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.