TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter............................................................................................... 1 Our Mission, Vision & Purpose......................................................................... 2 What We Believe............................................................................................ 2 Class Descriptions........................................................................................... 3 Who & What I Am in Christ?............................................................................ 23 Foundation Class Victory Confession................................................................. 24 Faith Confession............................................................................................. 25 A Prayer of Protection from Psalm 91................................................................ 26 Foundation Class Scriptures.............................................................................. 27 Requirements for Membership........................................................................... 28
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WELCOME!
PRAISE THE LORD!
Welcome to Living Word Christian Center’s Biblical Foundation of Faith Classes! These classes are an eleven week comprehensive biblical teaching by Pastor Bill Winston via video.The classes are structured to lay a foundation for success in the life of the Believer and to create a biblical hunger and desire for God’s will.
Our Foundation Ministry Staff is committed to your successful completion of the classes. If at any time we can assist you, please let one of our team members know or you may contact our Foundation Ministry office at (708) 6975378.
We are keeping you in our prayers and look forward to seeing you at your Breakfast of As you honor God with your commitment to Champions. invest in your life by starting and completing the Foundation classes here at Living Word Sincerely, Christian Center, know that God will honor that decision with the manifestations of His Word in your life! We encourage you to attend every class with the earnest expectation Drs. Bill & Veronica Winston to receive a supernatural impartation!
Drs. Bill & Veronica Winston
MISSION
The mission of Living Word Christian Center it to empower believers, through teaching, preaching, and demonstration of the uncompromised Word of God, to fulfill their highest calling, and to change this world through Jesus Christ.
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To get the word out.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Foundation classes is to lay a solid foundation for success in the lives of the Believer and create a biblical hunger and desire for God’s will.
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WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all-sufficient rule for faith and practice, and for the purpose of maintaining general unity, adopts the following statement of fundamental truths: 1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
return to this earth to receive to Himself His blood-bought Church that it may be with Him forever.
2. We believe that there is one God; eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
4. We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in the blessed hope of His personal, visible, future
5. We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation. 6. We believe in the redemptive work of Foundation Ministry
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Christ on the cross and that it provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer. 7. We believe that the baptism with the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, is given to believers who ask for it.
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HOLY SPIRIT Learn the importance of the Holy Spirit and the difference between the “within” and the “upon” experience for every Believer. PRAYER Discover the basis for the different types of prayers and their carious applications. FAITH Learn what faith is, how a person obtains faith, and how to use faith as a servant, and much more. COVENANT Discover God’s covenant, His reason for it, and how you can have a covenant relationship with God. HEALING Healing is a provision of salvation! Learn www.livingwd.org
9. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
SALVATION 1 & 2 Discover God’s total plan of redemption and all of its benefits.
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8. We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a holy life.
what God has to say about healing and divine health. PROSPERITY Erase all wrong thinking about prosperity and wealth, and discover how God wants you to prosper according to His Word. RIGHTEOUSNESS The foundation for walking in “great” faith. Know your kingdom rights, the benefits you partake of by being joint-heirs with Jesus, and what righteousness is and is not. EVANGELISM The Great Commission! Learn how you can be an effective witness for the Kingdom of God. FINISH LINE The last class is the opportunity for students to quote remanining scriptures, complete membership paperwork and view Helps Ministry presentation which introduces various opportunities to serve within the ministry.
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HEALING
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WHO & WHAT I AM IN CHRIST
1. I am reigning in life by Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:7) 2. I am not looking at the things that are seen, but at the things which are not seen. (II Corinthians 4:18) 3. I am walking by faith and not by sight. (II Corinthians 5:7) 4. I am casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. (II Corinthians 10:5) 5. I am the righteousness of God in Christ. (II Corinthians 5:21) 6. I am rooted and grounded in love, because Christ dwells within me. (Ephesians 3:17) 7. I am the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus for good works. (Ephesians 2:10) 8. I am a partaker of God’s divine nature. (II Peter 1:4) 9. I am prosperous and in good health, because my soul prospers. (III John 2) 10. I am being transformed by the renewing of my mind to prove the perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2) 11. I am healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ. (I Peter 2:24) 12. I am more than a conqueror through Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:37) 13. I am the salt of the earth, and the light of the world. (Matthew 5:13a, 14a) 14. I am complete in Christ. (Colossians 2:10) 15. I am strong in the Lord and in the power of His Might. (Ephesians 6:10) 16. I am taking the shield of faith and quenching all of the fiery darts of the enemy. (Ephesians 6:16) 17. I am praying my desires and receiving them. (Mark 11:24) 18. I am like a tree planted by the rivers of waters, everything that I DO WILL PROSPER. (Psalm 1:3) 19. I am a temple of the Holy Ghost. (I Corinthians 6:19) 20. I am given exceeding great and precious promises, and by them I partake of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (II Peter 1:4) 21. I am led by the Spirit of God; therefore I am a son of God. (Romans 8:14) 22. I am not walking after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1) 23. I am receiving all of my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) 24. I am casting all of my cares upon Him, because I know that He cares for me. (I Peter 5:7) 23
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1. I am reigning in life by Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:7) 2. I am not looking at the things that are seen, but at the things which are not seen. (II Corinthians 4:18) 3. I am walking by faith and not by sight. (II Corinthians 5:7) 4. I am casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. (II Corinthians 10:5)
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FOUNDATION CLASS VICTORY CONFESSION
Father, your Word says that I am to have the same mind as Christ , so I cast down all thoughts of failure. I fix this Christ –like mind on receiving my Foundation Ministry Certificate of Completion! Because the memory of the righteousness is blessed and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, I easily memorize and fearlessly confess your word. Thank you for not giving me a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love and a sound mind. Whenever I confess the Word, faith comes as I hear it , so I decree that I receive faith for: Salvation, the Holy Spirit, Prayer, Faith, the Covenant, Healing, Prosperity, Righteousness and Evangelism. I thank you Father that Satan is bound in every area of my life and I have total victory through the Anointed One and His Anointing. In Jesus’ Name Scripture References: Philippians 2:4-6 Proverbs 10:17 2 Timothy 1:7 Romans 10:17
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FAITH CONFESSION
In the Name of Jesus, I am a believer. I believe God’s Word. I am what the Word says I am. I have what the Word says I have. I can do what the word says I can do. In Jesus’ Name, I render ineffective every negative word I have spoken, every word that has been contrary to the truth of God’s Word. From this moment forward, I will acknowledge the good things that are in me in Christ Jesus. I am saying it now, out of the good treasure of my heart, only good things will come to pass. I am the righteousness of God, a new creation, an heir of God, and a joint-heir with Jesus. I have been delivered from the power of dark¬ness and translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son; I have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb; redeemed from the curse of the law; redeemed from sickness and disease, poverty, and death. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I am more than a conqueror. He never leaves me nor forsakes me. Since the Greater One dwells within me, I can overcome every situation. The faith of God resides within me, and through it I have the victory that overcomes the world. I thank you Father, that I can have all these things. I believe it in my heart. I have released it with my mouth. So be it. It will surely come to pass. In Jesus’ Name
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A PRAYER OF PROTECTION FROM PSALM 91
Amplified Bible Translation)
Father, I praise you that I dwell in the secret place of the most high and that I shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty (Whose power no foe can withstand). I will say of the Lord, “The Lord is my refuge and my fortress, my God: on him I lean and rely, and in him I confidently trust!” For then you will deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. Then you will cover me with your feathers, and under wings shall I trust and find refuge. Your truth and your faithfulness are my shield and a buckler. I shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the de¬struction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at my side, and ten thousand at my right hand, but it shall not come near me. Only a spectator shall I be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as I witness the reward of the wicked. Because I have made you Lord, my refuge, and the most high my dwelling place, there shall no evil befall me, nor any plague or calamity come near my tent. For you will give your an¬gels special charge over me, to accompany and defend and preserve me in all my ways of obedience and service. Your angels shall bear me up on their hands, lest I dash my foot against a stone. I shall tread up on the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall I trample under¬foot. Because I have set my love upon you, therefore will you deliver me. You will set me on high, because I know and understand your name. I have a personal knowledge of your mercy, love, and kindness. I trust and rely on you, knowing you will never forsake me no, never. I shall call upon you, and you will answer me. You will be with me in times of trouble. You will deliver me and honor me. With long life you satisfy me and show me your salvation!
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FOUNDATION CLASS SCRIPTURES
After each teaching, students will be given the following scriptures to mediate on. You are asked to mediate on the scriptures so that they become engrafted in your heart.
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2 Corinthians 5:21 Galatians 3:13-14 Psalms 91- 1-3
John 16:13 Acts 1:8 Mark 16:15
Hebrews 11:1 Hebrews 11:6 Romans 10:17
1 Peter 2:24 John 10:10 Romans 8:11
2 Corinthians 5:21 1 John 4:4 Romans 5:17
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Acts 2:38 Acts 4:12 2 Corinthians 5:17
Ezekiel 22:30 Luke 10:19 Philippians 4:6-7
Ephesians 2:8-9 Galatians 2:20 Romans 3:23
2 Corinthians 9:8 3 John 1:2 Psalm 35:27
Romans 3:23 Romans 6:23 Mark 16:15 2 Corinthians 5:17
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REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP
LIVING WORD CHRISTIAN CENTER MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
• Born Again • Water Baptized in Jesus’ Name • Completed the Biblical Foundation of Faith classes • Consistent Tither & Giver (6 months grace)
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
• Be under the covering of Drs. Bill and Veronica Winston • Opportunity to join the Helps Ministry and serve in one or more of 50 helps ministries. • Premarital classes & Wedding Officiating • Baby Dedications • And much, much more...
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CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Foundation Graduate, The Breakfast of Champions is a celebration of your successful completion of the Biblical Foundation of Faith Classes. Your Breakfast of Champions will be scheduled on a Saturday morning from 8:00am until 10:00am. Due to limited seating, only (1) guest per family will be permitted; your cooperation is greatly appreciated. “Please ensure that your Class Administrator has the following completed documents along with your correct address:”
Scripture Punch Card Membership Card Signed Breakfast of Champions Letter
On the Sunday immediately following the Breakfast of Champions (9:00am and 11:15am), Dr. Winston will congratulate you and acknowledge your completion of the Biblical Foun¬dation of Faith classes. Immediately following service, you may pick up your Certificate of Completion from Exhibition Hall located in the mall area. Congratulations and God Bless you as you continue to grow in God’s Word!
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