadie como Jesús Nadie como Jesús Nadie como Jesús Nadie como Jesús Y solo tú eres mi amor Father, we thank you for this truth That you are worthy That you were worthy That you will always be worthy Thank you for the sacrifice you made on the cross Today we remember the sacrifice Today we remember the name of Jesus De pan partido a la luz que brilla más que el sol Ese es el nombre de Jesús Nombre sobre todo, nombre Nombre que tiene poder para restaurar, para sanar, para liberar El nombre de Jesús No hay otro nombre como Jesús Te damos gracias rey For the opportunity to have the name of Jesus. We give this time for you, Lord, in your name. And we leave you, Jesus, and all together we say, Amen. Amen. Give a big round of applause to the King, Eva. A round of applause to the King of the Church. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for praying.

And welcome to your church. 121 in Spanish. You can take a seat. 121 in Spanish. We are very excited to announce that our English classes are about to begin with the ESL ministry, which basically means where you will be able to learn English. And there are three ways to serve and get involved and be able to be part of this ministry. One, if you master the language, we invite you to serve. The ministry is requiring volunteers so that we can teach others the language. Number two, if you would like to learn English in a better way, practice your pronunciation more, well, this is the place. And number three, if you know someone who is looking for a place where they can learn English, this is the number three way. How will it work? The classes will be every Thursday from 6.30 to 8.00 p.m. in the church, in 121, here in our facilities. And well, thank you for this invitation, and we hope you can be a part of it. God bless you. Now, yes. Some are ready to sweep and everything else. How nice, nice, nice to be in the Lord's house looking for his face and being able to worship his name. Close your eyes with me if you like.

Let's worship for those who are watching us on the internet right now. And then for each one of us, so that God prepares our hearts to receive the word. Lord, look at those who are watching us right now on Facebook, who are watching us right now on YouTube, in their homes, in their jobs. Here, Lord, in Texas, perhaps they will also watch us or are watching us in other countries. And also, lords of the prisons, we know that you connect and that you will watch this service, dear God, wherever they may be. I pray for a supernatural peace in their lives, for a presence, Lord, yours, special. Lord, that even at a distance, they may say, God is in this place. Not because we simply have God here, but because we know that God is omnipresent. That is, you are there, you are here, you are in the hearts of those who surrender to you, dear God. Touch their lives wherever they may be. Help them, dear Lord. And here, Lord, we are all ready to hear your word. Lord, it is your word. It is not my word. It is your word, God.

And may your word transcend the deepest hearts of being. And Lord, may we not leave here the same, but full of your presence and full, Lord, of a peace that comes only from you. Transform our hearts, confront us with your truth, and set us free. In the name of Jesus. Amen, amen, amen. Are we ready? I'm ready. Well, I don't know if I'm ready. More or less ready. We are ready to give the word. Those who visit us for the first time, will there be someone in this place? How about we give them a round of applause so they don't raise their hands and feel intimidated? How nice. In the same way, I always like to remind you that our children are in praise, in worship, in teaching, in learning, also in enjoyment. I don't know if there is a photo available. We almost always put it up. But it is to remind you that while we are here, our children are also receiving, they are being part of our church.

Not because they are one more group, it is a ministry. And God is speaking to their hearts because I know that God is going to do great things in their lives. He is already doing it, and I know that He will continue to do it. How many say Amen to that? Now, those who visit us, or who have not listened to us the last two or three weeks, we are in a series, in Nehemiah. We are in Nehemiah. And he was a Jew, basically, who served a Persian king 2,500 years ago. That is a long time. And today we are going to move to a chapter, chapter 3, and in general, you will see why. But this Jew, who did not grow up in his land, in Jerusalem, he grew up far away in exile. He learned that the city of his ancestors, there in Jerusalem, was still in ruins. For Babylonia was destroyed more than a century before that, of that moment, so you can imagine the heart of someone when you know that your town, your farm, your village, your country, your city is in ruins, that is, who enjoys that, who stays calm, more when you know that your family

can still live in that place and says the word that they were in oprobio, that is, with a deep heart in the heart and these last two weeks we saw anemia to see this broken city pray for her for four months last week that same king in which he worked of mine as a cooper that nothing more and nothing less than he tried the wine before the king tried it just in case he was poisoned so he was going to find out first for sure for better or for worse and this man when he comes to this man the so-called king for us at that moment that king gave him permission he gives him letters he gives him wood to go to rebuild his ruins his city and today the first stone is finally placed and I am going to transfer it to two or three years ago 2022 it was seven o'clock at night Thursday February 10 in Pennsylvania it was cold a sky that had already darkened a while ago and then someone sees the glow and realizes that there is fire and begins to scream fire fire in the barn of the fisher family and this is in the news you can look for it if you like eight firetrucks arrive more than a dozen cistern trucks arrive sirens cutting the entire night they are here and there treating the flames they are already eating the second floor where the hay was supposed to be kept the straw the entire harvest of the year and down the animals and nobody knows how many are still going to survive so there is an internal struggle the people are there working trying to see what is achieved and here is what almost no one tells about this night while the fire is still burning while the firefighters are still inside while nobody knows how much is going to be saved in all the mess of the matter all the disaster a family member of the fish is already out and you know what he is doing without shame not a very nice person he is already with a notebook measuring trying to calculate what materials they will need to rebuild you would do that I would do that I do not know the fire is still not extinguished and someone is already thinking about the reconstruction someone is motivated to see light at the end of the difficult path five days later on February 15 the barn of the office was already completely up again five days five days that is called a barn raising exists has historically existed here in the United States in different places and they call it that among the amish I can look for more information later on the first day 60 people showed up on the second day 70 people a last group of 20 finished the final details one cut wood another raised beams another prepared food and nobody built everything you know what happened everyone built something everything was part of something and in five days there was a complete barn that no one could have built alone who can only repeat these words with me all once again once again all and when they asked Mr. Fisher what it felt to see so many

people appear like this without anyone asking him to ask him he answered with a single phrase so we are used to people answering when they love the extra mile so that you can get an idea maybe there can be a photo here but it is not of that specific date because you were in 2022 the photos were not like that no that is not there is another one out there later a group of people who are doing the same years before the years 30 years In the 40s, it's probably out there, where you can see white and black, and if not, there's no problem. All those people were building the barn for a while, and it has been historically seen how the barns are built, sometimes in a few days. I asked for permission, they call it copyright. I found a video on YouTube, and I can look for it whenever I like. And I realized that there was a barn that was built in a single day. The person who recorded it is impressive. In three minutes, it was like those fast laps. He could see it in three minutes for ten hours. And I said, I'm going to show it to the church, so they can see how incredible teamwork is, and how much you can achieve. And when I checked, they said, you can't use it. If you go on broadcast, you can't use it unless you ask for permission. And when I asked for permission, this is a parenthesis. They said, it's $250. And I said, no, $250, I'm not going to use that video. But the impressive thing is how, when a people comes together, brothers and sisters, great things happen. Especially when God is at the center. Have you ever seen a huge project, something that really matters,

and you thought, I have nothing to contribute here. Really, let others do it. Those who know, those who have the time, those who have the resources, it's better if someone else does it. Many times it has happened in our lives, moments in which there is a project, and we ask ourselves that question, or we just don't take it seriously. A ministry that needs hands, a family that needs help, an entire city that needs something that you, individually, have the capacity to give, and you can never give it alone, and you end up with your arms crossed. Today, I want us to look at Jerusalem, which was reconstructed with a surprising dynamic, similar to what we are talking about now. Not for a hero with a perfect plan, because one says, well, if the leader commands, we obey. Let's look at what he says, no, no, no. Name, here in chapter 3, name after name, when one is constructing the part that was in front. Now, last week, that permission, those letters, became something real, what the king gave to Nehemiah. Nehemiah prayed specifically, and God answered.

God answers our prayers. How many say amen to that? If we're not wasting time. I know that God answers, and always according to his perfect will. But a prayer answered doesn't build a wall by itself. Lord, build the wall, Lord, build the wall. You can pray for a hundred years, Lord, build the wall, and if you don't move, do what God has called you to do, that wall won't go anywhere. Someone still has to go to work. The prayer of faith doesn't make us passive. It doesn't prepare us to obey when God opens the door. It prepares us. And here's what almost no one preaches about Nehemiah, chapter 3. It doesn't say that Nehemiah recruited an army of experts, because sometimes we say, they weren't experts at all. It says that people of all kinds found a way to repair. Chapter 2 ends with a call, let's get up and build, let's build, let's go. But look at chapter 3. It shows us what happens when the yes ceases to be an intention and becomes an action. Name after name. Segment after segment. Nehemiah 3 seems like one of those chapters that one would like to skip.

If you've read Nehemiah's book, you'll say, why would I read it? Why? These are names I don't even recognize. There it says, if Ramon did this, if Sophia did this. But 2,500 years ago, I don't have the slightest idea of who they were. So you say, I want to skip the list. But this list reveals something we can't miss. The vision of one became the mission of many. So the question I want you to take today is simple, simple. What is your chapter? What is your mission? It's your section. You got to 121, you got in, you sat down, you worshiped, you're going to leave this place. Tomorrow, another day of work, of classes and everything. And we can ask ourselves, well, do we live a normal life? Or as we are living it? Or ask ourselves a question a little more directly to the heart. Lord, what role do I have here? What is my role? What is your section? And my first point is this. Your time. Introduce yourself. Introduce yourself. I want you to follow these verses from 1 to 5. It says, and the High Priest arose. Eliasib rose with his brothers, the priests, and built the door of the sheep. They consecrated it and settled their leaves. They consecrated the wall up to the Tower of the Hundred and up to the Tower of Ananel. Let's continue. The children of Senan built the door of the fish. And I will also have my version here directly, because otherwise there would be a lot of names.

With them he restored Maremot, son of Urias. With him he restored Mesulam. With them he restored Sadok, son of Banan. Banan. And with them they restored the Tekoites. Now, I will stop there, because otherwise you will say, why did I come today? So that they tell me names? If you read it like this, 32 times in a row, with him, after him, he restored. Mentioning names. The whole chapter is a list of names. Priests, rulers, merchants, families, whole, working, men, women, all appearing one after another, working. What do you do when we read those names? What do I do? Jump it. The text does not hide the exception. The Tekoites, it says here, from Tekoa worked, but their nobles did not want to submit their necks to the work. The Bible does not hide, listen carefully, that uncomfortable detail. Names of those who worked, and names of those who sat down and said, we are not going to do anything. It leaves it there. By the way, and in the middle of the list of those who did appear, I would have asked the Lord, Lord, why did you put me with the negatives? If I reached heaven, right? The Bible does not hide that uncomfortable detail, not everyone appeared. And that is why this list matters so much, because name after name, the text preserves those who did put their shoulders on the work. We are going to work, we are going to work hard, we are going to move. The work did not stop because some decided not to participate. Although that can be uncomfortable, right? Not everyone will understand, not everyone will participate. That is the reality. And later in this series we will see much more open opposition, but today we focus on this. The fidelity of others can never finish ours. And look at something even more beautiful. The Tekoites appear twice in this chapter, repairing two different sections. The Tekoites of Tekoa, who were like those who were doing work separately, the nobles said, no, these said, we are going to give the extra mile.

One job, two jobs and rebuilt. The nobles said no, but the Tekoites did not let the no of their leaders, because they were their leaders, become their own no. They said, God is calling me, I'm going to answer. Imagine that morning, the sun barely rises over Jerusalem. A priest arrives with the hands that normally hold the utensils of the temple, and now carrying stones. A merchant who had never carried anything heavy on a scale, now is covered with dust to the knees. Many were not even construction workers, but they prepared. And if one goes to verse 12, it says that Salun repaired together with his daughters. Did you see how people were getting up? Opposition, people saying no, and others saying yes, God is calling us. We do not know exactly what part of the task they did. The text. Simplemente quiere que sepamos algo hoy, ellas también estuvieron ahí, y qué lindo cuando Dios llama a la gente por su nombre, también fueron parte de la obra. Así que la misión de Dios no necesita solamente personas que estén de acuerdo con ella, necesita personas disponibles. Dice, aquí estoy Señor, no entiendo el marco completo pero aquí estoy. Dice, la reconstrucción no necesitaba buenas intenciones. Era un siglo de ver puertas caídas, de ver derrota. ¿Saben lo que representaba para Jerusalén o para cualquier castillo de ese tiempo o cualquier lugar de ciudad que tuvieran paredes caídas? Era fácilmente amenaza para el enemigo, era como si tuviera la dignidad en el piso. Es como decir, yo tengo mi hogar pero mis ventanas no están. Cualquier viento entra, cualquier viento sale, cualquier ratero puede entrar. O sea, quién entra o quién vive en una casa donde, aquí en Estados Unidos especialmente, donde tú tengas las ventanas rotas y caídas en el piso y te sientas cómodo o cómoda, la puerta tirada en el piso. ¿Cómo tú vives así? Es sentirte con la dignidad por el piso. Esta gente estaba en oprobio, pero estaban en un momento donde llega un líder en obediencia y dice, hay aquí algo que hacer, aquí hay que movernos. Y el tiempo es uno de los recursos más valiosos que tienes, hermanos y hermanas que están aquí hoy.

El tiempo es uno de los recursos más valiosos que tienes y probablemente el que menos te sobra. ¿Y sé cómo? ¿Sí? Servir siempre significa decirle sí a algo y por lo tanto decirle no a otra cosa. No hay forma de evitar ese costo. Dios te llama para hacer algo, eso implica decirle no a qué, a otra cosa. Tú y yo no somos qué? No somos Dios. No podemos construir desde la distancia. A veces nuestro mayor obstáculo para amar al prójimo no es falta de compasión, es falta de margen, de oportunidad que te das para hacerlo. Yo pudo predicar sobre misión y al mismo tiempo mirar mi semana y descubrir que no dejé espacio para una persona que necesitaba de mí. Lo llené con otras cosas. Y ahí es donde tengo que enfrentar una verdad incómoda. Mi boca, tu boca puede decir algo que es algo prioridad, pero tu calendario y mi calendario dicen lo contrario. Decir sí de la boca es fácil, el calendario es decir, es que es lo que dice la verdad. ¿Cómo se ve tu semana? Decir Señor, úsame como tú quieras Dios, úsame. Úsame Señor, pero tengo la semana llena, así que busca el espacio que te convenga y si lo ves va a decir, tú conoces todo, así que ese espacito que está aquí es el que quiero que uses. Úsame Señor para ver un mover tuyo especial en mi familia, en mi comunidad, en mi trabajo, pero estoy lleno de cosas de tal manera que no puedo dejar a Dios moverse en mi corazón ni usarme. No podemos darle a Dios nuestra vida sin darle también nuestro calendario. No podemos, escúcheme bien, no podemos. Piensa en silencio en su calendario de esta semana tal como ella está sin cambiar nada todavía. ¿Cuánto de ahí refleja que la misión de Dios es una prioridad real? ¿Cuánto? O es una buena intención, ¿no? Qué lindo Señor que me llamas a hacer esto, pero bueno, a mi tiempo. Bien.

Quiero que guardes esa respuesta tuya personal, quizás para el final. Aquella obra terminó en 52 días, pero esos 52 días solo fueron posibles porque personas reales recibieron o hicieron espacio para una obra real, se pusieron a trabajar. La mayoría de nosotros no necesitamos un llamado dramático. Señor, desciende del cielo para que yo sepa cuál es mi próximo paso. Cuando todo está escrito aquí, hay palabras que Dios da al corazón, que nos guían y todo, pero la realidad es que nosotros tenemos que venir con brazos abiertos. I'm open Lord, here I am willing and we need to stop postponing the availability that we already have Lord, here I am, that was Jerusalem, that is Jerusalem Nobody built everything, everyone built something Point 2, your talent How many here have talent? Let's go Don't be scared, if you are here it's because you have something from God How many have a gift? Oh yes, that means that we have to talk about gifts in the church Any gift that you know of? Does anyone know how to cook? Oh look, how nice, God gave her the gift of cooking Invite me Does anyone know? There are so many things that we do You get up during the day and use everything that God has given you for so many things Those are gifts from God for your life You have talent, and sometimes we think of talent as everything spiritual The physical becomes something that God has given you to do in this life Look who appears on this list They are not only professional bakers There can be many here In Nehemiah 3, verse 8 it says And together with him repaired Uziel, son of Aiah, of the silvermen And together with him repaired Ananias, one of the perfumers They restored Jerusalem to the wide wall

Perfumers There are priests There are rulers There are silvermen And yes, there are perfumers Did anyone perfume this morning before coming here? Even if it is something There were perfumers working here People who mixed oil and incense Not people who built walls There were no roosters in their hands And look, the perfumer didn't get to perfume the wall Because, oh yes His job was something else But there was a section in front of them and they presented themselves God can use what you know how to do But your utility in his kingdom is never limited to what you already dominate Many times God wants to take us out of our comfort zone To use us and to take away the glory The question is not always Am I good at this? Because one says, well here I am good Why am I good in 121? Why am I good in the kingdom of God? Sometimes the question should simply be Am I available? Am I available? That would be the question A pastor preached a whole message around this distinction And he summarized it this way

He says, it is not about my ability It is about my availability I am here And there are whole families who had never put a brick in their life Here in the book of Nehemiah In chapter 3 God took these people with completely different abilities And put them here to do the work they needed to do side by side One next to the other What are you? A perfumer? Help me here What are you? A cook? Come on, we have to build What are you here? What are you there? And maybe you can put me the first picture that comes out there A simple image But I want you to imagine it in Jerusalem at that time Where people working side by side After a long time of oppression, of suffering Living in that place under an incredible pressure With dignity on the floor Now firmly saying It doesn't matter where you are We are going to rebuild this Because this is our home It is the place where God gave us So God took people with different abilities And in verses 28 to 30 An idea is repeated

It says, several repaired precisely In front of their own house Not everyone started asking How do we rebuild Jerusalem as a whole? Because that would be overloaded In English it would be overwhelming How? Sometimes you see a very big project And you say, Lord, it is difficult for me to do this And God tells us, or we see here clearly, that people started on their own, from their own home. Some simply looked in front of their house and said, this is our stretch. Sometimes, listen to me well, to love a city begins by loving well what is in front of your house. Where do you live? In front of your apartment? In front of your house? In front of your trailer? In front of your mobile home? In front of wherever you live? Look at that door, maybe now there is a door in front of it. There is another, a door. The people who lived there, probably so close, it was their stretch to be able to build. Who is in front of your house? Who lives at two doors? Who works with you? What needs have you seen so many times that you have stopped seeing them? I want to give you an example that God is still working with my heart. In front of my house, my home, lives a family from India. On the left side, another family from India. On the left side, here on the side, literally wall to wall, a family from Korea. We get along well there with everyone. On the right hand, there is a lady from Sri Lanka, over there. I will not mention the name in case she sees me, even though I do not speak Spanish. And I am praying to the Lord to give me the opportunity to connect. Because, for better or for worse, many of our interactions have been more like texts to make reproaches.

Hasn't that happened to you with a neighbor? And if he didn't move? Hasn't that happened to you? I am not praying for him to move. But in my heart, there is the prayer of the Lord, give me the opportunity to know your story. Because we know zero about your story. An elderly lady who has no children. There is no one who comes in or out of the house. It is a deep secret of what lives next door. And it is my section. It is my opportunity. Sometimes one says, Lord, change a city or transform it. And I say, but if I can't love my neighbor. Or my neighbor. What else? It is called hypocrisy on my part. And even if from time to time it gives me a hard time, as they say out there. When one receives the text, these children are playing in front of my patio. Please, can you move them? And I say, they are children. But inside me, there is a story behind all this. In which God wants to touch and transform. Use me, Lord. The section that touches me. So that she can smell your perfume. So that she can smell your perfume. Know you like this. And when one returns to this time in Jerusalem. No one asked them to be experts in what they were doing. They were asked to be faithful in what they had in front of them.

You don't have to do everything. Simply be faithful in your section. And do it as God is calling you. And your section starts close. In this church, something similar happens. Sometimes God uses you exactly in what you already know how to do. And sometimes he puts you to serve coffee. To accommodate chairs. To take care of children. In something that has nothing to do with your profession. And that anyway, is your section this week. It's your opportunity. None of the two options is less spiritual. Than the other. Both are obedience to the Lord. While I was talking to those of hospitality, to those yesterday. I said this word clearly. We are all here. Or to preach. To share the word. Or to sweep. Here no one is better than anyone else. Here we are all called to take our section. And many times our section is exactly what we have to do. And there are times when we think. And be careful with the ministries where we think. That the one who has the most emotion is the one who is always in the pulpit. And the one who has the least emotion is the one who is cleaning the bathroom. When what God looks at is the heart. Are you with me?

The heart. God looks at what we are. The woman with the perfume of Alameda. Like when I convinced the service that he charged that way, Lord, that we give you everything and people looked at him around as if it was no use at all. Leave that, leave that. He was already coming to deliver everything. And Jesus was pleased with a really surrendered heart to him. And for the world, for the people around, religious, it was something like it shouldn't be. Jesus said to him, this is how I see the real heart. Does anyone want the broom? The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10, verse 31, When you eat, I'm saying it in the version of Queen Valeria, but it says when you eat, when you drink or do anything else, do it for the glory of whom? Of God. In your office, in the family of your street that is going through a crisis, God gathers us here, but sends us there. Unity does not mean uniformity. In 1 Peter 4, verse 10, it says, Each one according to the gift he has received, use it to serve whom? To others. Peter says it, even simpler, each one received something. Use it to serve. That is your path. That is your path. To me, God gave me the voice, perhaps today here in front, and time where I wanted to study to be able to learn and give him what he has given me. And even so, some of the seasons where I have grown the most, have been serving in tasks that no one, or that had nothing to do with preaching, or what I have studied in my life. And I'm going to give you an example of that. When I arrived in the United States in 2007, from Puerto Rico, which is part of the United States, it's a jump, but for me it was another world.

I grew up there in Barrio Obrero, in Puerto Rico, I grew up with another world, I arrived in Los Angeles, God calls me, Marisol and me, to Los Angeles. That was my part of that season. We are moving in obedience, two weeks after we got married. In faith, there were people around who said, you are crazy, basically, don't do that, there are people who go and come back with their tail between their legs. And obviously one listens to voices, when one is moving in obedience, some voices are positive, other voices are negative, throw yourself, because God is going to do great things with you, beautiful things. Move in obedience, when one obeys, God opens doors. How many say Amen? I arrived in Los Angeles, California, with $800 in my pocket. It was one of the most expensive in the world. Of the cities. And when I arrived, to make the story long, short, I could go many ways in this conversation. The direction I want to go is this. I arrived in faith, also looking for a job. And when I arrived at this place, two months after arriving, knocking on doors, I came with my bachelor's degree, whatever you call it, because I said, here I am going to work on what I studied, I am going to move forward. No door opened in what I had studied. Until one day I arrive at a barbershop, and I sit there, and the barbershop owner starts interrogating me, and I say, I come from Puerto Rico, I am telling you a little of the story I am telling you today, I need a job. And he says, I know a company, someone who can give you a job.

And he says, it is a plumbing company. And I say, I do not know anything about plumbing, but I learn whatever, and more to provide in my house. And of course, I say, plumbing is a tremendous career. But when I arrive, I do the interview. What do you know? Nothing. Well, we are going to put you with someone who knows a lot, and you are going to walk with him. And I go home happy, Marisol, where I was living. Marisol, I have a job. How good! You have a job. Tomorrow I start. How nice, tomorrow you start. That is my husband with whom I got married. And when I go, that first day of work, my partner says to me, welcome. Do you know anything about plumbing? No. Ok, you are going to learn with me. We just received a call, we have to go to Los Angeles. We are in El Hambre, in another city, to Los Angeles. Ok, let's go to Los Angeles. We have to make pipes, weld, whatever. I learn whatever. And that day, he shakes his leg and says, it never happens to us, but this call is important, let's go over it, let's go together. And when we went to the center of Los Angeles, It was a pipe, or a tube, whatever you want to call it, really big, and it was like 20 feet deep,

in the middle of nowhere, where the cars go by, in the middle of Los Angeles, and it was a pipe of human waste. Those things that you do. And the man tells me, ¡Vaya, aquí está la ropa, el uniforme! Y yo bajo, ¡y señor, tú me trajiste a Los Ángeles! Y mi primer día de trabajo, es para llenarme de todo lo que nadie quisiera llenarse en esta vida. Hasta uno habla mal con esa palabra por ahí. Bajé, subí, bajé, subí todo el día. Y ese día me fui por el piso, mi corazón, porque Dios estaba trabajando con mi corazón. Era básicamente diciéndome, quiero que tu corazón esté inclinado, en cualquier tramo que yo te dé en tu camino. En cualquier camino que yo te ponga, yo te estoy formando. Y yo quiero que tú puedas hacer lo que tú tengas que hacer en esta vida, en tu llamado, exactamente donde yo quiera ponerte. Y Dios usó esa temporada. Yo llegué a casa esa noche, hablé malo a Marisol, la confesión cristiana, y con un coraje y una frustración, dije una palabra que no debía decir en ese momento. Me acosté a dormir a las seis de la tarde,

me levanté al otro día a volver a trabajar. Pero en ese tiempo, era mi pelea con Dios, precisamente, porque cuando yo me estaba moviendo en obediencia, yo pensaba que tenía otro plan completamente diferente para mí. Pero Dios quiere moldear muchas veces nuestros corazones en el camino que tenga que hacer. Y ¿sabes qué? Te voy a decir algo. Alguien tiene que hacer ese trabajo, y si tengo que hacer, yo lo tengo que hacer, lo voy a hacer. Está conmigo. Alguien tiene que limpiar cloacas. Alguien tiene que limpiar letrinas en esta vida. Y esa persona no es menos que nadie. Y Dios quería enseñarme eso. Analo, yo te pongo donde yo quiera ponerte, y eso tiene también dignidad. Eso también tiene mi presencia. Y aunque uno pueda reírse y todos esos detalles que uno está viviendo, tu tramo es importante en las manos del Señor. Tus manos serán usadas en el tramo que Él quiera usarte. Y quiere convertirte en la herramienta que Él quiere usar para su misión. Y muchas veces tiene mucho que ver con que tú aceptes el tramo,

porque somos un cuerpo de Cristo y nos necesitamos otros, todos unos a otros. Y aunque yo tenía un punto tres, no lo voy a decir hoy. Esta es la dirección que quiero irme ahora, que Dios está poniendo en mi corazón. Yo oro muchas veces porque un pastor se convierte como muchas veces la mente, que debe ser la mente maestra para que la iglesia toda funcione y tenga una parte en ella. Y yo oraba esta mañana y le decía Señor, pero hay cosas que yo puedo hacer y que siento bien haciendo, hay otras que siento que soy un desastre. Y mi oración para 121 es esta, que tú me ayudes a orar para tú descubrir tu tramo aquí en 121. ¿Está conmigo? Que no tienes que esperar, a ver si un día vamos a poner la lista de todas las cosas disponibles que puedes hacer para tratar de convencerte que tú tienes una parte en el pueblo de Dios. Tú tienes un llamado,

una parte, una dirección que Dios está plantando en tu corazón. ¿Cuál es? Tú la sabes. Dios me la puede decir a mí, sí, pero es más trabajo cuando son 150 personas. Para mí. Cuando usted puede decir también la misma oración y Dios hablarle y revelarle a tu corazón, su corazón, para ti, para tu llamado. ¿Y qué es lo que necesitas más que tu habilidad? ¿Es tu qué? Disponibilidad. Repite conmigo, disponibilidad. Estoy disponible para decirle, sí, no a mi llamado, es al llamado de Dios. Y créeme, eso, ese llamado, cuando es aceptado y se une un pueblo

al mismo tiempo, las murallas se tienen que levantar. Y no son hablando de negativo, estamos hablando de murallas positivas, estamos hablando de protección, estamos hablando de visión, estamos hablando de los sueños de Dios, estamos hablando de los propósitos. Estamos hablando del corazón de Dios trabajando con su pueblo. Estamos hablando de que quizás hay una silla vacía que te pertenece a ti, porque eres tú quien vas a traer a alguien. Esa silla vacía que quizás está al lado tuyo, es tu silla disponible para tú traer a alguien a Jesús. Para tú decir, Señor, dame el nombre de la persona, de mi vecino, de la persona que va a llenar este espacio. De quiero estar en tu misión, porque hay gente viviendo allá afuera con muros caídos que necesitan ser restaurados. Como han sido restaurados tus muros, como han sido restaurados mis muros. Y ese es el corazón de Dios para cada uno de nosotros. Personas que probablemente nunca predicaron un solo mensaje. Personas cuyo nombre nadie en esta sala habría reconocido hoy que están escritas ahí en Nehemiah capítulo 3. Pero Dios sí los recordó. Ellos estuvieron allí. Ellos construyeron. Ellos dieron. Y a ti que sientes que tu aporte es demasiado pequeño para importar.

Salúm y sus hijas no salieron en ningún titular. Repararon un tramo y siguieron su vida. Eso fue suficiente. Y a ti que sientes que ya diste tu tiempo antes y nadie lo notó. Tal vez nadie te aplaudió. Pero tu fidelidad nunca fue invisible. ¿Para quién? Para Dios. Tú tienes un nombre. Tú tienes un apellido. Tú eres hijo e hija de Dios. Dios no te pide el tramo de otro. Te llama a ser fiel con lo que Él puso ya en tus manos. Quiero invitarte a poner tus manos hacia el frente. Y puedes decirle al Señor, Señor estoy disponible. Úsame. Úsame Señor. Quiero dejarte usar mis dones, mis talentos. Quiero dejarte usar mi vida. Quiero orar para reconocer mi llamado. Quiero ser usado por ti Señor. Quiero ser restaurado. Quiero vivir en tus caminos Señor. Iglesia ponte sobre tus pies conmigo un momento. Así mismo. Ahora sí, ¿para qué traje todo esto? De manera simbólica. Yo quería llenar el altar de herramientas, pero dije ¿para qué si?

Después las tengo que recoger todas. Pero tu disponibilidad aquí. Yo necesito a una persona que agarre este y se quede aquí al frente como símbolo de que esto le pertenece, que tiene una parte aquí al frente. Alguien que dice yo quiero la escoba. Mira por allá. Eso es. Mira. Alguien dice yo quiero la medida. Qué bueno verte Héctor también. ¿Para qué? Escuadra. Este es para él y este es para ti. La maderita, mira. Y no es menos que esa. A mí me quedan las maderitas ahí. Esto suena, mira. Alguien dice yo quiero esto. Me quiero el maltillo o como le llame. ¿Cómo? El chapulín colorado dicen por ahí. Omar. Y estoy seguro que sí. Yo puedo seguir repartiendo, pero cuál es el fin de todo esto? Es construir. Es arreglar. Es edificar. Y no se puede con uno nada más.

Yo muero, me quemo si la iglesia 121 dependiera de mí para sobrevivir. Jamás. No llego ni a un por ciento de efectividad sin la presencia de Dios y sin un pueblo firme diciendo aquí estoy disponible para servirle y para honrarle. Dile Señor estoy disponible. Estoy disponible Señor. Y quizás alguno. Me faltó dos herramientas más. Quiero alguien de la Biblia, alguien más. Vamos. Una herramienta, vamos por aquí. La Biblia, por aquí. Me falta una más, una más, una más aquí. Es que es Sara, es Sara. Ahí donde tú estás. Tú tienes las herramientas que Dios ha puesto en tus manos. Aunque sea de verdad. Visita por primera vez Nunca es casualidad que dios esta abriendo las puertas de los cielos Para mostrarte que tú tienes parte en su reino punto no tienes parte en su reino Yo está tocando la puerta de tu corazón y te está diciendo así como reconstruí por medio de un pueblo Jerusalén en ese tiempo los muros que estaban caídos la gente estaba Se sentía en derrota yo quiero hoy levantar tu esperanza en medio de tu crisis tu circunstancia Decirte dios yo estoy aquí para ser usado por ti Yo quiero usar vamos a orar señor toca a tu pueblo en esta hora

Toca a tus hijos a tus hijas en este lugar Levanta el que está caído levanta el que se siente menos Levanta aquel que dice porque a mí Que siento que que no tengo nada para para dar señor toda ahora yo siento toda depresión toda Sensibilidad de pensar de que son que son nada señor ahora tú cambias ese son real sacerdocio nación santa pueblo adquirido por dios para ser usado en su nombre las puertas del infierno No prevalecerán contra la iglesia de jesucristo No prevalecerán no no las puertas del infierno no prevalecerán dios usa a sus hijos y a sus hijas en cada lugar en Este lugar señor señor de ramadones De ramadones en tu pueblo dios amado aquí aquellos que nos miran señor y que estemos dispuestos a buscarte y a trabajar en tu obra señor Tócalos señor gracias por esto gracias por el gracias por cada uno lo que están aquí señor presentes gracias por su disponibilidad Gracias, dile señor úsame, tócame, tócame Quiero terminar con una historia, mírenme bien y terminamos en adoración Esta mañana Un grupito de 11 pudimos ir a orar en el hospital Baylor aquí cerquita En el área de ICU tenemos al pastor John Sánchez que lleva más de 10 días allí Tenido altas bajas anoche fue una noche difícil para él y está luchando luchando por su vida punto Y yo sé que dios está obrando en ese lugar estuvimos allí en el área de espera afuera orando por una hora en adoración con una bocinita en adoración y orando y orando Y fue bonito y salió su esposa Oramos por ella se regresó y seguimos orando Y en un momento dado cuando nosotros pensábamos que esa era la mañana para orar por yo había una señora detrás mío con sus ojos cerrados mirando otro lado pero conectada en nuestra oración Y yo dije señor aquí estamos nuestro tramo del momento que hacemos y cuando justamente estamos por terminar

Yo me acerco a ella le digo necesita que ore por usted y en ese momento sus lágrimas comenzaron a bajar en su necesidad y si se acerca a nosotros se pone en el centro porque oramos por usted que mi nieta está aquí porque trató de suicidarse anoche y ahí comenzamos a orar por esta persona y todavía que la presencia de dios comenzó a inundar con paz con consuelo Y sabe la diferencia es simplemente estar abierto a lo que el espíritu santo Quiera hacer en los momentos que parecen ordinarios o que parece que es normal para ti es tener la sensibilidad De dejar que dios te use en cualquier rincón en cualquier tramo que él te ponga Oramos por ella terminamos se fue pero yo me fui con esa sensación de que gracias señor Que a pesar de que vinimos para orar por yo Tú señor pones en el corazón y haces cosas que a veces nosotros ni nos imaginamos Estas herramientas que tienes aquí presente la que tú tienes ahí es para ser usadas 24 7 por el señor No solamente en estas cuatro paredes Quizás esta tarde cuando vayas y te sienta en un restaurante ya yo le he dicho antes Una simple pregunta a alguien que esté sirviendo te en ese momento con mucho estrés porque restaurante está lleno Y tú de momento le dice en medio de toda la presión que está viviendo y cómo puedo orar por ti Yo he visto corazones tocados y transformados simplemente con una pregunta tan sencilla cómo puedo orar por ti Se abre las puertas de los cielos y hay cuantas cosas a veces alguien comparte Simplemente por dejarte usar por el señor Toma tu tramo toma tu herramientas And let the glory of God manifest through your life, and you will see great things happening. Go ahead, let's give the Lord a strong round of applause. Strong, Lord. Likewise, if you want, here, you can look this way, this way. And those who want to go there, you can, or if two or three want to gather here, let's respond in worship to the Lord. And so we are going to finish this time. I'm not going to give an announcement at the end, the only thing I'm going to tell you is that on Wednesday we have a powerful worship at seven o'clock at night. This week continues with the groups of life, next Sunday we return, but let's finish this time in worship to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Amen. Thank you, Father.

Exalt us, God. Lord, you are worthy of receiving the best of what you have given us. With my being and with every breath, I will sing of the goodness of God. Sing it, church. In my life I have been good, in my life I have been so, so good. With my being and with every breath, I will sing of the goodness of God. Your fidelity continues to pursue me. Everything I am, I give it to you to live and to receive. Your fidelity continues to pursue me. Everything I am, I give it to you to live and to receive. Your fidelity continues to pursue me. You have been good, Lord. In my life I have been good, in my life I have been so, so faithful. With my being and with every breath, I will sing of the goodness of God. In my life I have been good, in my life I have been so, so faithful. With my being and with every breath, I will sing of the goodness of God. Thank you, Lord, because you have been good. And if we can give you something, Lord, from what we have received from your hand, we give it to you. Be it our services, be it our resources, our time. We can give it back because you, dear Lord, first deposited it in us. Father, I ask you that we leave here with this very present idea. That you do not call the most capable, but those who call and respond in obedience. You are capable. Lord, may our prayer be heard. Here I am. Use me, Lord. Use me for your glory. May the peace of God go with you and may you be ambassadors of the kingdom wherever God places you this week. Whether it's a kitchen in a restaurant, whether it's in an office answering phones, or working with children. May you be able to do this for the glory and honor of the Lord. And the people of God say, Amen. Thank you for worshiping with us.