Author: Daniel Oliveira

Connect to the Source

Jesus was teaching something very important to His disciples, apart from Him we cannot do anything, and to be able to bear fruit it will always depend on us being connected to the Vine.“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you …

Give Me Eyes to See, and Ears to Hear

I have been thinking a lot about the parable of “the blind men and the elephant.” Each of them was able to touch a different part of the elephant and each had a partial perspective. This parable does not have a clear ending, but it opens the door for each one of us to think about it and make our …

Pruned to Produce More Fruit

Sometimes we may go through times of trials and challenges, and we think it is all negative and the end of everything. In reality, challenging times are what make us grow and mature. Impasses can be used as steppingstones for us to rise to a higher level. It seems like the whole world is going through a big transition, and …

He Gave Gifts to Everyone

In our bodies every member has a function, every member is important, every member must function along with the whole Body. When one organ is not functioning properly the whole body suffers. Not only that, not one member or cell can continue to live without its connection, receiving from and giving, to the whole body. In 1 Corinthians 12 Paul …

This Battle Is Not Yours

This message was more like a cry and intercession. We are living days that are overwhelming and confusing, but at the same time amazing things are happening. We must keep our eyes upon the Lord and remember that He is looking for worshipers, those that will put their trust in Him only. For whatever was written in earlier times was …

God Does Not Want Your Religion

A lot of times it is easy to think that God wants us to perform some rituals, attend a service, and do things for Him. If we study the Scriptures, we see the tendency that we have to separate our religious lives from the way that we actually live our lives and relate to others. In this message I read …

Become What God Is Looking For

Sometimes we can make things more complicated and difficult than they really are. We may think that to find God we have to become something special, to better ourselves and try to impress God with what we can do, with the things we accomplish in ourselves, because of our zeal in seeking God. In reality it is easier to think …

“It Is Written” and “You Have Heard”

The title of this blog may sound strange, and I hope it caught your attention. The main point that I want you to think about is that there is a big difference between what is actually written in the Scriptures and what you have heard. This is nothing new, it is actually one of the main arguments between Jesus and …

The Importance of Knowing the Scriptures

We have been having classes about the Hebrew Roots of the New Testament and it is always good to remember that the New Testament did not exist until much later in the history of the church. When we read the New Testament, it should be clear that almost every mention of the Scriptures is actually referring to the Old Testament. …

This Is Not the End!

I have been thinking a lot about the recent changes and challenges we have been living under, and I realized that this is not the first time that mankind and this planet is going through a difficult time. We sometimes tend to focus on a limited amount of time, days, weeks, and maybe months, and then we forget that for …

You Are God’s Creation

Have you ever had the thinking: “If that person can’t relate to me the way I am, it is their problem!” That is not the way that God thinks, He found a way to become like we are so that we could relate to Him. He sought us out even before we could relate to Him. “And even if our …

We Are Temples of the Holy Spirit

“Thus says the LORD, “Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? “For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares the LORD. “But to this one I will look, To him who …

Choose To Be A New Creature

“So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). Sometimes you declare your independence before you have it. You cry for freedom because you don’t heave it. But the day comes where you decide to walk away from the old ways of thinking and from the way that people know your or think about you. …

The Messiah in the Old Testament

What we know today as the Old Testament was in reality the only Scriptures that were available at the time when Jesus was teaching His disciples. The Scriptures were not referred to as the Old Testament because the New Testament did not exist. Every reference to the Scriptures that we read about in the New Testament is actually talking about …

The Answer Is Outside Your/Our Walls

Abundance begins when you use what you have –  1 Kings 17:8-12 The widow was living during a time of famine, ready to eat her last meal and die. The prophet spoke to her to find empty vessels. In other words, find the use of your anointing! Use your anointing! Use your gifts! Your anointing and your gifts are not …

The Church In The Old Testament

The Greek word translated for church in the New Testament is “Ekklesia”, and it actually means assembly, convocation, congregation, company. It can be easy to think of church as a word that came into use after the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2, when we usually think that the church started, but the Greek word was already in use hundreds …

Let God Bless What You Have

It is normal for a lot of us to compare ourselves with others, and in the process, we tend to think that some have it better than us, that we do not have enough. We sometimes think that because we have made mistakes, we have been forsaken or have become less in the eyes of God. God is not limited …

Preserve the Unity of The Spirit

“Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:1–3). When we talk about unity or …

Made Perfect in Oneness

The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me (John 17:22–23). What does it …

Are we keeping traditions of men?

“Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come” (1 Corinthians 10:11). Every time I read my bible I think of this verse and I look for lessons that I can learn from the examples that we have in the scriptures. “Then some Pharisees …

The Spring of Living Water

“I will say, ‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours” (Jeremiah 31:21, NET). Jeremiah was warning the people before they …

We Put on Love

Today I discuss Gods concern for each one of us. As individuals we all experience things in unique ways. It is important to put on a mind of love when relating with each other. Colossians 3:12 “So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

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