IACFC
would like to thank the following for these dynamic studies:
-
VCF
-
John
Wimber (deceased)
-
Vineyard
- Columbus
-
Nathan Family
-
Beth
Crawford, Edt
-
Mike
Farley
-
Lori
Johnson
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Tammy
Lind
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Susan
Pavilkey
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Jill Anderson
-
John Ebert
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Mary Youtz
Acts 1:4 -
8 (NKJV) 4And
being assembled together with them, He commanded
them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the
Promise of the Father, “which,” He
said, “you
have heard from Me;
5for
John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized
with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6Therefore,
when they had come together, they asked Him, saying,
“Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to
Israel?” 7And
He said to them, “It
is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has
put in His own authority. 8But
you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Living an
empowered life means a life that is lead by the Holy
Spirit and guided by an intimacy that can only come
through a passion for Jesus. This type of passion is at
the heart of Spirit-lead love verses fleshly zeal.
People really know the difference... Check out this
video of people on the street when asked "Jesus vs.
Christians" - it is very insightful
“For
the first twelve years of my Christian life, I gave
little thought to the
kingdom
of
God
. My pastors and Bible teachers had taught that the
kingdom would come at the second coming of Christ
and, therefore, had little significance in our lives
today…I find my neglect of the kingdom remarkable
because it is so clearly at the center of Jesus’
teaching…I [now realize] that at the very heart of
the gospel lies the kingdom of God, and that power
for effective evangelism and discipleship relates
directly to our understanding and experiencing the
kingdom today.”
John
Wimber
Luke 24:46 - 49 (NKJV) 46Then
He said to them, “Thus
it is written, and
thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and
to rise from the dead the third day,47and
that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in His name to all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.48And
you are witnesses of these things. 49Behold,
I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry
in the city of
Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on
high.”
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