quarta-feira, 25 de janeiro de 2012

A moment's reflection



"The Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who is not."
Charles H. Spurgeon

domingo, 8 de janeiro de 2012

"Seek the Lord while he may be found, Call upon Him while He is near." - Isaiah 55:6




"Seek the Lord while he may be found, Call upon Him while He is near." - Isaiah 55:6
In these early days of 2012 a verse has "hammered" in my head.
When this happens, I'm sure God wants me to say something, and that more still must share with others (those who want to know) what he wants to teach us.
Much has been said about this year has begun and that "by the turn of events" will move faster than the previous ones (I advise not to keep - those who did - their Christmas decorations ... lol ..) So far has been said about forecasts through 2012, Hollywood movies, the Mayan prophecies, Nostradamus, etc.. and such that the world will end now ...
I see that I am an observer of the most varied reactions from the panic "swallowed" and somatization and hypochondria, to the attitude of: "Oh ... nothing to do! "And many LOL!"
Be one way or another, Jesus some 2000 years back already said (John 14:18),
That was at the door (Revelation 3:11), that many signs would precede His coming (Matt. 24:14), and that God would create new heavens and new earth (2 Peter 3:13) ...
In the case of Jesus, I have no doubt (you?) Eele never lied and that by these and other qualities of his character is that he was taken to the cross of Calvary to save us.
If He did not lie and never mind what God meant to say: as you seek can find?
Obvious!
We must be vigilant and seek the Lord all day and all day because His coming is sudden as lightning, and when no one else waiting.
As we seek God? Many modern churches are wrong when they lead the people to pursue God of Prosperity, the god of feelings, the god immediate cure, the god that follows when determining the god who has the ability to spend hours and hours listening to the same sentence , the same music, as if he were deaf or dumb and did not understand the first time, or the god of the movements, the shows of excuses to join the world and things in it, or the god who permits, everything can and nothing is sin ...
The true God is very simple, yet so grand and impossible to define human words! God created the little birds that fly and sing happy, the flowers of various hues, the stately trees, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, seas ... He created everything and saw it was good.
The man who wants to seek God must run to Him "in spirit in truth," considering all that he created and grateful heart for the little or much you have.
Time is running out. When the church is raptured to live permanently and eternity in Heaven with the Lord, men will want to seek God and will not find it, because the Holy Spirit went along with the church and the Holy Spirit was He who taught us all things that comfort us, we cheered, we gave the direction while the church was on earth.
Without the Holy Spirit on earth - this will be a place of darkness, of persecution, despair and pain. Men want to die, but not be able to ... (Revelation 9:6)
As I now pray that the Holy Spirit will continue speaking to your heart these truths I tried to tell you and you finally understand the great need for everyone to seek God while you may find the ...
Soli Deo Gloria.
Tania Gahyba, Pra. Chaplain