Crossing Over

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Glory to God!

These past 2 weeks the Lord has been speaking to us about preparing, transitioning and crossing over into the fullness of what God has prepared for us. In his message entitled, "Preparing for your Mount Carmel," Alexander spoke to us about how God prepared Elijah for his destiny. Looking at the account in 1 Kings 17 and 18, Alexander showed us the following:

1. Elijah had a standing with God. 1 Kings 17:1
2. Elijah spoke God's word. 1 Kings 17:2
3. God set Elijah apart and hid him until the time was right. 1 Kings 17:3
4. Elijah learned to depend on God as His supernatural Provider. 1 Kings 17:4,6
5. God cut away relationships and things that prevented Elijah from drawing closer to God. 1 Kings 17:5
6. Before Elijah could get too comfortable, God moved him to the next level. 1 Kings 17:7 
7. The fire that came down on Mount Carmel was the manifestation of the refining process Elijah had gone through! 1 Kings 18:36-38

On Sunday, Aris spoke to us about "Crossing over" and showed us how God takes His people through a process of crossing over in order to take us into the promised land which He has prepared for us. Using the example of the children of Israel and how God took them out of Egypt and led them into the promised land, Aris showed us 4 stages of transition or crossing over that the Lord wants to take us through. We noted that God wants His people to cross over,

• from slavery and bondage to a place of God's communion, covenant and commands in the wilderness;
• from a place of false comfort, wrong desires and preconceived ideas about God and His ways, to trusting God and allowing Him to do the unexpected in His way;
• from looking at the natural and attempting to fulfil God's promises in our own strength, to trusting God despite the circumstances;
• from trying to fight for victory in our promised land, to fighting from victory in the land God has possesed for us.

We praise God for taking us through His refining process in order to help us to cross over into His destiny for our lives! Hallelujah!

Upcoming Events

16.02 - Men's Prayer Breakfast at Leipziger Str.60 at 7:00
24.02 - Prayer meeting at L60 at 19:30
25.03 - Healing Service
18 - 21.05 Deep calls to deep Conference with Steve Porter
22 - 24.06 Journey with the Holy Spirit with Edgar Mayer

The Secret Box

Glory to God!

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On Saturday we had our quarterly Welcome Coffee where people who are new to KLF had the opportunity to meet some of our members and leaders and for us to get to know them. It is always a special time as we reflect on the journey the Lord has taken us on as a church and as we share what is important to us and where we believe God is taking us. It is also encouraging to hear the testimonies of those who have recently joined us who related how their lives have been impacted by God since attending KLF. We praise God for His faithfulness and goodness to us!

Yesterday the Lord moved powerfully already before the meeting during our pre-service prayer as the Holy Spirit filled us and moved us to pray in the Spirit, in authority and in power. We are seeing how God is using this prayer time to prepare His people to enter into a greater revelation of His presence and His Kingdom. Just as the the Lord carried Elijah up into glory with a whirlwind, so we are seeing how God is carrying His people up in a spiritual whirlwind to higher realms of revelation to not only have the Lord's perspective but also to prophetically proclaim heaven on earth. We believe God is raising the Church to bring about a spiritual shift that will bring about significant change in the Body of Christ as well as in our city and nation. Hallelujah!

Looking at Matthew 6:1-21, Richard shared a message entitled, "The Secret Box" which you can listen to here. Focusing on Matthew 6:4 where Jesus says, "Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you," Richard explained how every believer should have a secret box that is the life of faith that is lived before the Father as we believe that God sees us and that we will be rewarded for our obedience in secret. The believer's secret b.o.x. is therefore made up of our Belief, Obedience and eXpectation of eternal reward. Jesus had a problem with the Pharisees because they demonstrated a religious life to be seen by man but their hearts were far from God. By telling His disciples to do their good works in secret, just to be seen by the Father, Jesus was showing them how to make the necessary shift from fearing man to fearing God, from outward hypocrisy to secret obedience and from looking for honour and applause from man to looking ahead to heaven's reward (see 2 Cor 4:17; Eph 6:8; Heb 11:26; Rev 22:12)!

Upcoming Meetings    

Tuesday from 19:00 - 21:00: Discipleship Evening - Leipziger Str.60 (L60) 
Last Wednesday of every month from 19:30 - 21:00: Worship and Prayer Evening  at L60 
24.12 - Christmas Eve Service at 10:30 at Salzschlirferstr.15

2018

15.01 - Allianz Worship and Prayer meeting at Salzschlirferstr.15 
30.01 - Prophetic Encounter with André Bronkhorst
16 - 18.02 - EQUIP with Bengt Wedemalm
25.03 - Healing Service
18 - 21.05 In the Secret Place with Steve Porter
22 - 24.06 Journey with the Holy Spirit with Edgar Mayer