by Team Soar Girls | Nov 15, 2025 | Christian Walk
When Jesus went to see Lazarus, it looked like a dead situation. Lazarus had been in the tomb for 4 days, the place was already stinking, and everyone around had given up hope. But do you know what Jesus did? He walked right into that dead situation, lifted His eyes to heaven, and said, “Wow, heaven is full of life.”
When you see an impossibility or a lack, where do you look? If your job or your family is where you look to for your supply, you will always see lack. Instead, if you can look at your impossibility or lack and just look to heaven, you will see differently.
Because Jesus did the same! When the disciples came to Jesus worried about feeding the crowd of five thousand men, plus women and children, they were overwhelmed. The demand was huge and the supply was small. They saw the lack, but Jesus lifted His eyes and saw the supply of heaven. He thanked the Father, and heaven’s supply crushed the demand in front of Him.
Think about Elijah. The Bible says there was a severe drought in Israel. It had not rained, the land was dry and everything looked hopeless. But Elijah was not looking down, and counting the lack around him. He was looking at the sky. And God sent a crow to bring food to Elijah because His eyes were on heaven, and from there came the supply. That’s your God.
Where is your focus? People, situation or God?
God can use you when your eyes are fixed on Him; He can use anything and anybody to bless you. But if your eyes are on people or on your situation, it won’t work.
How do you know that your focus is truly on heaven and not on your situation? The test is your level of praise and thanksgiving. If thankfulness is coming from your mouth, then you know your focus is in heaven. Because that’s what Jesus did too. He thanked God when He looked at the abundance of heaven.
But if your gaze is on your situation, then it will be hard for you to praise with your mouth. So that’s the test—how’s your level of praise? This season, fix your gaze on heaven, no matter what your situation is.
XOXO
Author Kim Dsouza
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by Team Soar Girls | Nov 2, 2023 | Healing & Freedom
Now what makes you believe that…
- The God who died for you allowed death of your loved one?
- He who suffered for your sake allowed suffering to come in your life? (May be so suffering and pain can “teach” you something?)
- What makes you believe that He who paid the price for your healing with His blood, allowed sickness and trauma to come to you.
God says in Jeremiah 29:11, I know the thoughts that I think toward you. Plans to prosper you and to bring you into a future and a hope.
God is good and whatever He does is good (Psalm 119:68)
And there is one thing I will not allow, God says, in Psalm 89:33-35, I will not allow My faithfulness towards you to fail.
So who allows suffering, sickness?
You can create the world around you with your words. The power of life and death is in your tongue (Proverbs 18:21).
According to 1 Peter 3:10 ( NLT), “If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies.
It is a messed up idea about who your God is, that allows the devil to steal, kill and destroy.
Beloved, may your eyes be opened. Don’t allow what Jesus paid for!
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Author Kim D’souza
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by PH International | Jul 16, 2019 | Christian Walk
By Pastor Derrick D’souza
Have you ever taken a step back and thought about all the pain, shame and the brokenness that you went through when you were away from the light of God and were believing the lies of the devil?
I want to tell you that God saw all that the enemy was doing to you, even as He was waiting for you to run to Him. All that the devil used – his lies, deceit, wickedness, his thoughts of death and condemnation to crush you, GOD SAW IT!
And here’s the Good news – Because God saw it, this is what HE is going to do, now that you have believed HIS WORD and entrusted your life completely to HIM.
Habakkuk 3:14 – “With his own spear You pierced his head” …
Everything we go through, GOD sees..
Isn’t it a wonder that every time the devil used a scheme to bring destruction to God’s people, God used the very same thing to crush and pierce his own head! There are many examples in the Bible, here are a few :
When Goliath came with a sword to kill David – David cut Goliath’s head with his own sword.
When Haman prepared a gallow to hang Mordecai – God used the same gallow to hang Haman on it.
The devil knocked out God’s first man (ADAM whom God created) and made him sin and thought he had won the battle. But God smiled and said now I will send another MAN (Jesus – God in flesh) and HE will crush your head and not only that, every other man born-again from this MAN will do the same to you forever and ever and ever and ever and ever AMEN.
What am I saying?
LISTEN, whatever the devil is using or has used against you, to attack you, to bring guilt, shame and sickness, God is going to take that very same thing and pierce his head with it!
What the devil is doing to you today, will be his death stroke tomorrow, IF, you don’t give up on the Lord and stand strong on HIS WORD.
Your life will be a testimony to history that –
What came to cause evil has become a source of freedom to many!
What life was lived in shame will bring inspiration to many!
What life was plagued with scars will bring healing to many!
This is what the Spirit of God is crying out through my heart as I write this post to you. “My dear brother & sister, if you are going through a valley right now, don’t give up, take courage that God has seen all the tears and the mistakes and HE is ready to take the same spear used to inflict you and crush the enemy with it.
Will you believe God today, give HIM your life, your broken relationships, your past and present mistakes and surrender your life to HIM? HE will take it and turn it around and cause all the evil to work out for your good (Romans 8:28).
God is not looking at your “Sin” – HE paid for it with HIS “Blood”, HE is looking to Save YOU and HE is mighty at saving, just read the Bible and you will find out! No one has ever perished on HIS watch!
If you have never committed your life to Jesus completely, then this is your opportunity, don’t delay.
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by Pastor Kim DSouza | Apr 5, 2013 | Healing & Freedom
Your love, oh Lord shines so bright
That no dark clouds,
could ever fade away the light
Even on my stormiest days,
Your love will never be washed away…
These are words of the title song of a recently released album ‘Washed Away’ and the powerful voice behind this is of Taylor Carpenter. Based out of San Diego, 19 year old Taylor suffers from a severe physical disorder called “Brittle Bones”, which means that the bones in her body are very fragile and prone to multiple fractures even with a slightest force.
Instead of choosing to live a pitiful life, the wheelchair bound Taylor decided to use her gifts to give glory to God. Her album features 10 songs along with a music video for the title track (see the video track at the end of this post). “Since Jesus is our one and only true source of love, strength, hope, and peace, these songs come from a pure and honest place in my heart that comes out when I sing,” says Taylor.
Courtesy: Taylor Carpenter
Why me, God?
It has not been an easy journey for Taylor. Born in a Christian family, her heart was bitter towards Jesus. “God if you really love me, you would not allow me to go through this suffering,” she would cry out.
It was during one such difficult time in the hospital that Taylor’s mom gave her the scripture Philippians 4:13 (I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me), assuring her that with Jesus on her side she could endure anything.
But Taylor’s journey was just starting. A car accident in 6th grade left Taylor with a broken pelvis, both hips broken, and a broken wrist. Taylor, in a body cast (which she was used to after 13 surgeries) recalls time in her room scolding God for allowing her to be in pain, asking why He could not have made life easier.
It was during this time that God used a youth pastor in her area who reminded Taylor that her life was a gift and enabled her to see the goodness of God even in the midst of her trials. Throughout constant and continuous medical visits and surgeries, God began His work in Taylor.
During her freshman year, she learned simple chords from her worship pastor and forced herself to practice her ‘gift of song’ regularly. What followed was God’s continued grace as He began to inspire Taylor to songwriting.
Every trial, a way to praise God
Carpenter currently leads the worship for her high school ministry and she has inspired many people, even to tears, during her time ministering to the congregation through her musical talent. Taylor now sees every struggle and broken bone as a way to praise God because it could be so much worse.
“I pray and thank God for each new day of my life, and for my incredible family. My prayer is that my songs will not only bless you but help you to know that God is real and alive and that He loves you. Having “pity parties” and focusing on your problems slows things down. However, focusing on God, opens up doors that no man can shut.”
by Pastor Kim DSouza | Feb 12, 2013 | Dating & Relationships
When you are in love, it’s beautiful!
Love fills your heart with unspeakable joy and stretches you beyond yourself. It makes you selfless and shameless, compelling you to do things which you wouldn’t have even dreamed of doing. There are no rules in love; in fact they are meant to be broken in love.
Now, do you really love Jesus?
Something about three lovers in the Bible struck me as I was reading about them. Elkanah, Solomon and Jacob mentioned in the Old Testament were in love and here’s what love made them do:
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1. Elkanah: LOVE GIVES THE GREATER PART
In the book of Samuel we read about a man called Elkanah who loved his first wife Hannah more than his second wife Peninnah because Peninnah had children and Hannah had none. As was the custom, every year he would visit the temple of the Lord to worship. He would give portions of meat for sacrifice to Peninnah and her children, but 1 Samuel 1:5 says Elkanah gave a double portion to Hannah because he loved her.
When you are in love, you want to give the greater and the best part of your life to the one you love. This includes the best of your time, the best of your thoughts, the best of your dreams, the best of your desires and the best of everything.
Do you really love Jesus? Are you giving Him more than what you are giving to others?
2. Solomon: LOVE HOLDS FAST
Solomon, the wisest man on the planet married 700 pagan women of royal birth and had 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3). This was in complete disobedience to God as He had commanded the Israelites not to intermarry with foreign women because they would surely turn their hearts after their Gods. (1 Kings11:2). But the Bible says Solomon held fast to them in love (1 Kings 11:2).
Solomon was blatantly wrong here, but the point that I want to draw your attention to is this: In love you hold fast or cling to the object of your love. You refuse to let go of it regardless of what anyone has to say.
What are you holding fast to? Do you really love Jesus?
3. Jacob: LOVE MAKES YOUR COMMITMENT A CAKEWALK
The book of Genesis speaks about a man called Jacob who was in love with Rachel. Jacob agrees to the condition laid down by Rachel’s father Laban to work for him for seven years in return for her!
Now seven years is a very long period. Imagine putting yourself in Jacob’s shoes. Am sure we would have revolted or would have asked Laban to rethink on the duration. But because Jacob was so much in love with Rachel, he didn’t bat an eyelid to agree to the condition. And I love what the Bible says in Genesis 29: 20: Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her. Seven years seemed only a few days to Jacob!!
When you are in love, what you do out of it is no longer a burden or commitment, but it becomes a pleasure. You don’t have to be forced or pushed to do something, for love makes you do it anyways. Does reading the Word of God comes to us naturally or we have to struggle to make time? Do we have to be pushed to maintain our prayer time by others?
Do you really love Jesus?
Further on, this is what two lovers do:
• They try and spend the maximum time with each other
• They don’t get tired of speaking about each other
• They keep adoring each other
• They share their deepest secrets with each other
• Their heart misses a beat when they are in company of each other
Now can I ask the question again? Do you really love Jesus?
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