January 3rd

December 27

What are your expectations for 2015?

We plan many things and we also regret about many things you did in the last year... Big and small failurs...

If you don´t change things, regret will lead you do death.

If you don´t change you will do the same things next year.

"But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord’s wrath, until he pleads my case and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness."

Micah 7:7-9

We must know how to deal with failures because we are going to commit mistakes again.

But though you will fall, you will rise again.

God will hear you. He helps you! We don´t know how long it will take for Him to answer you and help you. But He will!!!

"I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
    out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him." Psalm 40:1-3

"But let them remember the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless." Ecclesiastes 11:8b

This is true! We cannot pretend that we are not going to live difficult days. Lord, have mercy on us!

Christians are kind of weird... We deal in a diferente way wih troubles because we are strengthened by God.

Even in the darkness shines upon us the light of God.

Though we may have sinned, God delivers us.

 

For the next year:

You don´t need to live in darkness.

You cannot hide yourself from people.

You cannot hide yourself from God. It´s not possible! No way!

So you have the chance to repent and ask the Lord:

- Shine upon my life! 

- Even knowing that dark days will come, I know that Your light will shine.

- I don´t want to go to a new year carrying on a burden!

- I don´t want to go to a new year far from everything You have prepared for my life!

Pr.Poliana

 

December 20

 

 

Pr Poliana

December 13

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^[b] met him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁷ Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

 

Ten men were healed but only one came back to thank God.

It shows us how difficult it is to have a thankful heart.

What people do to receive a blessing?

They pray in the dawn, they stop eating, they go to church...

But when they receive the blessing they were searching for, they forget God...

Things God does are to bring us closer to Him.

We can´t leave God because of things we receive from Him.

We read that only one returned .

So nine, NINE, forgot God.

And the one who returned, he threw Himself at Jesus feet...

Pr. Poliana

December 6