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ConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe Saddest Verse in the Bible?There are many sad verse in the Bible, but this one ranks WAY up there, and it's even verse 6:66!  Listen and learn which one Pastor Eradio believes to be the saddest verse in the Bible! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-08-1610 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeCan You See What Others Cannot?Listen and ask yourself if you're living your life as an example of what Christ can bring to those who give themselves to the Gospel? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-02-0905 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeOne Foot in Glory; One HereHow would you describe the best spiritual retreat you've ever been on?  What would make it possible to have another one like it soon?  Imagine how the three inner circle disciples of Jesus felt at The Transfiguration!  Listen and learn, and listen to be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-02-0811 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod Heals the Brokenhearted!The Bee Gees sang a song that asked, "How can you mend a broken heart?" and if memory serves me correctly, never truly gave an answer; but guess what?  The psalmist knew that in God we can find the answer.  Listen and be blessed to our devotional today on Psalm 147! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-02-0305 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeRenewal Comes from God!How many times per day do you feel exhausted?  Probably one too many times!  Hear what the prophet Isaiah had to say about that as he shares God's word to God's people.  It may be just the word you've been looking for!  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-02-0308 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe Urgency of Preaching & Witnessing!How easily do you share your faith?  Have you ever preached a sermon that used no words?  Do you live your life in a way that blesses others by your thoughts, words, and actions?  Listen to today's devotional from 1 Corinthians in which Paul shares his commitment to his commission to preach the Good News! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-3110 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeCome, and Receive Healing Here!Before you call Tela-A-Doc, why not Pray-A-Lot?  Hear Marks' account of the first healing Jesus performs on Peter's Mother in Law!  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-3108 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWholehearted Worship?How do you worship each time you're in worship?  With one ear to the sermon, the other to worries, or the football game?  Or, do you truly give 110% of yourself to worshiping God?  Listen in to receive a blessing; maybe you can be a blessing to others! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-2705 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeLove Over Knowledge!Which is better?  To know more, or to love more?  Listen and learn!  Find out what Paul was stressing about distressing?   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-2706 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeEven the Demons Know Jesus!What in the world would Satan want by being in your church?  You'd be surprised!  Hear today's lesson on the man who had an evil spirit on a worship day and how Jesus handled him! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-2708 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWho Are the Modern Day Prophets Among Us?Once Moses retired, who took his place?  What words did God give Moses to share about the next and new prophets?  Listen and be blessed; blessed enough to be a prophet yourself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-2709 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMy Hope is In God!No place else in which or in Whom to place our trust; just in God!  Listen to the psalmist explain his prayer life and see if you can't model your prayer life after his! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1806 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeRespond and GO!What has God called you to do with your life?  Have you been looking for excuses with which to say no?  You won't have to look far, because Satan is very good at giving you plenty!  What you do need to do is to pray, reflect and listen; God will be with you and God will bless you, and God will use you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1805 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMake the Most of Time!Where's the place where you love to spend the most time?  Do you ever think, "I'm running out of time?"  Listen to today's devotional about how Paul was urgent about spending the right amount of time on the right things! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1805 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeFollow Me!Does God have a call on your life?  Have you answered it yet? What will your answer be?  Listen and learn about when Jesus called the first four disciples!   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1806 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeHow Did You Know Me?How well do other people know you?  Do they know the real you, or just what they assume you're like?  Listen and be blessed by the teaching of Jesus in the scripture about the call of Nathanael and Philip. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1411 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeIntimacy with GodWho owns your body? Who owns you life? Does that easily show in your interactions with others?  Does your body glorify God?  Listen to this devotional on Paul's God-inspired thoughts on morality and civility. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1310 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeCalled by Name!There is power in your name, and those who know you by your name connect with you when they see you and call you by name.  Did you know that God knows your name?  And that God may be calling you into his service by your name?  Listen and learn what happened to the child Samuel when he was called into service by God, allowing him to become one, if not the, youngest prophets of Israel! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1208 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWho Knows You?The better way to ask it, Who knows you best?  Your spouse?  Your significant other?  Your Mom/Dad?  Grandparent?  Best friend?  You should know the real, one true answer!  Listen and find out!   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-1008 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThis is What I Needed!Do you long to hear two words?  These are not common words, but sure do hit the spot when you need to hear them!  Listen and learn! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-0708 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeBaptism; It's What's For Life!Listen to what baptism offers to believers through baptism!  Share it, and live it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-0713 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeArise, Shine! It's Reunion Time!Christ's coming, foretold by the ancient prophets, spoke of the reunion that will be His with all who love Him when He returns a second time to the earth.  Listen and be blessed; listen, learn, and share with others, that which God would have you share! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-0608 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThat's What I Needed!Listen to the psalmist explain what he needed as he found it in God.  Be blessed enough to be a blessing! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-0607 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod Made It All!Think about all that God has done for you; did you include Creation in that list?  Listen to today's message and find out how God has done it all, just for you and me! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-0607 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThis is A Day of New Beginnings!Want to start the New Year in a right way?  Listen to what Jesus expects from us, not only this New Year, but every year, every day! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2021-01-0109 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeIt's a God-Thing!Do you ever experience something you can't quite explain and then realize, It's a God-thing!  Yep.  Those do happen as it did on that day that Jesus was taken to First Church Jerusalem to fulfill the law!  Listen and be blessed hearing how God used two saints to confirm the awesome God-thing that was the birth of Jesus, our Lord and Savior! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-2409 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWhy Walk in Darkness?Imagine having to live and walk in darkness; some do because of physical limitations, but those who choose that, well, we ask, why?  The prophet heard from God about a day when darkness would be no more..., and the reason was the birth of a baby!  Listen and be blessed to what Isaiah shared in today's devotional. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-2307 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeEnergized for Goodness!What gives you energy to do things?  What one thing energizes you to a point of wanting to keep doing that same thing over and over again?  If you're like the writer of Titus, then you want to be energized for goodness!  Listen to today's message and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-2207 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeFrom Beards to Beauty!The long, long story of Israel, is an interesting, complex story, very much like your story and mine.  It tells of ups and downs, victories and defeats, joys and sadness, salvation and rejection; and it culminates in the heart of a young woman, whose heart already belonged to God, and God chose her to be the carrier and mother of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus our Lord.  Listen and be blessed; and be a blessing to those who have not yet heard! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-2108 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeEverybody Loves A Good Love Story!What's the greatest love story you ever heard?  Your mom meeting your dad?  You meeting your love?  Listen today and learn of the great love story the psalmist found in God!  It will bless you and maybe even change you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-1707 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeA Home for the Lord?When you are away from home, maybe at work, do you think, "I'd rather be home right now?"  Listen to what King David thought about, and what we should be thinking about; where is the true home of the Lord?  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-1511 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeNo Longer a Mystery!Come and listen to what was once a mystery hidden from the world, that is now known and celebrated, because the world should know all about it!  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-1507 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeFinally!Did you ever read something over and over, for days or weeks, months, or years, and one day it finally made complete and total sense?  Listen to today's devotional that was just such a moment for me.  I pray it blesses you with the full and complete picture of God's love for you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-1308 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeNothing, You See, Is Impossible For God!Do you have an angel story in your past, where something unexplainable happened, and you finally figured out, "It had to have been an angel?"  Well, in today's devotional, an angel does visit, and he is visible to the one having this experience!  Listen and hear about how "Nothing, you see, is impossible with God!"   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-1307 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGood News Comes!When was the last time you heard some good news?  Was it in church?  I hope it was, for the Church should be the fount of Good News, all the time!  Listen to the ancient prophets speak of the coming Good News that Jesus Himself shared on that sabbath day in a synagogue close to His home! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-0907 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeA Blessed To-Do and To-Be List!Today's devotional may hit you hard; I hope so, because we have become too comfortable with who we are, what we do, and don't care about what we don't do.  Listen and be challenged, and perhaps, transformed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-0806 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeBe Like John!Look to the model of John the Baptist to be a better Christian.  His willingness to be obedient, humble, and even faithful to the death, shows how we should live our lives.  Listen to learn how to Be Like John! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-0609 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeRestoration, Revival, and Romance!Before you go down memory lane and giving credit to what Walt Disney did to the mundane and common, go back way further, to the days of David the king!  This passage from Psalm 85 surely equals and surpasses what Walt did with an entire studio; this is a simple but powerful spiritual man writing with a pen the works of God in ways never thought of before.  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-0306 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe Sermons of AdventImagine minding your own business one day when the Lord God appears and ask you, yes you, to preach a word on His behalf.  You learn what the word is, and you get scared out of your mind; "Are you sure, Lord, you want me doing that?"  Listen and be blessed to hear a sermon on Advent by the Prophet Isaiah. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-0208 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe Lord is Not Slow!As many loved ones were dying in violent ways during his time, Peter addresses their questions and frustrations, much in the same way many today wonder the same thing about this dreaded Coronavirus.  Where is the Lord?  Why is He taking so long to answer us and provide a cure?  LIsten and be blessed in the things Saint Peter shares about this virus.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-12-0112 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMake Way for the Lord!The best way for Advent to have any meaning in our lives, is for us to make room for Jesus; we should not be so busy, so occupied or preoccupied, that Christ does not have room to make Himself real for us.  Listen to Mark's account of Advent in today's devotional. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-3006 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeShow Up!Have you ever wished God would just show up, once and for all, so that doubters and atheists, would convert, be saved, transformed and just become all around do-gooders?  Neither have I... Just kidding, of course I have, but God doesn't work that way!  Listen to a discussion on the prophet Isaiah's wish for that to happen.  Listen and be a blessing! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-2505 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeStrength to the End!God is faithful.  We should also be faithful.  To the End.  In Christ we find our strength.  Listen and become a blessing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-2407 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeKeep Awake!When we were kids news of our aunt's visit to Kingsville from all the way from McAllen excited us!  The news was an advent of sorts, and the excitement and preparation for her arrival was awesome!  And in the same way, news of Christ Jesus returning back for us should also excite us and prompt us to be ready and awake!  Listen and be blessed with what Jesus said about that day! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-2308 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMake A JoyFul Noise!Are you waiting until Thursday of next week to give thanks?  What if I told you you should do it now?  Listen to the 100th Psalm and what it means to have a thankful heart ALL THE TIME! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-1907 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe King with The Shepherd's HeartUnlike the wicked kings of fairy tales, God is a loving and kind king, and we should not forget that God made His Son, Jesus our King.  As we worship this coming Sunday that Christ is the King, let the word of this passage instruct us to faithfulness and fruitfulness. Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-1808 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThis Blessed and Glorious Life!Of the greats of the 20th and 21st Centuries, who impressed you the most?  Which of the greats would you have liked to have been around, listening, learning, absorbing, the genius and wisdom they used to get themselves and their companies.  Imagine truly knowing Jesus and the impact He could have on you and your work for Him!  Listen and be blessed into action! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-1708 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeChrist is King!There is no election for king, certainly not for Jesus to be our King!  He is King!  He is King of Kings!  And to belong to His Kingdom is to belong to a realm that soars above the nonsense we find here on earth; people matter; all people matter, and all people love each other, and all people care for one another.  Listen and learn what Jesus meant about His being king and expecting decency and compassion from all people... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-1609 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMercy!Besides being a topic of some tremendous R&B songs, this psalm is about asking and receiving God's mercy.  Listen and be blessed; earn how to be a blessing to others in the showing of mercy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-1204 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeHere We Go Again!Lather, Rinse, and Repeat!  Yes, that's on a shampoo bottle usually; but when we look at Israel and their faith story, we see semblances of our story in that as well.  We sin, we find ourselves far from God; we suffer the consequences of that decision and we cry out to God; God hears us, forgive us, and we're made right with God again.  Then we sin again.  Sigh.  Listen and learn from this story of Israel's sin and prophetic cycle. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-1106 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeIs The Date Set?When is Jesus coming back?  Do you have that date set in your calendar?  Did Jesus have it set on His?  No.  Jesus said honestly and plainly that only the Father knew the day and the hour when He would return.  Paul stresses that again to a wondering and hurting church; not only should we be ready, we have the precious work of making sure all of our loved ones, and even our hated ones, to be on board the coming salvation train!  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/suppor2020-11-1004 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeIs It Criminal to Live Cautiously?The Parable of the Talents, in a modern version of the Bible, still has the same impact, but does say that to live cautiously is to live criminally.  Hmm?  Is there any truth to that?  Yes!  We must not limit our activities to only pleasing people and making them comfortable; we must live boldly and proclaim the faith we have in Christ Jesus!  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-0909 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeTales from Momma's KneeThe psalmist cherishes his family's history, and by family I mean his nation's history; stories that he wants told over and over again so that no one forgets how loving and involved God was in their early days.  What stories have you shared about your own family's gratitude towards God and what God has done for you all?  Listen and be blessed today! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-0404 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeHouse SignsWhat do the signs, flags, posters, yard signs say about you?  How many signs, etc. do you have that declare you to be a Christian?  Do you live up to that, or do you have your neighbors chuckling about how you live versus the signs you have out front?  Hear the story of Joshua and the leaders of Israel as they entered into the promised land.  How would you have "voted" on hearing this great leader's words?  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-0407 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeO Blessed Hope!What happens to me when I die?  Where did my Dad end up?  Will I ever see my loved ones again when I die?  These and other questions are important and they make life difficult since we want immediate answers. Today's lesson from 1 Thessalonians addresses these question with the hope that an eyewitness to resurrection shares in that passage.  Listen and be blessed!  And share that blessing with others! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-0307 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeBe Ready!Weddings are usually pretty joyous occasions; and in Jesus' days could run days with drama thrown in about when the groom might actually arrive.  Jesus speaks of that in today's devotional.  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-11-0206 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeA Time to Plant, Sing, Be Happy, and Thankful!Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice!  What does the psalmist say about singing and planting?  Join us for today's devotional and find out!  You might just want to sing more than you usually do! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-2906 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod Can Do Amazing Things Through You!It's a simple prayer, but boy is it powerful!  Have you ever prayed this?  "Lord, let me do amazing things through You today!"  Pray this and then put on your seatbelt and get ready for the ride of your life as you do amazing things, like saying hi to people you used to avoid; or waving to someone who hates your guts; or handing that corner homeless guy/gal a dollar.  Yes, the "amazing" things we might be asked to do may seem like nothing, but think about it!  You asked God to use YOU in an amazing way, and w...2020-10-2806 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod's Work Isn't Easy; But It is Rewarding!Who do you know who works hard for the Lord Jesus Christ?  Who would you say is the hardest working man in church business?  I say it is The Apostle Paul.  Hear today's lesson and be blessed and I pray also encouraged to do more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-2707 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeTrue Greatness!True Greatness, according to Jesus, comes not by what role you play or want to play in life, but who you truly are, your character, integrity and spirit.  Jesus had to call the so-called religious leaders to task about who they were and what they were about, namely gaining power, prestige and position.  Sadly, these folks still exist.  I pray we seek to be great, but in God's eyes.  Listen and be blessed, and hopefully, transformed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-2708 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe Truth Shall Set You Free!How quickly it is for some generations to forget some of the trouble God set them free from; take for instance, the Jews who declared they had never been slaves since they were descendants of Abraham.  Jesus could have asked, "Then why do we still celebrate the Passover? Why was that action needed, if not to set our people free from slavery in Egypt?  Yet, Jesus wanted to demonstrate the worst slavemaster is our own sin.  He or she who sins, is a slave to sin.  And the only one who can set us free is Jesus Christ.  Listen and b...2020-10-2607 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod is God!The psalmist does a great job in outlining his faith and love in and for God.  This episode of ConCafe is about Psalm 90.  Listen and be blessed to the words that still speak loudly and strongly to us about who we are in the realm of God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-2210 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeNo Mo' Mo!We come to the end of the journey with Moses, senior pastor of First Church, Exodus.  Part youth director, senior pastor and prophet, the 120 year old found his rest high upon the mountain where God allowed him to see, but not enter, the promised land.  Listen and hear the sad end of this great man of God.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-2113 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGive of Yourselves, for Christ's SakeOctober is Pastor Appreciation Month; this passage gives us a glimpse of what our pastors suffer when they say Yes to Jesus.  Read and respond to the needs of your pastor, not just during October, but every day! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-2008 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeHow Well Do You Know Your Bible?The Gospel reading for this coming Sunday deals with yet another attempt to trap Jesus.  It starts simple enough, "What is the greatest commandment?"  And most every good Jew of that day knew the answer, but Jesus adds to it, "Love your neighbor as yourself."  Then Jesus traps the Pharisees by asking them about the Messiah.  They only knew to say the Messiah would be the son of David.  Then, Jesus asked them, why did David call Him, Lord?  Hmm, good move, Jesus.  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-1907 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeNever Forget!What words did you have to un-learn from your parents or grandparents?  What behaviors did you have to shed as you moved out of the home and into society?   What witness are you giving that shows that some good did rub off on you?  Listen and learn how the great king David lived a life that helped his son Solomon become the great, wise king he became.  Listen, learn, and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-1505 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGiving is Living!Learning how to be generous and giving is a key to overcoming any situation.  Hear the story of the little boy who learned at his kitchen table how to give to God in gratitude for all that God gave him.  That boy grew up to be a billionaire, who still knows how to give. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-1404 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeShow Me Your Face!The request made by Moses to God was a silly one in the sense that Moses knew to ask to see God's face was to ask to die; for the biblical understanding has always been that no one sees God without dying.  Moses was one of the first key leaders from which we can learn so much, and there is much to learn from this.  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-1408 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeBlessed as Imitators of Christ Jesus!Who have you imitated at different points of your life?  Has it been a superhero?  A character from a novel you've read?  A television star?  A movie star?  A minister or youth pastor?  Has it ever been Jesus?  Hmm.  Listen as Paul shares how the people of Thessalonica became believers because of what they saw in him and his two amigos, Silvanus and Timothy.  Listen, learn, and bless others! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-1209 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod is Good! All the Time!The psalmist shares in this the 106th psalm the basis for that famous exchange we all know and love; God is good! And we answer back all the time. Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-0907 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeDo Not Worry About Anything!Want to hear what a frenzied mind sounds like?  Read Philippians 4:1-9, as the Apostle Paul shares his many thoughts to individuals, groups, a church, and to you and me; and these thoughts are as fresh and real in what's happening today as when the ancient one put his pen to the perils and maladies of his day.  Listen and be blessed, especially if you need a blessing to lift you up and away from worry and anxiety! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-0713 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMany Are Called; Few Are ChosenDid you get yours yet?  You know, the invitation to feast with the King!  How many have ignored, or simply rejected that invitation!  And what has that gotten them?  Well, if we're to believe Jesus, they will get quite a lot of what they don't want, if they reject God for all eternity.  Listen and follow what you should do to enjoy the fullness of God's love for you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-0614 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWho Gets Your Love? Your Money?Jesus, Son of God, man of love and humility, was always in danger, especially by the so-called religious leaders of His faith.  They thought they finally had Him when they asked him if it was right for anyone to pay the imperial tax to Caesar; which had He answered with a NO, they would have taken Him immediately to the Roman government and placed Him under arrest, and He would have surely been executed as a traitor.  But no such luck!  Jesus knew their hearts and their intent, and also how to shut them up!  Listen and be blessed! ...2020-10-0509 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeJoin Creation in Praise!Ever attended a class by Professor Night?  Sat in auditing a class with Madame Day?  In Eugene Peterson's The Message Bible, we get treated to an uptempo, relevant interpretation of God's word in ways that bless and strengthen us.  We are looking at Psalm 18 and the wonderful way this passage frames the scriptures for this week.  Listen and join us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-10-0109 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeThe Big Ten!Here they are!  The Big Ten!  The foundational structure on which God planned to build a people.  This happened in the moveable classroom that was the 40-year journey through the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land.  Join us as we join God! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-2912 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeKeep Pressing On!Ever felt you could do everything on your own?  How did you feel when a little one told you to stop doing things for them?  How do you think God feels when we tell Him that we can do it alone?  Listen and be blessed to what Paul shares in this episode from his letter to the Philippians! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-2909 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWait! Is He Talking About Me?Hear Jesus' take on what was going on in His church, what was coming His way, and those who were about to do all that was evil in their plans.  Listen and learn about God's love and mercy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-2807 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeLest Ye Forget!If you still have your grandparents, call them up right now and talk to them!  How often do you see them?  Once a year?  And you figure they will be here forever?  Don't you wish?  They're not!  Neither are you, but chances are you will out live them and the wisdom and counsel they could share with you right now, will serve you well!  Don't take them or their love, for granted!  Hold them in prayer, hold them in your hearts, and hold them precious.  This was what the Psalmist did as he wrote this psalm.  Listen and be blessed!2020-09-2307 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeAre We There Yet? PART TWO!The kids are in the back.  The AC is not fully working.  The trip is taking longer than expected.  The lines at all stops were so long, no food was bought, no snacks.  The kids had been fine sipping Capri Suns and almond milk, but then real thirst hit, and Dad drank the last bottle of water!  Panic sets in.  Where is the next stop?  You get the idea of the pressure poor Moses felt on the journey through the wilderness and into the promised land; didn't see that coming?  Well, listen to today's devotional based on Exodus 17:1-7 and see...2020-09-2311 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeYour Self-Centered Days Are Over!Paul's letters to the churches of his time speak even today to you and me.  Listen to today's devotional and see how what he said applies to your daily walk with Jesus.  His pleas for believers to walk closer with Christ will never grow old! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-2111 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeBy Whose Authority?What kind of authority do you have in your life?  How easily do you share authority with others?  That was the question asked of Jesus by the chief priests and elders about Jesus' work; Jesus asked them an honest question they could not answer.  How we answer the question about surrendering our authority with Jesus has eternal consequences!  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-2110 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeSeek the Lord Always!In this devotional we look at the psalm where David says to witness through singing and "belting our hymns" to the Lord.  Listen to learn how to share and witness your faith with others! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-1707 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio Valverde"We Miss The Covered Dish Suppers!"What was Moses up to?  And who was right?  Moses?  Or the people?  Listen to this dramatic encounter (again) between the people of Israel and their God.  Be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-1610 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio Valverde (Trailer)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-1600 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeLiving is Great! How Does Death Rank with You?You have to give credit to the Apostle Paul!  He was a man after Jesus' own heart.  Once he had that life-altering encounter with the Risen Christ, Paul's life was never the same.  He knew all that would come his way, especially that one day he would die and go to be with Jesus; and he was the most motivated and possibly the greatest evangelist of all time!  Listen and learn from the Lord from the Philippians 1:21-30 lesson. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-1511 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeHalf-Day's Work?Did you ever sing the childhood chorus called, "Half-Day's Work?"  What in the world did that mean?  Listen and find out!  Jesus shares a parable that says the opposite; doesn't matter when you start, your pay will be the same as those that started early in the day!  Be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-1412 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeIn The Presence of GodWhat kind of things scare you?  What kind of things can scare mountains, oceans, rivers, and hills?  Listen and find out!  The psalmist does a wonderful job of sharing his vision of how things act in the presence of God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-0912 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeDad Splits the Sea, Son Walks On It!God used tremendous power to save His people when they came to the Red Sea, much the same way that He has done some pretty unexplainable, but awesome things in your life.  What are you doing about it?  Who have you told about it?  Listen to the story of God leading the people of Israel across and through the Red Sea! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-0913 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeLive or Die, Glorify God!Imagine living in the capital city of Rome, where everyone was expected to worship Caesar as god.  Could you, as a Christian believer, worship a man?  Of course not!  The harder question, would you eat the already sacrificed meat to an idol of Caesar as part of your diet?  Some could, some couldn't.  Listen and learn what that was all about! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-0808 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeI Don't Remember Praying for That!Our God is an awesome God and sometimes blesses us with surprise answered prayers that we didn't ask for!  Listen and learn about what David encountered as he wrote about his faith in our God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-0208 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGet Ready! God's About to Do A Great Thing!What about your faith says you believe in a loving, involved, active God?  Listen to the story of the Passover and find out!  Moses' job was an important one, and it was perhaps the hardest 40 years of his life.  Find out why! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-0211 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeYOU OWE ME!Did you know that you owe me something big?  Yep, you owe me!  And not only me, but that guy over there, and that gal over here!  You owe us LOVE!  Listen to today's devotional from Romans 13:8-14, and how Paul says, we as believers, owe a debt of love to all people.  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-09-0107 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWhere Two to Three Are Gathered...Did Jesus really say where two or three are gathered there could be trouble? Or was that Elvis? No, what Jesus really said was there is great power in the prayers and worship of two or three who gather in His name! Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-3109 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeWords to Bless By!Here’s an awesome guide to being a blessing and being a person who blesses! Listen, learn, and bless others! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-2509 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeFrom Hero to ZeroOne week, you're flying high as a hero in Jesus' eyes; the next week, you're called Satan.  Oops!  You've gone from hero to zero in no time flat!  I've been there, and perhaps you have too; but it's not over.  Listen to this account of Peter and the other disciples as they hear the news that Jesus must suffer and die.  Maybe it might just be the message you need to hear! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-2308 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeIf It Had Not Been for the Lord!The psalmist had a point of gratitude and attitude!  The righteous person knows where to point and say, "If it wasn't for God, I wouldn't _______". I pray you are a righteous person with a heart filled with gratitude for all God has done for you and in you!  Today's devotional looks at that.  Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-1904 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeMoses!What do you know about the birth and early life of the great liberator, Moses?  This is the story of his birth and how his wise mom took plans and pains, to plot a way to save his life and allow him to grow up for such as the hour in which he shown for God and God's people.  Listen and learn about how you too may be a part in building cathedrals of tomorrow with words that inspire, encourage and save!   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-1914 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdePresent Yourselves as An Offering To GodWhat does your life as you live it, say about who you are, and in what you believe?  Are you a believer in Christ Jesus?  Does you life say that about you?  And if you were presented as an offering to God, what would God really get from you?  Today's devotional is from Romans 12, where Paul is saying that every aspect of our lives should be dedicated to God.  Listen and learn what a bless you could be to God and to God's people!   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-1810 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeI Dunno!Would you have joined Jesus' start-up?  Would you have believed all that Jesus said and did?  And, how would you have responded to His question, "And you, who do you say that I am?" Jesus needs us to continue working in that spiritual startup that he began over 2,000 years ago, because you and I know there is much more work to be done!   Listen and be blessed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-1710 minConCafe con Eradio ValverdeConCafe con Eradio ValverdeGod's Big Picture!Are you waiting to understand God's plan or big picture for your life?  Join the Joseph & Brothers' Club!  Their's is a most interesting story of forgiveness, and redemption.  What the world might have deemed impossible, God made very possible, and may do the same in your life and situation.  It takes prayer and understanding, but it could happen.  Listen to what this devotional may say to your life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eradio-valverde/support2020-08-1114 min