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Dear Christian Believers,
God bless you and your family in the powerful name of
Jesus Christ.
In June this year Christian Family Fellowship
Ministry will have been in existence for nine years. When
we first began there was a tremendous need for healing
the hearts and minds of believers. The first two years
we concentrated on ministering to these needs. In 1998
1 received further guidance to produce teaching tools
that could help dad and mom learn the Word of GOD, teach
their children, and strengthen GOD’S families. These tools
could also help anyone who wanted to learn the Word of
God. It is GOD’S ...“ will for all men to be saved
and come unto a knowledge of the truth.” (I Timothy 2:4).
So we gathered leadership around the country and planned
out the “Power of GOD” teaching series.
We made decisions concerning what needed to be taught.
who would teach, and that we should divide all material
into four series: “Living In GOD’S Power,” “Growing
In GOD’S Power,” “Led By GOD’S Power,” and “Ministering
With GOD’S Power,” These tools, if utilized will
help parents build a solid doctrine of GOD’S Word in their
families, plus give them practical application of the
scriptures. It will do the same for single people.
Now after 8 1/2 years we believe there is a need
to be more structured in order to carry out the mission
GOD has called us to. We will continue to send out the
weekly CDs and tapes, plus the newsletters to whomsoever
wants them; Our doors at CFFM will be open to all that
are seeking a knowledge of GOD’S Word, and desire to fellowship
with us. But we need to know who believes in what we are
doing, and the Word of GOD we teach, who wants to be in
association with us, involved with, and supportive of
CFFM in our mission of reaching families and others with
the Word of GOD around the world. The only way we are
going to have any major impact on our generation with
GOD’S Word is to band together on the accuracy of GOD’S
Word, and to fully mature within it, by walking in the
steps of Jesus Christ, and by doing the works that he
did and greater. Then and only then will we be able to
really help ourselves and others.
The first century Church had tremendous impact
and power because they believed what the Word of GOD said
about them, that when they got born again they received
power from on high, and they manifested all nine manifestations
of holy spirit. They studied and searched the scriptures
and then acted on them as being the Word and will of GOD.
The believers fellowshipped and worked together as witnesses
of the Lord Jesus Christ. They spoke the gospel of Christ
with authority, and boldness. When people responded they
continued to help them to mature in their learning and
understanding. Then they also would be able to reach out
to others and do the same. The First century Church believer’s
fellowshipped together and met in their homes, they had
Church in the home. They had leadership to pastor them.
They developed new leadership; people shared their lives,
talents, and resources to bless others. Opportunities
to pray, share, teach and minister helped people grow,
Those with gift ministries helped the churches
in the home by visiting and revisiting the areas to minister
and to teach. Paul writes in Acts 20:20 “And howl
kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have
she wed you and taught you publicly, from house to house.”
Paul communicated with the local churches. He wrote down
the revelation GOD gave to him, and sent it out to the
believers. Look at Paul’s greeting in his letter to the
Corinthians; I Corinthians 1:2 “Unto the church
of God which is at Corinth. to them that are sanctified
in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in
every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both theirs and ours:” Paul sent the letter to
Corinth, but everything in the letter was to be shared
with all the believers everywhere. They passed the letters
around to all the churches to read no matter their location.
The believers were not focused on material things
for themselves (there’s nothing wrong with prospering,
but material things were not to be put above needs of
GOD and HIS people).
The first century Church had spiritual ability
and they used it. Their spiritual abilities went from
potential power to kinetic power. They believed and used
what was given them, and because they did their generation
turned the whole world upside down. Acts 19:10
says that in two years an three months ... “All
of Asia heard the Word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks.” Every generation is to reach the world
with GOD’S Word, that should be their goal.
This is a short version of how the first century
church functioned and why it was so successful. It will
work today for you and I if we will work together and
stay committed to living GOD’S Word. If we commit to walking
in the steps of Jesus Christ and do the works that he
did. The Body of Christ is structured enough to get the
job done, and we need to be structured enough to do the
same, otherwise our generation will miss the lifetime
we’ve been given.
Love John
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