Testimony-A Pastor's Daughter

Hello, Mrs. Marcia!
I would like to share my testimony with you, so I decided to write you this email.
My name is Camila Martins, I'm 18 years old, my father is a pastor and I’ve been an Assistant for 3 years.

I was 3 years old when my parents began doing the work of God. At the age of 5, I was sexually abused by a relative, who was 10 years old at the time. Around the age of 7, I started having serious spiritual problems. I saw shadows, heard voices, had constant nightmares, always felt nervous and couldn’t relate to the other children at school. Because of all that I did not develop my skills as quickly as the others. My teachers suggested that I go see a psychologist.
Besides that, I had health problems as well. I suffered from constant earaches and hair loss. The doctors couldn’t figure out what was causing this and none of the medicine they prescribed solved the problems.

From the age of 13 on, my problems worsened and the traumas from the past came back full force. I started hating God because I blamed Him for my pain and suffering. I hated my relative for abusing me; I felt great anger, disgust and hate towards all men.

I remember an incident where my father and I were leaving the Church and a pastor, who also happened to be a family friend, came to greet us with a hug. When he came close and I smelled his scent, I wanted to vomit. But, I managed to hold it in. Despite being a family friend, a companion of faith and work, I disliked him because he was a man.

At school, I started acting different. I started dressing like a boy, using vulgar language, lying, faking my father’s signature to leave school early and I hated all the boys at school.

When I was in Church, I was completely different. I dressed properly and was well behaved, but I didn’t like attending Church meetings, especially on Friday.

I had so much hate built up inside and I no longer cared. One Sunday, during the meeting, while the pastor was seeking the Holy Spirit, I crossed my arms and kept my eyes open. After the meeting, an Assistant came over and spoke to me. She said that I had to accept Jesus and that I shouldn’t wait to hit rock bottom to seek Him.
I simply got up, turned my back to her and walked away. From that moment on, my life went completely downhill. The trauma I thought I had already buried in the past became a reality.

From one week to the next, my attitude changed and I decided to approach the older boys at school. I wanted to be just like them: the way they spoke, acted and dressed. I joined the school soccer team and started having feelings for a girl.
The only reason I never had a relationship with her was because I was scared the UCKG would find out and remove my parents from doing the work of God. That was my train of thought; I wasn’t worried because it was an abomination to God.

One day, that same girl introduced me to her god and explained that if I served him, he would give me everything I asked for. I knew she was talking about the devil, but even then, I began to follow her advice and I even ended up asking him for something. I hated this guy from school (I hated everyone, for that matter), so I asked the devil to make him have a motorcycle accident and break his right leg. Said and done, it happened the very next day.
Even the kids at school said that I needed God in my life, but I always replied: "I don’t need that guy. If He wants my life, He is going to have to prove that He’s actually good."

Time passed and I became addicted to pornography – movies, magazines, internet, etc. I masturbated every day. And the fact that I started asking the devil for favors began to weigh heavy on my shoulders. Demons started visiting me every night and abused me. It was horrible and it wasn’t only one, there were many because it lasted a long time and this would go on several times throughout the night.
I couldn’t see them, but I felt them. It was as though a man was on top of me and I couldn’t react or yell out for help. I felt depressed, nervous and cried all the time, but I never told anyone, not even my parents.
I knew God could help me get out of this situation, but the hate I carried inside was so great that it wouldn’t allow me to surrender my life God. I was in a sad situation.

However, one day as I was going to bed, knowing that they would come and abuse me again, I began crying. I was so tired of that whole situation. As I lay in bed, I remembered the Assistant coming over to speak to me and what she had said. I cried out the name of Jesus, I cried like a child and implored Jesus to save me.

That day, I was able to sleep in peace. It still took me a while after this happened to acknowledge that Jesus was the only One powerful enough to save me. Two months later, we were transferred to another Church and that’s when I decided to truly surrender my life to Jesus. I started going to church every day. I sought my deliverance, I sought the Holy Spirit without fear or shame of what the other pastors’ children or Assistants would say...

In four months, I was delivered and baptized with the Holy Spirit. I understood that the Spirit of God was the guarantee that I would never fall away from the faith again. But, in order to receive the Holy Spirit I had to do something that seemed impossible: forgive!
I was able to forgive the young man that abused me and all the other people I harbored so much hate against. That’s when I received the Holy Spirit and everything changed!

I am a new person. I'm no longer nervous all the time or rebellious. I don’t have any sicknesses, nor do past traumas affect my life in the present or future. I have no fears, grief or sadness. I no longer need pornography or masturbation to fill the void I had inside. Demons no longer visit me at night to abuse me. Now, I can help those who are suffering just like I was suffering.

Today, I can help other pastor’s children who are suffering in a world of promiscuity, addiction, homosexuality and are unable to break free; Assistants, who are women of God, but suffer because of a past trauma and although they have been reborn, it’s still too much for them to handle.

Mrs. Marcia it is very important that we come to these people’s rescue because many pastor’s children are suffering alone. Their parents don’t even imagine what they are going through, just like mine didn’t know either.

Today, I can sincerely say that there is nothing more important than having your life in the hands of God. The love of a father, mother, sibling or loved one can never compare to the love of Jesus!
Kisses
May God bless you more and more!

Collaboration: Marcia Panceiro

An Ex-Pastor's Daughter's Testimony

In February, I experienced something wonderful: my sacrifice was finally answered.

During the Campaign of Israel, I asked God to transform my family, especially my parents, who committed a great mistake by joining the World Church.

One day, I was listening to Bishop Macedo’s program and I heard the devil speaking about the World Church. At that very moment, I called my mother over and had her watch it with me. She just remained quiet, as she thought about everything she saw.

That same week, my father announced he wanted to leave the church. So I began praying even harder to tie-up whatever demons would try to stop him. But, God had already transformed him.

The next day, my father decided to tell the leader of the church that he was leaving. However, the devil was not willing to give up so easily. During that week, they constantly called him, offering him a better job with a higher position. This is because the World church takes into consideration how long the pastor served at the Universal Church. In other words, the longer he was a pastor at the UCKG, the better.

But I was sure that God had already transformed my father. Today, for the honor and glory of the Lord Jesus, both of my parents are no longer a part of that lie. My father said he would never go back there again, he is very happy.

Now, I see him genuinely smiling and there is peace in his words and actions. My mom said he is praying every night, which is something he had not done in a long time. I am so happy about this great victory. I pray that they find the way back to the Lord Jesus.

Everything we place on the altar with all of our heart, God sees and does not forget. He may even take some time in answering, but when the time is right, He blesses us.

Helena

No faith,No will to Live,No Anything

Do you know when a person thinks to themselves: "I'm completely lost, I have nothing left, there is nothing to lose, so it’s all or nothing, life or death. If I live, I live and if I die, I die."
And they decide to dive into the world of crime.

When a religious person is living in sin, he begins to think just like this criminal.
"Since I'm already lost anyways, one more mistake or one less mistake won’t change my spiritual state. I have been going to church, I’ve kept my vows and nothing..."
This kind of reminds me of the story of the young man and the harlot in Proverbs 7.6-23.
And this is where people become discouraged and give up the fight.

Many people say, "My faith is not like theirs. I feel empty and discouraged.
I HAVE NO FAITH, NO WILL TO LIVE, NO ANYTHING ...
I have led a meaningless life.
If God wants to help me, He has to do it on His own, because my strengths have faded away.
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a quicksand pit and there is no way out. The more I move, the faster I sink.
Who can help me?"

Answer:

Although you don’t have the strength to fight, you have the strength to continue living in sin, isn’t that right?
The strength you have been using to sin can be used to make things right.
This is what we call faith.

Faith is power. It serves for good or for evil, depending on the will of its owner.
Faith is obedience. When you use this power to obey the Word of God, your life will never be the same.
Without this obedience to the Word of God, you will not see His results.

Church attendance and loyalty to some easy things to practice are important.
However, nothing is more effective in solving problems than the sacrifice of sin.
Sin neutralizes faith and hinders the action of the Holy Spirit.

My Father, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, remove the spirit that has prevented Your people from thinking.

God bless you.

Fear in Faith

I believe that there is nothing more valuable in this world than the assurance of our soul’s salvation.
It was not, it is not and it will not be easy to fight the good fight and keep the faith. But God’s divine mercy has always found me.

What is the secret behind attaining and keeping your salvation?
Obedience to the Word of God.
This cost me to sacrifice the sins of my youth. It cost me to sacrifice idolizing my mother, forgive my oppressors, run away from the wrong crowd, suffer injustices without being able to do anything about it...

During this long journey, I have carried my sacrificial cross on a daily basis.
It was hard, but never beyond my limits. Especially, since my salvation has always been the most important thing in my life.
I took no shortcuts or breaks. It was worth living through each sacrifice in order to keep my salvation.
Keeping a clean conscience and moving forward without looking back, was and has been key in building the foundation of my faith.

Like an evil spirit, sin haunts its victim causing him to become discouraged and eventually disobeying.
I have learned that whoever we obey is our master.
If we obey sin, it becomes our master and an obstacle blocking God’s promises.
If we obey the Word of God, then Jesus is our Lord and all His promises shall come upon you and overtake you. Deuteronomy 28.2

I have learned that faith in God has nothing to do with emotions. It can be summed up into the obedience of His Word.
In conclusion, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, I have found a priceless pearl, a hidden treasure and have achieved my salvation.
But it will only be definitely mine if I remain in the faith until death.

Why Are You Depressed?

The same way that faith brings life, doubt brings death.
While faith inspires dreams, hopes and raises self-esteem, doubt poisons dreams, hopes and promotes depression.

I doubt there is a medicine that can cure depression, the same way that I doubt that anyone who has their faith in the Word of God is depressed.

From a spiritual point of view, depression is nothing more than a permanent state of doubt.
I am an amateur when it comes to conventional medicine, but I understand a little bit about spiritual medicine.
Depression is a strictly spiritual problem.

What kind of medicine can cure a spiritual disease?
How many people commit suicide after a bout of depression?
And what have Freudian philosophies done to reverse this situation? Nothing.
Why?
Because if the problem’s origin is spiritual, its solution will also be spiritual.
When it comes to dealing with spiritual problems, you must use your faith.

Usually, whenever we talk about faith, the unwary automatically associate this topic with being religious. This is where they are wrong!
Biblical faith has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with any kind of religion.
The Bible abolishes any and all religions.
Through Biblical faith you will find Spirit and Life. Spirit and Life that flow directly from the Wellspring of Life.

Mankind is a trinity: body, soul and spirit.
The same way the body needs to be cared for and the soul needs love, man’s spirit can only receive nourishment through by the Spirit of the Word of God - the Holy Bible.

Until man’s spirit is fed, the person will continue feeling an EMPTY VOID IN THEIR CHEST.
This has nothing to do with religion or religiosity. It has to do with the Spirit of Life.
Want proof?
Read any kind of book, whether it’s about philosophy, self-help, romance or any other book that is at your disposal and then do a self-analysis. Has anything changed inside of you?
I am absolutely certain it has not. Instead, your mind has become more confused, you may even have noticed that this has happened before.

Now, let’s do another experiment. Read the Book of Life: The Holy Bible.
Read Genesis, the origin of Good and Evil. Meditate on each sentence. Then read Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, the Gospel of Luke...
I doubt that at the end of each one of these books, you will continue the same way you were before. Do you know why?
Because the Spirit of the Word of God is going to touch you.

Be enlightened in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!

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Evil's tactics

The Lord God said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
He immediately answered, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking back and forth on it.” Job 1.7
What is the devil doing walking back and forth on the earth?

Enjoying his last days?
No, a thousand times, no! He is investing all of his remaining strength in the harvest of souls.
Surely, the Earth he is referring to is not planet Earth, because it already belongs to the darkness.
The Earth he walks back and forth on is the Church of Jesus Christ. That is where his focus lies.
While the servants of the Almighty fish for lost souls out there, the devil works inside the churches, fishing for souls that are saved.

Be careful shepherds and sheep!
The devil does not work outside the Church.
Be careful, members of the body of the Lord Jesus Christ!
The devil wants to catch you with his hook, more than you can ever imagine.

What have his tactics been?
The first thing he does is send "someone" to invite you to visit "his" church. This "someone" will be very kind, cordial and convincing.
In other words, he wants to separate you from the fire. Once you have been removed from the fire of faith (the Church), your faith will automatically begin to cool down.

Meaning, from the moment you are alone (even when you are among so-called “brethren”), your salvation, which depends on the embers of faith, is in serious danger of burning out.
Soon, you will notice that their topics are different and never produce faith. Instead, they produce doubts.
Internal doubts pile onto external doubts, which are sent from the messengers of hell. They bring malice to the doctrines you have learned and used with success in the past. They misuse biblical verses in order to build up your doubts. In conclusion, they do the same thing that the devil did to Jesus in the desert.
They try, try and try again by using sensitive words, filled with emotions and doubts.

Read carefully and meditate on the Word of God:
"And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.” Jeremiah 3.15

Why Haven't You Received The Holy Spirit?

Because you did not believe.
"The bishop does not know what is inside my heart."
Yes, I do. It is a wellspring of feelings, overflowing with emotions. Including faith, however it is emotional faith.
This kind of faith is responsible for causing doubt in about 90% of believers and making them spiritually ill.

When you believe and use your reason, there is nothing that can stop you from receiving the Spirit of God.
Do you know why?
Because no one is more interested in sealing you with the Holy Spirit than the Son of God. He has already given Him to those who believe.
You must offer, surrender and submit your body, soul and spirit into seeking Him.
You have to really want it and you have to prove it!
Maybe you have considered it, but have not truly believed.
Considering is like dating. Having a one night stand or dating does not require any real commitment. Many find themselves in this situation. They are enamored of the Spirit.

On the other hand, believing involves serious commitment. It’s a marriage, an unconditional surrender. It’s a belief that takes on decisive commitment, even if that means sacrificing the good old single life.
This kind of belief touches the heart of God and brings immediate answers. The believer is committed and determined to abandon sin for Him.
Isn’t that what marriage requires?
The newlyweds give up the freedom of single life to start a new life of obligations, responsibilities and sacrifices.
If this does not exist, how will they be able to stay together?
A marriage and the receiving of the Spirit of God depends on the person willingly giving up their freedom to serve Him.

The unwillingness to give up the things that are in their heart, such as: children, parents, family, boyfriend, house, career, profession, material possessions, religion, everything to receive the Holy Spirit, proves they do not believe.
Those who do not have a bold faith like Abraham cannot expect more from God than what they give Him.