Church Life Meetings/ZOE Meetings
The purpose of these rules is to facilitate and regulate the ZOE Meetings.
Purpose
Zoe Meetings are meetings are Called Zoe because of the Life of Christ. Only born-again people can experience Zoe meetings. There are many Christian meetings that unregenerate people can benefit from but Zoe meetings are for people with Zoe Life inside them only. Understanding this and then seeking and learning more of the SPIRIT is key.
As a result, we experience the Spirit ministering through each person, out of the Bible, and not primarily through one man.
Each member must “Turn to the Spirit and Contact God”. That still small voice of God’s Spirit inside your spirit guiding you into all Truth.
This is specifically not the Mind and not the Emotions. We must each learn to quiet the intellect and quiet the emotions and hear the Spirit.
The purpose is for us all to experience and share Zoe Life from the Scripture by the Spirit. This is the essence of prophecy, it is extremely powerful and takes some skill.
- No teaching
- No preaching
- No testimonies
- No sharing of sermons or books
- No questions (questions can be asked afterward)
Effective Working of Every Joint
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” (Ephesians 4:15–16, NKJV)
Speaking Joyfully
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. ” (Colossians 3:15–17, NKJV
To Gifted People and Preachers (a Tight Ship is a Happy Ship)
- See yourself and a normal Christian sharing and receiving Joy and Life, like everyone else.
- Don’t try to control or steer the meetings.
- Refrain from teaching and preaching.
- Do not try to impress the congregation with your gift and revelation.
- Do not try to direct what you think the Holy Spirit wants.
- Do not answer questions.
- Allow the Holy Spirit to answer through the less gifted people.
Facilitators
ZOE meetings need trained facilitators. This person must be HEAVY in the Spirit and gently enforce the Rules, otherwise the meeting will degenerate into preaching or speculation.
Formal Teaching
- This is done by gifted people at various other slots such as Bible School and other discipleship meetings, throughout the week