Our life before eternity is equal to dew drop

* Luís Alberto Alves

Today the football world is saddened by the tragedy that has occurred with the team from Santa Catarina Chapecoense. In the fall of the plane in Medellín, Colombia, he lost 19 players in one fell swoop, in addition to members of the technical commission and leaders. 22 journalists died in the accident.

In the latest videos displayed on the internet, athletes appear cheerful and relaxed. They would play the first match against Atletico Medellín for the South American Cup and decide the final in Brazil. Joy was the feeling of winning such a coveted title.

Jesus, through the apostle Matthew, warned that it will come on a feast day, just as it was in Noah's day, when many would marry. Perhaps, when they got on that plane, Chapecoense's team did not realize they would be saying goodbye to this life forever.

Sometimes we value our lives too much here on Earth, leaving the abode in eternity behind. Jesus Christ promised us in the Heavens many mansions. Our mistake is to continue looking at earthly things, leaving aside the heavenly, where we will be if we please the Lord.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Prayer: most powerful weapon of the Christian

* Luís Alberto Alves

The best weapon to defeat the forces of darkness is still prayer. The enemy is not afraid of shouting, abrupt gestures, ugly faces, upturned eyes or punches on the wall, not even empty words. What sets him to run is prayer.

Today we pray little. Many Christians worry only about making money and consuming, especially at this time of year. The care of speaking to Jesus Christ is put aside. Looks like they never bought clothes, shoes or food. That's the rule today.

You come to the church and few are ready to pray, to speak with God in intimacy. They only think of surfing the internet or even gossiping about the brother who dresses humbly because of the low salary. He does not really give himself to the Lord.
Then they complain that life is a tragedy, of not winning victories.

 The reason is simple: lack of communion with God. When you begin speaking to Jesus Christ through prayer, everything will be easier. It will open doors that have never been opened. Try it!

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

What space does the young man have today in the Christian world?

* Luís Alberto Alves

I notice in several evangelical churches that young audiences are restricted only to praise, preferably tuned in to the rhythm of techno, house and rock. It is as if their world revolves only around music. That they do not think let alone face daily struggles. Some pastors do not even allow some of them to bring the word into worship. They can only hear, but never talk.

They are at the height of adrenaline and seek to discharge this energy, but without finding space within the church. Soon they begin to associate the Gospel with something grimace, without perspective, because at this stage of life people seek novelties. They do not like routine, of stagnation. They look to the future always, they want to advance fast in the realization of their dreams.

It is wrong to leave this important public aside. It must be heard, because sometimes their suggestions are of great importance. Why today the devil focused fire is on this portion of the population to end the fear of God. Instead of countering this strategy of the enemy, some churches unconsciously aid Satan and his demons when they discriminate against the youth in the congregation.

We need to open our eyes more. Leave the sameness. Pray to Jesus Christ for our Master to give us strategies of struggle so that we can rid the young of the terrible future that evil lives to plan for them. Selfishness must be set aside. Otherwise, they will increase the statistics of drug addicts, murderers, thugs and perverts in our society.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Church needs to prepare more

* Luís Alberto Alves

In the middle of the 21st century, most evangelical churches are not prepared to face the new challenges of this generation. Many are still mindful of the start of counter reform. In others, it seems that time continues to stagnate. God asks the leaders to open their spiritual and material eyes, discovering resources of how to win more souls to the Lord.

It is good to read the Bible, but we can not leave the knowledge provided at this time in the background. Technology exists by God's permission. He shed knowledge about the minds and projects, which were dreams, today is reality. We need to take advantage, on the positive side, to increase the preaching of the gospel, driving out the stagnation of the Christian world.

Vanities should be left out. Sharing knowledge is important, especially with people who have recently arrived at the work. Teach the liturgy and how to work with certain situations that will appear in the course of the preaching of the Word. After all, nobody is born knowing anything. Unfortunately, teachers are missing to fill this gap.

When a church focuses on this requalification, the ministry grows and reaches different lives. They use technology for the Kingdom of God. Young people are involved in this issue and need to be better exploited. It is wrong to leave that portion of Christian members aside. They must be incorporated into the body of workers and depart from the forces of evil.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Some evangelical churches are sick

* Luís Alberto Alves

Can an evangelical church get sick? Yes! The process is slow, but over the years it contracts the disease of idolatry, deception, nepotism, arrogance, arrogance, and vanity. If she is not alerted, she will go to the ICU and die without regret.

Today, the number of Christians without churches grows in the world. They are people who respect Jesus Christ, but tired of the filth in these denominations chose to stay out without making any commitment. They watch preaching but prefer to stay away from contamination.

On the outside, everything is beautiful, but when you enter and you get to know the work routine, the rotten ones appear. People fighting for positions, as in the political world; Others striving to appear, always in evidence, especially in the ministries of praise.

Others, schooled in theology courses, are treading on the other brothers, who preferred to adopt the Bible as a reference, instead of choosing books written by authors of Christian reform. This is the short script that leads many churches to death, to the sorrow of the Lord.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

We must worry to go to Heaven

* Luís Alberto Alves

"I will give you joy in this world / and there in the other life and peace," is one of the stanzas of a well-known choir in the evangelical Pentecostal churches. It is beautiful Jesus Christ to give us joy in this terrible world, where the evil one tries in various ways to turn us away from the Lord.

Unfortunately, many brethren in Christ end up falling into the trap of Satan. He never joked or left for a second to be an enemy of God. The Christian, however, is hesitant, now stands firm on the rock, and now thinks of leaving the presence of the Lord.

There is a better proposition than to have life and peace in eternity. That is, forever. Living in a place where there will never be death, sadness, melancholy, hunger or all kinds of evil barriers that are around us, is what every Christian must always aim for.

Our concern is to fight to stay with Jesus Christ forever and ever. Forget the garbage offered by the Devil. Do not be deceived, he will always put before us his dirty proposals, but with cleaning varnish. Pay the price and stand firm in the Lord.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

The beauty is deceitful

* Luís Alberto Alves

Who has never looked at a very beautiful woman on the street? And at work? The secretary, all produced, and beautiful, who always seeks to come to the service wearing classic clothes, but that subtly enhances the physical beauty and aims to seduce everyone. Man, by nature, is attracted to the eyes. Fix them on the woman, and the enemy whistles in your ears that in the age of the world, it was not a sin to desire someone. The enemy will hammer day and night that there is nothing wrong with wanting such a beautiful woman.

The weak in spirit will not resist the invitation and for a few seconds, for this is the time spent by the male orgasm, throw salvation through the window and eternal abode in the Heavens to satisfy the desires sinful of the flesh. Some still find strength to return to the Father's arms, others remain in the mud where they slipped and from there they never rise again, making their way into hell, as Satan's plan was to offer this dish of lentils.

Beauty is fleeting, as it is written in Psalms. It does not last forever. Search the pictures of the big Hollywood movie stars in the '40s,' 50s, and 60s. At the time, they sparked unbridled passions. Today, in case of those still alive, they are women marked by wrinkles without any beauty, which in the past provoked follies. But how many think so? They invest deeply in vanity, ignoring the counsel of the servants of the Lord. And so the world turns to these people.

There is nothing uglier than a beautiful woman in her youth. Plastic operations no longer solve the problem. The skin is too sensitive to undergo cuts from the scalpels of surgeons of this specialty. But when we have the love of Jesus Christ in our hearts, we remain beautiful inside. For we are no longer attached to the ideology of beauty proposed by the world. We look only to the Lord and everything goes well. Therefore let my sister be a slave to beauty. She passes quickly.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor