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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Dear Friends,
I am thinking about the many ways that God will use us if we let Him. He uses us in our conversationthat we have with others
when we do not even realize that we are being used. God will put words in your mouth without you even realizing that it is
God and use them to bless someone else. So often we try to get God to bless our dreams because we hear teaching that says
that God will always cause us to triumph or we are more then conquerors so we go out ready to do battle with every devil and
win ever skirmish. God has given each of us a job to do. Some of you are given the task of supporting us with prayer and finances.
Every church needs those who do that not because of any obligation but because of what God put in that persons heart. When
one does things out of obligation then after a while the desire to do that job( and it does become a job) wanes for when one
works for the church then most of it is volunteer and no payment is given( not financially anyway). God does not want us molded
together by our common obligations but by what He put in our heart. God uses you in giving
you dreams.
HE gives you desires and brings you to a place that those dreams may be accomplished. God gave you a dream, but He might not
give me that same dream. If someone came to your door telling you that God told them that you are to marry him/her, then you
would reject it. But if someone came and said I am doing this venture( going to Africa, writing a book, starting a new ministry)
because they sound like good things then we think maybe that was God( and depending on who it was may be intimidated into
thinking I must help them). I have a question for you what did God put in your heart when you heard it? Just because someone
you know is doing something than that does not mean God expects you to support it. IF God wants you to support something then
He will confirm it in both your hearts. However, if God puts something in your heart to do then do not stop doing that until
God says otherwise. What has happened is that we stop things because of this or that person and not because of what God said.
We get our eyes off of God and onto each other. IF you trust that Pastor and you know that the Pastor is praying before S/He
is doing things then trust that God will lead them down the right path( keep praying for that Pastor that God will direct
them) HE uses us in our prayers. He directs us to pray for certain
people at times. Some of these we know and some we do not. God is not only the one who leads the Pastor but HE also gives
direction to those within the church. The Pastor should receive direction on what to teach and what direction the church should
go but that should be confirmed by the membership for both the Pastor and the members are one body; although the Pastor is
the head a head cannot do anything without a body. Pray for those you feel led to pray for not because they asked you but
because they need it and God wants you to. 1) I know our conversation is not
100% correct, that is everything we say is not always said correctly nor do we always walk in love. 2) God is the
confirmer of dreams and He must bring them to pass, the Pastor do not bring your dreams to pass God does. 3) Pray
for all of us for we all have problems and situations and do not perceive things the same way. Pray that we will all come
to the unity of faith and help each other walk in love towards each other.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Friends and Family,
God did not give to us because we had something that He needed. HE came to us because He had something
that we needed. He came to minister to us. He came to love us because we are His creation. HE came to minister to us so that
we would become His child and we would become a family. He wanted us to become brothers and sisters so that we could not only
rely on what God gave us in Jesus Christ, but that He could give to us so we can share it with us. God does not give to us
simply because we need things. So many focus on what they need that they forgot that when God gives you something it is so
you can bless others with that provision. The boy who had a lunch was
given to him by his mom so that he could eat something when he got hungry and this boy carried it with him all day. He bought
that lunch and was probably hungry when the disciples went and asked him for it. God then prayed over it and multiplied feeding
thousands of people with that one lunch. That is not the end of the story. There were 12 baskets full and they were given
back to the boy. God multiplied that lunch not just for the multitude but also for the boy, who went home and told Mom and
Dad what happened and I am sure that boy shared it with his family. That is not in the story but it is a natural conclusion
to the story. I am sure that when he got home with all that food, that his mom and dad were 1) so happy to see their son was
back home safe 2) were amazed he had all this food. When they asked about it they were amazed at his story and had a hard
time believing it but could not discount the evidence God did something miraculous
in each of our lives. HE gave us Himself and came to live inside of us. There are many blessings that God has given
to us, family, friends, finances, jobs, cars, selling homes, etc. God did not just give us one blessing for our whole
life and expected to live off of that blessing. God gave us blessing after blessing and expected us to be so joyous at what
we have received that we wanted to share it with others. I pray that you want to share the joy, love and the other things
that come into our life because of that blessing. Share your blessings for in so doing you share God Himself for although
He may not be the one that delivered it( God may use others to give it to you) God gives you internal things as a result of
the blessing, and He is in that love and joy and peace you have, so when you share that you are sharing God with them. Sharing
the blessing enables you to share God with others, so God can live also in them. Go
and Share God with others! Go and share blessings with others! When you do, you will be blessed not only by the giving to
others but also by what you receive from doing so!
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Dear Friends,
What is Holiness? Is holiness living morally or is holiness God living in you? God has given to us many
things that they did not have in the OT, is that because God loved us more then He did them? God could not give them these
things because He could not live inside of them. God cannot look at sin says Habbakkuk. God could not live in them because
the sin was not paid for. When Jesus was made sin God forsook Him.God's presence left Jesus the moment that He was made
sin. God's presence can be in us because sin is not there. Even though we still make mistakes and still do wrong things
in our flesh, God does not see our flesh instead He sees our substitute. God does not look at us according to what we do but
according to what HE did in us. Religion has tried to live morally
thinking that is holy living. Moral living done to try to impress God is not holiness yet that is what people try to do. True
Christianity is not religion, for it is a relationship. Religion is a system of do's and don'ts and God wants to free
us by not giving us a system to follow but a relationship with Him.
The Bible says that God made you holy because God came to live within you. God is not mad at you yet people hear his anger
because they approach God with a sin consciousness. They see themselves as a sinner so when they go to God they go with their
faults and failures foremost on their mind. They go approaching God with this failure mindset and go in fear. How much fear
do you have in approaching God? The fear you have is based on what you
have heard of Him. If you think that God is out to get you then you will have fear. IF you think that you must kill others
to attain Heaven then you will have fear. IF you think that there is something between you and God then you cannot approach
God with faith. Faith requires that you understand that everything is OK between the 2 of you despite what is wrong in your
life. What is wrong in your life is not God trying to correct you and teach you. God teaches you with the Holy Spirit
not with tragedy. You might learn by tragedy some things but God uses Himself to give to you and uses Himself to teach you.
Be holy but let it come out of your relationship and not out of a desire to impress God. Fake holiness can be spotted a mile
away even by those who are not born again. Do not live with fake holiness but let the holiness of God become real in your
life and live in it everyday.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Dear Friends,
Today I was thinking about the fact that I see there seems to be more unity in ministry then ever before. I have become a
part of the multiply community and have been in contact with many minsters from other nations. We have had 2 ( including
Pastor Aureli on Sunday) ministers from other countries that God brought to me. God instructed them to come to this area and
bring them here. HE caused a bond to be made between these ministries and ours. God is uniting people like never before. The
Bible says that we will come in unity of faith, not unity of doctrine. God wants to bring us together for soon Jesus will
come back. God wants us to have one focus and that focus is listed in Eph 4:12-13. God wants us to basically focus on 2 things
1) winning the lost 2) strengthening the body with the understanding that it is not of our fleshly works but by HIs eternal
grace. We are to put people's eyes on Jesus whether they are born again or not. There is
a oneness that is in the Godhead between the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. They are one yet 3. The Lord God is One. He is uniting
Jew and Christian, Christian denominations and causing us to know the one true saviour who is Jesus Christ. Let us focus
on Jesus Christ and not on how great a work this one or that one did. Too often the focus has been on following the signs
but we need to focus on Jesus so the signs follow us, instead of following the signs. Let Jesus be great in you. I must decrease
but He must Increase. As I have said many times it is not Usianity but CHRISTianity. It is not about me but about Him.
I desire to help some of these ministers in other nations but we do not have the finances to do it, yet God
has sent me some ministers from other nations who have committed themselves to helping us both with their prayers and finances.
Those in America that have we need your help. Make a commitment to help us help others. There may only be a handful at church
but I Know that God has sent me to the nations from the computer and that many are hearing these words and being blessed
by them( praying one day He will cause me to go to these nations in person as well). I have heard
of orphanages that need help in India, and in many nations in Africa. I have heard from ministers in the Phillipines and other
places that need help. IN the early church they gave as there was need to whoever needed help, then the other churches
sent an offering and helped them. So, I am asking you, that those that have money, help us help out the ones who need the
most basic of needs and those who need Jesus. Help us love them.Help us give to them from God's unending storehouse
of Grace. Do not forget to go to Word of
Grace and visit our site. Refresh yourself in His grace. Some of you grew up on the Teachings of our founder John Hogan
and need to be refreshed in that same grace. You may have moved away and do not get a chance to hear that same grace
in other places, so come and refresh yourself in this pure fountain that gave you such joy for that joy and power is still
there.The ministry of grace continues even though John is resting with Jesus. We still teach that same grace which tells
us that we are righteous apart from our works and are kept because of Jesus. John spent 20 years telling us of this
gospel, so now that we have received it we need to share it with others. The site is at www.wordofgracefellowship.com for all of the old and new gracites. If you have not then consider partnering with us
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We are honored that you are visiting our web site. We are a non- traditional church. As such we are always looking for new ways of getting the Gospel of grace out to new
people as well as to those who currently are a part of this Fellowship.
This
web site allows us to reach people we may never have been able to contact before. Everyone is welcome to attend our services,
or outreach programs which include; counseling services, prayer requests, spiritual healing, spiritual warfare,and bible
study,
Please use this site to access the information you need about the church and as a resource for broadening
your faith. We look forward to hearing from you and answering any questions you might have.
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Welcome to Word of Grace Fellowship Ministries! Here we are dedicated to the ministry
of the gospel of grace and to teach that one who is born again has been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We
teach the uncompromising word of grace and righteousness. Right now we are more of a fellowship of like-minded believers whose
lives have been changed by the message of grace then a church. God has been a source of constant strength and comfort to us,
as He continues to separate us from the mindset of traditional Christianity. As you go through our pages remember that God's focus is what did Jesus do, not what would Jesus do. Jesus came
to die so that by His death we could be made right with God. Once we were made right with God then God could come to live
in us so we could be made one body with Jesus. God finds no fault in us, for when He sees us He sees Jesus. This is the reality
of who we are as a new man in Jesus Christ. We at Word of Grace believe that
God includes women in the ministry and that God has given to every born again child of his the ministry of reconciliation,
to go and bring in the lost to the kingdom of God. We pray that as
you read these pages that you will be ministered to and want to know more about us. Please feel free to contact us for we
would welcome the opportunity to minister God's grace to you. May you learn about His grace and grow in the knowledge
of righteousness, so that you too can walk in the freedom of Jesus Christ!
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Worship Schedule
Sunday 11 AM - 1 PM
Fellowship follows service
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