The One Body: Ambassadors for Christ
The Great Mystery Witnessing and Undershepherding New Life Island (Upper Black Eddy, PA) Shaak, Erin 08/17/2024
This teaching looks at how we work together as a Body to make God’s will of having “all men to be saved, and come unto the knowledge of the truth” come to pass. First, you are needed. Each believer has an important role in bringing God’s will to pass. Be an ambassador for Christ wherever you are, and don’t allow schisms in the Body. Second, you have what you need. We give people the Word which always works, the same power what was in Christ, and the authority that comes with the ministry of reconciliation.
Standing on God’s Word No Matter What
New Life Island (Upper Black Eddy, PA) Flores, Andres 08/17/2024
The teacher encourages us to hold the Word of God fast in our hearts so that it can not be stolen from us, then the Word will anchor us so that we don’t drift away in the current of the world. We have to make the Word our own and say that God is “my God”; we can’t base our stand on other people. If we remember who appointed us as ambassadors and who is backing us up and we won’t flinch or hesitate in the face of circumstances or opposition.
Standing on God’s Word
Getting People Back to God: Why We Do What We Do
The Hope The New Birth New Life Island (Upper Black Eddy, PA) Penna, Alberto 08/16/2024
The teacher wants us to know that this is bigger than being part of a group or a ministry, but there is a great movement of God happening that we are a part of. We help people get back to God so that they can be free, be delivered, and have life in all of its manifestations. We are part of God’s history, and our lives can have an effect for centuries like the apostles. The teacher encourages us to see our lives bigger and to understand that our lives matter. Forget the past which is wiped away when we get born again and look to the hope that anchors our soul and to the new man and Christ in us that lets us bring miracles to pass by believing.
Jesus Christ: An Ambassador of God’s Love
Jesus Christ’s Example Love New Life Island (Upper Black Eddy, PA) Gilmore, Tim 08/16/2024
This teaching looks at the characteristics of the love of God in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 13 and then goes to examples in the Gospel of John where Jesus Christ loved people and exemplified these characteristics in his manifesting that love to people. As ambassadors, we get people to know God and His love by living it ourselves. The teacher warns that we will face criticism for practicing the love of God because it is counter to culture but to continue to decide to love anyway. We can encourage each other to keep loving and build a culture of love.
What to Do When You Are Sad
Renewed Mind Witnessing and Undershepherding New Life Island (Upper Black Eddy, PA) Gocher, Caleb 08/16/2024
God does not want us to be sad. He cares when something disturbs our hearts. This teaching looks at how we can have a peaceful heart by filling our hearts and minds with the Word of God and going to God with our worries, stress, and doubt. When we have a peaceful heart, we will be effective ambassadors for Christ as people will see us and want what we have.
Choosing to Serve
Jesus Christ’s Example The Great Mystery New Life Island (Upper Black Eddy, PA) Rosa, Nathaniel 08/16/2024
We represent Christ as ambassadors, so we should choose to serve like he did. This teaching looks at how Jesus Christ served despite being the only perfect man and how the Apostle Paul served despite the mistakes he made in the past. Each believer has a different role in the body, but we are all equally important. We are instructed to put ourselves aside in order to serve.
