November 22

How do you react when God challenges you?

How many men we see in the Bible who said yes to the most absurd tasks to human´s eyes?

And in place of these men, would I have said yes to God?

Would I have obeyed?

To say "yes"  to simple things considering the level of violence we face these days is difficult...

Imagine if your pastor asks to use your house for a cell. Imagine if he asks you to put a sign on the wall , outside, saying "Here, every Wednesday a cell of Gethsemane Baptist Church happens. Come and join us! Jesus is risen for you! " Would you open your house to a stranger?

Ananias had to pray for a men who persecuted Christians. (Acts 9: 1-18).

Imagine God asking you to pray, to intercede for healing and still call brother a guy who is known to persecute and kill your brothers.  

Jonah was asked to go to Nineveh and preach to those bloodthirsty people.  (Jonah 1: 1-2)

And you stop going to a friend´s house just because this friend offended you. 

There are many examples in the Bible of people who were against the "tide" of logic  putting their lives at risk in the name of God.

And when God puts to the test your financial life?

Imagine that you  receive a financial blessing and God asks you to give up? He asks you to cast your bread... Ecclesiastes 11: 1-2

Imagine if God asks you to buy a plot in the middle of the Sahara desert because he wants to build a church there, promising you that Sahara will be a green area, habitable, full of human beings living... Would you answer positively?

Jeremiah did. (Jeremiah 32:1-15)

In the book of Ezra, we have already reported the return of the exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra is one of the exiles. (Ezra 1: 1-7) Jews could return to Jerusalem after a Persian king, Cyrus conquers Babylon. And this same Persian king acknowledges that the fall of Babylon depended on God´s help. Cyrus was Persian. Cyrus was not Jewish. But he acknowledged the existence of God, the authority and the will of God.

          

You are also Gentile ... But God brought you us to His presence, called you to experience His greatness, authority and goodness. He wanted you to taste His love and His saving grace.

And you can say yes or no.

His plans are going to happen regardless of me and you.

But, think for a while: isn´t it better to acknowledge the authority of God, His goodness, His power and saty close to Him? Would not life get easier if you knew the script? If God is the owner of the project,  why aren´t you interested in knowing the best designer and architect?

For a construction to succeed, it´s necessary harmony between architects, master-builder, builders and servants...

Which place are you occupying in the building of the Kingdom?

Who are you in this hierarchy?

Are you respecting the order that exists in building the Kingdom?

Or are you still a brick?

Are  you still depending on someone to get you, position, fix you in the wall...

Who are you?

 

Ana

 

 

 

 

November 8th

Isaiah 55:1-8



"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, ane eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to m´; listen, that you may live. I will make and everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples. Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor." Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsale their ways and unrighteous their thougths. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways may ways," declares the Lord."

 

 

Know your calling.

Know that God is able to do whatever He wants.

Pay attention to God´s directions.

“Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.  When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:16-20

 

Jesus is telling you to go.

Maybe you don´t know how.

But start where you are. In your family, in your community, in your job…

Start doing something!

Jesus is coming back!

Go!

 

God wants you to go!

There is someone, somewhere, that will meet the love of God through your life!

Pr. Gislene

November 1st

Moses, answering to God´s command, sent 12 men to explore Canaan.  They said the territory was good, but ten of them became afraid because the  cities were large and fortified and the people there were powerful. Only two men, Caleb and Joshua, were not afraid. These two were sure they could conquer that land.

What about you?
Are you part of the ten men?
Or, do you think like the two men?

In life, you are going to face challenges... The way you look to a challenge may change your life.

 

Caleb was not afraid!

You can´t face your "giants" and get paralyzed by fear.

You must believe that God is in control. You don´t have to be afraid.



The way you consider the situation influences your behavior.
Ask the Holy Spirit to change the way you look to all situations you will face in life.
Be positive!
The Lord is with you,  so you may fear nothing!

We must act in accordance with our Faith.
So, have Faith and do something!

Not by Money...
Not by a good job...
Not by possessions...
We can live without a husband/wife, without friends...
But never without Faith!

And these days, it is so hard to live by Faith...

Living by Faith demands patience.

You can´t see but you need to have Faith.

Caleb didn´t know how they were going to defeat the enemy, but he was sure about the victory.

We don´t like to wait these days. We live in an "instantaneous society"!

But keep in mind:

 



It´s never too early or too late to have Faith!

This is the day!

 

Pr. Poliana

October 25th

The Mind of the Lord

 

 

The glory of God is to keep some things in secret.

God is in heaven.

We are on Earth.

We want to know things in detail. We are so curious...

 



Some people have high thoughts. They think big!
But God´s thoughts are higher!
Don´t try to understand from Him, He will reveal to you on the right time. Be sure!

Romans 9:20: "But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "

Isaiah 29: 16b: "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, "He did not make me"? Can the pot say of the potter, "He knows nothing"?"

God does whatever pleases Him!
Before creation, God knew everyting.
Jesus knew the suffering He was going through.
But He conquered the grave and has a plan to prosper you.

Pr. Poliana