Psalm 125 – What It Means To Have Faith – Part 3

Psalm 125 starts with “Those who trust in the Lord…” and then he goes on describing what that means. For the people who would take that risk and make that journey they definitely would need to trust in the Lord, not only to start, but also during the whole journey. Here we will learn two more meanings […]

Packing for Heaven – I have kept the faith

“Curse God and died!”This is what Job’s wife said to him when she saw his insistence on believing in God even in the middle of terrible losses and extreme pain (Job 2:9). Today, we are watching, through the Internet, thousands and thousands of brothers and sisters losing their house, churches, and being slaughtered because of […]

Small decisions that can make a big difference – Ready? Go!

See? It did not hurt you a bit. It was just a small click and here you are, reading this text. This is repeated every minute in our lives, just a simple click, and a new window of opportunities is opened right in front of us. Some of us are struggling with this fast paced […]

People who missed a great opportunity to serve

In the early 80s I was the pastor of a midsized church in the capital of a very important state in Brazil. My church with other churches partnered with Youth for Christ to organize a special event for young people. It would be on a Saturday afternoon. Because we wanted a high quality event, Youth […]

C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – Conclusion

“Everybody has a story of sorrow to tell.” This is what a Brazilian friend and colleague used to say. We all have. We live in a broken world, and we are broken too. The prophet Isaiah puts it in a beautiful way: “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man […]

C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – I want to come back!

Have you ever wandered away from God and His church to the point that you felt a stranger to your own faith? People come to you and ask you about your God, your church, and your faith, and you do not have anything to say? Those situations have the ability to bring feelings and memories […]

C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – I know I have messed up!

Our parents, our teachers, our coaches, our friends, the bullies, our enemies, our friends who betrayed us, God Himself, and the list goes on, and on, and on. We always find someone to blame for the adversities that we encounter and the problems that we face in our lives. As we learned with the Psalms […]

C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – They are against me without any reason!

Have you ever been blindsided? Not only have you been caught by surprise, but attacked by someone that you would never expect? It could be a good friend that you trusted, a long time colleague, or a member of your own family. We share this common experience. We expect opposition from our enemies, but not […]

C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – They are plotting against me

I remember a time long ago when I faced opposition because of my ministry. I decided to make some changes in the way we were doing church, and that stirred powerful people against me. I wrote a book in Portuguese about that (A Doutrina da Gravata). During that time, even though things were calm, I […]