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We must not only BELEIVE Jesus Christ...We must not only LOVE Jesus Christ...We must also RECEIVE Jesus Christ!

 

Let Jesus Wash Your Feet

 

John 13:8
8Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

 

Can you imagine the Lord wanting to wash your feet? Peter could not. His shocked reaction — “Lord, how can you wash my feet!” — would probably be ours too.

 

I want you to notice what the Lord said to him: “Peter, if I don’t wash your feet, you have no part with Me.” What the Lord was actually saying to Peter was, “Peter, you cannot flow together with Me, you cannot walk together with Me in ministry, in service and in effectiveness, if you don’t let Me wash your feet.” So Peter said, “Lord, [wash] not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” (John 13:9)

 

But Jesus answered him saying, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean…” (John 13:10)

 

Once we have accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are bathed all over, and cleansed by His blood once and for all eternity! His blood has perfected us forever (Hebrews 10:14), and we only need to wash our feet because we walk in the world and our feet pick up dust and dirt, causing us to stumble.

So how is Jesus washing our feet today? Ephesians 5:25–26 tells us that “Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word”.

 

We Christians and as the church, are cleansed with the washing of water by the Word. The more we come under anointed teaching that unveils Christ through the Word, the more the cleansing goes on. And as our feet are washed, instead of stumbling, we will be walking and even running!

 

Today, though high and lifted up in heaven, Jesus is dressed in a robe with a golden girdle around his chest. (Revelation 1:13) Like a servant who uses his girdle as a towel to serve, Jesus wants us to sit down and let Him serve us — by washing our feet with a deeper revelation of Himself through His Word. Beloved, this is what gives us victory in our daily walk!

 

This is what it means to FULLY, COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY RECEIVE our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

 

You are blessed all the days of your lives!

 

Love and Blessings!

Pastor Erwin

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Finished! by Harvest Ministries

When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.

—John 19:30

The cross was the goal of Jesus from the very beginning. His birth was so there would be His death. The incarnation was for our atonement. He was born to die so that we might live. And when He had accomplished the purpose He had come to fulfill, He summed it up with a single word: “finished.”

In the original Greek, it was a common word. Jesus probably used it after He finished a project that He and Joseph might have been working on together in the carpentry shop. Jesus might have turned to Joseph and said, “Finished. Now let’s go have lunch.” It is finished. Mission accomplished. It is done. It is made an end of.

So what was finished? Finished and completed were the horrendous sufferings of Christ. Never again would He experience pain at the hand of wicked men. Never again would He have to bear the sins of the world. Never again would He, even for a moment, be forsaken of God. That was completed. That was taken care of.

Also finished was Satan’s stronghold on humanity. Jesus came to deal a decisive blow against the devil and his demons at the cross of Calvary. Hebrews 2:14 says, “Only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who hadthe power of death.” This means that you no longer have to be under the power of sin. Because of Jesus’ accomplishment at the cross, finished was the stronghold of Satan on humanity.

And lastly, finished was our salvation. It is completed. It is done. All of our sins were transferred to Jesus when He hung on the cross. His righteousness was transferred to our account.
So Jesus cried out the words, “It is finished!” It was God’s deliberate and well-thought-out plan. It is finished—so rejoice!

Surrender at Gethsemane via Harvest Ministries

Then He said to the, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”  

—Mark 14:34

Have you ever felt lonely? Have you ever felt as though your friends and family had abandoned you? Have you ever felt like you were misunderstood? Have you ever had a hard time understanding or submitting to the will of God for your life?

If so, then you have an idea of what the Lord Jesus went through as He agonized at Gethsemane.

Hebrews tells us, “This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it” (4:15–16 nlt).

The Bible tells us that Jesus was “a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief” (Isaiah 53:3 nlt). But the sorrow He experienced in Gethsemane on the night before His crucifixion seemed to be the culmination of all the sorrow He had ever known and would accelerate to a climax the following day. The ultimate triumph that was to take place at Calvary was first accomplished beneath the gnarled old olive trees of Gethsemane.

It is interesting that the very word Gethsemane means “olive press.” Olives were pressed there to make oil, and truly, Jesus was being pressed from all sides that He might bring life to us. I don’t think we can even begin to fathom what He was going through.

But look at what it accomplished. It brought about your salvation and mine. Because of what Jesus went through at Gethsemane and ultimately at the cross, we can call upon His name. Though it was an unfathomably painful, horrific transition, it was necessary for the ultimate goal of what was accomplished.

Maybe you are at a crisis point in your life right now—a personal Gethsemane, if you will. You have your will; you know what you want. Yet you can sense that God’s will is different.
Would you let the Lord choose for you? Would you be willing to say, “Lord, I am submitting my will to Yours. Not my will, but yours be done”? You will not regret making that decision.

A Message to the Campers

Hello ENCOUNTER campers!!!

I have missed you so much since last year's youth camp...but I am so looking forward to seeing all of you at this year's Bay Camp Encounter!

It will be at the same camp site as last year, at the Mission Springs Christian Camp and Conference Center in Scotts Valley (Santa Cruz)...I'm so excited about this year's Youth Camp that I cannot wait!!!

I've attached the leter inviting all of you and your friends to this year's Youth Camp...SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR...You can register to attend Bay Camp Encounter 2011 ON-LINE...at www.bayencounter.posterous.com We've made it easy for you to sign up...all you have to do is fill in the registration form and we'll take care of everything!  Our Camp theme this year is KINGDOM COME based on Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."  Remember last year's theme was "MOVING FORWARD" and now having moved forward, we shall all learn about Kingdom Living and truly live as disciples of Jesus Christ!

I trust that the Lord continues to bless you and your families!  You have all been in my prayers and I cannot wait to catch up and find out about the wonderful and amazing things that God is doing in your lives!

Just email me back if you have any questions at encounteret@gmail.com.  Please invite your friends and family to Bay Camp Encounter 2011.  CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU!  You are blessed all the days of your lives!

Love and Blessings,

Pastor Erwin

 

Bay Camp Encounter 2011

A Message to the Parents

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Youth Summer Camp Information

Bay Camp Enounter 2011: Kingdom Come

July 10 - 13

Mission Springs

Christian Camp & Conference Center

Scotts Valley, CA

To register, click the link:

bayencounter.posterous.com/pages/registration

Registration for Bay Camp Encounter 2011: Kingdom Come is now OPEN!!!

That's correct everyone!  Registration for the Bay Camp Encounter 2011 is now open.  

A New Launch

Hey everyone, I'm very excited to announce that in the next couple days we're going to launch something new and I want to invite you to be a part of it.  This new launch is part of the Encounter International Ministries.  More updates to follow on how you can be part of this project.  Just follow us here at bcencounter.posterous.com; on Twitter: twittter.com/bcencounter; or on Facebook: facebook.com/bcencounter

God bless.

-Bernard

Two Days

Online registration

for

Bay Camp Encounter: Kingdom Come

will be available this Sunday.

Visit bayencounter.posterous.com

Announcement

Bay Camp Encounter: Kingdom Come

Mission Springs

Christian Camp & Conference Center

Scotts Valley, CA

July 10 - 13

Open registration begins on April 10th