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Total Restoration

Stay faithful in difficult times, God wants to do everything new

13/11/2018

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

God is the one who gives us all things. If he guarantees everything we need because at different times we put him in a secondary place? Israel acted like this in the time of the prophet Ezekiel. The people turned away from God, turning their backs and began to anchor their faith by worshiping idols made by men. The act of ingratitude and disobedience provoked the anger of the Lord who corrected the irresponsible attitude with the weight of the nation's tears. They reaped exactly what they planted. There was a purpose in allowing the suffering of Israel: to make them understand that they needed to turn their hearts from above. Everything is destroyed, but God had an end to evil.

"It shall be said, This land of desolation is as the garden of Eden; the deserted, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited, "Ezekiel 35:36.

To live the good, all would need to clean their robes, repent and give up sin. Their hardened hearts would be replaced by a kind and broken heart. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take away the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh, "Ezekiel 35:26. But there are people who do not even surrender in extreme situations, like one of the criminals crucified beside Christ who confronted him, asking why he did not free himself from the cross, since he was the Son of God. "But the other answered him, rebuking him, saying," Do you not even fear God, being under the same sentence? "- Luke 23:40. To him who acknowledged that he was Christ the Savior and had no sin to be on the cross, he was given the right to be with Jesus in paradise. Bringing us into our day, we need to believe and honor God in all situations: be they good or bad. We can not leave the word values simply because we are going through a difficult phase. It is not enough to believe, we must stand firm and faithful to the Lord even in adversity. May your heart be strengthened in this truth. God bless your day!