“Do not think that the existing God is far from you!”

For more than a year, specifically since his release from prison and his acquittal of the crime of sexual assault for which he spent 14 months in prison, Dani Alves’ life is completely different. That extravagant version that fans became accustomed to during his time as a player has been elusive ever since The Brazilian now dedicates himself to faith in God in the Evangelical Church in Girona.

This is evidenced by a video clip that has spread on social media in recent days, showing the former Seville and Barcelona player, among other clubs. Deliver a sermon Visibly thrilled In the Elim Church in Gironawhich he goes to frequently.

Do not think that the God who exists is far from you who are here! No, no, no! “The God there is the same God here,” Alves is heard saying in the images, which last only a few seconds, as he walks back and forth in the central aisle of the temple making gestures, while devotees on either side chant his words.

This is not the first time that one of the Brazilian’s sermons has seen the light in the Evangelical Temple, which is a movement within Christianity that gives special importance to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, since Several excerpts from his speeches have already been published.

“You can be famous, you can be rich, you can be anything you want in your life. You are young, you aspire to great things, and I believe in great things, but Don’t stray from your path to Jesus. Because if you take Jesus out of his way, They will think about entering the darkness, just as I entered into the darkness“, he defends in the last of them.

And there are many more, as the former right-back defends faith in God: “You must believe in God. I am proof of that. I have made a covenant with God,” he also emphasized. “You must take the things of God seriously, and you must have faith. In the midst of the turmoil, in the midst of the storm, there is always a messenger of God. And that messenger, in the worst moment of my life, picked me up and took me to church, to the road. He added in the same sentence, “Today I am on the road thanks to them.”

His new life is also reflected in his social networks.. “Disciple of Christ Jesus,” the Brazilian writes in his description on his Instagram profile, where all his posts are accompanied by texts taken from the Bible.