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Be careful with your tongue!

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. James 1:26 Today we will talk about a very important topic for the good functioning of the body of Christ, we will talk about the language, this small organ with power to bless and curse. And I would like to focus on a more specific topic that is gossip, because as we live in community, naturally we come to know more about each other’s lives and with the advent of social networks, this “word-of-mouth” has gotten worse and much worse in the churches. It seems just innocent talk Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 2 Timothy 2:16 Whoever has never seen “gossip” gain the affectionate nickname “comment”, a somewhat euphemism for something that can bring weight to the life of the one who speaks and the one who is the target. Often a simple comment passes from one to the other until it becomes something bad and as the verse above reminds us, it leads to impiety. Maybe the one who started it hadn’t seen evil in what […]

3 application features that can help you!

The year has started and with that people make plans and goals. We know that the goal of many of our users is to have a routine of prayer and reading the word. That’s why today we want to present to you some resources of our application that can help you in this objective so that your 2021 is a year when you grow in the word and take the relationship with God to another point. 1. Audios Now reading the Bible can be much more dynamic, because in our application you can listen to the Bible in audio, not to mention the original audios of the New International Version (NIV) and Christian Standard Bible (CSB) translations. Check out the explanatory video: 2. Versions Something that can make it easier for you to understand the word and find the version of the Bible that you are already used to and in our application you have the main versions in English. So, be sure to check it out and find the ideal biblical translation for you. Check out the explanatory video: 3. Pray more Pray more, it is a Christian social network for you to pray more, which you can access […]

Be a messenger of good news!

Are you easy to talk about the gospel? In talking about the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior? Many times we think that we can be invasive or bother the other, but this is a mistaken thought on our part. That is because knowing Jesus is a privilege, and when we stop talking about His love we are being negligent in spreading salvation. Some time ago I met a girl who only heard about Jesus and his beautiful sacrifice of love, when she was 15 years old, even though she lived in Brazil, a mostly Christian country. Fortunately, this girl, who is now over 20 years old, had time to have a real encounter with Jesus and today has been used a lot to reach other lives. With this, I keep thinking, how many times have I stopped talking about salvation? how many lives could have been reached? Knowing Jesus is something wonderful and we who already know him have the mission to be messengers of the best news anyone can receive, the news of salvation. I know it can be challenging, but that is why we must prepare ourselves in prayer and reading the word. Well, thinking about it […]

How to find the path to prosperity?

Have you noticed what we say to each other when the Year ends …? We wish you all a Happy and prosperous New Year! To prosper is to advance, to grow, to move forward. So, when we think about prosperity, we think about the future. Do you think 2021 can be a prosperous year in your life? Do you think, want or need? In fact, the distance between being prosperous and wanting to be prosperous is not wanting too much or needing too much … who doesn’t? Many need it! It is also not to have a hunch or even a feeling. The difference is in finding, finding the path to prosperity! So I want to leave here some tips of what we learn from the Word of God about it: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what […]

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4 lessons we can learn from the life of Joseph

Joseph is an emblematic character of the bible and today we are going to learn 4 lessons about his life. He was Jacob’s eleventh and favorite son, as well as Rachel’s eldest son, who remained infertile for years, but was his father’s most beloved wife. Because of this, he became the most protected and favored. Throughout his history, he was despised by his brothers, threatened with death, sold as a slave, tempted by a powerful woman, unjustly imprisoned, forgotten in prison, challenged by Pharaoh to interpret dreams, appointed governor of Egypt, and put to the test before his brothers, whom he forgave. In all of this, he had faith in God and was honored. 1. The evil of envy, jealousy and hatred When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Genesis 37: 4 Driven by hatred, envy, and jealousy, Joseph’s half brothers conspired against him and sold him as a slave. To justify Joseph’s absence to his father, they anointed his animal tunic and gave it to Jacob, so that he would think that his protected son had been devoured by a wild […]

A study about David

David’s story is one of the best known in the Bible. He was the man chosen by God to lead his people and he was certainly a man very used by Him. The story begins to be told, in the Old Testament in the chapters of 1 and 2 Samuel and continues until 1 Kings and 1 Chronicles. It is one of the stories that most impacts and confronts my life. I was always intrigued by the fact that David was considered “a man after God’s own heart”, and as I studied his life, I began to notice that he was like that because he sought to understand God’s heart. David’s early life He was the youngest of Jesse among 8 brothers and belonged to the tribe of Judah. He was raised and trained to exercise the profession of shepherd. He also stood out for countless talents such as being a great warrior with the right to even sing in his honor, play the harp and even make musical instruments for worship in the house of the Lord (1 Chronicles 23: 5). When describing David, one of Saul’s servants used the following terms (1 Samuel 16:18): “is a talented harp […]

Dedicate time to your devotional life

These days, I read in an American magazine that said “Difficult subjects, train the mind. Difficult times, train the spirit”. We know that we are living atypical days, however we cannot fail to prioritize our prayer and devotional time. Creating the daily habit of reading the Word of God and meditating on it is the way to communion and an intimate and deep relationship with our God. There are ways to organize this period, in this post are some tips. #1 Start a new Bible reading plan In the Plans section of the app, reading options are available, such as “New Testament in 3 months”, “Reading the Gospel of Matthew in 28 days”, “Knowing Jesus through the Word” and many others. Following daily reading, you make it a habit to have a separate time to learn more from the Holy Scriptures and learn more about our God every day. #2 Choose a theme and go deeper Another golden tip that is worthwhile is to choose biblical themes and dedicate yourself and deepen in this subject. In the Biblical Themes part, there is a list of specific themes and which verses are related to that content. It is a great way […]

Don’t waste time while in quarantine

Even in this situation in which we find ourselves, we can continue to live God’s purposes for our lives. We can even take advantage of this moment to feed ourselves even more spiritually and leave this situation ready and full of boldness to face the next challenges that will come. We must not waste time in this quarantine! Therefore, we have separated 4 tips to help you, with indication of resources in which our team has a lot of work. 1. Pray More Take this time to pray more and dedicate a daily devotional time. We just launched the Pray More app, a social network for you to spend more time in prayer. With this app, you can submit your own orders and pray for other people’s requests. Just search for “Pray More” on the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android). As it is a new application, it is being tested and we are receiving a lot of feedback from users to work on improvements. 2. Evangelize more Amid so much bad news, you can spread the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus. Within Bible Offline app, you have access to SAL (salt in Portuguese), a powerful […]

3 great features in the Bible Offline app

Hello, dear users! The new app update is full of news, innovation and improvements. In this post, we came to show 3 of them and show how they work. We are always working on improvement. If you have any questions, opinions or suggestions, please write to us. New Biblical Plan of the Bible Society of Brazil Do you already know the biblical plans that are available within the JFA Bible? Many of you have been asking us more and more for news in this area of the app. Thus, SBB (Bible Society of Brazil) made incredible content available. If you are looking for a new reading with deep and transforming content, surely “To be fearful of the Lord overcomes fear” is a great suggestion of a biblical plan. New marker colors For those who do not know the Bible Offline application, there is the option to mark the verses by color. Before, the colors were specific, with their own tones and it was not possible to choose others except those that already were available. With our new update, you can customize with the color you want, putting it the way you like it most! We offer a palette to facilitate, […]

Changing the menu layout and other tips

Hello dear users! We are always adding new features to the application. We just launched a new version of the Android app, version 8.1.7. Make sure you’ve updated. For iOS users, the latest version is 6.9.5. We will always use the blog to send resource tips and spread news about the app. =) And of course, we will also continue to send posts with biblical content. 1 – How to change the layout of the main menu? In the new version of the application, which we recently launched for Android, we put a new layout of the main menu. This new menu is fixed as a “bar” at the bottom of the screen. As many users gave us feedback that they preferred the old menu, we put in the settings the option to select between the new menu and the old menu on the left side. Here’s how to do it: 2 – Versions with recorded audio About our audios, part of the audios are robotic because we do not yet have the copyright of audios recorded by producers for all biblical versions. But here is the list of versions in which we have audio with a human voice for […]

¿Por qué a veces tenemos que estar en silencio?

Aunque muchos se encuentran en aislamiento social en este momento, apenas guardamos silencio. Siempre estamos escuchando música, radio, algún podcast, dejamos la televisión encendida incluso para escuchar la predicación mientras hacemos otra cosa. O intercambiamos varios videos y audios en Whatsapp. Hoy en día incluso trabajamos escuchando algo. A veces parece que solo nos quedamos en silencio cuando dormimos. Pero lo que quiero decir aquí es que es importante pasar tiempo en silencio, simplemente dispuesto a escuchar la voz de Dios. A menudo nos olvidamos de volver nuestros oídos a nuestro Padre que sabe todas las cosas. Como está escrito en Job 12:13, “Con Dios están la sabiduría y el poder; suyos son el consejo y el entendimiento.”. En este momento de crisis el ruido es muy fuerte Actualmente vivimos algo sin precedentes en el que la crisis del coronavirus no es algo exclusivo de una sola ciudad o de un solo país. Prácticamente todo el mundo está pasando por esto juntos. Hay personas aisladas en casi todos los países. Los habitantes de las ciudades europeas están experimentando los mismos problemas que los habitantes de las ciudades de América del Norte y del Sur, por lo que todo el mundo […]

2 Features from Bible Offline you may not know!

Hello, dear brothers and sisters! In today’s post we are going to talk about some super cool and very useful features on the Bible Offline app for your Bible studies. We have endeavored to bring more and more content that can bless our lives and add to our wisdom and knowledge about our great God! Come with us! Theme Color For those who do not know, in the Bible Offline app there is the option “Theme Color” where you can customize the color of the app’s interface, putting it the way you like best! This feature is available in the “options” or “setttings” menu of the app. See how to access this tool: IPhone Android Bible Themes Have you ever felt the need to research a specific topic in the Bible? Or, have you ever felt that a friend or family member needed to hear a word about something specific in the Scriptures, but you couldn’t find it? For that, we have Biblical Themes. There you can research on various subjects and learn new things! This feature is available in the main menu. There are even birthday verses for you to send to your friends in their anniversary day. Or […]

3 Tips to be an active Christian

Do you want to do more for the Kingdom of God? Are you tired of being in a spiritual comfort zone? If you are reading this text it is probably because the answer to the two questions above is “yes”. This is a good thing, because recognizing our mistakes in our life with Christ is the first and one of the most important steps to improve. In today’s post, I’m going to talk a little bit about how we can be more present in Kingdom activities and how we can help on the edification of the Church of Christ. Spiritual Sloth According to the dictionary, laziness can be interpreted as aversion to work or even negligence. It is the lack of willingness to perform a certain task. Something that leads us to do things as if we did not care and not do our best. “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son” If laziness is not overcome, it will affect all areas of our lives, including work, studies, family and especially spiritual life. Proverbs 10: 4-5 By […]

2 features from Bible Offline you may not know

Hello! It’s great to have you here on our blog. I imagine you already know Bible Offline application. But there may be some features in our app that you don’t know about yet. In this post, I will talk about 2 of them that can help you in your reading of the Bible. Biblical Quiz Test your knowledge with the “Biblical Quiz” feature and make your reading more dynamic and fun. It is a tool that can instigate you to read even more the Word of God. See how to find the “Biblical Quiz” in the APP in the images below. It is available in the main menu of the APP. Reading Progress Reading Progress is a feature that shows you how much you have read of the Bible, dividing it into parts (Old Testament, New Testament, Pentateuch, Gospels, etc.). Read the Bible every day, delve into the Word and grow in your reading progress. See below how this tool shows the percentages of books read. To mark the chapters as read, it is necessary at the end of each chapter to click on the mark button. I hope these tips can help you! Grace and peace.

4 tips to be able to read the Bible every day

How to read the Bible every day? I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I currently have a busy week. I work, I study, I have a cell group at home, I participate in many church activities, I need to take care of my home, etc … Everyone has their commitments and how easy it is to have a very busy schedule of responsibilities. I know it is challenging to stop in the midst of chaos to spend time reading the Word. I also know that some find it easier to pray while others find it easier to read. To help you in the challenge of reading the Bible every day, I will share some tips here. Tip 1: set small practical goals At the beginning of the year we usually make a lot of plans and set a lot of goals. Weight loss, exercise, read 1 book a month, change your diet and many others. Authors and professionals who talk about changing habits have argued that it is more effective to establish 1 or 2 less aggressive goals and focus on them. Sometimes we set so many goals that we end up not focusing on any. Or the goals are […]