Dare to Win!

We need to come to Understand, that “The Principles of Biblical Economics” (which is the only real hope we have in this life, to escape from that which is about to hit this planet with Great Fury, creating chaos like never before in Human History- Ref:James 5:1-3), requires TIME, STUDY, and UNDERSTANDING if you are to become effective and powerful in your life. THEY ARE NOT AN INSTANT PROSPERITY FORMULA.

They demand Understanding and a New Relationship with God.

The gift of your salvation is given FREELY, but it then takes a constant daily walk to keep your relationship with God growing.

Your receiving the Holy Spirit simply by asking, but if you plan to put all of the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit into POWERFUL PRACTICE in your life, it takes a lifetime of interaction with Him.

The same is true of the Biblical Principles of Giving and Receiving. It demands careful study, It demands faithful execution in a systimatic, concise manner, Then, after FAITH and PATIENCE have done their work, you will inherit the promise. (Hebrews 6:12).

We know from scripture, that there are many types of giving. We also know, that the TITHE is God’s money, entrusted to your keeping. Failing to give it back to Him at the proper time is robbery. Tithing is the FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE OF BIBLICAL ECONOMICS since the windows of heaven cannot be opened to you until you TITHE.

You also know, that offerings are the KEY to the measure of your prosperity. Your faithful TITHING opens the windows, and your faithful, liberal offerings determine how much God will bless you through the open windows.

Giving only a little measure of what you have brings a little measure of blessing through the windows, but a big measure brings forth a big blessing.

You know, that God also looks at your heart, not at dollar/ rand amount of your gift. He determines the size (or measure) of your gift by what portion it is of what you have LEFT. IF YOU GIVING OUT OF YOUR NEED, even if it is 10 cents, your 10 cents is a gift of more value than a Million dollars/ rands given by someone else out of his great abundance!

GIVING FOR EVANGELISM UNLEASHES A SPECIAL PROMISE JUST FOR YOU! No other believers can experience prosperity in quite the same way as those who give to missions. (We always mention to our Partners about our planned Outreaches to where the Lord wants us to go to - COMING UP IS TO BRAZIL AND USA, WHICH YOU CAN ALREADY BEGIN TO PLAN AND PLANT YOUR SEED). Mission Giving believers cal look forward to both quality and quantity Blessings from God.

GIVING IS A SPIRITUAL GIFT which you and I learn to use by APPLICATION. iT IS not enough for you to Understand everything I’ve written and shared with you in this teaching, and it’s not enough for you to memorize it, and stand in faith for your prosperity. To achieve your desired prosperity, to achieve the abundance that will give you the ability to participate effectively in the End-Time harvest, YOU MUST FAITHFULLY APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES in your everyday life!

These principles make no sense to the World, but the make sense to God, and they making more sense to you as you receive a whole New Mentality on the Subject of Finaces. YOUR MIND IS BEING REVOLUTIONIZED AND RENOVATED, AND BROUGHT INTO LINE, PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT, WITH THE WORD OF GOD!

I pray, that what you’ve leaned will be applied, so that you too, will not be bound, or taken captive by this present demonic world system of economics - THE MONEY IS NOT WHAT’S EVIL, ITS THE SYSTEM, THAT IS KEEPING PEOPLE IN BONDAGE!

Here’s an opportunity for you to release your faith now, and Sow you best Seed, expecting a Turn Around in your Financial Status!

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In the Church Today, we refer to those whom God calls to be professional ministers as “FULL TIME” ministers.

However, being a minister of the gospel is not something reserved just for those behind the pulpit or on Christian TV. Every believer is in the Full Time Ministry.

God has no part-time help, and believers who work behind a lathe, waitresses, or sit in a office behind a desk, or coaching a soccer team, are as much in the full-time ministry as the Pastor or a large Evangelist who holds crusades around the world.

So you can see that the secret to success in ministry is not WHAT office you stand in, but WHO put you there.

Are you in a Bible College, or operating in some kind of christian work, even Pastoring a church, because it seemed like a good idea , or did God direct you there, and to that position. Are you an attorney because you can make a good living for your family, or did God call you to the Legal Profession.

If you are in God’s will, you can be as fulfilled, peaceful and spiritually productive in a workshop behind a lathe as you can behind a pulpit. And Jesus will not discriminate between “FULL TIME” ministers and ministers in secular positions when He grants rewards at the Judgement Seat of Christ. The Only thing He’s going to ask is; “Did You Do What I INstructed You To Do?”

Many people feel a call into Full Time ministry, and what they fail to understand, is that they are NOT called to a Pulpit ministry, even though they are called into Full-Time ministry! And go on through life fighting for a position, that God has not Appointed them to function in, even though He does have a Full-Time ministry, as every Born-Again believer has. But it does not mean, that it’s a Five Fold calling.

When people attempt to function in a position, they have not been assigned to, they enter into a very Dangerous place. Primarily, its a place of Deception, because what placed them in that position, was Deception Itself. Once they there, they become Dangerous to the people around them, because deception begins to flow in such a subtle way, that it seems as real manifestations of the power of God.

2 Corinthians 11:12-15 But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. For such false apostles (ministers) deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Here it is, this clearly states what was going on in the early church - It’s no different today, where false prophets are concerned.

One of the way we recognise false preachers/ministers, is that they are always drawing attention to self, and they work, and are self promoting and jogging for position of authority! Making sense? Anyone one you aware of?

False prophets are also, known to have been church members, serving for lengthy period of times and thus, rebelled against God’s Leadership, and left the church out of delusion and rebellion, and the sad part, is that these false prophets in many instances normally draw a large group unsettled believers with them from those churches, leading them to destruction.

Now the Bible clearly states that this is going to be one of the evident signs in these last days!

Mathew 24:24 For false christ’s and FALSE PROPHETS will rise and show great signs and wonders TO DECEIVE, if possible even the elect (the born-again believers).

As I have stated. ANYONE THAT SELF PROMOTES THEMSELVES TO PROMINENT POSITIONS, ARE FALSE PROPHETS, BECAUSE GOD KINGDOM, HAS STRUCTURE, AND ORDER.

Eventually they’ll be found out! And most of these False Prophets are very proud, and unfortunately this is a double death blow, because that pride will hold them back from repentance from their error, and thus increase in error.

Mathew 18:16 … by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

Prophecy has to be established by credible spiritual leaders, otherwise, leave it alone! If what you do, is looking for prophecies to confirm the wrongs you hold, you’ll attract many! Believe me.

Jeremiah 27:14-15 Therefore do not listen …. for I have not sent them.Says the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in My name.

THESE DECEIVERS, ARE NOT AFRAID TO DECEIVE! Be very careful.

The Bible says that we will all be rewarded based on what we did with whatever God gave us to do, and NOT what we did based on works of the flesh.

AS A PASTOR OF A CHURCH OVER THE YEARS I HAVE SEEN MANY BELIEVERS ZEALOUSLY DESIRE TO MOVE INTO FULL-TIME MINISTRY FOR THE WRONG REASONS. In Most Cases, they were led by outward pressures and not by the Spirit of God. And most were insecure in themselves, thinking that by entering the ministry, this would bring them the security they desired.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons (mature children) of God. (Romans 8:14)

If you led in your spirit by the Holy Spirit, then you will avoid the following reasons NOT TO GO into Full-Time Ministry:

1. Friends In The Ministry - Your example for the ministry is not your friends bu the Lord Jesus Himself. “… but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are NOT WISE.” (2 Corinthians 10:12)

God is the one who created the plan for your life, and He will place friends in your life who will merely CONFIRM what He has already REVEALED TO YOU in your heart. If that confirmation does not come, you serve and wait for it, no matter how long it may take - But never, I say NEVER, step out without that confirmation, because if you do, you will open yourself up to deception and deceiving spirits, and the worst part, is that you will deceive others, and bring heartache, pain and judgement upon yourself and others. It is a serious issue.

2. Pressure From a Guest Minister - Traveling evangelists or visiting missionaries often see the great needs of the world and take on the role of God’s Recruiter. Through emotional appeals and stirring slide presentations or video clips, they tell you not to wait, and that there is no time to wait any longer, and that you are to join God’s Army NOW. After all, the Word of God says “GO”, so you do not have to think or pray about it, but simply go. All of this can be deceptive, and as a result the world is filled with enthusiastic but quickly frustrated ministers who either were not called to be where they are, or went out too soon and were never separated. Even Jesus was not directed by the needs of the world, but BY THE WILL OF GOD.

If you minister because of the needs you see, you will spread yourself too thin and quickly become discouraged. However, if you accept your calling and are faithful to do what God has led you and assigned, day by day, you will be content. Then, when you see a need, you can pray for and financially support your Church’s ministry Outreaches, that God has called to meet that need. This is why the Body of Christ is a Team and not one member!

3. You Feel Like You Are Getting Old - You may have been saved or recommited your life to the Lord at an older age, ad now you feel like you have wasted your life. But the Holy Spirit tells us in Collossians 4:5 that God “redeems the time”, and He can make up for lost years if you will move at His Pace. There are many examples in God’s Word of those who began a successful ministry later in life. Moses, for instance, entered the ministry at Eighty years old.

4. The Ministry Looks Glamorous - Your job seems dull and you are only winning a few people to Christ now and then, while the masses in exotic places and around the world are crying for Jesus. The grass always looks greener on the other side of the TV set, when thousands are saved.

The truth is, the ministry is far from glamorous, and the work is very hard. Many full-time ministers would gladly trade places with you at the worshop, factory or office, and their families would love for them to have a nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday job like everyone else.

Your ministry at the office or factory, may not always be exciting to you, but it is to the Lord. You and your ministry are just as important to Him as the famous evangelist and his ministry, and He has a specific purpose for you being where you are.

5. Jesus Is Coming Soon - Since the Lord’s return could come at any moment, you feel as if you need to be “Out There”. What if Jesus came and you were NOT Fulfilling your Calling?

The fact of the matter is, you cannot fulfill your calling unless you faithful to what the Lord has led you to do NOW, at this time. “The steps of a righteous man are ordered of the Lord.” (Psalm 37:23). And I would rather be found diligently preparing for ministry when Jesus comes, than to be ‘Out There” too soon with nothing to preach and probably making a mess of my life and the lives of those around me!

God is pleased with those who exercise patience and wait for His Timing. Don’t be worried that God will overlook or forget you. He knows right where you are and He knows when to Separate those whom He has called.

What the Lord has begun in you He will complete.

The Lord will perfect that which concerns you. (Psalm 138:8)

More than anything, remember that God created you for a Reason. He has a plan and a purpose for your life. You are not an accident or an afterthought, and He knows the end of your life from the beggining.

If you will put your trust in the Lord, believe His Word and live it through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and be Faithful to do, and stay Faithful to do, and remain where He has called you, then you will achieve success in life and great rewards in eternity.

More than that, your life will be Pleasing to God, a Blessing to all the Lives you touch, and a tremendous JOY and FREEDOM for you!

Delight yourself also in the Lord; and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit yout way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and he shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:4-5) 

I pray that this teaching has impacted your life and cleared your thinking in regards to following God’s Plan for your life!

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Dear Partner / Friend,                                                                                                   

Greetings in the mighty Name of Jesus!

Our lives are often hit with blackouts of which the Bible defines as The Storms of Life, and if we have not taken the necessary steps to prepare and put things in place according to the Word of God, then we aren’t likely to be able to see what to do, and have the necessary ability to stand in the midst of these Storms.

So, you might want to ask yourself these questions: Are you prepared for the blackouts or storms of life? Are you building your life wisely on a solid foundation?

Matthew 7:24-27 (Amplified Version) - So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon a rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell and great and complete was the fall of it.

It’s not surprising that Jesus would use this analogy since He grew up in the home of a carpenter (Builder) and knew what was necessary to build a home that would stand up to all kinds of weather, especially storms.

In this analogy, Jesus reveals that there are only two ways in which people build their lives, that is, wisely or foolishly. Notice, there is no middle ground. He declares that obedience is wise and disobedience is foolish. You are either obeying His commands or you’re not.

Please note that the two men in this analogy had a lot in common. Both decided to build a house. It appears that they both decided to build in the same neighborhood, perhaps on the same street. It also appears that when they completed the building of their homes that they both looked solid. Anyone walking by would assume that both would withstand the elements. We could also assume that both men were church-goers because they both heard the Word. And, it sounds as if they both heard the same messages.

Any differences between these two men were not external. You could not spot their differences as long as there was no adversity in their lives. The primary difference in them had to do with something you couldn’t readily see. It was the foundation upon which they had constructed their lives.                                                      

In fact, one of them didn’t truly have a foundation because he had built his house upon the sand. It was only when the storm came that you could detect the major difference between these two men. The “doer” of the Word had a firm foundation capable of withstanding any storm and the one who refused to obey, did not.

The Greek word for “rock” in these verses means “a large expanse of bedrock”. To find “bedrock” means you have to dig deep. It means that you must put forth a lot of effort and you must be willing to persevere.

Building a foundation on “bedrock” doesn’t come easy. A house can be built on sand in a short amount of time, but it takes much longer to build on “bedrock”. The man who builds on “bedrock” is looking for longevity, while the man who builds on the sand is only looking for “quick fix”.

This is the way so many Christians are today. They want what the obedient person has but they’re not willing to do what it takes to obtain it. The quality of your life will be put to the test when the storms come. And believe me, they do come!                                                                                                                                       It’s when the storms come that we find out just how firm our foundation is in the Word of God.

The Apostle Paul tells us: Colossians 2:6-7 - As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith…

Paul tells us how this is done in the next chapter: Colossians 3:16 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly… When the Word dwells in you richly, then you become like the man described in Psalm One. Psalm 1:3 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water… His roots are deep and he will not be moved when the storms are raging.

Psalm 112:6-8 states, “Surely he shall not be moved forever ..He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies”.                                                                                                                                    

No matter what comes his way, this man will not be shaken, nor will he be defeated.                Why? His Foundation is firm.

Notice also, in Matthew, chapter seven, that obedience to the Word, whether written or spoken, was what made the difference in these two men’s lives. It’s not enough to just hear the Word, you must obey it. Many times we don’t know what God might ask us to do, but if we want His best in our lives then we must be willing to obey His every command.                                                                                  Anything that God might ask you to do will require faith on your part.

Sometimes even “radical faith”! You might be asking, “What do you mean by radical faith?” Like Abraham when God asked him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. Like Isaac when God asked him to sow in famine. Or like Gideon when God asked him to go against a great army with only 300 men.                                     Sometimes you have to be willing to do something extreme in order to get your break-through. Uncommon deeds produce uncommon results!

Nothing miraculous or extraordinary ever happens to people who are afraid to “get out of the boat”. It’s those who get out into the deep that see the miracles of God. Psalm 107:23-24 - They that go down to the sea in ships..that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.                                                                                                                                                                          

If you need a breakthrough today, then find out what God wants you to do, and obey Him even if you have to get radical with your faith.

 Your partner and friend,

 Ps. Caly

Thank you  for praying for us, and for continually standing with us in Faith, as we see God’s Will unfold in our lives daily! Together we making an Eternal Impact in the lives of people every day!

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:13).

When Peter said, Gird up the loins of your mind, he was actually saying that a right mental attitude is important. A right mental attitude is of the uttermost importance when you are experiencing trouble. That part of the body (the loins) is not in the mind. Peter used that phrase metaphorically.

Paul also used the term LOINS in his letter to the Ephesians. He said, Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness. (Ephesians 6:13-14).

Paul was talking about putting on the whole armor of God that we might stand against the wiles of the devil.

The Amplified Bible states those verses this way: “Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day (of danger), and having done all (the crisis demands), to stand (firmly in your place). Stand therefore - hold your ground - having tightened the belt of truth around your loins.”

Verse 11 of The Amplified Bible says, “… that you may be able to successfully stand up against (all) the strategies and the deceits of the devil.”

The loins is that part of the body that contains strength and power. When Peter used that physical part of the body as a figure of speech, he was implying a region of strength and power in the mind.

WILLINGPOWER ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH.

Peter and Paul are implying that there is a region of strength and creative power in the mind. The power that is released from the mind is called ‘WILLPOWER”. It is evident that willpower is one of the things - along with faith in God’s Word - that makes the gospel attractive.

The problem is that many Christians have no willpower, and when trouble comes to them, they fall aside. Please understand: Willpower alone is not enough. Faith must be mixed with willpower.

A Right Mental Attitude is Created by Faith in God’s Word.

I BELIEVE THIS STUDY IS GIVING YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, ON HOW TO OVERCOME TESTS AND TRIALS THAT COME AGAINST YOUR FAITH.

I PRAY THAT, ABOVE ALL, YOU’LL PRACTICE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED IN THIS STUDY, AND BEGIN TO MAKE STRIDES TOWARDS LIVING GOD’S LIFE PURPOSE FOR YOU. Amen.

SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO ENDURED TRIALS BY OVERCOMING THEM!

An excellent example of somebody enduring trials, temptations, and problems is given in the third chapter of Daniel. These three young Hebrew men had the kind of endurance that brings glory to God. When they came out of that fiery furnace, they were not burned, beate down, beggarly, or helpless. In reality, the trial of their Faith had no power over them. There wasn’t even a single hair on their heads. And they did not have the smell of smoke on them. They came out of there bringing honor and glory of God.

WHY?

Because they went into that furnace with a right mental attitude. They did not go in there saying, “Oh, dear God, why is this happening to me? It seems like every time I make a decision to go for God, I get burned.”

Before they were ever shoved into the furnace, they said, “We will not bow our knee; we will not serve your god. Our God will deliver us. He is able. And if we go into the furnace, He is able to deliver us” (paraphrased).

They were so positive about this that they knew God would deliver them regardless of the circumstances.

They left the door wide open to God. God could do it any way He wanted. They were saying, “It makes no difference whether or not we go into the furnace; We will not serve your god. We will not bow our knee; our God will deliver us. It makes no difference how we approach this trial; Out God will deliver us.”

They had a right mental attitude, praise God!

THE WORD THEY SPOKE WERE SPAWNED FROM FAITH.

You should realize that the words Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego spoke were the product of their faith - faith in the Covenant; Faith in their God to deliver them. As they spoke words of faith, they also expressed that they had a right mental attitude.

They right mental attitude played an important part in their deliverance.

When Peter was talking about the trial of your faith, he said that the thing that would bring glory and honor to God is that you come out of the trial of a winner - Not beaten down and beggarly, but a winner. The way that you can come out of a trial a winner is by having faith in your heart, confidence in the Word of God, and a right mental attitude. In Peter 113, he was saying, “When you are in the midst of a trial, you must gird up the loins of your mind; be sober, and develop a right mental attitude” (Paraphrased).

THE WORST TIME TO HAVE A WRONG OR NEGATIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE IS WHEN YOU ARE UNDER PRESSURE. As long as everything is going well, anyone can have a right mental attitude about life.

If you are not experiencing a problem or are not under pressure, then it is easy for you to make strong statements of Faith. But when a problem comes along, then you find out what is in your heart and if your attitude is right.

Somebody said, “Well, God must use those things to find out where we really stand.” NO, God doesn’t have to use tests and trials to find out where you really stand. You are not hiding anything from Him. He knows where you stand without any kind of pressure on you.

The Bible says, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, pircing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with, whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4:12-13)

God knows your heart; He knows what you believe. And He doesn’t have to send some kind of test or trial to find out whether or not you believe Him.

He knows how you will respond; He knows how you will act, and He knows what you are going to say.

The Devil is the one who doesn’t always know where you stand. He is the one who wants to send you through the fiery furnace to see how you will respond. He doesn’t know what you will do until he puts pressure on you.

And even then, thank God, you do not have to yeld to his pressure. You can keep the devil guessing all the time. Instead of you being the one who is always  under pressure, you can put the pressure on him.

HOW?

By resisting him with the Word, your Faith, and a right mental attitude.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15 Says: But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritually judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

Paul is saying that a spiritual man is judged of no one. Again, God does not have to send you through any test or trial to find out what you believe. He knows the intents of your heart.

But the devil does not - Not until you Act; Not until you Talk; Not until you respond to the pressure he brings against you.

KEEP SATAN IN THE DARK; THEN, WHEN IT IS TIME TO FIGHT, FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH AND WIN!

I pray that these Truths will help you in attaining the right perspective on Tests and Trials, and how you can come out in Victory, Every Time!

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU, FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE IN SUPPORTING Caly Ferreira Ministries throughout 2010, and we look forward to Greater and Better things together in 2011.

MY FAMILY AND I, PRAY THAT YOU’LL HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

Greetings in the mighty Name of Jesus!  

It’s amazing how quick this year went by. Here we are at year end, with a new Year ahead. And I Believe that this New Year of 2011 is going to bring about New things in the Church, and this is what I want to share with you in this month’s Victory Connection Letter.                                                                   

God is doing a new thing!

In Isaiah 43:18-19 we read, Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing…

In the Amplified Version, it states, Behold I am doing a new thing!

Let’s take it out of the future as the Amplified Version has and begin to declare that God is doing a new thing right now!

The word “new” in the literal Hebrew means:

1) Something we are unaccustomed to    

2) Something fresh

God is telling us that our lives will no longer be ordinary.

Something new, out of the ordinary, is happening.

Through the ministry of Jesus, people witnessed the power of God like they had never seen it before. They could hardly believe their eyes.

In Luke 5:26, the Amplified Version states, … We have seen wonderful and strange and incredible and unthinkable things today!

Luke 4:32 - they were astonished… Luke 4:36 - they were all amazed ..

He took them to another level and caused them to believe things about God that they had never been able to believe before.

He took them beyond what they had been capable of thinking or imagining in the past. He opened the door to a whole new realm of possibilities for their lives.

Mark 9:23 -All things are possible to him that believeth.

He removed their past limitations from their minds. What they could not think yesterday, they could now think today. We have seen… unthinkable things today.

Get this phrase down into your spirit and meditate upon it constantly because this is what God is doing in our day.

He wants us to think about Him doing the things that we could not imagine Him doing yesterday. The more you see God do what men don’t think He can do, the bigger your thoughts will become. You’re a much bigger thinker today than you were yesterday. And just think about how much bigger your thoughts will be tomorrow.

Isaiah 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.

What’s God saying to us in this verse?

Simply this: you’ve seen what I’ve done in your life in the past, now go with me to the next level.

Enlarge your thinking, stretch your thinking and spare not in your thinking.

Don’t limit Me! Says the Lord.

•           The word “enlarge” means “to make broad” or “to broaden”.

I’m thinking Bigger than I did before - How about you?

God is telling us to broaden our view of what He is capable of doing and wants to do in our lives today.

I truly believe that the way forward for the body of Christ, is in us beginning to think into POSSIBILITY THINKING.

•           The word “stretch” means “to strain” or “to reach out beyond”.

•           And the phrase “spare not” means “to no longer do without or forfeit the   use of’.

•           Here again God is telling us to: Think The Unthinkable!

•           No other generation has been able to think the thoughts that you and I will think.

Isaiah 55:8-9 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

God is bringing us up to His level of thinking

Psalms 92:5 - 0 Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. Your thoughts are going to become higher and deeper.

Proverbs 21:5 - The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteous… Lack will no longer be in your thinking, you’ll think plenty, abundance and more than enough.

God is removing our past limitations, from our minds and ways of thinking.

What you couldn’t think yesterday, you’ll be able to think today, and from this time forth! Our future and the answer to our solutions are in our thinking.

 Remember your life will go in the direction of your most dominant thoughts.

Get this phrase down in your spirit: We are Thinking The Unthinkable!

Your partner and friend,

 Ps. Caly (Jesus is Lord!)

* I encourage you to sow this month’s Seed Offering towards your breakthrough thinking – Remember what Jesus said, “It is better to give than it is to Receive”.

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THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH.

Faith is a spiritual force, residing in your heart, that will produce a right mental attitude. A right mental attitude is one of the things the apostle Paul said makes the gospel attractive.

A right mental attitude is profitable when a problem comes against you.

Blessed be the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, through now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations; that trial of your faith, being much more precious then of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:3-7/13)

Peter is talking about the rial of our faith.

Trials of our Faith literally mean “Problems, Adverse Circumstances, and Pressures.” When it appears, in the natural, that nothing is going well, then there is pressure, there is a tendency to compromise and a tendency to lean towards the natural rather than to put your total trust in what the Word of God says.

GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF TRIALS AND TESTS.

Satan (NOT GOD) is the author of problems, trials, and tests. He comes immediately to steal the Word of God out of one’s heart. (Mark 4:14-20). It does not bring glory to God when you are being tested if you fold up, compromise, and let the devil defeat you. The thing that brings glory to God is when you Endure. TO ENDURE, MEANS TO OVERCOME.

We will be looking further into this must know subject, in discussing Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego …

I PRAY THAT YOU BE STRENGTHENED IN FAITH AND OVERCOME, WHATEVER IF FACING YOU TODAY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ALMIGHTY GOD, LIVING IN YOU!

Be Blesed!

Pastor Caly

We have a responssibility to make the Gospel Attractive!

POSITIVE THINKING ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH!

Now, let say this to you: FAITH IS A SPIRITUAL FORCE. Faith resides in the human spirit. However, faith will produce a right mental attitude.

A Right Mental Attitude is not Wishful Thinking. A Right Mental Attitude is having a Positive Expectation Daily.

Many people talk about the Power of Positive Thinking.

I am not daling with that, Although, when you have faith in your heart and the Word of God abiding abundantly in you, it will cause you to think Positively.

All of the promises of God are in Him, “Yes and Amen.”

You cannot become any more positive than that!

POSITIVE THINKING ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. There are some people in the world today who have become very successful through the power of Positive Thinking. But if they are not thinking on the Word of God, then their positive thinking will be limited in what it can produce.

God’s Word is eternal. When you get the Word of God in your heat, you will find that it will also change the way you think. The reason that most Christians have not had a right mental attitude is because they have not spent enough time mediating God’s Word.

Whe we develop a right mental attitude, we can awake each day with a positive expectancy of God moving in our behalf. That is what adorns the Gospel of Christ!

The Apostle Paul said, “You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men (2 Corinthians 3:2). What does he mean by this?

You are the New Testament walking in the flesh.

The world is reading you by your actions, by your words, and by what you do. If you are not doing anything that adorns the gospel of God, then you are a Dead Letter, and who enjoys reading Dead Letters?

As you get into God’s Word and let that Word get into your heart, you will become a Living Epistle. You will adorn the Gospel. This is what causes others to want Jesus in their lives like He is in Yours.

I PRAY THIS TEACHING IS HELPING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING YOUR LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT LIFE, AND LIFE’S CHALLENGES … EVERYBODY FACES CHALLENGES, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO BE DEFEATED BY THEM!

Write me, and let me know how this teaching has impacted your life and thinking!

Write to:

Caly Ferreira Ministries

P.O.Box 2646

Bedfordview

2008

Gauteng

South Africa

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BE SOBER MINDED!

Paul lists several things in the second chapter of the book of Titus that wil adorn the gospel.

I am not going to instruct you in all of those areas that he mentions. But there is one particular principle with which I want to deal. We will read verse six again; : “Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”

You realize that Paul directed this to the young men, but I believe that if God wants young men to be sober minded, then it is pleasing to Him that old men be sober minded as well.

And if He wants old men to be sober minded, then surely He wants old women and young women to also be sober minded. As you read that entire chapter, you can see that some of the things do not apply to me, and they obviously cannot fit you. How can I obey my husband? I don’t have one! Some of themdo not aply to every individual, but some of them overlap one another. Therefore, if God wants the one person to be sober minded. He wants you to be sober minded.

What is being Sober Minded?

The center cross-reference in my Bible says that to be sober minded is to be discreet.  I have spent some time studying this subject in other translations of the Bible, and I believe that Paul is saying that  to be sober minded is to have a right mental attitude. He is saying that a right mental attitude is one of the things that adorns (beautifies) the Gospel.

Failing to have a right mental attitude is another reason that the Worldhasn’t wanted to have anything with Christians. Most Christians mental attitude about life has been Negative. They have had such a poor, low mental attitude about life that sinners can see nothing in them that is desirable. Many Christians portray this idea: “If I just bear up under thoese problems like a good soldier, that will impress somebody.” NO! That doesn’t impress anybody. It is when you become a “good little soldier” and Overcome the Circumstances that come against you that it is Impressive!

Sinners bear up under circumstances. I know some very strong-willed sinners. They have learned how to become strong-willed where their businesses are concerned. They couldn’t care less if you are just bearing up under the problem. And if you say, :“One of these days it will be worth it all. It will be better on the pother side,”  that doesn’t impress the sinner. Some have this excuse: “We brought nothing into the world and we’ll take nothing with us when we die.” To me, this is a Big Excuse for Mediocre Living. We all know that we not going to take anything with us, but we not to use this excuse I not doing and accomplishing what God has called us to do and build, because it didn’t start with us and it doesn’t finish with us. This kind of meantality does not impress the sinner.

If the Gospel will not work against problems that people encounter Today, then they are not interested in it.

Yes, I am excited about going to heaven, but that is not all the gospel provides. I still have to live on the Earth in this life time. And if the Gospel canot provide a way to live above the beggarly elemnts of this world and a way to live above the trials and problems that man experiences, then I am not really too interested in the sweet-by-and-by. I’m sure you feel the same way.

I not saying that we should belittle heaven. I thank God for heaven and for the ability to spend eternity with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but Let’s not get so heavenly minded that we forget about our responsibilities on earth.

When a sinnner can look at a Christian and see that he has a right menatal attitude about life, about adversity, about circumstances, about trials, and about lack and shortages, then the Gospel will look attractive to him.

LET US HAVE THIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE, BECAUSE THEN AND ONLY THEN, WILL WE HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THE SINNERS OF THIS WORLD. THEY WILL LOOK AND SAY, SURELY THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS REAL, BECAUSE THEIR ATTITUDE IS ONE OF A WINNER AND NOT A LOOSER.

This way, we are Beautifying the Gospel of Christ!

I look forward to share more tips and keys in developing a Right Mental Attitude, The Attitude of a Winner and a Overcomer.

Many preachers spend a lot of time teaching and preaching on how one is to believe with the heart (spirit). This is important. How to believe with the heart must be taught. However, I believe that very little is being taught on “How to Develop a Right Mental Attitude.”

I have just received a Church Application Form, from a young lady applying to become a Member of Victory Faith Church International (Bedfordview, South Africa), and one of the question on our Form is: Why do you want to become a Member of VFCI? EXPLAIN: …. She wrote: I want to become a Member of this VFCI, because of the Relevant Teaching that is Taught!This answer has really hit home. People are looking for Relevant Teaching from God’s Word, and not Pie in the Sky. That’s my reason for sharing this valuable information, that will prepare you to face the years ahead with confidence and boldness.

WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE MIND, OR THE SOULISH PART OF MAN, PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE. That is the reason that the Bible says:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; But be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1-2)

There are some things that need to be done where the soul of man is concerned. It is the desire of my heart to teach you, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. How to Develop a Right Mental Attitude. I believe that this teaching is going to give you a total new perspective on the way you see yourself, and the problems you face.

In the following Scripture passage, the Apostle Paul is admonishing Titus to preach sound doctrine. We read in Titus 2:1-15:

But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: That the older men be sober, reverent, temperat, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older woman likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things - that they adminish the young woman to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded. in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility.

Sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say to you.

Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back.

Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodlyness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.

Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

You will notice, that Paul covered every person that one can think of in these scriptures: men, woman, husbands, wives, children, and servants. He emphasizes the fact that the older men are to be temperate and sound in faith. They are to be teachers of good things, to exhort the young woman to be sober minded, and to have sound speech that cannot be condemned.

The Phillipians Translation of the Bible says. “That your speech should be unaffected and above criticism, so that your opponent may feel ashamed at finding nothing which will discredit you.”

That goes for Satan, too! Satan is our adversary. Our opponent will be ashamed, and he will find nothing by which he can discredit us.

If your speech is God’s words, words of power, then your opponent can find nothing in your speech whereby he can trap or snare you.

Please read verse 10 again: “Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Savior in all things.”

The word “Adorn” means “to beautify; decorate; to make attractive.” Paul is saying that if the people will receive the instructions and do them, they will beautify, decorate, and make the gospel attractive to the lost.

You may adorn your body, You wear nice clothes, and you look good. You comb your hair and make yourself attractive. You want to look good and presentable. There is nothing wrong with that. You may drive a nice car, and there is nothing wrong with you having a nice car. You may keep your house clean and adorned’ and when people come to see you, they are impressed because your house looks attractive and nice. The point I am making is this: Many Christians do much about adorning their bodies, their cars, or their homes, but they do not even attempt to follow Paul’s instructions that will adorn the Gospel of Christ. Paul wants Christions to make the gospel of Jesus Christ attractive to the World!

I will be continuing this teaching in my next Blog, and Pray that this word is moving your inner man to live your life in such a way that it Beautifies the Gospel of Jesus Christ. REMAIN BLESSED, AND LOOKOUT FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONTINUATION ON THIS SUBJECT OF “Developing the Right Mental Attitude.”

God Bless!

Ps.Caly