It is better to believe without seeing 2

* Luís Alberto Alves

There are opportunities where Jesus Christ speaks openly through other people, in a preaching, praise, film or when we read a book and a certain phrase touches the heart. As disciples of Thomas, we want to see to believe. But Jesus Christ pointed out: "More blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

The master takes this faith from his servants. Believing in miracles, the impossible that only Jesus can do. When we act in this way, He sits beside you and watches you all the time. He understands his distress and anxiety to realize the long-awaited dream. It is enough to keep our captive mind on the throne of the Lord, in the highest heavens that we will have this joy of seeing it work wonders in our life.

For days we have imagined that God closed his ears to our prayers and turned his gaze to the other side of the world. Wrong. He continues to watch you there in the corner of the room, where he cries the sorrows and discomfort of rowing alone against the tide, in a world more and more dark and full of bad people.

From the moment you truly believe, without making any kind of charge, you will feel the Lord speaking to you openly, advising you and guiding you on the best path you must follow to avoid overrun and deception. Just let the disbelief aside and the arrogance. At this moment the Lord will open his sweet lips to talk to you.

Just stop acting like Thomas. The spiritual is not to be seen, but to be felt deep in the heart. Feed faith daily by reading the Word of the Lord. When we are strengthened we can hear the speech of Jesus Christ. It brings no pain or affliction, but comfort to the soul and certainty of victory, which we only have in Christ Jesus.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

You before Jesus Christ 1

* Luís Alberto Alves

Have you ever imagined yourself before Jesus Christ? He telling you that you can ask for anything you want. At this time, would you ask Jesus to do what in your life? What wish should you, in your opinion, be satisfied with?

A new car? A luxurious multi-room house in an elite neighborhood? Fine and expensive clothes? Designer bags, thousands of them in your hands? French perfumes of all kinds? Italian shoes? Invitation to work on the funky Hollywood-produced movies? Spend the day with the artist of your dreams, be it actor or singer, actress or singer or even rock band?

Or would you ask Jesus to release, convert and save all your family and friends? Or heal the sick that you know and know they need a miracle? Or ask for the job of dreams, the one with high salary and various perks in a top-of-the-line company? Or enter the best university in the world, where the percentage of geniuses is high?

In moments like this we think a lot. The mind travels. We are left without action. Truly, what would you ask of Jesus Christ if he had the opportunity to see you face to face as you were in front of Thomas. You would waste time with bullshit or take advantage of the rich opportunity to talk frankly with the Lord.

Every time we pray, whether in the church, in the car, walking in the street, sitting on the bench in the square or in the silence of our room, Jesus Christ is listening to us, paying attention to everything we present to Him in prayer. In the time of Heaven, which is eternity, the Lord will satisfy the desires of our heart.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Our great love will always be Jesus Christ 3

* Luís Alberto Alves

As much as we have a high degree of intelligence, it is very difficult to remain alone. Even money can not fill this void. At some point in our life we ​​will feel the desire to have someone on our side, to feel loved and to be sure that we are someone important in someone else's life.

When we accept Jesus Christ as Lord, we become precious stones in His hands. He loves us, and the one who loves will never wish evil on the other. On the contrary, he is happy to see good get in the way of that someone. It is with the strength of God's love that we need to love the person that the Lord has placed or will put in our path.

Always avoiding mistreating him, because no one attacks his own flesh. In this way we must act in relation to that someone so dear or dear. But taking care to avoid idolatry. Our great love will always be Jesus Christ, who gave his life to save us.

We must always be careful, because we sometimes let those we love take the place of Christ within our hearts. This happens in relation to husband, wife, father, mother and children. It may sound like bullshit, but it's something we should watch and avoid falling into this mistake.

The Lord's love for us has no way to measure. It's pure. It is not tainted with worldly pleasures, where money dictates the rules, confusing sex with love, when they are distinct, without any connection. Because it is possible to have sex without love.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

This is how Jesus Christ loves His church 2

* Luís Alberto Alves

Most of the time, the daughters will look like the father and the boys will "pull" the mother. These details will prove to the world where those people came from. However, everything passes through the care of the husband by the wife and vice versa.

But what in the spiritual world is loving? They deceive those who think that this love is based solely on sex. It is looking at the husband or wife and seeing in him or her the maximum expression of God. Masterpiece created by the Lord. The person who will stand by during the walk on this journey permitted by the Lord on this earth.

This is how Jesus Christ loves his church, the bride that one day He will come to seek and take away to Glory and live there forever. The Lord knows the imperfections of the Church. He uses the Holy Spirit, through people, to heal problems. It is not his wish to leave her behind.

In the same way, the husband acts when he comes across his beloved hostage of the disease. Worry. He does not want to see her in that situation. Regardless of the time or weather, go to the nearby hospital for a doctor to find out and cure the problem. The pain she feels also impacts her soul. After all, they are one flesh.

Jesus Christ when he sees us sick in the spirit will also act to withdraw from this affliction. In fact, the worst disease is the one that attacks the spirit, opening the door to depression, melancholy, discouragement, apathy and unwillingness to continue being part of God's projects.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

The husband should love his wife as he loves his own body 1

* Luís Alberto Alves

Today (8) is celebrated in several countries International Women's Day. But Jesus Christ, when he lived on this planet, already warned through the apostle Paul in the letter to Ephesians, chapter 5, verses 29-30: "Therefore a husband should love his wife as he loves his own body. Whoever loves his wife loves himself! For no one ever hated his body, but nourishes and cares for him, just as Christ watches over the Church, for we are members of his body ... "

Conviviality with two is an art. Anyone has their particularities, the DNA that makes them different, for God did not create someone who is a copy of another. Neither twin brothers are 100% similar. Everyone, men or women, will one day be a family.

United through love they will walk together until the day the Lord calls them to the eternal abode in Heaven. While this day is not enough, they will both share the same roof, projects and, in some cases, afflictions; When problems come, both Christian and wicked.

Anyone seeks to take good care of the body. Especially when you know Jesus Christ and are part of your army. It is this zeal that the Lord asks to be shared with the wife or husband. All in a climate of understanding and dialogue.

God in essence is family. That is why in the book of Genesis He prophesies that a man will leave his parents or kinsman in some translations, will join a woman and the two will be one flesh. Only through a married man and woman can a family be formed, which will be characteristic of both.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

We create difficult situations 4

* Luís Alberto Alves

When the gale comes, wanting to throw you on the ground, your mind will be safe. You will not open your mouth to prophesy any kind of defeat. You will continue to trust God, that He will do your best for your life. This is what your hands have created for us.

God does not change his plans for any of us. On the other hand, because of the lack of wisdom, we end up changing the projects of good that He has reserved for all of us. We opened and closed our mouths at the wrong time, we threw firewood into the fire of evil, when the right thing would be to throw a bucket of water.

The future of the human being is drawn in the spiritual world. Because that which exists on earth first appeared on that celestial sphere. Because we turn off on Earth and in Heaven, most of the time we create situations that make it harder to realize these blessings. It would be like a situation of someone holding a present in their hands waiting for us in a window.

Instead of stretching our arms to catch him, we threw burned oil on the sidewalk, making the place slippery, making it difficult to reach that window. The blessing is there, waiting for us, but depending on the amount of oil on that sidewalk, we risk falling as it approaches that place.

Everything in the spiritual world involves word. God, when He created the world, as narrated in chapter 1 of the book of Genesis, used His lips to make real what existed in the spiritual world. In defeating Satan, when he went into the wilderness, Jesus Christ used the word as a weapon of war.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Be careful what comes out of your mouth 3

* Luís Alberto Alves

Never say that you are incapable, are defeated, unlucky, unlucky in life. That your destination is to swim and always die on the beach. God has the best for us, but because of our lack of wisdom we throw it all out the window.

When you open your mouth revealing that pessimism dominates your life, the darkness will work to bring out what came out of your mouth. The word of God says that "out of our mouth come blessings or curses," as written in James, chapter 3, verse 10.

For every servant, God has a bright future, but the human being sometimes throws through the window, this blessing. In Matthew, chapter 18, verse 18, Jesus Christ states that "what we bind on earth will be bound in the heavens, and what we disconnect on earth will be loosed in heaven."

Because of free will, it is the man or woman who throws away the bright future of God. From so much cursing, it will take hold of soul and spirit. Unfortunately today, people prefer to fill the mind with poor content, than to leave thought filled with the Lord's anointing.

It is in this game of cat and mouse that man, from the creation of the world, tries to hide from God when he commits sin, as did Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. One powerful prayer is to ask the Lord to guard our thoughts from the influence of evil by keeping our minds captive to Jesus Christ.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

We tell Him that we love Him 2

* Luís Alberto Alves

Yet we live trying to deceive God. We pray to Him that we love Him, when in truth what draws us is His blessings. We talk about fidelity in the good times, but when the storm comes, soon we want to jump off the boat and return to the rotten world from where we were rescued.

As the above verse says, God knows the human being deeply. Your thoughts are never hidden before Him. Our mind is creative. Sometimes we try to deceive Jesus Christ by promising at the beginning of the year that we will plunge headlong into his work, assuming gigantic commitments.

You do not have to make it to the first quarter, 90 days after January 1st, and the plans change sharply. We found excuses for everything. We claim fatigue, lack of time and all kinds of history. But God knows our interior and exterior deeply.

On the other hand, this is God's great advantage over Satan. The Lord has access to our thoughts, but the Devil can not do that. It is impossible for the evil to enter into the mind of the human being.

This is where we need to be careful. Never open your mouth to prophesy a curse. Sometimes in a moment of anger, we speak words that serve as fuel to the demons commanded by Satan.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

There is no hiding from God 1

* Luís Alberto Alves

Psalm 139, verse 16, shows how powerful God is by saying, "Your eyes have seen my embryo; All the days determined for me were written in your book before any of them exist. " These words show that there is no way to hide from the Lord.

Something so powerful that no matter how smart we are, it is impossible to leave before your eyes to plunge into the darkness and become invisible. Even when building powerful spaceships, capable of flying 50,000 km / hour, we still remain far below the intelligence of the Lord.

Take the air as an example. It surrounds the whole earth. But after 11 km of height is rarefied. Without any kind of barrier, it does not evaporate. We do not know where it is born or ends. Another example of God's wisdom is in relation to our organism. When we are in space, astronauts case, the body fluid below the waist rises to the head.

Something as simple as drinking a glass of water in space is a difficult task because the process for water is slow to go down into the stomach. In an inexplicable way, the human being begins to lose bone and muscle mass. The bone here on Earth is hard, in space becomes brittle and unlearn to walk.

Another proof of the Lord's intelligence is to plunge up to 11 kilometers at sea. It is possible to reach that depth, but the care doubles to get back on the surface. The pressure is so great that on a rapid ascent, the body explodes.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Many do not trust the Lord's impossible 4

* Luís Alberto Alves

It will be so for all our lives. We will always have the Red Sea ahead of us. Shade and fresh water only exists in movies or novels. Because it's fiction. In real life, salt will be next to sugar, the shadow near the light, the joy near the sadness.

Jesus Christ himself, when he lived in this world, faced difficulties. But left the recipe for success: perseverance! If Moses was not persevering, he would not have crossed the Red Sea. He would die in the hands of Pharaoh's soldiers.

He heard and obeyed the voice of God. He touched the staff in the water, and the miracle happened. The Lord's message to you is to touch the waters. Do your possible, for God will take care of the impossible. No matter what the situation is. Jesus will enter the circuit and solve the problem.

The Christian can never be afraid before the Red Sea. Even if it's scary. The Lord will be on your side to solve the difficult part, the one that terrifies and even discourages the most faithful of Christians.

The Red Sea will exist to reveal your faith in the Lord. No one enters Canaan, in the land flowing with milk and honey without believing in the promises of Jesus Christ. It is through our actions and actions that we reveal how much we trust in God. Only the fearful do not touch the waters, because they do not trust the Lord's impossible.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.

Jesus does not do our part 3

* Luís Alberto Alves

Several Christians, new or old on foot, imagine that Jesus Christ will do the full service by touching the waters to open the Red Sea. Mistake. We have and need to accomplish the task that is up to us.

I'll cite several examples: to drive a car, you need to take your driver's license. To enter the college or university will have to face the entrance exam, even if the school is private. In order to become a great preacher of the Word of God, we must study the Bible deeply, fast and pray a lot.

To get to the position of leadership in the service, it is necessary to know the whole routine of the company and wisdom to solve problems, especially of employees, who will now be their subordinates. If you think about winning gold medals at the Olympic Games you need to train a lot, sometimes under cold and rain, working hard.

If you want to play a great band or even invest in an individual musical career, it is important to have dedication to the rehearsals and to know deeply the instrument that will be in your hands; If you are a vocalist, the voice is extreme, refusing ice cream and cold drinks, and learn to speak little, sparing the vocal chords.

In all these examples there will be red seas. Jesus Christ will solve the difficult, the impossible, but the easy part, the papaya with sugar, it will leave in the hands of the servant. No use crying. It is time to take the staff and touch the waters for the miracle to happen.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.

Red Sea can be a dream 2

* Luís Alberto Alves

The Red Sea is sometimes the boss, who suddenly decides to get on his foot. He finds reasons to complain about everything. Even the sparkle of Christ on his face, when he says that "believer" laughs even in suffering. At these times we think we will not be able to cross these waters, such persecution.

Another Red Sea is the realization of some dream. What Christian has no dream? We get up and lie down thinking about him. When will it come out of theory and come true, bloom in front of us? Anxiety pervades the heart, thought wanders and we think until God has forgotten to keep the promise.

I remember when I met my wife in a domestic service; It had been five and a half years since I prayed to God for someone with all the qualities she has. What a terrible Red Sea is loneliness. I remembered the end of the year alone or even the times I was walking around the city, looking at the couples and finding myself the worst of people.

There are tasks that Jesus Christ is going to do, which is the impossible part. The easy will fit for us. For this, it is no use for the Christian to pray, to fast, to cry, to go to sleep. The brother or sister will have to roll up their sleeves and go to the fight. The Red Sea only opened when Moses obeyed God and touched the water with his staff. The Lord could not accomplish this task for him.

Seeing my future and beloved wife before my eyes, I felt my heart beat, my legs swamped with weakness. I had to get over my shyness and ask her to date. The possible I did. And God completed the other part, touching her heart, to say yes.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Moses before the Red Sea 1

* Luís Alberto Alves

After leaving Egypt, leading the Jews, Moses arrives before the Red Sea. Look back and see Pharaoh's furious bloodthirsty soldiers. From the sides, mountains. And before him, only the waters of the sea. Even with such intimacy, Moses was afraid.

In Exodus chapter 14, verse16, the counsel of God is remarkable in this hour of such pressure upon the people and Moses: "When you stand before the Red Sea, you will raise up the staff and spread it over the sea. The water will be divided, and the Israelites will be able to pass through dry land through the sea. "

It is only the people who have gone through moments of extreme difficulty, when we think of giving up, that they can understand how precious it is to have enough faith to continue the journey.

This celebrated passage reveals that we need to do our part for the miracle to become reality before our eyes. And Jesus Christ goes into action to fulfill his part. Bringing it to the spirit world, the Red Sea is the difficulty that suddenly appears.

It only varies the place, but these waters appear in the way of the Christian. In financial life is when we began to make countless calculations for the payment of debts without leaving the checking account in the red. Managing the home is difficult. Children need food, shoes, clothes, and of course, depending on their age, school supplies, and even college pay.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.

The "Ide" of the Lord is not to walk aimlessly

* Luís Alberto Alves

Some people take the Words of God to the letter. They believe that the "ide" and go walking aimlessly through the world speaking the gospel. This "ide" can be our schoolmate, college, work, football team or even morning or night race. The "ide" of Jesus is the warning that we need to preach His Word everywhere.

It is a wonderful thing for you to lead a lost life to the presence of the Lord and then, years later, that someone would say in a testimony that God used us to find the right path.

In this "ide" never worry about reward. Just talk about what Jesus Christ can do for someone who is aimless in life. Make a difference wherever you are. Pray and ask the Lord for strategies to preach the Gospel. He will put words in your mouth.

When you practice "Go" you will see how much your life will improve, because you will be pleasing to the Lord. When you do the will of God, He will fulfill the desires of your heart at the right time.

At this time, after the orgies of these five days of Carnival, many lives are in need of the help of Jesus Christ to get out of the quagmire where they entered on February 24 (Friday). Use creativity to preach the word. Just be sure to do the "ide".

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

How many disciples have you done for Jesus Christ? 1

* Luís Alberto Alves

There are Christians with many years of conversion without ever having gained one soul for the Kingdom of God. They live the gospel based on selfishness: I am saved, as for others, to run after Jesus Christ. The important thing is that I enter Heaven. "

Unfortunately these brothers or fellow believers in Christ Jesus never read the 28th chapter, verse 19 of the book written by the apostle Matthew. There the Lord is very clear: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

They are people concerned only with their own well-being. They never prayed for the neighbor who beats his wife every day, by the employer involved in tax evasion, by co-workers, the majority still trapped in the clutches of darkness, by the kinsman who is still far from the ways of Jesus Christ.

Worse: they never raised a cry for the shepherds and workers of the denomination where it congregates. The business is to look only at the navel itself. He never thought of evangelizing anyone. For some time now I've adopted a tactic, when some homeless person comes to ask me to clean the glass of my car.

I take out a dime and evangelize. I do not miss the opportunity to speak of God's love for that life. When I had leaflets in the car I would give and suggest to that person to look for Jesus Christ and enjoy blessings that only He is able to give.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor