GOD’S GRACE IS ENOUGH FOR SAD DAYS OF TRIAL…

Trial is the time when our faith is tested. In difficult times we can abandon Jesus or continue believing in him. The ordeal shows whether our love for Jesus is true or just a selfish and self-serving attitude.

No one likes to go through trials, but these moments help to mature and strengthen faith. Anyone who has overcome a trial finds more strength in Jesus. Suffering does not last forever and one day we will receive the reward for enduring the ordeal.

Happy is the man who perseveres under trial, because after being approved he will receive the crown of life, which God promised to those who love him.

James 1:12

My brothers, consider it a source of great joy when you face various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And perseverance must have complete action, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:2-4

The Lord tests the righteous,

but the wicked and the one who loves unrighteousness,

  his soul hates it. Psalms 11:5

The crucible is for silver

and the furnace is for gold,

but the Lord tests the heart.

Proverbs 17:3

For you, O God, have put us to the test

and you refined us like silver. You made us fall into a trap

and upon our backs you laid burdens. You let the enemies ride

over our heads;

We passed through fire and water,

but to a place of plenty you brought us.

Psalms 66:10-12

In this you rejoice, even though now, for a little while, you must be grieved by every kind of trial. This happens so that it is proven that the faith you have, much more valuable than gold that perishes, even if refined by fire, is genuine and will result in praise, glory and honor, when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:6-7

"Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert during these forty years to humble you and put you to the test, to know their intentions, whether they would obey their commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Beloved ones, do not be surprised at the fire that arises among you to test you, as if something strange is happening. But rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice with great joy. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, rests on you. 1 Peter 4:12-14

I served the Lord with all humility and with tears, being severely tried by the conspiracies of the Jews. Acts of the Apostles 20:19

Those who fell on the stones are those who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but give up at the time of trial. Luke 8:13

So, as the Holy Spirit says:

"Today, if you listen

your voice, do not harden your heart,

as in rebellion,

during the time of trial in the desert, where their ancestors

tried me,

putting me to the test,

despite, for forty years,

have seen what I did. Hebrews 3:7-9

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THE WISE WOMAN BUILDING HER HOME!

 

A wise woman is one who dedicates her life to the Lord and seeks the Kingdom of God first. This dedication to God brings wisdom and is reflected in all areas of your life: at work, in business, at home, at church, at leisure...

The wise woman is a blessing to everyone around her. She is an example in society and in the Church, being called by God to make a difference. We can learn a lot from wise women. Sensible people listen to the wise woman's advice.

A wise woman who is married is also a blessing to her husband. If she has children, she teaches them to have an intimate relationship with God. The wise woman is blessed by God.

The wise woman builds her house,

but with your own hands

the foolish one drops hers.

Proverbs 14:1

"The fear of the Lord

is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy

it is understanding.

Proverbs 9:10

It is clothed with strength and dignity;

smiles at the future. Speak wisely

and teaches with love.

Proverbs 31:25-26

A kind woman earns respect,

but cruel men

they only gain riches.

Proverbs 11:16

An exemplary wife; happy whoever finds it! It is much more valuable than rubies.

Proverbs 31:10

Her children stand up and praise her;

Her husband also praises her, saying: "Many women are exemplary,

but you surpass them all."

Proverbs 31:28-29

Look to the Lord

and to his strength;

always seek his face.

1 Chronicles 16:11

The fear of the Lord teaches wisdom,

and humility precedes honor.

Proverbs 15:33

Similarly, teach older women to be reverent in their way of life, not to be slanderers or slaves to too much wine, but to be able to teach what is good. In this way, they will be able to guide younger women to love their husbands and their children, to be prudent and pure, to be busy at home, and to be kind and subject to their husbands, so that the word of God is not defamed.

Titus 2:3-5

Let women likewise be dignified, not slanderers, but sober and trustworthy in all things.

1 Timothy 3:11

If any of you lacks wisdom, ask God, who gives it to all freely and willingly; and it will be granted to you.

James 1:5

Beauty is deceptive,

and beauty is fleeting;

but the woman who fears the Lord

will be praised.

Proverbs 31:30

The exemplary woman

It's your husband's crown,

but that of shameful behavior

It's like cancer in your bones.

Proverbs 12:4

"The kingdom of heaven will then be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil. The wise , however, they took oil in vessels, along with their lamps. The groom took a while to arrive, and they all became sleepy and fell asleep. "At midnight, a cry was heard: 'The bridegroom is approaching! Go out to meet him!' "Then all the virgins woke up and prepared their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' enough for us and for you. Go buy oil for yourselves.' "And as they went out to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were prepared went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was closed. "Later the others also came and said: 'Lord! Sir! Open the door for us!' "But he replied: 'The truth is I don't know them!' "Therefore watch, for you do not know the day or the hour!

Matthew 25:1-13

Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,

but a wise wife comes from the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

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Abandon IDOLATRY!

 

Idolatry is a great danger. It leads us to worship things other than God. Only God deserves our worship. Nothing is more important than loving God above all things.

Idolatry is not just worshiping other gods or lifeless images. Idolatry is putting anything above God in our lives. We can idolize a person, a job, a political party, money... To avoid idolatry, we must always put God first in everything we do.

"You shall have no other gods besides me. "You shall not make for yourself any idol, any image of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth.

Exodus 20:3-4

"I am the Lord; this is my name!

I will not give my glory to another

nor to images my praise.

Isaiah 42:8

"Do not turn to idols or make gods of metal for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:4

Their idols of silver and gold,

are made by human hands. They have a mouth, but they cannot speak;

eyes, but cannot see; they have ears but cannot hear;

nose, but cannot smell; they have hands, but nothing they can feel;

feet but cannot walk;

and they make no sound with their throat. Let those who make them become like them

and all who trust in them.

Psalms 115:4-8

Therefore, my beloved brothers, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:14, impurity and licentiousness; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before: Those who practice these things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:19-21

Some of the rulers of Israel came and sat down in front of me. Then the Lord said to me, "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before them. Should I let them inquire of me? Now tell them: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart, and puts an impious stumbling block before his face, and then goes to inquire of a prophet, I, the Lord, will answer him according to his idols. This I will do to win back the heart of the nation of Israel, who forsook me in exchange your idols." Therefore say to the house of Israel: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn away from your idols and renounce all detestable practices! "When any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel separates himself from me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts an ungodly stumbling block before him, and then goes to a prophet to inquire of me, I, the Lord, I myself, will answer him I will set my face against that man and make him an example and an object of ridicule. I will cut him off from among my people. And you will know that I am the Lord." prophecy, I, the Lord, will have deceived that prophet and will stretch out my arm against him and will destroy him, taking him away from the midst of Israel, my people. Ezekiel 14:1-9

For the rebellion

it is like the sin of witchcraft;

arrogance, as the evil of idolatry.

Just like you rejected

the word of the Lord,

he rejected him as king".

1 Samuel 15:23

So put to death everything that belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3:5

Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made after the likeness of mortal man, as well as birds, quadrupeds, and reptiles.

Romans 1:22-23

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 5:21

"Those who believe

on useless idols

they despise mercy.

Jonah 2:8

Great will be the suffering

of those who run after other gods.

I will not partake of your blood sacrifices,

and my lips won't even mention

their names.

Psalm 16:4

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not be able to save them when disaster overtakes them.

Jeremiah 11:12

The rest of mankind who did not die from these plagues did not even repent of the works of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

Revelation 9:20

"Gather and come; assemble,

you fugitives from the nations.

Ignorant are those who take

back and forth

wooden pictures,

who pray to gods who cannot save.

Isaiah 45:20

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry."

1 Corinthians 10:7

Your land is full of idols.

They bow before the work

from your hands,

before what your fingers have done.

Isaiah 2:8

"'Cursed is anyone who carves an image or makes a molten idol, the work of craftsmen, hateful to the Lord, and sets it up secretly.

All the people will say: 'Amen!'

Deuteronomy 27:15

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THE SALARY OF SIN IS DEATH!

THOSE WHO HAVE WATCHED THE SERIES REIS ON THE RECORD NETWORK, FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY AT 9PM, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW DAVI'S SADNESS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS SINS: ADULTERY, OMISSION AND MURDER. THESE CONSEQUENCES, WHICH INTERFERED IN THE HARMONY OF HIS FAMILY, WHERE SATAN HAS USED ONE OF HIS CHILDREN IN A REBELLION AGAINST HIM: ABSALON!

GOD HAD WARNED KING DAVID ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS SINS...2 SAMUEL 12: ⁷ Then Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the Lord God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul;

⁸ And I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah;

⁹ Why then did you despise the word of the Lord, doing evil before his eyes? You slew Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and you took his wife as your wife. and him you slew with the sword of the Ammonites.

¹⁰ Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

¹¹ Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil upon thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them unto thy neighbor, who shall lie with thy wives before the sun.

¹² For thou hast done it in secret, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

¹³ Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord also put away your sin; thou shalt not die.

¹⁴ However, because by this deed of this place the enemies of the Lord blaspheme, even the son who was born to you shall surely die. 2 Samuel 12:7-14

ALL THIS PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED!

I CAN SIGN OUT SOME OF DAVI'S MISTAKES SO THAT WE CAN LEARN AND, WE DON'T MAKE MISTAKES IN THE SAME WAY, TO WATCH OUT...

     • THE TRUTH IS THAT ABSALON IS THE FRUIT OF HIS MARRIAGE TO MAACA, A FOREIGN WOMAN, FROM THE LAND OF GESUR, THE IDOLATRIC KINGDOM! THE ERROR STARTED THERE! DAVI AS AN ISRAELITE SHOULD NOT HAVE JOINED A FOREIGN WOMAN WITH CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS DIFFERENT FROM THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL;

      

     • HE SHOULD NOT HAVE MARRIED MANY WOMEN. THE IDEAL WOULD BE ONE ONLY;

      

     • MANY WOMEN, MANY CHILDREN. HIS OCCUPATIONS WITH THE WARS AND THE KINGDOM DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO WATCH THE COMMUNION OF HIS HOUSE;

      

     • IT DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO HAVE TIME TO CARE AND GIVE ATTENTION TO THE CHARACTER OF THE CHILDREN, INTERFERING WITH THE INFLUENCES THEY RECEIVED FROM OTHERS DURING THE FATHER'S ABSENCE;

      

     • THE LACK OF DIALOGUES, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CREATOR PROBABLY MISSED;

      

     • ABSALON WAS THE SON OF A CHRISTIAN, YET NOT A CHRISTIAN! DAVI KNEW GOD, HIS CHILDREN DID NOT!

I REMEMBER THE WORD OF GOD WHEN I SAID: - WHAT'S THE USE TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE YOUR SOUL?

     • WHAT'S THE USE OF DOING SOMETHING FOR THE OUTSIDE AND FORGETTING YOUR FAMILY? YOUR SPOUSE, YOUR CHILDREN?

     • SALVATION IS INDIVIDUAL BUT, WE CAN POSITIVELY INFLUENCE OUR HOME, PRACTICING THE WORD OF GOD! TALKING ABOUT GOD AND HIS WORD! GIVING GOOD EXAMPLES! NOT BEING HYPOCRITES!

     • ABSALON WITH THE ABSENCE OF A CHRISTIAN FATHER WHO COULD INFLUENCE HIM, HE WAS MOLDED BY HIS GRANDFATHER KING OF GESUR, TALMAI AND BY AITOFEL, IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER, MAACA.

     • ABSALON LET DARKNESS, ENVY, GREED AND HATE TAKE OVER HIS HEART JUST LIKE LUCIFER.

     • DESPITE BEING DAVID'S SON, HE DIDN'T HAVE A HEART AFTER GOD LIKE DAVID!

     • WHILE DAVID WAS HUMBLE, ABSALON BECAME PROUD, ARROGANT, PRECIOUS.

HOW SAD FOR DAVI TO CONTEMPLATE IN HIS SON THE OPPOSITE OF HIS CHARACTER,

     • DAVI HAD FAULT IN THIS FOR HIS CHOICES, FOR HIS DECISIONS!

     • DAVI REPENT ABOUT ABSALON NO!

     • HOW SAD FOR DAVI AND FOR EACH ONE OF US WHO HAS A CHILD IN SATAN'S HAND!

      

     • IT'S NOT TOO LATE YET. TALK ABOUT JESUS! DEMONSTRATE JESUS TO YOUR CHILDREN, SPOUSES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I ASK GOD THAT WE DO NOT GO THROUGH THE SADNESS DAVI WENT THROUGH, HAVING HIS SON DEAD AND LOST ETERNALLY IN THE DARKNESS!

PLANT GOOD THINGS TODAY, TO GATHER TOMORROW THE FRUITS YOU PLANTED!

TODAY THE ETERNAL FATHER WANTS TO MOLD YOU ACCORDING TO HIS CHARACTER!

     • DON'T DO LIKE ABSALON! DON'T WANT TO USURSE THE PLACE THAT THE CREATOR HAS IN YOUR LIFE!

     • BE A SON AND NOT A TRAITOR!

Personal, individual Salvation, only in life, is a decision of each human being to receive, in the heart, and start to obey and follow the Lord Jesus as the only and sufficient Savior and Lord.

Salvation is not hereditary, it is not because the parents are Christians that the child, being born into a Christian family, automatically becomes a believer.

Salvation, I repeat previous articles, by the grace of God, through personal faith in the Lord Jesus has to be taken, accepted individually, by each and every person when he/she receives (m) the Lord Jesus in the heart:

"[The Lord Jesus] came to his own, and his own did not receive him. But to all who received him, he gave power to become children of God, even to those who believe in his name; which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1.11-13).

The emphasis I gave to the term "being made children of God" makes it clear in the understanding of each one of us that if "we are made", in that act, it is because previously we were not children, but creatures of God.

It is at this moment of "being born again", being born into the family of God, that personal, individual conversion takes place, of one's own free will, the decision to obey, to follow the teachings of the Lord Jesus, who gave his life for all and each one who receives it (m), spontaneously; conviction that the Word of God gives us when it teaches: "and having been perfected, [the Lord Jesus] became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him" (Hebrews 5.9).

Thus, we Christian parents and grandparents must do our part in directing children to accept salvation by grace, through faith in the Lord Jesus, teaching them, as a priority, the Word of God that determines us:

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old, he will not deviate from it" (Proverbs 22.6).

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Suffering from being a Christian

I Peter 4.12-19

12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fire that arises among you to test you, as if something strange were happening. 13 But as you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that when his glory is revealed, you may also rejoice with great joy. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, rests on you. 15 If any of you suffers, let him not be like a murderer, thief, criminal, or someone who meddles in someone else's business. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God through that name. 17For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the wicked and the sinner?” 19 Therefore, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their lives to their faithful Creator and do good.

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

V.12 Have you ever felt that “something strange is happening”? Heavy? Out of common? Oppression, ordeal on every side? So, I have to tell you, not everything is “flowers”. We have in our heart the certainty that God loves us, but Christ said: "In this world you will have afflictions; however, be of good cheer! I have overcome the world" John 16.33. Jesus didn't say it would be easy, but that He won and would be with us to encourage us.

V. 13 The true Christian has to be different. Has he noticed yet? While many of those who are going through an ordeal complain, look for culprits, despair, what should a Christian do? “Rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ.”

V.14 If, because we decided to be true Christians, people insult us, we should be happy because the Holy Spirit will be with us. What a consolation!

V.15-16 We should not suffer for doing something wrong, but for the love of Christ. Let's not be ashamed of it! May this difficulty not make us want to go back.

V.17-18 Will the time of judgment come, and even for true Christians it will not be easy, imagine for those who don't even care about Christ?

V.19 Precisely because of the judgment, if we suffer because God wants it, let's trust Him. The Bible speaks in Romans 12.1 that God's will is always "good, perfect and pleasant". Let us rest in God and do good.

PAUSE TO MEDITATE

There will be a day when everyone will stand before God, are you ready?

 Acts 17 - NLT New Translation in Today's Language

1 Paul and Silas passed through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia and arrived in Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.

2 As was his custom, Paul went there and on the next three Sabbaths he spoke about the Holy Scriptures with the people who were there in the synagogue.

3 Paul explained and proved to them that the Messiah needed to suffer and that, after dying, he had to rise again. He said: —This Jesus that I am announcing to you is the Messiah.

4 Paul and Silas managed to convince some of those people, who joined them. A large number of non-Jewish converts to Judaism and many high society ladies also joined the group.

5 But the Jews were jealous. They went to get some bad men from the street rascals and formed a band of rioters. These made a lot of confusion in the city and attacked Jason's house, looking for Paul and Silas in order to lead them out among the people.

6 But when they didn't find them, they took Jason and some other brothers by force to the presence of the city authorities, shouting: - Those men have caused disorder everywhere! Now they've come to our city,

7 and Jason hosted them in his house. They are disobeying the laws of the Roman Emperor, saying that there is another king, named Jesus.

8 Both the crowd and the officials became agitated when they heard these words.

9 And the authorities released Jason and the others, after they had paid the required amount for it.

10 As soon as it was evening, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to the city of Berea. When they got there, they went to the synagogue.

11 The people there were better educated than those in Thessalonica and listened to the message with great interest. Every day they studied the Holy Scriptures to find out if what Paul said was really true.

12 So many Jews in that city believed, and also non-Jews, both women of high society and also many men.

13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul had preached the word of God also in Berea, they went there and began to stir up and stir up the people against them.

14 So the brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast; but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

15 The brothers who were protecting Paul took him to the city of Athens. Then they returned to Berea, carrying an errand from Paul; he asked Silas and Timothy to meet him in Athens as soon as possible.

16 While waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, Paul was disgusted to see the city so full of idols.

17 He went to the synagogue and there he spoke with the Jews and non-Jewish converts to Judaism. And every day, in the public square, he spoke to the people who were there.

18 Some Epicurean teachers and some Stoics argued with him and asked: - What is this ignorant man trying to say? Others commented: —He seems to be talking about foreign gods. They said that because Paul was announcing Jesus and the resurrection.

19 So they took him to a town council meeting and said, "We would like to know what new teaching you are bringing to us."

20 For you say some things that seem strange to us, and we would like to know what they mean.

21 It's just that all the residents of Athens and the foreigners who lived there liked to spend time telling and listening to the latest news.

22 Then Paul stood before them in the town council meeting and said, “Athenians! I see that in all things you are very religious.

23 Indeed, as I was walking through the city and looking at the places where you worship your gods, I found an altar on which it is written: “TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.” For this God that you worship without knowing is precisely the one I am announcing to you.

24 - God, who made the world and everything in it, is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human beings.

25 Nor does he need anyone to do anything for him, since he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

26 From one man he created all human races to live on earth. Before creating the peoples, God marked out for them where they would live and how long they would stay there.

27 He did this so that everyone could look for him and maybe find him, although he is not far from each one of us.

28 Because, as someone has said, “In him we live and move and have our being. ” And some of your poets said: “We are also his children. ”

29 And since we are his children, we must not think that God is like an idol of gold, silver, or stone, made by the art and skill of people.

30 In the past God overlooked this ignorance. But now he commands all people everywhere to repent of their sins.

31 For he has set the day when he will judge the world in righteousness by a man he has chosen. And he gave proof of this to everyone when he resurrected this man.

32 When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection, some mocked him, but others said, “We want to hear you talk about this another time.

33 So Paul went away from there.

34 But some people believed and joined him. Among these were Dionísio, who was a member of the City Council, a woman named Dâmaris and other people.

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“Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and he who loves her will eat her fruit.”

“The tongue is also a fire; yea, the tongue, which world of iniquity, placed among our members, defiles the whole body, and inflames the course of nature, being in its turn inflamed by hell.” but the tongue, no man can tame it.

It is an unstoppable evil; it is full of deadly venom.

Proverbs 18:21 - 2James 3