Victoria Harvest Church: Recent Episodes
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We are starting a new series revisiting our core values as a church and today is a brief overview and intro to the Fire Values.
In the last session in this series, Russ takes a look at the difficult passages Paul wrote in the Bible about women prophesying, leading, and teaching.
Be encouraged by an infectious Shaun as he shares powerful testimonies of God working as as he brings words to people in his everyday life.
listen to michelle's powerful testimony of healing after she responded to a word of knowledge 3 weeks later!
Russ continues his four part series on women in church, looking at the stories of the woman who was to be stoned for adultery, and the gentile woman with the demon possesed daugher.
Russ shares about Kingdom - what it means historically, different views of Kingdom, and how we can apply it.
Vicki Orsillo from The Father's House Church in Oroville, CA shares her story as part of a team visiting and ministering.
Judgement always brings a result...
Scriptures from todays teaching
Hbr 12:15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
Pro 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Mat 7:2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Gal 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Deu 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Belief & Behaviour
Circumstances do not dictate who we are; who we are in Christ does.
Beliefs formed based on: experiences, natural mind, family heritage, repetition, misguided and false comfort
What are we hungry for?
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Accept the fact that I'm destined for greatness.
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I'm in a constant state of transformation.
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All transformation happens at the heart level.
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Use tools to influence our heart on a daily basis: music, meditating on Jesus, scripture, etc.
Exodus 20:5-6
Genesis 12, 20, 26, 27, 29:15
2 Sam 11; 1 Cor 11; John 16:5
Barry Adams: My Dad is the best Dad in the universe
http://www.thebestdad.net/about.html
PDF of Script & Bible References (Over 150)
http://www.thebestdad.net/The_Best_Dad_In_The_Universe.pdf
1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
Habakkuk 2:1-2 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. The LORD's Answer Then the LORD replied: "Write down" the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
Habakkuk 2:1-2
I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
The LORD's Answer
Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
Eph 3:17-19
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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father Heart of God
Brief review
- Scriptural Foundation
- Central Event
- Spirit of Adoption
- Total image of God - Masculine and Feminine
Today
- Broken images of Fatherhood
Luke 11::11-13 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Our experience with our earthly father can and does affect how we think of God as our father.
Possible 'Dad' types which can affect our view of God as a Father
- Absent Dad
- Passive Dad
- Performance Oridented Dad
- Authoritarian Dad
- Abusive Dad
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLCaAu_H2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRoIDXeuY
Dan and Gwen Slade: https://ctftoronto.com/about/our-associate-team/dan-and-gwen-slade
Who is Partners in Harvest
http://www.partnersinharvest.org/
10,294 churchs (10,000 with Heidi and Roland Baker)
Birthed out of revival in Toronto Revival
Partners is the wineskin to contain the revelation given in the revival
Family oriented - family Based
Local Churches and Missions oriented
Encourages teams to go and experience the movement of God
F - Father's Heart
I - Intimacy
R - Restoration
E - Evangelism with Signs and Wonders
Dan's Testimony
James 5 - Have the elders pray for the sick
Mini Revival based on the obedience to this command and the healing of a little girl
Started to investigate and work with John Wimber's teaching
Went as missionaries to Ukraine
Oversaw the introduction of 40 Partners in Harvest churches in the Ukraine
Moved back to Canada
Approached to be the international co-ordinators for PIH
Teaching
Joshua - Principles during Transition
VHC is in a period of transition
Joshua has principles for this period
Principle 1 - The gift of Holy Boredom
- The pain of change is less the pain of staying where you are
- There must be more than were I am
Principle 2 - New alignments
- New seasons bring new alignments
- Russ and Jo have been brought to this church
- Ephesians 4:11-12 - equiping (NKJV) - to align what has been put out of Joint as in verse 16
- We need to receive Russ and Jo. Actively as in Philippians 2:29
Principle 3 - Recognize and Follow the Presence of God
- We need to listen to the voice of the Lord - moving beyond the familiar
Principle 4 - In can bring Pain
- In the midst of change, exposure and removal of what is required can occur - Joshua 5:2
- God is not concerned about us being weak. His grace is shown in our weakness
Principle 5 - Letting go of the familiar
- God loves change; he is a pioneer, sending those who follow into the unfamiliar
Principle 6 - New form of provision
- God displays his grace in new ways - Joshua 5:12
Principle 7 - God will bring in a new strategy for warfare
- Isreal moved from the power of Moses to the warefare at Jerico
Understating the True Image of God - a look at the feminine
Gen 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Gen 2:18-23
And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him."
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he
would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a
helper comparable to him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and
closed up the flesh in its place.
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: "This is
now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
James and Denise Jordon - http://www.fatherheart.net/
God's Image - Encompasses the Masculine and Feminine, not in regards to gender, but attributes, attributes of God given to man,
unique to each person
Together there is strength, division brings weakness
Experiencing the fullness of both, allows us to be. Allows us to receive, allows us to respond to God, allows us to respond to
others, to nurture, to rest.
Effects of the sin, Gen 3:1-7.
- Eyes were not open until they both ate
- Before, every desire and need was met, suddenly there were needs which were not met (nakedness), and there was a relationship with separation (they hid)
Relationship between Woman and the serpent, Gen 3:13-15. There is now war against woman; she represents the feminine attributes, an expression of this curse.
Romans 8:14-16
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God
-We are adopted into God's family
-The opposite of adoption is fatherlessness
Jack Frost - http://www.shilohplace.org/
Orphan Heart vs Heart of SonShip - http://www.shilohplace.org/resource_files/download/4bb6bb1c-c704-4899-a1a5-261d43e3d9b2
Central Event showing the example of God's love through Jesus
-Baptism - Matthew 3:16-17
- Jesus was fully man and fully God, one of the reasons we know he can fully identify with us
- The father proclaims "This is my Beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."
- this is the beginning of Jesus ministry - this is what God the father felt was important to say as Jesus started
- Jesus is identifying with man in this action - he did not need to be baptized but he did it to demonstrate his association with us
Referances - Father's Love
Ed Piorek - www.fatherlovesyou.com
Henry Noewen - www.henrinouwen.org
Brenden Manning - www.brennanmanning.com
Matt 17:14-20
And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."
Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me."
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"
So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
John 3:16
- I want to you (the Son) to go down so I can know (fill your name in here)
We need to be grounded in the reality of the Father's love
We are not orphans anymore, we are loved by God the Father
You are loved by your heavenly Father
We can step into the love relationship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Love Your City Event - Christmas Choir - Dec 11-12
Mark 5:18-20
As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him. And He did not let him, but He said to him, "Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you. And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed
Galatians 5:22-25
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
2 Timothy 1:6-8
For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner...
Be everything to others as Jesus has been to you
All you really need to be is Krazy for Jesus.
Gen 5:1-2
In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
Clear here to see the video
Rev 5:9-10
And they sang a new song, saying,
"Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain,
and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
"You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."
Matt 22:36-39
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"
And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'
This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
Psalm 51:16-17
For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Luke 5 1-11
The Calling of the First Disciples
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
Simon answered, “Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
John 13:1-10
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand. "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me. Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but m hands and my head as well!" Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you."
Why the Church?
Galatians 5:13-14
John 13:34, 15:12,17
1 Peter 4:10, 1:22
1 Corinthians 13
Philippians 2:3
1 Thessalonians 5:9-13, 3:12-13
1 John 4:7
Matthew 16:13-18
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Our Church - fearfully and Wonderfully made - Christ's Representatives
2 Corinthians 5:20
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.
2 Corinthians 4:13b-15
With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
What makes us unique? Our (group) grace gift
- worship/music (One of the things which has taken us through the tough times)
- acceptance (we represent a diverse people across many boundaries)
- healing of the heart
- perseverance
- generosity
- love
- God centred
- fellowship
- community (We seek to serve the whole body - physical, emotional, spiritual)
- compassion (We have a heart for community)
- presence seeking (we are aware of Gods' presence - aware of our mystical reality)
- intercession (through music and prayer)
- Leaders from outside of church
- Leaders in church - they stayed soft when things got rough
James 1
19 This you know, my beloved brethren But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;
22 ... Prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers ...
Isaiah 42:5
God - He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it.
Isaiah 41:8-10
But you, O Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend.
I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 45:18b-19
I am the LORD, and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, in some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me in a waste place.' I, the LORD, speak righteousness, declaring things that are upright.
Isaiah 46:3-4
Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,and all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been borne by Me from birth and have been carried from the womb; Even to your old age I will be the same, and even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; and I will bear you and I will deliver you.
Isaiah 41:17-20 (NASB)
The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the LORD, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the bare heights And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water.
I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress,
That they may see and recognize, And consider and gain insight as well, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Luke 18:31-34
Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon, and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again." But the disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.
Luke 24: 5b-7
Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Matt 18:1-19
"Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!"
Hebrews 12:14a - Make every effort to live in peace with all men
If you want to have peace in every situation, you start with peace with each other.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Acts 4:33
With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.
Revelation 22: 20-21He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.
Ephesians 2:13 (NIV)
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
Gal 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law
Luke 1:13-17
Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for
he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or
other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even
from birth. Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. And
he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to
turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to
the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the
Lord."
Genesis 45:8
So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
1Then he brought me back to the A)">(A)door of the house; and behold, B)">(B)water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. 2He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side.
3When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.
4Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins.
5Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a C)">(C)river that could not be forded.
6He said to me, "Son of man, have you D)">(D)seen this?" Then he brought me back to the bank of the river.
7Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many E)">(E)trees on the one side and on the other.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
"I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite."
Ephesians 4:17-25
So 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. They 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. Having 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. You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
Isaiah 57 14-19
And it will be said:
“Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.” For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me— the breath of man that I have created. I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him, creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
| James 1:2-4 | Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. |
Sunday AM.
John & Judy Davies--update on Hannah
Various words from the congregation,
and communion.