Note From Christian Life Fellowship
 Note: Matthew 6:33 "...seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things will be added to you..."
 NOTE:... Come out of the world, simplify your life, prepare to teach, emphasize the family What is.....The Kingdom of God...?.......The Kingdom of God is Righteousness, Peace, and Joy! We can be successful through Praise, Worship, and Thanksgiving The resources on this page are here for you to discover the Truth in marketing, that sets men and women free from the burdens of the world. These informative sites will help you discover your God-given gifts by His awesome designs for you and your family to lead productive and meaningful lives by the power of Jesus Christ living in and among our fellowship. These weekly note passages are from Christian Life Fellowship and our praise and worship services on Sunday. Our hope is that you would be encouraged to participate in a Christian Fellowship in your area and be blessed. Our goal is to help people become more like Jesus in the market workplace by teaching others about Discipleship and the love of God and His Kingdom Plan for all of His creation, so come join us for insight, encouragement, and joy in thought-provoking issues according to Biblical Scriptures. Enjoy the life journey through Ventures In Success!
Clean out the clutter... Don't make mountains out of molehills... Know when to make it a big deal, and when to leave it alone... Be thankful for what we have... Have no petty arguments... Be anxious for nothing....Phil. 4:16 Focus on our Spiritual gifts... Learn to be content and enjoy the journey... Note that God's mercy is new every day, leave the past behind, and celebrate the moment... Note: Not to compare ourselves with others, we are all unique... (Until we meet again, may God bless)
You expect little children to do stupid things but why do adults never seem to learn? Note that Christ has given us the foundation of life both now and forever. "Doing unto others" should have positive emphasis, not just negative. We must give up the search for a human "guru", Jesus is our "guru". The will of God is no longer 612 points of the Old Testament law. It is the right relationship with God and men. These relationships,through Christ, give us an unshakable foundation. Ask, and it will be given to you... Christian life is bathed in prayer... In every way and every day go to God... How much more good gifts will God give to those who ask?... Engage others in conservation... Enter by the narrow gate...(through Jesus) You will know them by their fruits... Not everyone will enter the Kingdom of God... It's Jesus plus nothing... Keep His commandments and abide in Him is the Father's will... The Rock or sinking sand?... It is God's good pleasure to give us all that we ask and to do His will... (Until we meet again, may God bless!)
Not that Israel expected a kingdom established by the Messiah to come suddenly. Jesus said the kingdom was here and now and it was open to both Jews and Gentiles. There are no "entitled" people in the kingdom. A response is required from all. Before this response can occur, God must grant understanding. Our job is not to predict where seed will grow but to sow wherever we can, whether on the wayside, on stony places, among thorns, or on good ground. He who has ears to hear, let him hear and understand. All members of the Church worldwide are in this work together. Let's don't worry whose group gets the credit. Reference: The Parable of the Sower (Until we meet again, may God bless!)
1. We all have a strong interest in "end time" events. 2. Jesus made it very plain that a time is coming when the age of man's rule, inspired by Satan, will end. 3. There are only two possible outcomes for all humans: you liveforever with God or you don't. 4. Almost any work of God on earth starts small and then grows larger. 5. People generally "discover" God in one of two ways: by accident or by searching to fill a need. 6. A good teacher will continually mix new ideas with old ones in presenting God's Truth. 7. Judgment is coming. Be wheat not tares. It is not the fullness of The Kingdom of God in this present age When will the suffering of this present age end?[The whole universe groans and yearns for the adoption of God's sons] When will Jesus return?[Nobody knows the day or hour, so we need to be prepared 24/7] Matt. 13:24 "...Another parable [a simple part of life that has a Spiritual lesson] He put forth to them, saying. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;..." v.36-43 "...Then Jesussent the multitude away into the house; and His disciples came to Him, saying, 'explain the parable of the tares of the field.' He answered and said to them: 'He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The fieldis the world, the good seeds are the sons of the Kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil,the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Note: ("...beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, butinwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.[wheat or tares?] Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs fromthistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bearsbad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear goodfruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown intothe fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them...") Matt. 7:15-20 Note therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire so it will be at the end of this age. But in the meantime, let them [wheat and tares] growtogether to maturity. In other words, we as believers become salt and lightto everyone as God moves in and through His people. Note that the parable of the mustard seed the smallest of the grains [like the worth of a small sparrow ] grows into a tall tree that the sparrows can nest in. Just like the least to the greatest, we can rest in God's love. With God's blessing and dedicationwe experience Spiritual growth. He who has ears, let him hear. All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them..." v.34 Note: There will be a sorting out, a judgment...don't let the tares choke us out but be ready in and out of season for the hope of Glory that is in us, for as we are salt and light through God's grace, just as Gentiles were grafted into The Branch, so also some people who are tares now can come to be wheat through you who are the good seed in this present age, but when the fullness of the Kingdom comes, YOU MUST BE THE GOOD SEED or be cast into the lake of fire. And The Kingdom can come at any time, so lets be joyous in His love. (Until we meet again, may God bless!)
What would God have us to do if we are offended or have offended others? In our walk with the Lord we are going to experience times of rejection or being offended. Matthew 18:15 "...moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother..." The key here is to confront your brother by yourself first, not to the Pastor or church leader. If your brother becomes offensive, or doesn't agree with you, doesn't like confrontation, or through past experience fears reprisal, or rejection, you can be sure that these are only excuses to avoid the confrontation. Remember, this is a brother in Christ and sometimes we think that our brother isn't really in Christ. Some traits to observe would be humility, friendliness, and calm spirit. If your brother will NOT hear you, v.16 says "...but if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnessesevery word may be established..." In v.17 "...and if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the Church. But if he refuses even to hear the Church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector..." "For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, I Am in the midst of them...v. 20 How often should we forgive? Sometimes the situation calls for compassion and to just forgive and forget it , and move on. Jesus said "...should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?...so My heavenly Father also will do to you if each you , from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses..." v. 33-35 1. God wants no barriers to remain between His people. 2. If you have a problem with another person, do something about it. 3. Only after this has failed should you involve anyone else. 4. God forgives us without limit. We must do the same with others. 5 If we can't learn to forgive, how can we even have a place in God's Kingdom? Psalm 103:12 "...As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us..." (Until we meet again, may God bless!)
Luke 15: 11-32 1. All too often we picture our Heavenly Father based on our experience with our earthlyfather. 2. God realizes we must often "learn from hard knocks" before we will appreciate Him. 3. Even while we stray far from God, Hecontinually watches and yearns for our return. 4. God's response to our sins when we "find ourselves" is extravagant and outrageous. 5. While God always has our best interest at heart, He will not force us to accept His love. 6. The Father's response can be best summarized by these five words: loving, forgiving, patient, merciful and sympathetic. (Until we meet again, may God bless!)
Mark 9:33-50 1 Wanting to be "recognized" seems to be part of all of us... 2 The way Jesus taught was to serve everyone and don't worry about recognition... 3 We should especially serve those who have nothing to offer us... 4 We must constantly fight jealousy toward others God may use who are not a part of our group... 5 God especially notices all the litle acts of service that we render... 6 We should live our lives like salt: (which preserves) Add flavor to everything and resist decay wherever we find it... Enhance other people; go and do likewise said Jesus; greatness is helping others with no expectation of reward; its the little things we do for others that makes for greatness. (Until we meet again, may God bless!) ...............................................................................................................................
The Process of Running Run Your Race by Joyce Meyer II Corinthians 3:18 "...But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory just as by the Spirit of the Lord..." Deut. 7:22 "...And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, least the beasts of the field become too numerous for you..." Jn. 5:1-9 "...After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?' The man answered Him, 'Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me'. Jesus said to him, 'Rise, and take up your bed and walk.' And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath..." Eph. 2:6 "...and raised us up together and made us.....SIT......together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus..." Heb. 10:12-13 "...But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever,.......SAT DOWN.......at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool...." Enter His rest throughout all the journey... Jn. 21Jesus has breakfast by the sea, and teaches Peter and the disciples as they are fishing in the Sea of Tiberias, He restores Peter, and the Beloved Disciple, and learn from His Book. Eph. 6:11 "...Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to.......STAND.......against the wiles of the devil..." After being .......Spiritually seated........in the rest of God, now when you stand, you have God as your Shield and the Spirit as your guide... Jer. 31:16-19 "...Thus says the Lord: refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord. And they shall come back from the land of the enemy. There is hope in your future, says the Lord, that your children shall come back to their own border. I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: you have chastised me, and I was chastised, like a untrained bull. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the Lord my God. Surely, after my turning, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck myself on my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth..." Heb. 12:1 "...Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and let us........RUN.......with endurance the race that is set before us..." As we......SIT.......in the rest of God, and .......STAND.........with the whole armor of God, now let us .......RUN.........the race with all the confidence that God has provided for us......to His Kingdom! Till we meet again, God bless ...............................................................................................................................
Heb. 11:6 "...without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seekHim..." Matt. 6:1 "...Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven..." v.4 "...that your charitable deed may be in secret; and our Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.." Not every storm is in the forecast... Do some maintenance in your life before a breakdown, have a plan response to trouble and above all trust God to intervene...pray about everything and fear nothing, and keep doing good. Shake itoff and continue on. Expect a reward in due season for keeping in faith. Shake it off and keep going... This promise of God comes with a condition... ll Cor. 1:3-4 "...blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God..." Gen. 50" "...(Joseph kept the faith continually through all kinds of tribulation, from the pit to the palace of Egypt and was rewarded for his faithfulness to God)..." Attitude! Gen. 50:20 "...but as for you (his brothers) , you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive..." Rom. 8:28 "...and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose..." Be bold in prayer! It's not all good , but God IS, all the time and in all ways!Press on, press through, shake it off, and keep going! Isa.61:1 "...Arise, shine; For your light has come! and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you..." We are a child of the King ll Cor. 5:21 "...For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him..." ll Cor. 5:17 "...Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new..." ll Cor.8:9 "...For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich..." Isa. 53:5 "...by His stripes we are healed..." Isa 55 "...(an invitation for an abundant life)..." Wait for a blessing Talk about the blessing not the trouble, and shake it off and keep going. Mk. 6:7 "...And He called the twelve to Him, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them POWER over unclean spirits..." We have the power to overcomeall obstacles through Jesus who live in us. When the apostles went from town to town and were rejected, they were to shake off the dust and move on. Shake it off and keep going..People donot want you to go where they don't want to go. Everyone is responsible for there own joy. Luke 10 "...(sending laborers out in to the harvest. Rely on Jesus the shepherd in going to the front line)..." The proof of being called is in a changed life... Gal. 1:10 "...For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ..." We do not need the approval of man. Acts 13:49 "...And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region..." The season of mourning is over, go the extra mile, and expect the coming of a reward. Remember Job? After he lost everything, because of his faith toward God, he was rewarded double for all that he had lost. Conclusion: When trouble or adversity comes, have a planned response, pray, shake it off, keep going, keep doing good, and expect a reward for keeping faith with God. Till we meet again, God bless ...............................................................................................................................
Reference: Luke 19:1-27 v.5 "...And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, 'Zacchaeus, make haste and come down for today I must stay at your house..." During this period of time, the tax collectors could collect any amount of tax they wanted so long as they collected the amount dictated by their Roman superiors, and they were hated by the public. Today, the same unfair taxation is rampant in our political system for personal gain. 1. Have we categorized, in our mind, the type of people God should or should not call? 2. Jesus loved all people. Do we? v.7 "...But when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner..." 3. Zacchaeus was overjoyed Jesus would have an interest in him. Do we have joy God has taken an interest in us? 4. The depth of someone's sins does not stop God from calling them. v.10 "...for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost..." 5. Zacchaeus was repentant and ready to change. We should be also. v.8-9 "...Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, 'Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house..." 6. Jesus has given us a path in seeking the lost. Not to pre-judge as God calls all to repentance, as we are all sinners in need of salvation... Till we meet again, God bless! .................................................................................................................................
Doctrinal Purity Acts 15 Ephesians 4:15a...but speaking the truth in love... 1. Avoid Doctrinal Disaster--The Occasion a) There were dissentions...Acts 15:1-5 b) There were discussions...v. 6-12; (Gal. 1 & 2) c) There was a decision...v. 13-20 2. Announce Doctrinal Directives: The Decision a) Right doctrine is the Foundation for right faith. i) We can discuss points of view on prophecy ii) We can entertain differing preferences on Methodology iii) We can kindly disagree on style of Ministry iv) But we must agree on Salvation b) Right doctrine is Fundamental for right fellowship i) Sadly we divide over Personalities ii) Sadly we divide over Power iii) Sadly we divide over Preferences iv) Surely we must be decided on Subject of Salvation c) Right doctrine is the format for real Fruitfulness i) Doctrinal purity gives Encouragement....Acts 15:30-31 ii) Doctrinal purity adds Strength...Acts 15:5 iii) Doctrinal purity promotes Progress...Acts 16:5 Okay, is this really important? Some people believe in salvation by...Sincerety Some people believe in salvatiion by...Service Some people believe in salvation by...Subtraction Some people believe in salvation by...Submersion Some people believe in salvation by...Heritage Some people believe in salvation by...Comparison Some people believe in salvation by...Jesus Christ and by God's grace, they are saved Verse 11:...but we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they... Rejoice Evermore...I Thes. 5:16
The Business of Heaven..... Acts 28:17-31 What are the Essentials? 1. Jesus..the Founder and Builder 2. You...are His witness 3. Preaching...Prayer and Power 4. Unity...in community 5. Message: only...Jesus 6. Discipline...Godly fear 7. Servants..willing to suffer 8. Availability 9. Lordship 10. Acceptance 11. Doctrinal...Purity 1) What should we do? Continue what Jesus started... Matt.16:18; Acts 1:1 a) Share Jesus...Faithfully...v. 22-23 b) Share Jesus...Persuasively...v. 23 c) Share Jesus...Expectantly...v.24 d) Share Jesus...indiscriminately...v. 28-30 e) Share Jesus...Confidently...v. 31 i) No person can...Forbid...your witness ii) No person can...Chain...God's Word (2 Tim. 2:8-9) 2) When should we stop? Continue till Jesus comes (Luke 19) a) Luke 19:11-13 "Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them....... b) Acts 29: Isa. 25:6 Till we meet again, God bless! .................................................................................................................................
The Mission: The Senders and the Sent..... Acts 13:1-4; 14:21-28 1. Launching Missionaries...Acts 13:1-4 a) Missionaries are...called...by the Holy Spirit. b) Missionaries are...confirmed...by the Church. c) Missionaries are...commissioned...by the Holy Spirit and the Church. 2. Listening to Missionaries...Acts 14:21-28 a) Listen to their...stories b) Listen to their...suffering c) Listen to their...strategy i) Preach ii) Disciple iii) Warn iv) Appoint...leaders v) Pray with...fasting vi) Commend...them to God (Acts 20:32) d) Rejoice in your...partnership (Acts 14:26) i) God calls everyone to...pray ii) God calls everyone to...give iii) God calls some to...go iv) God...causes...the project to grow yet we get...rewarded (I Cor. 3:7-9) Occupy Till Jesus Returns... Till we meet again, God bless! .................................................................................................................................
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