Training weekend, this involves the Sunday School department, the Bible College and the School of Mission, so today is our grand finale and our topic is ‘Faith Comes by Hearing’; our text, we are going to read Romans 10: 14 – 17.
What is faith? There are so many definitions but of course, the one we have in the Bible is Hebrews 11: 1 & 2. I gave one definition in my own way; I said faith is ‘it can happen and it will happen’, ‘I can do it and I will do it’.
Without faith, we cannot even say we are Christians.
The object of faith is the person and the work of Jesus Christ and that is why we are here.
Faith is when we worship God even in difficult times.
As children of God we are already conquerors; Romans 8: 37.
How does faith not come?
Faith does not come by memorizing.
How do we hear?
We need to study, 2nd Timothy 2: 15.
We need to fellowship according to Hebrews 10: 25.
We need to be intentional about our relationship with God.
Learn to call on God because He always is there to answer us, Jeremiah 29: 12 – 14a.
The essentials about things the word of God produces.
The word of God must be heard.
Faith in the matter of salvation, 1st Corinthians 1: 17 & 18.
We need to testify about what we have heard based on the word of God, Acts 4: 20.
Some examples of faith that comes by hearing;
The story of the man who was crippled from the womb, Acts 14: 7 – 10.
The woman with the issue of blood, Mark 5: 27, 28 & 34.
The Samaritan woman, John 4: 28 – 30.
The demon possessed man who was emptied of demons by the word of Jesus, Mark 5: 18 – 20.
So what are the realities?
We cannot force salvation on anyone.
It’s not a magic formula.
Thank You Jesus,
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Hallelujah! How many overcomers are in the house? Let somebody shout hallelujah! Father in heaven we thank You, we bless Your holy name; we thank You Lord for Your presence that is heavy already in our midst this morning; we thank You oh Lord because according to Your word we are overcomers; Father thank You for divine victory that You have given unto us, glory be to Your name forevermore.
As we go into Your word, Father Lord God of heaven, speak expressly to us in the name of Jesus. Father let Your word heal, let Your word deliver, let Your word promote in the mighty name of Jesus. And at the end of the day Father, Your name alone will be glorified in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank You blessed Redeemer, in Jesus wonderful name we prayed. Praise the Lord!
I welcome everyone to the presence of the Most High God and I’d also like to thank God Almighty for the gift of life, the privilege of life and I believe it’s the same for you, we are here today only because we have breath in us. I’d also like to acknowledge the Pastor in charge of province, Pastor Tunde Netufo, our father in the Lord for this opportunity that I have to stand here and minister the word this morning. Praise God!
Before we go into today’s message, tomorrow by the grace of God we’ll have another wonderful session of prayer chain, the theme is Divine Providence (Part 2), so we’ll continue from where we stopped last Monday, text is taken from Daniel 3: 12 – 28; please come, and invite as many people as you can, praise God!
1st Corinthians 15: 57 & 58, “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord”. Praise God! The title for this message, if you want to give it a title is in line with our prophetic declaration for the month of April, “Divine Victory”. If you want to qualify it, you can say “Irrevocable Victory”, praise God!
As we know, our father in the Lord gave us prophetic declaration for this month and this is our month of divine victory, and I trust God that because the mouth of His servant has spoken it, the Lord will back it up with power in the name of Jesus and each and every one of us shall be victorious, not only this month, in all the months of this year, in all the years of our lives in the mighty name of Jesus.
So let’s quickly look at Divine; in this assembly we’ve defined Divine so many times that I’ll just put this simply as anything that has to do with God or anything that God is involved with or in, then you say it is Divine. Praise God!
What about Victory? Victory is another word that we are quite familiar with, we use it in our daily activities in different ways, but I’ll try to do a quick definition; victory is to overcome an obstacle or an enemy or an adversary or an antagonist. For example, the Bible tells us that the Philistines at some point in time came to war against the children of Israel and the children of Israel overcame the enemy, that is God gave them victory, hallelujah! The Lord will give somebody victory over every enemy of your life in the name of Jesus.
Victory also can be said to achieve success – success in an endeavor, against all odds, against difficulties. For example, a student who has to face some exams, difficult exams and after the exam you check your result and say oh, I made it, that is victory. I pray that in the examinations of life, we shall be victorious in the mighty name of Jesus.
There are synonyms for the word ‘victory’; triumph, to win, to overcome and have dominion, to have achievement. Yesterday when I came and I saw the choir practicing this song, in my mind I just said oh, the Spirit of God is flowing and say I overcame; if you overcome sickness, if you overcome temptation, it is victory, praise the living Jesus!
Therefore, divine victory is to overcome obstacle or to achieve success by the help of God. There’s no better person that can help us to overcome our obstacles in life brethren, or to achieve success in anything that we lay our hands upon than the Almighty God.
As we know, men can help us, they can aid us, they can support us and help us to achieve victory but you also know the same men as a wish, they can actually take away that victory. It’s like somebody gives you decent clothes in secret and say oh, you can wear these to this and you can go out with this, and then in the open when people begin to acknowledge you and say ah, you are looking good, the same person would say ehn ehn, I could have used it myself and openly will tell you bring my cloth, that’s a man.
But when God gives you victory, not only does He decorate you in the secret, in the open He will continue to lift you, and you know that is the kind of victory that we are talking about this morning.
I’d like us to know a few attributes of that victory before we go into the core of the message;
The divine victory can be partial or total. Let’s look at the example in Luke 17: 11 – 19, we had ten lepers that came to Jesus Christ – leprosy is a disease, after their encounter with Jesus Christ, He sent them to go, go and show yourselves to the Priest and on their way as they were going, they realized that the leprosy had gone, that’s victory over sickness and by the way, God will give someone victory over sickness in the mighty name of Jesus.
So they got healed of leprosy; nine of them, in celebration they forgot to say thank you and went back but only one came back and the one that came back, Jesus said where are the others, he said I can’t find them; He said oh, only you came? A stranger, you are made whole; so nine got partial victory, one got total victory; your victory this day shall be total in the mighty name of Jesus.
Victory can also be revocable and it may be irrevocable. When you get a victory that is revocable you’ll know that you have to start again. For example, in 1st Samuel 13: 12 – 14, the Bible tells us that because of some things that King Saul had done, God then said (13b) for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue”.
God brought Saul from a nobody and made him a king over Israel, the first king of Israel but then God revoked it because of some things that he did. But let’s look at the contrast, another person in the name of David in 2nd Samuel 7: 12 – 15; David also had his issues but God said in your own case, I will not take away the victory that I have given you for certain reasons. One’s victory was revoked, the other one remains irrevocable; I pray for someone here this day that the victory God will give unto you shall be irrevocable in the mighty name of Jesus.
For understanding, the meaning of victory being revoked is that after that time, anyone who saw Saul would say ‘the king of yesterday’, may you never be referred to as a victor of yesterday in the mighty name of Jesus.
When God gives victory, there are some things that manifest in your life when you see victory, and some of these things are the things that we crave for, some of these things are the things that we pray for, some of these things are the things that we fast for and we want in life, we would go through a few of them as time will permit me.
In no particular I’m taking these, so some of these things that come with victory, victory is a package, when somebody is victorious, then you’ll see some of these things manifest in the life of the one that has victory;
One is fame: in 1st Samuel 9: 19 – 21, (going back to the same King Saul), King Saul was saying to Samuel when Samuel wanted to anoint him, he said ah, me? From where? I am from the tribe of Benjamin, my tribe is the least amongst the tribes of Israel and my family is the lowest even in the lowest of the tribes; he’s saying I am the low of the low, who am I to become a king?
Nobody knew me but then he was anointed king and before you know it, everybody was chanting and dancing and clapping and calling the name of Saul. He became famous overnight because victory had come. In the mighty name of Jesus, there is somebody here today, nobody knows you, but before you leave this world, fame will be about you all over in the mighty name of Jesus.
Another thing that comes with victory is wealth, praise the Lord! In Deuteronomy 8: 18, the Bible tells us that it is God that gives power to get wealth, praise the living Jesus!
Let’s look at Abraham, the Bible tells us that God picked Abraham from a cursed background, the family of idol worshippers, God brought him out and after some years, let’s see what happened to him. Genesis 14: 14 – 23, some people came to take Lot and some of the other people in the city and when Abraham heard about it, the Bible says he raised an army of over 300 people, servants in his own house. Somebody who came from a cursed background had 300 soldiers and he went, conquered, brought Lot and the other people and every other thing that they could bring and gave it to the king.
Now this is the interesting part for me, at a point in time the king now said ha, you did the work, take the goods, take them. Abraham said no, let no man say that he made Abraham rich, what was he saying? God has promoted me, God has made me rich, I’m wealthy already, no man can add to what I have, that will be your testimony in the mighty name of Jesus.
Something else that comes with divine victory is comfort. Comfort is defined as a state of physical ease, freedom from pain or absence of stress, hallelujah! To give a good example of comfort, I’ll try to use the story of somebody in the airplane; when you see people saying they are travelling, they are going to the plane, don’t think everybody has the same place, there is a place where people sit down and it’s as if you are in your home, it’s like palace, and there is a place where some of us sit down and you are virtually just squeezing.
There are different levels of comfort; some people have comfort, some people have comfy, hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
In 2nd Samuel 11: 1 & 2, the Bible tells us that at a time when all kings went to war, God had given David so much comfort that he didn’t have to go to war, what was he doing? He was sleeping and he woke up in the evening and said ha, all day I’ve not been doing anything, let me even just look round at the kingdom and see what’s happening, and because he had comfort he was no longer in stress, and in the process of looking around, he saw what he should not see, we’ll come back to that later. May God not give you comfort that will kill you in the mighty name of Jesus. But the Lord will give you comfort from your struggles, from your stress in the mighty name of Jesus.
And another thing that comes with divine victory is peace; peace is different from comfort, it’s another level; peace is the absence of war, that is all around, God has silenced all the enemies and there is nothing else to think about. Peace is defined as freedom from disturbance and tranquility, it’s a state where war has ceased or there’s no more war.
David had comfort in the midst of war, but Solomon had no war to fight and he says in 1st Kings 5: 4, the Lord had given him rest on all sides because there was no war. It is good to battle and overcome, its victory, but there is another level where you don’t even have to battle and that is called peace. You know all these sleepless nights, 21 days fasting, all these rigorous ‘fall down and die’.
I pray for somebody here, a time will come that you will not need to bind and loose, you will not need to do ‘fall down and die’ anymore in the mighty name of Jesus, because you will not just be in comfort, you will live in peace, the Lord will give you rest all around in the mighty name of Jesus.
Proverbs 16: 7 says when a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, you will find peace from today in the mighty name of Jesus.
One other thing that comes with divine victory is greatness. When God gives one victory, greatness is associated with that victory. According to 1st Samuel 2: 7 & 8, the Bible says God is the One that can make somebody who is poor to become rich; He can pick someone from the dunghill and go and situate him among princes, that means he will make a nobody to become a somebody.
In Daniel 4: 1 – 4 & 29 – 30, there was a king called Nebuchadnezzar, he was a great king and he confirmed it himself in verses 29 & 30, he said look at this great Babylon that I built with my own might, but the truth of the matter is that all the countries that Babylon conquered, God delivered them to him, God made him great and he became a great man. Brethren, you shall be great; in the mighty name of Jesus, you will be in control, you will have dominion in the mighty name of Jesus.
Then when God gives you divine victory, you would also have public acknowledgement. It’s different from fame, you may be famous and not be acknowledged or not be accepted by the people, but when God gives you divine victory you’ll have public acknowledgement, hallelujah!
In 1st Samuel 18, after a conquest, as David was coming back, the women were clapping and dancing and singing, Saul was the king and he said Saul has won his thousands and David his ten thousand, public acknowledgement. Even though Saul remained the king, people saw David as the king tomorrow. In the mighty name of Jesus, the Lord Almighty will establish you, will establish your purpose, will establish your throne and we shall be well received in the mighty name of Jesus.
We have seen some of the packages that are associated with divine victory – fame, wealth, comfort, peace, greatness, public acknowledgement, health. These are wonderful things brethren, we pray for them, we look forward to them, but it’s important to know that these things come with a lot of challenges that some people are unable to manage.
I’ll go back again to each of those characters, let’s look at some of those, how did they manage, for example the fame? How did they manage the wealth? How did they manage the comfort, the peace that God gave to them? We’ll come back to answer the question – what level of victory is too much or too little? What level of fame is too much that you are unable to cope with? What level of comfort is too much that may kill you if you are not careful? What level of peace is too much that you may become docile and almost lose your salvation? May you not, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Proverbs 30: 7 – 9, “Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.”; it’s saying don’t give me too much of these so that I don’t come to a point where I’ll say who is God; he’s saying don’t take it away from me so that I don’t be in want and begin to steal and bring disrepute to Your name, praise the Lord!
Now let’s look at King Saul, how did he handle his fame? 1st Samuel 13: 11 – 13, there was a time the Philistines were encompassed around Israel (they were at a war) and he was waiting for Samuel to come that they would make sacrifice and go but the people were saying Saul, let’s go, Saul, let’s go, don’t worry about Samuel, don’t worry about God, you are the king, we love you, you are our king.
And he was listening more to the people than to the voice of God, then he stepped forward to go and make the sacrifice, and the Bible tells us that as soon as he finished the sacrifice, Samuel appeared and then in verse 13 he said what foolishness have you done? You listened to the people, you allowed fame to make you ignore God? And because of that he said to him, God had intended that you and your children after you shall be kings forever over Israel but God says far be it for Me. What fame is too much for you to cope with? May the Lord not give to you in the mighty name of Jesus.
What about riches? In Luke 12: 16 – 21, the Bible tells us that a man came into wealth suddenly; the man planted like every other person, he was waiting for harvest but his harvest brought bumper harvest and he couldn’t cope with it, he said okay, so what I’ll do, in that bank I’ll go and put X amount there, in this one, I’ll go and put that, I will buy this house, I will buy that one and God said hey, this is not the purpose, because you do not know what to do about it, I will take you away from it.
The question that I ask is that harvest, who will take it over? Somebody else who can manage it. I pray for you, may the Lord not give you riches that will make you forget Him, that will make you ignore Him in the mighty name of Jesus, and if God gives you riches, may He not make another person replace you in the mighty name of Jesus.
Now let’s take a bit more of time on David, that’s it for me the central character for this message, what comfort is too much? Let’s go back to 1st Samuel 12, before that time, David was running from cave to cave like many of us, from prayer meeting to prayer meeting, from fasting session to another fasting session and then God answered him, he became king, not long after, he had people that could go to war on his behalf, so he sat back at home when other kings were at war.
God gave him comfort, what was he doing with the comfort? He slept, whiling away time; then he woke up in the evening, out of boredom, he didn’t know what to do then he started going about and went to the roof of the house, he went for an art exhibition, the Bible says he saw a beautiful woman that was taking a bath, she was naked and behold, that comfort that he had troubled him, he began to have desires for the woman, he couldn’t kill the desire, sent for the woman as we know, we know the story too well.
He sent for the woman, before you know it, the woman whose husband was on an assignment for David, he took her in, had carnal knowledge of her and Bible says the woman became pregnant, that tells me immediately that it wasn’t only once, he must have said go and call her again or just say your husband – and then when he realized that she had become pregnant, he started looking at means, what to do, so he went into further depth of sin.
He arranged to kill the husband of the woman, Uriah; he called Joab and said put him at the forefront and back off from him, give him no support so that he would die – wickedness of man. Then he went further after doing that, the man died, within no time he brought the woman home to be his wife, what comfort was too much, did he have too much comfort?
May you not have too much comfort in the mighty name of Jesus. you have been praying for God to answer your prayers and God eventually answers; God, give me this job and God eventually gives you the job, now when it is time to pray, when it is time to meet, when it is time to come for church services you’ll say you know this job, I’ve been tired, I’ve been working Monday to Friday, I want to rest Saturday and then Sunday morning you are watching CNN, what comfort is too much?
God, give me this husband, God give me this child, God eventually answers the prayers and then you have the child and then when it is time to do the bidding of God, you are saying oh you know I need time with these children. When you didn’t have them you were coming for prayer meeting, even the one they didn’t call you, you said Pastor let’s pray. On Wednesday, you forget there are no services, you come and say I think there is prayer meeting today, hallelujah!
You are a young beautiful woman, God gave you the beauty for a purpose, it is not to make men fall, it is not to destroy another person’s marriage, it is to uphold God’s glory. The Bible says I’m fearfully and beautifully made, but for a purpose.
What about Solomon? Solomon had peace all around, he didn’t know how to fight, so guess what he was using his own time to do, women. This one is beautiful, one, two, three, he got to hundred; I’m sure when the rooms in his house became filled he said what would I do? Okay, I know what to do, I’ll create an extension of my house outside and started putting them until they got to 700, 1000, what a man!
And the Bible says that they turned his heart from God, he did not serve God as the father had admonished him to serve God and as God expected him to serve Him. You know what his punishment was? God said I will not take the kingdom from you because I’m already committed to your father, David, but there’s something I will do, when you are handing over to your son, I will take it out of his hands and leave only one out of the twelve tribes of Israel with him, your servant will take the whole. What peace is too much? May God not give you peace that will make you slumber, that will make you fail, that will make you forget Him in the mighty name of Jesus.
Now I look at it and I say to myself, why did these great men and women fail to uphold what was required to maintain the victory that God has given to them? And I see that there’s something called purpose, there’s a purpose for the divine victory that God gave to them and that God has given or that will give to you, there is a purpose for the divine victory and when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable.
One, God gives us victory or God helps us to overcome the issues of life so that He can prove to the world that He is the Lord Almighty,Sovereign God. In Isaiah 45: 1 – 6, it says to us “I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else”. The reason God is giving you this victory we are talking about is so that through you He can prove Himself to the world that He is God.
If you will not allow God to showcase you as His own, then this victory may become too much like it was for those people.
Number two, why God gives this to us, to make it easier for us to believe Him and worship Him. The Bible tells us that if they do not see signs, they will not believe. In Acts 3: 1 – 11, there was a man by the Beautiful Gate who was lame and was there for many years, but one day he received divine victory and what did he do? He went into the church and the Bible tells us I verse 10, “And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him”. God will do things to you that people will see you and be filled with wonder in the mighty name of Jesus.
Number three is to make evangelism and soul winning easier, because the moment they see things happen, you won’t waste time, you won’t spend too much time having to convince people, they will see that already God is at work, hallelujah!
In Acts 16: 26 – 34, the Bible tells us that Paul and Silas were in a prison and they were kept in the prison but overnight as they were singing praises and dancing, there was an earthquake and the prison chains broke and they were free. When the Keeper of the prison came and he didn’t see them, the first thing he did was he wanted to kill himself and they said no, don’t kill yourself, we are still here, other people who didn’t have God would have run away.
They said we are here, we are children of the Most High God, so when he saw what God had done, he gave his life, he took them to his home, all the family members gave their lives, they had Holy Communion and I believe by extension they also had baptism.
Evangelism and soul winning, brethren, God is going to give you victory but we must know the purpose – first, to showcase God that He’s the King of kings and the Lord of lords; two, it helps us to believe in Him, and the third one is that we don’t just keep it, use it for evangelism, use it for soul winning.
Could David have used his time of comfort to tell the whole world that once upon a time I was going from caves to caves but God has given me comfort; could Solomon have used his peace to tell the whole world that I was nobody, I was a son of a concubine but God gave me the kingdom, He didn’t stop at that, He gave me all peace.
Imagine all those women if they had become Christians through Solomon, brethren, may you never miss the opportunity to showcase God and to evangelize by reason of what He will do with you.
I will share with you quickly, a testimony, and we’ll try to close. Many years ago I had an experience, I was posted to work in a city called Ilorin, (some of us will know it); ten branches were opened in my organization at the time, so I was meant to lead one of them at Ilorin, ten of us, so you can imagine the competition, all managers at Ilorin.
Before then, there were some cities that people rated much higher, if you rank the ten, Ilorin will be amongst the last three – maybe 8th, 9th or even the 10th, so nobody gave any attention to that but somehow, God started moving things around and things started working for us, for me, so much that every now and then my director would call and say ah Tunde, what are you doing this month? I would tell him. By the fifth month, we started making profit, before the end of the year, we became the second best of the ten, something that had been written off.
So one day, something happened; a client gave us an investment in nine digits, 20 years ago, and then my boss called and said Tunde, God is helping you in this Ilorin o; you know what I did, I didn’t let it rest, I said ah, I work hard o, if you know what we did before we got that thing, if you know how we got it overnight and all that, this my boss wasn’t a believer., he was a Christian by name but not a believer; I profess to be a believer, a non- believer saw that God was helping me and I rebuffed it, I showcased myself, guess what happened, by the next month, everything that we had went; the subsequent months, I started struggling, they moved me out of the place to go and start afresh somewhere else, put another person there, in less than three months the person started shining.
Brethren, when you have the opportunity to showcase God, don’t hide it; there’s a reason God gives you victory, it’s so that you can show forth His glory, hallelujah!
Time will not let us go through, but it’s not all about people who lost their victory, there are some people who are able to uphold the goodness of this victory: Naaman, he was not a Christian like that, but even though he was a great man, 2nd Kings 5, he was still humane, he was still able to create an atmosphere for his servants to be able to minister to him and to counsel him and to tell him oga, why don’t you do this? Many of us, they can’t even cross our line, we say we are big, they’ll greet you and you’ll say hmm, who are you?
The Shunamite woman, 2nd Kings 8; she saw a man of God going in the sun and said haha, let us care for this man. The Bible says she was a great woman of Shunem, great woman, she needed nothing, but something she needed that was hidden, God revealed it through her generosity. How many of us will look at people who are downtrodden and be generous without asking us?
As I conclude, God is the Almighty, He can give all His children victory anytime for anything, therefore, the question is that the victory that He has given you already, what have you done with it? The one that He’s going to give you, what would you do with it? At what point is it going to be too much? At what point is it too little? What is just enough? We keep asking for more and more, but some people are asking for more and more, I hope it will not lead to destruction, may it not in the mighty name of Jesus.
What level of comfort, what level of fame, what level of peace is too little or too much? We need this consciousness, brethren, we need the grace to handle it and the Lord will have mercy on us and give us that grace in the mighty name of Jesus.
Before we go to pray, 1st Corinthians 10: 12 tells me let he who stand take heed lest he falls; David was a man after God’s heart, he was already standing but he fell; Solomon was God’s chosen but he fell, if those who were already working with God fell, how much more those who are not working with God,
If you are here this morning, you don’t have a relationship with God, you don’t know Him yet, you’ve never accepted Him as your Lord and Savior, even if he gives you the victory you will fall, it’s not a curse but He will not even give you because God is a God of purpose, He doesn’t waste resources.
You are here this morning, you want God to lift you up, you want God to give you victory in the issues of life, you want God to make you what you have been praying about, you need to first accept Him, come to work with Him.
[Altar call]
Let’s begin to give thanks to God, let us thank Him, let’s thank Him for the gift of life, let’s thank Him for the privilege, let’s thank Him for what He has given to us in the past, the victory He has given us before, let us give Him thanks, let us thank Him for what He is yet to do, what He’s about to do, Father we thank You, glory be to Your name forevermore, in Jesus mighty name we have given thanks.
Let us pray and say Father, please have mercy on me, in every way and in any way that I have abused the victories You have given me in the past, have mercy on me, thank You heavenly Father, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Brethren, whether the victory will come, surely it will, let’s pray to the Lord, say Father, please give me the grace to remain connected to You, to remain relevant in Your kingdom, even when You give me this victory, let me remain connected oh Lord to You, let me remain relevant in Your kingdom, let me remain connected oh Lord to the purpose of the victory in the mighty name of Jesus. Please Father Lord help me, thank You heavenly Father, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
We’ll pray again and say Father, please help me to use this victory that You have given me or that You will give me to showcase Your name to the whole world, to prove to the world that You are God in the mighty name of Jesus. I will not take Your glory, I will not take what rightfully belongs to You, help me oh Lord to showcase You to the whole world in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank You my Father, in Jesus wonderful name we’ve prayed.
Finally this one is for you, victory means different things to different people, for some, victory is a new job; for another person, it is healing; for another one, it’s a child; for another person, it is house; it’s whatever, God is here brethren, whatsoever victory means to you, God is able to do it, just talk to Him right now, the Lord is here talk to Him.
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,
Thank You Very Much For Your Support,
May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
INTRODUCTION: Last week, we concluded the series on Harvest; as part of the Mission’s Explosive Growth Drive for Vision 2032. Today, we shall continue with our study of the book of Romans. Recall that in the last week of April 2024, it was the book of Romans chapters 7 and 8; that we studied. The institution of marriage was used for illustration. Marriage with our Lord Jesus Christ frees us from the bondage of the law and the outcome is the creation of new humanity. Today, we are looking at God’s Sovereign Choice. Our Lord has a choice in every matter and remains the final arbiter. May we always be on the right side of His choice, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
OUTLINE 1 [Romans chapter 9]:
A. Apostle Paul’s Concern for Israel/Jews. Paul was both Jewish and Roman. He served as a Pharisee prior to his conversion, therefore understood Jewish traditions. He was pained concerning their ignorance about Christ. He volunteered to be cut-off from Christ if that would win over his kinsmen to Christ. Roms 9:1-5, Gal 1:20.
B. The Children Of Promise: Being a descendant of Abraham does not make one a child of promise. Similarly, not everyone that is a Christian is truly a follower of Christ. Salvation is for the children of promise that came through the child of promise [Isaac] and NOT the child of flesh [Ishmael]. Roms 9:6-8, Gen 21:12, Gal 3:26-29.
C. God Has A Choice. God chose the seed that came through Sarah rather than Hagar. God decided the fate of Esau and Jacob even before they were born. Why? So that His purpose might be fulfilled. He had a choice on what Jeremiah the prophet should be. God has a choice in the affairs of men. Roms 9:9 & 11-13, Gen 18:14, Gen 17:20-21, Jeremiah 1:5.
D. God Is No Respecter Of Persons.: Whether you be Jew or Gentile, God is no respecter of persons. He made it clear to Moses. Apostle Peter also re-echoed it when he visited Cornelius in Caesarea. Roms 9:15-16, Acts 10:1-2, 34.
E. God Can Use Anybody.: As part of His prerogative to choose, He used Pharaoh to show His power, so that God’s name be declared throughout the earth. Remember, the Potter has power over the clay. Roms 9:17, Exo 7:13, Exo 9:13-16, Roms 9:21.
F. Seek Righteousness By Faith And Not By Works: For this reason, Jesus Christ came to show us the way. Roms 9:31-32, Roms 1:17.
OUTLINE 2 [Romans chapter 10]:
A. Paul’s Desire For Israel: That Israel might be saved. They have the zeal for things of God but go about it the wrong way. They based their righteousness on the law, rather than faith Christ. Roms 10:1-3, Acts 21:20.
B. Christ Is The End Of The Law. For believers, Jesus Christ is the end of the Law. Our obedience to the Law is no longer the basis of our relationship with God. We have the Word of faith in our mouth and hidden in our heart; so, speak it and do it! Roms 10:4,8, Psalm 119:11, Luke 2:19.
C. Salvation Is Available to All. Salvation is a gift from God. It is not by works, but by faith. Roms 10:9-10, Matt 10:32.
D. Call To Duty. Unbelievers can be saved if they call on the Lord. Can they call on Him if they have not heard about Him? Who will tell them? Roms 10:14-15, Isa 52:7.
E. How You Can Receive Faith: Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Roms 10:17, Col 3:16.
CONCLUSION
God is sovereign and in Him resides the power to choose. His choice in some cases are beyond human understanding. That is why He is God. Salvation is a gift of God received through faith in Christ Jesus.
Finally, Jesus Christ is our righteousness [Jeremiah 23:6] through faith in Him and not by works.
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,
Thank You Very Much For Your Support,
May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
THE DEMONIC KING GAVE APOSTLE JOSEPH BABALOLA ‘THE FORBIDDEN BUSH’ TO BUILD A CHURCH WITH THE INTENTION OF KILLING HIM AND HIS TEAM!
The great Apostle Babalola went to preach the gospel in a demonic town and he went to the king of the place to ask for land to build the church.
The king who was also a demonic person was not interested in the gospel; he also was practically a demon in his own right. He gave the man of God the forbidden bush. A bush where nobody goes.
When pregnant women die they throw them there. When people with familiar spirit die they throw them there
Nobody goes there.
Those who have ventured to go in, they did not last 24 hours there before they died. That was the place the king gave to the man of God.
Baba Babalola thanked the king profusely, while the king was just looking at him, ‘why is this one thanking us’.
And Apostle Babalola went out, took his prayer warriors and they went to the bush.
When they got there, the man of God began to pray, Some of those who were there that day with cutlass to cut the bush, they are still alive- they told us what I am telling you.
As they got there, the man of God rang his bell and with a very loud voice (because) the man had a loud voice.
In their days, there were no microphones and they addressed thousands of people
He said ‘O God arise and let your enemies in this bush be scattered’
That was all he said
Suddenly, they heard some people running and as they were running, they were colliding on each other.
They felt that people were falling and rising up inside the bush
Some were jamming themselves into the trees, they never saw anybody but they heard the sound of the scattering.
Your prayer today shall release confusion into the camp of the enemy.
They were running helter skelter.
After some time, there was calm and he ordered them to begin to cut the bush.
As they were cutting the bush, from the mountains, they saw a mighty python crawling down.
Those cutting the grasses wanted to run away.
Baba said ‘stay there’, continue to cut your grass.
They continued to cut and the serpent came majestically, the kind of python that could swallow a human without trace.
The serpent did not go to anybody else but Apostle Babalola. The Urim & The Thummim. Baba watched this snake coming and was not impressed at all.
As the snake approached, he just said ‘let the fire of the God of Elijah fall upon this serpent’
It was as if electricity passed through this serpent and it just dried up.
May any serpent assigned against you dry up!
In the name of Jesus!
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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It cost a lot of money to maintain a website, Nonetheless a non-profit Christian website,
Please if you have been blessed by this ministry and you are led to support and bless this ministry in return,
Please make your donation to this account,
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To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,
Thank You Very Much For Your Support,
May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
Good morning friends. Thank God we are alive to celebrate another FATHERS DAY in the land of the living.
Because of the importance of this day, we are suspending our study of ARE YOU READY till tomorrow.
Matt.3.16 – And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matt.3.17 – And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
WHAT KIND OF A FATHER ARE YOU?
Fatherhood and fatherlessness are issues in our nation that are in desperate need of immediate clarity of focus and our attention.
One critical aspect of fatherhood that is plaguing our society in epidemic proportions is fatherlessness.
In Nigeria and throughout the world, father absenteeism is pervasive and the ramifications are devastating! Fatherlessness adversely affects individuals, our families, our neighbourhoods, our churches, our cities, and our nation.
Studies have shown that fatherlessness impacts education, poverty levels, social behaviours, health care, emotion development, and a list of other factors that are essential to our children’s wellbeing.
Coupled with the fatherless crisis is the innate struggle men encounter in not only trying to be a present father, but being a good father as well. Being present is one thing, but being a good father is a whole other ball game.
Many dads are present in the home, but being present is no guarantee that they are the loving and nurturing fathers God intends for them to be in their homes.
A present “bad dad” can, and have done equal, and in some cases more damage to their children and family than an absent dad.
Men who love their families constantly grapple with the question, “How can I be a better dad?”
Spiritually, our fatherhood crisis has created a relational and theological challenge as it relates to our heavenly Father. We call the God of the universe “Father,” and he is! God is our loving heavenly Father, and he is a good Father! However, our current fatherhood fog distorts his image in the hearts of those who are desperately longing for a father’s love. They can only see him through the lenses of their personal experience, not our positive social commentary.
Some children hate their fathers with passion because of the abuses such fathers had inflicted on them and their families.
Even when they got born again, they still express how unsafe to them the concept of God as a Father is to them.
The graffiti masking the accurate image of God the Father in their lives was as a result of the massive failing of their biological fathers.
There are many people whose image of our heavenly Father is unsafe. They are unable to experience the ultimate love of Father God because of the pain caused by their earthly father.
However, regardless of where you are on the fatherhood spectrum, there is hope and help is available for you!
There is hope and help is available for you:
A. If your daily existence involves coping with the chronic pain of a father wound caused by an absent father or abusive father.
B. If the feeling of inadequacy and the inability to be a good father to your children dwarfs your soul.
C. If you are longing for the love of your heavenly Father, but you are too afraid to let go and fall into the embrace of his loving and awesome arms.
Yes, hope and help are present and available for you and it’s found in the revelation of God our Father through his son Jesus Christ.
The baptism of Jesus found in the gospel of Matthew 3:1-17, speaks powerfully to the issue of fatherhood and fatherlessness.
Though the passage marks the inauguration of Jesus’ earthly ministry, these verses allow us the privilege of beholding one of the most intimate interactions between Jesus and his father.
In the beauty of this moment, we see Jesus acting in loving obedience to his Father, and the Father disclosing to the world unashamedly how deeply he loves his son. The divine warmth of this Father and Son embrace radiates four life-changing truths that powerfully address the subject of fatherhood.
These verses give us insight into:
The basic needs of our children. How men can be good fathers The one who has the power to heal your deepest father wound.
God the Father is present with his Son.
The first truth we see in the passage as it relates to fatherhood is that God the father is present with his son. “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him” (Matt. 3:16).
Some fathers are but a rolling stone, wherever such a father laid his cap is his home.
Presently in Nigeria, only God knows how many millions of children under the age of 18 that go to bed at night with no father present.
So many of them live on the streets. A visit to Lekki/Epe Expressway, most especially at Jakande bus stop will proof it. They do because of the absence of their biological fathers. Some have fathers but their fathers are as bad as dead. They therefore live with no father (biological, adoptive, or step).
So many children long daily for their daddy’s love and affection. However, each day the hole in their soul remains a barren canyon because a father is not present to fulfill the longing of their young hearts. Their dads are missing in action!
God the Father did not abandon his Son, Jesus. The Bible tells us that when Jesus came out of the water, the Holy Spirit descended and rested on him. Yes, the Spirit was the empowering agent in Jesus ministry. However, this was also a sign that God was present with his Son! His Spirit was resting on Jesus. He was not going to leave him fatherless.
God the Father would always be there for his Son. If God thought it important to let the whole world know that he was present with his Son, it shows how important it is for fathers today to be present with their children?
Yes, many obstacles and challenges are barriers that seek to keep fathers from being present with their children. Such as:
Born out of wedlock, Divorce Addictions, Antagonistic relationship with child’s mother, Legal issues, Work, Teen Pregnancy, Sin and selfishness
However, as dad you do not have the luxury of just wimping out.
Dear fathers, your children need you! Make an inward resolve to fight through the barriers whether they are real or just your excuses.
God was present with his Son and he can give you the grace, strength, and courage to be present with your children.
A good father is a present father.
The second truth is that God the Father acknowledges his Son.
In the passage, we also see God the father acknowledging his Son. He thunders these words, “This is my son …” Matt. 13:17.
Speaking from heaven, God the Father makes a bold declaration to the world saying, “This is my son!” In essence, he’s saying, “No one make a mistake about it, he belongs to me. I am his Father and he is my Son!”
God the Father leaves no ambiguity surrounding his relationship to Jesus Christ. Jesus is clear on who is his Father and so were those who heard the Father speak.
In our fatherless culture today, children and adults are longing to hear those life-giving words from their fathers.
Those of us who have grown up with or have fathers who have conveyed that message to our hearts are very blessed and fortunate.
However, sadly there are countless individuals who long for their father’s acknowledgement, but never receive it.
The fact that you only had one chance with the mother like Jephthah’s mother or the child is a PLC (Product of a leaking condom) is not enough reason to deny the child even if you had wanted the mother to abort the baby and she didn’t.
Do you know how useful the child is going to be unto the Lord?
Sometimes in the early 90s, I fornicate with a lady and she said she was pregnant. Along the line she was transferred by her employer out of the town where we both worked and we lost contact.
She found me on Facebook in 2010 and we talked. The first question I asked her was ‘where is my baby?’ She told me she aborted the pregnancy and my mind is at rest that afterall I have not become a useless father. I never told her to abort the baby and I was ready to play my role as a father but it was the mother that aborted the baby.
When a child knows that he has a father who want him and chose him, it has great positive spiritual, emotional, and psychological implications throughout his life.
Just as God acknowledged his Son, natural fathers are expected to do the same.
In this age, many children do not even have a father’s name on their birth certificates, even on their Facebook profile’s page.
This speaks volumes to the importance and the need for father to acknowledge their children.
God the Father acknowledged his Son, as dads we have the responsibility and the privilege of acknowledging our children too.
The third truth is that God the Father loves his Son
In the passage, we also hear and see God expressing his love for his son. “This is my Son, whom I love …” (Matt 3:17).
God’s love for Jesus was not only mere words and sentiment. His love for Jesus was expressed through tangible ways and actions. God the Father lived in close proximity to Jesus to know what he needed.
In the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) while teaching us how to pray, Jesus shows us how our loving Father is committed to meeting our needs as his children.
Here are a few brief observations from the prayer:
He’s present and attentive
(Our Father who is in heaven)
He desires the best for his children
(His kingdom come and will be done)
He provides for his children’s daily needs
(Give us our daily bread)
He forgives his children
(Forgive us our debts)
He protects his children from evil
(Deliver us from evil).
So many times, as dads we think our only responsibility is to provide food, clothing, and shelter. Not so. Our children have other needs too.
We have the privilege of being fathers who live in close, loving proximity with our children so we can best know how to meet their needs and show them our love.
The fourth truth is that God the Father affirms his Son
God tells the world, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
Affirmation is powerful and we all need it desperately. Causalities and heartaches of life people have experienced in search of healthy affirmation cannot be overemphasised.
God tells the world, that Jesus is his Son whom he loves and that he is “well pleased.” Think about it for a moment.
At this point in Jesus’ life, he has not …
Preached a sermon
Healed the sick
Raised the dead
Cast out any demons
Called any disciple
Died on the cross
Risen from the grave
However, the father validates him not for what he has done or for the future works he will do.
The Father affirms Jesus solely because of who he is—his beloved Son!
I see the satisfaction of having a father who cares on my son’s face each time I commend his result and encourage him to do better next time.
This is an affirmation of him as a person.
Even though he is a big boy now, I still speak those affirming words to him a few times a week when we talk, and he loves it!
So many children are crying for the acceptance and affirmation of their fathers. What they are saying is, “Am I such a defect that I am unlovable as a son or daughter?”
Why not go to one of the fatherless children in or outside the church, look directly into his eyeballs and say to him, “You are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased!” and see how joy will fill his heart. By so doing, you can even win him for Christ.
Are you longing for the affirmation of your father? I want to tell you that you are not flawed or unlovable!
Though your earthly father may never affirm you, your heavenly Father will. It was God the Father’s pleasure to affirm Jesus and it is his pleasure to affirm you too!
Hear these words today! You are his child, he loves you, and he is well pleased!
Dear fathers, make sure you take time to speak these life-giving words to your children too. They need desperately to hear them.
Are you living with a father wound? Your earthly father may have failed you and wounded your heart, but God will not.
He promises to be the Father you always wanted and needed.
Just as he opened the heavens to proclaim his love for his Son Jesus, he will touch the pain in your heart today and pour out love and mercy to heal your deepest wounds.
Are you longing to be a better father to your children? I encourage you to follow the example of our heavenly Father.
Be present with your children physically and emotionally. Find creative ways to let your children know that they are yours and that you wouldn’t trade them for the world.
It is true that you are not perfect, but who is?
Stop beating yourself up over your shortcomings.
Rely on your loving Father to give you the grace you need to be the father he wants you to be.
He will help you to be present, acknowledging, loving, and affirming to your children.
If your heart is burdened for the many fatherless children living in your extended family, church, or community roaming the street, then allow the Father’s heart to become your heart.
Find a child to whom you can be a mentor, become a big brother, a surrogate dad or a grandpa.
Be there for them and share the heart of your heavenly Father with them.
Let them know how valuable they are, and how much God and you love them!
Don’t try to be a pro; just being present in a kid’s life is invaluable.
Remember, your prayers make a difference in the lives of the fatherless too. Always pray for them.
The time to refocus on fatherhood is now, and by our heavenly Father’s wonderful grace, you can get active, and make a difference!
How can you achieve this if your life is not in Jesus care?
Accept Him now, and you will be glad you did.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY.
Tomorrow, if Jesus tarries and He permits, we shall continue with our study on the topic, ARE YOU READY?
Until then, have a wonderful fellowship with your maker today as you prepare to go to the nearest Bible believing Church.
Always remember that Adesola Arilewola cares for your soul and Jesus loves you more than you know.
MARANATHA.
God of Perfection
Happy new month and happy first day of the month. We are glad we are all alive to witness the month of July. July is the Seven(7) months of the year and number seven is very significant in the realm of the spirit.
Seven(7) stands for perfection and rest. On the seven day God perfected all the works on earth and He rested (Genesis 2:1 – 2).
This month God will perfect all your steps and everything that concerns you. (Ps 138:8).He will give you rest on everyside in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
In every home, marriage, business, career etc, God will visit the foundation and perfect them to His glory in Jesus Name.
The second half of the year, we shall all end well with full testimonies in Jesus Name.
The Mercy of God will always be available and renew in our lives in Jesus Name.
ISAIAH 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
In this month no evil and wickedness shall stand against you.
The decisions of the coven and the enemies shall not stand in your life.
Disappointment and sorrow shall not stand in your life.
No attack and conspiracy of the wicked people shall stand in your life.
Every form of accidents and sudden death program against you shall not stand in the name of Jesus.
Every evil pattern and struggle shall not stand in your life in the name of Jesus.
Above all, every bad dreams, evil revelations and prophecies against you shall not stand neither come to pass in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Support Our Ministry,
Good Morning Dear,
It cost a lot of money to maintain a website, Nonetheless a non-profit Christian website,
Please if you have been blessed by this ministry and you are led to support and bless this ministry in return,
Please make your donation to this account,
Chukwuemeka Obiorah Ogwo,
Account Number,0139438409,
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Nigeria,
To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,
Thank You Very Much For Your Support,
May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
Adamawa community in Nigeria translates the Bible into their Bwatiye language
The Bwatiye people of Adamawa state who reside in Numan, Demsa, Girei, Fufore and Lamurde local government areas of the state and some parts of the Cameroon Republic, have unveiled a New Testament Bible translated into their language.
During the public presentation of the Bwatiye New Testament Bible in Numan on Saturday, June 15, it was stated that the project was undertaken to reach more Bwatiye people with the word of God so that they can identify personally with it.
Chief Presenter of the Bible, Chief Maurice Yunobolki, expressed the hope that the Bible would further unite the Bwatiye people to do great things for themselves and for God.
Bishop Bulus Taiya also shared an insight on their experience during the translation project. He said the project began in 2011 and survived a number of challenges to see the light of day.
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Support Our Ministry,
Good Morning Dear,
It cost a lot of money to maintain a website, Nonetheless a non-profit Christian website,
Please if you have been blessed by this ministry and you are led to support and bless this ministry in return,
Please make your donation to this account,
Chukwuemeka Obiorah Ogwo,
Account Number,0139438409,
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Nigeria,
To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,
Thank You Very Much For Your Support,
May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
Unifying the Church of God through love and forgiveness
TEXT: Romans 13 and 14
Introduction:
A transformed life in Christ results in the application of righteousness and love in all areas of behaviour
– Social, civil, and moral. God wants the church to be unified in love (Eph 4:1 6). A unified body is a functional body. A peaceful body is a healthy body. God charged us to keep and preserve the unity of the body not through human efforts or organisation but by walking worthy of the vocation wherewith we were called. Spiritual unity is maintained by being loyal to the truth and by walking after the spirit.
Submission to Authorities: Rom 13:1-7
There are different types of authorities – Filial, Social, Civil, Spiritual, etc. The Christian is commanded by God to obey authorities. God has instituted governments because we need restrains and authority to protect us from the chaos and lawlessness arising from the fall of man and sin. The civil government stands under the law of God. God ordained the state to be an agent of justice, to restrain evil by punishing the wrong doer, and to protect the good in our society.
• 1 Peter 2:13-14
• Titus 3:1
• Eccl 8:1
Our passage describes government in a normative form according to the standard of God. When it abandons its proper function, it is no longer according to the purpose of God. Example, when the authorities require something contrary to the word of God, a believer must obey God rather than man.
• Acts 5:29
• Dan 3:15-18
• Dan 6:6-10
• Jer 35:5-6
Love fulfils the Law (Torah). Rom 13:8-14
The Christian must not engage in deceitful borrowing. Love for one another is the only debt from which there is no release. The first evidence of Christian love is that we turn away from sin and anything that brings sorry and hurt to others.
• Gal 5:14
• Ex 20:1-17
• Matt 22:37-40
• Eph 5:11
Show grace to each other. Rom 14:1-6
We have a huge responsibility towards others. It is not enough that your conscience is clear. It is not enough that your faith is strong. We must consider the spiritual state and wellbeing of other believers in whatever we do. The passage highlights that “eating”, in itself, is not a moral matter but our attitude about what to eat could lead to unjustly judging or condemning others. We must not put a stumbling block on the way of other Believers.
• 1 Cort 8:9
• 1 Cort 10:25-26
• Rom 14:13
• Rom 14: 16-17, 21
Conclusion.
One key purpose of the book of Romans was to correct certain problems in the church occurring because of wrong attitudes of Jews towards Gentile believers. Are some of those attitudes not present in the church today? At the Garden of Eden there was no secular government but when man sinned, he was driven out of the presence of God. To maintain order, God instituted authorities and allowed men to oversee the affairs of others. Israel even demanded for a King and God granted it (1Sam 8:1- 10).
Our attitude towards Authorities and our attitude towards our fellow Believers reflect on our faith. You shall know them by their fruits (Matt 7:16, 1Cort 15:34)
The Believer is restrained, not only by the law of God, but also by the law of Christian love (Rom 14:21, 2Cort 5:14).
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
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Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
I’m ordained of God to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ; to minister life, to strengthen others, and bring them into God’s light. Therefore, no matter the tests, trials, opposition, adversaries, I maintain my solid front in Christ, that inner fortitude to make the Gospel known at any cost. I’m courageous, with the boldness of the Spirit in increasing measure!
I’m in the world at such a time as this, for a purpose, living the life that God prearranged for me before the foundation of the world. He planned that I’d serve Him and live for Him, and that through me, His righteousness would be established in the earth, and in the hearts of men. I’m fulfilling this purpose daily and I have access to all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Dear Father, what a great honour and privilege it is to be inseparably one with you. I’ll always be a victor, and walk in sync with your perfect will for me because you guide me in all things. Thank you for the guidance, promptings and blessings I receive through the Spirit, I’m filled with your fullness, and dispense the verities of the Kingdom in every place. Glory to God.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆!
Amen!
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
Stick To The Word Of God That Stirs You Up In The Things Of God And In The Way Of The Holy Spirit
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth (3 John 1:2).
Sometimes there’re Christians and even some ministers of the Gospel who are working hard for the God but at the same time struggling with some ailments, some kind of pain or sickness in their bodies. Some say it’s “normal” to get sick, citing the Prophet Elisha who died sick (2 Kings 13:14).
They also reference Epaphroditus that worked with Paul who, in his fervor to serve God, became seriously ill and almost died (Philippians 2:30). Thus, to many, sickness is normal. But no, it’s not! First, the Bible never told us to model or pattern our lives after Elisha or Epaphroditus! Jesus is our example- the One we’re to emulate and the Bible says as He is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17). He was never sick and couldn’t be. He gave us the power to heal sicknesses and cure diseases.
Paul, in 1 Corinthians 11:1 said, “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.” There’s no record that Paul or the apostles were ever sick. Rather, they healed the sick. Read about Paul and Peter in the Book of Acts: Acts 19:11-12 & Acts 5:15-16.
Follow God’s Word. Model your life after the Word, after Christ, and learn from His great Apostles of faith. They were masters over the elements of this world. They spoke to all manner of sicknesses, diseases, and infirmities; they cast out devils who inflicted these pains on the people. That’s the life we have in Christ.
Refuse to be sick. Stick to the Word of faith that stirs you up in the things of God and in the way of the Spirit. Meditate on the truths of God’s Word. Romans 8:11 says, “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” This has already happened now that Christ lives in you. Therefore, arm yourself with this insight and dominate sickness and disease. Rule over the depravities and negativities of this world and their corrupting influences. Hallelujah!
CONFESSION
The truth of God is revealed in my spirit and I’m walking accordingly. The Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in me, and He has vitalized me through and through! He’s the life and health of my physical body, and the Lord’s righteousness is revealed in my body. Hallelujah!
Matthew 9:35
Mark 3:14-15
3 John 1:2
Revelation 22:2
Luke 2:1-20
Deuteronomy 11-12
Acts 28:21-31
Psalm 83-84
Thank You Jesus,
Salvation Prayers
If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:
Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,
Thank You Very Much For Your Support,
May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,
May God Bless Israel, Nigeria, And America And Take Care Of Us; May God Make His Face Shine Upon Us, And Be Gracious To Us; May The Lord Lift Up His Countenance Upon Us, And Give Us Peace, In Jesus Christ Name, We Pray! Amen!
May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!
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