Have you ever noticed people who show extreme care about minute details? They are extremely responsible when it comes to fulfilling their obligations. I don’t know anyone who is born of the Holy Spirit who is irresponsible. First of all, not only are they meticulous about work related issues, but also about the things of God. Their spirituality gives them a sense of responsibility. They do not ignore small things as though they were not important; instead, they deal with them with the same care and seriousness that they deal with others.

This is what it is to be faithful in a few things!

On the other hand, there are “Christians” who don’t like to pay what they owe, who are latecomers, irresponsible and even irreverent in relation to the things of God. They even arrive late on Sundays in order to worship the Lord Jesus Christ!

Would they arrive late if they had an appointment to close an important business deal?

What’s the difference between them and unbelievers?

None. Why? Because they both have the same spirit!

How can they demand that God’s promises be fulfilled if they are not faithful in the small things?

It’s the minute details that reveal both good and bad character.

It’s amazing how God manifests Himself, both in the past and even today, through people who are chosen because their lives are characterised by a spirit of revolt. David, for example, was not chosen because of his beautiful eyes, but because of the revolt he had inside of him. Proof of that was when David saw a lion with a sheep in its mouth, grabbed it by the mane, wounded and killed it. He was indignant when he heard Goliath’s threat and asked who that uncircumcised Philistine was who dared defy the army of the Living God.

That was the difference between him and his seven brothers. Though they were strong, able soldiers of Israel’s army, they were hiding - afraid of that gigantic, imposing figure.

David was so young that he couldn’t wear the armour offered by Saul to go into battle. But standing before Goliath, he manifested a faith of revolt, confronting him with words that didn’t match his very disadvantaged situation. “I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel” (1 Samuel 17.46).

How could God desert David? It was life or death. All or nothing. And the story ends the same way as it does for all of those who commit themselves to God 100%. The giant fell, David received the reward promised by the king, became renown by all and is honoured in Israel until today.

The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is now in almost 200 countries, and its bold use of various forms of communication is seen by many as a phenomenon. Yet, none of that matters to us. What really makes the difference is our constant dissatisfaction at seeing unbelievers who have nothing to do with God coming out on top because of their persistence, their hard work, and in some instances, because they made pacts with the devil. As in the case of one woman who had nothing and lived off of people’s handouts, who became the owner of one of the biggest store chains in the world after making a pact with the devil. Does that make you angry, or not?

The Lord Jesus said “For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light” (Luke 16.8). Shall we, who are God’s children, accept such thing? No! A thousand times no! We’ve got to change this situation. How can we accept to serve such a great and powerful God and live defeated lives? That’s what Abraham said to God: “You have given me no offspring, indeed one born in my house is my heir” (Genesis 15.3). What he was saying was that he had the promise, but the inheritance was going to his slave.

Today it’s the same thing. Christians have the promise, like the Lord Jesus said: “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10.10). So then, what’s missing? Why so many defeated people inside churches? Including Universal Church? The fact is that people have not decided what it is that they truly believe.

How many are double-minded? On the channel of faith from the UCKG, they hear that if God is rich they can be rich too. But on the other channel, faith is just to be satisfied with your situation and even thank God for it. On the Universal channel, faith is revolt, war, and a sword in your hand to defeat your enemies; while on the other channel, faith is peace and love. On the Universal channel, people have to sacrifice to overcome. On the other channel, you’re taught that sacrifice is not necessary because Jesus already sacrificed for you.

When David decided to face the giant, his brothers criticized him and said he was proud and insolent (1 Samuel 17.28). David overcame Goliath because he listened to one voice only, the voice of God.

Today God is looking for people who are clothed in the spirit of revolt, who are conscious of all the things God wants to do in their lives, and who are not influenced by jealous brothers who only criticize and are often just stumbling blocks in the way of our victories.

My friends, it’s time to make a decision of faith and courage: EITHER GOD IS WHO HE PROMISES TO US, HIS CHILDREN, OR HE ISN’T! IT’S ALL OR NOTHING! WHAT CANNOT HAPPEN IS TO BELIEVE IN SUCH A GREAT GOD AND LIVE MISERABLE LIVES!!! LET’S STOP BEING DOUBLE-MINDED AND LET’S FOLLOW THE VOICE OF FAITH, which is the voice of revolt and certainly the voice of God against the devil and all his co-workers. Whoever is for us will have a decisive warrior like faith, and like us will be victorious. But whoever is not, please get out of our way, because we’re going to push forward like a road roller.

May God bless those who believe and live in this faith in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

If God is Spirit, why did He establish the practice of giving tithes and offerings for His people?

The Old Testament laws of giving tithes and offerings were created to judge the hearts of God’s people when entering His presence (Exodus 23.15).

Such laws were not revealed to pagans and unbelievers, because it was a privilege reserved only for His Own.

Tithing is a practical acknowledgement that God is Lord of the whole universe, including the life of the one who tithes. Since a tithe is the first fruit of all that the tither has brought in, it reveals what the priorities of the faithful are.

To spend the first fruits on yourself and then place the other 90% on the altar shows you don’t regard Him as Lord.

God established the tithe. But offerings He leaves up to each person.

While tithes are an exact amount (10% of your income), offerings are not! They are a spontaneous expression of the heart, coming from the joy of the giver’s soul (2 Corinthians 9.7), and show exactly what is inside the offering giver. As in the giving of a gift, the one on the receiving end can measure the degree of love the giver has by the gift itself.

The same happens with offerings. The offering speaks for the giver and expresses to God what the giver can’t say in words. It reflects either a sincere love or a casual disregard for Him.

Offerings are also witnesses, either for, or against the giver. Whoever complains to God about having a “Christian” life with no quality just has to look at his own offerings for his answer. “For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you” (Luke 6.38).

The value of an offering is not in its quantity, but in its quality. In Luke 21.2-4, the Lord teaches that, in God’s eyes, the good is the enemy of the best.

After years living as a gangster, this man came to the UCKG in Boston, USA, and decided to give his life to the Lord Jesus, abandoning the wrong life. Listen to his testimony.