tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50599631754546739352024-03-09T00:39:16.693-08:00Tânia Rubim in EnglishTania Rubimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113088177137438150noreply@blogger.comBlogger683125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059963175454673935.post-21912605961897213042017-11-13T07:19:00.004-08:002017-11-13T07:19:57.866-08:00Three types of people <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">* <b>The religious</b> - Were very concerned about losing their position, their control. The only thing they wanted was to get rid of their "enemy", the one who represented a danger to their political and religious well-being; in other words, the Lord Jesus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">*<b> Pilate</b> - an undefined governor, who knew that Jesus was innocent but did not have the courage to let him free, and stand against the religious ones.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="color: #660000;"></span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This shows us that there will always be these three types of people:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>* The spirituals</b> - those who want to please God and put His will above all. They keep themselves clean and apart from evil. These are focused on their mission, not aiming at their life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>* The carnal</b> - these are capable of everything to defend their own interests, even if they have to "kill" anyone who crosses their way (with lies, false witness, deceive, etc.).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>* The undefined ones</b> - those who stand with those who suit them, because they think about themselves and not about justice. They want to be on the side of those who (they think) can give them more benefits, without endangering their position or well-being.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“To
the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not
believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are
corrupted.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Titus 1:15 </span></span></div>
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it is possible to keep being pure among so much wickedness in this world. If
you are alone, without the presence of God, I agree that it is impossible.
However, the Holy Spirit gives us conditions to stay pure to God. It is up to
us to watch to keep this purity, and to not let our eyes, mind, and heart
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things with good eyes. Of course, I’m not talking about accepting wrong things
as right! But to have the purity to understand people, to be merciful, to see
the good side and to not try always see the wrong side, that many times don’t
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of being impure normally like to contaminate others, throwing poisonous words
and unnecessary comments. Those who are impure always understand things in a
wrong way. If someone wants to help her, she sees it as being persecuted; if she’s
rebuked, she sees it as unfair. Even when they do her right, she still sees an
evil intention or interest. Since s/he is impure doesn’t know how to receive
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s keep our purity inside of
us because it’s a characteristic of the Holy Spirit that abides is us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I was an assistant,
the main service on Sunday was at 7:30am. So on Saturday I would leave
everything ready. I’d iron my uniform, have my shoes polished, etc. because on Sunday
we got up early to go to church. I remember that my dream was to be able to
stay in church the whole day, to have lunch there, and stay for the afternoon
meetings. However this was not possible. My father demanded that all family
members were present on Sunday for lunch. During the week he and my mother did
not have lunch at home because of work. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I said before, I was
eighteen at the time, but I lived and depended financially on my parents
because I was still going to school. Not because I was older I could disrespect
him. After the service we’d hurry home for lunch and then we’d go back to church.
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now imagine if I said, “I
am not a child anymore, so I’ll eat in church, anyway!” How do you think my
father would react? He would rebuke me and in addition be angry with the
church, thinking that the pastor demanded this from me when it was not true.
Many have made their family members hate the church because of their bad
example. They immediately think that the church is the one who dictates certain
rules and makes certain demands. In fact these are decisions that the person
makes without thinking she’s giving a bad testimony. So I’d like everyone to
think right now, what kind of testimony are you giving to your family members?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Over the years I met
several assistants who were tireless regarding the work of God. They served in
the meetings, cleaned the church, stayed until late… but at home they were a
terrible testimony of the Lord Jesus. They did not respect their parents, did
not help with the domestic tasks, and made their homes a hotel. They left early
to go to school or work and went back only to sleep; as if they had no responsibility
to their home and family. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">These attitudes make a big
difference. How can we exhale the perfume of Jesus if we do not behave
according to His teachings? More than talking, we need to show God to our family
members. Many speak, but since their attitudes don’t prove what they say, their
family doesn’t believe their words. Others hardly speak, but with their
testimony they have drawn their loved ones to their faith. </span></span></div>
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whether you have done what God wants you to do or you’re doing according to
your own will. Perhaps many of the problems or persecution that you suffer at
home are not your parents' fault as you claim, but are caused by your
indifference, lack of attention, lack of care and consideration for them. Be
more sensitive to the needs of your parents, respect them, help them, and God
will honor you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://taniarubimenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/Series%3A%20%22The%20story%20of%20my%20life%22"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the meantime readhere the previous posts.</span></span></span></span></span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I finished school,
I did a three month internship. On my way I always walked in a busy street in
the center of Porto. It was a long avenue full of shops and very busy. There
were always some street vendors and also less fortunate people asking for alms
on the sidewalk. But among them, a woman called my attention. I’d see her every
day sitting on the floor with a child. A difficult scene to watch! If it hurts
to see an adult asking, imagine with a child, who was visibly sick. It started
to bother me, I needed to tell her about Jesus. But how? She was always
surrounded by people walking by, and some stopped to give. What would I do to
get her attention? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The days went by and I
kept seeing that sad scene and telling myself, “I need to do something.” One
day I said to myself, “Today is the day I'll talk to her.” And so I did on the
way back. The street was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>crowded. It was
a busy hour! When I passed by where she was, I approached her, and made an invitation
for her to go to church to find the solution for her life. And I said, “Your
son can be cured.” But do you know what was her reaction? She started yelling
at me, saying that she already had her religion and to not talk to her about
another church, etc. but screaming... As you can imagine, although I did the
right thing, I felt a lot of shame, because people stared at me; and I don’t
know what they thought I said to that poor woman. But inside of me I was in
peace, I knew that I had done what God wanted. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It is very sad when we
see people suffering and we know the solution for their lives; but they refuse
to accept it. They prefer to continue in rock bottom than to give up the
religiosity and open their mind and heart to the One who can save: the Lord Jesus.
However, that did not make me give up evangelizing. Because some do not accept
the good news of the gospel, it doesn’t mean that we are going to be silent and
stop spreading what’s good. This was not the only time people said “no” to me.
Many times people don’t want to hear me, they close the door in my face, they
curse, they pretend that they’re not listening, etc. However we must continue
to do what the Lord Jesus taught us. Of course, always with education, never
wanting to impose our faith on anyone nor disrespecting the belief of others. </span></span></div>
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Mark 16:15</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">May each one contribute
and do his/her part. Have you ever been through something similar? Tell us your
experience!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://taniarubimenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/Series%3A%20%22The%20story%20of%20my%20life%22"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the meantime readhere the previous posts.</span></span></span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I told you in the
previous post I had received the Holy Spirit and was fighting to be raised as
an assistant. It was not easy to be in the work of God. We had to prove that we
really wanted it. It was not a joke or a simple momentary desire, it was
something serious and I was aware of it. In February of 1994 I was raised as an
assistant. Since I was aware of the great responsibility I received, I had to
speak to my father. Although I was 18 at the time, I still lived with my
parents and owed them respect and obedience. I had to make my decision known. I
prayed before talking to my father. So one day when he was taking me to school,
I took advantage of the opportunity of being alone with him, and said, “Father,
I'm going to become an assistant.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Since he did not go to
church he did not know what that meant, so I explained to him, “I will help in
the meetings and I will have to participate in all the vigils because I have
assumed this responsibility and I will not fail.” He promptly replied, “If this
is not going to get in the way of your studies, that's fine.” What a relief I
felt! God prepared everything! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I really enjoyed counseling
and evangelizing. I remember that I used to go to the Hospital of Aids too pray
for the sick ones; I used to go to houses to rescue those who had left the
church. We also evangelized in the streets, on the bus, knocking doors, and in
the asylums. The church also had a strong social work. It distributed clothes
and food and we always helped. The pastor always taught us that we had to cry
for the souls and our love for them would increase, so I’d do it. On Sunday afternoon
I would not go out with Joaquim, I would always evangelize. He would take me to
church and say that he was waiting for me in the car. However this never
happened. The Holy Spirit always bothered him and he always ended up going to evangelize
as well. Some time later, during the week of the Holy Spirit, he was baptized
with the Holy Spirit; and in April he was raised as an assistant. I was very
happy and grateful to God! We were both in the same faith and serving God. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our free time was
dedicated to the church. We felt complete when helping people. He was a blessed
assistant, and soon he received responsibilities in the Work of God. It made me
very happy! Although many people of the church knew that we were dating, since
when we started coming to the Universal Church we were already dating; we still
kept our discretion. We did not hold hands inside of the church, nor did we had
long conversations. Our courtship had always been respected. We had never been
called attention for acting inappropriately. We were always careful to give a
good testimony and to please God with our relationship. Our pleasure in serving
was true and I did not imagine myself doing anything else. God had called me!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">How about you, do you
have the desire to be useful in the work of God? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the next post I will
speak of an embarrassing situation that I lived. Let’s wait! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The pastor always sought
the Holy Spirit in the meetings. Once when we went to evangelize an assistant
started talking about this subject. I was interested, however I did not think it
was possible. How can something so Holy and Pure dwell within me, full of
mistakes and sin? How is it possible to speak in tongues like the pastor? This
was something really supernatural and for sure only for very special people.
How would it happen to me? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Here was the answer to
why even though I had more than a year in the church I was not yet baptized
with the Holy Spirit! Simply because I didn’t believe! How can we achieve
something we don’t believe in? I can only receive what I believe in. Without
faith there is no miracle. I did not need to understand how it would happen, or
how God would do it. I just needed to believe and leave my emotion aside. One
thing I was sure: I needed a Savior, without Him I would continue lost. This
Word is very clear: </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Jesus answered, Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the
kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.” </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">John 3.5 </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There was no use to be
inside of the church and out of the Kingdom God. I was already baptized in the
waters, but I wasn’t yet born of the Spirit. When I believed that it was
possible for all who believe, then I saw my need. So I decided to seek Him with
all my strength. I remember that I fasted and prayed. I wanted to show God that
I really wanted Him more than anything else. In the summer of 1993 we went
camping. Every vacation we would go somewhere with my parents, but this year
was different. I would not turn away from my purpose. I remember that I’d wake
up every day at 6am, go to the beach, though it was still empty, and I’d seek
the Holy Spirit alone. The pastor held a meeting every Sunday at 6pm for the
assistants and the candidates, so I used to attended it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In September, in one of
these meetings my answer arrived. Something supernatural happened and I received
the Holy Spirit! An immeasurable peace, joy, and an extraordinary force invaded
my being. From that day on I was sure that God was with me. I was not alone!
How wonderful! The assurance was the biggest sign! I was so happy that I felt
so powerful lol. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">With the Holy Spirit in
my life, all the complexes of inferiority ended, all the negative feelings
about myself disappeared. I never had “problems” with my body again. I no
longer felt inferior than other people. My interior was transformed. The desire
to serve God was born. That young girl who did not want to be an assistant before,
now wanted to be used in His work. Of course I couldn’t imagine being a
pastor's wife. I only wanted to serve as an assistant and help people. In
addition to attending the meetings on Sunday morning, I continued to attend the
meetings on Sunday at 6pm. I wanted more! In the next post I'll tell you when I
was raised as an assistant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you been baptized
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I always went to church
with my mother, my sister and my boyfriend. We had been going for almost a year
now, but I always said that I did not want to be an assistant. I went to
school, so I thought that if I became a helper I’d need a lot of time and could
not fulfill my studies. I didn’t participate in any group of the church, the
youth group, not even the evangelization group. However,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some time after, I started to desire to get
more involved with the things of God. I really enjoyed being in the church. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So in the summer
vacation of 1992 I joined the evangelism group. We would go in the streets to
talk about Jesus. I’d paid attention to what the assistants said so I could learn.
We went to talk about Jesus to the prostitutes, we also said the good news to
the beggars, and everyone we saw on the streets. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Once the pastor asked
me, “My daughter are you firm like the walls of Jericho?” I had never heard of
walls of Jericho. What would that be? But I thought, if they are walls they
must be strong lol so I answered “yes sir.” The pastor laughed and left. Then
when I read about the walls of Jericho that God made fall down for His people
to come and conquer the promised land, I felt so ashamed of the answer I gave,
but there was nothing more to be done. Now it's a joke. Even writing about it I
still laugh; but not at that time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It is sad when we do not
know the Word! I keep thinking of the thousands of people who are deceived by not
having the knowledge of the Truth! That’s why the importance of announcing the
gospel as much as we can. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Everything was going
well, however I lacked something very important and indispensable! I will speak
about it in the next post.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you ever made a
mistake by not knowing the Word of God? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you ever been
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">At that time, baptizing
people in the waters was not so common in our churches like it is now.
Since the church didn’t have a baptistery, that made it a little difficult
because it was necessary to rent a club that had a swimming pool in it, and so baptize
the people. I was baptized in the waters in April of 1992, in the pool of the Fluvial
Portuense Club. It was an indoor swimming pool. It took me a while to make the
decision, but it was a conscious step. Baptism brings responsibilities! It
means repentance of sins, death of the old life, and birth for a new life with
Jesus! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then one should not get
baptize in the waters because s/he sees others doing it, to be healed, or
because s/he wishes to be part of a certain denomination. But because s/he is
determined to abandon sin and live according to the Word of God. The wrong
attitudes and feelings stay in those waters; then s/he rises from the waters
determined not to live in sin anymore. This is also part of our conversion. Whoever
converts us to God it’s ourselves. It means that we convert to God but God
doesn’t converts us. It's a personal decision! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Too bad I don’t have
pictures of that day, but it was very special! A lot of people got baptized. I
saw that everyone was happy and they smiled when they left the waters. That day
I showed God that I truly wanted to follow Him, that it was not a joke. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In 2011 when I went to
Israel with the Godllywood group from Miami-USA, I had the opportunity to get
baptized in the Jordan River. The waters were freezing because it was winter,
but I could not miss this chance. It was more than special! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I was a very emotional
young woman and it really messed up my spiritual life. I cried for nothing. I
was indeed very sentimental! If I were to idealize something and it did not
happen exactly as I had imagined, that was already a source of sadness. I think
I made high expectations about certain people and situations and when it did
not come out as I expected it was like a bucket of cold water on me. And the
only way I knew how to deal with it was by being emotional. I always cried
because of my dilemmas. Sometimes I got angry at myself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I did not like being
this way. I wanted to be stronger, more secure and determined but I did not
know how. Going to church was always very helpful. The teachings, the strong
prayers and being able to talk to God expressing everything that was happening
inside of me was something liberating. However I did not know how to speak to
God as I should. I did not know how to use my faith! In my prayers I tried to
make God sensitive; I wanted Him to feel sorry for me and then answer me. Since
I was very emotional, I wanted to use emotions before God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I thought that if I
cried during my prayers, God as a loving father, would be sensitive to my
suffering. How wrong I was! God needed to see my faith and not my tears, but I
did not know that. As long as I used emotion I could not be sure of the answer.
I made this mistake until I learned that God is faith and we approach Him through
faith. Even though He is a loving and merciful Father, we need to manifest our
belief through our faith. When I started doing that, things worked out so much
better. </span></span></div>
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anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those
who earnestly seek him.” </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hebrews 11:6</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you ever made this
mistake? Share your experience with us. In the next post I will write about a
very important decision I made at the time. I’ll be waiting for all of you! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We had been going to the
church for about three months when I invited Joaquim to join us. I felt so good
there and I wanted him to experience the same thing that I was experiencing. At
the time the pastor had explained about fasting; something new for me. He said
that fasting was like a cry out, a stronger prayer, that we should do for
specific cases, more difficult situations or just to consecrate ourselves more.
So I decided to fast for fifteen days, from midnight to noon, in Joaquim's
favor. I wanted him to go to church and to stay. This was the first fasting I
did since I started going to the Universal Church. The great day that I invited
him, to my surprise he accepted the invitation. We all went together to church:
my mother, sister, Joaquim and I. I was so happy that God answered me! From that
day on he never stopped going!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">At first he did not
understand much. I remember that every time I wrote him a letter (remember that
in 1991 we did not have e-mail or WhatsApp. We communicated through letters,
written by our own hand lol); and I always wrote a Bible verse and tried to
explain it. My intention was to help him so that he could understand that
everything that was done in the church was in accordance with the Word of God.
I know that the Holy Spirit did the work in him. I never forced him to go to
church or put him in this condition, even though at the time I was new in the
faith too and didn’t know many things. I only had the sincere desire that he
tried the same as I was living. I sought God and He honored my faith. But of
course, Joaquim also had to accept, because God does not force anyone to seek
Him; each person makes his own choice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I would like to speak
about this subject. Sometimes young people who wanted to date young unbelievers
justified themselves through my example. They said, “If you can, I can do it,
too.” However one thing is for you to arrive in church having a boyfriend
already, like it was my case. When I arrived at the Universal Church in 1991, I
was already dating Joaquim for one year. And another thing is for you to be in
the presence of God, to have knowledge of the Word and to decide to have a
boyfriend of the world; to become involved with a person who does not have your
faith and put at risk your own salvation. I am not saying that it’s impossible
for that person to convert, but until you see it you have to wait. It’s not okay
to accept to date someone first, and then see if s/he wants to accept the Lord
Jesus or not. It shows that you are putting your love life above your life with
God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That's the big
difference! At that time I did not even have this knowledge that I should date
a person of the same faith. I was new in church. We did not have blogs or books
to teach us. We were learning everything slowly as the pastor was teaching us.
Even though I did not have this knowledge, I wanted Joaquim to be with God. Even
without the interest of dating someone of the same faith, I repeat, I did not
know, I wanted us to be together with God and to know the Truth. Like me, he
also lived spiritually blind, a slave of a religion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So my beautiful girls,
be careful not to confuse that! We do not have the ability to change anyone.
It’s the Holy Spirit that does it! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe
at first, Joaquim accepted my invitation to please me, but he stayed, he
converted and I can prove it. I will tell you more about this in the following
posts. I've seen many church girls get involved with boys of the world and
suffer. They acted out of passion. They did not know how to wait in God. They did
not have the vision to see them converted first. So they still suffer to have
married a person who does not accept their faith, mistreats them, deceives
them, and so on! I ask myself, why create a problem if you can choose someone
of the same faith, right? In the next post I will say a big mistake I did, but
I was not aware of it. Maybe you have done it too! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you ever had a bad
experience by getting involved with someone who does not practice your faith? Even
within the church it can happen, because not all who are in the church are
converted and given to God. See that God makes us aware of everything:</span></span></div>
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always see if the testimony given is true and whether the person acts by the
flesh or by the Spirit. Unfortunately, not everyone who claims to be of God is
really of God. But for this you have to be spiritual, because if you are of the
flesh how can you detect who is spirit or flesh? Now you know it!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When our family members
knew that we were going to the Universal Church a great persecution rose
against us. I remember well that my uncles, my mother's brothers, went to our
home and said a lot of things so that she would not go to church. Being part of
a very religious family and full of traditions, it was a lack of respect for someone
to reject the teachings received from parents and grandparents, and to start
practicing something completely different. It was a real betrayal! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In fact, what they could
not see was the spiritual ignorance in which they lived. But how could us make
them understand it? Religion does this to people, they become slaves of
manners, imprisoned to their ancestral’s teachings that have no biblical basis,
but for them is everything. The teachings create roots in them, so they won’t
let themselves evaluate the origin or the foundation of what they have learned.
That's it and period! There is no room for questioning. As a teenager I was
just listening; I did not interfere but my mother stood firm in her choice. She
had the patience to answer them according to the Word of God, in what was being
confronted, although without success. They did not even try to understand, they
always repeated the same things! </span></span></div>
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my mom! How could she deny everything her parents taught her? Deny the religion
of the family and abandon all traditions? This was an absurd! So they thought. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That’s why whoever
accepts the Lord Jesus in this life will certainly be persecuted and even
slandered because the world does not accept the Truth. The world is concerned
with appearances, not with knowing the truth of the Gospel. If only they read
the Bible, I thought!!! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To further strengthen
their position, my uncles made the news reach a third brother; an uncle of mine
who lives in Brazil. My uncle called my mother to “open her eyes”. He said that
the church in Brazil was not liked (at the time) and that she would have to
leave the Universal Church urgently. They did everything to “keep” the customs
of the family and according to them they did not have a heretic sister. I
believe they thought that “together they can do more.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like if they get united against it, then you
will give up that idea. Of course this never happened and they were the ones
who gave up persecuting her. My father did not like the church much either, but
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My friend if you are
suffering a persecution because of your faith, whether it is at home, at school,
or at work, stand firm with the Lord Jesus. Do not argue with people. Just give
a good testimony and pray for them. Be strong and do not let persecution separate
you from the presence of God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">After a while in the
church, and listening the pastor teaching that we should have a Bible, we
bought one. It was my first Bible and I was excited to know what was written in
there. What I did not imagine was what I would discover in the pages of that
Book that would change everything I had learned so far. I remember reading
every night before I went to bed. I would not go to sleep without reading the
Word of God. I started with the New Testament, reading the Gospels. The more I
read, the more I could see the lie in which I lived; all of that was false. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">With every verse my
heart rejoiced. I saw that everything the pastor preached on the Altar was in
agreement with that Word. Everything that was done in church had a biblical
basis. So it was confirmed that it was the right place. Sometimes I would read
and show my mother like, “Look, that’s exactly like in church.” I was happy. Sometimes
I even cried when I was reading the Bible because that Word was very strong. I
remember being disgusted because I never read it before, for accepting so many
teachings and religious rituals with no biblical foundation and never
questioned anything. I even felt angry at those who taught people pure lies! I
remember very well a passage I read and it was a great discovery for me: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the
Father may be glorified in the Son.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> John 14:13<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I should pray and ask
God in the name of Jesus! I had never prayed using the name of the Lord Jesus
before, but from that day on, I learned, and I started to practice it. Another
word that the pastor read in church and shaked the foundation of everything
they had taught me since I was a child was: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but
cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot feel, feet,
but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats. Those who make
them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Psalm 115:4-8<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I found out that I was
an idolater! I believed in so many gods that were simply images made by men,
rather than putting my belief and trust in the one true God. But on that same
day when I went home I made a decision: from that day on I would only believe
in the God of the Bible. I knew the Ten Commandments by heart since I was six
years old, but not as it is written in Exodus 20.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">The first commandment was
summarized in “Loving God above all things” and the rest? And the important
part of “Thou shalt have no other gods before me?” I've never heard of it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about baptism in the waters. He said that<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
“baptism is the remission of sins. It can only be done when someone can discern
good and evil. The baptism of babies is not biblical. What sin does a baby have?
The Lord Jesus was presented in the Temple when he was born and was baptized at
the age of thirty.”</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Another great thing I
found out was that everything was wrong with me. I was just a religious person
who had nothing of God; ignorant spiritually speaking. Through the Bible I was
also learning about the Lord Jesus. How He behaved, what He did when He was here,
His love and mercy with us, etc. I was in love with Jesus! Every verse I read
about Him I admired Him more. How wonderful He was! Everything that was taught
in church was shown in the Bible, so I never questioned the Word of God. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">When it was explained of
idolatry I accepted. When it was spoken of the baptism in the waters I understood
it right away. When it was taught of tithe immediately I agreed. It was
written, there was no room for doubt or questions. It was the Word of God and it
should be respected and obeyed. It is a matter of intelligence. If I believe in
the Word I obey it and not question it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">So I was slowly reading,
learning and putting into practice. Some things took me some time to learn, but
it was wonderful to have contact with the Word of God for the first time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I loved to read the
Bible, even though I could not understand everything. I tried hard to make the
most of it and I was getting closer to God. Remember that at that time there
wasn’t much information available like we’ve today. There were no church
programs on TV, blogs, etc. we just had church meetings to go and learn the
things of God. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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first contact with the Word of God? Do you remember? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">One day during a
conversation with my mother, a neighbor who worked in the street where they had
opened a Universal church, told my mother: “There is a new church located in
the street of Cedofeita. They say that many miracles happen there, and I see
that it’s always full.” This neighbor never set foot in the church, but because
she walked nearby every day, she saw the movement and listened to the comments.
When my mother listened to those words, she immediately thought, “A miracle is
what we need.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">The church had just
opened in Portugal, in a city called Porto; which by the way is where I’m from.
There was only the church on the street of Cedofeita, but later many more opened.
Today it has a beautiful Cathedral in Porto in addition to several other temples
scattered throughout the country. The first time we went with my mother, in
July 1991, it was a Thursday, and I was 16 at the time. The pastor of the
church was the now bishop Marcelo Brayner. From that day on we never stopped
going. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">It was amazing how God
used that neighbor to invite us, after all she had never even stepped foot inside
of the church. But she was used to tell us about it’s existence. At that time
it was very rare to hear of evangelical churches in Portugal. They existed but
were not expressive or known. What really prevailed were the traditional
religion of the country. It was as if people were not aware of other options. They
all followed the same thing without even asking why. However the Universal
church has come to change that picture! We arrived in church like most people: with
problems in the family, my sister was scared, I was sick, full of internal
conflicts, and had the great emptiness that invaded my soul. My mother went to
speak with the pastor, and the pastor told her what to do and the days we
should go to church. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I remember that I was
very frightened when I saw a person manifesting for the first time with an
unclean spirit. I had never seen such a thing. What was it that stirred the
body of the person strongly and with only the prayer of the pastor in the Name
of Jesus that evil came out and the person, and she became free. I could see
the difference in her face after her deliverance. Her face became serene and
relieved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">The pastor explained
that it was the act of evil in people's lives, the cause of all the problems.
These people were possessed by evil spirits, and only God had the power to
deliver them. Now I had an explanation for everything that was going on in our
lives. I knew where it came from and how to fight them. For me this was already
a revelation; no one had ever told me such a thing. The pastors preached with
authority, without fear. Although everything they said was very different from
what people were used to, they were not frightened, and this gave us assurance.
Now I know it's the power of God's Word, but at the time I had no idea!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Do you remember that in
the previous post I told you that I had been diagnosed with diabetes? Well, I
was healed! There was nothing left! It was wonderful, I was so new in church
that I did not understand many things. But I believed in God. I knew He existed
and God healed me to reveal Himself to me, and to show me His power. Every time
I went to church I felt better. Everything changed. It seemed that in that
simple and crowded room I had found what I had been looking for my whole life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">However I had a long way
to go. Many things inside of me needed to change, this was just the beginning
of a long walk. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Let’s continue in the
next post! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">How about you, how did
you arrive in the Universal Church? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://taniarubimenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/Series%3A%20%22The%20story%20of%20my%20life%22">Read the previous posts.</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">In a routine exam, I was
diagnosed with diabetes! My world fell to the ground! How in the world, at the age
of 16, did I get an incurable disease? It was horrible! I felt so bad! I saw
the worry on my mother's face. That day I totally lost my joy. I got home and
lay down, I did not want to do anything. Everyone was astonished, my parents,
my boyfriend, my whole family, and I was distressed. I just could not
assimilate that news. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">When we don’t have anyone
to turn to, we get desperate in the face of the problems that come our way. So
we feel alone and without ground. Lack of hope and despair take over, it seems
like everything is over. I grew up in a traditional religious family. Since I
was in a church, we performed the rituals demanded there; but at this time we
felt alone. How could it be? We had so many “gods” and in the moment we needed
them they could not help us. They could not do anything for me! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I had a small size image
that I got from my grandmother. I slept with it everyday under my pillow. When
I would forgot it, I’d feel bad and guilty as if I had despised it. But where
was it in this difficult moment of my life? What was it going to do for me?
Didn’t he remember all the prayers I had already done? All the visits to his
temple? What a faith I had that did not work in the moments I needed the most!
The questions were numerous! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I was not using my faith
in the right person, but I did not know it, I did not have any knowledge of the
Bible. I did not even have a Bible! But to our delight, this problem was about
to be solved! I will tell you in the next post how it happened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">PS: I would like to
clarify that I am not here offending or attacking any religion or denomination.
I am telling my story, what happened, how I felt and what was going on in my
mind. That is why I cannot omit certain important facts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://taniarubimenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/Series%3A%20%22The%20story%20of%20my%20life%22">Read previous posts.</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Have you ever heard of princes,
white horse, butterflies and sunset? I was a dreamer. I liked to read stories
of princesses, stay in the backyard listening to music, and imagining my
enchanted prince. My imagination flew away, for real! The stories were all the
same: a princess in danger saved by a handsome prince and taken by him, on a
white horse, to the castle! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">From this moment on,
girls start to want things to happen this way. But when they “wakes up” they
don’t see nothing of it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Does this mean that we
cannot dream? Not exactly; but we must know how to differentiate reality from fantasy.
And that's what many girls don’t know; that’s why they suffer! Girls like me
who lived in an imaginary world! I remember that I liked a guy that never
noticed me. If he’d see me then I’d feel like I “won the day”. I was satisfied
with so little! I had the illusion that one day it would be possible, but it
never was! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Once a friend invited me
for a party in her house, when I arrived, there were several friends of mine
and some people who were not part of my circle of friends. But something
unexpected was about to happen! I remember that a boy invited me to dance. I
did not even know how to, but the was the best lol! I accepted, after all we
were among friends, in a familiar environment. Then why not? I danced with him.
I believe that we didn’t even have a conversation but from that day on he did not
leave my head. We went home. I remember that I started talking about him with
my best friend! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">We had never talked
before because he was not part of my circle of friends. However, I went to
school with his sister, and this made things easy. I did not mention my
interest for him, but his sister knew about it and told him!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">At the time, his sister
and I also danced folclore (a Portuguese dance) in the recreational center of
my city. The rehearsals were every Saturday and for my surprise he started
coming. It meant something. He was going to see me, I was the reason why he was
there. I saw that he was different. He wasn’t “silly” like some boys who went
to school with me. He was more serious and mature. After a few months we
started dating, I still remember the place where he proposed to me. I accepted
and he wrote our names in a heart, lol. You want to know who it is, don’t you?
This person is Joaquim, the man I married five years later. I'll tell you later
more about this later. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">So now I had a boyfriend!
Apparently I had everything: parents who cared and loved me, my sister, a
boyfriend. I didn’t lack anything materially speaking, I went to school, went
on vacation during the summer. Apparently everything was okay, but the internal
conflicts were still there. There was this emptiness inside of my chest that
nothing could fulfill it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Do you feel that way
too? Write in the comments how you feel! Take advantage of the Fast of Daniel.
The Holy Spirit is the only one who can fulfill this void. There is not a thing
or a person that has this capacity, only Him. When you receive the Holy Spirit,
you will never again feel that emptiness inside your chest! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I was growing up, now in
my late teens! It was a new phase, and I think at this moment we become more
curious and more aware of everything around us! I was no different. I started
to look at my body and to see it with bad eyes. Suddenly I did not want to wear
skirts, shorts, blouses, or anything that showed my body. I was very skinny and
started to compare myself with other girls of my age. Girls who had a more
“developed” body and this created complexes in me. Yes friends, my “enemies”
during my adolescence were the complexes of my appearance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">It did not matter if I
was told that my eyes were beautiful and expressive, that my smile was charming
or my hair full and strong. That to my ears were just “loose parts” that made
no difference at all! I thought my family was saying that to please me, and
they were not being honest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">I started to give
problems when it comes to getting dressed. I did not want to wear certain
clothes that my mother thought I should wear. I just wanted to hide what I
thought was ugly. I remember that I liked to dress up. I liked to buy new
clothes, but was always very careful. No showing legs or clavicles! Why should
I show my “crooked knee” (it was not), or my outstanding clavicle? That's how I
spoke! The way I looked at me was not good! To make things worse, my cousin
would call me “slim Olivia” and a friend of my sister said that I had the eyes
of a frog because they were big, lol. Today I laugh, but at the time cried. How
sad it is to be insecure! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Imagine that I even
thought that I would never get married. What boy would look at me? As if it was
not enough to be insecure, now I was also a complexed and shy girl. One problem
brings the other. I did not like to be on the spot, I did not want to be the
center of attention, I did not want everyone looking at me at the same time.
The dream of many girls to be popular was far from being mine! Although I
enjoyed participating in all the activities I did not want to call attention.
That was like a burden I carried in my teenage years. There is nothing worse
than not feeling good about yourself, not loving and not appreciating yourself.
I did not want to feel inferior before other young people, but it was there.
Every day it was there. And every day I was in my cocoon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">But at 15 something
unexpected happened! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Wait to find out in the
next post! Hold on to your curiosity!!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Today I wonder how the
devil works sneakily in the minds of the young girls to have them under the dominion
of evil, oppressed and unhappy. And how friends and family should be careful
with the words they say because they have no idea how these words will
influence the behavior of the young woman and what she thinks about herself. Do
you have or have you ever had these inner conflicts? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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begins. It’s a great opportunity for you to receive the Holy Spirit and to be
free from all those feelings and thoughts that imprison you. Take advantage of
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Today I'm going to start telling you my story! I'll tell you a bit about
my childhood so you can understand situations that I lived later on. Remember that
I was not in the church yet. I only came to church when I was 16 years old. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I remember that I was a happy child, I had a family that loved me and
looked after me very well. I had friends and did not lack anything, everything
seemed to be in order. I was a normal child who smiled, played a lot; I felt
loved and protected. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">However, not everything was a sea of roses. My parents had some
problems in their marriage and these problems affected me. I did not like to
see them upset with each other. It made me insecure and afraid that they could be
separated. In fact just thinking about this possibility made me terrified. I
could not imagine living without either one. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">When I became a teenager, I started to understand more things and the
world. I saw myself as a shy girl, afraid to express myself in front of
strangers and insecure. It seemed like those problems had affected me more than
I could imagine; in fact they began to influence the way I felt and my
behavior. I tried to be an obedient girl, I studied hard, I never gave problems
to my parents, etc. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I began to have a posture of “the peace maker.” If they fought I tried
to intervene, calm them down, and bring peace around us. I always did
everything to help my mother, even in the housework. I did not want to see her
sad, and depending on me, she wouldn’t be. I think that in my subconscious I
tried to make it up for her. Today I know that my insecurities and fears that
lasted until I met the Lord Jesus occurred from this situation. Without knowing
it, I was creating roots! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I remember that during the summer, we used to go on vacation. Those
months were my favorite! I do not know why but during that time things got
better between them, they seemed to be happier. That was all I wanted! So I had
a lot of fun lol my heart was more calm and I felt safer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I did not know how to handle problems. No child knows! A child just
tries to adapt. But something was about to happen inside of me that would
aggravate the situation. It was like a black cloud hovering over me! My teenager
years did not come alone! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I will start a new
series here in the blog, called “The story of my life.” I will share with you
my journey with God since I started coming to church, my experiences,
challenges I faced, battles, attitudes taken, etc. I know it will you help you
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some of you are taking
your first steps in faith, some are in the church of many years, others do the
work of God in the atrium, and others on the Altar. You will be able to follow
my journey from the beginning, as an assistant, and now as a pastor’s wife. Of
course it will take a while but I will be specific in many subjects so it can
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1 Thessalonians 5:22</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Appearance speaks a lot
for itself, in relation to people, places, meals, etc. You certainly have looked
at a plate of food and said: “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This looks
good, must be delicious</i>” or “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this
food looks bad, it must not be good.</i>” Even without proof, only by the appearance
you could see whether it was good or bad. Although that impression might not
coincide with reality, it almost always does! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let us see the meaning
of the word appearance: what appears at first sight; exteriority, aspect,
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When God tells us to
abstain ourselves of all appearance of evil, it means that when we see the
appearance of something, and realize that it does not prove to be good, then we
must neither prove nor want to try it, let alone say get closer. God said,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Abstain from all appearance of evil…” </i>He
did not say “abstain from all evil” if we see that a certain person, place, or
situation already appears evil, we must reject it right away! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You know that the boy
who is flirting with you is not of the same faith, so do not reciprocate or
start a relationship, knowing that he does not know God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You must reject it before accepting and suffering.
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your friends invite you
to go to the club. Don’t you know what happens in those places and that by
being there you become vulnerable? Is it the appearance of good or evil? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You see a group of
people gossiping, the best thing to do is to not join them, otherwise you will
end up doing the same. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The best we can do is to
always run away from everything that appears evil and destructive to our lives
and to our faith. If we do not, we will end up making mistakes and displeasing
God with our attitudes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you fled from the
appearance of evil?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, because
on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.” </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">John 12:10-11 </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We come across these
verses with a very scary conspiracy from the chief priests. Men who served God,
led the people and had knowledge about the Holy Scriptures were planning to
kill two men: the Lord Jesus and Lazarus. Those who “defended” the law given by
God to Moses, now intended to break it without any remorse. Or doesn’t the Law
say “Thou shalt not kill?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We see that the feast of
Passover was near and many of the people were already coming to Jerusalem to
purify themselves (John 11:55). But while the people sanctified themselves, the
priests who were to set the example, were planning something terrible. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The fear of losing their
religious power was so much that they were willing to commit a terrible act
against whom they considered a threat to their purposes. It is very sad when
the person thinks that he is spiritual being totally of the flesh. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And how many people when
they feel threatened to lose a responsibility, a title or a position, begin to
speak lies, become jealous, have evil eyes, malice and even slander those who they
think are occupying the place that should be theirs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They begin to plot evil
against someone committing the same error as those priests. At that moment what
they have always condemned because it’s against the Word of God, now in a
difficult moment of their life, they do it! It is easy to live the faith when
all is well, but what are your reactions in the deserts of life? Do you remain
faithful to the Word or act in the flesh by forgetting the Law of God? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Many people think that
they will achieve spiritual things using fleshy means and that is IMPOSSIBLE. Do
not think that by harming someone and being unfair you will get something from
God. We must live what we believe and teach, and that is true for good and bad
times of our lives. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">God bless you all!</span></span></div>
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Tania Rubimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113088177137438150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059963175454673935.post-4629257508693350502017-07-23T16:46:00.000-07:002017-07-23T16:46:03.037-07:00Mistakes we can make with time
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Time can be a great ally
if we remain in the faith, as well as a fierce enemy if there is no vigilance
from our part. See common mistakes that someone makes, when he/she is no longer
in the faith.</span></span></div>
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everything</span></span></div>
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instead of using their faith</span></span></div>
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or be taught </span></span></div>
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ability or intelligence, and so they leave God aside</span></span></div>
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God in the smallest details</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If by reading this list
you realized that you are in this situation, go back to live a pure and genuine
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Tania Rubimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113088177137438150noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059963175454673935.post-61994340968260136902017-07-09T16:23:00.004-07:002017-07-09T16:23:54.002-07:00The sacrifice of Mary
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive
perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her
hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.” John
12:3</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As we read this passage
we see that Mary had a gesture of love and gratitude to the Lord Jesus by
pouring perfume at His feet. Although it seems a simple attitude, we see that
the perfume was rare and it was equivalent to the salary of a year of work.
Then we see that far more than a gentle attitude what Mary did was a real
sacrifice. At that time single girls used to save money for their wedding day.
With this gesture she gave her future and her dreams to the hands of the Lord
Jesus. Her faith led her to sacrifice by giving everything to the Lord and
remaining in His dependence. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">At that time, it was not
a good idea for a single girl to touch a man's feet. But Mary knew that the
Messiah was not an ordinary man. Regardless of being judged or what others
would think or say about her, she knelt down and anointed Jesus' feet. There
she materialized her faith and showed that He was the first and most important
in her life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She stood before the
Altar and would not miss the opportunity to trow herself on the Altar. How many
people are afraid to take a step of faith, always worried about the opinion of
others, listening to negative words and feelings of doubt and defeat. When we
do what is right and we are driven by faith, we are sure that the outcome will
come in the form of blessings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It is IMPOSSIBLE to
throw ourselves into the Altar with faith and doubts remain within us. </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mary is a great example
to us all. I don’t get tired of writing about her because whenever I read about
her, God reveals something new to me. Perhaps people see what you do to God as
something not important. Judas Iscariot also saw Mary's attitude as not
important; but she knew that she was pleasing her Lord and her gesture for him
was accepted. Without knowing that His death was near, she was preparing the
Lord Jesus for the grave (read John 12: 3-7). Mary left there justified and all
who depend on the Altar will also be justified by Him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you believe?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Translated by Márcia
Sebastião </span></span></span><span lang="PT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: PT;"></span></div>
Tania Rubimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113088177137438150noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059963175454673935.post-27162044351316278042017-06-29T08:27:00.002-07:002017-06-29T08:27:19.261-07:00The great difference between Martha and Mary
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Martha, Mary and Lazarus were
brothers and sisters, and they believed in the Lord Jesus. They always received
Him in their home together with His disciples and offered them hospitality. We
can then say that they were people who were members of the church, and were
intimate friends of the Lord Jesus; and He loved them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a lot of talk about
Martha and Mary, and there really was a big difference between them. What
caught my attention between the sisters was that Martha was always worried about
doing many things, while Mary was always at Jesus' feet. In the hectic world we
live in today, this can teach us a lot. Perhaps today you will find out that
you have been more Martha than Mary, even believing in the Lord Jesus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But what was the secret of Mary
that led her to receive praise from the Lord Jesus? What was she doing so
special?</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To listen and learn His teachings Mary was at
the feet of Jesus:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“She
had a sister called Mary, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">who also sat
at Jesus’ feet and listened to His teaching.”</b> Luke 10.39</span></i></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
moments of pain and suffering, Mary threw herself at the feet of Jesus:</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“When
Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw Him, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">she
fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother
would not have died.</b>” John 11.32</span></i></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mary went to Jesus' feet to worship Him:</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Then
Mary <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">took a pint of very costly
ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His
feet with her hair. </b>The house was filled with the fragrance of the
ointment." John 12:3</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Both were from the church, but
one called Jesus' attention for her dedication, for always placing Him first,
for knowing how to establish priorities. We must understand that God has more
interest in us than in our service. Many of us worry about doing many things in
the work of God. We want to be busy, we want to feel useful, and we think it
will only happen if we work hard, perform many tasks or have many
responsibilities. </span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many even boast about how many
responsibilities they have, their gigantic to-do list. But because they do not
have communion with God, what they do for love ends up being a burden and they are
always irritated, agitated and murmuring. Doing much is not a synonymous of
spirituality.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But what really matters and
will make a difference in our lives is the time we spent at Jesus' feet; the
moments we spend alone with Him, whether to hear His voice, to seek comfort in
difficult times, or to worship Him. </span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That was the big difference
between the two sisters, while one wanted to DO a lot the other wanted for BE
much. While one was distracted and occupied with many things, the other had
fellowship with God. Many believe in the Lord Jesus, but not all have life with
God, not all have this intimacy with their Lord, and that is what He most
appreciates in us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is no use going to church
and believing in God if there is no such approach to the Lord. How about you,
have you been a Martha or a Mary?</span></span></div>
Tania Rubimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113088177137438150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059963175454673935.post-37204630798981582682017-06-26T09:02:00.005-07:002017-06-26T09:02:53.325-07:00A shepherd or a hired hand?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I
am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the
sheep. But he who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own
the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and runs away. So the
wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> John 10: 11-12</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the other hand, if there are
good pastors it is because there are also the bad ones. These are the wage
earners, who work only for money but not for the love of souls.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The servants who don’t have
true love for souls don’t care about the stage of their sheep. Those who
perform the work of God to receive a salary, or thinking of their own life and well-being
for sure are not willing to make any sacrifice for the people who need their
help and direction.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These are those who don’t pray
for the people, are not interested in knowing the suffering of the people; they
will not wake up in the middle of the night to pray for the afflicted, much
less sacrifice their day off if needed. They just meet their schedules and live
their lives normally without even thinking about those who are spiritually
dependent on them. And when the “wolf” comes, they are the first to flee and leave
behind the herd that is unprotected and exposed to all dangers.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the Word of God describes
them, these are the hired hand who are not shepherds.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a difference between working
for a profit and to working for love. He who truly loves souls gives himself
for them, in prayer, fasting, vigils, counseling, visits, and all that he can
do for the afflicted. This is the good shepherd, who cares about the well-being
of his sheep; and even when he is not near them, his thoughts and prayers go
along them, because he is aware that the sheep depends on his shepherd.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meditate on how your service
has been in the work of God!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 26;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“</span></sup><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When
the centurion who stood facing Him saw that He cried out and gave up the
spirit, he said, “Truly, this Man was the Son of God.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Mark
15:39</span></span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Our example of Servant
had good testimony even in the most difficult and agonizing hour of his earthly
existence. The centurion, who was the leader of the Roman military service,
watched the suffering of the Lord Jesus until His death. He was impressed with
how the Messiah endured all the pain and suffering. Through His meek and
peaceful conduct, the Lord Jesus won souls even at the hour of death. Even the
centurion being a pagan man, acknowledged that He was truly the Son of God.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This teaches us that just as the centurion
confessed that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God because of His behavior before
all that He had suffered, the people around us must witnesses our good behavior
so that, although they do not manifest faith in God, they will acknowledge Him
in our lives. It is easy to be gentle, loving, patient and polite when things
are going well; there is no difficulty in that. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">However, many are those who
embarrass the Lord when things do not favor them: when the situation is
difficult or simply when they are contradicted. At such times, they become
aggressive, coarse, slanderous and nervous, demonstrating an opposite behavior
to what they have professed. They are gentle and peaceful if all is the way it
pleases them, when they do not suffer injustice or feel offended. Otherwise
that meekness disappears instantly. </span></span></div>
<span style="color: #660000;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Now think of your
reaction when someone pisses you off, hits your nerve, is unfair and mean to
you, disagrees with you, and so on. Let us look at our reactions to each
situation we live in, for they show us what is really within us. Being meek
when everything is to our liking is very easy, it is difficult to remain calm
in the face of the tribulations and injustices of life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This is what Jesus did,
that is why He is admirable!</span></span></div>
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