December 9th, 2011
Jesus revealed to me a green vine. I was the branches of this green vine supposed to be a fruit vine. However it was not bearing fruit for a long time. To me I felt healthy and from a distance I would appear to be healthy with loving dark green leaves. However little did I know that I was not making my Owner very happy as I was not doing my job in producing fruit. Read more... (1109 words, 4 images, estimated 4:26 mins reading time)
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December 1st, 2011
Sometimes when people go through their baptism experience, they are asked to write and share a short testimony. It is my pleasure to present a Guest Post for ‘Christian Foundations’ as her Baptism testimony of what her journey has been. I have only known her for a short time, but already I can see the peace in her life that she has been searching for so long.
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November 29th, 2011
A. SO WE BEGIN…..
So far in this series on Christian Foundational beliefs, we have looked at Christian concepts about Jehovah, Creator God and the Father of love. Next, we went onto the Creation of the spiritual world and the fall of Lucifer, the angel of Light. Following that, we discussed the Creation of Earth, the Garden of Eden and then onto Adam and Eve. We saw the results of their rebellion against their Creator and the fall of the human race because of this first couple’s actions. Read more... (1953 words, 5 images, estimated 7:49 mins reading time)
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November 29th, 2011
…….I just stood there, amazed at the words I thought I had heard from the speaker’s comments!
“Yes, anything not done for the church or having to do with evangelism will be swept away with the wood, hay and stubble,” he had replied.
He then went on to quote: “If any one builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be show for what it is to light. It well be revealed with fire and the fire will test the quality on everyone’s work. If what they have built survives, they will receive their reward.” ! Corinthians 3:12-15 Read more... (1126 words, 4 images, estimated 4:30 mins reading time)
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November 27th, 2011
We continue with our series on Christian Foundation by looking at the central role of the Holy Spirit in the life of any Jesus Follower. So far we have seen that the Holy Spirit was a promised Jesus gave to His followers as He left for heaven. The Holy Spirit was part of the work in creation and active in many places in the Old Testament.
However, as we will see, the work of the Holy Spirit in the New Covenant between Jesus and His church is much more intimate and fulfilling of the Father’s promises. As a Person, the Holy Spirit is active in our conversion and in our daily walk. Read more... (1264 words, 3 images, estimated 5:03 mins reading time)
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November 22nd, 2011
In our last post we talked about what it means to be ‘born again’. Then we went onto how ‘Change’ needs to be the common expectation among Jesus Follower who know Christian Foundation views. This mean change began when we stepped into being the New Creation, as well as when we stepped into the reality of hearing from our Creator. We are a ‘Work in Progress’!
Change is natural for us as we are changed from the old nature way of thinking into the new creation way of thinking. Next we looked at the barriers that stop change from happening, thus stagnation happens. Read more... (2091 words, 4 images, estimated 8:22 mins reading time)
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