My twentieth book — Words of Faith: A Way to Connect You to God

This book marks a new step in my literary style. Like the previous one, The Flame of Truth, was a watershed in my novels.

During the writing, I delved into new styles of poems, verses, metrics, rhymes, etc. The reader will notice a remarkable difference compared to the previous poetic books.

For the first time, there are poems with stanzas with two verses, poems without rhymes (free verse); and a variety of meters in the verses (longs, shorts, mediums); and I used more literary resources as personification, hyperbole, metaphor, etc.

All this makes this book unique and full of new features.

Inspiration

The poems were made from the ideas I got from some sermons I watched on YouTube. In the last months, I accompanied the messages of the pastors Dante Gebel, Joel Osteen, Danilo Montero, Andréa Vargas and Joyce Meyer; and also the inspirational channels: Guided Morning Prayers and Above Inspiration.

The main subject of the poems is the message of hope and faith in God. Besides that, there are biblical stories and poems to make the reader reflect on their behavior and journey in the Christian faith.

Poems written in other languages

Among the new features, is the writing of poems in other languages. Some of them were written originally in English and Spanish. So, they were translated into Portuguese.

I’m proud that I could do it, mainly in English, because I consider it more complicated to rhyme than Spanish.

The Future

I watched many videos and already have too many ideas for the next books. Many incredible poems will be written.

Release date: Oct 05th, 2023

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Almost ready!

My new book is almost ready, I'm fine-tuning the last details.

I leave a sample of what the cover will be like and a verse, so you know what's coming.

The world says, “Nobody will love you.”

And God says, “I will always love you.”

 

The world says, “You’ll never overcome it.”

And God says, “Surely, you will overcome it!”

New book

I’m working on a new book of Christian poems. (It’s not part of the Christian Poetry series).

The new book will be a different collection in many ways. I’m doing my best in this book to be something unique. I believe that readers will notice the difference in style in this book.

I’m experimenting with new features in the construction of poems, among them: the extension of the poems, number of verses per stanza, metric, formation of rhymes, etc.

I’d like to say more, but I risk revealing details that are crucial to the book. I’ll share with you some excerpts from the poems I’ve already written, so you can have a taste of what's coming.

“Prayer is a fundamental part of the Christian life,

For many reasons, each one keeps praying.

They always pray asking for some blessing,

And there are also prayers asking for pardon.

God will hear all prayers, no matter the reason.”

“I am very weak,

But God is with me.

I can do anything,

But God can do all things.”

My eighteenth book – Christian Poetry Volume V

This book is the fourth of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

This time, there was a piece of news… I’ve used Artificial Intelligence in the correction of poems and also in the translation into English.

I’ve used Bing AI as my edition assistant; he did incredible work. He suggested rhymes, corrected grammar errors, gave me style advice, etc.

In this book, I followed the same logic as the two previous volumes, I didn't try to keep the exact words. My concern was to keep the same meaning. And one more time, the translation was excellent.

The words of the cross are related to the book's poems; I kept the keywords on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross:

Attention

Await

Behavior

Christ (keyword)

Church

Conversion

Courage

Desire

Faith (keyword)

Firmness

God (keyword)

Holy Spirit (keyword)

Honor

Integrity

Jesus (keyword)

Liberation

Lord (keyword)

Memory

Mercy

Patience

Poetry (keyword)

Purity

Redemption

Relationship

Repentance

Resistance

Return

Reverence

Revival

Sacrifice

Seek

Study

Submission

The book was published on 06/04/2022.

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My fifteenth book - Christian Poetry Volume IV

This book is the fourth of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

One more time, during the revision of the poems, I deleted some from the book. And I also edited others.

I've explained the reason in the text of the second book of the series. See the text:

My seventh book - Christian Poetry Volume II

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In this book, I followed the same logic as the translation in volume III. I didn't try to keep the exact words. My concern was to keep the same meaning. And one more time, the translation was excellent.

I've used the same logic to set the words of the cross. There are words related to the poems in the book. Besides that, I kept keywords that are on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross

Christ (keyword)

Adoration

Clamor

Dedication

Direction

Discern

Duty

Faith (keyword)

Fidelity

Gift

God (keyword)

Holy Spirit (keyword)

Instrument

Jesus (keyword)

Lord (keyword)

Offerings

Poetry (keyword)

Prophecy

Reconciliation

Responsibility

Righteousness

Serving

Signals

Sincerity

Sovereignty

Testimony

Wisdom

 

The book was published on 12/01/2022.

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My thirteenth book - Christian Short Stories vol. II

This book is my second Christian short storybook. Like the previous book, The Poetry of the Work, I wrote this book with a clear idea about what I would write. Christian's stories about daily life.

Besides that, this book is the first one with detailed characteristics of each place. I've tried to put the main characteristics.

The book has five stories:

Marriages always pass through good and bad moments. Fernanda lives in a bad situation, where there is no happiness, love, or romanticism. She asks herself: “Is this the wedding of my dreams?”

One old lady lives a simple life with few resources and too many difficulties. Even before many problems, she keeps “One unshakable faith”.

The choice of a partnership for a relationship is a critical thing and demands much wisdom. Nicholas delegates the responsibility to God, and he rests, thinking: “I wait for someone sent by God”.

Easter is a date too significant for many people, religions, and nations. The students of one school are tired of meaningless tasks, and they demand to do work about “The history of Easter”.

Maxwell is a young Christian boy who seeks to do what is right before God. But in his journey, he notices many wrong things in the church and the Christians. He tries to understand: “What is wrong with the Christians?”

The book has been published on August 01st, 2022.

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My eleventh book - Christian Poetry Volume III

This book is the third one of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

One more time, during the revision of the poems, I deleted some from the book. And I also edited others.

I've explained the reason in the text of the second book of the series. See the text:

My seventh book - Christian Poetry Volume II

Picture from Ekaterina Bolovtsova on Pexels

In this book, I did something different while I was translating. Generally, I try translating using the same words as the Portuguese version, but in English (too many times) and Spanish (a few times), it’s hard to find some rhymes.

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In this translation, I didn't try to keep the exact words. My concern was to keep the same meaning.

This thought worked very well. I've found better rhymes in many situations. I think this is my best translation.

Picture from Vlada Karpovich on Pexels

I've used the same logic to set the words of the cross. There are words related to the poems in the book. Besides that, I kept keywords that are on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross

Bible

Blessings

Calling

Certainty

Change

Chosen

Christ (keyword)

Destiny (extra on English cover)

Faith (keyword)

God (keyword)

Gratitude

God (keyword)

Holy Spirit (keyword)

Intimacy

Jesus (keyword)

Learning

Lord (keyword)

Obedience

Opportunity

Orientation

Poetry (keyword)

Preach

Promise

Restoration

Shepherd

Solidarity

Test

Truth

Will

Works

 

The book was published on 02/14/2022.

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My Tenth Book - Christian Short Stories

This book is my first Christian short storybook. I produced it from some texts I wrote years ago for theatrical presentations in the church.

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Because of the original purpose, I had to adapt the text. Then, a text for reading is different from a text to be interpreted.

Besides that, this book is the first one with detailed physical characteristics of the characters. Everybody has:

• Hairstyle and hair color
• Skin color
• Eyes color
• Weight and height

(I hope I don't have made any mistakes. It's hard to describe in another language).

The book has five stories:

Two men are in court waiting for the judge who will judge them. This judge is none other than Jesus Christ. One of them is fully confident he had a perfect life; the other knew he was a sinner. “The Judgment Seat of Christ” will be a judgment with too many revelations.

Three children talk about Christmas, and Victor says one thing that his friends do not know; he talks about Jesus. Now, everyone will go to Victor’s house for his father to explain, “What is the Meaning of Christmas?”

“One History” will be told. Discover who the characters are.

During crises and difficult moments, the doubts rise: “Who is God’s Servant?” Who will help needy people?

One man thinks that all happenings in his life are the Devil’s fault. One day, the Devil goes to him to complain about the charges and show him that “It is not the Devil’s Fault”.

The book has been published on December 24th, 2021.

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My seventh book - Christian Poetry Volume II

This book is the second one of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

During the revision of the poems, I deleted some from the book. (Why?)

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At the time that I wrote the poems, I had a narrow vision of Christian life. Today, I'm mature in faith, and I have more knowledge. Because of this, I know that some poems aren't according to biblical teachings. There were no biblical texts to support them. They were only personal opinions.

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Do you remember what I said about the words of the cross in the history of the first book?

I said that I used some logic to set the words in the second book. The logic is using words related to the poems in the book. Besides that, I set keywords that will be on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross

Christ (keyword)

Covenant

Creation

End

Equality

Eternity

Evangelize

Faith (keyword)

Father

Fights

Forgive

Freedom

God (keyword)

Grace (keyword)

History

Holy Spirit( keyword)

Humility

Jesus (keyword)

Lord (keyword)

Mission

Plan

Poetry (keyword)

Rescue

Salvation

Son (extra on English cover)

Transformation

Trust

The book was published on June 06th, 2021.

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