I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order
that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in
them. Jesus Christ (John 17:26)
Re-Creation In The Rockies!
Rock Tribe - an international spiritual family called to reveal Father’s
love and advance Christ’s kingdom.
Rock International Tribe
PO Box 472
Fort Collins, CO 80522
info@rocktribe.com
Go and make disciples of all nations!
Jesus Christ Matt. 28:18-20
You can make a disciple of Christ!
Dear Friends,
Christ has invited all of us to be His disciples (followers). He has also
commissioned us to make disciples. Many of us don’t have a clue how to do
this because we haven’t been taught. Its not that we are unwilling, we just
need to be equipped.
You are not alone. Quite frankly, most church leaders admit that they don’t
know how to help someone become like Christ in their everyday life,
24/7/365. They have been trained to gather folks in larger meetings and
develop progams, but they don’t know how to facilitate personal
transformation into Christ’s likeness through transparent accountable
relationships. There truly is a serious discipleship crisis in the church.
It is essential that we weave a “life-on-life” discipling culture into our
lifestyles. This is the primary way Jesus made disciples, living in
heart-to-heart relationships with a few others.
Recently, a group of leaders asked me to prepare an easy-to-implement
strategy for making disciples that could be passed out to each person
attending a large conference. I was able to write a small booklet which
describes the essentials for being a follower of Christ, and the simple
steps to helping someone else love and obey Him as well. Those who attended,
including the pastors, expressed deep gratitude for this resource. They
appreciated knowing that everyone can successfully help another follow
Christ. We can all help make disciples, which is a key part of being one.
I would like to send you a copy of this booklet to assist you in carrying
out the Great Commission. Matthew 28:18-20
Simply email your name and mailing address to info@rocktribe.com. Please let
us know that you would like a copy of the booklet entitled “DNA Groups”.
We will send you this little booklet which will give you a clear
step-by-step explanation for how to be a disciple of Christ and and how to
make a disciple of Christ.
With Father’s Affection,
Timothy Johns
Rock Tribe - An international spiritual family devoted to helping people
love God and one another, so that they can reclaim Christ’s kingdom on earth
for the glory of God.
Rock International Tribe
PO Box 472
Fort Collins, CO
80522
Dear Family and Friends,
The Rock Laramie Family is hosting this year’s “Tribal Gathering 2012”. We extend a hearty Western invitation for all of you to join us in the fun. Everyone is welcome!
Our emphasis this year will be much different than in the past. Rather than have two general sessions each day for in depth training, we are going to spend our days enjoying the many recreational opportunities that have made Wyoming such a popular vacation destination.
We are setting up short fishing trips, day hikes, horseback riding, rock climbing, and more. Or, you can just relax by the Laramie River, maybe check out the local shops. In the evenings, we will gather for worship and relationship building.
The Tribal Gathering starts Wednesday, August 8th, with a family dinner at 5:30 PM. We will be meeting at the “Quadra Dangle” a beautiful log recreation hall now used primarily for square dancing. The address of the Quadra Dangle is 3905 Grays Gable Road, Laramie, Wyoming, 82070.
Each evening we will gather for a dinner prepared by the Rock Laramie Family, 5:30. Our last night, Saturday August 11th, we will hold our now famous “Celebration of Talent & Non-Talent.
If you have a pop-up tent, camper, or RV, there are 30 parking slots with electrical outlets at the Quadra Dangle. Also, the Rock Laramie family will try to provide housing for as many as possible. There are many great hotels in Laramie as well.
We will be sending you more details soon. In the mean time, please mark your calendars and start making plans to join us for an amazing “Re-Creation in the Rockies”.
Much Love,
Andrew & Jessica Arnold
Josh & Amy Horak
Bob & Diana Seabeck
Tim & Janet Johns
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all
of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they
also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have
given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. I
in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the
world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Jesus Christ (John 17: 20-23)
Daniel Fast 2012: Day 21 (Last Day)
Dear Family In Christ,
Today is the last day of our Daniel Fast. Janet and I have so enjoyed the
benefits of this healthy diet along with a “fasted lifestyle” that we plan
to continue a modified Daniel Fast. We are sensing an increase of fiery zeal
for God, a deeper love for people, and more passion to advance Christ’s
kingdom in the nations. There is a renewed faith that God is revitalizing
and reforming His church, so the church can be an agent of transforming
cities, regions, and even nations. The most important beneficiaries of this
move of God’s Spirit will be children, the poor, and unreached people. To
God be the glory!
The two great themes of the Bible are covenant (relational unity through
God’s love) and kingdom_(the dominion of God’s rule on earth). Another way
to summarize the core values of God is relational love and
responsibility, or intimacy and impact, or being and doing. When we
live in covenantal relationships and accept responsibility to reclaim
Christ’s kingdom on earth, we are fulfilling the highest purpose in God’s
heart - bringing Him glory.
Becoming a disciple of Christ involves communing with and following Him, so
that we progressively become more like Him and do what He did. Of course,
this is a supernatural journey that requires three essentials: 1. The Word
of God, 2. The Spirit of God, 3. The Family of God. We encourage the forming
of small Missional Kingdom Families (5-15 people) which help each person
follow Christ and fulfill their callings. Within each Missional Kingdom
Family, we form gender specific groups of 2-5 people that are even more
intentional about Discipleship, Nurture, and Accountability. We call
these DNA Groups. The reason the DNA Groups are gender specific (men with
men, women with women) is to help foster deep, transparent, and honest
communication in every area of life. When these DNA Groups meet, two
questions are asked of each person. What are you hearing from God’s Word and
Spirit? How are you going to apply what you heard? The two questions are
asked around the two core values, relationships and responsibilities. So a
question might go something like this, “What is God saying to you about your
relationships (marriage, family, co-workers, neighbors, church family, etc)?
How are you going to obey God’s Word to you with these people?
How about getting into a DNA Group as a way of continuing the impact of this
year’s Daniel Fast? If you have any questions about DNA Groups or Missional
Kingdom Families, please don’t hesitate to send me an email.
Finally, our spiritual family places a high value on prayer. We would like
to continue serving you by lifting you up in prayer on a regular basis. To
get on our prayer list, just send us your prayer request, name, email
address, and phone number. You can send us the prayer request through the
U.S. Postal Service at the address below. Or, you can email the request to
timjohns@rocktribe.com .
We love and appreciate you all so very much. May 2012 be your best year ever
as you reclaim Christ’s kingdom.
With Father’s Affection,
Tim Johns
Pictured above: Jason & Sarah Johns (with their son Kaden, daughter Elise,
and soon-to-be-born daughter Hope)
Alissa Johns Meyer (with son Judah and pregnant with baby girl) Brock,
Alissa’s husband, is not pictured here. He is back in New Orleans working.
Tim & Janet Johns
Rock Tribe - An international spiritual family called to reclaim Christ’s
kingdom by serving as a catalyst to help revitalize and reform the church,
plant new churches, and transform cities for the glory of God.
Rock Tribe Intl
PO Box 472
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Reclaiming Christ's Kingdom in all Nations! -
Father, I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known,
in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may
be in them. Jesus Christ (John 17:26)
Daniel Fast 2012: Day Twenty
Dear Family in Christ,
Our cousin Silvia just sent us an itune gift, a song by OneRepublic called
“Made For You”. You can hear this song and read the lyrics on Youtube:
The song starts like this: “I was writing, thinking with my long hand. Put
dream to paper. Everything was sinking. Then start to wonder how you’re
going to handle me? When I’m under, swimming in the darkest sea?
The answer comes in the chorus, “Everybody wants you to make it…it’s all
yours. Everybody wants you to take it….it’s all yours. Can you feel all
the love? Can you feel all the love? It was made for you!” Next verse, “Tell
me something, something that will move me. Tell me lies and I swear you’re
going to lose me. In like an ocean, jealous of the fish. It feeds your
devotion swimming inside of me.” Chorus: “Can you feel all the love?”
Everybody wants you to make it, it’s all yours! Can you feel all the love?
Everybody wants you to take it, it’s all yours!”
Have you ever been under deep discouragement and oppression? Have you ever
felt like you were swimming all alone in the darkest sea? When you were that
desperate, that needy and vulnerable, did you wonder how God (and His
people) were going to handle you? What were you believing in your heart? At
times like this (and at all times), we don’t need lies. We need the TRUTH.
We need a supernatural revelation of God’s love. We need an experiential
encounter with the love of God. Often, it comes through “all the right
friends and all the right places”. God has filled the universe with His
love. He is literally bombarding you with His love every second. It just
takes the “eyes of our hearts to open”, so that we can see and receive. Eph.
1:17-19
Praying biblical prayers each day has helped us to hold onto the truth of
God’s love when life seems to be undermining the TRUTH. You might want to
pray this right now: “Dear Father, I pray that out of Your glorious riches,
You will strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being, so
that Christ may dwell in my heart through faith. And I pray that I (we),
being rooted and established in love, may have power, to grasp how wide and
long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge - that I will be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:14-21 Can you imagine yourself walking
around the planet saturated in the love of God, and filled to overflowing
with the fullness of God? That is exactly God’s intention for you!
We are at a time in history when “love has grown cold”. Matt. 24:12 When
we radiate God’s love to a lost and dying world, the contrast is staggering.
Love is so rare, that when the real God-sourced love flows from us, it is
like a sweet jolt from heaven to unbelievers. Authentic love accompanied
with the TRUTH will liberate people who are captives of deception and
rejection.
Our prayer is that you will experientially encounter the love of God each
and every day. And that His love would steadily flow from you to those who
are broken, vulnerable and lost.
With His Affection,
Tim & Janet Johns
(Ft Collins, CO)
Rock Tribe - An international spiritual family called to reclaim Christ’s
kingdom by serving as a catalyst to help revitalize and reform the church,
plant new churches, and transform cities for the glory of God.
Rock Tribe Intl
PO Box 472
Ft Collins, CO 80522
I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my
faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31:3
Daniel Fast 2012: Day Nineteen
Dear Familia In Christ,
Here is what I do to love and obey Jesus more:
About the second or third day I was saved as I was sitting before the Lord.
I got a picture of me running towards Jesus. I was about three years old
and still wearing a diaper. As I ran closer to him the clearer I could see
him so eager to embrace me. When I got to him. He picked me up and just
held me. That day I learned that my father was eager to embrace me and was
even excited about it!
Having said that, this is what I do to love Jesus more. I run to him. I
get in his presence and just sit quietly and wait. Wait for what? To hear
the voice of my father. To hear his heart beat for me. So that my heart
can beat with the same rhythm his does. In his presence nothing else
matters. In the secret place it all makes sense. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know
the plans I have for you declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to
harm you plans to give you hope and a future. Everything (problems,
concerns, doubts and fears) become so small. I have a notebook with me and
I write down what my father speaks to me and about me. This is what I do
hear my father say to me every day. Jeremaih 31:3, “I have loved you with
an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” So I just
trust him. It is comforting to know that I trust and obey the one who’s got
my best interest at heart. What else is there?
Here is what I do to help others love Jesus:
I pray for them. A lot of the time when I’m running errands. The Lord will
show me things about people so I walk up to them and ask them if I can pray
for them. One time I followed a lady around at Wal-Mart for about an hour.
When our shopping carts passed each other in the aisle I sensed great
sorrow. So I began to ask the Lord about her sorrow. Long story short, I
ended up approaching her and asked her if I could pray for her. When I
finished praying for her. She showed me a gun she had in her purse. Her
son had been killed just two weeks prior and it was going to be her first
Christmas without her son.
Yesterday I was coming out of another store and in the parking lot there was
a van with a young lady’s picture that has been missing for six years now.
I began to ask the Lord about that young lady. As I was getting in my
vehicle the owner of the van was getting in her car as well(it was the
gal’s aunt.) She stopped and looked at me. I knew the Lord wanted me to
pray for her. I asked if the young lady had been found, she said no. I
took her hands and asked her if she wanted a resolution? She said yes so I
prayed for resolution of the case. She had been mad at God and she
reconciled with the Lord.
We love you all,
Manuel & Diane Marquez
(Kansas City, MO)
Rock Tribe - An international spiritual family called to reclaim Christ’s
kingdom by serving as a catalyst to help revitalize and reform the church,
plant new churches, and transform cities for the glory of God.
Rock Tribe Intl
PO Box 472
Ft Collins, CO 80522
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the
Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his
glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all people. Psalm 96:1-3
Daniel Fast 2012: Day Seventeen
Dear Family of God,
What I do to get to know God better…
A couple years ago, I read the Bible thru in a year for the first time in my
life. I have been a believer for over 30 years and have never done this.
Since then I have done it again and finished end of 2011 and decided to do
it every year now. I have been completely amazed at the depth and scope of
supernatural understanding and the knowledge of God that has grown for me in
doing this…truly God gets to plant spiritual seed in our hearts that grows
as we present to Him the garden of our heart and allow Him free reign to
plant and tend it. I would encourage you, if you have not done this… to
make the commitment, and see how God returns to you in many ways that are
without end.
What I do to help others know God better…
It is easy in this life to allow ourselves to get squeezed into a moment or
segment of time when we may be experiencing difficulty. We are bombarded by
the preaching of the gospel of this world system 24 x 7… I try to remind
others (and myself) that we are living in eternity right now… that the
enemy of our souls is not going to run this place forever, that we are
strangers and aliens… sojourners in a foreign land that one day will be
run under the headship of our King. Eternal perspective eases the angst of
many things in this life… its also important to remember that our loving
Father uses suffering and difficulty to forge and shape Christ in us…
I hope this Daniel Fast finds you drawn deeper and deeper into Him…
Mike Whited
(Loveland, Colorado)
Rock Tribe - An international spiritual family called to reclaim Christ’s
kingdom by serving as a catalyst to help revitalize and reform the church,
plant new churches, and transform cities for the glory of God.
Rock Tribe Intl
PO Box 472
Fort Collins, CO 80522