Insights From My Past
My Discipleship Journey The file below was first created in March-April of 2004. I began to write it as soon as I returned from my first trip to Israel. At the time, I was in a state of enormous turmoil and confusion. So, for my own benefit, I began to write to try to...
What Kind of a Man Is This? (Part 1)
Matthew 8:23-27 “When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, ‘Save us, Lord; we are...
The Awesome Grace of Our God
The Awesome Grace of Our God In other articles, we’ve highlighted this fact: people can’t really grasp the meaning of God’s ‘Good News’ until they come to grips with the depths and dire consequences of the ‘bad news.’ So let’s ponder the following considerations in...
Rebuilding Our Relationships – Living in the One Anothers
Rebuilding Our Relationships – Living in the One Anothers Dear Ones, Here in America, we are inundated with advertising. It seems there’s no end to books, CD’s, DVD’s, studies, seminars, etc. that are all geared around helping us to have better lives and...
Rebuilding Our Relationships – Separation or Unity
Dear Ones, Matthew 12:25 advises us concerning separation and its deadly influence upon all humans who don’t recognize and deal with it: “Every Kingdom divided against itself will not stand.” This admonition takes on a more critical application when seen in light of 2...
Restoring Our Hearts – The Importance of the Heart
Hello, Beloved. The subject of the Heart is a vast one. There are about 1,000 verses on this subject and it can seem a little overwhelming to address such an immense subject. So let’s address it by using questions that can narrow it down to make it more manageable...
Follow Me – What It Is and What It Is Not
A Reminder of the FMM Understanding of True New Covenant Disciples (A Note from John: This article repeats remarks I made elsewhere. They were originally posted in the July-August 2013 ‘Letters From Home’ section of our FMM website. The content is important enough to...
Restoring Our Hearts – Introduction
Restoring Our Hearts - Introduction Hello Beloved. FMM is launching a new series entitled “Restoring Our Hearts” and I have the privilege to share from the Scriptures a few things I have learned about the heart. Before I do that, please let me share some of my...
Rebuilding Our Relationships – Introduction
Dear Ones, You will recall in the January Family News, I gave a little glimpse into what I believe Father wants to use next to enhance and encourage our FMM family in their boot camp experiences. He started with the Renewing Our Minds series and the next two series...
Renewing Our Minds – What Beliefs do I Really Hold, and Where did They Come From?
Dear Ones, This meditation, like the others in the Renewing Our Minds series, is taken from the Biblical Truths learned in Christ Life which have been foundational for the FMM Pilot Group members. We’ll start with a basic timeline:...
Renewing Our Minds – Repentance, Not Just Remorse
Dear ones, Those of you who are aware of the Biblical calendar will recall that we are currently in the midst of the 40 days of Teshuva (repentance) leading up to the holy day of Yom Kippur. [Side note: If these Hebrew concepts in the Biblical calendar are new to...
Renewing our Minds – the Significance of Structures
Dear Ones, As we continue to contemplate the ongoing process of renewing our minds in Christ, it’s important that we understand there are certain laws governing the workings of God’s Creation that are at work in everything people try to do. Each of us is working with...
Renewing our Minds – the Power of Pictures
Renewing our Minds – the Power of Pictures Dear Ones, We’ve looked previously at the concept of gardening, seeing everything in seed form and planting wisely in our minds, lives and relationships. And we’ve considered our mental pipeline, how one thing leads to...
What Are We Really Believing?
Let us learn a deep lesson God wants to teach us. Ponder the words that make up the name of our Ministry: “FOLLOW ME!” Before we can follow our Master, we must first believe very, very deeply that He is actually here with us. If He is not truly here with us, we have...
Renewing Our Minds – The Awesome Mental Pipeline
RENEWING OUR MINDS – THE AWESOME MENTAL PIPELINE Dear Ones, As promised, Brenda and I would like to share some more of the wonderful tools found in our Disciple Training Toolboxes that we’ve gleaned from John’s earlier teachings. The recently posted number 15 Exodus...