Give And You Shall Receive

 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. Acts 6:8-10

    Everyone who is born of God carries the same character, vision and strength inside of him. He thinks big like God does and never accept to lose or give up on what he/she is doing. Many in the past though they faced persecution and various tribulation because of the Name of Jesus and His word but they never thought to stop doing what pleased God because they all carried the same desire in their hearts. They all had just one goal which was to lead people into the Kingdom of God. This should be the vision of every person who claims himself Christian or a child of God. He who is saved wants to save others. If I am born of God then inside of me there must be a strong desire of leading others into the same birth. Dear friends, when we are happy we want to make others happy as well, don't you agree? Whenever something good happens to us we want to share it with friends, family and those we like. Therefore, if you have been born of God and have received the Holy Spirit, you can't keep it only for yourself, you should lead others into the same blessing. This is how we can grow the Kingdom of God in this world. As children of the Almighty we cannot be selfish.

    Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke6:38
God is counting on all those who have been born of Him to spread The good news and save souls, but if you haven't conquered your salvation yet how then can you save others? The first step is to have the assurance of your salvation, once there's no doubt about it then you are able to save those who are lost outside.
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Bishop Carlos

“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 28:7, 8 

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How Can God Count On Us?

   "Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished. Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses." Deuteronomy 34:7, 9 
     When God called Joshua to replace Moses and continue everything that Moses had begun in Egypt, He knew exactly what He was doing and why He had raised Joshua. It was for the important mission which he had to lead the people of Israel into the Promised Land. As He had promised to Abraham when He said, "Then the Lord said to him, 'This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’" Deuteronomy 34:4. Joshua knew what God wanted from him. He  was responsible with everything that God trusted in his hands. The whole congregation of Israel used to listen to him and respect him. No one dared to raise their voice and rebel against him because he always complied with his duties. He didn't need anybody to stand behind him saying, "you have to do this or that" because he was responsible and knew how to put himself in his own place. Joshua never complained saying, "why should do this? Why do I have to carry this people on my shoulder?" He was always ready to fight and to conquer more day after day. Joshua was obedient because he was a servant. For these and many other reasons God chose Joshua to accomplish His dream. “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel." Joshua 1:2 
     Dear friend, God is looking for another Joshua today for Him to keep on blessing His people. There are many of them perishing in the desert of this world. It's been hard for Him to find another Joshua because most of those who claim themselves as servants of God are more concerned about serving themselves. Which benefit they are going to reap. They are proud, arrogant, disrespectful, gossipers, ready to do their personal will than God's will, lovers of money, and disobedient. How can God count on someone like this? Impossible! That's why it's been hard to see today the wonders that we have found in the Bible. 

     To carry a title in the church doesn't mean anything, unless we are ready to listen and obey His commandment. Do what pleases Him without worrying about our own life. As long as we are serving Him whatever we need He will provide. "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor." John 12:26 
     Do you really trust and believe that He is going to provide what you need? So, obey Him.
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Bishobp Carlos

Greedy Heart

    Where Is Your Heart?

   "Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil." John 12:1-3
     For a long time Mary has kept that very costly oil at home and I truly believe that she had done that for a very special occasion too. Without a doubt that moment was more than special because she had The Lord Jesus at her house and besides Him she also had her brother Lazarus who was dead for four days and was brought back to life. Oh, what a day! We can imagine how joyful the whole family was by being together with The Lord Jesus. This is the joy we all have today when we are in the church seeking for His presence and serving Him because we were all spiritually dead and were resurrected. Today we are not in the tomb anymore but totally free.
     Mary, by the way, decided to anoint Him with a very special fragrance and she did that with pleasure. It was her personal decision, she did that by her faith. Nobody knew that she had that special and costly oil at home and I do believe that she had been keeping it for that very specific moment. When the opportunity came she didn't hesitate in offering it to The Lord Jesus.
     Everyone has something special to offer, to sacrifice to God. Either big or small, but we all can present something to please Him. Mary could have sold that perfume as Judas had suggested, and there's no doubt that she could have made some money, but could that money make her happy for the rest of her life? Definitely not. Because there are many rich people who are fully depressed, some have already killed themselves proving that their money never made them happy. But if they were filled with the presence of God, I'm quite sure that they wouldn't be depressed nor would they have killed themselves.
     Dear friends, I honestly believe that you have already understood where I want to reach. You know very clearly what God really wants from you and what He wants no one knows that you have, but He does. God never ask from us what we are not able to give. Martha and Lazarus didn't know about that costly oil that Mary sacrificed to Him, but He knew that she had it at home. See that this is something that happened more than two thousand years ago, but till this day we have been talking about it. Do you know why? Because God doesn't forget those who sacrifice on the Altar. No matter how long it takes, He will always remember you. On the other hand, Judas became furious with that because his heart was very greedy and fully possessed, he didn't accept when Mary sacrificed that oil. There are many people who don't want you to sacrifice either, just because they are selfish and their heart is not in The Lord Jesus, but in the perishable things of this world. "But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, 'Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?'” John 12:4, 5
     One day The Lord Jesus said to His disciples; "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Luke 12:34
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Bishop Carlos

Living In Obedience

Hello Assistants,

"Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of the Lord which He had done for Israel." Joshua 24:31
      When we live in obedience to the word of God, we have the certainty that wherever we go and whatever we set our hands upon we will be more than victorious. That is exactly what happened to Joshua and the Israelites who lived under his authority. Joshua never hesitated in doing what God had told him to do though everything he did required sacrifices from him, but he did everything wholeheartedly and for this reason God didn't deny to bless him in whatever he needed.
     One of the reason why God hasn't answered most of the prayer that many people pray is because they refuse to obey what God has required from them. Everyone wants to receive, but when they are called to give they don't want to do it. They Come up with several excuses, they create a lot of obstacles. God always acts with us according to the way in which with deal with Him. Everything that He wants from us is to obey His word and many times for us to do it we have to go against our own will.

Bishop Carlos

Will you Win or Lose?
To live by the supernatural faith means to live in obedience to the word of God. By following all His instructions, and for those who fully obey what it's written, there's no impossible case nor any type of obstacles in which they cannot overcome. The word of God is the mind of God, can we fail if we do what He tells us to do? No way! Unless God fails and we know it'll never happen. Now we understand why Joshua was successful in everything he did, every battle he fought. He never considered any enemy as too hard for him to defeat because he knew that the God who promised to give him the Promised Land was with him and he never had any doubts about it. Unfortunately, many who have claimed themselves as children of God and that God is with them all the time, they have fled from the battle and have been put into shame by their own problems. Why? Because of their lack of obedience towards God. They are those who only do what pleases them, they do what's convenient and comfortable before their eyes, they  don't want to pay the price for what they need, they want to conquer without making sacrifice. This has been the pure reality of those who have failed in their battles.
The supernatural faith doesn't allow us to focus on what is around us nor on what people say whether is good or bad. If you obey what God has told you to do and and have the full assurance that He is with you, then there'll be no room in your mind for satan to plant his seed of doubts and fear.  You will be possessed by faith and by the power of God and this will be more than enough for you to breakdown any wall that you have in life. You can speak directly to your problems and command them to get out of your life and they will have to leave you. As God said to Joshua, "No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you." Joshua 1:5
Please, don't waste your time any more with those who are not living in the same faith like you. Those who refuse to obey the voice of God, like the generation who left Egypt with Moses and perished in the wilderness because of their stubbornnesses and disobedience. Faith is individual, you don't need anybody for you to put yours into action.
Dear friend, it's time to wash this shame away from your face and this is possible when we obey and sacrifice.
 The sun and the moon obeyed Joshua by standing still until he destroyed all his enemies. Mo one could say anything against him because they all saw God in his life. Who do you want people to see in your life? God? Or the shame of being defeated?
"And all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel." Joshua 10:21
In a war one wins and the other loses. What are you going to do?
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No More Shame

Hello everyone,
     Do you really know how much God wants to honor you and exalt you? Probably not! When He called Joshua after the death of His servant Moses, and gave him all the instructions of what he had to do to enter and possess the promised land, which would consequently put an end in all the suffering and shame the Israelites had been carrying for forty years. Joshua quickly obeyed Him and without hesitating he put every direction into practicing by doing exactly as God told him to do. He fully obeyed God. Whatever God asked from him he gave. "But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.” Joshua 6:19
     When we give to God what He asks from us we show to Him that we don't depend on what we are giving but we depend on Him. This is everything He needs from us. God doesn't divide His authority and glory with anybody. This has been the biggest mistake many people have made, they want God to remove the shame away from their lives, but they don't want to depend on God alone. They lean on many other things and this has prevented God from manifesting His power in their lives.
After sacrificing all the gold, silver and bronze as God had asked from him, Joshua was covered with God's authority to fight and overcome all his enemies. Not one of them could resist him all the days of his life, there was no more shame, no more poverty nor misery among the people of Israel. All the nations that turned against him were defeated before his eyes. Joshua was fully respected and feared by everyone to the point of seeing other kings bowing down before him. "And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, 'Do not forsake your servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us.'” Joshua 10:6
     Dear reader, do not accept to keep being put to shame by your enemies (problems), when God wants to exalt you and honor you. You have to depend on Him only, that's why He requires our sacrifice. When you depend on what you have or keep depending on others to solve your problems, God won't interfere in your situation and your enemies will prevail against you all the days of your life. What has been holding you back? Fear, doubts, weakness, worries with what others would say against you? If you do believe that God is with you, then there's no reason to behave like this. No one else can take this shame away from you and exalt you, but God alone. Make yourself dependable on Him through your sacrifice.
     No more shame, enough is enough.
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Bishop Carlos

Breaking down the Walls

Are You In? Or You are Out?

     When God chose us to serve Him it was because He truly believed that He could count on us to enter the hell to save souls. Our task hasn't been easy and it will never be. We don't find in the bible The Lord Jesus saying that we would destroy the works of the devil without fighting. He always made very clear that life with Him is a life of sacrifice, an eternal battle, there's no end.
     To enter the city of Jericho God told Joshua to chose  all the men of war. Those who were ready to obey His commandment, to fight the enemies and destroy the city,"You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets." Joshua 6:3, 4.
     They did exactly as they were told to do without asking any question nor doubting their victory, and this is what happens every time we simply obey God's voice and do His will we have to win the battle. If every time He tells us to do one thing and we decide to do other thing according to our own will, then how can He be with us? How can he guarantee your success?
     Joshua and all his men of war entered the city of Jericho and did exactly as God told them to do. After that they were able to possess the Promised Land. In other words, they could enjoy the abundant life God had prepared for them since the beginning.
You are very close to conquer the victories that you have been dreaming of, but there is a big wall in your way separating you from what God has already given to you. For you to conquer it you have to believe first in the power of God, His promises and secondly you have to believe in yourself and as a man and a woman of war you will fight until the end.
Are you in? Or you are out?

      For those of you who have a heart of faith, I am sure you are in

Looking Straight Ahead

And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you." Joshua 3:7 

Dear friend, 
     We all know how many great and marvelous things God performed through Moses and Joshua, how many nations were defeated before their eyes and the powerful relationship between them. We find in the Holy Scriptures amazing stories that clearly reveal how God used to manifest His glory in those days because their pleasure was to obey God's voice and do everything exactly as they were told to do. There was no distance, no bad weather, nor negative thoughts neither desire of giving up. Inside of them there was only one thing, the determination to enter and possess the Promised Land, the abundant life prepared for them and all his descendants. Moses and especially Joshua never carried in their hearts any shadow of doubts about God's promise. For them it was the only guarantee of a successful life and happiness in every aspects. For this reason they never limited their efforts, dedication and sacrifice to obey God's commandments. 
     The secret of their victories was to believe in everything that God had promised to do in their lives. But, how about people today? Do they really believe in God's promises? If they truly believe, why don't they fight and push themselves to conquer it? Why are there so many people inside the church saying that they believe in God, but the type of life that they are living glorifies the evil one more than God Himself? Why are there more Problems, sadness, frustrations and traumas than victories and joy in the life of those who claim themselves Christians?
     The power to change this situation is in our faith. Let's use it to breakdown and destroy the walls built by the devil to prevent you from enjoying a type of life that really glorifies God and reveals His greatness in this world. 
     Stop grumbling, stop doubting, stop looking back to things you did in the past because you don't have power to change them. Instead, look straight ahead and be focused on what you have to do to possess what God has already given you much before you were born. Don't make the mistake that the Israelites made while they were in the wilderness by moving back and forth for forty years and in the end they all died over there without delighting the abundant life prepared exclusively for them.
     When you come to the night vigil this Friday make sure you leave all your weakness and worries behind. Come ready for just one thing, which is to destroy the walls that have separated you from the realization of all your dreams.
"And Joshua said to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.'” Joshua 3:5
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Does God Lie?

“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19 

It is more than proved that God's desire is to bless all those who believe in His promises without exception and  principally His servants, but why hasn't He done that? What has hindered Him from fulfilling  His Promises? Doubt, this has been one of the biggest enemy of the power of God. I know and you know very well that God works in the life of those who live by faith, who takes attitude of faith because without it no one can receive anything from Him. However, many times we manifest doubts when we should put our faith into action to change the situation and conquer the victory, this has been a big mistake many people have made even knowing that they will destroy their own success. How many great things should you have already possessed if you haven't manifested doubt? How far could you have already reached if doubt hasn't jumped in your way? Therefore, it is time to stand firm against this evil called doubt.

Other important thing that you should do is to stay away from those who always carry a word of doubt in their lips, there are many people including assistants who doubt about everything, specially those who don't forget the failures of the past, they still believe that if they failed in the past they are going to fail today again. Be careful, because those who don't succeed in what they do, they will try to discourage you from moving forward and the best way for them to do it is by bringing to  you a word of doubt. If satan did try to prevent The Lord Jesus from doing the most important thing of His life which was the sacrifice on the cross for our salvation, don't you think that the devil is not going to do the same against us? Of course, he will. Therefore, watch out!

"Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin". Romans 14:22, 23

Let's rebuke doubt right now.

Be blessed.

Bishop Carlos

The Donkey and The Angel

Dear friend,
"Then the Angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pushed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck her again. Then the Angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the donkey with his staff. Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, 'What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?' And Balaam said to the donkey, 'Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!' So the donkey said to Balaam, 'Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?' And he said, 'No.' Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face. And the Angel of the Lord said to him, 'Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is perverse before Me. The donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, surely I would also have killed you by now, and let her live.”' Numbers 22:24-33
How can this be? The donkey saw the Angel of The Lord and Balaam the prophet didn't? Very interesting, isn't it? Very well, many times God wants to speak to us and show to us His will. He shows us what He really wants us to, do but sometimes we are so full of ourselves. We are so busy with many things and worried about our own problems and things around us that we are not able to hear His voice nor see what He has prepared for us. Because of that we end up delaying the manifestation of His glory in our life, we see the time passing by and we never accomplish our goals. It is necessary to be sensitive in order for you to hear His voice and to see what He wants to do in your life. How many times God speaks to us through a message preached on the altar but we make light of it and ignore that message? How many times we say, this word is not for me but for someone else? And then what happens? We postpone our blessings and prevent God's plans from being materialized in our life. There's no doubts at all that He wants to do great things in your life, I am 100% sure of that. If you are not able to hear His voice when He speaks to you, then He won't be able to bless you and put you on top as He has promised.

Let me tell you something that I do believe will help you, whenever you want to say something important with an important person what do you do? You take him to a private place where there's no one around, isn't it? There you feel free to say whatever you want. That's what you need to do with God, you need to separate yourself from everything and everyone. Go to a place where you can have moments of intimacy with God, where there's no one around, no music, no people passing by, no cellphone ringing, no television, nothing disturbing you. Then you will be able to talk with Him and He will reveal Himself to you. Let's do it right now? Go ahead and be abundantly blessed in Jesus name.

Don't fear

The unhappiness, failures and disappointment in the life of many people does not come from someone else but from themselves though, there are many who always look for someone to blame for their failures and disappointment, as a matter of fact it's much easier to blame others than to recognize that the problem is inside of ourselves, how many times satan whispers his evil voice in our mind and instead of rebuking it right away we allow that negative voice to remain in our mind, and suddenly you find yourself having a conversation with the evil one? Should I do this or not? But if I do it and it doesn't work? What am I going to do? If my family, friends, co-workers find out that I have this or that problem? Etc, etc... A lot of questions without answers in your mind, why? Because you simply accepted some suggestions brought by the spirit of doubt and fear when you should have cast it out immediately. Either we believe that God is with us or we don't believe, what we cannot do is to allow satan to prevent us from conquering great things in life because of doubt and fear and if this has been happening to you then, it is time to clean up your heart from it otherwise you won't be able to move forward as you should have, you should have already reached much further by now, don't you agree?
Peter had the best opportunity of his whole life to do what no one else had ever done before which was to walk on the sea, who else besides The Lord Jesus had done that? However, when he was called to do that though he had started to walk on the water he sank because there was fear, doubts in his heart and it was more than enough to prevent him from doing what The Lord Jesus told him to do and how many things God through the Holy Spirit using His servants has told you to do and to conquer but because of fear you ended up missing your victories?

"But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” Matthew 14:27-30 

Dear assistants, it is time to remove from your heart whatever doubts and fear that has prevented you from having a heart after God's own heart. A heart of faith exactly like King David had, " And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ Acts 13:22
Be of good cheer!

Bishop Carlos

First Love

“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. Revelation 2:1-5
Hello assistants, by reading these verses we all can see and understand clearly how much God knows us in every aspects there is nothing that we can hide from Him, Even before we say something He knows which word we are about to say, He  knows each and every intention of our heart and I do believe that you know about that as well but what I want to share with you is about those who are serving Him and they have already lost the fire of the first love, they are doing the work of God simply to give satisfaction to the pastor and  to keep the uniform and the title of assistant but there's no more pleasure, no more joy nor happiness in what they do, to be frank, there are many who are serving God as an obligation. But, why are they acting like this? Why in many of them there is no more love? The answer is, their heart! In the beginning they had a pure heart ready to listen and obey God's voice there was nothing more important than do His will above all things but gradually, the contamination of this world started to invade their heart to the point of dividing them between the will of God and their own will, nowadays is very common to hear assistants saying, I'm busy I have no time or I'll try to come or not today maybe next time... Love means sacrifice if there's no sacrifice for the one you say that you love is because your  love for him has already disappeared long time ago.
The secret to keep the fire of the first love always burning inside of you is to protect your heart from all types of contamination such as; doubts, fears, envy, grudges, evil desire, pride, lies, gossip, and the like. If by any reason you've been carrying one or more of these problems inside of your heart, then do not hesitate, it's time to clean up your heart otherwise, you won't be able to see God in your life.
If you need me to help you in anything please feel free to contact me.
Be blessed in Jesus name.

Bishop Carlos

Assistant in Focus 092213

Doing the Work of God

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:12-14
> Hello Assistants,
> Let's understand what The Lord Jesus is saying, actually what He is guaranteeing when He said, "most assuredly." All of us know very well what He did during the period in which He was on earth, He healed the sick, cast out demons, raised the dead, gave sight to the blind, preached about salvation and taught about the Kingdom of Heaven, He is saying that the one who believes in Him will do the works that He did. Well, have we done this? Have you manifested the authority that you have to help those who are suffering? Are you healing the sick? This is what He expects from each one of us that's why He gave us the Holy Spirit for us to give continuation to what He had started many years ago.The problem of many assistants is that they are always getting involved with things and with people who have nothing to do with God. Some types of conversation that they develop just destroys their communion with the Holy Spirit, there's no more consecration, no more reading the bible, how can they manifest their authority?

> You have to be careful with everything and everyone who approaches you sometimes they seem to be holy, they come to you even using the word of God but their intention is to take you away from the battle field. If they are not in the faith fighting against satan to set people free, if they are disobedient always gossiping and talking bad about others you should just leave them alone . Perhaps that's the reason why you are not doing the works the Lord Jesus did , because the person you always go out with or talk to is not in the same faith, her spirit is contrary to the one that is in the church.
> Dear assistants, the reason why God has baptized you in the Holy Spirit was not for you to boast yourself thinking that you are better than the others. No! A thousand times no! But, it was for you to go ahead and take people out of hell and lead them into the kingdom of Heaven. If this is not what you have done then it is time to stop and re-evaluate yourself to see if you are really in the faith as many say when they are asked 'how they are doing? They answer saying "I'm in faith." Are they truly in faith? To be in faith is to be in a permanent fight against hell, to save souls. This is the work the Lord Jesus did and has anointed us to do the same.

> Think about it and go ahead.
God Bless, 

> Bishop Carlos

Just One Attitude Can Change All

"Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him." (Mark 5:1-6 NKJV)

Hello assistants, we can see in these verses that this demon possessed man didn't miss the opportunity to change his life. He was a man who had a legion of demons in his body, reading about where he used to sleep and how violent he was we can imagine how terrible demons were to him. However, what drew my attention was the fact that right after he saw The Lord Jesus he didn't think twice, he immediately ran to Him, why? Because I do believe that he saw in that moment the best opportunity for him to get out of that miserable life.Though there was a legion of evil spirits possessing him they couldn't hold him.  Finally he got delivered and became a new person. It's clear that when a person really want to change he/she just needs to take one attitude against what is wrong in his/her life, this is very personal. If there's something you need to change in your life, don't depend on anybody to do it, you must go ahead by yourself and do what you have to do. Not  worrying about what others will say.
There was a man in the bible called Judas whose story you know very well. He was a man who used to walk side by side with Jesus, he used to sit and eat with Him and other disciples. He even used to take care of the offering, nevertheless there was a deceiving spirit in his life. He knew that very well he could have humbled himself before The Lord Jesus and begged Him for his deliverance but he didn't. He rather keep that evil inside of him though he had Jesus with him everyday. Do you know what happened to him? He killed himself, though he had the best chance to change his life. He just needed to take one attitude for it.
Dear friend, if there's something in your life that you need to change you must go ahead and do it without delay. Do like the Gadarene when he saw Jesus he ran to Him immediately and broke free from everything that was separating him from the abundant life. He wanted to serve The Lord Jesus with the best. Just one attitude is needed.
May the Holy Spirit strengthen us and have mercy on us.
Be blessed.
Bishop Carlos

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Your Attitude Can Change All

"Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him." (Mark 5:1-6 NKJV)
Hello assistants, we can see in these verses that this demon possessed man didn't miss the opportunity to change his life. He was a man who had a legion of demons in his body, reading about where he used to sleep and how violent he was we can imagine how terrible demons were to him. However, what drew my attention was the fact that right after he saw The Lord Jesus he didn't think twice, he immediately ran to Him, why? Because I do believe that he saw in that moment the best opportunity for him to get out of that miserable life.Though there was a legion of evil spirits possessing him they couldn't hold him.  Finally he got delivered and became a new person. It's clear that when a person really want to change he/she just needs to take one attitude against what is wrong in his/her life, this is very personal. If there's something you need to change in your life, don't depend on anybody to do it, you must go ahead by yourself and do what you have to do. Not  worrying about what others will say.
There was a man in the bible called Judas whose story you know very well. He was a man who used to walk side by side with Jesus, he used to sit and eat with Him and other disciples. He even used to take care of the offering, nevertheless there was a deceiving spirit in his life. He knew that very well he could have humbled himself before The Lord Jesus and begged Him for his deliverance but he didn't. He rather keep that evil inside of him though he had Jesus with him everyday. Do you know what happened to him? He killed himself, though he had the best chance to change his life. He just needed to take one attitude for it.
Dear friend, if there's something in your life that you need to change you must go ahead and do it without delay. Do like the Gadarene when he saw Jesus he ran to Him immediately and broke free from everything that was separating him from the abundant life. He wanted to serve The Lord Jesus with the best. Just one attitude is needed.
May the Holy Spirit strengthen us and have mercy on us.
Be blessed.
Bishop Carlos

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The model child

All who are baptized in the Holy Spirit, who are children and heirs of God, should be able to say that this verse applies to them:

“This is My Servant; I strengthen Him, this is My Chosen One; I delight in Him. I have put My Spirit on Him; He will bring justice to the nations.” (Isaiah 42:1 – Holman Christian Standard Bible)

This word came directly from God the Father’s mouth to His Son Jesus.

Jesus is My Servant…

Jesus is My Chosen One and I delight in Him…

Jesus has been filled with My Spirit…

Jesus will brings justice to the nations (the non-Jews)…

When people are not servants, have not been chosen by God, have not been filled with the Holy Spirit, and are not testimonies of the justice of God in this world, it is impossible for them to be children of God.

God’s model servant, who is chosen by God, delights God, has the Holy Spirit, and is a living testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus leaves no doubt about who are, and who are not, of God.

I think you will agree, there can be no doubt.

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Helping Hand

"Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed." Psalms 41:1-3
The verses you read prove how much God rewards those who help the poor, those who are suffering. This is everything God expects us to do, exactly what He would do if He were here. He gave us His authority to give continuation to what He started many years ago. Do your part and He will do His.
God Bless, 

Bishop Carlos

Yes You Can

Dear all, do you really know how much you can do for yourself and for others? Do you know how far you can reach by overcoming your obstacles? Yes, it's true! Many times we fail because we don't believe that what we are doing is going to work. One of the biggest enemy of faith is doubt and every time we allow this evil possesses our mind we automatically become our worst enemy. Which is much worst than the devil. But I have a question for you: have you stopped to see the power that you have inside of you? Are you 100% sure that you have the Holy Spirit? I'm asking you these questions because if you know who you are and the one who is inside of you then you have no reason to fear nor doubt about what you can do and conquer. Unless your life is not on the altar and you have nothing to do with God.

It is time to stop wailing and do the things we are able to do. Let's go ahead and take possession of what we should have already conquered. The day in which you manifest the full power that there's inside of you, you will make a huge difference in your life and in the life of all those who are suffering around you. Satan will flee from you. God has anointed us with His Spirit and who is above Him? Who can resist Him? No one! However, though we know about it we haven't  manifested our authority as we should, because the day in which we do it then things will be different. When the disciples found out how much they could do through the Holy Spirit nobody could stop them. Peter's shadow healed the sick, Paul's apron healed the sick made demons flee etc.The question is: can't you do the same? Yes you can, unless you doubt about God and yourself.
"Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, 'Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.' And He said to them, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."' (Luke 10:17-19 NKJV)

The Centurion

"Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, 'Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.' And Jesus said to him, 'I will come and heal him.' The centurion answered and said, 'Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed."' Matthew 8:5-8 Centurion in the time of The Lord Jesus was a man who used to arrest people and many times he used to give order to kill others proving that he had nothing to do with God. He was not Jew but Roman, however when he saw his servant suffering he immediately decided to do something to save his life. Then he came to Jesus by himself for he could not bring his servant because he was paralyzed. The centurion was so confident in what he was doing that he didn't even need the presence of the  Lord Jesus at his house, but just a word and would be enough for his servant to be healed and that's exactly what happened to him.The point I want emphasize here is the centurion didn't accept to see his servant suffering without doing anything to help him and actually this was what The Lord Jesus was expecting from those who were following Him, in order words for us to help those who are suffering.

   The Centurion like the Good Samaritan were not Christians. They didn't know the Holy Scripture, yet they had compression on those who were suffering and did something to save their lives. We as Christians and servants of God, are anointed with authority to cast out demons and heal the sick, can do much more than these two men did and made history. Let's make sure that this Sunday  we bring someone who needs help. I do believe that you have already found the person and he or she can come from your own family, friends, neighbors, etc. Though it is not written in the Bible but I am very sure that these two men the one helped by the Good Samaritan and the one who was helped by the Centurion never forgot about those who helped them to overcome their problems. I also believe that you always remember the one who evangelized you and gave you a hand to take you out of your suffering.
Think about it.
God Bless,

Bishop Carlos

Obreiros em Foco: COMO NASCER DO ESPÍRITO

Obreiros em Foco: COMO NASCER DO ESPÍRITO: O nascimento do filho de Deus não acontece mediante a interferência humana. Nem igrejas, nem doutrinas e muito menos vasto conhecimento b...

Be Perfect

Dear friend,
When we read the Bible we can see that the greatest things happened just once, for example the calling of Abraham, God called him just once and left his all and went to a place where he didn't know. Noah built just one ark he didn't need to do it again. As far as I know the Red Sea was divided only once. Jacob wrestle with God once and for all, how about the Walls of Jericho? It fell flat down no more than once. David didn't need to kill Goliath twice, and The Lord Jesus was crucified once and for all; but what I wonder is why many people keep on doing the same thing over and over and never accomplish their dream? They take part of campaigns after campaigns and have reaped no result? Are they really being perfect in the things they have done when they come on the altar? Is God wrong? Is He the one who is making mistakes? To be frank, the problem is with us and in what we have done, please don't say that you have done everything in the right way, God is not insane He is perfect. If you have joined the Campaign of Israel and you are fulfilling your vow this Sunday, be perfect, don't do what you want but do what God wants you to do. The heroes of the past became heroes because they simply obeyed. They never did what they wanted. They never gave what they liked but what God required from them. Jacob left his all not because he wanted, but because he knew for him to change his life and become God's reference he had to leave all. You know what God wants from you  too. Therefore, don't come on the altar and bring what you can, nor what you want but bring what God wants from you and you won't need to do it second time.
Be blessed,Be perfect.

          Bishop Carlos

The Good Servant

A place chosen by God

A place chosen by God

Tithe, Offering and Life!

Why place tithes and offerings on the

Why place tithes and offerings on the

altar, if God is Spirit?

…seek the LORD your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes — the place where his name will be honored. There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. There you and your families will feast in the presence of the LORD your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the LORD your God has blessed you.  Deuteronomy 12:5-7 (New Living Translation)

Tithes and offerings represent the life of the tither and giver on the altar.

Jesus teaches that the altar sanctifies the offering. The altar sets apart or consecrates the tither and the giver to God. Matthew 23:19

The only way for our hands to be blessed, to begin to change for the better, to enjoy the happiness of good health, to have a blessed house, and to  have prosperity and abundance… is for us to become tithers.

Assistants in Focus

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Assistants Graduation - March 31st

Preparatory Course for Assistants Graduation

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)

In every school and university for one to graduate, he has to be approved, and in this way they’ll be able to grow in their career. In the work of God, it isn’t different, God needs approved (graduates) that don’t have nothing to be ashamed of and therefore, use them for big things. This graduation will only be for those who want to be used for big things…

5 Week course

Begins: Sunday 2/24/13

Ends: Sunday 03/24/13

Graduation: 3/31/13

Requirements to Graduate:

Participate of the 5 classes, do the tasks of the week, get 3 couples to be your godparents, these couples can be: married, friends, engaged, dating or not have any connection at all, but they have to be 3 couples who have never come to the church before or those who have stopped coming for a long time.

Class subjects:

2/24 – Active faith

3/3 - Clean conscience

3/10 – vigilance

3/17 – Fear

3/24 – Hope

3/31 – Graduation, the day that the godparents will be present

Homework:

First: Read the bible daily and show your pastor a verse or a passage that caught your attention that week.

Second: Read Bishop Macedo’s Blog (www.bishopmacedo.com) every day and show your pastor the message that caught your attention that week.

Third: Everyday watch the program assistants in Focus (www.iurdtv.us) 9:30pm NY TIME and show your pastor what caught your attention that week on the program.

On 03/31/13, the graduates will receive the Diploma of Graduation that must be signed by the godparents that will be at the Graduation ceremony.

The Altar Ray Boltz

Mesma Geraçao

A geraçao na epoca de Noe nao era diferente da de hoje, os problemas e dificuldades pareciam com as que nós temos vivenciado hoje em dia, porem Deus encontrou em Noe um homem justo no meio daquela geraçao, e se Deus encontrou era porque Ele estava procurando alguem que vivesse de forma a agrada-lo e isso Noe sabia fazer muito bem...

Família Universal

As Lutas do Dia A Dia - Muitas vezes passamos por lutas e problemas no nosso dia a dia e Deus permite que as enfrentamos nao para o nosso sofrimento ou porque pecamos, mas para o nosso proprio beneficio, pois sao nos momentos de lutas que nos aproximamos mais de Deus, O buscamos com mais intensidade e frequencia, e sao exatamente nessas horas que nós mais aprendemos e crescemos na fé e na comunhao com Ele, por isso é que os problemas e lutas sao permitidos por Deus. Portanto, se nesse momento voce esta passando por dificuldades e lutas procure se chegar mais a Deus, busque-O com toda fé e certeza de que Ele esta ai com voce e lhe garantira a vitoria. 'Pelo que sinto prazer nas fraquezas, nas injurias, nas necessidades, nas perseguiçoes, nas angustias, por amor de Cristo. Porque, quando sou fraco, entao é que sou forte.' 2Co 11.10
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consecrate the family

No último dia, o grande dia da festa…

No último dia, o grande dia da festa…

The last enemy

We are never short on enemies: misery, loneliness, sickness, unemployment, unhappy love life, addictions, debt, family problems, etc. They are numerous, but they can all be overcome.
However, out of all of these enemies, the greatest is death. Many are aware of this, but others do not know that death is an enemy.
Death comes for the healthy and the sick, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. It can come at any time and in any place, whether it’s when you’re outside, at home, at work, in the hospital, on a plane, in church... It comes without warning. The location makes no difference to death.

There is a story where death tells a man that, within a week, he would come back to take his life. Desperate about not wanting to die, the man tries to deceive death. He goes to a costume party dressed up as a clown. When death arrives at the party, he searches for the man but does not find him. So death says: "Since I have not found the man I am looking for, I am going to take this clown instead."
The problem is that people have been more concerned about overcoming other enemies, and have ignored the greatest problem of all, which is death.
When the time comes for them to face death, their priority to overcome their other enemies causes them to become overcome by it.
The Scripture says: "The last enemy that will be destroyed is death," 1 Corinthians 15.26.
This means that after death there is nothing else to overcome. Death must be overcome now, and a daily sacrifice is needed to keep it defeated.
The phrase: "Once saved, always saved" is a lie of the devil.
This is why the Lord Jesus said, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me," Luke 9.23.
But if death came right now, at this very moment, who would win? You or death?
For those who are overcome by death, there is still the suffering they will encounter during the second death, which is the lake of fire: "He who has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches: He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death," Revelation 2.11.
Bishop Romualdo Panceiro

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