Steve Porter

Glory to God!

These are truly exciting times! The Sound of Heaven Conference with Steve Porter was amazing. From Wednesday to Sunday, the Lord used Steve to draw us closer and closer to Himself. The Lord has truly helped KLF, through Steve, to discover greater levels of intimacy with Him and has awakened in all of us a yearning desire to know and experience God more. We praise the Lord for this man of God who truly walks with God and has the gift to help the Church enter into places with God that few have been. Steve Porter and Josh McCreight have been a tremendous blessing to KLF, Frankfurt and Germany and we are convinced that God will continue to use Steve internationally to release a true revival of agape love in and through the Body of Christ! Hallelujah!

The messages from the conference are available here...

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Entering the Glory

Glory to God!

Yesterday the Lord spoke to us about worshipping Him in the splendour of His holiness (Psalm 29:2) and this is what He showed us:

Worship

• Worship is the response to the revelation of God. Rom. 12:1; Isa. 6:1-3; Rev. 4:8-11
• True worshipers worship what they know. John 4:22

Holiness

• God is holy. 1 Peter 1:16
• Holiness means wholeness, completeness, pefection.
• God is perfect, unique and unchanging. Mt 5:48; Ex. 15:11; Deut. 4:39; Mal. 3:6
• Holiness describes the essence of God.

Glory

• The revelation of God's holiness is His glory.
• Splendour or glory are the manifestation of God's holiness. Ps. 29:2; John 2:11; 11:40

Revealing God's holiness

• Jesus is the Mediator of God's holiness. 2 Cor. 4:6; Heb. 1:3
• The believer is filled with God's holiness - the essence of God - the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor.3:16
• The fruit of the Spirit is the manifestation of God's holiness. Gal. 5:22
• The believer is called to be holy and to reveal God's holiness. 1 Peter 1:16
• The believer can only make God known by staying close to His heart. John 1:18 (NLT); John 15:5

Entering God's glory

• The believer no longer falls short of the glory of God and can enter into the presence of God and the manifestation of His glory through dependence on God's mercy and grace by faith in Christ. Rom. 3:23; Heb. 10:19-22
• God calls the Church to worship Him in the splendour of His holiness - the revelation of His holiness - God's glory! Psalm 29:2

We praise God for continuing to give us such amazing revelation and for helping us to enter into His glory yesterday! Hallelujah!

This week we are hosting the Sound of Heaven Conference - a series of exciting God encounter meetings with Steve Porter. For more information please click here...

Quote of the week:

"Worship the Lord in the splendour of his holiness." Psalm 29:2

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New Life in Christ

Glory to God!

Yesterday we celebrated new life in Christ! Three people were baptised and one person recommitted his life to God. It is so exciting to hear the testimonies of lives that have been touched by God and to hear the hearts of those captured by His love. Hallelujah!

The Lord spoke to us about what this new life in Christ means for every believer. This is what He showed us:

Those who do not believe in Jesus are:

• joined to darkness. Eph. 5:8; Col. 1:13
• enemies of God. Col. 1:21; Rom. 5:10
• separated from God. Col. 1:21; Eph. 2:12
• objects of God's wrath. Eph. 2:3

Those who believe in Jesus are:

• joined to light. Col. 1:13; Eph. 5:8,9
• friends of God. Rom. 5:10
• made one with God. Rom. 6:3,4; 1 John 4:15
• objects of blessing. Eph. 1:3; 2:4,5

Union with God means:

• God is in us to empower us. Eph. 1:18-21; 3:20,21; Col. 1:28,29; Phil. 4:13; Eph. 6:10
• God is with us to encourage us. John 14:15-18; Joshua 1:5-9
• God is upon us to authorise us. Matt. 3:16,17; Matt. 28:16-20

Baptism demonstrates our death to a life that was separated from God and the birth into a new life in Christ - a life united to God so that we live:

• from His presence in us
• because of His presence with us
• for His presence upon us

We praise God for His awesome revelation to us and for helping us enter into the experience of being one with Him!

Kingdom Life is excited to host the upcoming Sound of Heaven conference with Steve Porter. The meetings will be powerful and intimate encounters with God. Click here for more info...

Quote of the week:

"Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives." Rom.6:2-4

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Saved to serve

Glory to God!

Yesterday's meeting was wonderful! God is saving, healing and setting people free. Lives are being changed as they are touched by the Lord and people begin to live for Him. Hallelujah!

As the Lord continues to speak to us about Living in the fear of the Lord, we are learning what it means to live because of God, from God and for God. This is what He showed us yesterday:

When we did not believe in Christ, we were

• part of the kingdom of darkness (Eph. 5:8)
• separated from God (Eph. 2:12)
• enemies of God (Col. 1:21)
• objects of wrath deserving punishment (Eph. 2:3)
• ungodly (Rom. 5:6)

However, through faith in Christ, the believer is reconciled to God and becomes,

• part of the kingdom of light (Eph. 5:8; Col. 1:13)
• joined to God (1 John 4:15)
• friends of God (Rom. 5:10,11)
• objects of blessing (Eph. 2:4-6)
• godly (2 Peter 1:3,4)

The reason God saves us is so that,

• We can have an intimate relationship with Him (fellowship). Rom. 5:11; 1 John 1:3
  
• We can be like Him and reveal Him (godliness). 2 Peter 1:3,4; 1 John 2:6
• We can reign in life and live for Him (co-labour). Rom. 5:17

To live in the fear of the Lord is to live for God and serve Him!

• Jesus came to serve and not to be served. Phil. 2:5-8; Mt 20:26-28
• Jesus set an example for His followers. John 13:12-17
• Jesus calls His followers to serve. John 12:26; 1 John 3:16; 2 Cor. 5:15
• Jesus serves the Father and those who are filled with His Spirit are filled with the Spirit of servanthood. Rom. 6:10,11

• The apostle Paul lived for God as a bond-servant - a servant unconditionally committed to his master. Rom. 1:1
• Timothy lived for God and served the Church. Phil. 2:20,21
• Those who serve others serve God. 1 Thess. 1:3; Hebrews 6:10,11; Eph. 6:5-8

The believer is reconciled to God to live for Him and serve Him.

We praise God for His revelation to us and for showing us what it means to live in the fear of the Lord very practically.

This Sunday we will be having a New Life Celebration and will be baptising new believers at the EFG church in Eschersheim. For more information please click here...

We are excited about having Steve Porter with us from the USA from the 18 -22 May. It will be time of refreshing and encountering God. For more information please click here...

Quote of the week:

"And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again." 2 Cor. 5:15

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Easter Celebration

Glory to God!

Yesterday we celebrated the Good News of Christ's death and resurrection. As we reflected on the origin of our Easter celebration, we saw how God desires that His people remember what He has done for them. Just as God commanded the Israelites to commemorate their deliverence from Egypt by celebrating Passover, so Christ commanded His followers to remember what He did for them whenever they have Communion together. Therefore it is important that Christians remember their God and what He has done for them. When we remember Jesus,

1. We PROCLAIM His victory over sin and death. 1 Cor. 11:23-26
2. We PASS ON the truth of what Christ has done for us. Psalm 78:1-8
3. We will PERSEVERE through trials and not grow weary and lose heart. Heb. 12:1-4
4. We PARTICIPATE in His body and blood. 1 Cor. 10:16; Rom. 6:1-10
5. We will be PRODUCTIVE in our faith. 2 Peter 1:3-9

• God wants us to remember Him so that we do not become familiar with Him. Deut. 8:17,18
• God wants us to remember Him so that we do not become rebellious and proud. Psalm 78; Deut. 8:11-14

The Lord then spoke to us about the two-fold truth of Christ's death and resurrection. Christ was given over to death on the cross for our sins AND was raised to life for our justification (Rom. 4:25). The Lord showed us that many Christians stay at the cross but do not move into resurrection life because they still try and earn friendship with God in their own strength. The glorious truth, however, is that God has reconciled us to be friends of God and no longer enemies of God. The Lord wants His children to walk in the freedom of Sonship as friends of God to be effective ambassadors of His Kingdom!

Upcoming events:

8 May: New Life Celebration @ the EFG Frankfurt Nord-West in Eschersheim. Click here for more info...
18 - 22 May: Sound of Heaven Conference with Steve Porter @ Eastsite 15. Click here for more info...
5 June: KLF will meet at 10h00 @ Eastsite 15, Salzschlirferstr.15


Quote of the week:

"God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." Romans 5:8-11

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Filled to overflow

Glory to God!

Yesterday the Lord spoke to us about how we must be satisfied in Him alone and this is what He showed us:

• Jesus came to give us fullness of life. John 10:10
• In Christ, believers can overcome the world, the flesh and the devil because they live in the victorious One and He in them. Rom. 8:37; 1 John 4:15
• In Christ, every believer can overcome because s/he is the head and not the tail. Deut. 28:13; John 16:33; 1 John 5:4
• In order to live in God's fullness and to overcome, the believer must continuously be filled with God's Spirit. Eph. 5:18; Zech. 4:6
• Just as our physical bodies need bread and water to survive and be strong, so the believer's spirit needs spiritual bread and water to survive and be strong to overcome.
• God must be the believer's Source on a daily basis. John 7:37-39; Isaiah 55:1,2; Exodus 16:13-18 (John 6)
• God wants to fill the believer's spirit, satisfy his soul and strengthen his body every day. Matthew 6:11; 3:16,17; Isaiah 40:28-31; Rom. 8:11
• The believer must learn to be satisfied in God alone in order to walk in fullness of life and to overcome the influence of the world, the flesh and the devil.

We praise God for teaching us to live from Him as we learn to rely on Him in our fear of Him.

We are excited about a new Life Group that will meet on Wednesday evenings beginning in May that will help us grow as a church family to advance God's Kingdom in Frankfurt and beyond! For more information on Life Groups please contact Alexander Blair - lifegroups@kingdomlife-frankfurt.com


Upcoming meetings:

5 April @ 19h30: KLF Prayer meeting @ IBTC, Kurhessenstr.14, Frankfurt
8 May @ 15h00: New Life Celebration @ EFG Frankfurt Nord-West, Häberlinstr.3, F-Eschersheim. Click here for more info...
18-22 May: Sound of Heaven Conference with Steve Porter @ Eastsite 15, Salzschlirferstr.15, Frankfurt. Click here for more info...


Quote of the week:

"The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom." Deut. 28:13

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Living in revival

Glory to God!

Yesterday the Lord spoke to us about the evidence of a revived heart and this is what He showed us:

• When people become God-conscious, they begin to respond to God.
• People who respond to God are being revived as they begin to live in the fear of the Lord.
  
• When people are being revived, their hearts are changed toward God.
• The evidence of a revived heart is the following:
  

• The realisation of one's absolute need for God - a life that relies on God as its Source and not just its Solution to live a godly life - living from God. Isaiah 6:1-7; Acts 2:37; Luke 5:1-11; Psalm 63
• A heart that cries out, "I need you, Lord!"
  
• Unless believers realise their need for God, they won't live lives relying on God.

• The desire to know God more - a life that desires constant communion with God to respond to Him - living because of God. Phil. 3:7-11; Eph. 1:17
• A heart that cries out, "I want to know you, Lord!"
  
• Unless believers desire intimacy and fellowship with God, they won't live lives in response to Him.

• The desire to do God's will - a life that desires to know God's will to obey it in order to revere God - living for God. Col. 1:9,10; Eph. 5:17
• A heart that cries out, "I want to do your will, Lord!"
  
• Unless believers know God's will they cannot obey Him to honour Him out of their love for Him.

Lives are being revived as we learn to walk in the fear of the Lord. Hallelujah!

Upcoming events:

8 May: New Life Celebration @ the EFG Frankfurt Nord-West in Eschersheim. Click here for more info...
18 - 22 May: Sound of Heaven Conference with Steve Porter @ Eastsite 15. Click here for more info...

Quote of the week:

"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." Psalm 63:1-8

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