Devotional for friends // Devocional para as amigas

Peace. The world seeks for peace. It has been this way ever since. Why can’t we achieve peace? Can you say that you live peacefully? Down deep in your mind, you think you can assure me that you have peace, don’t you? Do you really? Or do you always have something in your mind that makes you wake up in the middle of the night or take away your concentration because of that or that?   I know what you mean. It is a person who is jealous of you, or that promotion that seems so hard to achieve, or the debt you lost your hope to pay it. There are so many problems in our lives that it is almost impossible to talk about peace. Peace of mind, peace on the streets, peace in the world. Everything seems so foggy, so hard to see ahead. You worry about your future, your kids’ future, the environment, the climate changes, the racism, the riots, the political battles that never end. Oh, man! Life is hard, isn’t it? You always think, does it have to be this hard?

  Quais outras palavras para presunção?  suposição, afronta, suposição, presunção, arrogância, pressuposição, conjectura, insolência, audácia. Presumption 1. the act of presuming 2. bold or insolent behavior or manners 3. a belief or assumption based on reasonable evidence 4. a ground or basis on which to presume To presume: 1. To take for granted as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary 2. To constitute reasonable evidence for assuming; appear to prove 3. To venture without authority or permission; dare: He presumed to invite himself to dinner. 4. To take for granted that something is true or factual; make a supposition. 5. To act presumptuously or take unwarranted advantage of something.   “For rebellion is as the sin of divination,     and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.” 1 Samuel 15:23a   Some other versions say arrogance instead of presumption. But the point is: what happened there

We aren’t good enough. The only good one that had ever existed is Jesus. No matter how high you think of yourself, you are not good. You will never be, not by your own strength, power, or volition. The Bible says: for all have sinned (Romans 3:23). All – it means everybody. Not just a group of people, not just one age, but all.   We have been sinners since day one of our lives. Sin presents itself in several forms, shapers, frequency, size. If it is not pride, is arrogance, self-centeredness, prejudice, greed, covetousness, murder, homosexuality, hate, shame, guilt, and so many ways I cannot name them all.   There is only one way we can escape the wrath of God. Jesus said: I am the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus is the only way.   God is just. He will judge us fairly. He allows good things and bad things to happen to all of us. It is also a part of his judgment. The only way we escape God’s wrath is by the blood. The price of our redemption