Devotional for friends // Devocional para as amigas

Jesus said that we would be known by our fruits. What fruits? We love saying that God is love and we also love saying that God lives in us. Do you see where I am going, don’t you? Ok. If God is love, and He lives in us, our fruit or our actions should be a reflection of what God is. Isn’t that correct? How exactly can we describe God as love?   In 1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8a, we should agree that is a description of what God is. So, I am going to substitute the word love for God in these verses and see how it goes. God is patient, God is kind. God does not envy, God does not boast, and God is not proud. 5 God does not dishonor others, God is not self-seeking, and God is not easily angered, God keeps no record of wrongs. 6 God does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 God always protects, always trusts always hopes, and always perseveres. 8 God never fails.   Great. That was easy. We can all agree with that. God is all t...

Once you learn how to love, the rest comes eventually as you practice them. Uma vez que você aprende a amar, o resto vem eventualmente conforme você os pratica. So, I went to read the Bible, worried about these coming days. And before I prayed. I asked God to tell me what I needed to do. What is my mission, my part in this story? I needed to know how to break a wall that grows every day, and I don't find any solutions. But the answer was super straightforward. I didn't need to read much, I opened the application's verse of the day, and there was the answer. John 13:34. We are neither perfect nor perfect, nor can we delude ourselves that we will ever be "good" enough to deserve heaven. We never will. We sin several times a day, often committing the same sins. We live sinning, but we cannot live in sin. To sin is part of being human; we are under the curse that God gave since Eden. However, Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit, who shows us how sinful we are and how great ...