I wanna be rock star

 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:31,32
Many teaching we get in these two verses. I will look in this: "If you hold to my teaching..."
To believe in Jesus is more than to  know about Him. It is more than to know what He is able to do. To trust in Him means  to abandon our beliefs, even when we "believe" they may be came from God.
Many times we were taught about God but few of us look at Bible carefully to know if we were taught right, we use to believe because we use to believe!
When Jesus calls us, He says come and trust in me like I'm, even (and I dare to say, frequently) this believe means to abandon our on view point about Him. How many time we use to question our on faith? We have our faith and we always think be right.
John 7:27 shows us people confused about if Jesus was or not The Messiah, and why? Because a common sense in the time, used to say that when The Messiah come, nobody would know where He would come from and Jesus, even showing great miracles, amazing teachings and uncountable signs, was knowing by everybody, His birth city, parents and family making Him not fulfill 'the common sense'.
what it means, Patricia, you can ask me?
It means, dearest reader,  if we day by day, do not seek God, and obey His word more than religion and common sense, we are going to lost the real Jesus, and what is more important, salvation! Some times, we see Jesus in people that we don't think be "someone of God" and this kind of thought block us to listen God. We use to listen and read "that preachers we like" and few time we dare to question them, we just listen! Jesus said: If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.John 8:31,32. 
To hold His teaching many (many) times, will means be against common sense, religious traditions and culture.
We are near of a big american commemoration, Halloween. Some churches have bringing it into its temples cultivating witches, monsters and many kinds of bad stuff, just because 'it is our culture'. Brazil has many similar things, what people call folklore and I call blindness.
But, what matter is, that we have to be free and this freedom only come from obey Jesus and His word. To keep our salvation we have to stay living Matthew 5. Loving those who persecute us. Forgiving those who hurt us. Helping the needy.

I have  seen the church of 21 century. This is the most rich church of all time, and to our shame and sadness, the 21 century church is that has less impact and influence in the society. How is it possible? Maybe it is possible because people and leaders of this church, look for become similar to the world. Our clothes, life style, language, and habits in almost nothing differs of the world. We have the same desires, we have the same plans, we look for our own will, we look for be known by our greatness, our diploma in big universities. The 'dream' of big part of people that are called christian, is the same dream of those who aren't.
It is rare listen young from our churches say that to dream in become missionary, pastor our be known for forgive, love and live like Jesus. They want to be celebrity! If be pastor, they want be at TV, our to be a "gospel rock' star".  Resigns, altruism aren't words of our vocabulary!
Church, we have to wake up. We have to come back to Jesus life style. More of Him and less (too much less) of us.
To be a real christian, we need fast, turn away. We have to review our concepts before it guides us to too far that will be impossible to come back.
Come back church, come back!

Pati Nanni

When You’re in Deep

“They saw the works of the Lord, his wonderful deeds in the deep”  (Psalm 107:24, NIV)

The scripture says is Psalm 107:23, “They that go down to the sea and do business in deep waters, they will see the wonders of God.” Friend, you and I were created to do business in deep waters. In other words, we’re not supposed to have little dreams or little plans. We are supposed to have big dreams. We are supposed to go out into the deep things God has for us.

But understand, when you’re out there in the deep waters, you can’t touch the ground. You can’t see the shoreline, and at times, it can get a little rocky. You may not always see how things are going to work out. But, the scripture tells us that deep calls to deep. In other words, God is the one who has called you to the deep waters. He is with you, and He knows there are deep things on the inside of you. Remember, in deep waters, you are not alone. God is with you, and He’s causing those deep things inside of you to come forth.

If you feel like you are out in the deep today, if you feel like you are overwhelmed, remember, you are in the right place and God is with you. You will see His wonderful deeds in the deep, and you will fulfill the plan He has in store for you.

Let´s say together: Father in heaven, I surrender every area of my life to You. I hunger for every single thing You have in store for me. I choose to trust You out in the deep waters knowing that You have good things in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Help is on the Way

“...With us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.”(2 Chronicles 32:8, NKJV)



I’ve learned that when the enemy attacks, God reacts. God doesn’t just sit back and think, “Well, I wonder what’s going to happen. I wonder what they’re going to do.” No, God goes to work. You are His most prized possession. It says in Psalms, “God is close to those that are hurting. God is close to the broken hearted.” God knows when you’ve gotten a bad medical report. He knows when you’re struggling in your finances. He knows when you’re being mistreated. You may not see anything happening, but you can be assured that Almighty God is not only aware, He is at work. He already has the solution. If you will stay in faith, at the right time, He will release a flood of His power, a flood of healing, a flood of restoration. He will not only bring you out, He will bring you out better off than you were before!

Pray with me...
Father, thank You for being my help. I know that You are with me even in the hard times; even when I can’t see a way out. I trust that You are working behind the scenes in my life and will bring me through to victory in Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Blessing Follows Obedience

“If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God.”
(Deuteronomy 28:1–2, NIV)

God rewards the people who seek after Him. Every time you obey His Word, His blessing will follow. If you’ll learn to obey Him in the small things, if you learn to pass the small tests, there’s no limit to how high God will take you. The scripture says, “When we fully obey God, blessings will chase us down and overtake us.” You can’t outrun the good things of God.
Always remember, when you obey God in the small, He will release big blessings. He has big opportunities, new levels of favor, healing, restoration, vindication, promotion, planned in your future. As you stay faithful to Him, you’re going to step into the fullness of your destiny and be all that God has created you to be!

laugh yes they laughed

"While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live...When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, he said, The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up." Matthew 9:18-25

Laughed of Him!

O! So it means that to laugh of a new way to think is an old thing!

Yes, people laugh when see another people thinking different of crowd. They laugh when see someone believing in the impossible. Laugh because for them, hard things just be hard things, and nothing can change it ( sad for them, I know) so, all that they can do is L A U G H.

Ok
For those, I will leave you living your ordinary life.
Now, stay with me those whom wants an extraordinary life…
We read about a died girl that, when Jesus get her home, she come back to life. When He said it, no one believed in Him, and they laughed!
Yes, I know, it is common. When I say, Jesus loves you, or Jesus can brings a new life to you and help you with your misfortunes they laugh, poor!
Weak people laugh because can’t reach this strong unseen power! They live within their own thoughts, philosophy and limitations, and never open their mind to know or touch in the ‘impossible’, then, they laugh.
They laugh when someone try show them a new way to life and laugh is a escape because they don’t know a free life and, just to think in go out from their ordinary lives make them fear, so…they laugh, living a limited unhappy life.
Ok,
I can live hear laughter
I just can’t live without hear the voice of my Savior saying me:
Go daughter, your faith have saved you.
Be courageous, say yes and allow Jesus show that He is able to change all "death in life" because He is The Life and there are no life without HIm

What God have you served

EM PORTUGUES - DEFININDO O SER HUMANO - CLIQUE AQUI
What defines you?
Do you feel lost, without your riches?
Does your temper change, in according with you outside appearance?
Would you feel lost without have what you have ( riches , status)?
Would you be able to give up something that you reached, just for work with needy or in a situation that are rejected by society?

Look to whom rejected transform rock in bread!

It is sad, but, people have been built 'what they are' over 'what they have'! They have defined the ‘inside life’ to what have behind their names: Doctor ‘X’, Function ‘Y’ or appearance ‘N’ .
They have changed the eternal reward, like a good character, clean conscience, love and compassion for “at all cost”
People are selling their soul by 30 minutes of fame and applause.
Oh God, big shortage!!!
The human have been so insecure about himself that, for 5 minutes of fame, sell a full good life.
Few are those who are securer about himself , that are able to change their 'status' to help needy or ill people who will not be able to return nothing that you have done!
Some people have tried, at all cost, stay yourself and to prove that are “someone” but, the God that I serve, says:
Whoever wants to save your live, will lose that – Luke 9:24

The God that I serve, says:
Whoever helps a needy, doesn’t let your right hand knows what the left hand does. Matthew 6:3

The God that I serve says:
Pray alone, don’t to be seen for all and your unseen God will reward you. Matthew 6:6

And the God that I serve says:
While people rejected their appearances, stile life, love for needy, patience and resignation, while they were chained, stoned and sawed in two…..
My God said
“Men whom the world was not worth" Hebrew 11:35-40
My God has taught me to be simple.
Just think
What God have you served?
Matthew 6:6-24


Blessings
                 Pati Nanni

why some ask there are not answer

All of us need agree, the life is ambiguous!

Why so many pain and suffering?
These asking comes from of the thinking that the world and life are a ‘pleasure’s font’ and we are living in this earth for “be happy” above all! The people lives in an eternal seek for happiness. (See more. Click here)
With this kind of thoughts, people give all that they have (until them souls) in exchange to pleasure!
What are the vicious, debts, murders, stolen, but, an uncontrollable seek for pleasure, comfort, perfection and fast result!
And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me."But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20:22-24
Well, reading it we can think: For whom I have lived for?! I think that a good part of us just live for yourself, your pleasures and "rights". In Jesus, our 'right' is live for HIM.
And what so many out control before death! How it was something rare or something that couldn’t happen with some one!
Why this big idolatry for youth if as infant and oldness it is sure and fast!
All these questions shown an important point – we are so far from our inside, far from our Creator, because the answer is obvious!
But us, continually, get away from this real question, and why? So many people say me: I have no time to this, I need win more money, I need teach my sons how win money… 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?'"So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Luke12:19-21
Many people are spend your time in thing that one rain or earthquake can take out so fast!
Without a shadow of doubt, pleasure comes from God. He has done all of us with all of kind of sensation that we have. Pleasure is not sin. Sin is have pleasure as motto, as goal, motto of life!
Adultery, debts and all these bad thing, comes from all love for ego that people have lately! They are far from God, living by the ‘Original Sin'’ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23/ and Roman5:15
All of us need remember and agree that us, was born with the seed of sin within us and JUST Jesus can take it away, making us worth to the heaven and free. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ Romans 5:17. Deny this fact just forbid our sanctification and our growing Christian's Life! Many people, after know Jesus and give their lives to Him, think have done all that need and no more seek grow in faith and good actions. We never can forget that the ‘Original Sin’ is within all of us. We need care of our mouth, ear and eyes all the time for never allow them, to sin.
NEVERTHELESS the original sin DON’T TAKE OF US the responsibility for our acts. We are full responsible for all that we do, we have conscious which guide us to right, even that sometimes we chose do what’s wrong.
REMEMBER – we were put in this world, to live above of naturals’ instincts. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. Romans 8:8-10. Learn to live because the life is not a exactly science but God, through His Word and Holy Spirit teach each of us how have a better life.

With love ………………….Pati Nanni

know God

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but my people doth not know, my people doth not consider.

To me, it’s one of sadder bible verses! God say that until a donkey know his owner, but His people don’t know His voice!
WOooOW
Can you remember how many times God gave you a safer! How many times He answered your will, before you ask!
Psalm 105:5,27 says : REMEMBER the wonders He has done!...His wonders in the land of Ham. For me, our problem is that we have a lack memory. In our hard time, we clam to Jesus but, so fast is His salvation, is our capacity to forget His help and our misery before He in our lifes!
why?
Why we do it?
Could be because we are selfish? Could be because in all most, all the time, we just think in ourselves and UNTIl when we call to God, it's just to our own safe? So, when all things are well again, we "just forget" to seek God !
BUt thanks God for you mercy and grace Psalm 107:6,13,19 and 28 say: All the time that you call me..I answered you! YEAH - God never will pay us wiht our money! He love us.. always.

Remember what God has done! Follow Him. His paths always will guide us to good things, peace and rest!
Psalm 107:17 Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted and suffered. All of our suffered, comes from our will
Jesus said that If we follow Him, we will find the light to life. Answer for our ask...rest for our soul!
NEVER FORGET WHAT GOS HAS DONE TO YOU
blessings

why people suffer?!

CLIQUE AQUI E LEIA EM PORTUGUES

Human Suffering!

I guess that it is the more ask that are been doing in all humanity and , I have no intention to answer it. Nor all the word in the world neither all philosophy, could explains. Everybody have a good thing to say about this theme, and I would be just more one. I have no intention to be more one among!
So, I'm here talking about suffering and do not wanted be more one!
But I need say something because I feel it and maybe you never would read written by another people, or all things already wrote never arrived in your hand. Whatever be the reason, I'm here writing and you are reading.
I will write just for you, who believes in God and knows that He knows all that is good for your life.And thou shalt remember all the way which God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not… and fed thee with manna, …that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of God… And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee. Deuteronomy 8:2-11

How are you doing with your life?
Are you doing all of your wills?
Are you happy for this?
Living a life without someone saying for you what to do, how say or not say something, wow! I need to confesses, such life sounds good, but … everyone who wanna more than live to eat and sleep known that such stuff is a step to fiasco!
A life without ruler is not a good live. May be comfortable, but it will guide us to frustration. It can be one of the reasons of the alot of people live frustrated!
If you wanna more than eat and sleep, it is the time to wake up and do a check up in your life.
How long you to obey someone who aren´t yourself?
How long you said yes, I need it, when someone calls your attention.
Your sincere answers will show how and why you are where you are.
When we live ours life for God, if He is our father, be right, He will not let us going wrong! Even that for to do it, our "I" can hurt, He will take us and put us in the right path!
All the time that, for protect our I (wills, desires, reputation), we broken His Law, be right, He will get us for Him again. But, in this process, you could say no! Yes, you and me have the power to say no to the Strength God! So, we need be ready to get all consequences that it may bring.

And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him; For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones... for what son does not have punishment from his father? But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame Hebrew 12:3-11

Why people suffer? Maybe some good people are walking toward a bad path and God, as a good shepherd, be trying put they in a good place and they are resisting.

Some sufferings are a correction of God. Sometimes stuff happens for we know our own heart, If all that we say is real for us or they are just beautiful words, thrown to everybody. How we can know if we are believer or listeners?
Through some hard thing in our lives!
Are you ready to get know yourself?

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes. Psalm 119:

Why people suffer?
The answer are in his own lives. In his own path, in his own choose! Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:Ec 8:5
Hey friend! Are you discerning the time in your life or you just get gather with a lot people that think that
was born to eat and sleep and everyone and everything those try change it, are enemies and need be destroyed!
Are you just weeping and murmuring your luck or your are reading your life, seeking all mistakes to never more get it again.
You are more one of the "good people' that suffer or you are the lead of your life. Learning with the life and walking to reach all of your dreams.
Don't stop. Learn and keep the path.

From here, all things are with you!

camp vacation 2009

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Hello!

Of days 20 to 22, Julho/2209 were doing our second camp Vacation! Thanks God it was a wonderful time where we learn more of God, sanctify our lives and share about the love of the Lord. In all the time be clean your clothes, and never miss the oil on your head. ECL 9:8 - This was the basic text for whole camp. As Christians we can not comply with the good, much less with "being better than most! We need to be totally saints if we want to find salvation of the Lord. Without sanctification nobody will see the Lord! (Heb 12:14) We easily forget an important piece of the Word of God! It is important to remember ... Good work, social activities, frequency of worship and reading the Bible make paste of the life of every Christian, but we can never forget that salvation is the sanctification given by God through the cross of Jesus! We remembered to run to cross, confess ours sins and change of attitude. James 1:22-28 says that the abiding and not hearers of the Word will be saved. Yeah, after three days of services the morning and late evening, we were reminded that we will not leave this holy retreat UNLESS there is repentance in our hearts and in our actions TRANSFORMATION! Young people were reminded to sanctify everything they hear on your mp3 and mp4. were reminded that orkut (facebook) and all kind of Internet access has to be holy as they are in church, or indecent photos and comments have to be torn. Be holy in all body, soul and spirit (I Ts 5:23) That means that the hands, mind and mouth should not touch something that Jesus does not play! It was a time of many words and exhortation, and by the grace of God, we had the anointing of the Spirit that led us to have regrets and reconciliations. All time is Jesus praises! We hope you enjoy the pictures and is free to comment and share, too, until our next event .. Blessings, Community Connection See photos - click here

The Very Peace

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit, For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace... Romans 8:5,6

Too many people desire the peace.

They seek in difents places,in all kinds of faith, beliefs, social actions... I concord with this actions. This things are good and essentials for all peoples BUT, none of these can bring the real peace, the unconditional peace, endless peace... eternal peace.

Very peace only can brought through Jesus. Through obedience for the God's Words through Holy Spirit.Then abandone sinful nature, lie, sexual immorality, debauchery, jealousy, be careful with adultery 'cause only desire or think about another person become adultery (Mathew 5:28), angry and the like, then you will find the real peace.

Shout to the Lord and fall down in Your love's arms.

Jesus want give us peace