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WHAT WE BELIEVE

Tenets of Faith

Tenets of faith are essential because they provide the framework for a person’s belief system. Incorrect doctrine will lead to incorrect beliefs, habits, and lifestyles. We believe that it is important to know your faith, love your faith, and live your faith. That's why Feel Your Faith accepts the Scriptures as the revealed will and design of God for humanity and adopts these following statements of faith as fundamental doctrinal truths for abundant Christian living.

WORSHIP

 

We believe that worship is the adventure of intentionally declaring, celebrating, magnifying, glorifying and savoring the greatness, beauty and majesty of our God. He is our supreme treasure, the object of our deepest affection, the only One who satisfies. We believe that the highest form of worship is a response of all that we are to all God has revealed Himself to be in the Bible, creation, and our everyday lives. It's a way of life. It's what we were designed to do. It's what we will do forever in heaven. It's the only thing we do as an end in itself. We believe worship services should be passionate, engaging, full of Scripture, prayer, and an awareness of God's awesome presence. (Psalm 16:7-11; 27:4; 96; 100; Matthew 22:37-40; John 4:23-24; Revelation 5:11-14)

SCRIPTURES


We believe that the Bible, Old and New Testament, is the inspired and infallible Word of God. The Word of God, His whole counsel to us, holds the words to eternal life and the keys of the Kingdom of God of God, which shows us Gods principles, and standards for living and it is spiritual food an final authority that sustains us in all areas, situations, circumstances, conditions, endeavours, undertakings, realms, facets, affairs, and relationships of our lives (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:21; Hebrews 4:12; Acts 20:27)


GOD


We believe that God is eternally existent in three separate persons comprised of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All are One representing the Holy Trinity (Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19)


JESUS CHRIST


We believe the Lord Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. That He lived a sinless life, provided for atonement of our sins by His death on the cross, was resurrected after three days, ascended back to the right hand of God the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for us. (John 3:16, Matthew 1:18-20)


HOLY SPIRIT


We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person in the Holy Trinity that He proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is eternal. (Matthew 3:16, John 14:16, John 15:26)


SALVATION


We believe in the salvation of man, his fall and redemption.

A) Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adams transgression and fall, sin came into the world. The Bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

B) Mans only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, He was manifested to undo the works of the devil(1John 3:8).When Jesus died on the cross He became sin and sickness for us providing salvation and healing for all(Psalm 103:3)

C) Salvation comes by faith in Jesus Christ and not by human works. Believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, and by confessing with your mouth Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life. (Romans 10:8-10, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 5:20-21)


WATER BAPTISM


We believe in going H2O with your faith and that water baptism is by full immersion and is a direct commandment from or Lord and is for believers only. Baptism in water is an outward sign of an inward faith, a statement to the world that a believer has died or put away the old ways of life and have been raised to a new way of life in Christ. (Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:4, Colossians 2:12)


BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT


We believe in the Baptism with the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus Christ to all believers and is received subsequent to salvation. All believers are entitled to, and should expect and earnestly seek the promise to be filled with, led by, and serve through the power of the Holy Spirit. Evidence of Spirit Baptism according to scripture is an uncompromising love for others, a boldness to witness the testimony of Jesus Christ and an earnest desire for Christian service as well as speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, and that such a baptism empowers the believer to be effective for Christ. (Matthew 3:11; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8, 2:4, 2:38-39, Acts 19:1-7; Romans 8:15; Ephesians 5:18)


IMPACT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

 

We believe that the Holy Spirit is at work today within the Church through His gifts, fruits and anointed ministers. We believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are given to every believer and need to be activated and exercised to fulfill their divine pur­pose of blessing the Body of Christ. (Acts 1:8, 2:39, 19:1-6, Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 28, 14:2, 18, Galatians 5:22-23, Ephesians 4:11)


COMMUNION


We believe that Holy Communion, the celebration of the Lords Supper, shows forth the Lord's death until He comes, should be taken regularly, and is for believers only after careful self-examination and repentance as a time of remembrance of what God has done for us. (Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 26:26-28, Romans 5:11, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, 1 Peter 2:24)


HEALING


We believe in Divine Healing that divine provision was made for the physical, mental, and spiritual healing of the believer through the prayer of faith and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for by the redemptive work of Christ and is a privilege to every member in the Church today. (James 5:14-15, Isaiah 53:4-5, Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24)


SANCTIFICATION

We believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive work of grace, beginning at salvation and continuing until Christ’s return. The Bible teaches that without holiness no man will see the Lord. By the power of the Holy Spirit, the command of holiness can be obeyed. (Hebrews 12:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Peter 1:13-16, 2 Corinthians 3:18 Philippians 3:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:30)

RETURN OF CHRIST

We believe in the blessed hope that Jesus Christ is coming back again in person to gather all his saints to himself to rule on the earth, and will be visible to all and there will be a new heaven and a new earth. (Titus 2:13, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Revelation 21:1)

RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT

We believe in the Resurrection of the Dead and Eternal Judgment. The resurrection of both the saved and the lost. They who are saved will be resurrected to eternal life and those who are lost to the resurrection of eternal damnation. Both the saved and the lost will stand before God. The believer before the Judgment seat of Christ and the lost before the Great White Throne Judgment. (Hebrews 6:2, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Revelation 19:20, 20:10-15)

MARRIAGE

 

We believe in the sacredness of marriage between one man and one woman from two different families, marital fidelity, and family commitment. We promote strong Biblical family values. (Ephesians 5:31-33; Ephesians 6:1-4; Hebrews 13:4; Matthew 19:5; Leviticus 18:22; Genesis 2:24)


SYNERGY AND FELLOWSHIP

 

We believe that each believer has and is a contributing part of the Body of Christ. We are not capable of living the Christian life alone. It's a life shared with others. It's about doing life together. Every member of the family of God does their share and everyone has something to offer to others. All are important in Gods eyes and all work together to establish His kingdom in the earth. We all need support, prayer, instruction, and correction. Without vital connections to other Christians, all the "one another" commands the Bible gives go unfulfilled. But when we love one another, help carry each other's burdens, lay our lives down for each other, God manifests His presence in profoundly attractive ways. After all, genuine love toward imperfect people is what the Gospel looks like in real life and without it everything else we do is worthless. (John 17:20-23; 15:12-13, Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 12:14-27; 13, Galatians 5:13-15, 6:2, Ephesians 4:16, 1 John 4:7-12)


We believe in the importance of gathering together on a regular basis, so we can encourage the discouraged, lay hands on the sick so that they might be healed, develop relationships that are Christ-centered, and come into unity with one another so that Jesus might be lifted up and the Father glorified. (Acts 2:1, 44-47, Hebrews 10:25)

LIFESHAPING

 

Lifeshaping is the concept of being intentionally aware and open to the unfolding journey of God's perfect plan and individual design for our lives. We believe that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that God is actively forming us into the image, likeness and similitude of His Son, Jesus. We believe that He uses situations, circumstances, relationships, time, seasons, divine intervention, the Bible, His Spirit, prayer and many other seen and unseen factors to orchestrate, shape and accomplish His will in and for our lives. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Psalm 139:14; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:46-49, John 3:16; 10:10; 11:25-26; 14:6; Acts 2:38-9; Romans 8:28-29; Colossians 1:28-29; Ephesians 4:15-16; 1 John 2:3-8; 4:7-11; Titus 1:2)

COMMUNITY IMPACT

 

We believe in a Biblical world view and that community impact is the exciting activity of intentionally joining Jesus in spreading His love and Gospel to all people everywhere socially, politically, economically, educationally, and spiritually. We believe that all Christians are to think and act "missionally." We may never make it to a foreign country, but we are all called to reach out beyond ourselves to love and serve others. Christ is our King and the highest priority of our lives is to extend His reign–especially to the outcasts, the poor, and those who don't know Him yet. (Acts 1:8; Matthew 6:33; 25:37-40; 28:18-20; Genesis 12:1-3)

EVANGELISM

We believe that soul winning is the "one big business" of the Church on earth, and that every hindrance to worldwide evangelism should be removed. (James 5:20; Mark 16:15)

TITHING AND OFFERINGS

We believe that tithing and offerings are ordained of God to sustain His ministry, spread the Gospel, and release personal blessing. (Malachi 3:10; 1 Corinthians 16: 1, 2)

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