Melissa Leggett Dec 13
Definition of Ekklesia
The shining city on the hill
A place of refuge from the world
A family of believers who trust in the Lord and diligently work to please him
The called out ones
The ruling council of God in the earth
Characteristics of Ekklesia:
Friendly, opening ones arms and home to those around them
Hospitable
Honest and upright in word and deed
A person of great conviction, honoring the gifts and talents in each person and recognizing the good in others
Discerning and wise people with a direct connection to the Holy Spirit
Warrior that helps to set other free rather than to enslave them
Peculiar people who do not react as the world does to others but rather reaches out to God's people in love.
Powerful intercessors who will never be found supporting the den of thieves but instead will be creating their own house of prayer, fully relying on God to change outcomes and bring home the prodigals.
Truth speakers who have been through hell to get to God of the Universe and will never give up on him or walk away.
Seasoned believers that are pressing on towards the prize.
Speakers that speak life and defend life in every aspect and opportunity.
Repentant hearts with humility towards standing uprightly before God.
People with hearts to see others succeed and will help in whatever way possible to see that happen. We are not jealous, proud, envious, murderous, scandalous, haughty, or arrogant, and if we fail to hit that Mark daily, we quickly repent.
We are God's chosen people, a Holy Priesthood!! Not in need of any other mediator other than Christ, because we have learned to hear from him ourselves.
John 15
"18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. 20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you. 21 They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me. 22 They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Anyone who hates me also hates my Father. 24 If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father. 25 This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures: ‘They hated me without cause.’
26 “But I will send ...
John 15
1 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved ...
