Our Ministries
Christian Life Center is a church of ministry. Whatever stage of life you find yourself in, CLC is there to help minister to your spiritual and relational needs. From our energetic children and youth ministries, our instructive young adult and singles ministries, to our comprehensive family ministry and supportive elders’ ministry, CLC is a church that focuses on people helping people -- in a personal and caring manner.
Devotional by Pastor Lopez
Eternal Fruit
God expects His children to be productive. As we walk in salvation, our lives should produce fruit that demonstrates God’s grace working in and through us.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain…” (John 15:16)
The souls we reach for the gospel, the prayers we pray for the kingdom, the sacrifices we make on the altar, the intimate relationship we engender with the Lord – all these are witnesses that we are bearing fruit unto God. As Jesus stated, it was His desire that our fruit should “remain.” In other words, God wants us to bear fruit that will stand the test of time. What we build for God, we are building for eternity.
On the very day that I write these words, I have the privilege of celebrating my father’s 80th birthday. For the past forty years, his life has been lived answering God’s call to ministry. From being a Youth President, to a Prayer Ministry Director, to a Sunday School Teacher, to an Assistant Pastor, and finally to a member of the CLC Prison Ministry, I have witnessed my father produce eternal fruit for God and His kingdom.
I have witnessed the long prayer meetings, the days fasted in consecration, the sleepless nights preparing for lessons, the Bibles worn out from use, the messages preached with unquenchable passion, the suits soaked in perspiration as the anointing fell, the countless healings as his hands were laid on the sick, the souls filled with the Holy Ghost as he gently guided them to Jesus, and the wise life-lessons shared with all who would hear. For all of my life, I have been an eye-witness to a man bearing eternal fruit to God.
And you know what? He’s not done yet. He still talks about seeing souls filled with the Holy Ghost. He still gets excited about hearing the voice of God. Daily he still goes to prayer to spend time with his Creator. Every Friday evening he still drives out to a county jail to share Jesus with the lost. I guess that’s what the Bible means when it says to “run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”
Keep running Dad. You’ve set the pace. Now your son is running right behind you.
