John Fenn,The Truth Behind Standing on the Word #1

Hi all, Home after  church one day a mom found her little boy in his room, standing on top of his Children's Bible, feet together, arms wavily wildly as he tried to maintain balance. When the mom saw him she asked what he was doing, and he replied that he had been praying for a bicycle and his children's church pastor said you had to stand on the Word to get your prayers answered, so that is what he was doing. "Mom, do you know how long I have to stand on the Word before God gives me my bicycle?" With results ranging from the humorous to the tragic, the phrase 'standing on the Word' has permeated most of Christian culture to such a degree that in some circles when people ask how someone is doing they might reply, 'Oh, you know, still standing on the Word' as some sort of measure of emotional and spiritual health. Enter man's tradition Is there power in the ink and paper verse? No. If the Bible alone had power then anyone who read it would be saved, but we all know that doesn't happen. What makes the Bible so powerful? It is more than the concepts therein, it is that the Holy Spirit brings to life the words on the page. Without the Spirit making those words alive, you have just a 'book' called the Bible. So if you are 'standing' on a verse without the Holy Spirit having communicated to you that verse is for you, you are standing merely on ink and paper. But there is a solution. There was no New Testament to 'stand on' until the late 300's AD, some 250 years after the events we are so privileged to read about in our New Testament. Apostles Paul, Peter, James, John, and Jude were doing church in the house and writing their letters to people doing church in the house. They had no written scriptures other than Genesis through Malachi, for no one had yet written about the life of Jesus and their own letters were just then being copied for reading in (home based) churches. When Paul wrote in his letter that became Ephesians 6:13-14 to put on the whole armor of God and having stood, stand against the wiles of the devil, he never actually said to 'stand on the Word'. Our stand is against the plans of the enemy. What Paul wrote became twisted through the 'Word of faith' movement of the 1980's to be taught as 'stand on the Word', having been repeated enough most Christians who believe it that think it is chapter and verse. But it isn't. This is:  "Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil...for we wrestle not against flesh and blood...therefore take to yourself the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand on the evil day, and having done all to stand, stand therefore..." Ephesians 6:11-13 We stand against Satan's plan. How? What DO we stand on? The truth in scripture In Acts 13:45-48 Paul and Barnabus are teaching about Jesus and are strongly opposed by the unbelieving Jewish population of the city, and Paul makes this declaration:  "It was necessary that the Word of God should first have been spoken to you; but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, look! We turn to the Gentiles, for this is what the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'  The word that Paul said the Lord spoke to him that he quotes here, is Isaiah 49:6 in a prophesy about Messiah. The Lord lifted that verse to tell Paul it applied to him. Paul didn't open Isaiah to look for a verse that fit his life or situation. He didn't read it in his memory verses nor in his morning devotional. The Lord spoke that word to him.  THAT is how we stand, we stand on fresh revelation which the Lord speaks to us for our situation. The Lord lifts verses and tells us, reveals to us, that verse is for us. WE don't make that decision.  Revelation from the Lord on a particular verse is revelation from heaven, and the gates of hell cannot stand against revelation from heaven. Paul didn't thumb through the Old Testament to find a verse to 'stand on', He received revelation from the Lord. To do that, you have to know the Lord and walk with Him and pray about your situation until you get a 'Word' - not quickly use your daily memory verse because it just happens to fit - unless the Lord told, showed, revealed, communicated to you that it was for you. In John 21:18 Jesus prophesies to Peter about how he would die, stating: "Truly I say to you, when you were young you dressed and walked wherever you wanted. But when you are old another will dress you and carry you to a place you don't want to go." The apostle John adding in v19: "This He spoke to signify what kind of death he would glorify God, and when He had said this to him, He said, "Follow Me." Notice Jesus is telling him when he is old he will be crucified - this is important.  About 10 or a bit more years later Acts 12 opens with the matter of fact statement Herod had killed James, the brother of John, with the sword and had now arrested Peter with the intent of doing the same. Peter is still a young man, and being executed by sword is not crucifixion. I believe that is why Peter was so sound asleep in v7 that the angel had to hit him to awaken him. (Greek for 'hit': pataxas, to beat as in the beating of the heart, to strike, to hit). Peter was deeply asleep. The Word Peter was 'standing on' was revelation from the Lord from roughly 10 years earlier that when he was old he would be crucified. Later in life, in his last letter which is our II Peter, in 1:14-15 he said this: "...knowing the shortly I must put off this tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. Moreover I write this that after my death you will have these things always in remembrance." Peter was fully aware in Acts 12 how he was going to die, and it wasn't going to be by sword when he was still young. He was sound asleep as he 'stood' on the Word. Paul was 'standing' on a similarly given personal word from the Lord that shifted his attention to the Gentiles.  We stand on personal revelation for our situation. That's how it is done. For your situation now - stop what you're doing, carve out time with Him (worship and then being quiet in HIs presence is what I recommend), and let Him give you a word for your situation. But that raises the question, where does Jesus' revelation come from?      That is for next week.         Until then, blessings,             John Fenn   www.cwowi.org and email me at cwowi@aol.com       New Products 2 cd's or MP3 ($15 for 2 CD series; $5 for each of 2 MP3 files ($10 total)   Tired Mind, Tired Body: Entering into the Lords Rest Tired Mind Tired Body details scriptural methods of recharging our spirit, soul, and body so that we can live with strength and peace in life. It is both a spiritual and practical teaching, looking at examples from the life of Paul, and several scriptures that tell how to keep our spirit man charged up and overflowing with God's Spirit, which then flows to our soul, and then to our body. Included are how to 'turn off' the mind, how to set aside a Sabbath's day rest, how to enter into the rest, and so much more. This will help lay out a plan to get yourself charged up again, and walking in strength and peace - and the energy needed to face life!

Just a word about our On-line Video Bible School - these classes, so far; Old Testament I & II, Righteousness and Our Authority in Christ - are a go-at-your-own-pace, no test, investment in your own faith and understanding of the Word and Lord. Once registered, your password is good for a whole year so you can take your time, but as I'm hearing from students, once they start they have a hard time stopping! Each class is about 45-55 minutes long, so they are in easy to receive segments...consider investing in a deeper study of the things of God!

Immanuel Evangelism: A life-changing encounter with Jesus

Immanuel Evangelism:  A life-changing encounter with Jesus.
December 11, 2017

How were you trained to lead someone to Jesus?  Share the Four Spiritual Laws?  The Roman Road?  Evangelism Explosion?  Learn apologetics so you could answer all their questions?

In the short video below, Toni Daniels shares her experience of introducing a doctor in Uruguay to Jesus.  This story is much more like Saul's encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9) than a purely intellectual conversation. We might call this "Immanuel Evangelism".  Truly this man encountered "the God who is with us" and it powerfully changed his life.  What if this became the new norm?

Click on the picture below to hear this remarkable story...

The Missing Ingredient

The Missing Ingredient ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​by Chip Brogden There came a time in my life when I realized I was called, and I was gifted, and God had given me great revelation, but I still lacked something. Now when I was younger I believed that having a calling from God and being gifted by God was all you needed. Then I began to learn some things by revelation and thought that was God’s seal of approval upon me. Even so, I could not get away from the fact that there were then, and there are now, lots of people in the world besides me who are called by God, have spiritual gifts, and enjoy an abundance of revelation. But God cannot trust them in any kind of a servant leadership capacity. They may have a title or a ministry but they are unqualified because they do not have the missing ingredient. I noticed they lacked something, and worse, I lacked the same thing.  Eventually I discovered what everyone, including myself, is lacking... CLICK BELOW TO READ THE REST: http://www.chipbrogden.com/the-missing-ingredient I am your brother, Chip Brogden http://ChipBrogden.com

John Fenn, Ed. or the Horse Jumping the Tricycle Incident of 1988- Relationships #6

Hi all, When we lived in Colorado I had a horse I named Josiah (In heaven I may need to apologize to King Josiah, but my horse was good and zealous like him) :)   I used to love riding out on the open prairie of Colorado with him, where there are no fences and only miles and miles of prairie, cactus, prairie dog towns, and a particular plant Josiah loved to jump over, the Spanish Bayonet. The Spanish Bayonet resembles exactly that - it has long, thin, hard spikes up to about 3 feet long (1m) arranged like a bouquet splaying out in all directions. We would be at a gallop and I'd try to steer him around the plants, but he would ignore me and head right for them so he could jump.   He loved jumping those things, and anything else that height as well, which is unfortunate because my son on his tricycle was that height.    The tricycle incident Brian was then 3 and he had a tricycle that he rode all over the property. This particular day he got himself into a mess as only a 3 year old boy can. Somehow he managed to get himself and his tricycle into Josiah's corral, and was riding around full speed chasing the horse from one end of the corral to the other playing 'tag'. Barb came screaming to me that Josiah was in a panic and going to kill our son and to come quickly!   As I ran to to the corral I saw Josiah running full speed towards Brian, and with perfect timing jumped completely over him, his hoofs missing Brian's head with plenty of daylight to spare. He did it 2x that we saw before I arrived to vault over the top rail of the corral and in one motion pick up Brian and lift him out of the corral to Barb's waiting arms. Whew! Close call. Brian thought he was playing tag with the horse, and maybe the horse thought that too, but we could see the danger.   How we initially understand situations determines faith or fear, boldness or cowardice, believing the best or believing the worst of someone. We and the Lord see the same situation; Do we want His perspective or ours? Do we jump to conclusions or wait for all the facts? Was it a horse intent on killing our son, or a game of tag?   Barb and I concluded Josiah's good nature caused him to jump over Brian, but he was agitated that Brian was in his 'space'. Game or not, it was a dangerous situation, but no malice on the part of the horse was evident. In fact it was his tender care to jump over Brian the proved he meant him no harm.    That part - whether our horse intended harm or not - could not be known at the first. We had to gather all the facts and see how he treated Brian before coming to that conclusion. Had we assumed he wanted to kill him it would have meant I would have had the horse destroyed. If we draw conclusions for the worst upon initially encountering a situation we might react with offense or anger, when none of that was intended.    Who is Ed you may ask? In Joshua 22 we have the story of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh setting up an altar, a mizbe'ach in Hebrew, at their border with the other 10 tribes of Israel. A replica of the original sacred altar used by Aaron and Moses was never done before, so the other 10 tribes thought Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh were going to usurp the authority of the priesthood and start making their own sacrifices. The 10 tribes gathered themselves for war against their brethren.    When the counsel was called before the attack, the 2 1/2 tribes explained it was not as they assumed, for that altar was not built to make sacrifices upon, but rather as a witness on their border so all would know that they were following the Lord God of Israel alone. The 10 tribes saw the altar and assumed the worst, while the intent of the 2 1/2 tribes was to show their zeal and faithfulness to God.    At that point all 12 tribes decided to name the altar Ed. The Hebrew word Ed translated into English and using English alphabet, means witness or testimony. That marker, that boundary altar intended to be a statement of faith by the 2 1/2 tribes, was mistakenly understood to be a statement of rebellion by the other 10 tribes.   Don't jump to conclusions We could have concluded Josiah was trying to kill Brian. He thought he was playing tag. We had to gather the facts before making a right judgment on the situation about Josiah's intent and motive. 2 1/2 tribes built an altar to tell the world they were serving the God of Israel, 10 tribes thought they were usurping God given ordinances. It took time and talking before they understood the motives of the 2 1/2 tribes.    Why at first did they automatically assume their brothers were guilty of sin? Why were they so willing to go to war based on those mistaken conclusions? Are we also instantly ready to go to war with someone because they offend us? Do we end the relationship because they offended us without first checking our own actions to see if we played a part in the exchange?   Do we conclude they have an attitude against us when maybe they are looking for some acknowledgement that we had a part to play in it? Shouldn't we look at our own actions to see if we were first in the wrong before we blame them? Jesus said to remove the 'beam of timber' (Greek) from our eye before trying to remove our brother's splinter (literally, dry speck, saw dust) from his. Matthew 7:3   Jesus used the eye as the parable, meaning how we see things, how we perceive someone else's actions. One who jumps to conclusions is as one who has a large beam in their eye obscuring their vision and ability to see the whole picture - the beam is blocking their view and skewing what they think they see.    It is true we tend to judge others by their actions while we judge ourselves by our motives. What if we looked first at how our actions contributed to the misunderstanding? What if we waited until we could hear or see a motive before jumping to offense? Don't assume the worst, and check your heart first.   Examine your heart. That altar you take offense at may be another person's statement of faith.    Gather more information, don't assume the worse just yet...and look for the Father's provision in each situation. In this way we learn patience and love, and righteousness.    New subject next week, until then, blessings, John Fenn   www.cwowi.org and email me at cwowi@aol.com       New Products 2 cd's or MP3 ($15 for 2 CD series; $5 for each of 2 MP3 files ($10 total)   The Gifts of the Spirit: How to Move in them in Every Day Life Most of us were raised in a church culture that allowed the gifts of the Spirit to operate only (if at all) during a church service, but the Biblical truth is the gifts were seen in everyday life. This series will reset your thinking to what the Bible says as it defines each gift, gives scriptural definitions of each gift, and shares modern life examples of their function in everyday life. This practical teaching will help you realize you’ve moved in some of the gifts for years but because it wasn’t in church and no one labeled what happened, you didn’t realize it. It will also help you move in them more often.

Just a word about our On-line Video Bible School - these classes, so far; Old Testament I & II, Righteousness and Our Authority in Christ - are a go-at-your-own-pace, no test, investment in your own faith and understanding of the Word and Lord. Once registered, your password is good for a whole year so you can take your time, but as I'm hearing from students, once they start they have a hard time stopping! Each class is about 45-55 minutes long, so they are in easy to receive segments...consider investing in a deeper study of the things of God!

Geronimo!

Now that we are done talking about the recent LK10 Conference (for now) and potential future LK10 Convergences (that's what I have started calling the mini-conferences that we're talking about, and I'm going to keep calling them that until someone stops me), it's time to invite you into ANOTHER experiment!

This week we're introducing you to a project that Matt and Toni Daniels are working on. As you probably remember from past conversations we've had with Toni, the Daniels' family has been involved in the training of missionaries, church planters, and house church leaders for years, and they've been South American missions (focused primarily in Uruguay) for even longer. They have their hands in a number of projects, but what they're really focused on right now is finding, empowering, and training apostolic leaders in and for Uruguay.

So instead of me saying a lot more about their work, I'm going to let them tell you some about what they're doing. First, watch this video from Matt. This video describes why they use the name "Geronimo" for apostolic leaders (those who train others in how to become vibrant families of Jesus), and what you can do to join the Daniels' search for Geronimos.



Second, print off the map of Uruguay at the end of this e-mail (let me know if you don't know how to print a picture from an e-mail and I can give you instructions or send you the file), hang it somewhere in your house (on a bathroom mirror, near your bed, or somewhere that you will notice it) and start praying 10:2b for Uruguay in all of the ways that the map says. The Daniels' and lots of other LK10 folks are already praying 10:2b using this map.

Remember at the top of this e-mail when I said that we are inviting you into another experiment? THIS is that experiment. We want to see what happens when we get as many people as possible focused on praying for vibrant families of Jesus and for apostolic Geronimos to pop up in Uruguay, as well as all of the things necessary for those to be sustainable. Check back in next week's newsletter and the Facebook group for more information.

A Different Kind of (House Church) Conference - In With the New

You walk into the room. You've never been here before. The room is completely foreign to you. And yet somehow you feel completely comfortable here.

You look around. Out of the fifty or so people in the room, only a couple of people look familiar to you. Everyone else mills about chatting freely and comfortably, seemingly completely at ease, seemingly friends with everyone they see. And yet somehow you don't feel like an outsider.

Why? What is it about this group of people that makes you feel so comfortable, when the lack of familiarity in this situation should make you feel like running from this place to find a more familiar environment? Why does this group already feel like family?

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Last week we talked about what a normal Christian conference looks like. Except for content, most Christian conferences look incredibly similar to any other conference. Large, loud, full of big-name speakers and big-name bands. Calls to action but very little actual practice. A lot of listening to experts, not a lot of listening to Jesus. And the entire thing costs thousands (if not millions) of dollars to put on, and hundreds (if not thousands) of hours of planning by more experts.

This week, we're exploring why the recent LK10 conference was a different kind of conference. And part of what makes it a completely different kind of conference is that, in order to host one, you don't have to be an expert. You don't have to have a lot of money. You don't have to hire big-name speakers. You don't have to hire big-name bands. You don't have to be a master planner. 

Sound extraordinary? That's because it is. Watch the video (click on the picture above) to hear John describe the main reasons it works, but here's the "cliffnotes" version.

First, it works because it isn't "come one, come all." In this conference, we aren't inviting people to come learn about LK10. We're inviting people who are already practicing church with us to deepen their practice with others who are practicing church in the same way. As John says in the video, "this is a conference for practitioners." This means that when someone is planning one of these conferences, they don't have to spend a lot of time figuring out how to get everyone on the same page, or place a lot of emphasis during the conference on helping people get caught up.

Second, it works because it doesn't have to be big. In LK10, we aren't hung up on the mega-church fallacy that "bigger is better." In LK10, family is better. Paying attention to and following Jesus is better. "Bigger is better" is another type of idolatry, and we've sent it packing along with the old way of putting on a massive show of a conference. So we will be doing another large conference next Labor Day (this year there were 50 people, maybe next year there will be 100), but it would be easy to host a similar regional conference in your living room with far fewer people. Maybe 20. Maybe 10. Maybe 5.

As you can tell, we are pretty excited about this, and we want to know if you are excited too. If the idea of hosting a regional conference excites you, please let us know. And as always, come over to the Facebook group for more conversations!

Sincerely,
Rosten Callarman
LK10 Communications Coordinator

John Fenn, The Ways of Righteousness #1

Please add John@SupernaturalHouseChurch.org to your email address book to keep your Weekly Thoughts out of your SPAM folder. Thanks!   New Products 2 cd's or MP3 ($15 for 2 CD series; $5 for each of 2 MP3 files ($10 total)   The Gifts of the Spirit: How to Move in them in Every Day Life Most of us were raised in a church culture that allowed the gifts of the Spirit to operate only (if at all) during a church service, but the Biblical truth is the gifts were seen in everyday life. This series will reset your thinking to what the Bible says as it defines each gift, gives scriptural definitions of each gift, and shares modern life examples of their function in everyday life. This practical teaching will help you realize you’ve moved in some of the gifts for years but because it wasn’t in church and no one labeled what happened, you didn’t realize it. It will also help you move in them more often.       You may manage your subscription (change email, un-subscribe, etc) by clicking the link at the bottom of this page. And remember to use cwowi@aol.com to email me personally.                                                                                                                                         Hi all, Last Saturday morning Barb was sleeping in, Chris was up, bathed, and watching a favorite Christian TV show while playing games on his tablet, and I was cleaning up the kitchen after making Chris breakfast. Over the kitchen window we have blinds - they are horizontal, wood about 2" wide (5 cm), slightly off-white in color, with a wand on the left by which we rotate them closed at night and open during daytime, and a pull string on the right by which to lift them out of the way to see unobstructed out the window.    Being kitchen window blinds they collect grease and dust over time, and as I am always the first one up in the morning I am usually the one to rotate them from closed, which reveals the filth on each slat of wood, to open for the day which hides the grime. Out of sight, out of mind.    For the last month when I'd be at the kitchen sink I'd think to myself, "Somebody really needs to clean those. I wonder when Barb will get around to it." (Just being honest lol) Today however, I was 'Somebody'. I couldn't stand them any longer. Chris was happy, Barb sleeping, breakfast over with. I opened the catch on the bracket, pulled them out and lowered them to the counter, sprayed them heavily with a degreasing cleaner allowing it to soak in several seconds before wiping them clean with a paper towel.    Once back in place I gently touched up remaining spots I had overlooked, and thought to myself, "I wonder how long it will take Barb to notice I cleaned the blinds." As soon as that thought arose I heard the Lord ask me, "What are you going to tell her about why you cleaned the blinds?" My response was immediate, "Because they needed to be cleaned..." but that last word faded from my thoughts like a car running out of fuel and slowly coasting to the side of the road to a stop. I had answered before I had fully realized the Lord was asking for a reason, and I knew what that reason was - He was testing my motives for righteousness in my heart, or would He find pride.    Before Him, you can only tell the truth. He is like the worlds most perfect lie detector machine, a universal truth serum because He Himself is Truth - when He asks you something the truth of whatever is in your heart comes up. It is gentle, yet thorough, and only painful if you aren't teachable, are proud, stubborn, trying to hide something in your heart, or hate being wrong. In short, if you don't love righteousness you'll shrink away from Truth, but if you love righteousness you race to the light to be corrected.   Before Him truth happens and you are powerless to stop it from coming out of your heart into the light of HIs scrutiny - your motives just pop to the surface like grandmas's dumplings when they are thoroughly cooked. You are 'done' and there isn't a thing you can do about it.    I immediately changed my answer to the truth: "Alright, the truth is I couldn't stand them being that dirty any more." And then He responded, "But you would have told Barb you did it as a favor to her because they needed it and knew it would be difficult for her to take them down." "Yes. Sorry.", I admitted. "It's okay. You've grown a little today." And that was that. He was silent and I was left with a warm feeling of His presence that I love, intensified because I had grown just a bit more.    I have settled in my heart when Barb asks when I did the blinds and why, I will tell her the unvarnished truth - no spin to favor me and make me look like her hero - I did it because the blinds bothered me being so dirty. I couldn't stand it any longer. Purely self-motivated reason for cleaning them. That was the truth. It wasn't for her. Not for the look of the place. Not because it needed to be done. They bothered me being so dirty and I couldn't stand for it any more. That 's what I will tell her. (She hasn't yet noticed they are clean)   When God judges The Judgment Seat of Christ is what I experienced above, but here on earth. This is what happens at I John 1:9 - if we confess (admit) our sins He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. If you are wise you will live like this, so that when you die your heart's motives and actions will be fully up to speed with very little to cover between you and Him at that moment. For some, their life will have to play out like a long running TV miniseries because they rarely judged themselves on their motives in this life, nor were sensitive enough to Truth to be honest about the how and why of their actions.    Two women had been best friends for 15 years until one day friend #1 sent an email to about a dozen mutual friends that was in fact a well known 'fake news' item. Friend #2 emailed her back to the fact she had sent fake news, a lie about a person and situation, and thought she would appreciate knowing that so she could correct her mistake to everyone she sent it to. Instead, friend #1 was offended, writing her back that the principle was true even if the story was a lie. Friend #2 apologized, said she was only trying to be helpful, figuring anyone would want to know they were spreading a lie by mistake - but no, friend #1 unfriended her and refused to answer her text messages and calls, even weeks after that exchange. Friend #2 was understandably heart broken and left wondering what she did wrong. That answer: Nothing.    Friend #1 would rather be right than be righteous. Do we want to be right, or be righteous?    Hunger and thirst; believer or disciple? There is an expected progression of one's life seen in scripture that starts at someone believing in Jesus, and from there they become a disciple. A disciple by definition is 'a learner'. For years people have been debating the dividing line between those who call themselves Christians, who may or may not be believers, versus those who are true disciples, living their lives in a never ending learning process of how to be more Christ-like as they walk with Him through this process called life.     One of the attributes of a disciple of Jesus is what He said in Matthew 5:6: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Whether a believer hungers and thirsts for righteousness in their life or not, is revealed over time, and over tiny decisions of the heart. The right decisions move them to ever greater truth and transparency and therefore greater growth as a disciple, whereas decisions which are half-truths or made to make them look better (pride) confirm they are mere believers, at least in those particular areas.    The word and tense used by Jesus in Matthew 5:6 for hunger and thirst are ongoing in nature. He isn't talking about wanting a meal and then once consumed being satisfied. He is speaking of an ongoing hunger and thirst that are satisfied within the process, as in the course of a great meal it is satisfying, but you want more - you live within the realm of ongoing, never ending, satisfaction.    We might say it is the act of eating or dining. Eating would be the consuming food quickly and barely tasting it, or dining which takes time and savors every bite, every nuance of flavor the meal offers. Jesus is talking about living by dining on righteousness. Loving the flavor of it in our lives. Loving the nuances what we consume in Him reveals. Desiring righteousness above desiring to be right.    And that is why when Barb eventually asks about the blinds I'll be righteous in my answer: I couldn't stand them any longer so I cleaned them!   We'll pick it up there next week, until then, blessings,     John Fenn   www.cwowi.org and email me at cwowi@aol.com       New Products 2 cd's or MP3 ($15 for 2 CD series; $5 for each of 2 MP3 files ($10 total)   The Gifts of the Spirit: How to Move in them in Every Day Life Most of us were raised in a church culture that allowed the gifts of the Spirit to operate only (if at all) during a church service, but the Biblical truth is the gifts were seen in everyday life. This series will reset your thinking to what the Bible says as it defines each gift, gives scriptural definitions of each gift, and shares modern life examples of their function in everyday life. This practical teaching will help you realize you’ve moved in some of the gifts for years but because it wasn’t in church and no one labeled what happened, you didn’t realize it. It will also help you move in them more often.

Just a word about our On-line Video Bible School - these classes, so far; Old Testament I & II, Righteousness and Our Authority in Christ - are a go-at-your-own-pace, no test, investment in your own faith and understanding of the Word and Lord. Once registered, your password is good for a whole year so you can take your time, but as I'm hearing from students, once they start they have a hard time stopping! Each class is about 45-55 minutes long, so they are in easy to receive segments...consider investing in a deeper study of the things of God!