What You Need to Grow in Your 12?

Here are William’s Personal Applications for Message 8:

Message 8: What you need to grow in your 12?

In our previous message on “Week 4: how to implement the G-12 Vision?”, we said that we need to insist on choosing only those who are Faithful, Moldable and those who Desire to Serve the Lord. In the search of our 12, there will come a day that your team of 12 would be almost formed… As you are forming your team, I would like to share with you God’s heartbeat of what your team should become if you want to be used by Him.

Today we want to explore the qualities of those who are found to be suitable, according to God’s heart. God is seeking for someone whom He can use for His Glorious Purposes… Whoever desires to form their team of twelve must realized that the people who are being considered to be part of the team must fulfill the following requirements in order for the Lord to use their team to extend His Kingdom:

1. People who will become a Blessing to Others

We need to first understand why God choose us? We need to understand why we want to choose 12 persons to be our 12? Why do we in the first place need to bother with finding 12 persons and make so much effort to groom and disciple these 12 as though they are our very children… It is only with this understanding, we can grasp who should we choose to be our 12?

Gen 12:2-3 forms the foundation of our calling in the G-12 Vision:
GE 12:2 “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing.
GE 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

You will realize that it is all about becoming a Blessing to others… The promise given to us is so that we can become a blessing; so that all the Peoples / families on earth will be blessed through us!!! Hence, train your 12 to become a Blessing!!! Bless them and teach them to bless others!!! Be generous, be forgiving, be loving with their words, etc., etc., etc…

2. People who will grow in their Faith

Hebrews 11:6 says, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, …” The Lord uses those who believe in Him. The greater their faith is in the Lord, the more God can use them to accomplish His Divine and Glorious Purposes. So how we grow our people in their Faith?

Faith comes by hearing, that is, by hearing the Word of God. Faith uses God’s eyes to look at the circumstances and see the positive side of that which surrounds us. The eyes of faith see that all things are possible and the man of faith learns to conquer everything in the spiritual realm. The man of faith is obedient, since he has learned to develop a great
sensitivity to the desires of the Spirit. His obedience is instant and without conditions.

3. People who will Delight in the Fear the Lord

PS 112:1 … Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. ISA 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him– the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD– and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.

The Lord uses those who fear Him. The fear of God should exist in all aspects of our lives. God tests the heart before entrusting someone with a great task and seeks those who are faithful in the little to entrust them with much. A God fearing person is one who has experienced brokenness in their spirit and one who will depend on Him continuously…

When someone fears the Lord, he will reject rebellion and seek for excellence. When someone fears the Lord, he will be like soldiers when handling the Word of God. One will desire to seek the truth God hate deceit… God is light and in Him, there is no darkness. When someone fears the lord, he will not serve money, but serve God.

Source of the above message: Message 8
(Taken from the book by Cesar Castellanos D, 52 Teachings for the G12 Meetings)
Teaching 8: A Team According to God’s Heart
The words below are extracts from Pastor Cesar’s book itself…

Choosing one of the twelve is as important as choosing your spouse. It requires effort and time to get to know them and share together until having the total certainty that they are the indicated person. When the Lord chooses His twelve, He did it thinking that they would be with Him forever. Whoever desires to form their team of twelve must realized that the people who are being considered to be part of the team must fulfil the following requirements:

1. Be a Blessing (Deut 28:1)
* God’s heart desires for each one of His children to inherit blessings so that they, in turn, can release blessings upon others.
* Motivate them to be rich in God and to have a strong relationship with Him and His Word.
* Orientate them regarding the divine commandments
* Teach them daily to seek God’s “rehma” word for their lives. Great servants of God spend hours in quiet time, attentive to the Lord’s voice.

2. Full of Faith (Eph 2:20)
* They must have the Word of God as their foundation, which leads to faith. They must understand that faith comes by hearing, that is, by hearing the Word of God
* To enter the world of faith means having the mind of Christ
* Faith uses God’s eyes to look at the circumstances. God’s eyes see the positive side of that which surrounds us. His eyes see that all things are possible.
* The man of faith learns to conquer everything in the spiritual realm. The man of faith is obedient, since he has learned to develop a great sensitivity to the desires of the Spirit. His obedience is instant and without conditions.

3. Grow in Virtue (2 Peter 1:5, Exo 18:21)
* In Greek, the word “virtue” means “excellence”
* Virtue is
- Special Grace; ability for leadership
- Having the gift of leading
- Striving to be the best
* Virtue causes a person to reject rebellion and to always seek for excellence.
* David’s virtue succeeded in transforming a group of ordinary men into warriors for his army. In the same way, virtue will cause a leader to turn his disciples into successful leaders.

4. Know the Truth (2 Peter 1:5)
* We must be like soldiers when handling the Word of God. (John 8:32)
* We must be led by His Word, ridding ourselves of hypocrisy, deceit, jealousy and distractions. When we do this, freedom will come to our mind, emotions and feelings. In this way, the Word will penetrate our understanding with purity
* We should desire truth, because truth is the lamp that lights our way.

5. Fear the Lord (Exo 18:21)
* The fear of God should exist in all aspects of our lives.
* God tests the heart before entrusting someone with a great task.
* God seeks those who are faithful in the little to entrust them with much
* A God fearing person is one who has experienced brokenness in their spirit
* The fear of God causes us to depend on Him continuously

6. Hate Greed (1 Tim 6:10)
* There is nothing that destroys a person worse than allowing greed in their heart.
* Judas tried to disguise his greed with a mantle of piety by criticizing the woman who poured perfume on Christ’s feet. He claimed that it was a waste, saying that he could have sold it and given the money to the poor. He wasn’t speaking out of compassion, but rather, he said it because he was greedy. We know fully well that he was stealing from the offerings that he was in charge of
* Money is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
* Servants of God can be good stewards if they do not give into the trappings of greed.

Have a great week ahead!
Ps William