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Monday, July 29, 2013

"A Cop's Priorities"

This week's Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry/FCPO newsletter and devotional has gone out to our worldwide subscribers (FREE) but here it is again in case you missed it: just click on "A Cop's Priorities" (Courageous Priorities) -- Part 2 of our current 4-part Bible study series based on the film Courageous. As always, the newsletter includes a wealth of news, announcements, links, resources and more -- check it out and pass it on.

If you're in the Denver area, don't forget that we are hosting our 2nd joint (Capstone and Centurion) law enforcement baptism service tonight at Calvary Chapel Castle Rock starting at 6:30. If you've been born again (saved) but have not yet fulfilled God's command to be baptized (no, infant baptism does not count), then bring a towel and a change of clothes and come join us tonight. See newsletter for details.

Again folks, the time is short. Let's have a "Code 3" sense of urgency in living and sharing Christ with others.

Blessings!

Lt. M.C. Williams
Director, The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry
VP, Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers -- USA

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Blessed are the Peacekeepers?

This week's Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry/FCPO newsletter and devotional -- Blessed are the Peacekeepers? -- has gone out to our worldwide list of subscribers but, as usual, I've posted it here as well. Lots of news, announcements, resources and an important devotional that will come as a surprise to many of you. Check it out and send me your feedback.

Tomorrow I will be chartering the new Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers chapter in Castle Rock, CO (Capstone Ministry/FCPO-Castle Rock) -- prayers appreciated for this dynamic new law enforcement outreach (and please join us if you're in the area).

Speaking of Capstone, here are some pics from of our 1st joint law enforcement baptism service (pictured are Nicole Gerlach -- wearing my shirt, no less, Officer Wes Body, Lt. Adam Reeves, Officer Martin Toetz -- who forgot his shirt -- LOL).

PRAYER REQUESTS:

** The following is from Inv. Tom Stanton in MA. Please pray. Their son is also a LEO.

I haven't been feeling well the past few months and the doctors discovered that I developed a second form of leukemia as well as my primary leukemia had returned - virulent and deadly. I am due to be admitted to Farber/Brigham & Women's hospital in Boston. I will be there for as long as a month and so will Eileen and son Tom. Making arrangements, it’s been hectic! Eileen has been relentless networking, filling out form after form and caring for me. The treatment which is very dangerous, complicated, intense and will last at least a year including isolation (no visitors)' frequent treatments and check-ups, etc., etc. I will let you know more in a while. Please keep Eileen, Tom and I in your prayers and God willing next year at this time we will meet at church and go for lunch after services.

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook: The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry/FCPO-Denver.

Stay safe on the street and bold in Christ..

Michael "MC" Williams
Police Det. Lieutenant and Chaplain
Director, The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry
Nat. Board Vice President, Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers - USA

Sunday, May 19, 2013

A Cop's Courage to Stay the Course

This week's Christian law enforcement newsletter and devotional has gone out to our worldwide readership but here it is again for those not yet on the list: just click on "A Cop's Courage to Stay the Course." Lots of news, info, resources, info about upcoming events (incuding the FCPO National Conference this October in Elkhart, IN) and of course a profession-relevant devotional that we hope you'll apply to your own lives. Check it out and pass it on.

Whilst I have you, please continue to pray for for Colorado State Patrol Trooper Edward ("Eddie") Taylor who remains in a coma. A website has been set up for folks to support Eddie and his young wife and child: go to www.TrooperEddie.org.

Also as announced in the newsletter, we're holding a law enforcement baptism service at Calvary Chapel Castle Rock tomorrow evening starting at 6:30 PM. If you're a LEO in the CO Front Range area who has come to Christ but has yet to follow the command to be baptized, please join us (more info in the newsletter).

Let's stay the course in Him.

MC

Monday, May 13, 2013

A Call to Serve

With National Police Week 2013 underway, this week's Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry/FCPO newsletter/devotional is up and this exhausted brother is off to bed for a few hours before going back on duty (albeit I'm facilitating leadership training over the next two days). In addition to reading, praying and applying "A Call to Serve," please also take the time to join us in praying for those listed in the prayer requests found in the updated May 9th post below.

In addition, and especially for those led to help support CSP Trooper Eddie Taylor, wife Rachael and newborn Levi, please go to www.TrooperTaylor.org. Eddie is still in a coma...please pray!

Lastly (well, lots more in the newsletter), if you';re a LEO in the CO Front Range area who has come to Christ and has yet to be baptized, please join us on Monday, May 20th at Calvary Chapel Castle Rock starting at 6:30 PM (bring shorts, t-shirt and a towel) for our latest law enforcement baptism service. Please email me at fullarmor911@yahoo.com if you plan to attend and take part in this incredible act of obedience (no, not optional and no, infant baptism doesn't count). More details included under our local meeting schedules ("eyes right, scroll down").

Pass it on!

M.C. Williams
Police Lieutenant and Chaplain
Director, The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry
National Board Vice President, Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers - USA

Friday, January 14, 2011

Baptism Reminder + New Website Links and Updates

I've added a number of new links here on our website -- including but not limited to a great site with info about protecting our kids online -- http://e-copp.com/. Please take advantage of these outstanding resources.

Secondly, just a reminder for our Colorado Front Range "locals" and FCPO-Denver regulars that I'll be officiating our first annual law enforcement baptism service tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 15th) starting at 1 PM at Southern Gables Church in Littleton. Email or call (720-371-1022) if you plan on attending but have not already notified me. Regardless, keep us in prayer!

Finally, I've updated the prayer requests on the Jan. 5th post...including one for the father-in-law for a dear friend in NM. Please join us in pray and check back frequently.

Our Core Verses

COPS -- God's ministers for good and a terror against evil. We do not bear the sword in vain.

(Paraphrase...for full text, see the Bible in Romans 13:1-4)

Psalm 82:3-4

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.ressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.he widow.

Colorado Law Enforcement Ministry Meeting Schedules

The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry (FCPO-Denver)

On the local front (meaning Colorado Front Range) we typically meet for iron sharpens iron fellowship and Bible study every 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening of each month at Calvary Castle Rock. Email me for details at thecenturionministry@gmail.com or give me a shout at 720-371-1022

Men of Courage Law Enforcement Ministry

Buena Vista (CO) PD Sgt. Dean Morgan is leading a law enforcement fellowship/Bible study in Chaffee County and the surrounding area. Contact Dean at interceptor@policeone.com for more info.

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TCLEM Mission Statement

The mission of The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry (TCLEM), is to educate law enforcement officers (police, deputies, troopers, investigators, parole/probation, corrections, military, etc.) about God's unique call on their lives as outlined in God's word (Bible) and to lead officers and their families to a saving knowledge of and close personal relationship with our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Through same, we also seek to positively impact our profession by raising up Christian servant-leaders and reduce our historically high rates of divorce, alcoholism, depression, suicide and related issues.

Law enforcement is a God-ordained ministry of service and protection for our society as outlined in the Bible in Romans 13. Inasmuch as our very authority as peace officers is given to us by God, TCLEM seeks to affirm our calling as servant-warriors ("sheepdogs") and leaders while at the same time developing the our spiritual, family and personal lives through Bible study, peer fellowship, and group accountability along with active involvement in a solid Christ-centered/Bible-based church. We also seek to infuse our profession with godly leaders who will in fact LEAD (serve) from a biblical world view.

What We Believe (Statement of Faith)

(1) WE BELIEVE the only true basis of Christian fellowship is Christ's sacrificial agape love, which is greater than any secondary differences we possess, and without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.

(2) WE BELIEVE in all the fundamental doctrines of orthodox evangelical Christianity as detailed in God's word (Bible).

(3) WE BELIEVE the sixty-six books of the Bible (i.e. Old and New Testament) comprise the totality of Holy Scripture and is inerrant in the original text, and remains God-breathed/God-inspired and infallible in all its substance, and therefore, it is the supreme and final authority in faith, theology, and life. 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalm 119:11, 89, 105.

(4) WE BELIEVE that our Lord has called us to share the Word of God in such a way that its message can be applied to an individual's life and, in particular as it relates to our service in the God-ordained calling of law enforcement. We also believe that it is the responsibility and privilege of every Christian to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and to seek to make growing disciples. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8.

(5) WE BELIEVE there is only One true, eternally existent God. He exists in three co-equal persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The triune God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, and is worthy of worship and obedience. Deut. 6:4-5; Genesis 1:31, Luke 3:21-22; Matthew 28:18-20, Rev. 4:11.

(6) WE BELIEVE in one God who is Creator of heaven and earth, Spirit, personal, transcendent, sovereign, life, love, truth, almighty, simple (i.e. one without parts), timelessly eternal, unchangeable, wise, just, holy, relational, dynamic and infallible in all things.

(7) WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, possessing two distinct natures which are co-joined in one person, that He was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless and miraculous life, provided for the atonement of our sins by His vicarious substitutionary death on the Cross, was bodily resurrected by the power of the Holy Spirit, physically ascended back to the right hand of God the Father in heaven, and lives to make intercession for us. After Jesus ascended to Heaven, He poured out His Holy Spirit on the believers in Jerusalem, enabling them to fulfill His command to preach the gospel to the entire world, an obligation shared by all believers today. John 1:1-3,14; Matthew 1:18-25; Philippians 2:5-9; Colossians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Acts 1:11.

(8) WE BELIEVE that all people are by nature separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered as a gift by the Lord Jesus Christ to all based on His grace alone. When a person sincerely repents of their sin and enters into a life-saving/life-changing personal relationsship (not "religion") with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, they are immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all their sins are forgiven, and they become a child of God -- changed, and destined to spend eternity with Him. John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21.

(9) WE BELIEVE in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today, and should be exercised within scriptural guidelines, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified. John 14:16-19; 16:7-15; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 8:9,11; Titus 3:5.

(10) WE BELIEVE in the pre-tribulation rapture of the church, and we believe that the physical second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on the earth will be personal, premillennial, and visible. This motivates us to holy living, heart-felt worship, committed service, diligent study of God's Word, regular fellowship, and participation in the two ordinances the Lord gave the church - adult baptism by immersion and Holy Communion. Revelation 3:10, Thessalonians 5:9.

(11) WE BELIEVE there is a real personal devil of great evil, cunning, and power, who seeks to tempt, kill, steal, and destroy, yet his power is limited by God to only what God permits him to do; that the devil has been defeated positionally at the cross of Christ, and will be defeated practically at Christ's glorious second coming which will ultimately eventuate in the quarantine and punishment of the Satan (aka the Devil, Beast, and False Prophet, etc.) in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone where they will be tormented day and night forever (what has been traditionally called "Hell"). Luke 10:18; Matthew 4:10; John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11, etc.

(12) WE BELIEVE that our Lord is clear that there is ONLY ONE WAY to Christ and that is through a life-changing personal relationship with the Risen Savior. Jesus told his disciples, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). He did not merely point the way to God. He himself claimed to be the only way to the Father and the source of eternal truth and life. The way to God is through personal faith in Jesus Christ. Intellectual acceptance of Christ is not enough. You must come to him determined to turn from what displeases him, with a total trust in Christ's saving power for you.

Are you ready to receive Christ today? If so, scroll up towards the top of this page to the links under How Can I be Saved (AKA True "Officer Safety"). Please feel free to contact me if you need help in this area -- it would be my honour to lead you "home" to Christ!

If you sincerely put your faith in Christ, God promises not only to forgive you, but also to receive you into his family. It's the greatest discovery you will ever make!

Donate to the Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry

We do accept donations to support our ministry and outreach, including but not limited to leading officers to Christ, support for wounded officers; "officer down" outreach; chaplain and counseling services; speaking engagements; website expenses; ministry apparel, etc. Donations can be made out to The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry and mailed to

P.O. Box 630854
Littleton, CO 80163

That said, support your church first...and then donate if the Holy Spirit inspires you to do so. Thanks in advance for your support.