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PLEASE PRAY FOR MY MOM! (2/28/10)
I'd like to request that you please pray for my mom. She's 83 years old and living in a nursing home in Illinois. She has been recently diagnosed with cancer. Thank God she is a Christian, but I strongly believe that cancer is not from God. If she is nearing her time to "graduate", that's great, but God can take her without great suffering. It is unfortunate that some of my family members which are close to her have been speaking sickness and death regarding her for at least the past five years. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Pr.18:21). I will continue to speak health and healing regarding her, regardless of her age. God has promised a long life (Ps.91:16). 83 is a long life for this family. Both of her parents died in their 60s. Two of her brothers died in their 40s. One her brothers died in his 60s. Her only sister died in her 70s. So Mom has outlived everyone in her immediate family. But she frequently has told me that she expects to reach 100. I believe that it is that faith and positive confession that has prolonged her life beyond everyone else in her family. However, the promise in Psalm 91:16 is "With long life I will satisfy him (her), and show him (her) My salvation." If Mom isn't satisfied, then neither should we be. But at bare minimum, we should agree with her for a healing from the cancer.

HAPPY PRESIDENT'S DAY! (2/15/10)
Happy President's Day: "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." (George Washington)

COUNSELING COURSES! (02/8/10)
Many of you have indicated interest in taking our LCU Christian Counseling Courses. My current plan is to have Counseling Program One taught in the 2010-2011 school year. However, you need to be aware of how to qualify for these courses. First: You can only take the LCU Christian Counseling Courses if you have completed all of the LCU Theology Program One and Theology Program Two courses. Second: The Counseling Courses build on each other, so you must take the first one (Aug.2010), and you cannot skip any courses. Third: You cannot take any of the LCU Counseling Courses as a Correspondence Course. So if you are still interested in taking the Counseling Courses, but haven???t completed Theology Programs One and Two, that would be the place to begin. If there is enough interest in it, we will probably offer the Counseling Courses again in the 2011-2012 school year.

LCU CLASSES CANCELED FOR MONDAY (2/7/10)

The Blizzard of 2010 has come and gone. But it will take a few days for everyone to get shovelled out of their neighbourhoods. Because of the overwhelming amounts of snow and ice that we are all dealing with, we are canceling the LCU classes for tomorrow evening (Monday 2/8/10). Our next LCU classes will be on President???s Day, next Monday evening (2/15/10). This will push the test date for the current courses back to the first Monday in March (3/1/10). Unfortunately, this also pushes all of our courses back, causing our last course for the year to go past our current graduation date. Therefore, I am contemplating pushing our graduation date back a couple of weeks to 7/10/10. Of course, any date change will have to be confirmed with the CNV pastor and elders, but if that date is a problem with any of you, please let me know ASAP.

LIFE OF PAUL COURSE CANCELED! (2/6/10)

We were planning on starting the Life of Paul course in March, but our plans have changed. The main campus has notified me that the Life of Paul Course in no longer available, so I have updated the calendar to reflect changes that I need to make. Assuming there are no more canceled Mondays, here are the current course plans... www.abidinglife.net/2009_2010_calendar

E-NEWSLETTERS!(1/20/10)
I have been sending out the "Abiding in the Vine" e-newsletter at least twice per month for about 4 years now. I send it out to anyone in the Northern Virginia area who has expressed interest in Abiding Life Christian Ministries or Faith Christian Fellowship of Northern Virginia. From now on (until further notice) I will only be sending the "Abiding in the Vine" newsletter out once per month, on the 20th of each month. This is mainly because I am now sending out three separate e-newsletters per month. On the 10th of every month I am sending out a newsletter to all my current and past Life Christian University students and others who have expressed an interest in our LCU classes. If you don't receive that monthly e-newsletter but would like to, please send me an e-mail at ken@3john4.org and let me know. Also, on the 30th of every month I will be continuing to send out an e-newsletter to our FCFnv Prayer Partners. If you don't receive that monthly e-newsletter but would like to, simply fill at the form at www.abidinglife.net/prayer_partner and agree to pray for this vision and ministry from time to time.

FCFnv MEETING! (1/18/2010)
Well, it has been becoming increasingly more and more obvious to me that the date of April 4th is not a practical date for the start of Faith Christian Fellowship of Northern Virginia. Truthfully, a couple of years ago I felt impressed upon my heart that the date of 10/10/10 should be the target. I don't think I told anyone that because I didn't want to believe that it would take that long for us to start the church. Well, now that is indeed the date that I am looking at. In the meantime, I am still looking for people to join the FCFnv Leadership Team and the FCFnv Launch Team. If you are willing and able to join me, please come to the meeting at the Mason District Government Center on Columbia Pike in Annandale on February 6th at 7:30PM.

This meeting will be to discuss the business, leadership, organization, and official launching of Faith Christian Fellowship of Northern Virginia. We need to discuss what other events are ahead of us in 2010 also. If you want to be considered part of the Leadership Team or the Launch Team, you should be at this meeting. If you want to be a part of our Leadership Team or the Launch Team but it is impossible for you to make it, let me know. You can contact me at ken@3john2.org or 703.867.3615. We are targeting Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, and areas inside the capital beltway, presenting messages of Grace, Faith, Sonship, and the Spirit-Led Life.

I cannot help but focus on the vision God has given me for Faith Christian Fellowship of Northern Virginia and Life Christian University of Fairfax County. I am reminded of the many promises of God in Scripture about the power and authority the church is to be operating in here on Earth. Though we've pushed our church start date back a few times, I am convinced that this year the FCFnv vision will come to fruition. We continue to march forward in our mission with the vision of impacting Northern Virginia and the Greater Washington DC area with the fullness of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and the proclamation of the Word of Faith and Hope. Please continue to pray for the completion of His will and plans in His perfect timing. Pray that He'll send us leaders and laborers committed to His purpose.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010! (01/01/10)
2009 came and went. To many of us it was a busy and somewhat stressful year. God has been laying on my heart that new and better things are in store for us in 2010. I know many people are making New Years Resolutions. My only Resolution is this: "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead; I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil.3:13-14 nkj)."For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:17 nkj). "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come" (II Cor.5:17 niv).