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Truth is power!

   By the Holy Spirit we have the Word of God which instructs us in detail how to walk in success,
  
prosperity and victory in the Kingdom of Heaven beginning today throughout eternity!

  Our prayer is that you will examine the work, the design and prophetic insights of City of Lights
 
website.  May you feast on the Good Things that God has prepared and released through His
  Word and His Spirit!


Join our Team Power online ministry
to ignite spiritual fires across the globe!

   The internet is a virtual community...
  Destined to be "A CITY of BLESSINGS" to the world:
 

  Matthew 5:14-16 
RSV
   "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
  15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand,
  and it gives light to all in the house.

  16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to
  your Father who is in heaven. 


 There are TEAM talent gifts and there are Gifts of the Holy Spirit. 
  Both kinds of gifts are necessary and are to be operational for the Body to grow!  

  Foundational to our Team approach is building on the Word of God.
 
We are focused on the Kingdom of Heaven, not on the doctrines and traditions of denominational
  preferences.  Our mission is to build TEAMS to serve the Lord's increasing Kingdom and
  Church Body worldwide.

  If you are in a situation where you don't know what your place in Christ is;
  seek the Lord to find that place, and ask Him to connect you with those given the grace
  to help you come into your place.  It will require a teachable heart.

  You may also wish to contact us.  We are dedicated to encourage and connect groups
  and ministries in the Gospel of the Kingdom.

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Founders:  Ron Gann and Phyllis Gann
Heart of God Ministries International

   What divine grace has God given you
       for the Greater Works of the Body of Christ?

  Did you know that He has given you spiritual gifts?
   You will also discover that you have a special spiritual grace
  that shines above others for a particular function in the Body of Christ. 


Every true worshipper functions in spiritual gifts.
  Spiritual talent or Spiritual gifts are not to be confused with natural
  talent.

  You are given natural talents through your natural birth DNA.
  You exercise developmental skills of those talents.

  Every believer is given spiritual gifts at the time of conversion
  into God's Marvelous Light.

   [see The Big Picture  for details regarding conversion]

  
Your special gift is transmitted by the Light of the Spirit in the
  New Birth
through the graces given to the Church upon the
  resurrection, ascension and enthronement of Christ the King!


   The Holy Spirit is the administrator of spiritual gifts and
  when you have Him, you have spiritual gifts residing within you.


   The Holy Spirit can manifest at the will of the Father and the Son
  for each are one in unity of purpose:
  1. omnipotent
, all powerful,
  2. omnipresent
, present everywhere
  3. omniscient
, all knowing. 


  
Many live much or all of their Christian life without realizing or
  experiencing the working power and glory of spiritual gifts to which
  God has endowed His sons and daughters. 
Unless one is led into
  spiritual truth
first seeking the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness,   and relationship
with the Holy Spirit, spiritual graces most generally are
  not released to manifest supernaturally for edification of others.

1 Corinthians 12:1-7  AMP
  12:1 NOW ABOUT the spiritual gifts (the special endowments of supernatural energy), brethren,
  I do   not want you to be misinformed.

  2 You know that when you were heathen, you were led off after idols that could not speak
   [habitually] as impulse directed and whenever the occasion might arise.

  3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking under the power and influence
  of the  [Holy] Spirit of God can [ever] say, Jesus be cursed! And no one can [really] say,
  Jesus is [my] Lord, except by and under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit.

  4 Now there are distinctive varieties and distributions of endowments (gifts, extraordinary
  powers distinguishing certain Christians, due to the power of divine grace operating in their
  souls by the Holy Spirit) and they vary, but the [Holy] Spirit remains the same.

  5 And there are distinctive varieties of service and ministration, but it is the same Lord
  [Who is served].

  6 And there are distinctive varieties of operation [of working to accomplish things], but it is the
  same God Who inspires and energizes them all in all.

  7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the [Holy] Spirit [the evidence, the spiritual
  illumination of the Spirit] for good and profit.


 

Believers are to be filled with the anointing presence of the Holy Ghost!

 
It is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost that releases the power of God
  to do His service as Jesus did.

Acts 10:38  KJV
   38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went
   about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.



   John the Baptist said:
Matt 3:11  AMP
   "But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to take off
   or carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."


Acts 1:8  AMP
    8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon
    you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends
    (the very bounds) of the earth.


   Jesus said He was sending the Holy Spirit.
What were His reasons for doing so?

John 14:26  KJV
   26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
   he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
   unto you.

John 16:14-15  KJV
   14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
   15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine,
   and shall shew it unto you.

   The same Anointing Person that Jesus received by the full measure of the Holy Ghost within Him
    is abiding in God's spiritually born-again children.

1 John 2:20  AMP
   20 But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given
   an unction from] the Holy one, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things.

   The Holy Spirit is the Person of God who spiritually anoints by His abiding Presence.  
   He is the One who endows us with spiritual gifts.

   The unction is the things of god which He teaches and demonstrates of Jesus Christ our Lord.


  
Within TEAM Ministry
  1.  each participant learns to exercise spiritual gifts;
  2.  understands where they fit into ministry vision;
  3.  understands the gifts are given as part of a TEAM effort with
       the Body;
  4.  is encouraged to develop and allow manifestation of the gifts.
It is Holy Ghost Who administrates
the ministry of the gifts.


   Indepth teaching about the graces of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit will be available on
   the link:
Spiritual Gifts .
   The ministry of the Word and the ministry of the Spirit are given by our Heavenly
   Father for the purposes of equipping
for works of ministry and edification of the
   church into maturity.
  God's Kingdom is one of order and His order brings balance
   into
the Body of Christ.


God enjoys doing new things!  How about you?

  
This day we can do Greater works! 
  This day we can do Great Exploits!
  This day we can come together to exercise a power never before
  released in the earth on behalf of the Gospel!

   This is an exciting opportunity...
   You are invited to connect with us to advance the Kingdom of God.

 
Jesus instructed that we count the costs before engaging in Kingdom work.
Luke 14:27-30  AMP
     27 Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after
   (follow) Me cannot be My disciple.
   28 For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate
   the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it?

   29 Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building],
   all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him,

   30 Saying, This man began to build and was not able ( worth enough) to finish.

   The essence of this parable is that we need to evaluate the willingness of our heart and
   the intent of our choices before we make commitment.


   Jesus was demonstrating the principle need to prepare so that we can follow through to see
   accomplishment.
Building the Kingdom requires us to know the principles of building and to
   exercise good stewardship in the building process.


   The Lord instructs to invest faith, prayer, time, energy, skills, resources and money in support
   of His ministries.  As we sow these blessings of the Lord, He multiplies them and rewards us
   for our obedience. 
These rewards are our harvest! 
   As a farmer sows for a future crop in the physical realm, the spiritual principles of the Kingdom
   of Heaven are the same.

   "Seeds" always produce like kind whether they are physical seeds or spiritual seeds.
   It is important that we keep our word and are faithful in the things to which we are given
   stewardship. 


   In addition to the spiritual opportunities, there are many natural talents that are necessary
   to effectually move ministry forward.  It is human resource that makes for an effective spiritual
   campaign.  Each member of the Body of Christ has a divine destiny in which to walk. 
   We learn the path of success in the following manner: 
Psalm 119:104-106  AMP
   104 Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
  105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. [Prov 6:23.]
  106 I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your
        righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
 

   God's Formula for Success:   Pray, Plan, Prepare, Pursue
   Your willingness can be a dynamic part of the "work of the ministry."
   Most of all when we start on God's path of ministry,  we must guard our hearts and our words
   of commitments!

       
   One can allow changing conditions and circumstances defeat what God has spoken into one's
   heart. 
Jesus instructs us to be conquerers, overcomers and victorious!

   Here is a Prophetic Word of Knowledge from the Lord regarding ministry... Jesus said to His
   disciples, "The harvest is great, but the labors are few;

   Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into the harvest.
  Luke 10:2 NKJV

   
God has saved us!  What have we been saved to do?
   1.  He has given us abundantly of His nature and His vision for the Church!
   2.  He has given us natural gifts and spiritual gifts to do His work.
   3.  He has given us the empowerment of the Holy Ghost for using them!

   All through the Bible, God shows Himself as a Person of Providence.
   He has shown us His heart, His will and His Way for us to be "worth saving." 
   His love for us makes us worthy!
  It is not by our righteousness but by His Son, the Lord Jesus
   Christ, that we are established in Righteousness!

   As a Person of Providence, God is so GOOD!  He has made the way for His people to go forth
   with the Gospel even when many are not willing to  "get in front of a group of people" or go
   "door-to-door."
    Now, He has given us Greater Works and made it so that we can travel to all the nations
    of the World without leaving our homes! 

   We have such awesome opportunities!   He has blessed us with the prosperity of computers,
   "fast connections, and fast down loads."
   Just thinking of all the details of high technology which we have at the command of our hands
    to exercise His Will is very humbling.

The choices we make lead us to the destinies we walk. 
   The door is open to you in one of the most exciting adventures of our times!  
   We have been given supernatural
powers to exercise to the well being of nations!   
   God loves us so much!
   God sees us as "worthy!"     He has made us His children. 
His Spirit resides within us!
   What an awesome Living God we serve!  
   He will always be giving greater testimonies of His Love for us! 
He is the Blesser, the Increaser, the Multiplier!
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TEAM POWER

    ►"team" exhibits followship.  (John 16:13-16)


Jesus alone is the door through which man is reconciled to God. 
No institution is granted final authority.   The source of social order is God!   No human institution
is free from the destructive effects of sin.
  It is the Holy Spirit, Who was sent and is to comfort,
lead and guide the church.   He does it through Christ's gift of men, the 5-fold offices.
(John 16:7) 
The Holy Spirit empowers these gifts.

The Lord's revealed Word, the Bible, is the final authority for man, not the pronouncements of committees, bureaucrats or religious policies.


      ►"team" can only be as great as the leadership/followship relationship develops.
     Everyone who seeks shall find. 
It is when we seek assignment to be on some "team"
     in the Kingdom work of God that God approves our place in His order. 
 
Nothing Happens Until Something Moves!

      Fellowship is a relationship of inner unity of purpose among leaders and believers,
      which expresses itself 
in outer co-participation with Christ and one another accomplishing
      God’s Will.


Our ministry vision addresses four types of "team" structures:

working online and in the churches.     

1.       Local work.

2.      "City teams" for outreach ministries.

3.      Regional teams working with other churches and outreaches.

4.      International "team members" reaching the nations.

    God will begin to pull others into the scope of the vision as we meet and exercise the plan
    of God and the purposes of God.  The fullness of the "TEAM" ministry functions are not posted
    in this letter.  The following are not to be interpreted in line with your current understanding of
    church government structure.  Gain insights to the reformation work that the Lord is doing and
    the move of the Holy Spirit to bring the church into divine order.  Many recordings of, teaching
    and  training experiences are captured and being transformed to digital format.  
    The City of Lights podcasts are free and all are welcome to the spiritual enrichments within them.

    For those who have come this deep into the "City of Lights" website ministry, bless you!
    It is apparent that you are serious about the Light of Truth.


    It is not just curiosity that has brought you this far into these letters.
    Your heart has been stirred for you evidently are seeking that which we are seeking:
    that which we have been open and transparent to share thus far.  Jesus blessed those
    that sought after His ministry for the purposes of hearing what the Holy Spirit was speaking
    to the people!  We thirst after the same.  We seek His blessings... not just His signs, wonders,
    and miracles, but we seek relationship with our Heavenly Father through the Word and the Spirit!

   May God mightily bless you in all spiritual manner and in the physical areas of your lives that need
   His favor and His grace!

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TEAM GRACES

1.      Not all members have the same function nor are called to the
       same “office”  of  ministry.  Jesus gave gifts to the church
       which are varied yet, for his purposes in unity of the Spirit.
       The internet ministry relates to biblical government
design. 
       Do you want to learn more about  God's church order?
       His patterns and more will be shared to those whom contact us.  

2.     A determining factor in your life is the Grace and the maturity
       at which you carry God-given natural gifts and spiritual gifts.
       These are not high and lofty words.  
       They regard very simple applications of your skills and talents
       as well as the call and spiritual gift of God upon your life.  

3.     The anointing you experience is determined by God’s Grace, 
 your thirst and your pursuit for more of Him.

4.     Placement applies to the actions and graces you demonstrate.

 

One can only follow or lead where one exercises Grace.


May we hear from you?
  Here is a final word of edification from Apostle Paul:
2 Cor 9:6-8  AMP
    [Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly,
    and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously
    and with blessings.
     7 Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly
    or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things,
    and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, "prompt to do it") giver
    [whose heart is in his giving]. [Prov 22:9.]
    8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance,
    so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient
    [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work
    and charitable donation].  


  • View the vision.   Go Forth
  • Ask the Lord what He would have you to do.
  • Contact us.
       Plant into your future Harvest!
Here are two opportunities to Exercise a measure of faith today
       Sow your gifts...   Spiritual, Talent...      Contact Us
       Sow your gifts...    Financial...                 TEAM Seed
      
   We exercise our faith by planting. When we sow our seed we are releasing faith that it will
   produce
a harvest.  
How we plant matters to God!
  When we speak the promises of God regarding our sowing, it commands the seed to produce
  that for which it was planted. 
  We continue to water our faith with praise, prayers and thanksgiving.


  Time and talent seeds are very powerful.
Money seeds are also very powerful. 
We are wise when we respect the power of these seeds.

   God's economy of money was created to solve problems. 
   It is a spiritual and physical weapon. 
   Spiritually, it is a visionary weapon against ignorance, disease and poverty.  
   In the physical  realm, money enables the Gospel to go forth!

   As a physical tangible, currency has the power to build and supply resources for visions:
   apostolic training centers, churches, orphanages, academies and hospitals.
 
   What we must understand is that in the spiritual obedience of the planting is the
   "increase power" of the harvest!  The harvest is the resulting multiplication of our seed
   and demonstration of our faith in the unseen.  It is the release of the gifts, all the gifts that
   the Lord has endowed to flow from the effectual workings of our heart, body and soul.
   Our hands and feet are the divine instruments given that we may impart the gifts.
   It is out of our bellies, "our spirit" that living waters flow into the spiritual and earth realms! 

Heb 11:1  KJV
 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
Did you know Faith requires action?
It displays its power in future events!
God is not a stingy God.  He gives through liberality!
Eph 3:20 
AMP
   20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us,
   is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare]
   ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--

Noah exercised his faith in God's word for 120 years!
Examine the account of Noah at the substance of what he hoped for.
You will find the records in  Genesis chapters 6,7,8,& 9. 
His faith produced superabundantly, far above his finite mind!
Noah lived 950 years!
Hebrews 11:7  AMP
   7[Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events of which as yet there was
    no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the
    deliverance of his own family. By this [his faith which relied on God] he passed judgment and
    sentence on the world's unbelief and became an heir and possessor of righteousness ( that relation
    of being right into which God puts the person who has faith).

   Noah's seed planting of faith  was rewarded as a new covenant for mankind and also as
   a supernatural generational blessing.                                
Genesis 8:22  AMP 
   22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day
    and night shall not cease.
Genesis 9:1  AMP
   9:1 AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful
   and multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis  9:7-13   AMP
   7 And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.
    8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
    9 Behold, I establish My covenant or pledge with you and with your descendants after you
   10 And with every living creature that is with you--whether the birds, the livestock, or the wild
    beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark--every animal of the earth.
   11 I will establish My covenant or pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the
   waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth and make it corrupt.
   12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me
    and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
   13 I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn
    pledge between Me and the earth.

  
The Lord Jesus continually exercised Kingdom Faith! 
Hebrews 11:1 
  
   
Look at the actualization and the substance of faith given as the promise!
   John 7:38-39 
AMP
   38 He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said,
   From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.
   39 But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were
   afterward to receive. For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified
   (raised to honor).

   For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given!  
   He had not as yet been manifest to reside within the spirits of believers.
   But NOW, we live in the promise! 
   The Holy Ghost was poured out upon believers 2000 years ago!
   He continues to be poured out upon believers daily around the globe!

The principles of Seedtime and Harvest
is God's divine foundation for prosperity in all human activities.

In acting on your faith..
Your seed is the Birthing!
Your Harvest is the Completion!



   If you are unable to plant financial seeds, please send me a seed letter.
 
A letter is a very powerful seed!  It is a divine instruction for us to write!
 
After all, the Bible is a collection of God's letters to us!

   God gave His Son Life Eternal and crowned Him King of all things!
   God crowns us with eternal life and make us earthly representives kings and priests unto Him!

    
God called His only begotten Son a Seed! 
    He promised King David a Seed that would set upon his throne.

    Jesus taught on the principles of the seed on several occasions and showed us how
    awesomely powerful the seed contains the gift of life!

    We are to sow the seed of our earthly life and time to God with passion!
     In return, He gives us eternal life!

    There is a place for each and every person and each and every ministry in building the Kingdom
    of God on earth!

Hebrews 11:6 AMP
    But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him.
   For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He
    is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].


see: TEAM Leaders

   Become an active part in a TEAM to build the Lord's Church.
  Learn more about your spiritual gifting and touch the nations for Christ!
 

  Did you know that most fear the unknown? 
  We have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power and love and
  a sound mind. 
  The sting of fear has been removed from the activities you will
   experience in this ministry.

Your participation can be a productive fun filled experience!
The joy of the Lord is our strength!


   Matt 9:37-38  AMP
   37 Then He said to His disciples,
   The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few.
   38 So pray to the Lord of the Harvest to force out and thrust laborers into His harvest.


   We thank the Lord for His love for all the saints and the spiritual gifts
    He endows upon each one of us,
  
Ambassador of Christ,
          Ron Gann



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