CCF International Church

We have recently come out of one of the finest Conferences to be held in Durban, hosted by Dr Sagie Govender and Ap Frans du Plessis, both of whom are widely respected as fathers in the city. The level of impartation was phenomenal as the Lord unfolded apostolic strategies for nation building in this present day. The Lord spoke through the various grace carriers with great clarity. The Word has been declared!  “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying”.  We have to now go back and revisit and review all of our strategies for the nations that the Lord has placed in our care. We have discovered “the pearl of great price”. We now have to take ownership.

2 Tim 4:1-5
4:1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

The apostle Paul charges his like minded son Timothy before God and the Lord Jesus Christ. This demonstrates the ultimate level of accountability of any minister of the gospel or any son …. We are charged before God and the Lord Jesus Christ to preach the Word! Sadly there is a community out there that will only receive that which satisfies and massages its flesh; sermons that would scratch its itch. They have little interest in the truth. Utterances are rejected out of hand because they do not fit the stereotype.
Consider the young man Joseph. He dreamt that he would have oversight over his parents and his brothers. This was received by his family as outrageous, audacious, impossible. Yet it was the truth.
However his father kept the matter in mind. This should be our position. Those things that we do not fully grasp the first time ought to be stored away for further meditation.

Gen 37:10-11
10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” 11 And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Let us examine another scripture.

Luke 2:49-51
49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” 50 But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.
51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.

Here again the parents of Jesus the 12 year old, failed to understand his utterance. But his mother kept the matter in her heart for further meditation.
Jesus was under no obligation to appease the hearers.

This is the demand of the heavens upon the apostles in this present day.

I wish to apologise to all my friends for not updating my site in recent times. I have been incredibly busy travelling to the neighbouring African countries.
The Churches in Wyebank meet at CCF International Church on the 1st August 2010 for our local covenant gathering.
The Apostolic Conference will be held at the Sibaya Conference Centre between the 2nd and the 5th of August 2010.
We also look forward to the arrival of Ap Ivan Andrade in October 2010.

Tuesday saw us gather at the Albert Falls for the Father/Sons fellowship. We are all committed to the truth that this is the wineskin that God is presently constructing and perfecting to advance the plans of God in this season. Leaders from various households of faith gathered as a family submitting to the “fathering grace” resident in Dr Sagie and Ap Thamo. We all contributed to the discussions and there were many insightful revelations shared. We dealt with the expectations of sons of their fathers; as well as the expectations of fathers from their sons, referring to the turning of hearts prophesied by Malachi:

Mal 4:5-6
5 “See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

This has to come to pass….the turning of  hearts for curses to break.

We all left Albert Falls with a stronger sense of purpose.

Pictures from meetings held recently in Salvador at Agape Apostolic Ministries.

DOMINGO CULTO DA FAMILIA

We join with fellow South Africans in congratulating Bafana Bafana for their victory against France yesterday. Sadly this victory was not enough to get them through to the next round. This does not in any way diminish our pride in this team that went down fighting. True South African spirit!

Great move of the Spirit in the recent meeting in Salvador (23 May) where the voice of the Lord was heard through His prophets. Many believers were encouraged and strengthened in their faith! Let the prophet speak!

BELIEVERS RESPONDING TO THE MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

AP EDUARDO RIBEIRO

Uma Igreja pra quem não gosta de igreja e uma igreja para pessoas de quem a igreja não gosta”

A PIB em Cosmorama comemora 20 anos e neste tempo gostaria de pensar com você qual está sendo o papel da igreja no mundo de hoje. Somos levados a avaliar a nossa intervenção na sociedade e de que maneira temos contribuído para o crescimento do Reino de Deus aqui na Terra.
Enquanto Igreja do Senhor, precisamos ser o diferencial positivo para os que estão de fora e inseri-los, não em um contexto estratificado, mas agregá-los de forma homogênea, sem preconceitos, tornando a igreja única: o corpo vivo de Cristo.
Essa é a nossa visão para a comemoração de nosso aniversário no ano de 2010 e contamos com sua presença no dia 20 de junho, às 10h e às 19h30min. Teremos a presença do Pr. Eduardo Rosa Pedreira, líder espiritual da Comunidade Presbiteriana da Barra da Tijuca, casado com Márcia, pai de Duda e Dadal, professor de Ética Corporativa e Responsabilidade Social das Empresas (FGV) e escritor. Ministrando os louvores teremos a banda Crombie, da Igreja Presbiteriana Betânia – Niterói – RJ.
Venha celebrar a Deus conosco!
PIB em Cosmorama
Rua Cosmorama, 367 – Mesquita – RJ
Tel/fax: (21) 3763-0272
http://www.pibemcosmorama.com

SHEILA AT OUR GATE TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD

The Comrades Marathon is a world famous ultra marathon that is run between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg in the province of Kwa Zulu Natal. The distance run is about 90km. It attracts runners from all over the world. This year, for the second year in a row, it was won by Zimbabwean Stephen Muzhingi. For Sheila and I this event is a serious disruption as our home is directly on the route. But the joy that this event brings to the large crowd of supporters more than makes up for any inconvenience experienced.