Although there will be no Sunday meeting at our meeting hall during these days, we encourage all the saints to still celebrate the Lord's Day from their homes. To this end, brothers and sisters have been arranged in home groups to call one another, to pray, and to offer some praise and worship to the Lord. We hope these home groups would be sources of spiritual encouragement and nourishment not only on the Lord's Day, but also throughout the week and even to other home groups.
To enrich our virtual church life, brother Titus was asked to share some messages for the saints to watch during this time. We suggest that home groups and families watch these videos on Sunday morning, after which they can enjoy fellowship within the home groups and leave comments below the videos to encourage other saints and home groups. Each message will be accompanied by a PDF of the message outline and Bible verses, along with a PDF transcript for further consideration, review, and fellowship during the week. We will also be posting materials to enrich our fellowship over the course of each week.
If you have not been contacted about a home group, but wish to participate, please reach out by contacting us through this link or via the "Contact Us" option on the navigation bar above.
To enrich our virtual church life, brother Titus was asked to share some messages for the saints to watch during this time. We suggest that home groups and families watch these videos on Sunday morning, after which they can enjoy fellowship within the home groups and leave comments below the videos to encourage other saints and home groups. Each message will be accompanied by a PDF of the message outline and Bible verses, along with a PDF transcript for further consideration, review, and fellowship during the week. We will also be posting materials to enrich our fellowship over the course of each week.
If you have not been contacted about a home group, but wish to participate, please reach out by contacting us through this link or via the "Contact Us" option on the navigation bar above.
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August 1 | Message 20 - The Life of One Who Has Visions and Revelations
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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The Lord is so glorious! God only desires for the glory of Christ to be manifested! But how often are we so attracted by other things, such as an affluent preacher of the Word of God, or caught up by rules and regulations (whether self imposed or from our culture)? God does indeed want Moses and Elijah to have the glory of Christ. But brothers, these things need to be joined to the glory of Christ! Without Christ, Moses’ face faded when he came down the mountain. Without Christ, the prophets in Jeremiah’s time prophesied their own visions, their own inspirations. But what a glory it is, when we can continually recognize Christ, the Son of the living God, as the fulfillment of all that Moses and Elijah said! We have the brothers who help us follow the Lord, but at the end of the day, it is only the Glory of Christ. Visions and revelations lead us to glory. We realize then that we follow Christ, and only Christ. We listen to Christ and only Christ. We lay our souls down for Christ, and only Christ, and we gird ourselves for Christ and only Christ. What a glory, when we can recognize the proper place that all things have in subjection to Him, and we see that Jesus only, Jesus ever, is the One we see and hear! Glory! Glory to God!
New Hymn
This is a song written by Judy Godshall from the church in Willoughby to the tune of #216 in Songs and Hymns of Life. There are two tunes, and the hymn can be sung to either. It is based on her enjoyment of all the Visions and Revelations messags. The recording is from a Lord's Table gathering of the church in Willoughby. We hope saints will enjoy the "unprofessional" but genuine hearts and voices of the saints.
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July 26 | Message 19 - The Transfiguration of Jesus
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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The story of the transfiguration is so precious, but also very sobering. Peter, James, and John went up, but what about the other nine? They may not have even heard about the transfiguration until after the Lord’s resurrection. This is very sobering, because if not all the apostles participated in that experience, then we should ask ourselves, where is our seeking? Where is our heart? Are we content on the bottom of the mountain just as the other nine were? Or do we desire something so intimate with the Lord, that it is a little bit of a secret between Him and us? This depends very much on if we are truly captives of the Lord. When we as bond servants of Jesus Christ can care about Him in this way, then we have a way to be totally consecrated and committed to the revelation He’s given us, until we are in a place to transcend higher with Him. Saints, are we under his rulership? Under his lordship? Are we captives? Let us all leave the distractions of this world far behind us, either good or bad, sinful or noble, and let us pursue higher up the mountain with our glorified Lord! Glory be to God!
New Hymn
This song was written by Bob Brenneman from the church in Willoughby as a summary of Matthew 16:13 to 17:8. It shows the whole Christian life from seeing and believing, through the 6 days of our whole life and all the way to the goal – glory.
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July 19 | Message 18 - The Apostle Peter (6) (Part 3)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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Christ’s life has come into us! Wonderful! But in my daily life I get exposed over & over by my defeats & failures. How marvelous it is then that “The preciousness of being a Christian isn’t overcoming all the time, rather it is being defeated all the time, yet always having the ability to come back to walk with Christ.” We may seem defeated or poor, but we are being mingled with a limitless God! There is something so marvelous about the fact that God is no longer confined to the heavens. Now is the New Testament age! Now God can be joined to man. Now the kingdom of heaven is here and the keys were given to a man, Peter, who used them to open the door for Jews, then Gentiles to enter into this kingdom. There are many doors left for us to open! But are we willing captives? When we willingly give ourselves as captives of Christ, He would like to make us gifts to the Body so that the church can be built up. We want to be willing captives, captives who can become gifts to the Body for the building up of the church. Let us be creative in our gospel by being one with Him! Say hi to your neighbor, call someone, email or text someone! Are you confined at home? Praise God that Christ is not confined! For this reality, we have to be careful not to let things, good or bad come in to “squeeze Christ out & seemingly occupy our vessel.” Lord, May we be occupied by You & You alone!
As we sing these songs, let this be our prayer, “Lord, be the One and only who totally occupies my heart.”
As we sing these songs, let this be our prayer, “Lord, be the One and only who totally occupies my heart.”
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July 12 | Message 17 - The Apostle Peter (6) (Part 2)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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Everyone needs the Lord, all races and walks of life. God’s heart was He was yearning to come into man age after age, but He had to wait for so long. How wonderful our Jesus is, that He is the man who the fullness of God was so pleased to dwell in Him, and now in Christ, we are filled with the same fullness! This is so that He could rule as the Lord over us in life. Now, after many years of following the Lord, we can tell Him “without Your ruling, I don’t even know how to live Lord.” Can we also pray, saints, and tell the Lord “Lord, be for yourself, even in me. Be for your focus and your purpose. I would rather have me for You, than You for me, O God. Lord, there is only one throne in our hearts that needs be occupied. May you be the one to fill it!” As we sing these songs, let us have this thought, that we could cooperate with God in His desire, and open so many doors around us for the gospel, that He may fill the hearts of all the saved ones and gain a bigger body of believers for Himself. Glory be to God in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the ages of ages, Amen!
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July 5 | Message 16 - The Apostle Peter (6) (Part 1)
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Daily Bible Verses and Devotional
After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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God is not limited by time; He is the I Am. Yesterday, today, and forever, He is the same. Everything on His heart and mind bears the weight of eternity. His revelation, which was hidden from the ages and generations but now revealed to His saints, is of Christ, and that is from eternity. Christ’s revelation of the church bears the same weight of eternity. Saints, where are our hearts? Do we bear the same weight of eternity upon our hearts? We must realize that the things of time are related to the gates and powers of Hades, and life itself is only like the glory of the flower of the field. What is eternal? Christ, and His builded Church. It is so easy for us to be swallowed by the power of Hades if we fail to see the Church and the necessity for the building up. How do we not be swallowed up? Grab a saint next you and build yourself with them!! Then things will not be such a distraction. Do we desire to fight in this way? As we sing these hymns, brothers and sisters, let this prayer be deep on our hearts: “Lord, may we be involved with Your eternal building-up of the church, and help us to fight for every saint. Let us be builded together, so that Hades will never prevail, and so that we can be united with your vitality and exercising of dominion in Your glorious kingdom.”
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June 28 | Message 15 - The Apostle Peter (5) (Cont.)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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Saints, let us come to the Lord just as we are! The more we behold the Lord, the more we can reflect Him. What a marvelous way to grow and be transformed; that each time we spend in His presence in stillness and quiet, we walk away more like Him. But may we never stop at this only! May we not live our lives for ourselves and for our own pleasures. Let us go on to build up our fellow saints, supplying one another with Christ, encouraging and exhorting, rebuking and warning each other. The Lord has desire in His heart, so let us all, together, be transformed to have this desire in our hearts as well: to build the church upon the foundation of Christ with gold, silver and precious stones. May God truly gain the builded Church, which Hades can never prevail against! The songs that were chosen this week have much to do with spending purposeful time in the presence of our Lord. We encourage each of you brothers and sisters, as you sing through these songs, to ask the Lord concerning this matter. Let Him shine His light through these songs into each of our conditions, to touch us concerning the need to spend purposeful time with Him. Amen.
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June 21 | Message 14 - The Apostle Peter (5)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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Do we realize what the church is and the significance of the building up? We need a revelation from God concerning Christ, we also need a revelation from Christ concerning the Church. The church is just as much a matter of revelation as Christ is. What kind of Church life are we going to have when we come back together? This is a matter of revelation, not a matter of pattern or routine or commonness. The “why” needs to be different. The “why” of coming together can no longer be because that’s what Christians do. We need to have the reason of “I come together with Christians because I have a revelation.” We need to be in the process of revelation, and we need to see what the Lord is doing! We are not individual common stones, but we are together being fitted as transformed stones. This begs the question: Are we happy to be a church goer, or are we being filled with the Spirit, surrounded by saints, and invested in the Word of God? The only way the church can be built is by these three things. Saints, so many things come in to try to halt the building and transforming process of the Church by taking us away from the Spirit, the Saints, and the Word. These can be hardships, tribulations, or even positive things that distract us. All of these have one thing in common: they represent the gates of Hades, fighting against the building work of the Lord in the church. But PRAISE GOD!!! The Lord’s promise in this revelation is that the Gates of Hades cannot prevail against His Church! What a Christ we have with one another!
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June 14 | Message 13 - The Apostle Peter (4)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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Why do we not see the “Body of Christ?” Because we still think it is something other than Christ. We think Christ is external to the Body. The reason there are divisions is because the vision is all wrong. We are ALL the members of the body of Christ. In Malachi, the Lord told the Israelites they missed the whole point of offerings, and that is what we are doing today. When we come together to offer praise to God, do we have any other motive or opinion or stress other than Christ Himself? If so, we miss the whole point of the Body! There is nothing other than the substance of Christ in the church; the church is none other than Christ Himself. Saints, may we see that we are all members one of another, no matter what we say or do. Let us build one another up through words of Grace in love, so that the Lord really would have a body that is purely only made of Himself! As one brother said years ago, “It is a wondrous thing for Christ to be able to recognize what is of Himself in His saints.” May there be nothing else but Christ Himself in this marvelous ekklesia!
The Church's One FoundationThis song is so good, it shows the only foundation we all have is only Christ Himself, which unites us with every believer throughout the world. What a foundation is this!
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Whene'er We Meet With Christ EnduedSaints, when we see the One Foundation of Christ and all the things that try to come in to divide us, let our declaration be together with one voice “Let us exhibit Christ!”
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June 7 | Message 12 - The Apostle Peter (3)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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New HymnsA new hymn written by Judy Godshall, called "I Will Build My Church"
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God gave us a vision of Christ, Christ gave us a vision of the church. But do we really care? Are we committed? On the one side, every time God appears and speaks in the New Covenant, it is concerning only Christ. Christ is His Son, and the Father only has Christ on His heart. If we see Christ, we begin to step into the Father’s heart. On the other side, if you see Christ, you must be brought into the reality of His Body, which is the Church. We may see Christ, but do we see the church? If we see the church, we begin to step into the heart of Christ. You can follow many things if you so have the inclination: religion, career, a healthy life style, the flesh, sin. But none of these things lead us to Christ or His church. We might even have teachings of Christ from different ministers, but do we have Christ? Many believers have become divided over teachings of Christ, and yet the Body of Christ which is His church cannot be divided. Saints, may we see that all things belong to the saints for their nourishment and building up, and the saints belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God!! This is something that is purely spiritual, nothing of flesh and blood can give us this revelation. Let us care about what is on God’s heart: Christ. Let us care about what is on Christ’s heart: the church! When we begin to live for what is on Christ’s heart, that is the moment we begin to be transformed into a stone that has unique, individual, and special value. Our value at that point is utterly related to the building up of the church, which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all and in all!
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May 31 | Message 11 - The Apostle Peter (2)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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He made us alive! This is so important. How do we know we are in visions and revelations? We need to ask ourselves, are they alive to us? If they are not then we are in religion. So then, what did the disciples have that we don’t? Christ is a living person who is alive to them, but to us many times He is just a picture on the wall. We all have received a vision, but it can grow so dim. We need another one from the Father to make us continually alive in Christ, and we need fellowship with the saints to become alive in Christ together! If we receive visions, we need to be with the saints, because it’s there that the Word becomes alive to us. These visions and revelations are not the end in and of themselves; they are given to us to make us vital! Out of this vitality, we can have a real pursing in purity, poorness, meekness, all the way until it all becomes so alive, we can declare as Peter did, “You are THE Christ!”
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May 24 | Message 10 - The Apostle Peter (1)
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After hearing and considering the word that was spoken, a group of brothers and sisters were inspired by some of the verses that were shared. We felt that it was helpful to reconsider these verses again to dig deeper into the burden of the message and to discover how rich it could be to us. We compiled these verses into six sections, one for each day of the week until the next message, in hopes that many other saints could spend a bit of time every day to reconsider the burden of our brother in a new light.
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Thoughts on how this message can be applied to our own lives.
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Hallelujah Saints! We are brought into this marvelous realm of Spirit! We are surrounded by Him, led by Him, grow by Him, to the point that He and we are one. Just like the hymn writer wrote: “Thy Spirit in my spirit now supplies Thyself, unites with me, thus I am all the time myself and constantly am also Thee.” How wonderful this is, that we have the Living Christ, who’s life is ours, who’s death is ours, who’s resurrection and ascension and reigning is ours too! As we live physically in this world, we are also at the same time living in a totally new realm of resurrection to know and to love Him more and more. Let us pursue Him more saints, and together let us gain Him more and more. May we never lose our love for the Lord, but more importantly, even in our love for Him, may we never forget Him. Let us have this prayer deeply imprinted on our hearts,
“Lord if there’s anything I can have in all of this, it needs to be You as the living picture. I don’t want dead doctrines. I want to be in living truths, living spirit, living revelations, to see that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Father, the only way I can have this is if you reveal it to me.”
“Lord if there’s anything I can have in all of this, it needs to be You as the living picture. I don’t want dead doctrines. I want to be in living truths, living spirit, living revelations, to see that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Father, the only way I can have this is if you reveal it to me.”
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