Moving with God

 Glory to God!

On Saturday we had a church meeting to get our KLF family together for a time of fellowship and an opportunity for the leaders to share what God is doing with us as a church family. We looked at the history of KLF, what has happened since we started, what is happening now, who we are, what our purpose is, what's important to us, how we are organised, how we want to accomplish our purpose, our website and what we are planning for the future. We are excited about some of the changes we are making and we are looking forward to what God will do as we move with His purposes for KLF! The Lord made it clear to us this weekend that His purpose for KLF is for us to live the Kingdom life wherever we are. For more information about what was shared on Saturday, please click here...

Living the Kingdom life wherever we are!

On Sunday the Lord spoke to us about abandonment and how the Father wants to deliver His people from the spirit of abandonment and isolation and replace it with the spirit of sonship by being reconciled to Him! Looking at the life of Joseph, the Lord showed us the destructive power of abandonment. It was a very powerful meeting and the Father moved deeply in the hearts of His people.

Quote of the week

"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Heb. 13:5

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Journey to Wholeness

Glory to God!

The Lord is speaking to us about His agape love and on Sunday the Father spoke to us about His desire to restore us to a place of wholeness  - spiritual, emotional and physical.  God has brought the believer in Christ out of the kingdom of darkness and into His glorious Kingdom of light (Col.1:13).  The Lord wants us to live according to His Kingdom and His truth and be free from all the hurt, pain and perversion in this world caused by satan and his influence.    

Having been joined to Agape, God commands us to love Him and to love our neighbour as ourselves (Mark 12:30,31; 1 John 4:15-20). The Lord showed us that we must learn to love ourselves if we are to love others. Looking at 3 foundational areas of our lives: our personality, emotions and sexuality; God showed us how different the world view is compared to His view.  We then learned how God wants His people to come to emotional and sexual wholeness and also to learn to understand, accept and appreciate who and how God has made each one of us.    

To love yourself means  to understand, accept and appreciate how God has made you! 

After God's powerful Word to us the Holy Spirit drew us into His holiness and ministered restoration and healing to the people as they confessed and repented of believing the enemy's lies and of  continuing to walk in darkness.  We praise God for setting people free and for taking many on a journey of wholeness for the first time! Hallelujah!    

Next Saturday we will be meeting to have some time together as a church and to hear what is on God's heart for KLF. See here for more info.

Quote of the week: 

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:30,31 

Imitators of God

Glory to God!

The Lord is speaking to us about His Agape love this year and yesterday He spoke to us about how He wants us to live a life of agape. This is what He showed us:

Just as Christ

1. Just as Jesus lived in the Father and the Father in Him, so do we. John 14:11; 17:21; 1 John 4:15
2. Just as Jesus came to seek and save the lost, so must we. Matthew 28:18-20; John 17:18; Acts 1:8
3. Just as Jesus lived in the Father’s love, so must we. John 17:26; 1 John 4:16
4. Just as Jesus lived to reveal the Father’s love, so must we. John 13:1; John 13:14, 35
5. Just as Jesus lived to reconcile man to the Father’s love with His life, His words and His actions, so must we. John 14:9-11; John 14:12,13; Eph. 5:1; 2 Cor. 5:17-20

Created, Empowered, Commanded

• The believer is created in Christ to love. Eph. 2:10; 4:24; Gal. 2:20; 1 John 4:7
• The believer is empowered through Christ to love. 2 Peter 1:3; 1 John 4:9
• The believer is commanded by Christ to love. John 15:12

"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:1,2

3 Characteristics of Agape

• Living a life of agape means living a life of sacrifice. Gal. 2:20; Rom. 12;1,2
• Living a life of agape means living a life of stewardship. Matt. 10:8; Prov. 3:9,10; 1 Cor.4:1,2; 6:19,20; 2 Cor. 9
• Living a life of agape means living a life of servanthood. Matt. 20:28; John 13:12-17; Heb. 6:10

The fruit of living a life of agape - of sacrifice, stewardship and servanthood

• Our lives please the Father. Eph. 5:1,2; Rom. 12:1
• Our lives benefit others. Heb. 6:10; 2 Cor. 9:12-15
• Our lives glorify God. Eph. 5:2; 2 Cor. 9:12-15

Summary

• We are created in Christ to live sacrificially
• We are empowered through Christ to live as stewards
• We are commanded by Christ to live as servants

We praise God for His revelation to us and His agape love for us as His dearly loved children. Our desire is to imitate Christ and live lives of love that please the Father, benefit others and glorify God.

On Saturday 25 February, KLF will be meeting together at 3pm at CZF (Salzschlirferstr.15) for an Info and Vision Day.

Quote of the week

"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:1,2

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The Incarnation of Agape

Glory to God,

The Lord is speaking to us about His love (agape) and yesterday He showed us how Jesus fulfilled His mission of seeking and saving the lost (Luke 19:10) by living to reveal the Father's love (John 17:26). Jesus, as the incarnation of agape, lived to reconcile man to the Father (John 14:6-13). Jesus came to seek and save (Greek: sozo, meaning to save, heal or deliver). Christ therefore came to reveal the Father's love to reconcile man to God to be "sozo-ed"! Similarly the Church has been joined to Agape through Christ and is called to reveal the Father's love to reconcile man to God (1 John 4:15,16; 2 Cor. 5:17-20). Empowered by the Holy Spirit, the Church is called to reveal her union with God by being like Him (Gal. 5:22,23; Eph. 5:1; 1 Peter 1:16; 1 John 2:6; 4:16); by speaking like Him (1 Cor. 14:1-3; Col. 3:17; 1 Peter 4:11); and by doing the Lord's work (John 14:12; 1 Cor. 12-14; Eph. 2:10). As the Church seeks to reveal the Father's love, the Father will glorify Himself through her and "sozo" man to save, heal and deliver him as he is reconciled to God. The manifestation of the gifts and the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the revelation of the Father's love.

Spiritual gifts are the manifestation of Agape for the sake of others and for the glory of God!

After the Father ministered truth to us, He ministered His love to us and many were touched deeply by the Father's love. Hallelujah!

In the evening we had another opportunity to minister the Father's love to the homeless and needy in Frankfurt. Over 100 people came to our monthly soup kitchen and after a time of worship and sharing the Good News of the Father's love, 8 people gave their lives to the Lord! With our team of 14 people we simply shared the Father's love with these precious people as we served them, cared for them, prayed for them, listened to them and clothed them. Glory to God!

Quote of the week:

"I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them." John 17:26

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