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God has placed people with more wisdom at our side to help us in difficult moments. Never despise his advice, given through these people.
Avery Johnson.
In basketball, when you want to get rid of your marker, you can use many different techniques, but one of the simplest is to double step.
AVERY JOHNSON is one of the best-known playmakers in the NBA (San Antonio) but at the beginning of his career, things were difficult. He wasn't selected in the draft because he was too small.
But he believed in his own talent. "I know I can do it, it's what my parents showed me, God has brought me here, and I know I can do it..." Avery repeated again and again. He was like an "angel" in the team, helping when things got difficult.
Some times we forget that spiritual life is as real as physical life. God says that he sends angels to protect us in difficult situations. They are almost always invisible. They obey the orders of God and take care of spiritual warfare.
That is a war that takes place in the spiritual world that we cannot see, but we can feel it. It is a war that has to do with our defence and protection. A war against the armies of evil whose objective is to defy what
God says: a war in which there is no rest. God has placed angels at your side, angels who watch, protect and take care of you. Angels who teach spiritual lessons from your life, who listen to what you say and observe how you behave. Angels who help you.
You need them, as we all need them. You would be surprised if you knew the amount of times that they have rescued you from the grip of evil.
Because the war is, in the first place, a spiritual war and we need help, God has placed people with more wisdom at our side to help us in difficult moments. Never despise his advice, given through these people, otherwise you will have to learn the hard way.
God listens to the prayers of our brothers and sisters for us, and God sends angels to protect us in answer to these prayers. Maybe you and I are only alive now thanks to some prayer that God has answered.
Have you an enemy confronting you? You don't know what to do? Don't worry! You are not alone! The angel of the Lord is with you. He is at your side to help you.
Ask the Lord for his protection to become very real for you. Because he protects and saves those who honour him.
The way we answer the question Who is Jesus?, will change the way we answer every other existential question.
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Nominal Christianity, a mission field for the church
An interview with Lars Dahle, of the Steering Committee of the Lausanne Movement Global Consultation on Nominal Christianity held in Rome.
Ruth Valerio: A lifestyle that cares about creation
Are Christians called to make a difference in environmental care? What has creation care to do with "loving our neighbours"? An interview with the Global Advocacy and Influencing Director of Tearfund.
Kathy Bryan: Online sex trafficking in the USA
“Prostitution is nobody’s dream, it’s a very traumatic lifestyle”, says Kathy Bryan, director of the Elevate Academy. She mentors former victims.
Christians in politics?
What is the role of Christians serving in politics? An interview with Auke Minnema, the new General Director of the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM).
Photos: Reaching people with disabilities
Seminars, an arts exhibition, discussion and testimonies. The European Disability Network met in Tallinn.
Photos: Hope for Europe
Unity in Diversity is the theme of the conference. Representatives of Evangelical Alliances and many other church leaders gathered in Tallinn (Estonia).
Sharing Jesus with World Cup fans in Moscow
A team of Steiger mission is starting conversations about the gospel in the middst of the football celebration in Russia.
European “Bridges to Inclusion” gathering 2018, in Riga
The network of Christian ministries working for the inclusion of people with disabilities, celebrated its tenth continental meeting in Latvia with the participation of 12 countries.
Biotechnology: “There is a difference between restoration and enhancement”
“We have to understand the times in which we live, and have discernment”, says Doctor Peter J. Saunders.
The Manzanas case
A short documentary about how retired pastors and widows of an evangelical denomination in Spain fight a legal battle for their pensions after the favourable ruling of the European Court of Human Rights.
How does romantic love change over time?
Psychatrist Pablo Martínez uses a metaphor to explain how romantic love evolves.
‘Mediterráneo’
“Something will change if you have hunger and thirst for justice”, sings Spanish artist Eva Betoret in a song about the refugee crisis.
How the loss of universal values led to a loss of civility
Author Bruce Little: “We have moved from a sense of responsibility to ‘my personal rights’”.
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