My true Calling (part I)

It all started when I gave my life completely in God's hands!
At first moment was born in my heart the strong desire to serve God, to do truly the WORK OF GOD, or totally deny MY WILL!
After this great desire within me, it was amazing, I could no longer think in my life, in my will!
Had rather a desire staggering TO SAVE SOULS!!
Starting from that moment, it began to be my TARGET: I was Fighting to make this desire that was born in me, become true. Because often, we meet people who really have a desire to do the work of God, to serve God, but later, you're faced with that same person who claimed to have an urge to serve God, and therefore discouraged she gives up with that desire she said that was immense and true to do the work of God.
For this simple example, we can testify that feeling she felt, was not a desire placed by God, but by herself, because she see or saw many serving God!
The true calling of God is a glowing flame burning all the time within the man or woman of God.
And something magnificent and unexplainable that only those who have this calling, discern between a certainty and excitement!
The real CALLED places a desire within the person's inexplicable and you fight for that goal to be even used by God, no matter how, at the altar or atrium.
Well, it happened to me, no time could not even PRAY for my life. I even prayed but was something more stronger pulled me,  it was like magnet  pull me to act that way, and deep inside of me I heard a soft voice telling me, LEAVE EVERYTHING AND FOLLOW ME, I NEED YOU!!
My dear reader, that voice was powerful within me, which gave me a huge force to fight and achieve that goal, no matter what price I would pay, I wanted to aim that desire that was  burned within me.
Without thinking or fighting for my life, I began to be blessed in everything because I was not think about my desires but the DESIRES AND THE WILL OF GOD.
1 Corinthian 10:24: "Nobody should seek your own interests over the other."
Matthew 6:33: "Seek first your kingdom and your righteousness and all these things shall be added."
Psalms 37:5: "Give your ways to the Lord, trusts him and he will act."
These passages burned within me. I had only one thing in my mind, hear the voice of my God and He began to honor me in everything I was doing, even without asking in prayer, those words began to be fulfilled in my life greatly. I'm not gonna say it was easy to follow that path without being persecuted, humiliated and rejected by all, but that FLAME supported me in a way that was no time that I was hit, was like invisible forcefield was around me at all the time, protecting my faith at that moment that was and always will be the secret of my VICTORY!It's amazing, you go through all this, and not feel alone, and the  more you face, more you become stronger day after day, is magnificent and Great THE POWER OF GOD WITHIN US., AND ONLY BE THAT WAY WHEN YOU LET BE USED BY HIM WITHOUT RESTRICTION.
After a while I started to fight more intensely for that CALLING that every day was burned within me. Every day I was there, serving the Lord, and trying to give my best to see the PEOPLE of God be blessed, something else was missing, I felt it clearly and intensely, because the more I was doing to JESUS yet I was not satisfied. Then I started to TALK to the author of that SIGNAL and CALLING I had.
Then God began to speak, I wanted to use more of what he was using me. HE doesn't wanted to put only those people in that moment as assistant in my responsibility, but a great nation was waiting to be blessed by me in JESUS NAME.So began another intense trajectory: FIGHT to be blessed with a MAN OF GOD who had the same goal : To leave everything and throw his life to take care of the NATION of God.
My first reaction was: Pray and surrend that calling that from that time began to be a dream for me.
And the secret of my prayer was that, I prayed so fervently, not to marry, but for God to make that time short as soon as possible, so that I could be more used and bless those people who was still hiding, and waiting someone chosen by the finger of GOD to be blessed. Because I was thinking all the time, that the more I do, nothing has yet been done because the PLANET is immense, and lack a lot to be done by us being used by God, and our time is short and we have to work hard to save these people were still missing.
That was my prayer:
My God, in the name of Jesus, I know that inside of my soul there is a dream, and that dream was put by the Lord, and now more than ever I have the most absolute certainty day by day that dream will become true because "God is not man that He should lie, nor a son of man that He should repent;" "Did he say, and not do it? Or wrote it and will not fulfil? "
So I know to be used by the Lord, I must be blessed with a man of God, then I ask you, do not let me fall into the devil's deceptions and Any feelings. I ask you who approach me and propose me, these will be my HUSBAND, this will be my faith, because the Lord is in control of my life and it only will  happen your will, then this will be the sign: When the man of God sent by the Lord to approach me to ask me for dating, if Its happened because of  your permission, because the Lord acts upon my prayer, nothing else so obviously, I have to believe what I ask if I do not believe, How the Lord will bless me?
So I am surrender this prayer and I am sure of the answer, and right now I thank you because I believe in my blessing, amen!
Since then I have never made this prayer, I wa not worried when it will  happen but each and every day I devoted much more to help and save souls. When I least expected, God sent these man of God.
He approached me and asked me if someone prayed for me, or if I prayed for someone?
And of course that my answer was no ... He asked if I wanted to do the work of God on the altar? .... I said it was a dream that God planted in my heart .. Then he turned and said :These is my chose one!!
We started to talk and pray for God to  bless us. But this sentimental part of our life, our desire  was not influencing in us because we knew that everything that was done for us and for our will would go wrong, so we decided to pray and believe in God's answers and in the right time HE will honor us.....
We were in faith, without worrying about our life, because for us to be blessed quickly, the shortest and right way was to give our lives to see God's will become true in our lives and  forgetting us and do what God had called us to do:
SAVE SOULS and TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE;
Within six months, the pastor called us and said if we had any feelings for each other, our answer was yes! He said: Today I will bless you!
He Blessed us. After the pastor had blessed us that day, I could really see that God was waiting for our surrender to be used by HIM.
He asked us if we'd have faith to get marry in three months. And look, that moment what was in our hearts it was not to be marriage but the desire to be  used much more by God. The probability of God to use us, would be much higher!!
Ok my Dear reader, today Its enough! !!
See you Next post.

God bless you all

Influence

Today you will read about influence and it’s power. We can influence someone or be influence by someone to good or to bad. But before I start, here is what influence real means - Is the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behaviour, opinions, etc. (dictionary.com)

As everything in life we have the good/bad examples, people, choices and sadly, friendship is included. You should choose your friends and people who you are with very carefully. Without you realizing you can be lead into doing things you don’t want and when you realize is too late.

This post is not for you start looking at others differently but to be aware of this influence.

Below is an episode that is written in the Bible of a “supposed friend” leading the other into sin. Jonadab suggests Amnon to rape his half-sister, Tamar.

“After this Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for she was a virgin. And it was improper for Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Now Jonadab was a very crafty man.  And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

So Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’” 2 Samuel 13:1,6

If you continue reading in your bible, you will see that the rape happened and of course the consequences after the sin.

Here is only one verse:

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good habits.” 1 Corinthians 15:33

Like I said before, we have the bad and the good in everything. Below is an example of what a friendship is suppose to be. David and Jonathan, Saul’s son, who, in spite of his father pursuit for David and attempts to kill him. Jonathan stood by his friend side.

“But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And the Lord be with you as He has been with my father. And you shall not only show me the kindness of the Lord while I still live, that I may not die; but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.” 1 Samuel 20:13,15

Here is another verse which illustrate above:

“A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24

To conclude:

A friend is one whom you can be yourself with and never fear that she will judge you.

A friend is someone that you can confide in with complete trust.

A friend is someone you respect and that respects you, not based upon worthiness but based upon a likeness of mind.

You can have as many friends as you want however choose them wisely.

My Real Encounter with God

I am sure that you are thinking: 'Wow, why almost title there is a word TRUE? Because a lot of times we deceive ourselves and we make confusion about the presence of God, New Birth, Baptism with the Holy Spirit and True Encounter With God. Well, it all started with a simple desire and curiosity to know who was the Holy Spirit that the pastor usually was speaking in all services.I started to seek because I wanted to know His will in my life.It was a very interesting experience that I still remember that day so special and sooner you will understand why it was an experience and not a encounter. Ok, it was a service on Wednesday, the whole  church  in one faith, and all seeking, tearing their soul to achieve that so dreamed ENCOUNTER!!
For the first time, I felt wrapped in the arms of God, was a truly unique experience, because I didn't know How it was, I  just heard the comments.
Ok, from this experience came the desire to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, as I was not satisfied only with His presence !! I wanted HIM to dwell Inside of me, I wanted a change in my life!
And then I discovered that I was wrong!!
Wow, you must be thinking: but How wrong, if the HOLY SPIRIT CHANGES OUR LIFE? For one side  you're right dear reader!!
But we can not forget that this Baptism only happens in the  lives of those who are repentant of their sins, and in the lives of those who actually acknowledged that walked in ways that were not of GOD'S WILL.
But the purpose of Baptism happen when the candidate has a deep desire to win souls and be completely passionate about their salvation and consequently in this baptism we conquer our SALVATION! ! ! Because who is SAVED SAVES !!
But if we see the other side , we emphasize that what brings change to our character, our thoughts, our human nature, in short it all: OUR WILL and our fleshly desires, is the NEW BIRTH, to be born of GOD.
So, dear reader, I did a lot of confusion about this, and I believe many are also. It is an experience that we  never know how and when it will take place in our lives and we do not know in what order!!
That will depend a lot on your surrender and your attitudes.
Well, after that experience of God's presence in my life, I began to fight for the baptism of the Holy Spirit because always pastor was preaching in the service if you Want to be a servant of God, you must be baptized with the Holy Spirit!!
Well, I started to face a constant struggle between the devil's voice and the voice of GOD!!
Then that's the point!!
Yeah, so for me to recognize the voice of God, I had to be born of God, because until then, I had not been born.
So whenever sought God at that moment the pastor use to say: - SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
In that right moment came a thought: don't speak, because it will be equal to the pastor and can not be like that, or the language that you will speak, is not from GOD.
So began to rise within me, a fear of SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
But always when I was seeking God, I was speaking in tongues, but in my MIND.
So I looked for help, guidance of an assistant, who was always willing to help me. She was always ready to help me in my doubts!!
I came up to her and said what was happening.
She simply said that I would have to consecrate myself much more, in  fasting and having my purposes with God, so that he would eliminate these thoughts  that the devil had placed in my mind in that Right time when I was seeking.
And then I started doing my purposes, but something was wrong!! I looked for her again and said that I was doing what she had asked me, and still had not received my answer! With a friendly smile she told me: My dear of course,  God will not come down here and move your tongue for you to speak, but you have to give your first step!!
Well, you can start saying hallelujah and glory, quickly, but in spirit and in truth praising God, and soon you will start to speak in tongues.
Well, I was again, in all services, at home, talking and glory hallelujah and NOTHING.
Then I was again after the Assistant, asking her to clarify doubts that was in my mind.
All final of the services I was after her saying: Today I did not speak in tongues Assistant ! I told her, there's nothing  happening of what you told me!!
She told me: Do you know why? You're anxious, and anxiety is not from GOD!!
Then further complicated things in my head.
Well, I put in my head that God did not want to give to me His  SPIRIT!! Every service I was crying, not feeling God's presence anymore, bitterly wept for thinking of having been rejected by GOD.
It was very painful for me, because every service  I listened  a lot of people, the assistants and the pastor speaking in tongues!
Then the pain increased and always asked to GOD:
LORD WHY you don't Want ME?
One Sunday, the pastor who took care of the CANDIDATE told me: My daughter, you have no desire to be Assistant? -I started crying bitterly because I felt rejected by God!! He said: why are you crying? -I told my whole story to him.

He told me: YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND YOU DON'T  KNOW YET!! -I said, how can I have if I do not speak in tongues pastor into words? But I speak in my mind!
He told me: Because you are afraid to speak, but like you told me you speak in mind, you are baptized and do not know it!! -Then I said: What I want is to be used by God pastor, take care of Souls!
He told me : be part of the class of candidates and you will understand a lot!!
Ok, I started to attend classes every Sunday and i  was not so much worried about speaking in tongues, and of course he told me for me to be Assistant  I had to speak in tongues. So that anxiety was abandoning my heart, and I had more attitude than words, so I started to have more control over those thoughts. After a while in class, the pastor began to interview me and always wondered: Are you speaking in tongues ?
The answer was always NO!
He interviewed me 3 times, and the 3 I denied.
There came a time that I became so revolted, I  bent my knee at night at home and I did a challenge with GOD, because for me at that time, was a challenge!!
I said: My God, if you Lord wants to use me, AMEN! if you Lord does not want, remove from within me the desire to serve you, I do not know where it came from!! The only thing I want is the confirmation that the pastor told me for me to seek that I am already baptized.
After that prayer, that desire grew more and more inside of me.
That day I made a mini vigil in seek the Holy Spirit at home 12:00 NIGHT until 04:00 in the MORNING.
It was the day most magnificent, wonderful of my life.
I began to speak in TONGUES!! It was the most IMPORTANT and SPECIAL moment of my entire life.
Well, it was on Sunday early in the Morning, I went to church Very happy to tell the Assistant that was helping me, I Want to tell her the good news, I was expecting the pastor to interview me again, so that I could be Assistant. But disappointment was greater in That day, the pastor nor looked at me! I returned home disappointed and bent my knee and talked with God: - My God, what is that now?  Are you joking with my face?
First of all I had no confirmation of Baptism and the pastor was talked with me all SUNDAYS!
I soaked and I was answered, and now I have received confirmation, he never even looked at me!
Now I know that the Lord really does not want to use me !!!!
God replied: "DAMN is THE MAN WHO TRUSTS IN MAN"The man has nothing to give to you, what you are seeking is my answer and not man's answer.
What you seek is in my HANDS!!
My dear reader, after that day, never I never went to class candidate anymore. I Stood at the church door evangelizing every day. I put in my heart if God wanted to use me, nothing would prevent it, I know that HE would make a way because it was not so with DAVID? God met him and he was hiding behind the sheep!!
This is what I did and I told God: -Well, my God, you knows my heart and knows where to find me!!
I left HEADQUARTERS (where I attended meetings), and started going to a church that had opened in the tiny NEIGHBORHOOD where I lived there and began to evangelize! I Spent three weeks after that episode, who appeared in that church?
I was stunned, and had no words!! Precisely!! The pastor who took care of the group of candidates at HEADQUARTERS.
He arrived as who wanted nothing,  passed by me after saying GOOD AFTERNOON and looked the church! Neither asked for the pastor.Morning
He returned to the exit of the church and told me without asked me anything:
From TODAY on you are an Assistant,  do you understand my daughter? Yes pastor!!
Guys, I had nothing to say!!
It was as if God himself responding to me at that moment my complaint! After that day, I could testify that God wanted to use me greatly, because I felt likewise DAVID, chosen by GOD.
It was too strong for me, because when we less expect it, the answer comes!!
Well, I was serving God by 1 year and a half, when I discovered I had not BORN OF GOD!!
So it was a relief to discover in time, so that I could still be used more and the same time was painful.
It was very difficult to pass this stage in my life, so I won, because I really knew that God was with me and also the desire to BORN of GOD's was much greater than that which was passing phase.
This phase was in my marriage, when by an attitude assed, because I have been independent in my life.So deeply did not understand what was being submissive, and when I came to understand, would not accept being dependent on anyone! Always I was very authoritarian, because I had always fought for my life, I had my car and my job!
So because my father taught us to always have to be indepedente, then that was planted in my heart.
And because of that seed planted, I had to pay the price for BORN AGAIN.
Next part of this post will come soon.

See you in the next post my friend.
Be blessed.

NEW YEAR , NEW LIFE !!!!

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> This is what everyone hopes for, even believers in Jesus.
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> But can hope alone give you a new life in the New Year?
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> All we have to do to answer this question is look back in time.People in the past had the same expectations at this time of year. The same hopes. And what happened? Nothing. For many, it got worse.Why is that?Because a new life doesn’t depend on emotions, it depends on an active faith. But in what way?
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> Let's go back to biblical times.
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> God called Abraham to raise up a nation that would be separate from all the other pagan nations.
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> While in Egypt, Abraham's grandson, Israel, multiplied and became a great nation. The Lord then delivered them from the slavery of Egypt and helped them build a strong and powerful nation.
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> But because of their rebellion, Israel returned to the spiritual state of Jacob. They went back to being slaves in a foreign land.
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> History repeats itself. When people are spiritually healthy, there is peace, health and prosperity, but when they are far from God, the devil takes charge of their lives.
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> Nearly 100 years had passed since their return to the land of Palestine, and yet, in the days of the prophet Malachi, Jacob had once again become spiritually lost. The priests were immoral and so were the people.
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> Dishonesty, infidelity, marrying people of other faiths, divorces, idolatry, sorcery, adultery, profanity, stealing and every other sort of immorality was being committed.
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> And when they cried out to the Lord, He replied: For I am the lord, I do not change. You have gone away from My ordinances...Return to Me, and I will return to you.
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> But you said: In what way shall we return?
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> So the Lord gives the recipe for a new life in the New Year: Be faithful with your tithes and offerings.Malachi 3:6-12Of course!
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> A marriage cannot be restored without first restoring the principle of marital faithfulness. The same applies to restoring a covenant with God.
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> This year, start the New Year by being faithful to God and testing His faithfulness to you.See for yourself if His Word is true or false!
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> Tithes represent faithfulness. They are a sign of your partnership with God.
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> When we are faithful to Him, He is required to do the same to us. That is why He promises to rebuke the devourer.
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> Whoever wants to begin a new life must be faithful to God with their tithes. Otherwise, they‘ll be hoping for a new life until the day they die, and nothing will have changed.
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> Think about this!

THE PETITION OF THE DEVIL ...

Hello my friends. I read something too much strong that God touch in my heart to share with you ...
Hello my friends. I read something too much strong that God touch in my heart to share with you ...

"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked you to sift through as wheat; but I have prayed for you, Simon, so that your faith may not fail '; and when you have turned back, strengthens your brothers. " (Luke 22:31-32)
Well, this is a verse very strong that make us examine our lives before God ....
Very strong, we can see that the devil took advantage of the situation of Peter through his mistake and he went before the presence of Jesus asking to sift Peter's soul . Even though Jesus knowing that Peter would deny him later on, Jesus himself has intervened on behalf of him, asking that when he reach that hour, Peter not lose his faith but regret, so that later on he would serve as an example and help many, and we can still go on, Peter was the one of the disciples more used by God and filled with the Holy Spirit, because through his shadow , healed many sick. And the secret was: after he denied Jesus for the third time, fell from his knee and wept bitterly for having denied the LORD JESUS and acknowledging and repenting of that attitude, God's mercy and was who he was. ...
Something calls me much attention in this verse, because how often have we denied Jesus? Perhaps we have not given attention the mistakes has been insignificant or small, we have overlooked without realizing it, but is something that has compromised our salvation ....
The secret is, we must humiliate ourselves and acknowledge the mistake in order to reach God's mercy. Let us meditate deeply on this question: If the devil COME TODAY BEFORE THE PRESENCE of GOD and ASKED for OUR SOUL, HOW WOULD BE the reaction of GOD? DOES HE'll FIGHT OR PUT HIS HAND ON FIRE BECAUSE OF OUR SOUL, AS HE DID WITH PETER?

REMEMBERING that Jesus only to intercede on behalf of Peter because he knew his heart.
How HAS BEEN our HEART before God ?
Well, this is a very personal question that each of us look at what we really have been before him.

PLEASE I ask you now, bend your knee and spillage in the presence of God talk to Him, be open, put everything out, so that when the devil asking your soul, JESUS immediately INTERCEDE STRONGLY on your behalf , for you to BELONG TO HIM, I sought my answer and you?
Let us God use us on the way He wants, He want us to make difference in what we do.
Let us watch and pray.
GOD BLESS YOU ... ...

Dri
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked you to sift through as wheat; but I have prayed for you, Simon, so that your faith may not fail '; and when you have turned back, strengthens your brothers. " (Luke 22:31-32)
Well, this is a verse very strong that make us examine our lives before God ....
Very strong, we can see that the devil took advantage of the situation of Peter through his mistake and he went before the presence of Jesus asking to sift Peter's soul . Even though Jesus knowing that Peter would deny him later on, Jesus himself has intervened on behalf of him, asking that when he reach that hour, Peter not lose his faith but regret, so that later on he would serve as an example and help many, and we can still go on, Peter was the one of the disciples more used by God and filled with the Holy Spirit, because through his shadow , healed many sick. And the secret was: after he denied Jesus for the third time, fell from his knee and wept bitterly for having denied the LORD JESUS and acknowledging and repenting of that attitude, God's mercy and was who he was. ...
Something calls me much attention in this verse, because how often have we denied Jesus? Perhaps we have not given attention the mistakes has been insignificant or small, we have overlooked without realizing it, but is something that has compromised our salvation ....
The secret is, we must humiliate ourselves and acknowledge the mistake in order to reach God's mercy. Let us meditate deeply on this question: If the devil COME TODAY BEFORE THE PRESENCE of GOD and ASKED for OUR SOUL, HOW WOULD BE the reaction of GOD? DOES HE'll FIGHT OR PUT HIS HAND ON FIRE BECAUSE OF OUR SOUL, AS HE DID WITH PETER?

REMEMBERING that Jesus only to intercede on behalf of Peter because he knew his heart.
How HAS BEEN our HEART before God ?
Well, this is a very personal question that each of us look at what we really have been before him.

PLEASE I ask you now, bend your knee and spillage in the presence of God talk to Him, be open, put everything out, so that when the devil asking your soul, JESUS immediately INTERCEDE STRONGLY on your behalf , for you to BELONG TO HIM, I sought my answer and you?
Let us God use us on the way He wants, He want us to make difference in what we do.
Let us watch and pray.
GOD BLESS YOU ... ...

Dri

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO SOMEONE REALLY IS ?

Do you want to be able to identify a hypocrite, so that you can get away from them?
Do you want to know if a person is born of God, so that you can start a family with them?
Do you want to know if your boyfriend or girlfriend is born of God?
Do you want to know if a person is born of God, so that you can start a business with them?
Do you want to know if a pastor is born of God, so that he can clearly hear His voice?
Do you want to know if a church is led by the Spirit of God?
Do you want to know if a “Christian” is truly born of God?
Here's the secret:
"Then Jesus said to his disciples, ’Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’." Matthew 16:24
Sacrifice, sacrifice and more sacrifice.
Truly, it’s the only attitude that separates:
The true follower from the false follower;
The sincere from the hypocrite;
The faithful from the unfaithful;
The called from the chosen;
Those who serve God from those who don’t serve Him.
It’s simple!
Those who are born of the flesh hate sacrificing.
They know that it takes courage to sacrifice and surrender unconditionally to God. As a result, they run away because they’re cowards.
I doubt that any hypocrite would have the courage to deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Jesus.
Do you know why?
Because hypocrites like everything handed to them, they like taking the easy road; that is, they like things to go their way. They only think about themselves.
The hypocrites of the past considered the offering to be more important than the altar.
Jesus said:
"Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?" Matthew 23:19
God bless you all

Sad testimony

Steven was doing the Work of
God for nearly two years. He
began as an assistant pastor in
Bogota, Colombia but was later
transferred to Maicao, which is
also in Columbia. From the time
he began doing the Work of God,
his mother would always call to
check up on him. She would ask
him to come back home because
she missed him terribly and she
was getting really sick. His aunt
would also call and say the same
thing. His heart began to turn
away from the things of God; he
constantly complained about how
the weather was too hot and the
water was too cold in Maicao, and
how he no longer had the
comforts he was accustomed to.
That is, he began to look at the
circumstances of that place and
worrying about his own life.
He mentioned how he no longer
prayed or fasted and was no
longer concerned with the souls
that God had trusted in his hands.
Consequently, he lost his
communion with God and decided
to abandon everything and return
to his parent ’s house.
When he got back home, he went
to church and explained his
situation to the pastor. He said
that he would like to continue
helping in the church, even if it
was only as a member or possibly
as an assistant. But that only
lasted a week; he soon stopped
attending church meetings
because he ran into some old
“ friends” from around his
neighborhood that he used to
hang out with before coming to
church.
From that day on, he never went
back to church. The pastor tried
to find out why but he would only
say that he didn ’t want to come
back and that he didn’t want to
talk about it anymore. The
assistants also insisted for him to
come back but he always said no.
He started going out to parties,
bars, staying out all night and not
listening to anyone, not even his
own mother. He would drink to
the point of losing consciousness.
This went on for about four
months, until Saturday night,
August 7, 2010. As he returned
home, he was approached by a
young man who asked him for his
name and then shot him three
times in the head.
He fell into a coma. The doctor’s
explained to his mother that he
had lost an eye and that he was in
a critical state of health. There
wasn ’t much that they could do
because he had blood in his brain
and if he survived, he would have
permanent brain damage.
Although he was alive because of
a life-support machine, he was
already brain-dead.
His mother says that he was
mistaken for someone else and if
she knew that this would have
happened, she ’d never have let
him leave the Work of God.
Even though he was in a
vegetative state, the hospital sent
him home. He died a week later,
on Friday, September 24, 2010.

Maiombola: The Death Pact

In several African countries,
during witchcraft rituals, a pact is
made where someone ’s life is
offered in exchanged for material
riches. In Angola, for example,
that pact is called Maiombola; in
Mozambique, it ’s called Kuthaca;
it’s known under a different name
in each African country.
Depending on what the person
desires, they ’ll have to offer the
life of a loved one. The person
that ’s being offered has to be a
close family member; preferably,
they should have the same
bloodline. Regardless of what
they ask for, it ’s necessary for a
brother to hand over his sister,
for children to hand over their
parents and for parents to sell
their children. Here in Africa, this
is extremely common.
A woman once told me that she
had been sold to the spirits by her
father when she was 12 years old
in exchange for riches. In this
case, the pact is done in the
following manner: when the girl
turns seven, her father must have
sex with her. The purpose of this
act is to capture the blood, which
usually comes out during the girls
first time having sexual
intercourse, on a white cloth and
offer it to the spirits. The blood
represents the life of the person
that ’s being exchanged for the
riches. However, from that
moment on, the child belongs to
the spirits. They consider her to
be their property and they ’re her
master, or husband.
They don’t allow her to get too
close to anyone, she becomes a
slave. If she doesn ’t seek God,
she’ll never get married. She’ll
likely have several relationships
with men, but she ’ll never have a
husband. She may have several
children, but she ’ll never live with
their father. Her spiritual life will
also be constantly tormented.
She ’ll be visited every night by a
spirit, which in Africa is known as
‘ the night husband', that comes to
have sexual intercourse with her.
Many women wake up in the
morning without underwear, tired
and scratched. There are several
cases where the man leaves
because he ’s woken up to the
woman whispering as if she were
having sexual relations with
someone.
Recently, the case of a desperate
father was brought to our
attention. He brought in his seven
year old daughter and explained
how the child ’s body was used by
a spirit while she slept. The father
often found his daughter
whispering and moving her body,
as though she was having sex.
This young girl had been sold by
her grandfather and will never be
able to realize her dream of
someday getting married; and if
she does, the marriage won ’t last
very long. Unfortunately, she had
been sold and the spirit
considered himself to be her
master because of the pact that
was made.
When a male is sold, he’ll never
be able to possess anything,
materially speaking. The more
poverty stricken he is, the more
the other person obtains financial
success. The person that sold him
can ’t help him, or anyone else for
that matter, because his misery
and suffering represents the
happiness and prosperity of the
one who made the pact.
And when he dies, the life of the
person that made the pact must
be given to the spirit in his place.
This person will then endure the
same pain as the one who died.
Only a pact with God can break a
pact with evil.
Bishop John Leite

The Ant Pact

We visited a place here in
Mozambique, where many pacts
are made to destroy lives. Among
all of the pacts we found, this one
really caught my attention. It ’s
the photograph of a young man;
his name and date of birth were
written below it, and an ant ran in
circles around his name.
We learned that this pact could
have been done, so that this
young man ’s life keeps going
around in circles and he never
amounts to anything. We also
found an article of clothing near
the photograph. In this case, we
were told that the pact could have
been done by a woman, so that
he would sleep around with many
women but, unfortunately, he ’d
never settle down with any of
them. And how many women are
sleeping around with various men
without being able to settle down
with them either? They ’ve fallen
victim to a pact with that female
spirit that doesn ’t allow its victims
to be beholden to any man.
This happens in many people’s
lives; they fight and struggle ...
but never amount to anything.
Just like the ant keeps turning but
never goes anywhere, the same
happens in the life of those
who ’ve fallen victim to this pact.
Bishop John Leite

The Beetle and the centipede

Garden creatures teach lesson about faith.

“for as he thinks in his heart, so is he .” (proverbs 23:7)

An old story tells us about a conversation between a centipede and a beetle. They were old friends who spent many days observing and chatting about every creature in the garden. One sunny day, as the centipede went for a stroll in the green grass, the beetle watched her from above, sitting on the bright yellow petals of a beautiful sunflower. The two of them had very different bodies, and suddenly de beetle was curious to know how it felt to have so many legs.

He , himself relied on his fast wings to take him wherever he wanted to go, son he couldn’t imagine depending on a couple of legs to move- let alone one hundred.

He couldn’t contain his curiosity any longer, so he zoomed off, landed on blade of grass right in front of her, and asked her flat out, “Centipede, which of your many legs do you move first when you start to walk?

The centipede was surprised at the question, and as she stopped to think, it suddenly struck her. “ I don’t  know!” As she kept  thinking about and struggled to figure out which leg she moved first, she could no longer walk for the rest of the day…….. Every time , the centipede  thought about that question, her legs would start to get in each other’s way and she’d come to a halt….

This story illustrates very well what happens to many people. Useless questions in their mind cause them to be stuck in their faith. They fail to realize that just as God works with assurance the devil works with doubt.

If we want to receive something from God, we must first do away with our doubts. The Holy Spirit said through James that a man who wavers receives nothing from the Lord (see James 1) . If  we do not learn to reject doubt,  our faith will be useless.

Often, doubts come in the form of a subtle question or suggestion (from de devil) in your mind. For example : “ No one will ever want to marry you,  because you are too old for that.” Or “ Don’t apply for that job, it’s too good for you. You won’t qualify. They surely will give it to someone better qualified than you….” These are just a few examples.

“ The good news is that :

 You  can  choose what to think about ”

You must rebuke your doubts. The dictionary of  “REBUKE” is to reprimand sharply. That’s it !!!

The moment that the doubting comes to your mind, what must you do ? Reprimand it sharply !!!!

In other words, give it no time to sit and rest in your mind, like a farmer chops off wheat stalks with a single blow of his sharp sickle, you must swiftly and sharply cut off doubts from your mind.

…….how to do that ?

Change channels in your mind. You can choose what to think about. Just like you change channels on your TV; when you don’t like what you see, you can focus your mind elsewhere when your current thoughts aren’t doing you any good.

Another good thing to remember is that too much thinking caused the centipede to get stuck. Before the beetle asked her that silly question, she’d never thought about which leg she moved first. Up to that day, she simply walked !

A big enemy of your faith is : THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT SOMETHING.

Faith , by definition, is not something we fully understand. It’s not a formula or a mathematical equation. It’s an unfathomable power that we have, but we don’t have to understand something before we use or benefit from it. For instance, I don’t understand how airplanes can fly-tons of metal, high in the sky flying at amazing speeds, but I still use them when I need to get from point A to B quickly. Do you understand how satellite television works ? And do you need to, before you can enjoy your favorite show ?

Faith works when you practice it. You don’t have to understand it before using or benefiting from it.

Faith is to be sure you’ll get good results from your actions- but not necessarily in that order. Sometimes, before you feel sure about something, you have to start doing it. Your actions can stir up your faith.

Put on your best suit, polish your shoes, and do up your hair before you go to that job interview. Just dressing and acting like you are the one can give you the confidence you need to do well at the interview.

In this case, actions precede faith.

Tidying  up your study area, ordering your books on the shelves, unflattering your desk, sharpening your pencils, and sitting up in your chair will send to your brain a message: “YOU ARE SMART!!

You are good learner and you pass this exam.”

Again , actions proceed faith. Have you been doing too much thinking and not enough doing ?

Has the beetle got you wondering about which leg to move first ?

You’d better start running…..

       May the Lord our God Bless You …..see you next time

Are you going to give up?

General Douglas MacArthur was denied
admission to the Military Academy at
West Point, not once but twice. When he
tried for the third time, he was accepted
and marched right into our history books.
Basketball superstar, Michael Jordan, was
cut from his high school basketball team.
Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade.
He became England ’s Prime Minister at
the age of 62, after a lifetime of defeats
and new beginnings. His greatest
contribution came when he was a senior
citizen.
Albert Einstein did not speak until he was
four years old and didn ’t learn how to
read until he was seven.
His teacher described him as “mentally
slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his
foolish dreams. ” He was expelled and
was refused admittance to the Zurich
Polytechnic School in Switzerland.
In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of
the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told
modeling hopeful Norman Jean Baker
(Marilyn Monroe), “You’d better learn
secretarial work or else get married.”
An executive from Decca Records turned
down a recording contract with an
English rock band called the Beatles and
said, “We don’t like their sound. Guitar
groups are on their way out.”
When Alexander Graham Bell invented
the telephone in 1876, it didn ’t ring off
the hook with calls from potential
backers. President Rutherford Hayes said,
“ It’s an amazing invention, but who
would ever want to see one of them?”
When Thomas Edison invented the light
bulb, he tried over two thousand
experiments before he got it to work. A
young reporter asked him how it felt to
fail so many times. Edison replied, “I
never failed once. I invented the light
bulb. It just happened to be a 2,000-step
process. ”
After years of progressive hearing loss,
by age 46 German composer Ludwig van
Beethoven had become completely deaf.
Nevertheless, he wrote his greatest
music, including three symphonies,
during his later years.
Therefore, we must never think that our
time is up. There ’s always something
new to learn while we’re here.
Maybe, none of these people had the
faith we do, but yet, they still made
history.
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The Virtuous Woman makes a difference

Proverbs 31: 31 – Give her of the fruit of

her hands, and let her own works praise

her in the gates.

People can talk and write

about her but she ’ll only

be worthy of praise when

she has fi nally touched

your life …her own works

will bring her praise.

You can’t ever fully become this V-

Woman if all you do is within your own

reach. You may be a great mother,

perfect wife, and extraordinary daughter,

but if you don ’t reach out to others

outside your own little world, you’ll still

be as ordinary as a woman can be.

Let’s consider what the Lord Jesus said

about this: “Suppose one of you had a

servant ploughing or looking after the

sheep. Would he say to the servant when

he comes in from the fi eld, ‘Come along

now and sit down to eat’? Would he not

rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get

yourself ready and wait on me while I

eat and drink; after that you may eat and

drink ’? Would he thank the servant

because he did what he was told to do?

So you also, when you have done

everything you were told to do, should

say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have

only done our duty.’ “ Luke 17:10

All that you do at home, at work, in

school, or in church is basically already

expected of you. If you do it well, you ’re

just doing what you’re supposed to do.

But when you do that AND you reach out

to others while you ’re at it, THEN you’re

doing more than what you’re asked to.

THEN you’re coming out of your comfort

zone. THEN you’re starting to make a

difference in the world outside your own.

My friend Leah, a pastor’s wife is

currently living in Dallas. She started

working with a group of young women

back when she was in the Austin church,

encouraging them to be women of God.

She was never told to do that. It was

from her own desire to see God glorifi ed

among the people in her church. Austin is

the church that has the most Sisterhood

candidates in the state of Texas.

Then there is Eunice. She arrived in the

UK without a word of English and you ’d

think she’d wait until she could express

herself before starting to do anything

there … she didn’t. Not caring about her

position as a pastor’s wife, she

immediately got herself an assistant’s

uniform and began to work in meetings

that hardly any pastor ’s wife attended.

She’d speak to people without a word of

English (don’t ask!).

Teresa is a bishop’s wife and yet every

time there’s a bishop’s conference in her

town, she pulls up her sleeves and works

hard to provide everyone with the best

food and service in the house, even

though there will be 10 other people

being paid for that! She does it just so

everything will come out better than

expected.

Look at the example set by Greici who

worked in Mauritius for years as the only

assistant in a church with about 1,000

people. She ’d work in the offi ce, clean

the church, take care not only of her own

husband but also of the single pastors ’

clothes and food. There were days she’d

stay all day long in the church counselling

people. She ’s now working in France and

is already making her impact there.

Finally we must mention Ima, who is

currently working in New York and

though she has two small children, she’s

always involved in evangelisation work.

She evangelises in the subways and is

ridiculed by people many times,

nevertheless, she keeps on doing it. She

keeps on sowing her many fruitful seeds.

Their own work praises them.

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To be Called

Soon after Saul took over his post at the
kingdom of Israel, he disappointed God ’s
calling. God had no choice but to start
looking for a replacement immediately.
And this time, He ’d choose someone who
was more like Him. That’s when He
spotted this young man in the hills.
David was a shepherd
and a very good one.
He tended his father ’s
sheep every single day.
When lions and bears
came for the sheep,
he ’d chase them and
kill them. It’s not that
David was tall and strong; on the
contrary, he was the least in his father’s
house. David was not even chosen to go
war with the rest of his brothers …
Many people would love to be called by
God to do His Work on the Altar. They ’re
anxious and sometimes even indifferent
to everything else happening in their life.
They want to serve God but they don ’t
know why it’s taking so long. How did it
happen for David?
Firstly, God was looking, which is still
happening today. Secondly, David was not
capable in the eyes of most people (even
his father ’s). Which is comforting because
that means that the old saying ‘what’s
important is what’s inside’ is still valid, at
least with God. And thirdly, which is
where many people miss out, David was
good at what he did.
David wasn’t just another idle shepherd
out in the hills, tending to some lazy
sheep, in a boring everyday life. David
loved them enough to give his life for
them. While his brothers couldn ’t care
less about their father’s sheep, David
looked forward to being with them,
protecting them from the predators, and
caring for them as if they were his own. I
believe that this is one of the main
reasons that attracted God ’s eyes towards
David. David had God’s way of doing
things!
It’s in the little things we do and say that
we show who we really are. If you want
to serve God on the Altar and while that
doesn ’t happen you don’t love what you
do — grab a chair and wait. Or better
yet, forget it! How can God trust you to
serve Him in this amazing Work when
you can ’t even serve your human boss?
How can you obey God in everything
when you can ’t even obey your own
parents? How can you respect God when
you can ’t even respect your teachers?
If you want to be called, then be worthy
of God ’s call.
God will only call those whom He
accepts. It ’s not because you want to
serve God that He’ll use you. Or because
the Work of God needs you that you’ll be
called.
With God, it’s either all or nothing. Either
you’re all that you say you are or you’re
not. Either you’re worthy or you’re not.
Either you’re a servant or you’re not.
There isn’t such a place in between these
two extremes.

                                                                 God Bless You