Alma
A alma é a parte mais íntima do ser humano — sede da vida, dos afetos e do encontro com Deus. A Bíblia convida a cuidar da alma com zelo e a aquietá-la diante do Senhor.
A alma diante de Deus
Bendize ao Senhor, ó minha alma! A alma suspira por Deus como a corça suspira pelas águas — com sede de eternidade.
1 A Psalm of David.
1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
11 As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, "Where is your God?" [ (Psalms 42:12) Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. ]
1 To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
5 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
23 My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to thee; my soul also, which thou hast rescued.
7 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and there is nothing hid from its heat.
13 even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee.14 For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
2 In my distress I cry to the LORD, that he may answer me:
Cuidar da alma
Que aproveita ao homem ganhar o mundo inteiro e perder a sua alma? Buscar a Deus de toda alma é o caminho da vida.
26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
5 Take good care to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
14 "And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God promised concerning you; all have come to pass for you, not one of them has failed.
13 You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart,
16 Thus says the LORD: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.'
24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.