A New Life Awaits You

The Power of the Word

Abraham’s Call

After God elected Abraham in His heart, He called him and told him clearly: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.” (Genesis 12.1)
This was the first test of Abraham. He had to leave his homeland, his properties, his customs, his friends, in short, he has to leave everything behind.
His surrender to God meant separation from his familiar world. God’s divine plans demanded his total departure from that place. The Lord could not shape and mould him according to His will, whilst he was subject to the influences of that society.
Getting him out of there and teaching him to depend on his faith in the promises of God was fundamental for the creation of a strong, invincible and unshakable nation.
On the other hand, to go out into the desert without a map and without a clue where he was going, was a true challenge to his faith. At first God gave him no direction where he would start, let alone direction to the north, south, east or west.
First, he had to leave the place where he was, and only then the Lord would guide him. Abraham had to learn to depend on God to provide the daily bread, day after day, through the desert.
Similarly the Lord Jesus teaches us; “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24)
But follow Him where? It doesn’t matter! Whoever wants to follow Him doesn’t need to know where/ it is enough only to trust in His leadership. Christians live by faith, in other words, in the certainty that God will do exactly what he promised to do.
Ur was a city in Mesopotamia, the Land of the Chaldeans, situated between the river Tigris and Euphrates. It was a prosperous, important and well- developed city.
Abraham needed courage and boldness to give no ear to his relatives and friends, but only to God. The Lord Himself would guide him through the desert and show him the Promised Land. The absolute certainty that God would fulfill what He had promised was the only evidence that would beat in his heart.
Bishop Macedo

One Word!!

Just one word is needed for your life to change in aspect, the Word of God. This is the only Word that can turn impossible into possible. Through the Word of God dead can come back to life, blind can receive his sight back, the miserable one can be rich, last can be the first, small becomes big, sick can be healed, and much more... but for all these to happen you need to believe with all your heart without any shadow of doubt!

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa

The Righteous and The wicked

There's one particular thing God most hates, which is unrighteousness. God wants His people and more specially those who are faithful to Him to be better than those who are unfaithful, and you may ask, why? Because our God is totally different from any other type of God that may exist in this world. He said, 'Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him'. Malachi 3.18

God Himself promised that this difference shall take place. If you are faithful to Him in tithe, offering and in what you have learnt from His word, then you are not supposed to accept to live a miserable life.

This Sunday, Nov 1st there'll be a special prayer for justice in your financial life. If you have suffered several financial injustice, you can't afford to miss out this meeting at 11am.

Send us your comment saying which financial injustice you've been suffering and let us help you or you can call us at 1888 793 6411

The Thief and Those Who Are Cursed

The Thief and those who Are Cursed
God is very clear when He identifies non-tithers as thieves, as people who are
cursed.
When parents curse a child for something he does wrong, that curse wreaks havoc
in his life for as long as he lives. Genuine conversion to the Lord Jesus is the only
thing that can free him from that torment.
Imagine what happens when God Himself labels a thief as cursed.
Obviously He does not curse anyone. But when you persist in being a thief, you’ve
chosen to be on the team of the chief of thieves — the devil. And when you live in
the devil’s territory, God has no way of defending you. God has the authority to
deliver a person only when he, of his own free will, decides to move into God’s
territory! Then the Lord of Hosts comes into action and frees him from the devourer
and the curse. But as long as he remains a thief or lives in the territory of the devil,
his future will be governed by that curse.
It has been determined that the devil has no authority over the faithful ones of God
(Psalm 91). But when it comes to thieves, he has unrestricted freedom to destroy
and to lead them to hell.
The curse that God prophesied is addressed to the thieves of tithes and offerings.
The Devourer
This is how the devourer works. When there is theft a thief is present, and when a
thief is present, the devourer is at work to curse the work of people’s hands and
destroy the fruit of the earth.
It’s important to notice the name that the Bible uses for God in this passage. When
the authors of scripture referred to God, a common expression was: the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Israel—but in the text above we see
that God is referred to as the Lord of Hosts.
Why is this?
When the Bible uses the term Lord of Hosts it’s referring to God as the Supreme
Commander of the Armies of Angels. This makes us think of war, since the job of
an army is to defend its country and people. By identifying Himself as the Lord of
Hosts, God is declaring that He is the defender of the health, prosperity and wellbeing
of His people, His nation, His Kingdom.
This war is a battle that heaven wages against the powers of hell in defense of
God's people.
When it comes to people’s finances we’re not dealing with a simply case of a little
more or a little less prosperity. It’s battle between Light and darkness. After
creating all the marvelous wealth of the earth, God entrusted it to Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden and gave them Divine authority to rule over all things.
But with their disobedience, the devil seized their authority over the earth and
began to rule it himself. And yet the earth remains the property of the Almighty
and He gives it to those who obey His Word.
The faithful not only push themselves to stay far way from sin, they also regard the
Lord of Hosts as Lord of their lives! And when you give to God what is God’s, the
Lord has an obligation to fulfill His promises of abundance in your life.
A person’s intellectual capacity is not important, neither is a noble birth, whether a
person is white, black or Hispanic, young or old, male or female, widowed, single,
educated or uneducated...
None of this matters to God!
What pleases God is obedience to His Word by faith!!!
The Lord of Hosts has personally commanded His armies to fight against the
devourers who dare to touch the wealth of the obedient.
The armies of the Almighty are always ready to defend those who have made the
Lord of Hosts the Lord of their lives.
Because of this the people of God have the obligation to take back what belongs
to God.
It is totally unacceptable for the children of darkness to rule over the children of
Light!
Is it just for the children of God to be slaves of the children of the devil? This was
the situation of the children of Israel in Egypt!
In the Garden of Eden, Adam offered the devil his authority over the earth on a
silver platter. But in the Garden of Gethsemane the Lord Jesus was separated from
the Father and the Holy Spirit in order to rescue Adam’s former authority.
The tree in the middle of the Garden with the forbidden fruit belonged to God. It
represented the tithe. When he touched that fruit all communion with the Creator
was immediately lost.
The same thing happens when a person touches God’s firstfruits. When Adam and
Eve were expelled from God’s presence, they were immediately transferred to the
devil’s side. In other words, they were under the yoke of the one who came to kill,
steal and destroy: the devourer.
But when a person begins to obey God with his tithes and offerings, he is
immediately transferred to God’s side. Then God’s will comes to pass: Return unto
Me I will return to you...
And from that moment on that person has armies of angels under the command of
the Almighty to enable him to take possession of the Kingdom of God and all its
blessings.

Bishop Macedo

Family Blessing

The Secret #1

Have you ever asked for yourself how you can prevail against all your enemies and problems? Which exactly should be the perfect step to be taken in order for you to claim your victory in every areas of your life? Well! These and many other questions have probably moved back and forth in the most inner of your mind and maybe up to this very moment you haven't found a suitable answer.

Let's understand this, everyone is born pure in heart no one is born addicted to smoking or drinking neither as a murder... etc! But why even though they are born pure in heart and innocent they grow up and many of them change their nature by starting to drink, smoke and doing things which we know are not convenient for a human being? The reason is just one, an evil spirit is possessing the person and when it happens then, he/she lives under evil control. This is what happens when an evil force possesses someone's life.

When the Spirit of God comes on us, when He enters our life and finds room to take control of everything we have, then our life changes in every aspect. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is God and once He dwells inside of you you are able to overcome all your obstacles and enemies, nothing will be impossible for you. Therefore, if you really want to enjoy a perfect life don't hesitate in seeking for the Holy Spirit with all your heart, spirit and soul.

Be part of the meetings every Wednesday and Sunday morning and be filled with the Power of God.

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa

The Faith of Abraham

Most people have faith in God, but not everyone has achieved success in their faith simply because their faith lacks foundation. When faith is based upon the solid foundation of the Word of God, it has quality. And it is exactly this kind of faith that we can call quality faith - a faith that promotes or brings a life of quality.

The lack of quality in faith is exactly the reason why most religious people do not obtain practical results from their faith, even though they have faith in God. Life depends on faith. But if faith lacks quality, then life also will be a life that lacks quality.

Let's take for example our father in faith, Abraham, for the following reason: The Lord teaches us, saying, "Look to Abraham..." (Isaiah 51.2). Therefore, we should imitate him in faith and in obedience.

It was through his courage and boldness that he materialized the faith of the heart, when he offered his son Isaac. Besides having a courageous faith, he was patient to wait for the fulfillment of the promise.

Abraham had the privilege of being the first to receive the promise of God with an oath. Through him, all those who believe are blessed, but only those who are of faith are the true Abrahamic descendants and heirs.

It is not according to the law that Abraham's descendants will inherit his blessings, but according to the same quality of faith in God that he manifested.

Because of the nature of his faith, Abraham became God's friend and heir of all His promises. He was elected by him because of the sincerity of his heart and, ultimately, because of the covenant.

To be continued.

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa

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Do you know your Enemy?

Who is our Biggest Enemy?

When we believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel we don't see obstacles but opportunities.

When God called Abraham and told him to leave his household and his country to go to a place which at first he did not know where, Abraham just believed and departed along with his wife. He didn't ask any question nor the name of the One who was speaking with him. Abraham was justified by faith and by faith he became our father and from him God made a great and powerful nation.

See that everything in Abraham's life started when God spoke with him and he just believed.

How many times God has spoken to us and we doubt and ask many questions, saying, "Should I do this or not? Is it the will of God? How many obstacles do we create? We delay God's will and power in our life. We should just believe and go ahead, if we have done that, then our life should be much better than it is right now. Many times we blame the devil or someone else for our failures and defeat but the reality is, we block our own ways, we cause us our own problems and most of the time we are our worst enemy!

May God have mercy on us.

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa

The Devourer Spirit

There are different ways in which the devourer spirit can work and destroy people's financial life. He doesn't necessarily need to touch their money directly, he many times works in the mind, and how does he do that? Simple, he convinces you that your financial situation is not that bad as someone else's, he starts putting in your mind that if you don't have everything you want, at least you have something. Something that you can afford to living with, he destroys your strength and motivation of fight for something better than what you have. The devourer spirit makes you compare your financial life with someone who materially speaking has less than you do and then, he creates in your mind a false sensation of well being and conformism. Well, if you feel comfortable with your situation, where are you going to gain strength to fight for more?

You should not look at or compare your life with someone who is lower and weaker than you but you should look to those who are ahead of you, then you'll fight to grow and conquer more. See that the devourer spirit always steals from many people that excitement of growing and become much better than they are. How many people have you asked: "How are you doing"? And they say, "Not bad"! Or "I'm ok"! And there are some people who say: "I'm doing good"! And then after that they start talking about many problems that they are going through? In reality, they are not ok or they are not doing good but in their mind they carry a false conviction that they are doing good.

Make sure you don't allow the devourer spirit convinces you that your financial situation as well as your family's are doing good and you are ok. Open your eyes and see what he's been doing against you and how he's been trying to deceive you because he doesn't want you to enjoy the abundant life promised in the Bible.

If you want to know more of this, just join the meeting of prosperity on Mondays at 11am, 3 and 6pm

Soon we'll start talking about FIA which means Faith, Intelligence & Action

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa.

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Doubt and fear
4 October 2009

Doubt and fear are the opposite of faith and courage. Whilst Good uses the voice of faith to encourage us, evil uses the voice of doubt to put us down. Whom should we follow? Whom should we serve? What decision should we make?

There’s only one way out of the fierce battle between these two voices: it’s to doubt the doubts!

To doubt doubts is to doubt the force of evil. When evil says: “Be careful”, “It might not work as you expect”, “It didn’t work for so and so”, our immediate response must be: “If God is with me, I want to see it with my own eyes that He is with me.” And then go ahead without fear.

This battle against doubt is fought inside of us, and that’s exactly where victory begins as well.

This is to fight the good fight of faith in order to take possession not only of a good life but above all, of eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12).

To believe in God is much more than to believe in His existence. It is to believe that He will do what He promised to do.

Bishop Macedo

Faith and courage
2 October 2009

Faith and courage walk together. There’s no faith without courage and there is no courage without faith. One depends on the other in order to conquer.

God told Joshua three times to be strong and courageous. Not strong in the physical sense, but spiritually, which is related to a person’s convictions.

Everything in life depends on faith and courage: faith to believe in oneself and above all, in God; and courage to put this faith into practice.

Faith must be focused on a person’s partnership with God—faith in him or herself and in God. When faith is focused only on God, it doesn’t work, which is the case with religious people. They learned to believe in God, but not in themselves. That’s why they lack strength to act out their faith.

Although Joshua had been called, chosen and anointed, he had to follow God’s advice in order to succeed. Because his success depended on this, God told him to be strong and courageous three consecutive times. Moses had also given him the same piece of advice, just as David did with Solomon (1 Kings 2:2).

Has this advice lost its meaning?

Every conquest, including eternal salvation, depends on the practice of this very same advice.

God’s command is: faith and courage. In other words, be strong and courageous.

God bless you all.

Bishop Macedo