Consider Your Ways

"Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts; "Consider your ways!"

"You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, earns wages to put it into a bag with holes." Haggai 1.5-6

The verses above reveal the chaotic financial situation many people have gone through, though they've worked hard but it seems they have gained nothing at all because they've never accomplished their targets, what they really need to do seems to be something impossible which will never happen. But the question is: How can this situation change? First of all, you need to know what is the real will of God for you. Does He want you to starve and struggle for the rest of your life? Is He the creator of poverty and misery? Definitely not! He said, The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, Haggai 2.8 He has more than enough to provide in abundance whatever you need from Him, but there's a condition for that; and the condition is exactly the obedience to His commandments.

Sunday Feb 07th we will be consecrating you as faithful tither and the aim of this event is to lead you into the abundant life promised and guaranteed in the Holy Scriptures.

Bishop Carlos Da Costa

Day of Humbleness

Humbleness is not a synonym of weakness, is as a matter of fact, a great virtue in which only those who are strong and of faith are able to manifest it, to bow down before God in recognition of His majesty and allow Him to do His will in your life and do what you are not capable of doing is a pure act of humbleness and actually, this is exactly what most touches God's heart making Him to hear and answer your prayers. Isn't it an act of faith? Certainly, yes! Only those who really believe that what they desperately need comes from God's hands, they'll find no other option but humble themselves before God.

It is time for you to cast out all sense of pride that has prevented you from seeing that only God can change your life. Sunday 31st, Day of Humbleness. "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn away from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2Chronicles 7.14

Humbleness

Dear friend,

Maybe you have wondered why though you've been applying all your strength in order for you to overcome your problems, you have seen no positive result at all in your life. And the question is: Why? Why most of the time you fight against a problem you fail? Probably right now you might be feeling embarrassed without knowing what to say! But you should not lose hope because there's a way out for all the struggles you've been going through. Let's see what a man of God called Jehoshaphat did, "O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You." Jehoshaphat simply humbled himself before God, he recognized that only God could take him out of that dramatic situation. What happens to many people is that, they always try to solve their problems by themselves, they count on their own knowledge and strength, they don't want to listen to anybody, they are blinded by their own pride. Right after King Jehoshaphat humbled himself before God, the answer for his prayer came right away, "Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord." "And He said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's." 2 Chronicles 20. 12-15. See that the answer for his prayer did not delay but it came right away because his act of humbleness and sincere heart touched God's heart.

All those who humble themselves before God, God will exalt them. Are you ready to do that?

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa

The grass
17 January 2010

In one of the medical classes, teacher turns to one of the students and asks, “How many kidneys do we have?”

“Four,” the student said.

“Four?” asked the teacher with the arrogance of people who take pleasure in pointing out other people’s mistakes, “Bring in some grass, we have a donkey in the classroom,” says the teacher to his assistant.

“I’ll take coffee!” joked the student to the teacher’s assistant.

The teacher became angry and ordered the student out of the classroom. The student was the humorist Aparício Torelly Aporelly (1895-1971), aka Itararé Baron.

As he was leaving the classroom, the student still had the nerve to correct the angry teacher, saying, “Sir, you asked me how many kidneys ‘we have’. ‘We’ have four: you have two and I have two. ‘We’ is plural. Bon appetite, and enjoy your grass.”

Life demands more understanding than knowledge. Sometimes, people think they have the right to underestimate others just because they have (or “believe” they have) a bit more knowledge.

Bring on the grass!!

Bishop Macedo

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF FAILURES

Have you wondered why whatever you do goes wrong? Have you noticed that you’ve been carrying in your life the same type of problem your ancestors had in the past, same sickness, sentimental and marital problem?

Many people say that in their families not a single person is able to succeed in their financial life. When they are about to take a great step to conquer something, it all goes wrong. Other people say that in their families no one stay married, their families one way or another get separated and divorced. In worst cases, all the family members suffer of a same sickness or disease.

All of these symptoms indicate that there’s a spiritual influence causing all of this. We affirm this, because in most if not all of the cases, people can’t explain how they got sick, how their marriage was broken, or how they failed if everything was set for them to succeed and be happy.

For this reason we in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God will be in a special and powerful campaign of total deliverance, from February 05^th, will start the Breaking of All Cycle of Failures, and we truly believe that those who sincerely engage in this event will be able to break free once and for all, therefore you who are in need of a spiritual cleansing cannot afford to miss out this that can be the most precious opportunity for you to change your life.

Friday Meetings at 11am, 3 and especially at 6pm

Bishop Carlos Da Costa

The wise man and the butterfly
10 January 2010

There once was a man who lived with his two curious and intelligent young daughters, who always asked him many questions.

Some he knew the answers to, but others he had no idea what the answers were.

Because he wished to provide his daughters with the best education, he sent them to spend the holidays with a wise old man who lived on top of a mountain.

He, in turn, answered all of their questions without hesitation.

They became very impatient with this situation because they reached the conclusion that the old man was really wise and so they decided to come up with a question that the wise man wouldn’t know the answer to.

After a few days, one of the girls walked up to her sister with a beautiful blue butterfly in her hand and said:

“This time, the wise man won’t know the answer!”

“What are you going to do?” asked the other girl.

“I’m holding a blue butterfly in my hands. I’m going to ask the wise man if the butterfly is alive or dead. If he says that it’s dead, I will open my hands and let it fly away. If he says that it’s alive, I will quickly squeeze my hands together, crush it and eventually kill it. Regardless of the answer the old man gives us, it will be the wrong answer. “

The two girls then went to meet the wise man who happened to be meditating under a eucalyptus tree on the mountain.

The girl approached him and asked if the butterfly in her hands was alive or dead.

The wise man calmly smiled and said: “It all depends on you. It’s in your hands.”

The same goes for our life, our present and our future.

We shouldn’t blame anyone because something went wrong.

A failure should be viewed as an opportunity for a new, more intelligent beginning.

Aren’t we the ones responsible for what we overcome?

Our life is in our own hands, like the blue butterfly.

It’s up to us and only us to choose what we do with it. Never, ever allow anyone to interfere with that!

Bishop Macedo