A Word From Our Senior Chief Elder

ARE WE LIVING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD OR LIVING FOR THE WORLD?

ARE WE SIMPLY SAVED OR DISCIPLES?

CAN ONE BE SAVED WITHOUT BECOMING A DISCIPLE?

New International Version (NIV)

²¹ For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. ²² If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! ²³ I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; ²⁴ but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. ²⁵ Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶ so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.

Life Worthy of the Gospel

²⁷ Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit,striving together as one for the faith of the gospel ²⁸ without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be savedand that by God. ²⁹ For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, ³⁰ since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

COMENTARY: (life Application Study Bible; New International Version; Zondervon)

(Verse 27 above) Paul encourages the believers to be united, as they stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith. How sad that much time and effort is lost in some churches by fighting against one another instead of uniting against the real opposition. It takes a courageous church to resist in fighting and to maintain the common purpose of serving Christ.

(Verse 30 above) Throughout his life Paul suffered for spreading the Gospel. Like the Philippians we are in conflict with anyone who would discredit the saving message of Christ. All true believers are in this fight together uniting against the same enemy for a common cause.

Back in 1999, due to some very bad, old lifestyle choices, my health had deteriorated to the point where I was basically bed ridden for a couple of years. I had nothing to do other than to stay in constant prayer, meditation on the Word of God, while filled with the Holy Spirit of God, by His grace. It was during this time I was shown by the Spirit the call God had on my life to ministry, thus I began my study at Trinity Bible College and Seminary in Pastorate Ministry with emphasis in Nouthetic Biblical Counseling. I am currently still at Trinity studying my

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Before I get into depth in my discourse here with my reader, I want to first say, I am speaking directly to myself here as well as to my reader. Once God had me where He wanted me, and I totally abandoned myself to His calling on my life, He showed me many things through dreams and visions in addition to His Word. First and foremost; He showed to me, though back when I was twelve I had walked the march down the aisle and confessed before the whole congregation that I was a sinner and wanted Christ as my savior, and though I had gone from there thinking I was saved, I was not.

In fact, it was shortly after that experience, that I felt a real calling on my life to be saved and even go into ministry that satan took me by the tail and convinced me that my real calling was to go to Hollywood, make millions in the film industry and give it to Gods mission work. Unfortunately, though I did extremely well in the entertainment industry, my Lord got very little of my little dynasty other than a couple of properties that were left over after everything that has since been given to this ministry.

The point I am trying to convey here, which is one of the major issues my Lord was sharing with me in the beginning of these visions and dreams as I stayed in His Word litterally hours a day was though I had thought I had made the Lord Jesus Christ my personal Lord and Savior I had not. I mean, how does one go about serving a Lord? I think I had more or less been lured to the idea of being saved rather than the idea of committing to a Lord to serve Him for the rest of my life.

VISIONS & REVELATIONS

My health had actually gotten so bad I purchased cemetery property, as doctors only gave me months to live. My liver was shot, I had a round of colon cancer and hep-c, all of which was killing me daily. At this point I simply abandoned myself to the Lordship of Christ and decided to let Him do with me whatever He pleased, thinking probably subconsciously, What in the world could He do with a dying man, but whatever it was I was His to do with whatever He wanted. I would remain basically confined to bed for two years, and was very weak a year after that.

Though many of my would be friends from my past would think this to be the most devastating part of my life, it turned out to be the most exciting time of my life. It was certainly the most spiritual, and how I grew in Spirit! It was during this time God gave to me this vision of uniting the true followers into the one mind and one accord we were meant to be prior to mans laws and denominations dividing the Body of Christ. It was also during this time frame He began showing me the condition of our nation and how He had truly blessed America so long because at one time we were a God fearing nation, but now we were going to begin experiencing judgment for our sins. It was about this time we experienced 9/11. This is interesting, to say the least.

It was during this time frame that the Spirit led me to a place which I thought was the Garden of Eden or perhaps some level of heaven which John had spoken about in Revelations, but was told latter by this same Spirit it was actually America totally re-vegetated after some sort of massive destruction if we did not return to God, after the final judgment on America. There I sat on a coast line with no electricity, no convenient stores, no homes, though I felt right at home with the full of the Trinity of the God Head, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It was indeed the most beautiful experience I have ever experienced, a peace I cannot put into words, a love I cannot express.

He showed me that God is LOVE! He also showed me the only way we could possibly take this once great nation back to God is by sharing the same love He had shown to me to a hurting world in very practical ways, and this through a united effort. The Body of Christ should be the shining example of unity if there is one, but unfortunately the church of today in our culture does not exemplify this virtue, though it is past time we should!

Romans 12:4-6(New International Version)

⁴Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, ⁵so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. ⁶We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.

Ephesians 4: 17-19

¹⁷So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. ¹⁸They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. ¹⁹Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

Further in Ephesians 4: 21-27

²¹Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. ²²You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; ²³to be made new in the attitude of your minds; ²⁴and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

²⁵Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. ²⁶"In your anger do not sin" Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, ²⁷and do not give the devil a foothold.

Brothers and sisters, we have unfortunately given the devil a foothold and unfortunately today in the American culture he leads our nation. While the body of Christ, the church should be a shining example of love and unity out in a fallen world we instead of transforming the world we have become a part of the world. Think about it! You think I am kidding?

Today in our culture, the church has become a part of the world as opposed to transforming the world! Many are now living for the world as opposed to living for the Kingdom of God!

I was shown that this began happening just after WW II when our great theologians began studying the liberal theology of the Germans and this is when we began teaching Christ intellectually as opposed to relationally. I was shown during my season on the mount that as far as God is concerned, it is all about relationship, 1^st, His major concern is a very real, very intimate, loving caring, eternal relationship with His most important creation, the one that was actually created in His own image, man. We are to also have this same intimate relationship with all who are of His Kingdom.

I am convinced that we are living in an age where people are seeking truth now more than ever, but unfortunately satan and his disciples have their arms open much wider and welcoming than the church today. I am also convinced if we truly had this same intimate relationship and unity of Body I just mentioned above, many would find Christ and His truths.

I have found that even though saved by the wonderful Grace of God, sin is still around us and entices us, and once we succumb to sin, it separates us once again from our Lord until we have truly repented. This can happen immediately, but many times it may take even years before we come to truly repent. And even though we have received forgiveness of sin once again, there are still consequences for that sin.

While all this is going on, a hurting world watches on seeking to understand what exactly separates us Christians from the world. Are they not just like the rest of us they ask themselves. And, even though they teach and preach a forgiving God, they are worse than the world in their forgiveness of one another they go on to say.

Even as I type these words I have reservations about whether or not to leave them on this website, as I know it will offend many in the church today, but the Spirit leads me on. While on my mountain top experience I was shown all these things, especially the blur between Christians and the world, almost as they have blended together, the eye not being able to distinguish between the two. I was shown how we must separate ourselves from the world, not saying to stay away from the world, but we must be a visible difference from those who are living for the here and now verses those of us living for the Kingdom of God.

I was also shown how the church has bended to appeal to the people as opposed to the truths we all find in Scriptures. The church has become a competitive arena, a numbers game, each competing for the numbers, and while so doing have diluted the Gospel message. The message today is more a Come to Jesus so that He may save you from your sins, verses a making Jesus our Lord as well as savior, become a servant of His, a disciple of Christ.

I mean, this message may be, for this present time, much more appealing, as we all want to be saved, but most in our culture today have no interest what so ever in being anyones servant. We look at being a servant as taking a lowly position, and even in the church, everyone wants the seats of honor, not to be a servant. However, our Lord Jesus took this position of servant and elevated it to the highest position there is in the kingdom of our Lord in Mark and elsewhere in Scripture.

Mark 9:33-35

³³ They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, What were you arguing about on the road? ³⁴ But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

³⁵ Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.

So, I feel it necessary now to speak further on the position of a servant so that one might better understand what being a disciple of Christ is all about. To do so I return to Scripture.

Deuteronomy 15:12-17

New International Version (NIV)

¹² If any of your peopleHebrew men or womensell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free. ¹³ And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. ¹⁴ Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the LORD your God has blessed you. ¹⁵ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.

¹⁶ But if your servant says to you, I do not want to leave you, because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, ¹⁷ then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.

There is much wisdom here concerning the position of a servant and several things I feel we must take a good, hard long look at. First, in the culture of the day that this Scripture was written, a servant knew several things without question. He or she first knew very well they had been bought at a price. They had no rights to themselves, their goal and ambition in life was to serve their master.

Well, my dear brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ paid the highest price of all for you and for me! A second thing here I think we need to pay careful attention to is found is verse 16. I have personally found in my devotion to my Lord and my total abandonment of myself to His Lordship, He simply takes care of absolutely all my needs. I never have to worry another day in my life where I will live, what I will wear, or what I will eat. My God provides for His servants and I can say without hesitation with the people here in verse 16, I do not want to leave you, because I love you and your family and me and my family are well off with you. I am certainly well off with my Master Jesus Christ! I absolutely love the family of God and His dwelling, the Church.

I have found there are basically two types of people within the churches across America today. There are those who serve out of duty, and the ones who serve out of devotion. The first guy is the guy who says to you, if you cant find anyone else to do it, I guess I will. The other will do whatever without even having to be asked; even it is simply cleaning up the toilets.

Another thing I feel we should take a close look at in the Scripture referenced above is how the servant was not shy about his choice to remain with his master. Oh no, he made this very public with pride. The Scripture tells this master take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. This in not just a simple ear piercing! An awl would leave a very large hole in the servants ear, so that whenever he went to market, or where ever he might go, everyone who would see him would know for certain that he serves a master for life. He had no rights to himself, but has found that he is so well taken care of and loves his master so much that he made the choice to remain with and to serve his master for life.

So I now ask my reader; Have you made such a choice? Have you decided to make the Lord Jesus Christ your master forever? Have you made the decision to be an actual disciple of Christ or are you hoping and praying that the price He paid for you simply saved you for the sole purpose that you may serve Him out of duty only?

While on the mountain I was shown very clearly that America was under judgment and that the only way possible to take America back to God is to first make true disciples of Christ first from those within the Church, then those who come to faith in Christ as they witness the presence and power of the Holy Spirit of God shown in those disciples. I was shown that the only way we could possibly unite in the one voice and one accord we were meant to be and to take this once great nation back to God, we must take the church back to the day of the original church found in Acts.

Acts 2:40-50

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⁴⁰ With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. ⁴¹ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

Notice his warning and pleading with them to save themselves and to be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit of God. Those watching witnessed how one is who is totally abandoned to the Lordship of Christ, totally filled with the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, and three thousand were added to their number in a single day! Can you imagine this? However, today as the denominations compete for the numbers if even a hundred new believers were added to their number in a single day, I think most churches across America would be in awe and even perhaps wonder what had happened. One must also consider here, to have even a hundred to be added to your numbers, there must first be at least a hundred visitors who have been invited and welcomed with open arms to be there.

Notice also in verse 43 what the people were in awe about, the many wonders and signs performed. I was shown while on the mount, God is calling today servants who are willing to totally abandon themselves to the Lordship of Christ so that He may fill them completely with the power and presence of His Spirit so that a watching world may see these same signs and wonders today!

The Fellowship of the Believers

⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ⁴³ Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. ⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common. ⁴⁵ They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. ⁴⁶ Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Notice; it was all about relationship, relationship, relationship. The early church was not trying to convince anyone intellectually about the Kingdom of God, but the early church members devoted themselves to the apostles teaching of sound doctrine, everyone was in fellowship with one another, having everything in common. It sounds as though there was true love for the Lord as well as one another. As I mentioned earlier in this discourse, the Kingdom of God is all about relationship! God wants more than anything to have a very real, very intimate, love relationship with His people, and wants His people to have this same intimate relationship with one another. Unfortunately, we have lost this sincere love. I was lead to the Scripture in Revelations and told by the Spirit that this is the same thing He is speaking to the Church in America today.

Revelation 3:14-20

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To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴ To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of Gods creation. ¹⁵ I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarmneither hot nor coldI am about to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷ You say, I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing. But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. ¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

¹⁹ Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. ²⁰ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

I was shown by the Spirit that the majority of the church goers in America today just approach church with this ho-hum attitude, half heartedly showing some attempt to do good for others, but primarily just getting involved in service projects that have the least amount of work with the highest recognition. We are neither hot nor cold, just kind of prodding along.

In Revelations 2: 1-5 it states;

¹ To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. ² I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. ³ You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

⁴ Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. ⁵ Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place."

I came across an article recently that came out in my local news paper which I believe illustrates my point. I have enclosed inserts from that article below: The article was written by J. R. Labbe in the Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/01/16/3663762/religion-seems-to-matter-more.html

Title; Religion seems to matter more in presidential politics than in most Americans' daily lives Posted Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

The article begins with; The public prominence of faith during a presidential campaign is akin to Iowa's re-emergence as a state that matters once every four years.

People don't talk much about it the rest of the time. Could be because religion, like the Hawkeye State, isn't that important to most Americans.

The American Religious Identification Survey, conducted in 2008 by Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., revealed that more than 80 percent of Americans claim to belong to a religious denomination and that 60 to 75 percent identify themselves as Christian. However, only 9 percent of Americans surveyed said their religion was the most important thing in their life. More than 45 percent said family was paramount, and 17 percent said money and their career were most important.

From reading just this one survey, though a majority of Americans still identify themselves as Christians, and probably many of them are even regular church goers, few have made the decision to make Jesus Christ Lord of their lives! Is there any wonder our Lord is judging America today, with even those who profess His name, so few feel the Christian faith is the most important thing in their life?

Brothers and sisters, it is past time for those of us who cares at all that a few more be saved and brought into fellowship with Christ and His Kingdom before the final day, who have any hope of taking this once great, God fearing nation back to God, to repent and to come back to Jesus our Lord as well as our savior. It is past time that we turn around and make our Lord our whole life; decide to become disciples as opposed to simply being passive. If we indeed love the Lord Jesus Christ, it is time we decide to totally abandon ourselves to Him as Lord and to unite our efforts in the Kingdom of God and to take America back to God!

As opposed to every denomination trying to do everything themselves,it is time to unite our talents and resources to build up the Kingdom of God, not divide it into parts so a watching world remains confused as to who is right and good, for there is no one Good except God, according to the Lord Jesus. There is but one Body of Christ, let us begin to act like it in front of a watching world.

1 Corinthians 12:13-15(New International Version)

¹³For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one bodywhether Jews or Greeks, slave or freeand we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

¹⁴Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. ¹⁵If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

¹⁸But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

²¹The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!..." But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.

²⁶If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

²⁷Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰ Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹ Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

Then of course Paul goes on to tell us about love in the love chapter in Chapter 13, ending in;

⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

There are simply too many divisions and quarrels within the church in America today! Paul addressed this also in 1 Corinthians 1:11-13;

¹¹ My brothers and sisters, some from Chloes household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. ¹² What I mean is this: One of you says, I follow Paul; another, I follow Apollos; another, I follow Cepha; still another, I follow Christ.

¹³ Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?

And in 1 Corinthians 3:3-5;

³ You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? ⁴ For when one says, I follow Paul, and another, I follow Apollos, are you not mere human beings?

⁵ What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believeas the Lord has assigned to each his task.

I ask in the same context, can the Baptist say to the Church of Christ, I dont need you! And the Church of Christ to the Church of God, I dont need you! I say certainly not, but that now more than ever it is past time we unite our efforts in sharing the love Christ our Lord has for a hurting world in very practical ways. These things shown me on the mountain and I have become convinced of by the leading of the Holy Spirit of God is why I began Hope Retreats International.(www.hoperetreatsinternational.org) I am sure by now you have checked out our website and agree what better ways of sharing with a hurting world the love Christ and this united Body of His has for it than these.

In conclusion; When I look back at all these dreams and visions given me by our Lord, through His Holy Spirit and counselor, what matters most in this life to God and to each and every living creature is relationship, relationship, relationship and what we have done for others or given away. It all begins with a very real, very intimate, loving, caring, and eternal relationship with our creator, God. We are to also have this same intimate relationship with all those who belong to the Kingdom of God, and to continually strive to show others the way to this Kingdom by demonstration in action of this love. This is the manifestation that takes place on the outside when one is filled with the Holy Spirit of God.

Matthew 25:40;

⁴⁰ The King will reply, truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

There are simply too many individuals within the church body today who do not belong to the Body of Christ, rather just there playing church, very much akin to, playing house and grown up when we were a child. It is time that we got serious about our Fathers business of building up His Kingdom. It is time we not only went out into the world and telling everyone of the wonderful Love our Lord has for them, but to make disciples who are devoted to the Lord Jesus and His Kingdom!

If you are reading this by chance and have never been introduced to Jesus Christ, please allow me to be the first to share with you the love He has for you. I want you to know it is certainly not by accident that you have arrived here, but you have been lead here by the very Spirit of God! I personally commit myself and my wife to you and your family to share with you the same love Christ our Lord has for you. You may contact us at umom2003@yahoo.com or at the address and phone listed below and we will be there for you and yours always. We will get you involved in one of our groups in your area so that you may have fellowship with others who belong to the family of God! If there is not one of our groups in your area, we are still here for you any time. (817) 565-7124

There is discipleship training and Nouthetic Biblical Counseling available to you either at one of our chapters internationally or at one of our Hope Retreats sites. Please visit our mission site to see services available through our Hope Retreats International that are available to everyone in the nation as well as services available everywhere we reside at www.hoperetreatsinternational.org.

I now ask my reader, if you are a Christian, go to our wonderful Lord and ask Him in prayer to lead you by the power and presence of His Spirit to lead you through this website and to speak to you what He would want you to receive from the discourse. Especially spend time in prayer and meditation over the Vision of Maxima. Though I am actually a professional script writer by trade, I did not try and spiff up the vision with persuasive words or enticements, but simply recorded what I was shown by God.

I ask you to then join us in what could realistically be the last great crusade for Christ in taking America back to God. I am convinced that today America is under judgment, and unless we repent and return to God I do not see America surviving as we know it. If America falls, I really do not see, with the world economy being what it is today, depending so greatly on other nations, I do not see the world continuing as we know it. This could indeed be the final days! Only God knows.

Contact us to find out if we have a church or group in your area, and if not, perhaps God will lead you in starting one. If not, you can still get help and support from our national headquarters listed below. Feel free to contact me any time at umom2003@yahoo.com. Add me to your yahoo messenger and we can chat any time. If there is not a group in your area, I will personally commit myself and my wife to being available in whatever way I can for you and your family until we can get a group going in your area. (817) 565-7124

There is discipleship training and Nouthetic Biblical Counseling available to you either at one of our chapters internationally or at one of our Hope Retreats sites. Please visit our mission site to see services available through our Hope Retreats International that are available to everyone in the nation as well as services available everywhere we reside at www.hoperetreatsinternational.org.

Pastors, Preachers, Elders, Deacons, and Any Church Leadership;

If you truly search your hearts, and pray in the Holy Spirit over these things I have stated here, then you must admit what I am saying here is true and based completely on Scripture. So, you must consider these things in much prayer and decide on whether or not you want to follow the Holy Spirits guidance. This is all that I ask, simply truly pray over this and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Then I ask you to consider making your church available for a Maxima Disciples of Christ group in your church.

This is a group of True followers of Christ who have been lead by the Holy Spirit of God to be, not just saved souls who come to church because of what they can get out of the church, giving a morsel in the collection plate from time to time, but to be actual servants (Disciples) of Christ. They have been lead by the Spirit to maximize their individual God given talents and resources to build up the Kingdom of God, they live for eternity, not the here and now! They have totally abandoned themselves to serving Christ, which will mean they too will be wonderful servants in your church to you and your people.

These are individuals who look and act very much like the original church found in the book of Acts 4:32;

And the multitude of them that believed was of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Wow! Can you imagine what God can do for your church through a group like this in your church?

If one has known me very long, and has followed any of my teachings dealing with the visions and revelations given me by God to take to the people, I am certain you have heard many of my discourses concerning Salvation VS Discipleship or on subjects such as Can one be saved without becoming a disciple. I believe todays devotional from Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest February 2 addresses this topic better than I have seen it addressed elsewhere.

The Scripture for that particular devotion is 1 Corinthians 9:16

¹⁶ For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

I would now like to just quote a few comments made by Chambers relating to this scripture, taken directly from the devotion:

"Never try to apply what Paul said regarding the call to preach to those souls who are being called to God for salvation. There is nothing easier than getting saved, because it is solely Gods sovereign work Look to Me, and be saved . . . (Isaiah 45:22). Our Lord never requires the same conditions for discipleship that he requires for salvation.

Pauls words have to do with our being made servants of Jesus Christ, and our permission is never asked as to what we will do or where we will go. God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Himself. To be separated to the gospel means being able to hear the call of God (Romans 1:1).

Once someone begins to hear that call, a suffering worthy of the name of Christ is produced. Suddenly, every ambition, every desire of life, and every outlook is completely blotted out and extinguished. Only one thing remains . . . separated to the gospel. . . . Woe be to the soul who tries to head in any other direction once that call has come to him."

At the United Missions of Maxima, this is exactly what we are seeking. We are not seeking simply saved souls, but those who have received the call to disciples of Christ! We are seeking diligently those who have been lead by the Holy Spirit to become disciples of Christ and to unite into the one mind and one accord we were meant to be, one Body of Christ, One Lord, One Spirit in an all out effort to Maximize our individual God given talents and resources to build up the Kingdom of God, on earth as it is in Heaven, by sharing the Love Christ our Lord has for a hurting world through very practical ways, thus somehow by Gods grace to take America back to God!

This group will join other Maxima Disciples of Christ groups from other churches and denominations in sharing the love Christ our Lord has for a hurting world in practical ways through a united effort, by combining their talents and resources out into your community.

This group has also been called by the Spirit to ACT! They have been called to a united activism in the local community, government, state and national government, to stand as one voice and one accord, so that the Christian voice may be heard as one, that prayerfully we may through this united effort take this once great nation back to God.

Imagine, if you can what our Lord spoke to us when He taught His original disciples how to pray.

Imagine, a united body living His Kingdom and His will being done here on earth as it is in Heaven! Can you imagine a body of people who actually knows and does the will of God, living for the Kingdom, living to serve our Lord Jesus and one another?

Finally; if your church is in need of Revival, invite me to your church for a revival conference and I assure you, after my prayer and fasting leading up to your conference, I will arrive at your conference filled with the power and presence of the Holy Spirit! I promise you the Spirit will work through me setting your peoples heart ablaze, burning with the love of Christ. The Spirit will transform your congregation into a group of disciples prepared to then go out into the community with the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. You will see souls saved, present Christians transformed into disciples knowing and doing the will of God, finally reviving your whole community.

At very least, call me so that we may have a dialog in how we may work together in building up our Lords Kingdom, sharing the love our Lord has for a hurting world in very practical ways. (817)565-7124

Lets talk of the major needs in your community and see how we may work in a unified way to solve these issues together and share to a hurting world the love Christ our Lord has for it in a unified voice & practical way. Go to our missions site and see what we are already doing in other parts of the country as well as your own at www.hoperetreatsinternational.org.

Psalm 41

¹ Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.

Reverend Dr. Randall K. Maxwell

Senior Chief Elder of the Mission