Cheyenne Vineyard

The Heart of the Father Revealed

The Heart of the Father Revealed       December 8, 2013     by  Erroll Faulkes

The great commandment is to love God and to love others.  
That is where we're going to find the Fathers mission.  His desire
for us is that we receive His love and give it away, thus fulfilling
the great commission (preaching the gospel and bringing good news to people).

If we're operating from the lack of love, it's not a complete thing.  He wants
us to really be loved on so that we can give away from that love to others.
That's really the Father's mission for us.  

The great commandment to love God and to love others is a call to intimacy.  Jesus
spent time alone with the Father, then came out of that place of intimacy with the Father
and did what the Father showed him to do.

So, it's really simple, we spent time with Him, get downloads of His love and then
go and give it away where ever He wants us to give it away.

The great commandment to Love God and to love one another must proceed the great commission,
and it is an inseparable part of it.  When intimacy does not proceed fruitfulness,
we easily become subject to our own mission and are subject to religious duty
and hyper religious activity.  This can leave an angry edge in our life and relationships.
When we do it out of love, we move from being in a place of an orphan into sons.

Love of the Father

Pastor Jay Meyer opens, Sonny has a few words and then Errol Faulkes begins today's talk.

THE LOVE OF THE FATHER.        December 01, 2013    by Errol  Faulkes
-  About the Love of the Father.
-  Being an orphan.
-  The affect of fear.

Securing Our Foundations Part 2

Beyond Salvation/The Church    November 24, 2013

God saves us, but not just for ourselves, but for others.  We are saved for good works prepared in advance for us by God

Ephesians 4:8 says "For it is by grace you have been saved... through faith...not by works...created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

So, we're moving from a self focused ministry to an others focused ministry.

We are called to make disciples - to lead people to the Lord and teach them His ways.  The church (body of Christ - Christ followers), helps us do this , by us, first becoming disciples.

1 John 2: 12 - 14 talks about the children who's sins have been forgiven on the account of his name, the fathers, who have known Him from the beginning and the young men who are strong and the word of God lives in them and have overcome the evil one. 

New believers are like  children knowing the basics who through practice of God's become strong like young men and through the years come to a the maturity in Christ like Fathers who have known the Father (God).

We validate callings of the church.  Leaders in the church lay hands on those who are called to a certain ministry, to send them out to do those works of ministry.

There is a difference between going to church and being the church.  Attending is one thing, but doing the works of God's ministry is being the church. 

The church is not a building.  The building is where we gather, the body of Christ (the people who follow Christ, people who are a disciple of Christ)  is the church.

We have to continue to give the church back to Jesus, so He's in control.

John Wimber once said, God will do to you what He wants to do through you. 

So, when we get to the place where we're young people - the stage when God is doing things to us, learn to overcome our sinful ways of living, thinking, emotions that used to control you.  So, as we get older or more mature, pray mothers and fathers to help others overcome that which we've overcome.

He always gives us stuff to give away.

A review of last week:  Destiny.  It's not too late to fulfill your destiny.  Think back to the parable of the Vineyard.  Everyone received a reward regardless of when they started working that day in the Vineyard.

Also think about who does the work of the ministry.  In Ephesians 4, it says that all of the saints do the work of the ministry.

The Mindset of the spirit is life and peace. 

1 Corinthians 3:12-15 --> If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. ¹⁴ If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

Those who are of the Flesh cannot please God.

Put your talent at risk to be used by God.

 Acts 13: 1-3  ¹ Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen and Saul. ² While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” ³ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.Teachers fasted and prayed and then sent laid hands on two people to be sent out to perform works of ministry.

There is a call to build the body of Christ in faith. 
Hebrews 10:25  -->   not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.