Kings...

It is crazy with all these people promoting themselves or others as kings.

From the Lion King
to the King of Rock and the King of Pop.
To the "royals", of whom are a history of Kings and Queens.
To various Kings of tribes and countries through time, to many to count.
The King of Swing, and the King of the Hill.
To the King of queens and King Kong.

But there is a shout of a King among us.

No misfortune is seen in Jacob,
no misery observed in Israel.
The LORD their God is with them;
the shout of the King is among them.
Numbers 23:21

When you start to enter into the Kingdom and as mentioned in our
fellowship many times, you can NOT enter the Kingdom without
knowing (experiencing) the KING, this KING changes everything
around you.

Your life, will start to change.

A new confidence will overtake you.

A peaceful boldness will come out of you.

There is a shout of the King among them.

This KING is what scripture calls the KING OF KINGS. Revelation 19:16
By the way, the book of Revelation isn't much about future events as it
is a Revelation of JESUS CHRIST -the KING of KINGS!

Revelation, reveals JESUS CHRIST - JESUS and HIS Anoiting of Power
that is towards and IN us, who believe.

Who believe that this KING lives and breathes through us.
HE will give you thoughts (impressions of LOVE, of leading, not retreat,)
to help the sad and sick world around. 

And this KING and Kingdom, conquers by LOVE.

A LOVE that does not fail!

Amen

Pride Before A Fall but what comes after!

We know the old saying "Pride goes before a fall", which is actually a quote from the Bible.  Proverbs 16:18

But this is something a couple days ago, I heard from the LORD while watching a reality TV show, where this guy was being chased through country side.
As the chase continued, and the one fleeing would stop and hide among trees since they were in a forested area, you could tell his 'swagger' and pride about not being caught.  He was better, and would never be caught, just watch me!

But as the 'cat and mouse' chase continued, the boastful one, (being chased), made a sudden quick dash because he thought he heard his enemy (the guy hunting him) just nearby.  So, this cocky guy makes a fast move and while looking back, running through forest and trees, he trips and lands in a small gully that has accumulated water and is now mostly fairly thick mud.

He is a mess!

His face was covered with dripping mud and as he looked up, while wiping the mud and gunk from his eyes, he noticed he was at the feet (remember he was in a small gully) was the guy that he bad mouthed, the one that was chasing him - caught him!

As I was enjoying this show, the LORD spoke to me and said; "You know pride goes before a fall, but do you know what comes next?"

In my Spirit (remember that if you follow JESUS, then HIS SPIRIT (HOLY SPIRIT) is joined to your Spirit and they become ONE Spirit (no longer 2 but 1), I answered the LORD and said "No, no I don't know what happens after the pride." See 1 Corinthians 6:17

DAD (The LORD) answered and said to me, "pride will also make you fall at the feet of your enemies.  And the enemy of pride is humility, so pride always bows to humility."


Your pride, will make you fall and that falling is at the feet of what you hate, of what you 'run from'.

-amen

You are Dead - so choose LIFE!

No Joke...

As I saw the 'road kill', the LORD spoke and said
"That is what you are, without ME...you were once that!"

I didn't like what I saw, but knew DAD was right, scripture makes it clear, lest we boast and think we are something without HIM.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins.
Ephesians 2:1

You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
Colossians 2:13

You see, Christians really don't live their lives, because its NOT their lives anymore. Like in a

good marriage, each one starts living for the other. So, the Christian life is no longer "I" but "CHRIST" who lives in me. Galatians 2:20

You can't live the Christian life - its impossible!

It was never designed to be lived out by humans, everything is 'stacked' against you to do it.

You will end up, and many of you have already experienced this, frustrated and hurt, crying out because you just can't do it.

That is exactly where you are supposed to be which causes you to throw yourself at the feet of

JESUS. Not a the church doors or altar, not the prayer group or confessional but directly to

the SOURCE - the ONE who is LIFE (not has life), the ONE who is LIGHT (not having light).

It is there, where you throw off the shackles of religion, yes even the christian church one, and

take HIM, who is All in All. Like dead grave clothes, it may take some time, but as the SPIRIT

reveals the deep things of GOD to you, you will experience abundance, and peace and love like

you've never seen before.

JESUS said "Without ME you can do nothing."

John 15:5

Choose Life!

Ok, hear what the LORD is teaching here:

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
Deuteronomy 30:15

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. Deuteronomy 30:19

But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die. Genesis 2:17

The other day, I had to wait in my office parking lot, for a truck bringing a delivery, whose driver didn't know the way into our office building complex. So, to make matters easier, I waited in my parking lot for this big truck to arrive.

The only thing I didn't know, was he was caught in a traffic jam, so my short wait became longer than anticipated.

So, while waiting, I amused myself watching the birds and squirrels running around the little green area amidst this concrete jungle parking lot and busy road around me.


So, waiting and waiting, sitting in my truck, I asked DAD, if there was anything I could learn, while sitting there?

My mind started to reflect and think about GOD'S creation, and seeing life around this very busy industrial/business section of our city, I also was shocked to see this...

Just a few feet away - death around!

Not shocked because I saw a beer bottle or 'road kill' (like I've never seen that before), but shocked that around these little birds, and squirrels was both life & death!

And I didn't even notice it!

Sorry, to those perhaps offended, I am not trying to be graphic or sensationalize this post.

Its just that, life and death were together and DAD (GOD) has lots to say about all that for our benefit.

My own family life (and my wife's too) was plagued by drinking, addiction and trouble. You see GOD our Perfect Parent - DAD is warning us to "choose LIFE" so that we can really live!

Its a choice.

Note: When you understand the meaning behind JESUS calling HIM FATHER you will see it is the equivalent of 'DAD' or 'DADDY'. The LORD'S prayer really should start "Our DAD, who is everywhere around us (Heavenlies), YOU are HOLY and AWESOME..."

Get the idea?

It is a much closer relationship, then you would have thought, and GOD who is your DADDY wants the exact same closeness and family tie with you!

To often the christian religion (institutional church) has made it harder to connect with GOD making them the 'go between' or worse 'kidnapped' us, so that we can't get back to our DAD and find rest and peace which is in HIM ALONE!

Ok, so what about LIFE and Death.

They are persons.

You must choose.

This DAD that really Really loves you, will never force this relationship, or 'make you' love HIM. Because LOVE is never forced, it doesn't insist on its own way. 1 Corinthians 13:5

HE is waiting...waiting for you!

Are you coming to HIM? Are you choosing HIM?

The choice of "LIFE and Death" is simply put HIS way or my way. Like a child that is too young to know, would eat what he shouldn't, go where he shouldn't and do what he shouldn't, all these things could seriously harm the child and if not guarded and loved it could be worse.

GOD is saying that. HE is simply saying "There is a right way to go, you were created to have fellowship/live with ME".

"I MYSELF AM LIFE, you can't find LIFE in any other way, because there is death around you".

Now this Death, is the Devil himself, Death is your enemy. 1 Corinthians 15:26 and this spirit/demon is out 'hunting' and seeking to destroy. Giving you what you are tricked into thinking you need, slowly poisoning, until death happens.

It doesn't have to be so, everyday you have the same choice Adam and Eve had in the Garden. There is a 'tree of LIFE' and a 'tree of knowledge of good and evil' (its not called a tree of death). You either (in vain) serve yourself, and make yourself god. You are really doing the Devil's business and are a slave to Satan and to your sins though and are Not a god. The LORD refers to Satan as the 'god of this world'. 2 Corinthians 4:4

This 'god of this world' has blinded the eyes of many, either by rebellion or religion. They can't see that the only way is JESUS. Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life!" John 14:6

JESUS doesn't point to a way, but points to HIMSELF!

HE doesn't point to the church, or the bible, or to any prophet or preacher, but points to HIMSELF.

Want to choose life?

Want to avoid death? and all of deaths friends, like pain, loneliness, burden, guilt, fear?

Choose life, and you will live!

Choose JESUS, who is your very life! Colossians 3:4

Leave christian religion, church going, tithing, and the effort, and building your own religion to worship yourself all by your own effort (that was the tower of Babel you know).

And say, to the LORD, I can't do it, I am Not Good (like YOU), and I am frustrated and have ruined this Christian life, realizing that I can't live it, but YOU who is LIFE can, and you do it through me/ in me. Without me even trying, but by simply coming to you, you will never push me away, I take JESUS. Live through me, its YOU and all I want is YOU!

-amen

Past Fellowships Here:

We've been enjoying 'Home Church' or 'Generic Church' or 'Home Fellowship' for a number of years, and have had many great /fun times. As well as grown incredibly both in size and quality of life, as we follow our JESUS!

The JESUS Journey.

The Exchanged-Life is really, all of my crap, my mess, my effort for the wonderful life of JESUS living HIS LIFE within me.

Here are some of our past events:

Sunday Nov 14th 2010 Faith sharing and bowling (you guys were great!)

November 20th 2010 fellowship/ birthday that ended around 2 AM (and we would do it again too!)

December 19th Regurgitated Christmas Gifts & Fellowship was tons of laughs.

New Years Eve - We also had our 4th annual New Years Party, some of you never left, but we all went to sleep around 4:30 AM. WOW! What a Blast, and JESUS was lifted up again! The theme was Fast Food New Years, and we enjoyed each other and edified one another as well as eat, eat and eat! (both Spiritually and Physically)!

Also Jan 15th 2011 "Open House At Rob & Sue's!" We skated, drank hot apple cyder and shared.

Also had fun January 29th 2011, called; "Can He Blow Them All Out?" in one word - "No", No he didn't, but we had a blast anyway!

February 5th another Fantastic Skating Fellowship! again at Rob & Sue's home.

February 11 to 13th - Blue Mountain Skiing Fellowship! We went skiing, ate, shared JESUS and want to do it again - next year (LORD willing). Talked a little about 'family troubles & parenting' also shared healing stories and testimonies.

Saturday March 12th - good time bowling in Aurora and fellowship talking about the 'gifts of the SPIRIT' and hungering for more..."earnestly desire the SPIRITUAL" Paul encouraged. I think more study in this area is going to happen!

See the freedom we have in JESUS?
This is what Home Fellowship or Simple Church is all about!

Loving Souls or Loving People? Its all the same - right?

The other day, I was reading (one of my favourite authors) and what he said, changed my thinking.

You know its a good thing to challenge your thinking, because most of your thoughts are probably not right. It seems that we have many thoughts that we've simply accepted over time, that don't line up with TRUTH.

TRUTH is a person.

JESUS is TRUTH! John 14:6

But here is basically what Norman Grubb said: 'that we are too busy loving souls and not loving persons. '

Many church buildings and christian institutions are trying (by keeping numbers) how many souls saved, how many have been counted in the kingdom. And missing the bigger picture!

When we do that, (which isn't GOD 'S way), we lose sight of the fact that we are in the business of LOVE. And these are people, who are desperate for LOVE, desperate for HIM. They, like JESUS said; 'Are sheep without a shepherd'. Mark 6:34

GOD warned King David not to count (census) his people. 2nd Samuel 24

You see the world already does this, they have their customers in many cases as numbers, not treating people as customers, or real people. Reducing us to often just numbers.

After all its simply a numbers game. Right?

Governments do as well, counting their army size.

And the Institutional Church often falls into the same trap.

The sin is two fold:

1. We are 'counting souls' and not 'loving people'. No one can do both!




2. Then we put confidence in our numbers and not our GOD.
   
   This is what the LORD says: "Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD. Jeremiah 17:5
   

You take the compassion and love and humanity and throw it out the window.

JESUS who is LOVE, and showed us LOVE told us to give our LOVE away to a world
dying for it, who are trying to 'fill in' the emptiness, with sex, money, booze, drugs, fame, power and things, which don't fulfill us. Its only the LOVE of JESUS which can satisfy.

Friend, are you ready to have JESUS fill you with LOVE - with HIMSELF?
Church, are you ready to simply 'love people'? To be like your FATHER who simply 'loved the world' that HE gave?

-eric

Home Fellowship, House Party, Simple Church, Organic Church

GOD is doing a super new thing... And its OUT with the OLD and...

IN with the NEW...

And really, its not a New Thing (although new to us) its the original plan, HE is building HIS Church, just like HE promised. See Matthew 16:18
This is how it was revealed to me...
The LORD (a few years ago), told me to "leave the church".
I was getting ready one Sunday morning when I heard HIM speak. Shocked and not knowing what to do, I asked the LORD "where do you want me to go?"

No answer from on HIGH - yet...

After some time, I was amazed to hear my wife heard the same message and with that confirmation we started on a JESUS Journey that grows and grows.

It was when we were obedient to HIS last word, which was to leave, when we got HIS next word, which was to 'be the Church'. That was another eye opener, and took time to understand, and even after many years here, I still am learning by HIS SPIRIT.

So as many of you already know, GOD by HIS SPIRIT led us into what many call "House Church".

Otherwise known as 'Simple Church' or 'Organic Church' we call it often 'Home Fellowship' or when we get real excited in the things of the LORD might call it 'House Party'.

But to make your 'House Church' grow and have life in it, you have to get rid of all your Christian Religious Views and what JESUS called 'Traditions of Men'. Because either it will be your way (which is simply man's way) or it will be JESUS way, and you won't have control as the control belongs to HIM.

Our fellowships have anywhere from 20 to 35 at a time and they last for 10 to 15 hours on average. We always do some fun things like sports or games, then eat which is real important to true fellowship and discussing and talking with one another. You cant hope to 'carry one anothers burdens', if you dont' know them.

Then as the SPIRIT leads, we have a time of worship, or prayer, or opening the word where we are banking on the fact that the SPIRIT will lead us, and teach us all things - showing us more of JESUS.

As this happens, you are getting closer and closer to what the early church and apostles did.
But if you don't really understand GRACE yet, and HIS un-conditional love, then you are under legalism and a trap of the enemy. This will keep you from the freedom you are supposed to have.

The message is GRACE, the conduit is the Fellowship of Believers with the SPIRIT!

Anyway, to get a real good perspective in a global way, what JESUS is doing to liberate HIS people and build up this HUGE group of saints to 'real church', then watch this neat video explaining what is happening globaly in the "House Church" movement - you will be amazed.

For Freedom!

It was for freedom that CHRIST has set us Free! Galatians 5:1

Watch this 'cutting edge' video (about 30 minutes) of what the SPIRIT is doing around the world building Home Churches. See the video here:


http://vimeo.com/4521963