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7 Steps to Restoring Our Relationship with God

Source of this message is taken from the book by Cesar Castellanos D, 52 Teachings for the G12 Meetings; Teaching 17: The Cross restores our relationship with God

Pastor Cesar shared with us seven steps in this chapter of how we can experience restoration in our relationship with God. They are:

1. Be cleansed by the blood of Christ. Recognize your guilt and receive the cleansing by the blood of the lamb.

2. Lay down your burdens and ask Christ to set you free.

3. Stop doing evil by breaking away from every past action and influence that displeases God.

4. Learn to do good until it becomes a way of life for us.

5. Seek justice by seeking obedience to God’s will, which is revealed in His Word.

6. Make restitution with the offended will cancels any argument the enemy may have had against us and removes the legal ground by which he gains access to our lives.

7. Seek Justice for the Orphan and Help the Widow because the widows and the
orphans represent those who have no one to protect them or provide for them, and we need to remember that God’s favor is upon them.

Pastor Cesar said in his book that, “If we follow these seven steps, the mercy and forgiveness of the Lord will reach us no matter how big the sin might be.”

Happy Christmas and Blessed New Year to you. May your days filled with love, joy & peace from above!
Pastor William

Forgiveness is Medicine for Our Souls

Source of this message is taken from the book by Cesar Castellanos D, 52 Teachings for the G12 Meetings; Teaching 16: The Grace of Forgiveness

To all my Leaders, we have come to the 16th Message of this 52 Weeks Series of what you can use for your G-12 Meetings. I hope so far these resources are useful for you. Today, I want to share with you the issue on Forgiveness.

One of the most common struggles in our lives is hurts that resulted from those who are closest to us. If we are not careful, we may find coldness between our love ones when one party is hurt by another whom they love dearly. That coldness can produce an empty feeling in the heart which leads to overwhelming resentment and bitterness.

In Pastor Cesar’s book, he said, “The moment a person opens his or her mouth to release forgiveness, a supernatural healing teaks place in the life of the person who forgives. This breaks the stronghold of an unforgiving spirit.” You see, when someone forgives, the person who forgives first is the one who is set free.

The following are the Steps to Efficient Forgiveness
1. Acknowledge your need to be forgiven by God
2. Submit yourself to God
3. Decide to forgive
4. Confirm your forgiveness
5. You must not go back to resentment
6. Replace the negative with the positive

A Christian life is based on having a forgiving heart. The same way we need God’s forgiveness, we need to forgive those who have offended us. Is there anyone whom you have not forgiven yet?

Blessed holiday!
Pastor William

Key Issues in Building in Our Twelve

To all my Leaders, we have come to the 15th Message of this 52 Weeks Series of what you can use for your G-12 Meetings. I hope so far these resources are useful for you. Today, I want to share with you some concerns that we need to work at in our lives:

1.    We need to Overcome our Unforgiveness
When we work in the lives of our 12, one of the most important issues that we need to help them grow in is to overcome their unforgiveness… As they grow in forgiving others, they will grow to love people and love the Lord.

2.    We need to Overcome the Brokenness of Families
I realize over the years of being in ministry for so long, many children suffered from broken families… I think it is God’s delight to use us to heal many hearts which suffered from broken familes… and to break the curse of broken families… so that in the next generation, we will see strong families being built together….

3.    We need to Overcome Rejections in our Lives
Very often, many of us struggle with rejections in our lives… I think another very important issue that we need to help to grow in our Twelve is to help them to be able to overcome rejections in life. We should grow in the strength of our hearts to be able to withstand rejections so that we would not be hurt easily…. Then we will be able to grow strong in the Lord and overcome the enemy who always throw accusations at us; when we are rejected.

Source of the above message is taken from the book by Cesar Castellanos D, 52 Teachings for the G12 Meetings; Teaching 15: Seven Words of Victory

Have a wonderful and blessed week!
Pastor William

Dying To Self, Living in Christ

The power of resurrection can flow through us when we choose to crucify our weak human nature. When we die to ourselves, we will live in Christ.

1. You have been crucified with Christ
It was not Jesus’ sins and infirmities that that nailed Jesus on the Cross for He was a man without sin. The stripes and nailing that Jesus had to endure was a representation of OUR sins and infirmities that He chose to bear upon Him so that we may be redeemed. Yet, how often do we take the Cross for granted? The important questions we want to ask ourselves are: “Are we crucified with Christ? Are we dead? Have we died? Did we die by Crucifixion?” Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life (John 12:24, 25). ” It is important that we learn to die to ourselves; die to our personal desires; die to our rights; die to our own understanding; die to our own gains and benefits; die to our pride; die to our likings and dislikes; die to our discomfort; etc., etc., etc.

As we acknowledged that Jesus died for us that we may be redeemed, we acknowledged too that our lives no longer belong to ourselves but to Him, which He bought with the price of His blood. We need to relinquish our rights over our lives, emotions, relationships to Jesus.

2. You no longer live but Christ lives in you
As we learn to let go and die to ourselves, Jesus is magnified in us. The resurrection gives the promise of hope and victory. The power of the resurrection cannot take place if we continue to cling on to ourselves and our rights. The revelation of the cross is both about the death of Christ and His Resurrection!!! We need to not only die to ourselves, but we need also to RESURRECT in a new life where the life I now live, I live in Christ.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20) For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21) Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. (Romans 6:8) We need to experience the “Living in Christ” part and see victory in out daily Christian Living. When we begin to live totally for the purpose of God, Jesus will deliver us from our human concerns and change our concerns to divine opportunities to experience God’s provision. When we live only to glorify Christ, the Holy Spirit will reveal His wisdom and His will to us so that we can fulfill the destiny that God has intended for us.

Conclusion:
To experience victory in our lives, it is a daily choice of remembering what Jesus has done on the Cross and dying to ourselves. We need to stand firm so that the yoke of slavery may not burden us again.

Source of the above message: Message 14
(Taken from the book by Cesar Castellanos D, 52 Teachings for the G12 Meetings)
Teaching 14: The Revelation of The Cross
The words below are extracts from Pastor Cesar’s book itself…

Introduction
From the moment Adam sinned, God established the day He was going to send His Son as the Savior and Redeemer of the world. For this reason, Jesus who was God in the flesh came to Earth and did not rest until His mission was fully completed. (John 18:37)… From the moment that Jesus was captured to the last breath that He took, it represented the journey of redemption for us.

1. The Crown of Thorns
When the crown of thorns was put on Jesus’ head, He gave us freedom from ruin.

2. The Whip
When Jesus was whipped 39 times on his back, He gave us physical healing over all diseases, infirmities and pain. (Isaiah 53:56)

3. The 3 Nails
When Jesus was nailed to the Cross, He gave us freedom over
A) Guilt
B) Accusations and arguments
C) Oppression

4. The Spear
When Jesus was speared in His side, He gave us inner healing.

The Cross that symbolizes curse became a greater symbol of blessing when Jesus took on the Cross. All the evil we were known for was placed on Jesus on that tree. All the good in Jesus was transferred to us through Him.

Have a great week!
Pastor William