The Seal, the Church, the Message and the Coming of our Lord Jesus By Dr. Josimar Salum

I humbly would like to exam the following recommendations in light of the Scriptures of God through Jesus Christ.

“Prophecy is fulfilling right before our eyes. THERE ARE 4 THINGS EVERY ADVENTIST MUST DO NOW..
1. Get close to Jesus Christ and receive the seal of GOD. Revelation 7:1-4
2. Be regular at all Church gatherings. Hebrews 10:25
3. Take active role in spreading the 3 Angels message to warn the world and call them out of Babylon. Rev 14:6-12 and Rev 18:4
4. Share this message to all Adventist to warn them of the rapid fulfilments of Prophecy.”

1. About the seal.

The seal that guarantees your redemption is not the seal mentioned in Revelation 7:1-4. About this reference we can talk to you later. The seal we have received if we are born again it is the seal of the Holy Spirit. We received this SEAL only by faith and it was given only by Grace and not for keeping the law, not even by keeping the Shabbat as we have explained before in another teaching we have shared previously.

“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

2) About church gatherings which is really referred as temple gatherings.

This is what the Scriptures really mean:
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews‬ ‭10:24-25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

These words are not referring to attendance or church services in temples and churches, because when the writer originally wrote these words there were no temples and there were no churches as we know today. The disciples of Jesus were not separated by denominations, nor by sects or cults neither by flocks led by one man. There were no buildings or temples in different streets of the city and they were not separated by “flocks” led by different individuals. The assembling together is simply meeting each other as disciples of Jesus, as brothers and sisters wherever they are.

 ““Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”” Matthew‬ ‭18:19-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

3 - The role of angels calling God’s people out of Babylon.

To take role with the angels to call out people out of Babylon which actually is not our role, but if were, the Babylon system involves all human and world made systems which include our own denominations, Protestants or Catholics, because none of them were founded by our Lord Jesus, but by men. They are all divisions of God’s people. This is a very serious and strong statement, but it is true.

You should decide to pray about it and exam yourself with your open mind and heart for Jesus Himself that He may reveal to you the Truth. Don’t take my words. Exam the Scriptures not by the glass of your traditions, religion or denomination, but by the perspective of the living Christ Jesus Himself.

Do you know Jesus personally as I do? If you do, He will talk to you and reveal to you His Truth. And you and I are to love everyone and serve everyone instead of selecting God’s people to have fellowship according to our beliefs.

4 - About the sign of the coming of Jesus.

The only sign that is really worth of our attention is this: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew‬ ‭24:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

More than 3 billion people on Earth today  has never heard the name of Jesus. And the vast majority of the rest of the world and this includes our own nation has never heard the Gospel of the Kingdom.  And the end mentioned here by Jesus is not the end you think it its.

Here it is:
 ““Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”” Acts‬ ‭3:17-21, 23-26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Many people arrogantly have predicted the coming of Jesus in the past setting up dates that were not fulfilled, because nobody knows the hour or day.

Instead of worrying about Jesus coming we should get and be involved in His mission.

“Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”” Acts‬ ‭1:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Protestantism was a movement that rescued some teachings of Jesus from a corrupted religious system called Catholicism. During history Protestantism also became corrupted as all human denomination systems become. The Church is not made by denominations or by divided groups. The Body of Christ is ONE and cannot be divided.

“Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭1:12-13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

None of the Christian denominations are right and in some instances they oppose directly the teachings of our Lord Jesus. We should humble ourselves before our God and ask Him to reveal to each of us His perfect will and the TRUTH!

“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” I Corinthians‬ ‭3:9, 16-23‬ ‭NKJV

What it matters is how your Heavenly Father sees you.

What it matters is how your Heavenly Father sees you.

Jacob looked at Joseph and saw

A good son!

The ten brothers looked at Joseph and saw 

A useless dreamer!

The travelers looked at Joseph and saw

A slave !!

Potiphar looked at Joseph and saw a good servant!

The prisoners saw Joseph as a prisoner!

How wrong were they all!

God looked at Joseph and saw

a governor of Egypt on hold!

Do not get discouraged by what people see in you!

Be encouraged by what God sees in you! 

Never underestimate the person next to you because you never know what the Lord has put in that person.

Your may be an Executive Director waiting for a company that will employ your child.

Your garden boy might be a waiting President.

Remember that David got the anointing to become a King while he was a simple young man shepherding sheep.

Esther was a simple orphan girl, but she was a waiting queen. 

Let's share the love of God and make the world a better place to live. Show that love by sharing this message with those you love.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW PEOPLE SEE YOU, WHAT IT MATTERS IS HOW GOD SEES YOU. God bless.

#jsalum

9/20/2017

You are the solution Dr Paul Taylor

YOU ARE THE SOLUTION TO SOMEBODIES PROBLEM! 

Dr. Paul Taylor 

It doesn't matter if you are in Brazil or the USA, the message remains the same.  There are people waiting for you!  You possess answers to the issues and problems around you.  Sometimes you share the solution and at other times you are the solution!  What is important is that you are aware of what is happening around you.  

The woman who anointed Jesus in Mark 14 was aware of what was happening.  No one else was, but she was!  Jesus said of her act of generosity and sacrifice, "She has done what she could."  What a testimony!  An act that has been told for thousands of years, all around the world!  She didn't do it to be seen or even remembered.  She simply did what she could!  It had nothing to do with the cost, but everything to do with the purpose!  I don't believe she understood completely what was going to happen to Jesus.  She didn't have to!  All she had to do was what she could.  Just think what she had to overcome.

1.  She had to overcome herself.  

I can only imagine that she was saying to herself, "I can't do this.  People will think I am crazy.  Is this really what I should be doing?  What if Jesus gets angry with me for pouring oil on him?"

2.  She had to overcome others.  

"What will people think of me?  Who am I to even think of doing something like this when there are all these people, important people around Jesus?  What if they put me in jail, or I become an outcast?

3.  She had to overcome her fear of the reaction of Jesus!  

"Who am I to touch this man!  He is a man and I am a woman, this isn't something I should be doing! He may embarrass me in front of all these people."

She did what she could!  She was the solution at that moment in time for what was to come in the life of Jesus.  No human would have chosen her, but she did what she could and the rest is history!

Please meditate on these words. “While Jesus was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.” Mark 14:3, 5-6, 8 

Maybe you feel that you need to do something, but you are battling the same thoughts as this woman.  Push past your own reason and do what you can do!  I know this, it will be recorded in heaven and you just may be the solution to someone's problem!

I am believing for the impossible!

Zig Ziglar : You Have the Power to Dramatically Improve Your Life

Zig Ziglar : You Have the Power to Dramatically Improve Your Life

But the most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won't work—if you won't. 

The choice is yours. 

Question: Do you believe there is something you can specifically do in the next seven days that would make your personal, family and business life worse? 

Chances are good you did a double take on that one and rhetorically responded, "What does he mean, make it worse?" 

OK, next question: Do you honestly believe there is something you can do in the next seven days that would make your personal, family and business life better? 

Chances are astronomical that you answered "yes" to that one. 

With that in mind, let me pause for a moment and ask this: Do you believe the choice is yours, and do you believe that every choice has an end result?

Now, let's think it through as I make the observation that if you were serious with your answers, you just made a profound statement. 

Here's what you said: "I don't care how good or bad my past has been, I don't care how good or bad my circumstances are at this moment. There is something I can specifically do right now that will make my future either better or worse, and the choice is mine." 

That thought is truly profound. Think about it. You can do something about your future. To dramatically improve your odds at making it better, you must accept that responsibility. 

Two-time Pulitzer-prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman said that America's No. 1 need is people who accept responsibilities.

So make the right choice; take action on that choice; keep your thinking sound and persist, persist, persist—because if you do, I will enthusiastically say I'll SEE YOU AT THE TOP! 

A good servant

A Good Servant 

By Jeremie Manirakiza

I understood that God did not put me on this earth only to consume resources (to eat, drink, breathe…) and just enjoying the creation. But He created me to bring a contribution in this fallen and corrupted World. 

Indeed He created me in Jesus Christ to do a good work and to serve him. I was not saved by service but I was saved to serve. Serving God is serving the people that He created; it is being a solution to their needs (spiritual or physical needs).  

In fact, many people desire to lead and be given titles, respect and honor but few of them desire to serve. Jesus is the greatest leader with a highest position but He called himself a servant. “I came to serve not to be served.”

The Disciples of Christ once discussed who is great among us? Who will lead us? But Jesus responded them by telling them that the greatest among them is the one who will serve others. According to Jesus the greatest person is the one who serve many not the one who is served by many. 

Other people want to be served, to be blessed and to get someone or a place where their needs will be met but few want to serve and meet other’s needs. We are so comfortable when we are living a self-centered life.

A good servant is the one who is serving without expecting a payment or a reward from the people his serving. 

However, if you want to be like Jesus Christ, you need to serve others. I understand that I should not be just a spectator in the Kingdom of God I have a role to play and a mission to fulfill.

ONE FLOCK, ONE SHEPHERD Enoch Pereira

ONE FLOCK, ONE SHEPHERD

Enoch Pereira

Translated by Filipe S.S. Gouvea 

The following, wonderful prophecy made by Ezekiel was fulfilled in Jesus.

"I myself will feed my flock and make them lie down, saith the Lord God."

"I will raise up for them one shepherd, and he shall feed them;"

"Ye therefore my sheep, the sheep of my pasture: ye are men: but I am your God, saith the Lord God." Ezekiel 34: 15,23,31.

Jesus fulfilled the content of his words when he said, "I am the good shepherd: I know my sheep, and they know me." "They shall hear my voice, and there shall be a flock and a shepherd." John 10: 14,16.

 

That is why Jesus also warned us: "But you will not be called masters, for one is your Master, and you are all brothers. No one on earth should call your father, for only one is your Father, he who is in heaven. You are not to be called guides, for one is your guide, the Christ." Mathew 23:10

In the kingdom of God it is a crucial question for Jesus to be recognized as the only guide, the only chief, the only teacher, the only shepherd. Everyone else is nothing more than a brother to one another.

What Jesus said is that only he is in charge of his own body: the Church. He is the head of his body.

The Kingdom of God does not function like the organizational systems of this world. Jesus is the sole person to occupy a position of authority.

He, through his Spirit, makes his life flow, including his authority, power, and gifts unto those that are part of his body.

Ministries are not positions of power. They are manifestations of the Lord himself that flow through our brothers. When something spiritual flows in someone, it is because God finds in such person a surrendered heart and therefore finds freedom to use it as he pleases. It does not signify that we are anything; it simply means He is in us.

Paul knew of the condition under which he was called. And it was not to stand over the brethren, ruling over them; rather he was called to serve beneath them, as a slave to all. The condition of the calling had already been set by Jesus, by containing the impetus of the disciples to assume positions of government over others.

"Ye know that the rulers of the peoples rule over them, and that the rulers exercise authority over them: it is not so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your servant. You shall be your servant, even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." Mathew 20:25.

That is why Paul, aware of this condition, said: "Because I was free from all, I became a slave to all, that I might gain as many as I could."

"So far, we have come to be considered the world's rubbish, the scum of all."

"Neither that which planteth is anything, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth growth."

 "For to me it seems to me that God has put us, the apostles (the envoys), lastly, as though we were condemned to death."

1 Co 9:19, 1Co4: 13, 1 Co 3: 7, 1Co 4: 9

"God hath chosen the humble things of the world, and the despised, and the things that are not, to bring to naught those that are, lest any man should boast in the presence of God." 1Co 1:27.

Thus, we can at most be instruments of God; not that we are capable of anything by ourselves.

He can use some as apostles, some as prophets, some as pastors and teachers. It is He who operates these functions.

"But one and the same Spirit accomplishes all these things, distributing them, as he pleases, to each, individually." 1Co12: 11. 

"There is one Lord ... who is above all, acts through all, and is in all." Ephesians 4: 5-6

God did not call anyone to assume leadership posts with titles and recognition. He is able to use each and every individual, all the while distributing his gifts to fulfill the purpose of building his own body.

It is not a question of instituting men for a certain position. He calls us to note, to notice, to recognize, to identify the flow of His Life and gifts in the life of our brothers. It is a privilege that we must have access to the wealth that comes from God through men who, by submitting themselves to Him, manifest spiritual maturity.

God gave Paul, Timothy, and Titus guidance to identify the mature in each city. (The Vine's Expository Dictionary translates καθίστημι - kathistēmi - as noticing, identifying the most mature). It was not to entitle these men, but so that upon being identified, they would be strengthened in their condition of lesser slaves. And on the other hand, this identification was also important for the younger ones to be more certain that the services that came from that brother were really manifestations of the Lord.

Understanding the way Jesus governs his Body promotes deliverance both to receive the edifice that comes from everywhere, and to be an instrument of God for the service of the saints.

In his Kingdom, God gives no room for pride among the brethren. He knew titles would swell the hearts of men.

Therefore, call no man master, guide, or shepherd. "You shall not be called ..." so. There is only one teacher, there is one guide, there is one shepherd "Mathew 23:10, Ezekiel 34:23, John 10: 14,16.

Jesus is the only one worthy of receiving honor and glory, strength and power and every good thing under the sun and above.

I had a dream last night Dr Paul Taylor

I had a dream last night!  In my dream I was explaining what it meant to walk with God.  I hope I can explain it now as well as I did in my dream.  Ha!

Let me begin with the scripture that I left you with last newsletter.  This is Romans 12:1,2 The Message Translation

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you. Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - and place it before God as an offering.  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.  Instead, fix your attention on God.  You'll be changed from the inside out.  Readily recognize what He wants from you, and quickly respond to it.  Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."

When we think of giving our lives to Christ, we often think of how can I serve Him through the church.  We are missing the message!  Walking with God is about LIFE!  Your ordinary sleeping, eating, going-to-work and walking around life!  That is the offering God wants from each of us.  Not a Sunday morning sacrifice!  He wants your life because He created you for a purpose! He died on the cross to redeem that purpose for His Kingdom and for your enjoyment.  That is right, your enjoyment.  Walking with God is the greatest adventure and joy in the world!

Here is the difference - you think completely different than your culture has programmed the majority of people.  You begin to see with the eyes and heart of your Father!  You begin to see possibilities!  You see what others can't see because you see from a totally different perspective!  Your attitude is different.  You don't have to stress, all you have to do is keep walking with God!  That is it!

This is the important misunderstanding with most Christians.  Most Christians think God is going to do, whatever they are praying and hoping for Him to do! Guess what?  He has already done it!!!  He is waiting for you to step out in faith and believe that together you and HIM can do anything.  Stop waiting for God to do something and you do what you can do!

Some of you may remember a message that I have shared previously.  God spoke to me a few years back and told me that I did not have to do what I could not do.  All I had to do was what I could do!  When I do what I can do, then I enable other people and God to do what He and they can do!  You don't have to do it all!  Just what you can do!  God has other people waiting to do what they can do, BUT they need you to do what you can do!

This is so true when it comes to OUFA!  To a nursing school!  To Solution Centers and a host of other things that God has placed in my heart, as well as others. I don't have to do it all!  All I have to do is walk with God and do what I can do!  That is it!  So that is what I am trying to do.  I don't know how, when, where, or why! All I am doing is walking with God and doing what I am able to do!  

Maybe you have been waiting to do something? Maybe it is time for you to step up and do something?  I don't know, but what I do know is that walking with God is no longer a stressful walk!  It is no longer an obligation or duty.  It is LIFE!  My ordinary life, but with God - wow!!! He is the master at taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary!!!!

It is quite simple.  Keep walking.  Do what you can do! Believe for the rest!  That is what I am doing!

Believing for the impossible,

Dr. Taylor

Palm date

There is a Arabic saying: "Those who plant dates do not harvest dates" because the date palm trees used to take from 80 to 90 years to bear the first fruits. 

Once a young man encountered an old man planting dates and then asked: why do you plant dates if you will not reap? 

He responded, if everyone thought like you, no one would eat dates. 

Cultivate, build, and plant actions that are not just for you but that serve all. 

Our actions today reflect the future ... if it is not time to harvest, it is time to sow. 

We were born without anything, we died without taking anything ...

And in the middle of the interval between life and death, we fight for what we did not bring and we will not take ... 

Think about it: Live longer, love more, always forgive and be happier.

May the peace of the Lord be with us, a hug to all

Transcript #jsalum

Explaining what it meant to walk with God by Dr Paul Taylor

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I had a dream last night!  In my dream I was explaining what it meant to walk with God.  I hope I can explain it now as well as I did in my dream.  Ha!

Let me begin with the scripture that I left you with last newsletter.  This is Romans 12:1,2 The Message Translation

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you. Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - and place it before God as an offering.  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.  Instead, fix your attention on God.  You'll be changed from the inside out.  Readily recognize what He wants from you, and quickly respond to it.  Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."

When we think of giving our lives to Christ, we often think of how can I serve Him through the church.  We are missing the message!  Walking with God is about LIFE!  Your ordinary sleeping, eating, going-to-work and walking around life!  That is the offering God wants from each of us.  Not a Sunday morning sacrifice!  He wants your life because He created you for a purpose! He died on the cross to redeem that purpose for His Kingdom and for your enjoyment.  That is right, your enjoyment.  Walking with God is the greatest adventure and joy in the world!

Here is the difference - you think completely different than your culture has programmed the majority of people.  You begin to see with the eyes and heart of your Father!  You begin to see possibilities!  You see what others can't see because you see from a totally different perspective!  Your attitude is different.  You don't have to stress, all you have to do is keep walking with God!  That is it!

This is the important misunderstanding with most Christians.  Most Christians think God is going to do, whatever they are praying and hoping for Him to do! Guess what?  He has already done it!!!  He is waiting for you to step out in faith and believe that together you and HIM can do anything.  Stop waiting for God to do something and you do what you can do!

Some of you may remember a message that I have shared previously.  God spoke to me a few years back and told me that I did not have to do what I could not do.  All I had to do was what I could do!  When I do what I can do, then I enable other people and God to do what He and they can do!  You don't have to do it all!  Just what you can do!  God has other people waiting to do what they can do, BUT they need you to do what you can do!

This is so true when it comes to OUFA!  To a nursing school!  To Solution Centers and a host of other things that God has placed in my heart, as well as others. I don't have to do it all!  All I have to do is walk with God and do what I can do!  That is it!  So that is what I am trying to do.  I don't know how, when, where, or why! All I am doing is walking with God and doing what I am able to do!  

Maybe you have been waiting to do something? Maybe it is time for you to step up and do something?  I don't know, but what I do know is that walking with God is no longer a stressful walk!  It is no longer an obligation or duty.  It is LIFE!  My ordinary life, but with God - wow!!! He is the master at taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary!!!!

It is quite simple.  Keep walking.  Do what you can do! Believe for the rest!  That is what I am doing!

Believing for the impossible,

Dr. Taylor

Saying good bye for July Dr. Paul Taylor

Saying good bye for July

Dr. Paul Taylor

I have seen some posts today about saying goodbye to the month of July. Can I take a moment to ask u to reflect. 

Time is one thing we can never get back. The Bible tells us to "redeem the time."  I want u to reflect on the past month and ask yourself these questions:

1. What did I accomplish in July?

2.  Who did I impact with my life?

3.  Did I make the most out of the time I was given?

4.  What did I learn that can help me be more effective, impactful, and purposeful in the month of August?

We are all given the same amount of time. We will all be held accountable for what we did with the time we have been given. I know that in the USA we are overly conscious of time. To us, time is money. The truth is, time is more than money. Time is opportunity. It is an opportunity to do something for others, to accomplish something that has not been done before, to give what we have received and to be who we were created to be!  

So may we all be more aware of time for the purpose of being more effective at what we have been given in life. As I always say, "Someone is waiting for you!  Don't miss the opportunity to make a difference!"

God bless. Believing for the impossible!

About the Love of God for you. Josimar Salum

About the Love of God for you.

Josimar Salum

"Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond your fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in the morning sun and in the evening rain—that he loves you when your intellect denies it, your emotions refuse it, your whole being rejects it. Do you believe that God loves without condition or reservation and loves you this very moment as you are and not as you should be." Brennan Manning

Don't ever let anyone to push you down with words that undermine the unchangeable truth that your Heavenly Father loves you very much. 

Don't ever feel less valued than anyone; don't ever cultivate that ugly thought in your mind that you are unworthy of being loved by your Heavenly Father. Yes, we are unworthy. However I say this with that feeling of humility, with my heart melting before God's Love and not feeling guilty, downcast or heavy minded. Jesus is worthy and He has chosen to love me and you with an unchanging love. 

Don't ever think you are incapable of standing before your Heavenly Father as His child. He has loved you with everlasting Love and He has given you His Holy Spirit.  When you repented of your sins, when you were born again you became His child. You became His son like Jesus is. You are not a second category son. You are for Him as Jesus is.

In this world of stinking religion you find many people in the name of Jesus who share messages that make you feel guilty instead of forgiven, that make you feel a sinner than a pure and holy child of God and that demand an ultra behavior from you which is more a performance than the natural life that flows from the relationship you nurture with your Heavenly Father.  Be natural. Be bold. Be free of religiosity. Be who you are: a son of God. You are not orphan. Your Heavenly Father is with you, He has been always with you and He will never leave you or forsake you.

Praise Him and glorify Him. Think about His Love for you. Think about His extravagant Grace that He had decided to place upon you before the foundation of this world, right now and forevermore.

The Jesus I follow is not the one of history or traditions anymore.Josimar Salum

The Jesus I follow is not the one of history or traditions anymore. Dr. Josimar Salum

The Bible is not a book of "faith" only but of science, knowledge and of practical things in our lives. The whole world see the Bible, the book of Christians. I see the Bible the written word of my Lord Jesus, my Living God. I see the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as ONE, THE GREAT I AM very, very close to me.

We usually call the Bible a book of faith only, but this "faith" is more about religion than natural and normal life with God. 

As I see today I don't  have a religion, I don't practice a religion! I follow Jesus, a Person. The devotion I have, the prayers I pray, the songs I sing, the preaching I share are not a practice of the Christian religion for me! Not anymore! Equally essential are the work In all areas and the daily life itself with all dynamics involved, everything in practice, the every day life, prayers and life as normal, they are all a journey with Jesus, combined, entwined!

I see my brothers and sisters, believers in Jesus, as His Body everywhere and not limited to a church, a building, a organization. I don’t see them anymore in sheepfolds. I see myself walking in the streets and roads of today like when Jesus did walk with His disciples in the streets and roads of Israel, those days, so glorious as today.

I don't separate my life as Christian from the secular! Everything I do I do for the Lord. Not with a religious conscience, but as natural as to breathe. It is about who I am and not what I do. What I do is just the fruit of who I am. 

Jesus, fill me with your unquenchable Love like you are fully Love and let me be who you are and think like you do and talk like you talk, yes, yes, be just like you!

Yes, Yes! I consecrate my life to Jesus and keep my heart from contamination of hatred, of egoism, and all of fleshly works. But not as an ritualistic exercise, but an act of surrender to His will.  It doesn't work as if I decide to do good and then I do, instead it is as I surrender in Him and abandon myself in Him, His Life flows like a river through me. 

I consecrate myself to Him, but this is not a result of trying to follow rules, to match a "to do list" neither a "not to do list" made by men, by religious leaders or by myself, even if they were rules extracted from Scriptures. 

I walk in Spirit, the Spirit of Christ and this intimacy with Him is enough to be able to let me walk with Jesus and love others like He does. It is a supernatural oneness to just see Him loving others through me. It is not anymore even perceived as me but only Him. 

I follow Jesus as a natural fruit of my relationship with Jesus. It is about knowing Him, believing Him, serving Him and others. In simple words, loving Jesus and my neighbors! There is not serving Jesus if I don’t serve my family, my friends and to as many people as I can. 

Then I read the Scriptures of God to be testified about the Living Word, about Jesus Himself I have already met, the One who lives with me! In this way the Scriptures of God have a brilliant significance and meaning for me! They became alive to reveal the Person of Jesus. This person that I abide in Him and He in me! 

Jesus is Health, Salvation, Joy, Hope, Deliverance, Healing, not in "spiritual" matters only, but for the soul, the body, for everything in me, for my business life, for my educational life, for my entertainments,  for life in a whole, actually even more for life elsewhere then when I am in church, it is related to practical ways and not as if prayers were magic words that I pronounce. 

What Jesus says and it is written about Him and Life in general in the Scriptures have practical meanings for me not to be followed religiously, but naturally. It is a little hard to explain how I see when you see yourself following Jesus as your religion. I have broken that box. I would say only that instead of being rules and laws they became instructions, guidance, corrections, exhortations, signs and wisdom for me. Not impositions anymore or things that I have to desperate try to do. If not! I would be punished. 

It is like to be a little leaf that the wind have made it rest upon the waters of a river and the waters carry that leaf as they wish! This is the estate I call complete surrender that I earnestly desire to remain in it forever.

#ASONE

APPROACHES TO CONTROL MALARIA

APPROACHES TO CONTROL MALARIA — 

By Dr. Antônio Henriques 

Strategies to disrupt malaria transmission include effective deployment of antimalarial drugs, personal mosquito protection, mosquito vector control, and research (including vaccine development). 

Optimal malaria control (eg, leading to elimination) using these tools requires the following elements of the new World Health Organization (WHO) Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016 to 2030. 

In addition to acceleration of elimination, country and community ownership, improved surveillance, equity in health services, and innovation in tools and implementation, the technical foci are:


- Effective human, parasitologic, and entomologic surveillance at health facilities and in communities

- An understanding of local Anopheline ecology (including breeding, biting, and resting habits)

- Administrative, managerial, supervisory, and operational capacity (including trained leaders and staff)

- An ongoing monitoring and evaluation system for deployment and use of drugs, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), and environmental modifications

- Sustained high-level, long-term national and international commitment

In 2008, the WHO divided 104 malarious countries into three groups: 25 countries that have recently eliminated malaria or with conditions amenable to elimination, 32 countries with unstable malaria amenable to control and elimination with current tools, and 47 countries with stable transmission and poor infrastructure (eg, requiring further infrastructure development before additional measures can be implemented). 

Burúndi is, unfortunately, in the third group. 

But it's one of the reasons why OUFA is being created. Let's work  on it.

For a BURUNDI free of malaria!

ONE UNIVERSITY FOR AFRICA KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND SOLUTIONS ARE FROM THE ONE AND TRUE GOD - JESUS CHRIST. 

“For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.” Proverbs 2:6-8 

“My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (science )." Colossians 2:2-3 

Last month (03/15/2017) we had a very good conversation on REAL group about the eradication of malaria in Burundi and we have started a prayer movement for the end of malaria in Burundi. 

For information about REAL group visit http://kingsandchampions.blogspot.com 

FOR A BURUNDI MALARIA FREE COUNTRY 

YOU SHOULD READ AND PARTICIPATE!

Manirakiza Jeremiah send us this: 

"Ten million Burundians have got malaria, the first disease that kills many people in Africa. 

This disease is caused by mosquitos. 97% of patients at the health care centers or the hospitals, are those who suffer from malaria.

This is happenning while the famine has attacked some regions. 

Then how do you think is this while Burundian population is twelve million of people? 

The daily ration of the family now is between 1,500 and 1,000BIF. (Less than U$ 1)

This disease is very vicious when it attacks a hungry one. It needs prayers for it. Then I am thankful to the WFP and some other religions for their contribution in giving food the hungry families."

Then I asked: What is the solution to eradicate malaria that you and others can do?

Tharcisse Nzosaba: 

"I'm a bit against that, there are so many burundians who've been given mosquito net but who use them badly. Some use them in fishing, others protecting their fields... When they get malaria they say that they are poor, they can't buy mosquito net whereas they got them for free. 

I hope some of burundians get malaria because of ignorance. Yes we have to pray but also to act, to teach them the importance of mosquito net, how much it can cost them to be treated once they are ill, so is better to prevent than to be treated 😉 

Malaria needs treatment, God helps patients to get medicines or mosquito net. Burundians are accoustomed to pray for anything even malaria because they don't have an other helper like Jesus.

Burundians needs also teachings of how we prevent malaria and the use of mosquito net.

I replied: 

YOU HAVE TO THINK: What you and your friends together can do to solve the malaria issue in your community! Mosquitos Nets will always be needed if Mosquitos continue to be around! 

If You need an intervention from God to solve this at once you need with thousands and thousands of Burundians, to really pray about. CORPORATE PRAYER! Seriously start a prayer movement to mobilize the whole nation to pray for the eradication of malaria. And with an united prayer movement you think and practice solutions to end malaria in Burundi.

It is not simple to solve this! But there must be something YOU CAN DO to solve at least around you! Start killing mosquitos! Do you think this is funny? No. 

Start doing something while calling the whole nation do plea with heaven that God eradicates malaria totally in Burundi. 

Burúndi needs God Power Transformation Now!

Please think properly! Mosquitos nets, medicines and other stuff have not solved the issue! We need a MALARIA FREE COUNTRY!

“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.@ 2 Chronicles 7:14

We need actions, but it comes with pleading the courts of Heaven.

Think! Think! Think! And start sharing this message with everyone you can! 

Let all Burundians pray all over the land! GOD, give us a total malaria free country!

It shall come to pass. It starts now with you!

Dr. Josimar Salum

www.moreusa.org

COMO NÓS PODEMOS UNIR, JUNTOS E COMO UM, NO BURUNDI E NA ÁFRICA: ENSAIO PARA "ONE UNIVERSITY FOR AFRICA" - Uma universidade para a África. Por: Ephraim Manirakiza, Josimar Salum e Paul Taylor

COMO NÓS PODEMOS UNIR, JUNTOS E COMO UM, NO BURUNDI E NA ÁFRICA: ENSAIO PARA "ONE UNIVERSITY FOR AFRICA" - Uma universidade para a África. Por: Ephraim Manirakiza, Josimar Salum e Paul Taylor

 

Se você está ferido, amargurado e abriga o ódio dentro de você, deixe o Amor de Jesus curar seu coração, sua alma e seu espírito. Não se apresse a envolver-se no que chamamos de "ministério", porque assim este "ministério" serve apenas para impedir que as pessoas se tornem saudáveis.

 ​Há tantos de nós que nos escondemos atrás de nossos "ministérios" em vez de abraçar a Luz de Deus para nos mostrar quem realmente somos, então devemos confessar nossos pecados, arrepender-nos verdadeiramente, nascer de novo, entrar no Reino de Deus e permitir que o Reino de Deus entre em nós para nos transformar na imagem de Cristo Jesus.

O seu coração está amargo, magoado e frustrado? Você está abrigando alguma falta de perdão em sua alma?

Você não deve "ministrar" à igreja, pregar ou simplesmente lutar para não continuar sua vida "cristã" da maneira que você esta levando-a!

Deixe o Senhor amá-lo, permita que ele dê-lhe uma chuva de amor através das pessoas que te amam; deixe o rio de fogo líquido do amor de Jesus passar por você até que nada, a não ser o amor, flua do seu ser mais íntimo.

Na verdade, em Cristo Jesus não há "muitos ministérios", apenas UM; O MINISTÉRIO DA RECONCILIAÇÃO.

"Desde então, sabemos o que é temer o Senhor, tentamos persuadir os outros. O que somos é claro para Deus, e espero que também seja claro para a sua consciência. Nós não estamos tentando nos recomendar a você novamente, mas estão dando a você a oportunidade de se orgulhar de nós, para que você possa responder aos que se orgulham do que é visto, e não do que está no coração. 

Se estamos fora de nossa mente, como alguns dizem, é para Deus, se estamos em nosso juízo correto, é para você, porque Cristo, o amor nos obriga, porque estamos convencidos de que um morreu por todos e, portanto, todos morreram. 

E ele morreu por todos, para que aqueles que vivem não vivam para si mesmos, mas para aquele que morreu por eles e ressuscitou, de modo que, de agora em diante, não consideramos ninguém do ponto de vista mundano. 

Embora uma vez tenhamos considerado Cristo desta maneira, não o fazemos mais. Em Cristo, a nova criação veio: O velho já passou, eis que o novo veio!

Tudo isso vem de Deus, que nos reconciliou consigo mesmo por meio de Cristo e nos deu o ministério da reconciliação: que Deus estava reconciliando o mundo consigo em Cristo, sem contar pecados contra eles. 

E ele nos confiou a mensagem da reconciliação. Somos, portanto, os embaixadores de Cristo, como se Deus estivesse fazendo seu apelo através de nós. 

Nós vos imploramos em nome de Cristo: Conciliai-vos com Deus. Deus fez aquele que não tinha pecado para ser pecado por nós, para que nele pudéssemos ser a justiça de Deus ". 2 Coríntios 5: 11-21

 

"Pois ele nos livrou do domínio das trevas e nos introduziu no reino do Filho que ele ama, em quem temos a redenção, o perdão dos pecados.

O Filho é a imagem do Deus invisível, o primogênito sobre toda a criação. Porque nele foram criadas todas as coisas no céu e na terra, visíveis e invisíveis, sejam tronos, ou poderes, ou governantes, ou autoridades; Todas as coisas foram criadas por ele e para ele. Ele é antes de todas as coisas, e nele todas as coisas subsistem.

Porque Deus se agradou de ter em si toda a sua plenitude e, por meio dele, reconciliar consigo todas as coisas, quer na terra, quer no céu, fazendo a paz pelo seu sangue, derramado na cruz. Uma vez que você foi alienado de Deus e foram inimigos em suas mentes por causa de seu comportamento mal. Mas agora Ele vos reconciliou pelo corpo físico de Cristo através da morte, para vos apresentar santos aos seus olhos, sem mancha e livres de acusação -" Colossenses 1: 13-17, 19-22

Nós ousamos tentar trazer uma imagem justa de Burundi enquanto humildemente buscamos soluções para seus problemas.

 

Não devemos ignorar as realidades contextuais do Burundi se quisermos encontrar um remédio duradouro para os problemas dos "burundenses." 

Se queremos ter bons frutos, devemos curar a árvore de suas raízes. Tratar a doença; não os sintomas.

Burundi tem experimentado muitos problemas, desde assassinatos horríveis até a pobreza devido à ignorância baseada em ideologias étnicas.

É surpreendente que Burundi reivindique ter mais de 80℅ de cristãos, e, contudo, muitos deles matam uns aos outros por causa de diferenças estúpidas. É absolutamente maligno e inconcebível que os cristãos participem desses crimes hediondos. Como podemos esperar mudanças positivas enquanto alguns líderes religiosos ou políticos que se autodenominam cristãos são corruptos e abrigam desejos egoístas em seus corações?

Sejamos claros sobre isso; é além do nosso entendimento ouvir ou ver cristãos envolvidos nos crimes contra a humanidade que são comumente cometidos por "pagãos". Inúmeras pessoas foram oprimidas, marginalizadas e mortas tanto pelos "pagãos" quanto pelos chamados "cristãos".

Embora essas palavras possam parecer duras, estamos escrevendo-as em AMOR.

Os antigos colonialistas e líderes burundeses têm usado divisões étnicas para obter o poder e não para o bem-estar dos cidadãos.

Há datas trágicas de massacres étnicos que permanecem e serão gravadas para sempre nas mentes dos burundeses: 1965, 1972, 1988, 1993-2005. Desde 2015 até agora, o distúrbio não é aparentemente baseado em um aspecto étnico, mas a influência étnica ainda é evidente em muitas ações dos burundeses. Hutus são a maioria, cerca de 80℅ da população, Tutsis são cerca de 14℅, e Twas compõem o restante 1℅.

Em uma nota histórica, Burundi foi conduzido por reis e presidentes Tutsis antes e após sua independência em 1962 até 1993. Os presidentes Hutu estiveram no governo de 1993 a 1996, presidentes Tutsi retomaram o poder (era um presidente Tutsi desta vez) desde 1996 para 2003 e, finalmente, os presidentes Hutu voltaram ao poder em 2003 até agora.

 

Durante o governo dos Tutsis, alguns Hutus eram infelizes, e vice-versa. Isso resultou na criação de grupos rebeldes que existem até hoje.

Embora as crianças e as mulheres não tenham um bom lugar na comunidade, e mencionando o fato de que os Twas são marginalizados por Tutsis e Hutus, o governo de hoje está envolvendo Hutus, Tutsis, Twas e mulheres em sua liderança. Também esta apelando para as crianças. As associações privadas devem tomar este bom exemplo governamental e incluir todas as pessoas em seus serviços. Não devemos nos ver uns aos outros por grupos, mas como um povo, como um Corpo, como indivíduos que são membros uns dos outros.

Em retrospecto, Burundi não era suposto ter um problema étnico quando você considera que todos Hutus, Tutsis e Twas vivem juntos, utilizam uma só língua (Kirundi), têm uma cultura, etc.

Então por que estamos dizendo isso? É porque quando fazemos algo no Burundi, a primeira coisa que aparece na mente do observador é a preocupação étnica; quem é o líder, um Hutu ou um Tutsi? Quantos Hutus ou Tutsis estão na mesa? Twas não são considerados pois eles geralmente não têm chance de obter uma educação como os Tutsis e Hutus. Se quisermos fazer algo pelo bem de Burundi e outros países vizinhos, devemos nos nivelar como iguais e estar abertos a um trabalho adorável com todos, uns com os outros, para o bem de todos!

Burundi precisa de uma cura total na "unicidade". Se quisermos que a nossa visão de um novo Burundi seja bem-sucedida, devemos considerar aspectos étnicos, de gênero, educacionais, regionais, políticos, religiosos e de faixas etárias. Não podemos fazê-lo a cem por cento, mas ainda podemos tentar o nosso melhor.

E se todos os membros do conselho de ONE UNIVERSITY FOR AFRICA forem apenas Hutus ou Tutsis, homens ou mulheres, adultos ou jovens, pessoas da mesma região ou religião e excluam os Twas e imigrantes no país? Precisamos ir além de nossas próprias "bolhas de perspectiva" e ser generosos uns com os outros, facilitar nossos próprios relacionamentos e tomar uma decisão consciente de fazer todos os esforços para se tornar pontes de reconciliação e paz, ver os outros como Deus nos vê, um povo; um reino indiviso. 

Precisamos que os membros da diretoria sejam vistos apenas como homens e mulheres de Deus, que podem trabalhar além das fronteiras étnicas, políticas, religiosas, regionais, de gênero e geracionais.

Verdadeiros cristãos deveriam ser bons modelos em se comportar decentemente. Se formos verdadeiros discípulos de Cristo, devemos estar abertos para trabalhar com alguém de dentro e de fora das igrejas. Lembre-se, nós somos reis e sacerdotes do Rei! Isto não é sobre a igreja. Isto é sobre o Reino. E para o reino, é necessário que todos os cidadãos mantenham uma mentalidade baseada no Reino, em vez de uma mentalidade baseada na igreja. 

Como Jesus, estamos convidando todas as pessoas a sentar à Sua mesa!

Nossa oração é que Deus possa guiar cada um de nós para escolher ou selecionar pessoas para trabalhar e atribuir-lhes diferentes papéis. Por quê? Porque a única causa que temos é a de trazer o sucesso a esta visão de um Burundi novo e transformado.

É por isso que ONE deve ser plenamente compreendido; a fim de realmente impactar o Burundi e todos os países, nações, tribos e línguas da região dos Grandes Lagos da África.

Muitas pessoas só querem que seus próprios sonhos sejam cumpridos, mas não nós. A ONE só acontecerá quando perseguimos a Regra de Ouro e nos preocupamos com os outros acima de nós mesmos. Nós nos esforçaremos para tratar os outros da maneira que cada um de nós deseja ser tratado.

 ​Percebemos que a falta de CONFIANÇA entre os burundeses está desaparecendo porque Deus está levantando pessoas perdoadoras de todos os grupos que são confiáveis ​​e constroem relacionamentos uns com os outros.

Assim, propomos este princípio de IMITAÇÃO. Paulo diz aos Coríntios: "Sede imitadores de mim, como eu sou de Cristo, ou segue o meu exemplo, como eu sigo o exemplo de Cristo". 1 Cor.11: 1

Precisamos de pessoas cujas palavras e atos sejam dignos de serem imitados e seguidos. Pessoas que servem aos outros com justiça, humildade e amor. Falamos de pessoas incorporadas aos princípios da Liderança de Servo. Prevemos pessoas cujos projetos são para o bem de todos os cidadãos, incluindo estrangeiros que vivem dentro do país. Pessoas que fazem a diferença simplesmente por serem quem são. Pessoas cujas palavras e atos não são contraditórios.

Burundi precisa ser re-evangelizado. Na verdade, Burundi precisa ser evangelizado com o Evangelho do Reino. Os cidadãos seguirão o bom exemplo dos verdadeiros cristãos.

Apelamos a todos, nativos e não nativos, todos os amigos, para encorajar todas as pessoas que estão trabalhando para uma mudança transformacional no Burundi para a glória de Deus. Enquanto o Burundi está a ser transformado, outras nações Africanas seguirão. Por quê? Sabemos que Deus está trabalhando com todas as nações da África.

Isso deve ser feito em um concerto (aliança) trabalho em equipe. Um indivíduo não conseguiria trazer esta mudança positiva ao Burundi, mas mais de um, como um, pode ter sucesso.

Já ouvimos o som de uma trombeta celestial e vozes altas vindo do céu! O céu está descendo! É dentro de você e de mim. O Rei está aqui! Seu Reino já foi estabelecido!

"O sétimo anjo tocou a sua trombeta, e houve vozes altas no céu, que diziam:" Os reinos deste mundo tornaram-se o reino de nosso Deus e de seu Messias, e todos nós estamos reinando com Ele ".

Obrigado pelos seus esforços diários para nos aproximar da nossa meta, que é um NOVO BURUNDI. UMA NOVA ÁFRICA. UM NOVO MUNDO. Deus está criando um novo céu e uma nova terra onde habita a Justiça. Deus te abençoe profundamente.