Pastors Jim and Tiffney Cruse
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As the Lord continues to do powerful things here at
Hope Chapel, God has also continued to give us
increased vision for the future. In this letter we hope to
impart to you a part of this vision. In Jesus Name.... In the book of Ephesians Paul writes that the various offices of the Holy Spirit are given to help equip the saints for the works of the ministry (serving). Our first and foremost goal is to help impart vision to the saints, that the members of the body of Christ may see the pathway that leads toward the works in which God has pre-destined for us to do. Our secondary goal is to help the saints understand that we all are anointed in Christ Jesus and that the members of the body of Christ can walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, showing and demonstrating not only the fruits of the Spirit, but, also operating in the gifts of the Spirit. Our third goal is to encourage the saints to service, which Paul considered only reasonable, for we are saved to serve. God expects us to serve and not only that, but we should serve with exceeding joy, knowing that God rewards those who diligently seek Him and the purposes of His kingdom. As a fourth goal we desire to encourage the saints to faithfulness (in all areas) that they may increase (in all areas). Not to increase only in spiritual areas (not that I desire to minimize the importance of spiritual things in any way), but, for us, as members of the body of Christ, to realize that Jesus came that we may have life and have it more abundantly; in the spiritual realm, the soulical realm (the healing of the mind/will/emotions), the physical realm, that our human bodies may walk in health even as our souls prosper, and the natural realm that we as believers have an abundance of resources to be a blessing not only to our immediate families, but to others as well. And lastly, our goal is to encourage the body of Christ to be moving consistently towards becoming mature, unified, and wise believers. That we should no longer be children tossed to and fro; being carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, that we may grow up in all things unto Him who is the Head--Jesus Christ! --Pastor Jim Cruse |
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