Saturday, March 31, 2007

One of my favorite Psalms...(Psalm:139)


For the leader. A psalm of David. O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
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2 you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.
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My travels and my rest you mark; with all my ways you are familiar.
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Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all.
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Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me.
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Such knowledge is beyond me, far too lofty for me to reach.
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Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee?
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If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.
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3 If I fly with the wings of dawn and alight beyond the sea,
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Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand hold me fast.
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4 If I say, "Surely darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light" --
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Darkness is not dark for you, and night shines as the day. Darkness and light are but one.
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You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb.
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I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew;
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5 my bones were not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
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Your eyes foresaw my actions; in your book all are written down; my days were shaped, before one came to be.
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How precious to me are your designs, O God; how vast the sum of them!
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Were I to count, they would outnumber the sands; to finish, I would need eternity.
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If only you would destroy the wicked, O God, and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
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Deceitfully they invoke your name; your foes swear faithless oaths.
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Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate you? Those who rise against you, do I not loathe?
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With fierce hatred I hate them, enemies I count as my own.
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Probe me, God, know my heart; try me, know my concerns.
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6 See if my way is crooked, then lead me in the ancient paths.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Monday, March 26, 2007

Thursday, March 22, 2007

3 Minute Bible

May God Bless each one of you!

Wednesday, March 21, 2007


"The inescapable spiritual need each of us has is the need to sign the death certificate of our sin nature. I must take my emotional opinions and intellectual beliefs and be willing to turn them into a moral verdict against the nature of sin..." by Oswald Chambers
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"You may well have light and truth, but knowledge alone will benefit you nothing." by Watchman Nee
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(Matthew 7:13,14)
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
by Jesus Christ

Monday, March 19, 2007

Oswald Chamber's point of view regarding ABRAHAM'S LIFE OF FAITH


He went out, not knowing where he was going —Hebrews 11:8
In the Old Testament, a person’s relationship with God was seen by the degree of separation in that person’s life. This separation is exhibited in the life of Abraham by his separation from his country and his family. When we think of separation today, we do not mean to be literally separated from those family members who do not have a personal relationship with God, but to be separated mentally and morally from their viewpoints. This is what Jesus Christ was referring to in Luke 14:26 .
Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led. But it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a life of faith, not of understanding and reason— a life of knowing Him who calls us to go. Faith is rooted in the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest traps we fall into is the belief that if we have faith, God will surely lead us to success in the world.
The final stage in the life of faith is the attainment of character, and we encounter many changes in the process. We feel the presence of God around us when we pray, yet we are only momentarily changed. We tend to keep going back to our everyday ways and the glory vanishes. A life of faith is not a life of one glorious mountaintop experience after another, like soaring on eagles’ wings, but is a life of day— in and day— out consistency; a life of walking without fainting (seeIsaiah 40:31 ). It is not even a question of the holiness of sanctification, but of something which comes much farther down the road. It is a faith that has been tried and proved and has withstood the test. Abraham is not a type or an example of the holiness of sanctification, but a type of the life of faith-a faith, tested and true, built on the true God. "Abraham believed God. . ." ( Romans 4:3 ).

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Watchman Nee's "The Spititual Man" (all 3 volumes) and "The Normal Christian life" FREE!!!!

"The Spiritual Man"






The Normal Christian Life


WHO IS WATCHMAN NEE?

Once I got back on the right path (way I like to reffer to my walk with the Lord) one of the books that were given to me was "The Spiritual man" by "this guy" named Watchman Nee;
The occasion took me back a couple of years, because I recall talking to my mom about him; She had read a few of his books and was very excited about it.
Well...let's fastfoward a bit, I started reading the book mentioned above and right away I can see why Mrs.Penido was so happy and touched by what she read.
Another interesting fact, is that this is the only book "Brother Nee" actually published, all the other ones were speeches that were collected and later made into a book.
Now to all my friends that have been asking me this question, here is who Watchman Nee was:
WATCHMAN NEE

Nee Shu-Tsu was born in Foochow, China. His grandfather, born in 1840, was a congregational preacher of the American supplies commission. He died in 1890. Nee’s father was Ni Weng-Sioe (W. S. Ni), born in 1877, and the fourth of nine boys. He was an officer in the Imperial Customs Service. He died in Hong Kong in 1941. Nee’s mother was Lin Gwo Ping (Peace Lin), born in 1880. She died in 1950.
When he was 17 years old (1920), and still a student, he went to hear an evangelist by the name of Dora Yu, who charged the people to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, a call that Watchman Nee accepted. From that day on, he consecrated himself completely to Jesus Christ and to the preaching of the
Gospel in China.
His development was strengthened by the influence of Jessie Penn-Lewis, Robert Govett, G. H. Pember, John Nelson Darby and many others, reading as many as 3,000 books from various authors and absorbing all of them. However he once stood up and said against a certain collected Assembly: "You may well have light and truth, but knowledge alone will benefit you nothing."(heheheh...That's my boy!!!)
In some mainly
Protestant Christian circles today he is known as a revolutionary preacher because of the unique manner in which he interpreted the Bible. Today many of his written books are published in English, although most have been translated from Chinese. He published regular articles in his own magazine, with The Present Testimony and The Christian being some of them.
Between the period of 1940-1960, the local church in China underwent many trials and tribulations. Many of these local churches had been founded by Watchman Nee based upon his conviction of "one church for one city or town." He believed that geographic boundaries were the only legitimate ground to have different churches to express the one body of Christ on the earth (the local church). He strongly believed that the basis of separating the churches, such as apostles and their ministries, spiritual gifts, racial or social status, or different doctrines and missions was condemned by the word of God as division and sin, and as the works of the flesh.
In the period between 1923-1949, more than 700 local churches arose with an attendance of more than 70,000. During the
Chinese Communist takeover, these "assemblies" formed the core behind the house municipalities.
Through the labour of Nee and his colleagues, local assemblies were raised up all over China and among other Chinese-speaking communities in the Far East. Some of Nee's co-workers in this work later became known in their own right outside of China (e.g. - Witness Lee, Stephen Kaung, Faithful Luk, Simon Meek, and others).
In
1952, Watchman Nee was imprisoned by the Chinese government for his faith. He remained in prison until his death twenty years later. Image:Nee's Grave.jpgWatchman Nee's writings on matters of the individual Christian life have been a source of inspiration to Christians throughout the world, including his writings on the local churches. His most popular work remains The Normal Christian Life.
I will soon post a link where you can read 2 of Watchman Nee's books online; May God bless you all! L.

HOW SONNY FROM P.O.D ACCEPTED JESUS AS HIS SAVIOR (Interviewed by TobyMac from DC Talk)

Friday, March 16, 2007

Your love broke through

These lyrics describe exactly what I went through, ...God knows what the outcome would've been if it wasn't for his love, but it broke through...and nothing, absolutely nothing...compares to the peace I've found in Jesus.
enough said, hope you enjoy it;


Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why
Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes
Well I've been blind all these wasted years and I though I was so wiseBut then you took me by surpriseLike waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke throughI've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love broke through
All my life I've been searching for that crazy missing part
And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart
And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you inAnd I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch againIt's like the power of the wind
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemedUntil your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love, until your love, broke through
Keith Green Your Love Broke Through

Keith Green - Your Love Broke Through

Thursday, March 15, 2007

The Keith Green Story
How`s everybody doing?I watched this story overseas at my friends house and then 2 nights ago with my sister.
I remember listening to Keith Green riding my dad`s car as a kid; I also remember hearing part of his story but i didn`t know how touched I'd be, watching this video.
A Beautiful life, a beautiful testimony to watch and learn from...
Many of the beautiful songs we sing in church ("Oh Lord you are beautiful", "There is a redeemer") were written by Keith, however I'll finish what I have to say (write) with his words...
"...don't praise the pencil, praise the writer" as referring to himself in God`s hands.
May God bless you,
Lucas P.

The Keith Green Story pt 1/7

The Keith Green Story pt 2/7

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The Keith Green Story pt 6/7

The Keith Green Story pt 7/7

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Andre Valadao - Divida de amor

Uma das musicas que marcaram minha viagem ao Brasil.
Essa letra fala muito ao meu coracao.
Um forte abraco a todos que conheci nesse tempo, em Maio se Deus quiser, estou de volta!