Confiança
A confiança em Deus é âncora da alma em tempos de tempestade. Quem confia no Senhor não será abalado — porque o Deus fiel sustenta, protege e guia os que nele esperam.
Confiança inabalável
Tudo posso naquele que me fortalece. O meu Deus suprirá toda necessidade. Quem confia não será confundido.
13 I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.
19 But my God –so great is His wealth of glory in Christ Jesus– will fully supply every need of yours.
6 For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ.
31 What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us?
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God which rests upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Fundamento de confiança
Deus não é homem para que minta. Todas as suas promessas são firmes. Confiar em Deus é segurança absoluta.
5 Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, »I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you.«
6 So that we fearlessly say, »The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid: what can man do to me?«
13 Provide yourself with an outline of the sound teaching which you have heard from my lips, and be true to the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
1 You then, my child, must be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Confiar em todas as coisas
Não pertenço ao mundo — minha cidadania é do céu. A confiança cristã repousa na fidelidade de Deus, não nas circunstâncias.
2 Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.
23 »If I possibly can!'« replied Jesus; »why, everything is possible to him who believes.«
27 »Things impossible with man,« He replied, »are possible with God.«
26 Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?
33 »I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: I have won the victory over the world.«
14 And we have an assured confidence that whenever we ask anything in accordance with His will, He listens to us.
14 And we have an assured confidence that whenever we ask anything in accordance with His will, He listens to us.
16 And, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him.
1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world.
Esperar com confiança
O Senhor está perto de todos os que o invocam. Na espera confiante encontramos descanso e direção divina.
4 Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
6 But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
7 for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.