Posts in CTCI Life
Intercessors fighting the war!
Join Madison Ortiz as she lays out how we are interceding against a war!
He saw that there was no man—he was amazed that there was no one interceding; so his own arm brought salvation, and his own righteousness supported him. (Isaiah 59:16)
How we need to let our light shine in the perilous times!
Join Madison Ortiz in our prayer session.
Matthew 5:15-17 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)15
No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here. Check out our new online version “Marriage and Family the Jesus Way” here..
Leadership the Jesus: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
How Should we Present our Bodies to God?
Join Ian DeBoer as he explores Romans 12:1 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here. Check out our new online version “Marriage and Family the Jesus Way” here..
Leadership the Jesus: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
Servant on the Mount
Join Dustin Ortiz as he provides a summary of Matthew 5 -7. It is all about being a servant; a servant on the Mount.
Read the bible here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+5+-+7&version=CSB
What is the message of Pentecost?
Dustin and Madison Ortiz lead us in understanding the meaning of Pentecost.
Acts 2 When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying. 3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them. 4 Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them.
5 Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, devout people from every nation under heaven. 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 They were astounded and amazed, saying, “Look, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites; those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts), 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.” 12 They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But some sneered and said, “They’re drunk on new wine.”
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Leadership the Jesus: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here. Check out our new online version “Marriage and Family the Jesus Way” here..
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
Praying for our church in times of challenge.
Madison Ortiz lays out our prayers for the church. Judgement begins in the house of the Master. Judges are ruling in favor of churches. We have access to the authority of Jesus. A church is a beacon of light. We are a city set on hill.
“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.” ~Jesus | Matthew 5
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Leadership the Jesus: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here. Check out our new online version “Marriage and Family the Jesus Way” here..
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
An invitation to a conversation …
Watch this powerful message from the Jesus Film Project.
Check them out here: https://www.jesusfilm.org/
Online Heroes Challenge: Rise above and go the extra mile!
Christian Training Center International is proud to announce our Heroes Online Program! This is anyone who is a high schooler all the way up to college students, 14-26. Registration is on our website ctcilife.org until Saturday May, 2 2020.
This is a social media challenge. Once registered, you will be asked to join a private group on facebook or instagram. If your child does not participate in social media, they have the option to use the parent/guardians’. We leave this up to the parent/guardian.
Register here.
What is happening at the Christian Training Center?
Find out what is taking place during this time at CTCI. Nikki Corbin updates us all.
Tell Them Who ” I AM”
Danny Prince shares that Jesus is the great ” I AM “He is the Greatest Shepherd and the Savior. Jesus is the burning bush who spoke to Moses. Jesus is our Deliverer who has come that we might have abundant life!
The Enemy has entered our land!
Susan Pons talks about Malachi 4, Exodus 34 and Deuteronomy 28.
The Great Day of the Lord – Malachi 4
4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
Will you pick up or put down your brother?
We like showing off our staff at CTCI, but we love to hear how God is still working in their hearts! Here is a short testimony from one of our staff members, Zac Girard from DeLeon Springs Florida!
Are you ready for Marriage and Family the Jesus Way?
This is truly an amazingly crazy time! How many of us plan for a pandemic? Through this ministry, we receive numerous prayer requests, and we agonize with those who are suffering. Our hearts and prayers are turned to those who need hope and victory.
More detail here: https://ctcilife.org/marriage-and-family-the-jesus-way/
But, not surprisingly, this terrible virus is not the only thing we have not planned for. Look at these actual quotes:
What does it mean to be quarantined with the Lord?
This video is about Susan Pons on what it means to be quarantined with the Lord.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Matthew 6:33 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
How do we react in this time of crisis? Is God faithful?
Please prayerfully consider giving to this ministry today.
The most effective way to learn a foreign language is through immersion. In complete immersion, students spend all their time hearing and speaking a new. The goal is to become not only a proficient speaker, but to acquire an appreciation and understanding of a new culture. This approach describes the training and experiential discipleship process at the Christian Training Center.
What Is the Sin Virus?
Erica Wilson, Program Director at the Christian Training Center, shares about the virus that is sin, which has affected the world since the beginning. There is the cure for the sin virus that is Jesus the Messiah!
We have already been cured from it, because Jesus died on the cross and took all our sin from us so that we might have everlasting life.
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Leadership the Jesus Way: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here.
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
We need your help today
Thank you for being a part of Christian Training Center International’s mission and vision. You’re making a difference! Our vision is to see generations of leaders victoriously modeling Christ in their families and communities.
Our mission is training believers to live a victorious life through biblical Truth, experiential discipleship, and family relationships. You can make your donation.
Please give today!
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Leadership the Jesus: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here.
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
Gospel Choir Jam 2020
Join CTCI for our first annual “Gospel Jam Choir” July 31, 2020 at Parker Meadows Complex in Franklin, NC. If you are interested in signing, sign up at this link
https://ctcilife.org/gospel-choir-jam/
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There is power in prayer. At the Christian Training Center International, we see it every day. Let us join with you in tapping into the Power of God. Click here to make a request.
Leadership the Jesus: A Faith at work series — Looking how to focus your faith at work? | This series of leadership programs focuses on leadership skills that drive the purpose and passion for work as laid out by Jesus and based on sound scripture. We might see faith and work as estranged. It can be frustrating. But, in truth, faith and work should share a crucial aim: to see the unseen at work through the power of the Holy Spirit. Nothing new has been made without faith in God. Nothing unseen has been seen without work. When the force of what we do hits why we do it, we wither, or we flourish. Learn more here.
Check out our upcoming ministry programs for young adults and families. Please click here.
Our programs are like an immersion into a new language – the language of living in Jesus. The goal is fluency in the language of relationships. The foundation is an encounter with Jesus that leads to a radical change in living and relationships.
Heroes Semester is a 10-week residential, “family style” living experience like no other! | Participants ages 18-26 come with one purpose – to go deeper with the Lord. Learn more about our programs here.
Strengthening & Restoring Family Relationships — Train to Reign Program | Family is the most vital relationship and the one under the most pressure and attack. Come strengthen your family in a strong relationship with God. Learn more here.
If you would like to donate to the Christian Training Center, please click here.
What is a good barbecue chicken recipe?
Dustin Ortiz gives us the answer at the Christian Training Center bbq pit. Dustin is the pit master. We are his pit servants.
Fatherhood and love the Jesus Way.
Bill Eubank shares about fatherhood and how fathers should love their wives as the Messiah Jesus loves the church. In this way, they will set an example for their children.
Are we pressing forward to the goal ahead of us in Jesus?
Join us as more of our Summer Interns share their testimonies and encourage us in the Lord.
Why Come to a Train to Reign Family Program?
This video is about Why Come to a Train to Reign Family Program? Join Larry and Susan Pons as they explain the program in this short video.
Are we ready to wear black? Are we ready to set free those who are oppressed?
This song, “Man in Black” from Johnny Cash brings me to tears.
Reminds me of Jesus when “He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”
And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
As Johnny sings, Jesus came for the poor and beaten down. Please listen. It is short.
Man In Black by Johnny Cash
What does it mean to move from the sword to the scepter?
The Mordecai Mandate: Moving From the Sword to the Scepter.
In this session, Dave Kubal, president of Intercessors for America, speaks out of the book of Esther and talks about the important shift taking place in how we are to pray and intercede for our nation – we are in a season of moving from defensive prayer (the sword) into praying with favor extended (the scepter).
What does It mean to be in office in Church.
Larry Pons, Director of the Christian Training Center teaches on what it means to be in office in the church.
How do we turn the ordinary into the extraordinary?
Train to Reign Day 9 Week 2 Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Is It Crazy To Believe In The Virgin Birth?
Ravi Zacharias (RZIM) speaker, Vince Vitale, explores whether it is beyond belief to hold to the virgin birth.
For more information on Vince, visit: https://www.rzim.org/speakers/vince-vitale
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Is there always an out for every temptation?
Danny Prince share about God makes a way for every temptation. If we fall into temptation, repent, God will forgive you. Walk in God’s path to share the good news with the people.
How do we tap into the victory of Jesus the Messiah?
“Never had the kingdom of darkness suffered such a mortal blow than when Jesus burst through the grave.”
In this message Christian Training Center director, Larry Pons, takes us through Colossians 2 and reminds us of the glorious victory of Jesus the Messiah!
Is God faithful to lead us out of temptation?
Watch Danny Prince discuss the issue of temptation.
No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide a way out so that you may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
Transformation in Singapore through God and our Train to Reign program.
In this message, Regina Wong shares the incredible story of transformation among the YWAM base and the homeless in her hometown of Singapore, and explains how the roots of transformation began on a personal level with Regina and her core team here at the Christian Training Center.
What is a life of Worship like?
Join us as guest speaker, Prathrap Darshi, shares his story and passion for Jesus.
How did God get me here?
Join us as our interns share a little bit about what God has been doing in and through them this summer.
Why is the faithfulness of God so important?
From generation to generation, God is faithful. Join us as Seth Gordy shares stories that tell of God’s faithfulness in his life and the new season he and his family are walking into.
The Life I Live – To Live by Faith is to Trust and Obey
“To live by faith is to trust and obey – if you trust AND obey that’s a living relationship. There is intimacy. There is growth. There is vitality.”
Our dear friend, Herman Weits, came and shared with us about the life of his ministry overseas. Herman and his wife, Ross, lead Bali Christian Retreat Center which is a ministry of Words of Hope International and he came to spend some time with us while on a visit back to the states.
What does family fun look like at the Christian Training Center?
We have lots of family fun at our programs. Check out this dance!
How important is the diversity of spiritual gifts?
Sonny Ramsay explores 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.
4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different activities, but the same God produces each gift in each person. 7 A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good: 8 to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit, 9 to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of tongues, to another, interpretation of tongues. 11 One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
What is discipline all about?
November 12th was the final Sunday for our fall semester group and we got to hear a little from each of them about their time here with us before they returned home.
Does faith make a distinction between the rich and poor; the elite and common?
“Faith makes no distinction to whether you’re a slave or an apostle. Every true believer is by faith justified in the sight of God and forgiven of all his sins.”
In this message, Larry Pons continues to walk through 2 Peter and challenges our thinking on what we actually have faith in Jesus for.
For Such a Time as This.
Appeal to Heaven Conference: Session 2 June 2018 – For Such a Time as This (Bob Fitts) Full Video
Bob Fitts has been at the forefront of worship leading and song writing with an international platform in live performance and recordings for over 30 years. The songs he has written and sung have always emphasized the over-abundant love and grace of God, bringing hope and healing to people all over the world. Bob and his wife, Kathy, have traveled to well over 50 nations to lead worship and teach at schools, events, conferences, ministries and churches.
What was and still is Jesus’ ministry?
Dustin Ortiz tells us who Jesus was according to Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Then shares with us the 21 characteristics in John. Dustin explains what Jesus did and went through each year of His ministry.
We have a choice to either allow God to lead our life or to do our own thing. Which will it be?
“God has sent His Spirit to lead us in everything that we do, but we have a choice to either allow Him to lead our life or to do our own thing.”
In this message our guest speaker, Burket Ferrell, reminds us that God is always constant, always approachable, and also brings attention to the importance and impact of our daily choices.
Where does our spiritual strength come from?
“He has called us by His own glory and excellence so we are called therefore into His glory and into His excellence.”
In this message, Larry Pons speaks about Peter’s teachings and how the knowledge of God and our faith in Him is where all spiritual strength is conveyed to us.
God is in the change business. We can’t but God can.
Join us as our interns share a little bit about what God has been doing in and through them.
The Power of Testimony – The Stories you Tell Wherever You Go
“Your testimonies; the things the Lord does in your life, good and bad because in God there is no bad. He takes the bad and turns it into good. They are your prophecies. They’re the stories you have to tell wherever you go. And God will use them to touch multitudes.”
This Sunday we were blessed to have Bill Eubank, longtime friend of the ministry and Board member, share with us on the blessings the Lord has given us through the testimonies He has given us and their impact on others.
Does the Holy Spirit live in us? How do we get the gift?
Scott Crowley leads a conversation around the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’ Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness, he will get up and give him as much as he needs. “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
Luke 11:5
The Historical Facts Argument for the Resurrection
In this clip, historian and philosopher Gary Habermas provides an overview of the evidence for the Resurrection in about 5 minutes. His approach is called the “Minimal Facts” approach.