Merlin founded Faith Hope and Love Intl., which collaborates with churches crossing denominational lines. He has developed the concept of “Mission Trips in Your Own Backyard” to unify the Body of Christ by bringing the love of God into the community. Merlin’s messages and teachings are about raising up a generation passionate for God to build a legacy of transformation. He is an Advisory Council Member for the State of Indiana Office of the Faith-based and a co-host for Religion in the News. Merlin speaks at churches, businesses, government, educational institutions and faith based organizations to encourage people to live out their faith. He is a church consultant helping pastors reach out in their communities to raise and train leaders. Merlin and his wife Annie live in Noblesville, Ind.
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We just finished our pilot class, a Study on Living in God’s Dominion here on earth, last night. The pictures are posted on my personal FB . We all learned a lot from this class. I found out that we will extend the class to at 8 sessions to cover the main points in the book. At the end of the class, everyone had their projects in mind that they will be working on in the weeks to come. Each of the participants were given practical guidelines how to identify needs and resources and to build a team to work together on a project or service.
Experience strengthens our faith. That’s why all the participants were encouraged to step out in faith. There’s no small or big projects; the key is to take that first step. They were also reminded that the projects/services are means to the end. I will expound more on this on my next blogs.
God reveals His will to us in countless ways, two of them are: Obey first, then the revelation comes. the second is revelation comes before we take action. The first one is kind of hard to explain but I know that you can relate to it. It is more intuitive. As we take a step of faith, things gets clearer.
I’d like to encourage you follow my next blogs in our process of seeking God’s will as we take the next faith steps.
PS. Here’s my interview at The Harvest Show:
http://www.harvest-tv.com/video/dsp_playshow.cfm?showid=1413
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Read The Kingdom in our Midst (KIOM) Part 2 and answer all questions on pgs. 99-103
Study Is. 35:5-6
And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind
and unplug the ears of the deaf.
6 The lame will leap like a deer,
and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,
and streams will water the wasteland.
~ Isaiah 35:5-6 (NLT)
Based on the verses above, what are the signs of the Kingdom that Jesus will bring to the earth?
”Our future is affected by our response and action today.”
Someone once said, “I don’t regret the things I’ve done so much as I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.” Have you found yourself saying, “I wish I would have, should have and could have”? What can you do now to live the life you meant to live?
Jesus taught the Kingdom of God through His ___________and ___________. Pg. 66
Jesus came not only to give us freedom from the ________________ but also to be “Christ-Like” in the world. Pg. 70
What is the main focus of FHL Week? Pg. 74
Jesus had more conflicts with the ______________ than the _____________ and the ___________. Pg. 76 Why?
Based on Matthew 23:23, what are the things that the teachers of the law and the Pharisees neglected?
Why were the sinners attracted to Jesus? Pg. 79