Getsêmani English Service: August 13, 2016

Prosperous! Lucky! Succesful! Blessed is the man who is forgiven!

Man´s health is affected if he does not confess his mistakes.

David was a warrior! Certainly a strong man not affected for a scratch, or as purple punch mark or a slight cold. When he saus he was suffering so deeply, you must be sure the suffering was really great!

Al lthe time, David was in affliction.

He felt the heavy hand of God... But as God is so compassionate, you can think that the discomfort was a result of by one side the awareness of being wrong and, on the other side, the consciousness of the holiness of the Lord.

David´s mind was weaken, undermined, daily. His strength was reduced as the heat of summer dries a plant day by day.

And what for?

God is mercy! God is love! So it would be easier to admit the errors and return. Why pay such a high price to suffer?

God is a God of mercy ... And a loving Father ... Why not admit the error and return ... Why pay such a high price to suffer? David knew God better than most of us… He was called a friend of God.

So David decied to take action. And God, instead of saying: "-It´s to late!",

said: "-I forgive you!"

David invites godly people to pray trustingly while we can find God, reminding us that life can end without a previous warning.

Here David seems to sing. And singing is natural when we are joyful. David was confident. He feels protected even from an intimate enemy, as a hidden sin can be.

David hears the voice of God speaking to him with love or David himself wanted to instruct us? One way or another, we feel love in those verses as from a mother to a son...

There is also a calling for obedience! The Lord wants to lead us with love, not by ties pr riding us.

Afflictions happen for both, righteous and unrighteous. But God delivers believers.

Trust in the Lord and taste His goodness!

Do you want to taste God´s goodness?

For those who have not surrendered to God, Bible teaches:

For those who have passed through the watees of baptism, Bible sayd:

"My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have and advocate with the Father - Jesus Christ, the Rigtheous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for ous sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world."

1 John 2:1-1