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About
Us
This web
site was inspired by a trip to the holy land of Israel in November of
2004! It began with a tour group of about 1400 people from all over the
world who met in Jerusalem to kick off a 10-day spiritual journey through
the land of the bible. Led by Israeli tour guides, more than 25 buses
traveled through the historic town of Beersheba, Masada, the Dead Sea,
Cumran Caves, the Wailing Wall, the Garden Tomb, The Holy Sepulchre, the
Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane & the Way of the Cross!
As one of the largest tours in Israel's history, we continued together
through the town of Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, Tiberias, the sea of Galilee
and finally attended a baptismal ceremony in the Jordan River. This was
then highlighted by an upper room experience which changed the lives of
everyone in attendance forever!
As a group of about 40 or 50 of us walked into that quiet empty room;
everything seemed to be very calm and peaceful at first; until one of
the pastors opened up his bible to start reading a passage of scripture
and then within a few minutes the whole atmosphere of that room changed.
The power of God filled the room like a rushing mighty wind & everyone
immediately started speaking in tongues and worshipping God as the Holy
Spirit descended down upon us like tongues of fire! Some fell to their
knees in worship and some cried & wept aloud to the Lord as they began
to bask in the glory of His presence! After about 20 minutes of pure exhiliration
and getting lost in the presence of the Most High God; we all wiped away
the tears and gave each other a group hug and walked out of that room
transformed and changed forever! Praise the name of the Lord; the love
& presence of God was so real and geniune; it was an amazing and incredible
experience! Especially, since this was one of the rooms where Jesus first
visited his disciples after his resurrection on the first Easter Sunday!
In chapter 24 of the gospel of Luke; he talks about 'The Resurrection
of Christ'; 'the Messiah'; 'the Holy Anointed One of Israel'! In verse
36, he gives his version of what happened in his first encounter with
the risen Lord in the Upper Room. "While the disciples were talking
about the resurrection, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,
"Peace be with you." They were startled and frightened, thinking
they saw a ghost. He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why
do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself!
Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I
have." When he had said this, he showed then his hands and feet.
And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement,
he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" They gave
him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence.
He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with
you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law
of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms. Then he opened their minds so they
could understand the Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written:
The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance
and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you
what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been
clothed with power from on high."
The Ascension (v50-53):
When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his
hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was
taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem
with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God."
This is how the gospel of Luke ends; however he picks up right where he
left off in the book of Acts; where he describes what occured to the disciples
on the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus Christ; on the day of
Pentecost! In Acts 2:1, it says "When the day of Pentecost came,
they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing
of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they
were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated
and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
The rest is history as the disciples proceeded to change the landscape
of the world forever by preaching the Word of God to all nations even
under incredible odds and persecution from all sides! The kingdom of heaven
has been invading the earth now for over 2000 years and has continued
to grow to over 2 billion Christians worldwide. This is the only world
religion today that we're aware of which consists of representatives from
all the 70 table of nations outlined in chapter #10 of the book of Genesis
which were the descendants of Noah's 3 sons which populated the earth
after 'the great flood'!
You may be wondering what this has to do with the everyday stress and
anxiety and struggles and addictions that you're dealing with and the
answer is simple. If Jesus Christ is in fact the 'Son of God' as he claimed
to be; then we have been given the power as his disciples "to preach
the good news to the poor, proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery
of sight for the blind as outlined in the book of Isaiah 61 & Luke
4:18. We have the power in the name of Jesus to cast out demons and bring
healing and deliverance to those in need'. We are confident that we can
break any addiction or curse over your life by the power of God's Word
and His Holy Spirit in the name of His Son Jesus Christ of Nazareth! We
consist of a group of pastors, evangelists, prophets, teachers, and worshipers
(5-fold ministry) who meet regularly on a weekly basis to share ideas
and build each other up in the faith & worship our Lord & Saviour
in 'Spirit & Truth'. We're a team of spirit-filled Christians with
a desire to put the 'gifts of the Spirit' into action to bring healing
and deliverance to all of God's people. We currently meet outside of the
traditional church environment, but we would love the opportunity to bring
our anointing and spiritual gifts to your local church to help spark a
revival within your congregation to take them up to a new level!
We invite all of our Jewish, Muslim and Catholic friends to come and experience
the power of God's healing touch first hand. In fact, all of our brothers
and sisters from any Christian denomination are welcome as well to come
and experience the power of God. If you are struggling in any area of
your life; come and experience the power of God and let the 'Word of
Knowledge' & the 'Spirit of Truth' set you free! We accept
individual or group appointments and we can be reached at 416-738-5497.
God bless and keep strong in the faith!
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