Doing the best we can

    "But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing. The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper." Genesis 39.21-23

   Dear all,
   For God to do His part which is to bless us by fulfilling what He has promised, first we have to do our part, which is to do the best of everything that comes into our hands. Joseph for example, had to do his best and because of that God prospered the work of his hands. Everyone saw God in his life and that God was with him.
   Many Christians think that God will be revealed in this world through His word only. He needs more than that, He will be shown through what His people do. This happened to Joseph in Egypt when he was in prison. He never lost heart, nor complained because of his situation. Even when he was behind bars he knew that God was with him and whatever was given to him to do he did his best. Unfortunately, there are servants who only do their best when everything is ok, but if they face problems or the wind is blowing against them, then they change. They don’t apply all their strength on what they are doing. How can God be revealed through them like this?
   No matter the situation you may be going through right now, God is with you.  He wants to be glorified in your life. Don’t give up on what you are doing for Him. Remain faithful until the end, exactly as Joseph did and God will honor you. He will put you on top.
   Don’t forget, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" Hebrews 13.8
   Is there any doubt that He wants to do in your life the same thing He did in Joseph’s life? I believe not!
   Whatever comes into your hands to do, do your best and let everyone see God in you.
   Share this message with a friend and be the blessing wherever you go.
   Bishop Carlos

Curse and blessing

 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of theLord your God which I command you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known."  Deuteronomy 11. 26-28

Dear assistants,
See how wonderful our God is, because He gave us the power to choose and decide what to do and where to go. This power is inside each one of us and we use it according to our faith. We all know that we have to take full responsibility of any decision that we make. Whether it is good or bad consequences. It’s our responsibility and we are not supposed to transfer it to anybody, however, there are many people making wrong choices and wrong decisions by their own and they always look for someone else to blame.

 Amazingly, before they do what they want to do they don’t talk with anybody; some of them even hide what they are doing, but when things go wrong, then they don’t take responsibility of their mistake. It’s much easier to blame others or even God Himself.

God gave us the Holy Spirit and with Him, He gave us wisdom, intelligence and the ability to think before we make any choice or decision in life. Therefore if right now you are about to make any decision I would suggest to you to think very well and ask God to give direction in order for you to do what’s right with no regrets. Remember, God gives the options, but the decision is yours, not His. Think about it.
Share this message with a friend and be blessed.
Bishop Carlos

Don't corrupt yourself

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, 'The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.'" Genesis 6:11-13 

Dear assistants,

I truly believe that you all know very well how long you've been working to build up your salvation. As a matter of fact, salvation is the most important thing our life and it has to be conquered every single day because the day in which we don't conquer it we will lose it. Unfortunately this has happened to many Christians, including those who are serving God as pastors, assistants, bishops, deacons, etc...

I'm writing this message to you, just to help you to keep your eyes wide open with those who many times have approached you with sweet and very convincing words, exactly as satan did to Eve, "And the woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’' Then the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.' So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate." Genesis 3:2-6 

This is how satan works to corrupt people's character and to push them away from the presence of God. Be careful with those who try to convince to do what they have in mind. You better walk away from them. Remember when lucifer fell from Heaven, he brought along with him the third part of the angels.  Do you think he wants to perish in the fire of hell by himself? Definitely not.

Take care of your spiritual life and the anointing of the Holy Spirit that there's upon you. Fight for it, otherwise you lose it.

To be holy means to be separated exclusively to God.

Bishop Carlos

Don't be a fearful person

"For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.” Job 3:25, 26

Dear assistant,

I honestly don't have much to say about what is written in these two verses because it's very clear. Whatever you fear is going to happen to you. Perhaps this has been a reality in your life, and you ask several questions to yourself, Why this and that has happened to me if I'm serving God? You find no answer and because of that you have seen your spiritual life going down the hill.

Bishop, what should I do in this case? Cast out all type of fear that you've been carrying inside you. Fear of making decisions, fear of saying what you should have already said, fear of going against what's wrong in your life and fix what should have already been fixed, fear of believing in yourself. Otherwise, this fear will bring weakness, depression, doubts, sadness and as time goes by you will find yourself far away from the fire of the Holy Spirit. If it happens, then it'll be needless to say that you are going to fall.

I hope to help you out with this message. Share this message with a friend and fear not.

Bishop Carlos

God and the shadow

Dear assistant,

What is the reason have we seen many people claiming that they believe in God and serve Him with all their hearts and strength; They say that they have surrendered their whole life in His hands and He is everything for them, but yet whenever we look at their lives we are able to see everything and the only thing we do not see is exactly the fulfillment of what God has promised in His word. The question is, Why? Has God changed what's written? Has He changed His mind? Is He old? I know that you answer is NO! So, what is the reason there are so many people claiming one thing and showing another thing completely different from what they say?

See what the prophet Isaiah said, "For the LORD of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?” Isaiah 14:27

This verse shows very clear that the problem is not with God because it's more than clear that He is ready to act and bless all those who believe and call to Him. However, many times He has been prevented from acting or manifesting His power because people simply refuse to do their part, many of them, including those who are serving Him, have made the big mistake of thinking that everything they need to do is to pray and then everything is going to change because of their prayers. I'm not saying you should not pray, but if what you want from Him depended on your prayers only, don't you think you should have already conquered it? How many prayers have you already prayed for this case in your life? Have you seen those results yet? If your answer is NO, then it's clear that for you to change your situation or conquer what you've been dreaming of, you have to act.

God is like our shadow, if you move He moves, but if you insist in keeping quiet thinking that only your prayers are enough for you to accomplish your goals, I'm sorry, to be frank, it'll never happen.

There's no one else who wants to bless you more than God wants, but unfortunately if you don't do your part He won't be able to fulfill His promises in your life.

Can your shadow move while you are stuck? I honestly don't think so.

And the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea." Exodus 14:15, 16

Don't let the sun go down today without doing what you've got to do!

 Take actions and be blessed.

Bishop Carlos

Doing Your Best

"Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men."
 Proverbs 22:29

Dear all,
God doesn't do things anyhow whatever He does is perfect and it comes in the right time.
The Men and women He had chose in the past did their best in everything, which is why they have their names written in the Word of God. They made the difference because they excelled in everything they put their hands to do.
God has chosen us to serve Him today and there's no doubt that He expects the best from each one of us. It doesn't matter where you are nor what God wants from you, if you were chosen by Him, then you have to excel in what you are doing. Unfortunately, not all of those who are doing the work of God have this conscience because they are more concerned in pleasing man than the One who has called them. I hope that this is not your case.

Those who are born of God and filled with the Holy Spirit are more than capable of excelling in everything that they do because the Spirit that dwells in them is the Spirit of the Almighty. The only thing that can prevent them from excelling in whatever they do is their lack of interest in pleasing God, or if they are living in sin, otherwise they can make the difference.
God wants you to stand before kings and show that He is with you for His name to be glorified. People recognize that He is The Lord. But if we neglect and despise the simple things that we are given to do, how can He honor us and place us among the best ones? It'll never happen.

Therefore, whatever God has set for you to do, make sure you excel in it, without worrying about who is looking at you or what they are saying about you. Don't make the mistake by thinking that what you do in the Work of God is for man. If this is how you think, I'm sorry assistant, you are in the wrong place. If you only do your best when the pastor or bishop is around you, I feel sorry for you because you are deceiving yourself and going nowhere.
Let's do our best in every single thing that we do, either cleaning up the church, evangelizing, counseling people, taking care of disciples, etc...  Whatever we do is for the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Share this message with a friend and be the blessing.

Bishop Carlos

Thinking Like God Does

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet," Psalms 8:3-6
I hope you understand what you have just read. Everything that our God made is unmeasurable and goes much beyond what our imagination can bear. However, he made us just a little lower than the angels, and what does that mean? It means that we are big, much bigger than we think. The problem of many of us is the way we think, which is very small. If you think small, then you are small, what you do is small, what you conquer is small, people look at you as a small person and you make God very small too. Therefore, if you want to conquer what is big and become big to glorify Him, then you have to stop thinking small and begin to think like God does.  Think big, otherwise you will prevent Him from doing great things in your life.
Don't forget, God made you just a little lower than the angels. Will knowing that mean anything to you or will you continue to think small?
Please share this message with a friend and be the blessing.

Bishop Carlos