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Luís Alberto Alves
* Luís Alberto Alves
😒Homem:
God, can I ask you a question?
😊Deus:
Of course
😒Homem:
Promise me you will not be mad at me?
😃Deus:
Promise!
😰Homem:
Why did you make so much happen to me today?
😳Deus:
As well?
😣Homem:
Well, I woke up late today,
😀Deus:
Yes...
😱Homem:
My car took forever to call
😄Deus:
OK...
😠Homem:
At lunch time I ordered a snack, it went wrong and I had to wait for another one for a long time
😊Deus:
Oh ...
😫Homem:
On the way back home I was going to answer a call and my cell phone died!
😕Deus:
Right...
😤Homem:
It was not enough that all this happened to me, when I got home, I just wanted to soak my feet in my massage basin and relax !!
But this has not happened !!
In fact NOTHING worked for me today !!!
Why did you do that?????
☺Deus:
Okay, I'll tell you ... You know, son this morning the angel of death was circling your bed, but I sent one of my angels to fight him for his life!
I just let you sleep while all this happened ...
😳Homem:
OH !!!
😯Deus:
I did not let your car turn on quickly this morning because there was a drunk driver on the route that you commute daily to work and he would hit your car.
😦Homem:
"no reaction"
😄Deus:
At lunchtime, the first person who made your sandwich was sick and I did not want you to become infected with any virus.
Even more knowing that you can not afford to miss work.
😐Homem:
"embarrassed"
😀Deus:
Your cell phone died because the person who called you was going to say false things about you about what you were going to tell her on that call.
So I did not even let you take it.
😯Homem:
Ooh ... I can understand, Lord ...
😄Deus:
Oh and your massage basin is having a problem that if it turned on it would cause a short circuit in the power of your home tonight.
I thought you would not want to stay in the dark.
😞Homem:
Ooh I'm sorry, sir ...
😃Deus:
No need to apologize son, just learn to trust me in all good and bad situations.
And do not doubt that my plans are always better than yours.
😢Homem:
I promise I will not forget that. Thank you for all that the Lord has done for me today.
😘God: You're welcome, son. This was just another day that I proved to you that I am your God who loves to take care of you.
Think about it ...
When a door closes, God opens 2 doors: If God has opened doors for you, send this message to everyone you can.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
If one day you realize that the only thing you have is God, you will find that He was the only thing you needed to have in your life.
Do not chase after things that will not fill you up, get your fill of God and everything else will work out fine.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
If a teacher studies, prepares, and gives a 45-minute class, he is working.
If a Pastor studies, prepares, and preaches a 45-minute message, HE DOES NOT WORK.
If a Psychologist answers and counsels people, he is working.
If a Pastor attends and counsels people, HE DOES NOT WORK.
If an Administrator organizes, reforms, hires, and manages a company, he is worked ...
If a Pastor organizes, reforms, hires, and manages a church, HE DOES NOT WORK.
If an accountant does the calculations, saves, balances finances and makes investments, he is working ...
If a Pastor calculates, saves, balances finances and makes investments in the church, HE DOES NOT WORK.
If any of these take a vacation, it's fair, after all, they work ...
Already a pastor can not take vacations, should not receive salary, and does not deserve respect ...
After all, IT DOES NOT WORK.
VALUE YOUR PASTOR!
PASTOR'S LIFE:
PASTOR IS TARGET OF THE MOST DISENGAGED OPINIONS ...
If the Pastor is active
Is ambitious
If it's calm
Is lazy
If the Pastor is demanding
Is intolerant
If you do not require
- You're easygoing.
If the Pastor visits
It's uncomfortable
If you do not visit
- You're irresponsible with the sheep.
If the Pastor stays with the young
- It's immature.
If you stay with the adults
- It's old-fashioned and outdated
If you stay with the kids
It's childish
If you are looking to upgrade
It's mundane
If you do not upgrade
It's closed mind
If the Pastor takes care of the family
"It's because you must be careless with the Church.
If the Pastor takes care of the Church
- It's because you should be careless with family
If you preach a little
- There's no message
If you preach a lot
It's boring
If you do not have good oratory
Is unprepared
If you have good oratory
- Is displayed
If you try to please everyone
- It's without personality and liberal.
If you are positive, and try to correct
- It's partial and gross
If the Pastor dresses well
Is vain
He dresses poorly
Is relaxed
If I do not smile
It's hard face
If Pastor laughs
- It's irreverent.
If new programs are carried out
- You just want to live on promotions
If it does not.
- You have no ideas
If the Pastor is gay
- No line
If you cry in the pulpit
Is demagogue
If the Pastor organizes work
- He is a herdman.
If you do not organize
- He is relaxed with the work
If the Shepherd speaks loudly
- It's annoying.
Talk down
- He's a poor guy, he has no active voice.
If the Pastor preaches on the street
- It's barracing the gospel
If only you stay in the church.
- Is accommodated on four walls
If the pastor is sad,
- You're a weak believer.
If the pastor becomes ill,
- You have sin in the middle
Being a Pastor is a tremendous challenge.
It's a matter of call and delivery.
The Shepherd is a person who has feelings!
Understand your Pastor!
The Shepherd is a human being who needs the sheep as much as we need it. He is the bearer of the Good News.
Love and understand your Pastor.
Pray and support your Pastor. He is devoid of prayer.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.
* Luís Alberto Alves
To get an idea of this, it was only in 1546, that is, that the 66 books of the Bible were gathered together in one publication! There must have been many people with the dedication of Mary, concerned with the spiritual, for the Words of life of the Gospel to come true. For this, some of them lost their lives. For example, the disciple of John, the pastor of the church of Smyrna, Polycarp, who after 86 years of fidelity to the Lord in 325 AD was sacrificed at a stake by the Roman authorities.
What about the Egyptian king Ptolemy II, who hired 72 Jewish scholars to translate the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek, which became the Septuagint Bible? All this in 281 B.C., and did not please all. But he did his part. How many people today care deeply about the spiritual? The business is to invest in the material, that which is visible before our eyes, which can bring me some profit.
Even the accumulated knowledge in college or work-life banks is little used in Christian churches. How many siblings do not face legal problems and need support from lawyers, but they are still watching ships. How many dentists could not guide the brethren in Christ about the care needed to maintain oral health or even make a small dent in their teeth? How many doctors could give lectures on the importance of healthy eating? The list is long.
In this case, what prevails is the material. The spiritual does not deserve attention, because it is not palpable. Something impossible to visualize. Thus, Jesus loses importance in the lives of many servants. It is remembered in the hour of difficulty, the narrow path, when the spiritual gains importance. But past the danger, unfortunately everything returns to normal. We need to act like Mary, to stay together with Jesus and less Marta, who only imagines putting the material first. We forget that the spiritual world exists first than material. And God is Spirit and we need to worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
Christian is a police officer, journalist or doctor: he can always be asked for in an event of violence, someone who has gone bad in the plane or even in the store or in transit, or something unusual that will become a great story. How often, during a trip, in hotels or luxury inns is the sadness visible on the faces of some people. They are in that place to try to ward off the evil that tortures them.
But, like Martha, we leave the singing spiritual. The business is to forget the "mantle". Think of Jesus Christ only within the church during worship. Out of there, is to leave this task to the shepherds and other servants of God. We often use the excuse that our training is short! Imagine the driver acting that way after taking out his driver's license? You will never have the courage to face the traffic madness!
It seems that the closeness of Jesus causes us fear. Some even think that they will never be able to solve a problem, such as advising someone facing an internal war and thinking about taking their own lives. Imagine if the apostles of Christ had been locked indoors in Jerusalem, denied the call to preach the Gospel in that ancient world? We certainly would not be talking about Jesus nor would you read this text.
But they left the fear aside and set out on a mission to spread the Gospel of Jesus to all. The most curious thing about this story is that no apostle was concerned to write his experiences. Just to preach the Word. So much so that it took many years for the New Testament to be complete. Until 300 years after the death of Jesus Christ, only the Old Testament was known, after the gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the epistles of Peter and the Apocalypse began to appear.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
In the daily rush we forget the love of Jesus. We remember this on holyday or Sunday worship. Our focus is the routine that lies before us at school, at work, or even at home. We have lost more time in knowing which movie will debut on cable TV than to think of the Gospel, the words with the power of deliverance, spoken by Jesus to his disciples or prophets in the Old Testament.
The world is full of Martas. Even within the church they are present. It is enough for the cult to advance on time, that the look on the clock begins to bother the pastor, who watches everything from the pulpit. The gestures of nervousness and haste, perhaps revealing the concern with the interview that will be displayed on the television program screened on Sunday nights or even something that someone will review on social networks that day.
In this way of life, we realize that the spiritual gives way to the material, to the physical, to the small things that dominate the people in their daily lives. Everything is routine. At this time of year there is great concern about the coming of Christmas, when the Bible itself, in the Gospel of Matthew, does not reveal when the birth of Jesus Christ occurred. The business is getting ready for the holidays. It's a time of running to the shops, to the malls. Anyway the deal is to look beautiful or beautiful in the photo.
It is notorious the reduction of public in the cults from the second fortnight of December. The business is to take a vacation from Jesus ... that's right, people travel leaving the Lord aside, as if the Gospel were something fast food. Enjoy and throw away. We need to rest, because no one is iron, but we can not leave aside our call.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
It is famous the text written by Luke, chapter 10, verses 38/42, where it is narrated the visit of Jesus to the house of the sisters Marta and Maria. Martha worried about the housework, after all the Lord came with his disciples and needed to cook to attend to all, besides leaving the environment neat.
Already Mary sought to sit at Jesus' feet, to be close to Him. Because of this Martha told the Lord if He would not be worried about Mary leaving her alone. The master replied that his sister chose the best part: to be by her side!
Today we live in the 21st century, in a technological society, where it is possible to cook rice and other foods using electronics, when it is often possible to buy canned food in the supermarket for a few minutes in the microwave and everything is ready. The effort is minimal. Ironing is another task currently simplified, with sophisticated gadgets that steam removes any dough from the fabric.
Even with every step, to make life easier, we find reasons to leave Jesus aside. It seems that daily chores are more important. Just like chatting on social networks or questioning in WhatsApp. Everything is in the foreground, except the Lord. Sometimes we do not even remember to thank for the night's sleep when we get up in the morning.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
By feeding on the Word of the Lord, Daniel managed to pass through three reigns: Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus and Darius. He saw the return of the Jews to Jerusalem after 70 years of captivity in Babylon. It is estimated that he entered the lions' den when he was 80 years old. During his long life, at no moment did Daniel feel any desire to feed himself on the banquets served at the court of the three kings in which he was present.
Today, many Christians want to have great powers, perhaps be equal to one Daniel, Moses, Esther, Ruth, Debora among other great servants and servants of the Lord. But they do not intend to leave the satan table. That is, they want to continue enjoying the meals and wine offered by the demons.
As God is just, this is not going to happen. He will never shed his anointing on someone who is still a hostage of the devil. Jesus Christ is judgmental: either he is worshiped or Satan is worshiped! There is no room to stand on the wall, as politicians do.
It is up to us Christians to resist this kind of food and drink. Even if the world condemns or discriminates against us. We must keep in mind that it is best to please Jesus Christ. The food offered by the Lord will always strengthen us and his wine is the eternal joy within our spirit, with which we will find the disposition to advance in the combat that every Christian will fight while on this planet. But with Jesus Christ on the side, the heavy burden will be light and everything will end well. Make Daniel equal, always refuse the wine and food of the king of this world, known as satan.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
Today, many Christians do not bother to study the Bible deeply. They do not try to understand that story, the reasons that led to a certain outcome. It is the same as the verse in Isaiah, where it is written that God is love. Sinners cling to this phrase to remain plunged in the mud. They forget that the complement is Justice. That is, He is love, but Justice is also.
When we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in our hearts, the presence of the Lord rejoices us, with no room for melancholy and depression. Of course there are wars that sometimes discourage us, but soon Jesus Christ puts us on our feet and we continue the journey. The world does not act this way. Because the food provided by the devil is devoid of vitamins that only the food produced by Jesus Christ has to spare.
An example of this is when we lose someone we love. We cry, but Jesus Christ puts his salve in our soul until we return to normal. It is the food of the Lord, his strong Word, who puts us on our feet. Those who enjoy the food of darkness will plunge into melancholy, which often ends in suicide, for life loses its reason for existing. It is the same as the athlete who enters a dispute fed only by an apple or banana. A few minutes later he will faint and go bad. Those who have had a good meal can overcome their tiredness.
Daniel, still young, knew the advantages of nourishing his organism with the food offered by God. Proof of this is that the Lord shed strong anointing on his life. Daniel had the gift of sight. He could, with God's help, see the future. His book is considered a kind of Apocalypse, because it brings in its pages events that have not yet occurred. It is in the book of Daniel that it is written about the advancement of human knowledge, as we now see.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
The curious thing is that while the festivals held by the Jewish people lasted seven days, those of the world, sponsored by darkness, have a short duration. And it usually brings depression to its end. As it happens in the Carnival. The revelers get into debt for the purchase of costumes and take on financial commitments that after Wednesday of Ash must be fulfilled. That's when the shock of reality hits the door. Others get sexually transmitted diseases, destroying marriages or even betrothal.
The food in the context of this text of the book of Daniel can be spiritually understood as a word, since the Word of God is what feeds us, leaving us strengthened for the struggles that any servant of the Lord will face while in this world. Rest and peace only in Heaven, where there is no pain, sorrow, death, hunger, night or day.
Darkness offers seemingly beautiful food, but lacking in content. In this 21st century millions of readers of self-help books are common. By means of fables they try to find rest for a life full of internal wars provoked by the demonic spirits. In this balaio de gato enter books of spiritualism, bringing doctrines totally contrary to the teachings preached by Jesus Christ.
There are literary works written by Satanists, specialists in the distortion of the biblical texts. It is very common to take the verse in which Jesus Christ forgives the adulterous woman and commands her to follow her life. These writers are only in this phrase, it does not explain the rest, when the Lord speaks to Mary Magdalene not to make any more mistakes and to lead a dignified life. This example shows how much the food of darkness is spoiled, though it looks beautiful.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
In the days of that festival, most of the young people fell into the trap that lived freedom in its fullness, because they were not bothered by anyone, nor by the police. But when they left, they perceived the trap where they set their feet. Few have been able to return to normal, since heroin addiction cornered the drug addict, leaving him no alternative to escape. And the more you use this substance, it speeds up the end of that life.
I believe that many young people between the ages of 18 and 29 were called grimaces by refusing to attend a party sponsored by darkness. After all there would be performers who were at the peak of success and all around. This is a strategy of the devil: always present your gifts, apparently without any defect. Everything perfect. But it does not reveal the content.
Daniel and his three friends knew that the meat of the animals offered at mealtimes came from sacrifices to the pagan gods in Babylon. The wine, before reaching the glass of the rest of the court, always bathed the altars of the demons worshiped by Nebuchadnezzar and his subjects. It would be the same as eating the sweets dedicated to Cosme and Damião in the month of September, or even the foods dedicated to Iemanjá and other deities of the Afro cults.
But the process is sophisticated. This false joy appears at the holiday parties at most companies, when the drink is released to employees, under the pretext of year-end closure. Someone used by the enemy soon shouts the famous mantra: "It has nothing to do"! Some Christians slip and fall in this mud. If the boss or even directors of that firm are drinking and dancing, why can not the employee do the same?
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
The nostalgic air takes care of several young faces and adolescents when they hear this history. It was a few days with presentations of singers and top rock bands, among them guitarist Jimi Hendrix, considered one of the best in the world to date, could play the instrument with his mouth or even put the guitar on his back and make chords in this position .
There circulated all kinds of drugs, from the lightest to the heaviest. With the stage set up outdoors, people would sit on the floor. Soon the rain came and everything became a great mire. Under cocaine, heroin, LSD, and other hallucinogens, several couples had sex outdoors, feeling no bother with the mud and rubbish that accumulated on the spot.
Satan sells Woodstock as the festival of freedom, of free love. For anyone who sexually engaged in that mud was not bothered by anyone. On the contrary they were applauded. Many became drug addicts at that party, and a few were over the age of 30 because heavy drugs kill quickly and destroy people's esteem. Guitarist Jimi Hendrix died in London in 1970, suffocated by his own vomiting, after taking several pills.
The same was true for singer Janis Joplin, who grew up in an evangelical home and knew the Word of God, found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room, also in the year 1970, a heroin overdose. These two examples show how dangerous and deadly the wine offered by satan is.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
This famous text, in the first chapter of the book of Daniel, tells the story of four young slaves brought from Israel, when the army of King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem in the year 605 BC They were brought to Babylon, where there were several types of dirt, spiritual.
The king's servants told the four new slaves to consume the food provided in the king's palace. But Daniel and his friends said no. They preferred to ingest vegetables and water, leaving aside the wine and banquet enjoyed by Nebuchadnezzar and his court. After ten days, they were stronger and more handsome than the other people who accepted the king's delicacies.
Today, the evil court that inhabits this planet also offers Christians their wine and food. I point out that wine in this context means joy. This is how the enemy acts. Speak to the Christian that he needs joy, to delve into the pleasures of the world, where there is no charge or scolding.
Everything packed in a beautiful package so as not to arouse suspicion. Otherwise the Christian notices the trap and jumps out of the loop. The brightness is very strong and few can resist the seduction. Many young people have heard of the rock festival that took place at the Bethel farm in the small town of Woodstock in Ulster on the outskirts of New York in the late 1960s.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
A woman who had been working on a bench for many years, fell into despair.
She was depressed, with nervous exhaustion.
His doctor, seeking a diagnosis, asked him:
"What's the name of the young lady working next to you at the bank?"
"Cynthia," she answered, not understanding.
"What of what?"
- I do not know.
- Do you know where she lives?
- No.
- What does she do?
"I do not know either.
The doctor understood that selfishness was stealing the joy of that poor woman.
"I can help you, but you have to promise to do what I ask."
- I'll do anything! She said.
"First, make friends with Cynthia.
Invite her to dinner at your house.
Find out what she's aiming for in life, and do something to help her.
"Second, make friends with your newsboy and his family, and see if you can do anything to help them.
- Third, make friends with the janitor of your building and find out what his dream is.
"In two months, come back to see me."
After two months, she did not return, but wrote a letter with no sign of melancholy or sadness.
It was only joy!
He had helped Cynthia pass the entrance exam.
It helped to take care of a sick daughter of the newsman.
He taught the janitor to read and write, for he was illiterate.
"I never imagined I could feel joy in this way!" She wrote.
Those who live only for themselves will never find peace and joy, for we are called by God to be a blessing in the lives of others.
Did you already know this secret?
Think about it!!
"Many times in this life, we are the remedy of other people's lives!
How often have you healed a person with your hug, an unexpected visit, a smile, a word, a caring or even, an email sent? His presence rejoices the lives of people, it is a powerful remedy against sorrow, depression, pain and suffering of the soul. Being present in the lives of the people we love is a powerful miracle that can turn into processes of absolute healing. "
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
* Luís Alberto Alves
When the dream falls apart,
God rebuilds.
When the forces are exhausted,
God renews.
When it is inevitable to hold back the tears,
God gives joy.
When there is no love,
God gives birth.
When the curse is right,
God turns into a blessing.
When it seems to be the end,
God gives a new beginning.
When affliction wants to persist,
God surrounds us in peace.
When the disease plagues,
God is the one who heals.
When the impossible rises,
God makes it possible.
When words are missing,
God knows what we mean.
When you say: I can not,
God says: Fear not, for I am with you.
When the heart is hurt by someone,
God is the one who sheds the healing balm.
When there are no possibilities, God performs miracles.
When we fall into a deep abyss,
God reaches out and takes us out of there.
When all is pain, God gives the refreshing.
When the heat of the ordeal is great,
God gives the shadow of his presence.
When there is no more faith, God says: Believe !!
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
