PASTORAL WORD - SERVING God with HAPPINESS -(Salt. 100: 2).

My brothers and my sisters today I would like to meditate with you on the topic proposed above. I keep asking myself and the way that we have served the Lord demonstrates that we're doing it with joy. Sometimes I think we do God's work even with a certain sacrifice. I have preached in the church about why we made the choice of God, etc. etc. That because of the way people treat things of the Church. How to talk about the Church, about their pastors. Usually disparagingly. The criticism of the Church are tired and without mercy and mercy. But the most striking is that people to criticize their churches do not feel framed in these reviews. What's his motive? Are better than the who criticize? Because the time that is lost doing criticism of churches is too great. I've read about someone speaking it would be much more important than we spent the same time spent criticizing into our churches praying for it. What do you think? We pray for our communities? Good. We know that don't. Not the way we should pray. But what's the point of that? Why we serve God with that spirit?

Dear the problem is we're not in the work of God with joyful heart. Our spirit is always the one who wants to be served and well. But in order to serve God and serve well. Let's look at the word of the psalmist. Serve the Lord with joy and disembark him with song.

Notice that change very easily the Church by other things. Tours, "Ranchos", work, receiving visitors or making a visit. Everything that is important in relationships but can never impair our participation in the service of God.

To finish I'll ask you a few questions that I would like each one, each one answering to yourself with all honesty. OK? Come on. You come to God's work with the same joy that goes out for a walk? For the holidays? For purchases? Rises with joy on Sunday morning to Sunday school with joy and disposal or with suffering and grumpy? Honey and honey let's think about it. Depending on our answers in General will determine our behaviors in the Church, the criticism that in the vast majority serve to we justify ourselves. That God have mercy of us and help us serve him with joy. We need to put the heart at work in God. Amen?!

Rev. Jesué Francisco da Silva.