"Christian Unity Through God’s Starter Kit By Jesus" is an unique Bible based book that is designed for individual Christian growth and stability and the growth and stability of Christianity. It is designed to fulfill Philippians 2:2, "Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind." and First Corinthians 1:10, "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." and Ephesians 4:11-16, "And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."

Before we can come together as one we must realize that we are all one in Christ Jesus, Galatians 3:26-28, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

What tremendous benefits we Christians derived when our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected and we were delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God’s Son as Colossians 1:13 tells us and received "A Starter Kit" of truth, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, justification, glorification, holiness, remission, redemption, mercy, grace and peace with God, so we can take that "Starter Kit" and become wise, righteous, sanctified, just, trustworthy, holy, washed in His Word, redeemed, merciful, compassionate peacemakers. Philippians 4:19, "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

When we take God’s Starter Kit by Jesus and put on the Armor of God as found in Ephesians 6:10-18 then we will be able to take the Shield of Faith and quench the "fiery darts of the wicked" and take the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God and develop a prayer life based on the Word of God. We will learn that a "fiery dart" is a thought that is put into our mind by the wicked that we must bring into the obedience of the Word of God. Too many Christians are not reaching their full potential because of the power of the past and the fear of the future, which are inspired by the "fiery darts of the wicked" and they don’t even know that sometimes their thoughts are "fiery darts of the wicked." God has provided our deliverance from the past and has given us a certain future in His Kingdom through the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven as found in Matthew 16:18 and Acts 2:38.

We need inspiration, but our inspiration must come from fully understanding God's Word, because the correct information can be a tremendous inspiration. Christian Unity Through God’s Starter Kit By Jesus is designed to take a child of God step by step through the process of understanding God's plan of salvation in it's true sense that sets us free from the power of our past sins and sets us free to serve our Jesus to the fullest. Born Again, overcome and salvation are three different words with different definitions and we must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven to understand how to overcome and get the victory and defend ourselves against the wiles of the devil as spoken of in Ephesians 6:10-13 and obtain salvation.

My qualifications are based on being a born again child of God that must be inspired by the Holy Spirit to be able to write this message. Acts 4:13 "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled, and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus." Any born again child of God through the Holy Spirit can be with Jesus. Acts 1:2, talking about Jesus, "Until the day He was taken up, after that, He through the Holy Ghost, had given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen."

God has taught me a lot in the last 20 years through books and tapes, preaching and its amazing what you learn when you look up a word in a Bible concordance and learn the definition from the Greek dictionary and then you know the definition and see how God teaches it in the Bible and it really isn’t that difficult.

God never had me go to Bible college or become closely affiliated with any one denomination or church until recently for a reason, because He wanted to teach me what He wanted me to know out of the Bible and not a doctrine of some church. Most church doctrine is birthed when a church divides itself from another church and this book is all about bringing the churches together so that we can all become Christians by being followers of the Word of God as found in Revelation 19:13 and Christ as found in Acts 11:26 where the term Christian, which means to be a follower of Christ, was first used. The book explains that Jesus, the Christ, the Word of God, the Son of God is our Lord.

I have been told that book publishers usually get an established writer to write a book like this book, but most established writers know what they believe and if you have already heard them speak or read their books you know what the book says before you read it and the reason we buy the book is generally to confirm what we already believe. God had to use me to write this book because God needed my testimony and I didn’t know an apostle from an epistle when I came to Him on October 18, 1983 and became His child. It has been difficult not being part of a church or denomination, but you will find as you read this book that it is different from any other book that you have ever read on spiritual growth. I have made a lot of Christian friends along the way and love to attend "lively" churches with good praise and worship. It is written from the perspective of a layman that wasn’t getting much help from what he was hearing from the pulpit until I began attending Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas in July of 2005 and I had no other choice but to turn to God and put my trust in Him for the salvation of my soul.

This book is dedicated to My Heavenly Father, His Son Jesus, and the Spirit of God-The Holy Spirit. I have learned as I have spent the last 20 plus years writing that He never gives up although I have wanted to give up many times, but I always was drawn back to what He wanted me to do. This publication would have been impossible without God. Luke 18:27, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." Thank you Father.

This book is also dedicated to the countless number of people that have gone to a church to be set free from the power of the devil and the power of their past and the fear of their future and haven’t understood or been taught correctly God’s plan, His Starter Kit By Jesus, thus rendering them ineffective in the Kingdom of Heaven. It is our dream that they can now be set free from the power of the past and the fear of the future and fulfill Romans 8:37 , "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." The Living Bible version, "Overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us enough to die for us."

I want to acknowledge that this message could not have been written without the contributions that Howard's message has made to this message. A message that is designed to help us go through the "fire of God" and be worthy for the Master’s use. Howard has given the last 30 years to serving God and has blessed people all over the world with his message that God gave him.

In July of 2005 I began to attend Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas and for the first time the love of God become reality to me through the music ministry of Israel Houghton and Cindy Cruse Ratcliff. I learned that God has a plan and a purpose for my life through the the teaching of Joel Osteen who gets better with every message and if you attend Lakewood and know Joel and Victoria Osteen you know that Joel and Lakewood would not be where they are without Victoria. She has encouraged, and at sometimes pushed, Joel to be the best he could be for the Kingdom of God. I want to thank the Pastoral Care Staff of Lakewood Church for being an example of the love and dedication that it takes to get the job done.

This message is separated into chapters and is designed to be read chapter to chapter. It is not designed to teach a certain subject before you have read what was written to lead up to that subject, because if you haven't been taught the preceding pages you might not understand what the Lord is trying to say.

Someone told me that they didn't bother to read the scriptures, only the testimony. If you are going to do that, please give this to somebody else who is interested in the truth as seen through the Word of God. Whenever a comment is bracketed with [ ] that is my comment. Whenever a comment is bracketed with ( ) that is a comment that is part of the verse or scripture being quoted. The Bible verses are not generally in italics for a reason, as they are just simply to be read as part of the message and it wouldn't make sense without God's Word. It is also designed to reach conclusions based on the Word of God and the Word of God only and it is not an accident that some of the scriptures are repeated several times, because we need to hear the Word over and over to get it into our spirit and sometimes the same scripture will apply to more than one subject. This was written to help Christians be prepared to be used of the Master as quickly as possible and hopefully keep people from having to go through what I did. My testimony is to be used as a reference point and it will be linked to the Word of God throughout this message which is designed so that you also can teach others the truth of the Word of God.

Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations in this volume are from the King James Version of the Bible.

First Edition-First Printing-1999

ISBN 0-9676576-0-1

Copyright 1999 by A Starter Kit By Jesus Ministries-All Rights Reserved www.starterkitbyjesus.com