We Are Witnesses – Audio
We Are Witnesses
The Great Mystery The New Birth Witnessing and Undershepherding Spruce Lake Retreat Center (Canadensis, PA) Mercado, Dean 07/05/2024
The Friday morning fellowship began with singing and prayer, building up to a ministering service in which believers who wanted to be prayed for were ministered to by others.
The teaching highlighted God’s will that all people be saved and come unto a knowledge of the truth, that this is his heart for everyone. It then traced how God provided for the first part of that will by raising Jesus Christ from the dead and making available the gift of the holy spirit in the new birth. The second part of His will requires that we witness to the truth of the resurrection by our words and by our operation of the power we’ve been given. The good news we announce to others is of the more than abundant life available now, as well as the hope of the eternal life that we will have in the future, and the Mystery is held up as the answer to all the division in the world. Paul’s speech before the Roman governor Festus and King Agrippa in Acts 26 is used to show all of these principles in operation.
A Saying to Live By – God First, Others Second, and Myself Third – Audio
A Saying to Live By – God First, Others Second, and Myself Third
Love The Great Mystery Elizabeth Avenue Fire House (Somerset, NJ) Armstrong, Joe 12/18/2004
This teaching reveals the proper order of a believer’s priorities from God’s Word. The Bible declares that the most important aspect of our lives is to seek God first. When our efforts are put into a real relationship with God, we will not be disappointed. Our next priority should be to help others. We determine that others’ needs are important, starting with the people in our vicinity. The teacher goes through the parable of the Good Samaritan as an illustration of helping others. Finally, we are willing to put our own needs last.
2023 Summer Camp – God’s Prevailing Word
Believing Love The Great Mystery Witnessing and Undershepherding Spruce Lake Retreat Center (Canadensis, PA) Various Teachers 07/03/2023 07/07/2023
For our first Summer Camp for adults since 2019 and our first at the Spruce Lake Retreat Center, the overall theme of the week was “God’s Prevailing Word”. The teachings each day revolved around a sub-theme: Monday was on “God’s Prevailing Word”, Tuesday on “Acts of Love”, Wednesday on “Believing Action”, Thursday on “Go Tell – Speaking God’s Word”, and Friday was the wrap-up summarizing the week.
Vision, Outreach
