From the Directors pen,
Welcome to
the F.R.O.M. Web page. If your reading this your have obviously logged
onto our page. I have been prompted to write this second letter by my sister
in law who has been logging onto our site regularly. Thank you Janine for
pushing, it is time I wrote my thoughts again.
I am convinced
that we are nearer the Coming of the Lord now than ever before.
That statement
is obvious, however what I mean is that there are so many signs on the
earth today that indicate His soon return. There are such facts as Global
warming, earth quakes, volcanoes, wars and rumors of wars, men's hearts
failing them for fear. There have been more frequent earth quakes and volcanoes
over the last ten years that over the one hundred years preceding.
Certainly
political movement towards one world government is going according to plan,
the banking system is working at a most furious pace to consolidate all
smaller operations under one roof, working towards one world currency.
The time has
come for the Church of Jesus Christ to consolidate as well. The time has
come for denominational barriers to fall, and the Bride of Christ to make
herself ready. Righteousness must prevail. The single minded attitude of
certain church leaders must be broken down and a kingdom vision must be
the focus. The attitude that only "I" can do it must die and we must encourage
disciples to rise up and take their proper place at all cost so that the
lost can be brought in with all speed. Many a church leader is still too
concerned about his own income to truly encourage members of his flock
to rise up and take their rightful position in the church and in the Lord's
plan. However I say "rise up", we cannot allow the work to stand and be
held at bay by small minded men. There are men and woman of stature being
raised up all over the world at this very moment who are willing to stand
up and preach righteousness, and speak the honest truth at all costs, who
are not afraid of the consequences, and who believe in the miracles of
God and will see them come to pass at their own hand because they believe
unwavering in the word of God. The time has come to preach the basics once
again, to see the Apostles at work, to receive the Prophet, and be taught
by the Teacher. Pastors must shepherd their flock and draw in the stragglers
and comfort their flock tending the wounds they receive in the battle fields
of life and protect them from the very troops that would turn on them,
while the evangelist calls to the lost. So we should be seeing the full
ministry at work in every congregation. There will never be enough workers.
So I encourage
you if you are a leader to set your focus on Christ and the call to save
the lost and forget your own position and sacrifice yourself to the work
of raising up leaders, freeing yourself to move to higher ground. I encourage
you congregation members to recognise the call on your life and prepare
your mind to step up to the plate and operate under the anointing God has
placed on you. There are no Christians on this earth who were saved to
just live out their lives. We have all been called to work. "Faith without
works (of faith) is dead" ( my italics).
The time has
come for the church to become righteous and true. To speak out against
the deeds of the flesh, to stand up against the lies of society that would
try to make certain things acceptable by lowering standards. The time has
come for the church to voice itself against the leadership of the day in
Righteousness and to warn that leadership of the consequences of their
actions. We have the power to Bless and to Curse. I do not advocate disobedience
or unlawful behavior as that is against God's Word. However we have the
spiritual power and authority to stand against the power of the enemy.
It's time for the church to stand against the wrongs we see and hear which
have become acceptable such as pornography on our TV, lies from our politicians.
Its also time we stood against the false, who would use a false doctrine
for their own ends. Its time that a righteous church be heard.
It grieves
me that we see so many church leaders in politics who are so obviously
ministers of Satan. It grieves me that so many of our denominational leaders
are so obviously not filled with the Spirit of God. " They have a form
of Godliness but deny the power thereof". It grieves me that so call church
leaders are involved in secular sins such as fraud and sexual sin. While
I am not so naive as to think that these men cannot fall, in many cases
they have never stood for Righteousness. The time has come where congregation
members stand up and demand righteous leaders. In fact its time the righteous
leaders stand up and take their rightful place. Speak the truth, pronounce
Gods word and live the life. The truth will set us all free.
It is our
desire in F.R.O.M. to assist in raising the standard of leadership through
training and teaching. Not to break down the church or cause division,
but to strengthen it by raising the standard of leadership, allowing that
leadership to grow the church. So to this end we are endeavoring to network
wherever possible and assist any existing ministry to fulfill its goals
in the spirit of kingdom vision. We are endeavoring to have leadership
seminars and training sessions all over africa. We assist "up and coming"
ministries to get established wherever possible. We need your help to do
so. Get involved, assist us by making yourself available , by providing
support, you'd be surprised what we can do with a small donation from you.
We prefer an ongoing small donation to a large once off, however we gladly
accept anything you feel led to give.
Be encouraged,
write to us - we take criticism well but prefer praise.
God bless you in everything you do for him
Richard Duncan
Director