A New Paradigm Fellowship
In 2015 it is vital to find your tribe. A place where you can feel secure, where you can grow individually and yet be part of a corporate body without sacrificing your individual identity, mission, calling, gifting and destiny. It is a place of equality where you are accepted, allowed and encouraged to grow into what Father has called you to be.
These will be powerful groups because each member of the body will be functioning in their gifting and purpose. The hand will be functioning as a hand; the foot as a foot; head as a head, etc.
These groups will be small but powerful. They will become a template for other tribes that are being formed.
Most will be house churches ( tribes ) that grow close because everyone can express their god given individuality in ways that strengthen the whole tribe.
The purpose and mission of each tribe will be different as the Holy Spirit will determine it. It will be expressed through the many gifts that make up the tribe.
One thing that must be foundational within each tribe. That is a biblical spirit of unity and oneness.
Those that are to be part of each tribe will know who is to be a fellow tribal member and who is not.
It is very important that those who not to be part of particular tribe be encouraged and helped to find their tribe.
There are certain spirits that cannot be allowed within any tribe and must be dealt with.
Control spirit; judgmental spirit; spirit of rebellion; division; gossip; undermining; immorality; discord; jealousy; anger; critical spirit
These must be confronted immediately as your tribe forms. If anyone is not willing to get free of those and persists in any of those behaviors and shows no willingness to change you must send them on their way because they will eventually bring such disunity and discord the the tribe will disband.
This may sound harsh but if your desire is to operate under an open heaven with the continue presence and revelation of the Holy Spirit within your tribe, all must accept the requirements of tribal membership without which you will not fulfill your god given mandate, purpose and mission.
All this must be spelled out clearly when the tribe is formed and there can be no exceptions if you want to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit with signs and wonders following.
Most people who call themselves Christians do not live a Biblical based life style and will not discipline themselves so they cannot be part of your tribe.
It is time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Jesus said “let the dead bury the dead”
Jesus said “ I will have a church without spot or blemish”. & in Hebrews it says “ without holiness it is impossible to see God”. We cannot have it both ways. The Holy Spirit will not dwell among a people who live in unrepentant sin.
When you form your tribe the enemy will always send in those that intend to destroy what you are building. They obviously are not a part of your tribe.
If you desire to create a tribe that obedience to the Godhead, holiness, intimacy with the Father and one another, with a mission of obedience to Father purpose is not your stated purpose: then it would be better to not start because you will create a shipwreck.
If you follow the Holy Spirits blueprint, your biblical formed tribe will be powerful. You will be committed to one another and the mission the Holy Spirit has revealed to you.
Some tribes will be made up of singles, others families with children, others older couples or singles… all different combinations, each with different mission.
The make up of these tribes will very diverse and that in some ways will help determine it’s mission.
Pray about forming your tribe and those that will make up its core or joining others with that vision.
One mission that all tribes should have is to beget other tribes and help them develop their mission.
Because of the season we are in, the way the body of Christ meets will change drastic. Get ahead of the curve.
This season will be like no other. It is vital to seek the lord daily and ask Him what you are to do.
Be very open minded because the Lord has a different agenda then many of the agendas found in Christianity today.
The Lord will ask you to do things you do not feel qualified to do only because you have not done it before.
But if He is leading you to do something, He will qualify you in the process of your obedience. Father does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
Do not be slack in obeying immediately because it will become progressively more difficult as this season unfolds.
Almost everything we are familiar with will change in this season so put on your spiritual Big Boy pants and move on out in obedience.
If you do not get out of your boat you cannot walk on water! The boats that many of us are in are headed for choppy water and many will sink.
If the Lord is telling you to step out unto the water; to leave the boat, you will much more secure walking on the water with Jesus then staying in the boat in disobedience.
Chuck & Karen Witzel Kingdom World Changers © 2015