Ânimo
O ânimo vem de Deus. Ele nos fortalece, nos encoraja e renova nossas forças. Quando o desânimo chega, as promessas de Deus nos levantam e nos impulsionam a seguir em frente.
An Exuberant Declaration of Faith
The Lordis my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lordis the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
Heis their strength in the time of trouble.
In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
And made me bold with strength in my soul.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Seeing the Invisible
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith.