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2 Steps for Success - Becoming a Person of Value.

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Work until your bank account looks like a phone number; what a great quote isn't it? well if you search on the web you will find a lot of articles describing how to build success in life, most of the articles, present formulas, steps, and advice on how to get success, the mainstream media portray success as having a lot of money, a big house, travel all over the world, faster cars, etc ( American dream isn’t it?) because of this portrayal of success the fight for success was never so obvious, everybody wants to be successful, nobody wants to be a failure. Athletes work hard for a long time because they don't want to lose any competition, business people lose time with family because they want to become successful entrepreneurs. students end up in high debts because they want to have a higher education that will uplift their status in society, And this idea of success is leading people to depression, bitterness, and individualism, this is why more people are studying business an...

Not Knowing Where You Are Going Does Not Mean You Are Going Nowhere

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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.—Dale Carnegie,  The other day I was scrolling on Facebook and stumped to a post that one of my friends made, where he wrote, I am where I am because all my plans went wrong. This powerful statement made me think about myself and my plans. is it true that all my plans were a success? Was I able to accomplish everything that I ever planned? Certainly not, like most of us, I had deception, bad experiences, and good experiences in life, but my understanding slightly started to change over the years of how to build plans that are meaningful. Can you guess where we are going or how we will get there? Most of us have been struggling to figure out how to get from a certain point to another, that’s why we take training, participate in webinars, seminars,   this is not an easy task, especially when there is no progress evident, and there is no such t...

Jesus

Please   think about a man that knew that Jesus would be in Jerusalem, decided to go there to see Jesus, as   His home was far from the town of Jerusalem. He decide to walk 2 days through, Thursday through Saturday, soon after he arrive in Jerusalem , he went to the main synagogue in town and start asking where he could find Jesus, cause he knew he would be there, suddenly he heard someone saying THEY KILLED HIM, THEY KILLED HIM, astonished he say what??. What they did you say? And he heard again what he refuses to believe, THEY KILLED HIM YESTERDAY, So he kneel down, ripped his clothes and started crying like a child for a toy for 3 hours, and he start asking people nearby the reason:… Why….. Why…. Why…. Very angry and surprised he start searching for answer why someone would kill Jesus , He   was good to the people, someone that was healing the people, someone that wasn’t against the government, against the spiritual leaders why… Very sad he decides to stay ...

Como Está a Sua Visão? Hebreus 3:13

Como Está a Sua Visão? Hebreus 3:13 A Conversão de Saulo (Atos 9:1-30) Quando estudamos o livro de atos dos apóstolos, inúmeras histórias horríveis saltam-nos as vistas, uma delas é sem dúvida a morte de estevão, mas quando entramos em detalhe neste livro vemos também como o poder transformador de Deus pode mudar o homem, Saulo foi um dos perseguidores da igreja, ele tinha os olhos cegos, ele tinha a mente caucionada, talvez Paulo estivesse achando que estava fazendo uma grande obra, matando os chamados Cristãos, talvez Paulo estivesse correcto dentro dos seus pensamentos naquela altura, e que estava a fazer o trabalho de Deus, não nos vamos esquecer que Paulo era Doutorado em Teologia, talvez tivesse passado por Gamaliel. Bem o que esta história nos mostra e’ como Jesus pode transformar um cego, e como nós merecemos a graça do nosso Deus. Paulo teve que se tornar cego para ver, Paulo teve que  se despir para se unir. O lugar onde estás não determina o teu futuro, o coment...

How is Your Vision?

How is Your Vision? Hebrews 3:13 ( what is your project for 2019? Do you have goals) The Conversion of Saul (Acts 9: 1-30) When we study the book of the apostles' acts, innumerable horrible stories take our toll, one of them is undoubtedly the death of Stephen, but when we go into detail in this book we also see how the transforming power of God can change man, Saul was one of the persecutors of the church, he had blind eyes, he had his mind secured, maybe Paul was thinking he was doing a great work, killing so-called Christians, maybe Paul was right inside his thoughts at that time, and what he was doing the work of God, let us not forget that Paul was a Doctor of Theology, perhaps he had passed through Gamaliel. Well what this story shows us is how Jesus can transform a blind man, and how we deserve the grace of our God. Paul had to become blind to see, Paul had to undress to unite. The place where you are does not determine your future, the comments of your family heads an...

Our Insignificance

The author of the book of Hebrews quoted Psalm 8 when he asked, "What is man, that remember him? Or the son of man, that visitest him? "(Hebrews 2: 6). In our arrogance, realizing the primacy of humans over the plants and animals that inhabit this planet, it is easy to forget our smallness. But anyone who believes that we are creatures needs to reflect on the greatness of the Creator. Just thinking about it should humiliate us! In this book the author was trying to encourage people to stay firm and ask people to not go back in their old practice and show that Jesus is bigger.   Man may even think that above the insignificant would find some important. Would not the rich and powerful catch the attention of God, even if the rest of the human population did not matter? The king of Egypt challenged Moses with these words: "Who is the LORD, that I should hearken to him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, neither will I let Israel go "(Exodus 5: 2). More tha...

Deus e a lampada de Aladdin

Qual a relacao entre Deus e a lampada de Aladdin? Nenhuma. Nenhuma? tem a certeza? certeza absoluta? bem o que posso dizer é que a relacao entre Deus e a lampada de Alladin naoo é antiga mas tambem nao é nova, Aladdin como muitos sabem é a personagem fictício do conto de origem árabe conhecido como Aladim e a Lâmpada Maravilhosa.Jafar, grão-vizir do Sultão de Agrabah, está tentando recuperar uma lâmpada mágica, contendo um gênio, que esta localizada na Caverna das Maravilhas.  Na caverna destruída, Aladdin esfrega a lâmpada que liberta um gênio, que revela poder conceder três desejos quaisquer — exceto matar alguém, fazer alguém se apaixonar ou trazer mortos de volta à vida. Aladdin engana o Gênio, fazendo com que todos saiam da caverna sem usar nenhum dos desejos. Nos dias actuais temos vistos crentes pensando que Deus é como a lampada de Aladdin que quando voce deseja alguma coisa, corre la , limpa, pede desejo e o desejo se concretiza, alias no advento da teologia da prosperid...