We are rooted

"You transplanted a vine from Egypt;


you drove out the nations and planted it.

You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

The mountains were covered with its shade,

the mighty cedars with its branches.

Its branches reached as far as the Sea,

its shoots as far as the River"As a result, we withered and our shadow became limited; meaning we didn't save souls like we used to.


When God called us from the world, He was transplanting us from sin and rooting us into His kingdom. He cleansed us and made us to be the shadow of those who are being scorched by the sun (where we used to be in the world). He made us to be trees that are rooted in Him and evergreen.

As time passed by, problems and situations came and made us to loose track on God's care and start looking at how big our problems are.



Remember that we were rooted and made to be strong by God. So, as long as we are still here in God's Kingdom, we can still ask for revival - It is never too late to ask Him to take care of us and make of us what He wanted from the beginning.


May the Lord Jesus renew each one of us.






Stay Blessed!

Nothing to lose

“My heart was pounding, but I remained silent in the police car as it sped along. Despite the feeling of having lost all control, there was peace inside me.” --- Bishop Macedo

How many times do we panic and become restless inside of us when we are facing uncomfortable situations? Our fear overcomes our faith and we totally forget about God’s amazing power to set free. We have a living example from our Bishop, though he was nervous and extremely uncomfortable, he allowed peace to flow in his heart and became quite. In this moment, his faith was connected to God.

In cases where we feel like giving up and loosing all control, we have to keep calm and don’t allow our emotions to mislead us and defile our spirituality.

Let’s remain silent allow peace to flow inside of us.

Stay Blessed!

Only You

It took only one man to put Israel at peace. He was given pride (1 Samuel 17: 38) but he did not accept it because he was not used it (see verse 39). He came out to be himself and not someone else. He understood that being like the king would mean less of his faith and more of the heavy amour of war to protect him.

David was just a boy and he knew nothing about fighting or whatsoever. He just had his faith in God stable. That was David's amour. It was David's greatest weapon to defeat the giant and freeing his people from the giant's daily threats.

Wow! This 'boy’, who later became a king, had what we call the Supernatural faith. The kind of faith that goes beyond possibilities and expectations. What happened in the slaying of Goliath was supernatural.

“Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy and he has been a fighting man from his youth.” ” 1 Samuel 17:33. Not only did his brother Eliab lacked trust in him but King Saul did not believe in him also.

No one might believe in you right now because you are a junior. But hey, who cares if they do?

Unleash that supernatural faith that's inside of you and remove the pride given to you. Just be you because there's no better warrior that you.

Stay Blessed!

His Love

“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” Psalm 13:5

This is a very simple bible passage but I found something very profound from it. Let’s look at the first part – “I trust in your unfailing love”.  David trusted in God’s unfailing love because He understood what it is capable of.

Trusting God is being sure that His love will compel Him to take care of you; His love will provide for you. It is trusting that even in the current situation that gives you sleepless nights; God’s love has allowed you to pass THROUGH it and not for you to LIVE in it.

As a result, those who doubt His love, they never pass through situations but they remain in situations.

Try understanding what God’s love is and see what His love has compelled Him to do for you. God allowed Jesus to be crucified so he can be glorified in resurrection; that is why Jesus did not remain with the dead. That’s how great His love is.

Let’s seek God’s understanding of His love so like David, we can be able to TRUST in His unfailing love.

Stay blessed!

Not that one

When we feel loved, we become happy, we spread the love we received to everyone who is around us. We always smile and always have beautiful stories to tell because love does exactly that- it has beautiful stories to give.

Now I want to talk about the love of the Father. I never had the father’s love but trust me, I have experienced His love and it is whole. When He loves you, He guides you to the right paths of life. You will never go wrong as long as you allow Him to take the lead.

The Father is also the protector. He never leaves His loved ones to endure any kind of pain- never. He knows you more than you know yourself. This is what I actually love the most about Him. He knows what you need and when do you need it. Isn’t it lovely?

In His love, he rebukes sharply. “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent” Revelation 3:19

Unfortunately, not everyone accepts rebuke. This rebellion is so blind to even see Who is rebuking you. It cares less about the love He has for you. It is selfish and choosy. It says to Him: yes to Your love but no to Your rebuke. Mostly, it expects Him to accept everything about us- the good and the bad.

God uses people, His servants to show us the way. We must understand that rejecting God’s rebuke, is actually rejecting His love also. One can never expect God’s love while they are rejecting his rebuke- impossible.

Have you been accepting both the love of God and His rebuke?

Stay Blessed!

Why did they say...

This is especially for those who are doing the work of God in the church. Be it in the courtyard or on the altar. We know that we usually have meetings for these groups with our overseers and it is a blessing for us.  These meetings are meant to encourage us and strengthen our faith.

The question is does it really do what it’s supposed to?

How can we possibly expect it to bear forth fruits if we talk to our fellow friends about the comments we have concerning what was spoken about? How can we be blessed if we discuss what was spoken in the meeting with those who have nothing to do with it?

Surely, there will be no blessing because of lack of discretion. A servant of God is discreet and he is open for discussions with the elders not with other people who have nothing to do with what was spoken of in the meeting. He has self control over his emotions.

“If someone does not speak in the meeting of the overseers, yet goes out and speaks to others, he is a person with a double tongue. Such a person cannot be in our midst. You must rebuke him sharply...” quoted from Watchman Nee.

Dear friends, if maybe by any chance you find yourself rebuked because of your loose tongue, you should give glory to God and repent to never do it again.  For God rebukes those he loves, Revelation 3:19.

Stay Blessed!!!

A warning to those who serve God

My name is Rita and I am in my 20’s. My family first came to the UCKG when I was six years old; we were set free and gave our lives to God. My mother was raised up to be an assistant, and eventually so was I.
As a teenager I met an assistant pastor and discovered we had a mutual attraction for each other. After a year and three months, we got engaged. I was sure that he was from God. I did not pay attention to the details, and the thought of “testing” him seemed like nonsense. I ignored the fact that he was irritable, proud and frequently disagreed with the church leadership.

One day he was reprimanded and disciplined because of his pride. He felt he had been treated “unfairly”, was filled with hurt feelings and left the Work of God. People tried to warn me. A pastor told me that his attitude was not that of a man of God. I listened quietly, but within there was a growing anger. I declared that I would stay with him, and not abandon him. I remember a pastor’s wife telling me, “Rita, the devil wants to grab a hold of you”. I did not listen; instead I became even angrier.

He moved in with his parents since we had no money to get married. We grew cold in faith, I quit being an assistant, rarely went to church and our relationship got more and more physical. My family ended up leaving the church… we were all lost. He said we needed to get married as soon as possible, that it was now or never. Against my will and my family’s, we got married. That was supposed to be the most beautiful day of my life, but instead it was horrible. No church, no wedding dress and lots of sadness, because shortly before that day I had slept with him.

There was no honeymoon. We went to live in a rented house. Within the first few months we were already in debt, our names were blacklisted and there was no money, since he was so unorganized with our finances. We fought a lot; I was always sad; I wanted a divorce. In an attempt at happiness, we started going to nightclubs, and I know that if I had died then, I would now be in hell. To use Bishop’s term, I accepted “Judas’s kiss”, and went through hell all because of emotion. Then I remembered the words: “Rita, the devil wants to grab a hold of you.” He had grabbed me, my family and my salvation.

That’s when I started to follow your blog again. I was angry at the church, but felt peace when I read your blog posts. I read them every day, listened to the podcasts and it broke my heart. At first I started attending church simply to bring my tithe. I remember the pastor saying, “Young lady, faith comes by hearing the Word.” My husband was getting worse, my life had no meaning, and so I decided to come back.
One night I got on my knees and cried out to God asking Him to bless everyone I had a grudge against. I mentioned them name-by-name, my heart ached and felt like it was about to burst, but I forgave them. Then I had my second encounter with the precious Holy Spirit and a heavy weight was lifted from me. From that moment on, God gave me the peace and wisdom to deal with every one of my problems. My husband started coming with me to church. A few months later he started praying again, turned his back on his bad friends and became serious in his faith.

Today I am an assistant again. My family is going to the church and I already see a big change in my mother. I work two shifts to help with the expenses. My marriage has changed a lot, but my fight to see changes in my husband has not been easy. I want him to be more responsible, to be calm and to give me a sense of security. He is at his third job in five months and I still cannot trust him with money, but I believe that God will transform him.

The moral of my story for assistants is this: DO NOT FOLLOW THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART, for the sake of your own salvation. I am saved today only by God’s mercy. Please, assistants, do not be deceived by well-mannered, handsome, sweet talking assistant pastors. And you who are dating or engaged, examine absolutely everything, test him, and do not be fooled by an appearance of holiness.
I could have avoided all this suffering if I had only been more rational, if I had listened to the voice of God and ignored my heart. I put my salvation, and that of my family, at risk, because they got hurt.
I ask God to have mercy on me, because I do not want my hands to be stained with blood. This is so serious. What I went through was unnecessary. Please do not do what I did, I am saved again, but I know many others who did not make it back, that are  still out in the world, and still others who actually died.

Stay Blessed!