How Do I Find A House/Home Church?

This question comes up fairly often.


How do I find a home church (in my area)?

Recently this question was asked again, and below is our response, hopefully it can help and bless you as well.


Dear "can't find a home church"


Note: you are looking for an invisible/visible thing.  Not so much a place but a people!


I've noticed that for many who can't find a local 'home church', that they don't pray to find one, and lean on JESUS to lead you, part of HIS true church, into fellowship / unity.

Or, they don't think for a moment (so, they can't pray about it,) that maybe they should be starting one (under prayer and the LORD'S leading) rather than finding one.

Because really you are part of it (the true church) right now - already!
Part of the answer to your question is you...

-eric

Questions Posted "How do you baptise in a home church?"

Question came "How do you baptise in a home church?"

The answer may shock you....




Are you ready....



Here it is....



"Just add water"

(and that is what we seriously wrote)

Note: we think they got the message. Its not complicated, or a ritual, or pretend somber and humble attitude.  But its a 'heart thing', simply someone who realizes that they've died and only live in/for JESUS.

Keep it simple.
Keep it a matter of the heart (make it real).

Amen





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Prayer in the Exchanged Life/Grace Life

Prayer - whats the big deal?  Does it work or how should it work?

"They all met together and were constantly united in prayer"...Acts 1:14

"All the believers devoted themselves apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals and to prayer."  Acts 2:42

The disciples (you and me) "will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word."  Acts 6:4

The LORD woke me up yesterday, with this verse;
"All things are yours..." 1 Corinthians 3:21 and similarly John 17:10

And then this question "How would your prayer change if you believed this scripture?"

Complaining prayer? or Praise and Thanksgiving?
Frustration and Fear? or Boldness?

How would you pray, if you new all things were already yours?

And why would the disciples and early church so easily pray, and willing to pray?
Why could they devote themselves to work? to church attendance? to their jobs? NO - prayer!

JESUS often prayed all night or for long periods.  Luke 6:12 and Mark 1:35

Paul said "pray without ceasing".  1 Thessalonians 5:17

Why would they spend all this time and effort just for the religious thing to do?  Or its a special occasion so we should say a prayer. 

NO, it was a HUGE part of their lives and the early church life.

You want to know why?

Because it always got results - often miraculous results!

The LORD spoke to me again, " Do you think they would spend all that time in prayer because it didn't work?"

No!

They spent so much time doing it, because it was so enjoyable and the results 'blew them away'!

Is your prayer life like that?
Have you asked JESUS to teach you how to pray?

Many times you have heard HIS still and gentle and loving voice before, but didn't know it was JESUS talking to you - so you ignored it, or acted on it, but took the credit for it being your own idea and not HIM.  Don't flatter yourself!  HE is speaking to you, even now, in love and edification!
Helping you in the position and predicament you are in.

One of the keys is knowing how much HE loves you.
Second key is you have to 'ask' and 'come'. Being strangers doesn't help does it?
Third is to realize " all things are already yours", so that should effect your prayer life/approach.
and how you approach HIS throne of judgement? ha...no and thousand times no, you are approaching a 'throne of GRACE', so how does GRACE accept you? In anger or gentleness?  Hebrews 4:16

All things are yours....

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