By host on
11/3/2009 12:07 PM
Ed Elliott at Forward
Saturday, November 14th @ 6pm
Word of Life World Outreach is a mission organization dedicated and committed to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ through the Word of God around the world. It was founded by Ed & Laurie Elliott in 1984.
Ed and Laurie Elliott have been involved with world missions for over twenty-one years, sixteen were spent living and working in Africa. During that time they have had the privilege of seeing over three million people receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Working with the local pastors, they were very instrumental in the planting of churches throughout South ...
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By host on
10/18/2009 9:34 AM
Proverbs 13:12a Hope deferred makes the heart sick...
There are times when we are so hopeful of a particular moment, relationship, job, miracle, etc... When we feel we've waited and it doesn't happen, we let go of our hope and begin to slip into self-reliance. When hopes don't come to pass, we can become bitter or even angry with God.
This passage tells us that we slip into that process, our heart gets sick. Rom 10:10 tells us that it's with the heart man believes. The capacity to believe rests within the human heart. If our heart is sick, it affects our capacity to believe. The issue that arises is that Jesus ties everything to "believing". He says; when we pray, if we believe, anything we say shall come to pass, all things are possible to those that believe, when the disciples couldn't get a boy healed Jesus told them it was because of their unbelief.
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By host on
10/13/2009 1:40 PM
Do you know who you are? In Christ:
You are a King of Life. You have been delivered form the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of Jesus. You were crucified with Christ and were raised with Him. Your sin no longer exists, your shame no longer exists, your guilt no longer exists, you are completely free. When Jesus went back to Heaven, He took you with Him, not as a spectator but as an equal. Jesus now calls us friend. You are currently seated in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You are above and more powerful than any spirit in this world, the evil one can't touch you. You are a ruler in a realm in which you don't fully know. Set your mind on things above so that you may know who you are.
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By host on
10/13/2009 9:22 AM
We give voice to the heart of God. We sing the song of the Spirit of God with our lives and we experience the fruit. A song is bigger than its words, a song is bigger than its notes and chords, a song is bigger than its melody and phrasing. A song releases LIFE! A song can lift a heart, a song can inspire creativity, a song can give birth to another song.
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By host on
10/5/2009 4:55 PM
We've added a few testimony videos and a video from Clint and Sara. Check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/forwardchurch.
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By host on
10/4/2009 9:32 AM
Last night at church after worship, I felt that there were people present that needed physical healing. One thing I know is that it's always God's will that we be healed...no question about it. Jesus was the exact representation of God and all he did was go around healing people...that's what God is like.
So after worship, I speak out that people are being healed. One person spoke up that had been healed of neck issues and two more people then spoke up that their neck and head issues had also been healed. Another lady then responded that the injury on her heel had just been healed. She kept touching it and saying, "it doesn't hurt." She limped in but now had no pain at all. Others testified of no more pain.
The most interesting thing was that no one prayed for anyone, no one puts hands on anyone and the "specially anointed healer" wasn't required.
All t ...
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By host on
8/7/2009 3:06 PM
paradox |ˈparəˌdäks|
noun
a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory
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When believing in or "for" anything in the Christian walk, there are certain absolutes that must be settled before proceeding. Without a solid foundation in the finished work of the cross, Christians of all walks have derived some of the most non-sensical, frustrating and blasphemous concepts known to man.
For instance, Galatians tells that we HAVE BEEN healed by the price that Christ paid yet in modern Christianity we're told that God doesn't heal anymore. Jesus told us that we were to do the works the he did (and greater) yet we question when miracles happen. Jesus is the EXACT representation of the invisible God and w ...
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By host on
7/27/2009 9:25 AM
So often I speak to people who just want to make a difference, they want their lives to count. Yet many of those same people don't feel qualified, or good enough, to minister to others. I always ask them if they think King David felt "good enough" after he ordered the death of a man who happened to be the husband of the woman David had fallen in love with.
The point being, it's not our own righteousness that qualifies us to represent God...it's our story. Your story is the testimony that God is a good God. Your story is proof that Christ accepts us freely through his sacrifice and not out works.
You have a story of what God has done in your life. You have a testimony you can share with others, no matter the current state you're in. If you're trusting God not giving up, you have a story. If you're seeing hundreds in your church every week, you have a story. If you sinned ye ...
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By host on
5/9/2009 6:19 AM
When you’re coming out of something and moving into another place, that’s not the time to get complacent and wait. That’s the time to pursue God and move forward in why you came out in the first place. When you feel stuck it’s because you’re coming out and about to move into something else. Don’t lay down and say, “I’ll just wait on God”.
When the nation of Israel came out of Egypt, they were led to a place that to them looked impossible to walk out of but it was actually the perfect set up to set them completely free. Moses had just led the people out of slavery and was walking them toward their future, toward the promise that God had made.
God made a promise of a land free from enemies, with all the resources they could ever need and on top of that, it was one of the most pleasant places in the world. God has that same promise for you today.&a ...
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By host on
1/19/2009 8:26 PM
The body of Christ is the most valued entity from God's perspective but in many places in this realm, the body of Christ (referring to the church) is viewed as one of, if not the most destructive entity on the planet. The church has led inquisitions which took innocent lives, the church has banded in what it's against as opposed to what it's for, the church has kept a Pharasaical doctrine which says that righteousness is gained by our works...the list goes on.
I take responsibility as much as I can because I am a member of that entity as well. I am a member of the body of Christ. We have taken it a step further and have launched an organized body so I'm not trying to step all over the church, I just want to make the point that something so valuable to God has not produced the kind of fruit that reflects the value God has placed on i ...
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