April 2026
Ladies Ministry Update
FLORIDA DISTRICT UPCI CAMPGROUNDS
Join us at the Florida District UPCI Campgrounds as we rejoice through the ministry of the Word, anointed worship, and fellowship.
(352) 239-3505
Visit flupciladies.com for more information or to register.
Section 1 Youth Update
All rallies start at 7:30pm
May 1 – Move the Mission Kickoff & Children’s Holy Ghost Rally
Speaker: Youth: Rev. Wesley Stephens (TN)
Children: TBD - Host Church: First Apostolic, Milton – Pastor Webb
August 7 – District Back to School Rally
Speaker: Rev. Kyle Thayer, YM Promotional Director
Host Church: TBD by District Youth Team
October 2 – Youth & Children’s Holy Ghost Rally
Speaker: Youth: Rev. Luke Kyle (FL)
Children: TBD
Host Church: First Apostolic, DeFuniak Springs – Pastor King
May 1st and October 2nd will be joint Children’s & Youth Rallies
2026 District Dates
June 22 - 26: Junior High Camp
June 29 – July 3: Senior High Camp
Children’s Ministry Update
Children’s Ministry Summer Camp applications are LIVE! Please visit FLDistrictChildrensministry.com to register or for more information.
Why Give to SOC FL Childrens Ministries
50% OF THE FUNDS RAISED BY our DISTRICT STAY RIGHT HERE AT HOME IN FLORIDA
JUNIOR BIBLE QUIZZING:
HIDING GOD’S WORD IN THE HEARTS OF THE UPCOMING GENERATION AND FUTURE UPCI LEADERS
North American and Global SOC Holy Ghost Rallies
OUR GOAL IS TO SEE 2 MILLION CHILDREN RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST
NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS:
HELP CHILDREN FROM NAM CHURCHES WITH JUNIOR CAMP REGISTRATION AND HELP FUND NAM CHURCH RALLIES
NORTH AMERICAN AND OVERSEES ORPHANAGE ASSISTANCE
SOC FUNDS SUPPORT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
TRAINUP CONFERENCES:
Training those that minister to
Children
DISASTER RELIEF:
PROVIDES CRITICAL HELP TO
CHILDREN IN NEED
KINGDOM. NOW.
Offering Date: Sunday, April 5
STATE GOAL: 164,000
SECTION 1 GOAL: 35K
If you have children who want to participate in the Toby’s Top Dog Program, please visit the Children’s Ministry website or go to this LINK for resources.
Section 1 News
Defeating the Victim Mentality from Maintaining to Multiplying
Too many Christians live just trying to survive and keep their heads above water, but God has something better in store for you.
God intends for His people to multiply and experience abundance. I believe that survival is a sacred work of the Holy Ghost, but it isn’t the only work.
There comes a moment when your God-given future starts calling your name. It is time to go beyond simply breathing and to start building.
That’s the moment we are invited to confront and defeat the victim mentality—the inner voice that says, “My life is a mess and there is nothing I can do about it.”
Yes, you can!
You were not made to simply maintain life. You are made to multiply it.
I understand that many wounds we carry are real and the wrongs we have suffered at the hands of others are also real.
Abuse. Betrayal. Injustice.
These things are not small, and they are not a figment of your imagination. They are real. The victim mentality is not the same thing as being a victim of harm. The harm was not your fault, but if the wound becomes your identity, the injury keeps making decisions long after the offender is gone.
I want to develop your faith in God and His word to believe in the prophetic voice that tells the truth about what happened and the truth about your future. Then you must allow the voice of God to form your identity and help you decide what to do next. Here are a few next steps.
Be Brutally Honest with Yourself
Freedom begins with being honest with yourself.
Reflecting on your life isn’t self-hatred or self-blame; it is an opportunity for the Holy Ghost to reveal who you are in Jesus Christ.
It is looking at the stories you’ve been repeating to yourself and realizing they are false narratives and you need a true word from God to transform your mindset.
You must learn to separate what happened from what you fear will always happen. This creates space between what you feel and what you do. You may not be able to change how you feel, but you can change what you do.
Now, through Christ you have the freedom to make better choices. By His grace, accept the assignment to be an overcomer. You have the promise that in this cocoon of transformation you will forge a testimony that will free you from your self-made prison and God will use you to help others experience the same.
Live in Reality
Defeating the victim mentality is not pretending nothing happened, or “pulling yourself up by the bootstraps” and saying everything is fine when it is not.
It is about being humble enough to develop the courage to allow God’s word to liberate you from your pain and turn it into praise.
Humility doesn’t mean you think less of yourself.
It is thinking truthfully and biblically about what God has planned for you. It is alright to acknowledge the wound without becoming the wound. It says, “I need help,” and acknowledges that asking for help isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom.
Humility will make room for grief, and it will open the door for healing.
Pride is what isolates people and keeps them from reaching out for help.
A lot of people stay trapped in their victim mode because they never had a safe place to grieve what was lost. But grief isn’t the enemy of growth—it is the soil where growth begins.
Sometimes, having the opportunity to tell your story to a trusted friend, a counselor, or pastor opens your spirit to the endless possibilities that come from divine visitation. Humility will always turn into gratitude.
Gratitude breaks the spell of powerlessness by reminding you of the gifts you already have. It is important to remember that no one can take them from you if you don’t allow it.
Thank God for maintenance in a desert season. Jehovah Jireh provides water and shade that can be the mercy that keeps you alive, like Elijah by the brook Cherith. But your calling isn’t to live forever in triage or the ICU. You were made to bear fruit—thirty, sixty, a hundredfold.
Multiplication begins when your story becomes a seed for victory.
When you are free and healed by the power of God, you can speak that same word of life into others. Healed people can heal others.
Here are five practices that move you from maintaining to multiplying:
1. Renounce the past— speak it out loud.
Words matter. Speak the word of God. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Pray the word, especially when the enemy’s voice seems to chastise your peace.
2. Choose one daily act of deliverance.
Each morning, do one small thing that contradicts the victim script: take a walk, make a call, write a note of encouragement. Small “yeses” set a path that leads to victory.
3. Practice confession and counsel.
Tell the truth about your fears to someone safe. Invite feedback. Humility puts your life where wisdom can reach it.
4. Turn scars into service.
Ask yourself: Who could use a word of encouragement? Write the note. Share the resource. Mentor the younger version of you that you recognize in someone else. Service transforms pain into purpose.
5. Bless with your mouth.
The victim mentality uses speech to predict loss: “Here we go again.” Multipliers speak life. Bless your home, your work, your church, your city. Speak hope even in the presence of cynicism.
When the Old Voice Returns
The old voices will return. When that happens, remember that this is a process and you must be patient with yourself. Celebrate every small victory.
When you hear the voices of the enemy say, “See? Nothing changes,” go back to your daily altar.
Stay on your knees.
Let God know that you are struggling and then sit at the His table of fellowship to receive the help that only comes from God.
There is no prize for pretending you’re farther along than you are.
The Shepherd walks at the pace of the slowest lamb. Let the church minister to you and if need be, carry you for a while. In time, you will be strong enough to help carry a corner of someone else’s stretcher.
The world doesn’t need more social media gripes and grievances.
We need rivers of grace.
Ignore the voices and take the towel of service.
That’s how victims become victors, and victors become ministers. God will give you the courage to live again.
If you have the humility to kneel and pray, He will give you the strength to stand.
Your story will become seed that multiplies and it will feed others the manna of your victory. When you let your pain become compassion, your life isn’t just maintained but multiplied so that those who come after you find a path where there used to be only pain.
Yours for the Kingdom,
Pastor Kinsey
