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ADDICTED AND
LIVING ON THE
STREETS Pg5
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AMPUTATION
WAS MY ONLY
OPTION
ADDICTION BROKEN
WITH THE BLESSED
WATER Pg3
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Not for the faint hearted!
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THESE IMAGES may be
too graphic for some, but
for Arlindo, they were the
legs that he fought to save!
See center pages
Shocking results
of deadly superbug
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I thought of committing
suicide...
M
y mother’s partner, who lived
with us, abused her in front
of me. He came home drunk late
at night and started beating up my
mother. Their fights disturbed me
and woke me up. He would not stop
beating my mother until neighbors
came into our house to plead with
him to stop.
The abuse was so bad that my
mother later had a miscarriage. My
mother started venting her anger
on me. She emotionally abused me
and told me that I was useless. That
killed my confidence and I had lowself-esteem.
This
situation was so depressing that
Puseletso
suicide.
thought of committing
Everything was sublime, perfect and meant
to be eternal. Righteousness harmonized the
communion between the Creator, His creation,
and nature.
However…
With the disobedience of man, the kingdom of
sin was installed in man’s heart. All sin, however
harmless it may seem, is an unrighteous act.
I wanted to drink paraffin
and then hang myself in my
room, but I did not have the
courage.
Puseletso’s mother
was invited
to the Universal Church and she
attended the services with her. She
took part in the meetings for her
deliverance from suicidal thoughts
and depression.
I understood that my mother was
going through so much pain and I
was able to forgive her. I also realized
that
killing myself was not the
solution to my problems. I trusted
God with my family problems and
my mother was later able to get out
of her abusive relationship.
We now live peacefully and
happily together. I was also
delivered from suicidal
thoughts. I regained
confidence in myself and I
understood my value and
purpose to God.
How could the Righteous Judge, whose throne is
founded upon righteousness and justice, tolerate
unrighteousness? Psalm 97.2
The unrighteous were immediately cast from His
presence. The kingdom of unrighteousness took
the place of the Kingdom of righteousness in
man’s heart; The kingdom of darkness took the
place of the Kingdom of Light;
The kingdom of satan took the place of the
Kingdom of God; And the curse took the place
of the blessing. And so humanity has come along,
since the rebellion of its first parents.
The spirit of the curse has passed from father to
son, from generation to generation.
Copyright @ 2015 HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
A
MESSAGE
Bishop Edir Macedo
The curse of a curse
curse is a spirit. Like a plague, it does
not stop until it finishes destroying its
victims. It was born in a place where
you would never expect.
The Garden of Eden was perfect, a true paradise.
There was no hunger, disease, hatred or any evil.
Death did not exist.
Sin is a curse. The sinner is a slave to the curse.
To be set free, the slave has to leave or flee from
his oppressor. This is exactly what Abraham did.
To free himself from the spirits of curse reigning
in his land, his family and his father’s house,
Abraham had to abandon everything.
He sacrificed his
life of sin. He
removed himself
from the curse
to be his own
blessing.
He separated himself
from everyone who
could influence him in
obeying the Voice of
God.
What about you, have
you run away from the curse of sin?
It is impossible to live in sin and be blessed.
Siri...
say grace.
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The Universal Church throughout the world
T
In spite
he Gabonese Republic, or
Gabon, is a small African
country that
stopped
being a French colony in
1960, after gaining independence.
Since then, it has been in constant
ascent and has already become the
territory with the highest Human
Development Index (HDI) in subSaharan
Africa -part of the continent
located south of the Sahara Desert.
of that, unfortunately,
this advance is not for the entire
population. According to Bishop
Fabiano da Conceição Telis, head
of Universal in the country, wealth
is concentrated in the hands of few
people. On the other hand, a good part
of the population is in misery, which
stimulates the search for economic growth
through spiritual practices.
Evangelistic work existed in the country
21 years ago, with meetings held in
French, the official language of Gabon.
Bishop Fabiano says that the first pastors had to
face rigid restrictions in relation to the entry and
exit of foreigners. “With a lot of struggle and
sacrifice we were gaining the confidence of the
authorities and showing that our interest is to do
the Work of God. We conquered our space, the
Church has developed and is seen in a positive
way.”
THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
IN GABON COMPLETES
21 YEARS
moments of happiness and to
hide
the
myself in parties in discos, drugs
and prostitution.”
When he heard about Jesus, he
saw a new perspective on life and,
in 2013, he began to be part of
the YPG.
Currently, the territory has three prayer centers
and fifteen churches, including the National
Headquarters, located in the capital, Libreville.
The inauguration became the most important
moment of the Universal in the country.
“At the beginning, people
did not believe that we
could build a Work of that
dimension without the help
of the government, but we
show that we do not measure
efforts to give the suffering
a place that teaches them
to find the solution to their
problems and to achieve
Salvation of the soul,” says
the bishop.
He adds that, even though it is a very different
country from Brazil, cultural barriers were not
able to prevent people from identifying with
work. “The people receive the message of
intelligent faith very well, because it uses the
head, it is less emotional. But dance is something
important in meetings, the population likes to
express joy through music and dance.”
Among the projects that Universal maintains
in the country are the ABC Group, which
carries out social work with different types of
donations; the Caleb Group, for the elderly;
the Universal Literacy Center, which promotes
different courses such as French, English and
computer science; the Godllywood; and the
Youth Power Group (YPG).
It was the YPG that helped Essouki Golden
Steph. “I was full of sentimental,
family
problems, I was unemployed and, to have
‘‘
At the beginning it’s not
easy, but, getting involved
in the activities carried out
by the group, making the
chains and knowing the
will of God, I managed to
change my life,” he says.
sadness, I immersed
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I lived on the streets and was addicted...
degree. But in the past,
his situation
was quite
in
life and walked this path for a
long
different. Still very young,
he became embroiled
H
e is a football player.
And it was in this
sport that the 37-yearold
Santista
Carlos
Rubens found motivation to
change his pace of life and stay
well balanced.
In his childhood, Carlos had no
idea that he would be an athlete in
the future. His great dream at the
time was to be a naval engineer.
Today, he trains 60 hours a month.
He managed to lose 30 pounds
and feel
stronger, agile, fearless
and ready to conquer the world,
literally.
The change that has taken place
in his life is observed by all his
relatives. He went back to school.
He is a graduate and holds a law
Are you someone who
lacks focus?
A
study conducted by the US
Harvard Business Review
with 35,000 leaders from more
than 100 countries shows that lack
of focus is a “stone in the shoe” of
many people: 67% of respondents
describe that their
minds are
confused and filled with many
thoughts and lack clear priorities.
Another 65% reported that they
could not complete their tasks
because of other people’s demands
(26%), competing priorities (25%)
and general distractions (13%).
Financial coach Dalton Henrique
Thomaz Ferreira
explains that
“many tasks are not performed
because of the excess of ‘important
things’ to be done.” Therefore, for
projects to get out of the role, it is
necessary to construct “relevant,
challenging goals with clear but
also flexible steps”. He further
notes that “focus is on being
fully connected to what you
are doing without pushing.
It’s planning a task with
beginning, middle and end.”
Ferreira
says that it is more
important to have self-knowledge
and know how to direct attention
to what you want to achieve than
to have many skills and not focus.
“The unfocused employee
has
low productivity,” he says. “Every
time a task is interrupted there is
energy consumption and waste of
valuable time to start over from the
point where it stopped.”
The entrepreneur must also keep
the focus both in situations that
bring success and difficulties. “I
often say there is no failure, there
is feedback. If anything in your life
is not coming off as expected then
there is something to learn. Often,
the difficulties are a blessing,
because they will get you out of
the comfort zone and put you in
motion, “he says.
For Bishop Leno, faith and focus
go hand in hand. According to
him, one must be very determined,
to have faith in the Word of God
and in oneself.
He believes that the lack of
focus is always accompanied
by the absence of perseverance
and leads to withdrawal.
He assesses that faith is
fundamental for this not to
happen. “Faith is the absolute
certainty that the Word of God
will be fulfilled in your life.”
Join us every Monday to learn
the qualities of an overcomer.
bad company and stopped
studying. Shortly thereafter,
he became acquainted with
the addictions: drinking,
going to parties, marijuana
and cocaine. To feed the
addiction, Carlos began to
steal. At first, only the people
at home had their goods
stolen. Then other relatives
became his victims. It was not long
At the age of 16 he lived
on the streets, then in
shelters - but soon he was
expelled for stealing from
the nearest people.
before his mother kicked him out
of the house.
He says he had no prospect of
As it is often the case with people,
when Jacy found herself at the
bottom of the pit that she sought
help from Universal. There, she
found the doors open, love and,
most importantly, she learned the
right way to use her faith. “The
change I noticed in my wife was so
real that the next day I also walked
through the doors of Universal
and was
treated
with
great dignity. I
call treatment
because there
really is no
other word to
use. I got rid of
the addictions,
the bitterness
and unhappy
against problems, adversities and
defeats. A man who was exuberant
and strong but because of an
uncertain future was dominated by
addictions. A person who looked
forward without seeing a horizon,
who hid behind dreams and made
suffer all that were around him.
‘‘
Today, he is an example
of a husband, father and
grandfather. A dedicated
athlete who can only see
a promising future. He
sought help in the right
place, so he found the
solution.
(his lifemate
time. When he met Jacy
for 18 years), they
soon moved in together. At first,
everything seemed wonderful,
until she discovered that she was
being betrayed. “I started using
drugs every day, I no longer had
control of the
addiction and I
ended up leaving the house. My
wife was depressed and I realized
that I had become a man’s trash. I
was making suffer the only person
who gave me value.”
life. And I was prepared for a
new life, full of accomplishments.
Today my smile is real.”
Carlos says that his inner strength is
much greater, for he has learned to
arm himself by faith that is always
active, thus becoming revolted
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A study by the British
government in 2016
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that
antibioticresistant
bacteria will cause
more than 10 million deaths
annually
by 2050, that’s
more deaths than diabetes
and cancer put together!
Today, 700,000 people die
every year from antibioticresistant
bacteria
in the
world.
Since 1928,
that
antibiotics
have been used to destroy
bacteria
had killed millions of lives.
However, over the
70
years, bacteria
have
Blood just
kept on
coming
out of me!
When she was pregnant
with her last daughter,
Fernanda was diagnosed
with lupus, a disease that
has no cure.
"With four children, my daily
life was very limited; I was
beforehand
last
become more and
more
the
resilient to
antibiotics and is still killing
people all over the world.
At least 2 million people in
the U.S. become infected
with an antibiotic-resistant
bacterium each year, and
about 23,000 die from those
infections, according
to
always very tired, with a lot of
pain in my joints. It got to a
point where I got so depressed.
The doctors never directly told
me that I was a lost case, but
I saw the expression in their
eyes. I lived with the disease
for about 12 years, constantly
attacking my organs. On top
of this, I had a husband who
humiliated me, mistreated and
betrayed me.
I survived on my children's
benefit allowance and the
pension my father
received,
because I could not work. My
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started
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transformation in her life
so began to encourage me
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where he was found
to have varicose
veins, Arlindo
was advised to have a simple
vascular procedure on his right
leg. Two days after the surgical
procedure, his leg began to
swell, but he ignored
it and did not return
to the hospital.
It was not long
until the symptoms
got
worse. Fever,
shortness of breath,
and a lot of pain in
his right leg caused
his wife to take him
BEFORE:
Doctors thought
amputation was
the only option
to the hospital.
He was hospitalized
suspected
a
"My skin felt
with
pulmonary
embolism, but it was something
more serious.
like it
was
tearing and my bones being
crushed, the doctors did not
give me medication because
they did not know the cause of
this suffering," he says
After three days, they discovered
that
he
had caught
three
"My wife
was informed
that I would be operated on
immediately, because the
chance of me surviving was
less than 10%. They asked her
to communicate to the family
because they did not guarantee
my return," he recalls.
"I was sure that would
overcome this situation, so we
clung even more to God and
types of hospital bacteria and
things got worse for Arlindo,
because he received the news
that one of the bacteria was
resistant to antibiotics.
bathing them daily
with chlorhexidine
in order to avoid,
what has been called a
‘serious global
health
threat’. If you are at the
point where there is nothing
else you can do, then it’s
time to do what the people
on this page did: Call out to
God with faith. Read their
stories and be inspired!
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my children from visiting me
but my daughter kept telling
me to not lose hope and hold
on to God; that I would recover.
Whenever I heard what she
said, I prayed.
After
being
discharged, my
daughter convinced me to go
to church. I began to make
the chains of prayer, to anoint
myself and to drink the Blessed
Water. Today I am healed! I
was supposed to be dead but
here I am!
AFTER: Bacteria gone and skin graft to save leg
prayer," he says.
As his leg had a large
open wound, he was
still at risk of infection.
But with the help of
new specialists he
managed to
his leg.
He was cured,
his leg
stabilized, so he received
a skin graft on the spot.
Everything went
well
and after 74 days of
hospitalization,
he
discharged.
"Sometimes
happen in our lives
that are difficult to
understand, but God
was
situations
reco
has always been with me,
in good times and in bad
times. At no moment did my
wife and I stop believing or
does his activities normally
and has a faith that’s more
solid than before.
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D
o not
allow the
circumstances that
you are facing to make you
become someone that you
know you don't want to
be. Times are hard right
now; it's difficult; it's a very
uncomfortable
position
that you are in right now,
but remember one thing,
nothing lasts forever. Hold
your head up high and
trust in God because He
can deliver you out of
this situation, regardless
of your sentence, the time
you have served or the time
they want you to serve,
God is able to change this
around.
Know that
you are
not
alone, even though
sometimes you feel alone,
or feel abandoned by
your friends, your family
members or your loved
ones, know we are here for
you. We are here to stand
with you side by side with
you.
- A message for the men behind bars
from Pr. Quincy
I was nervous about attending UBB, a little voice
on the back of my head didn't want to go. A voice
that now gets on my nerves, It's the devil. Anyway,
the first time I went, I felt like someone honestly
had my back. Like I met a new best friend, I
loved the service Pr. Quincy gave. He invited me
himself, that's why I went. That night I got
on my knees, prayed and talked to God like a
friend. I slept and woke up the next morning
to pray again. I went for a walk enjoying this
new feeling I felt, and I came in, my number
was called, it was a visit from my mother. I
haven't seen her since August, and It was a
small gift from my Lord. Thank you, Jesus.
I believe in God, I really believe he sent me a
sign letting me know that good He will do if
I believe and worship Him. I am going to a
halfway house which UBB partners with.
When I leave here and live as a soldier
I came out four weeks
ago. I started to attend
the UBB in Clements
Unit ever since
they opened;
April of last year.
- Casey
"The first time I met this
man he was in prison, but
God brought him here, to
this altar. " - Bishop Bira.
of Jesus Christ, and become a brother of
UBB church and let my life be led by
Christ. I will not give up.
Thank you, God.
- Anonymous
Nourished Mind
What is the first thing you
do when you wake up?
Nourish your mind by
meditating on the bible to
start your day.
Spiritual War
Keep yourself spiritually
strong in order to fight
any evil spirit that had
any plans of attacking you
in your mind, or using
another person to cause
trouble. Remember, you
have authority.
T
imes are hard right now
in the situation you are
If you are always
saying bad things
about
yourself
in have made you do things
that you have never done
in life. You have to fight, to
fend for yourself, in ways that
you've never done before.
But remember one thing, you
were created by God, for His
special purpose. He created
you as a woman for a reason.
So don't allow, the culture, the
system to change your way of
thinking or your way of living.
Remember who you were
before your family members,
before
your children. Remember
the person you were before
you were locked up, besides
the life of crime you had, the
criminal activities you were
involved in. Apart from that,
If you need
someone to reach
out to you, count
on the UBB.
your friends, before
you were a woman. You had a
lot of good inside of you and
you STILL have inside of you
today. Don't allow anyone or
anything to make you change
or to be someone that later on
you will regret. Remember
you are before God and before
your children, they are looking
out to you. And if you need
someone to reach out to, you
can reach out to the (UBB)
- A message for the women behind
bars, from Pr. Quincy
then
two things will end
up happening:
The evil spirits will
hear your words
and will make sure that
you never conquer
anything
1.
2.
Overcomer
Power
Authority
Men of God
Women of God
Prayer
Fast
Vow
Spiritual warfare
Challenge
Special
honest
Blessing
meditate
Seeking
You will only
be taking steps
backwards
Use your mouth in a
positive manner, to say
good things and bless
yourself.
First, believe in God,
but also believe in
yourself.
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I lost my mother due to cancer when I was eighteen,
that’s when I became depressed. I felt like I was at
the very bottom I could possibly get because she
was the one I depended on. I felt empty, sad and just
felt that the world was ending for me. I got married
very young, only a year after my mother passed
away which only brought even more problems. We
used to fight all the time, it wasn’t just verbally
but physically. I felt worthless, that I couldn’t do
anything right. When I came to this ministry, the
pastor prayed for me. Everything that he was praying
for was exactly what I was feeling. I remember I
cried a lot. I felt peace as if a burden had been lifted.
Today, I overcame depression and sought God even
more. And now I have peace inside of me. I have a
career, I’m a physical therapist and my own house.
Everything is just so much better.
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