Making a Personal Decision with Jesus Christ

Make a personal decision to give your life to Christ.

The word of the Lord is powerful, it transforms life.

The word of God is powerful, sharper than a two edged sword. Put it in your heart. The Jesus we believe in is alive and real.

Genesis 12 

Its God in you that causes you to accomplish all things. As believers, our strength is in the place of prayer and the word of God.

We need to be people of prayer and the word of the Lord.

Abraham set up altars on His way to the land God showed him.
Genesis 26:2

Be careful not to go down... You start to mess up when you go down to Egypt.
Whatever you speak should come from the house of prayer.

When you make decisions out of your prayer room, you make mistakes, and you later ask God to endorse your mistakes. But God is not about to be cheated, you will not cheat God!

God is faithful to His word, Ishmael is a sign of man's decisions.

But even when God is silent, I'ts a time of testing, its a sign of writing your script, please don't go to Egypt, remain in the house if the Lord.

Abraham let go of Ishmael and his mother, Hagar for the promise of God to be made alive in his life.

Ishmael is a wild donkey of a man Genesis 16:12

Let us know that souls will only be won in a place of prayer. Never talk to a man about God before you talk to God about that man.
Whatever decisions you make, please make them in the place of prayer.
Hide the word of God in your heart, it not in your heart, at least keep it in the pocket.c

Sunday Post- About what we worship

What we love so much we will worship; Mark.10:17. What you hold onto most soon becomes an object of worship.

Emphasis is from the first two commandments of God. (Exodus 20:4)

We can only worship one God, not the seas, images or any forms of objects, we only glorify the Lord our God.

Sacrifice your worldly treasures to serve the Lord, give God your best, your strength in worship and praise. "..love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength..." with your entire being.

Where are you putting your worship, your talent,your tithe, your strength and your time?; invest in the Lord.

Sunday Post~The Power of The Message

 Acts. 1:8
The message of the gospel;
The message should not change much as the mode of transmission changes.
The transformation of heart which happens when the gospel is preached is not dependent on how but the power in which it is preached.
When we go out in sharing the gospel, we ought to bear in mind that saving is the work of The Saviour. Therefore we should not fear the outcome.
The preacher needs to be humble; as an act of obedience.
*Be humble to the fact that you're being used by God.
*Be humble to depend on the wisdom of God and not of ourselves

We need to stick to the Gospel and not try to please men with vain talk.
1Thes.2:4 We need to please God in preaching the gospel and not to change the content to suit the desire of man's ears.

Sunday Post~Launching Into the Deep of Outreach & Evangelism

Scriptural Reference: Jn 15: 5, 1 Chron 16: 22, 23, Ps 96: 2,  2 Kings 7: 1 – 11

The Lord will cause your enemies to be confused, they may think you have been defeated, but the Lord will hand them over to you, you will see your victory with your own eyes.

That friend whom you think it impossible for them to come to God; He will bring them to Himself.

God has already blinded your enemies, victory is waiting for you. We have to brave to go to the enemy's camp and get what is ours.

We have to share our salvation with every one, salvation is a gift from God. There is no need to keep the good news for yourself, keep sharing it.

You are in a better place today, God has worked for us. We need to take the good news to those that have not yet received it. We need to tell them of the peace of the Lord: God saves, God heals, God forgives, tell them about the goodness of the Lord.

You can bring them to the house of the Lord, and the words will get to their hearts. God's proving ground is the house of the Lord.

You are a child of God and He delights in you. Let's tell people we left in the world that there is good news this side, there is good news in the house of the Lord.

Sunday Post~Deep Launch into Evangelism

Hosea 3:1

The Israelites were a rebellious nation but God chose to love them
In the same way, the world is full of such people who we brand as sinners and unworthy, they have walked away from God's ways but God still loves them and continues to pursue them. God's love never runs out

Rev.3:20 God is knocking and we who have heard have a role to help those who have responded to that knock.
Draw them to fellowship and show love to them.
Pray for them Ezk 36:26
Change your attitude towards these people after all God loves them

Sunday Post- Evangelism

Jesus himself is good news
Isa. 61:1-2
those who are poor and they know they are blind
God has good news
those who are blind God has good news
those who are wounded, Jesus has good news
Isa.52:7 (How beautiful are the feet...)
the good news is that what ever we go through, God is still on the throne
The only way we can beautify out feet is by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus.

Exo. 3:7-8 (God saw and heard the suffering of the children of Israel)
Gabriel announced the good news of the birth of Jesus Luke.1-19.
Luke.8:1 God wants us to be bold in evangelism.

Who are involved in evangelism?
First, there has to be an evangelist
Then God puts his word inside  him (Equips)
When you receive that message (Salvation) God expects you to reach out to others with the same message. Besides being equipped as an evangelist, God also calls us to this ministry through the five fold ministry (Eph. 4:11)

Qualities of evangelists

1. Must be born again (a child of God)
2. Must be a person of prayer or intercession (Rom 8:26; 8:34)
3. Must be a witness in the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts.1-8.)
4. Must be a person of the Word of God (Colossians.3-16.)
5. Must have a message 2Sam.18:21 
1. The message is the gospel (1_Corinthians15-1.)
1. That Died for our sins
2. Christ was buried
3. Christ rose from the dead according to the scriptures

It takes a living person to justify a living person, that is why Christ rose from the dead so that He could declare our justification.

We not only preach the gospel but also salvation 2Cor. 6:1-2
We also preach Christ (1Corinthians1:23)
We preach Christs' Manifesto Luke. 4:18

Audience (What kinds of people are we speaking to)

1. We speak to all (Rom.8:23); 
2. Hypocrites (Mark.7:6)
3. Lukewarm (Rev.3:16)

Objectives of an evangelist

1. Desire a change in the audience
2. Train witnesses (2Tim. 2:2)
3. Prepare people to meet the soon coming King

Methods of Evangelism

How did Jesus do evangelism? 

1. One to one (John 4, Jesus talked to the Samaritan woman on a one to one basis)
2. Preaching through mass evangelism (John 4, The Samaritan woman called people to listen to Jesus)
3. Teaching the word of God (Mathew 5 , If you hear this teaching, receive it and apply it in your life, you will be like a house built on the rock)
4. House to house Evangelism (Luke 19:1-10, John 7)

Practicalities when doing Evangelism

1. In doing Evangelism, focus on Jesus, but before you talk about Jesus, make sure you have Jesus in your heart. 
2. Pray earnestly about the people you are to talk to. Talk to God about the sinners. 
3. Appear good. Don't make your appearance be a stumbling block, for example, dress honorably 
4. Don't attack people's religions, there religious leaders, places of worship "Don't attack Maria, Buddha, Mohammed"
5. Show respect for the people you witness to
6. Don't complicate the gospel

Sunday Post~Enemies of the Kingdom

If you will beat your enemy you must have a lot of information.

Scriptural Ref.
2Tim.3; Isa.60:1-2; Rev.13:10-18 ;Rev. 17.

Lots of evil things going on in the world.
Spirit of the evil prostitute woman who sits on many waters has bound the world. Rev.17. She is drunk with the blood of the saints. These waters symbolise nations, kings, the church is not exempted, it is under attack.

Nothing comes from hell to entertain you. Such as Pornography, prostitution, fashion and the like. These are meant to destroy you.
The church is perishing for lack of knowledge; many are lost in these sins.
They are living "smartly".

Sunday Post~Worship as a Weapon of Warfare.

2 Corinthians 10: 3 - 5 ~ Church members were engaged in a physical battle. For instance, when saw someone would go astray, they would beat him up, thinking they were engaged in a physical battle.

Our battle is however not physical...

Ephesians 6: 12 ~ We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities...that's the war we are engaged in day and night.

Our weapons include: Prayer, Love and Worship, amongst others.

Worship is to adore.

Ephesians 5: 19, Colosians 3: 16

True worship proclaims that Jesus is above everything else; causing you to be released of what is letting you down.

We worship the ones we love. When we love God, we will sing to Him. God deserves our worship.

Worship invites the presence of the Lord in any situation. Daniel, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow down and worship the statue of Nebuchadnezzar. God was present in their fire.

Worship brings comfort and healing. King Soul was possessed by a spirit, which would leave when David played the harp (1 Samuel 16:14-17)

When should we worship the Lord?

• .     When you see trouble coming, praise the Lord, it could be difficult to praise the Lord when you are down cast.
•     Exodus 15: 1 - 21, they sang to the Lord because of the victory. Remember, the battle is the Lord's and the victory is ours.
•     Worship the Lord at all times (Psalms 96:1 - 2). Worship ought to be on a daily basis. Let a song of worship be on your heart everyday.

In conclusion meditate on Psalms 95:1 - 7.

Sunday Post~Valley of Jehosophat

May all students be prosperous, the Lord covers you... Because He loves you.

Luke 5:4.. Launch out into the deep.

Stewardship.

Everything we have is from God, everything we do, we do it a servants of the Lord. As we work, we need to have the right attitude.

Work unto the Lord.

Cultivating the presence of God through worship.

Simple acts of love, (Psalms 22:3) are worship to the Lord.

The Lord manifests in the presence of his people.

As we love God's people, God manifests.

We are encouraged to continue

Worship as an act of Spiritual war fare.

David discovered the secret of worship, his life was never a very smooth life.

David as a young boy had to learn how to fight lions.

He was anointed as a king, and the king started to plan to kill him.

David's life was difficult, but he discovered the secret of praise and worship.

When you prise in spirit, your mind becomes redundant, it no longer focuses in the pains of this world.

The mind becomes redundant and the spirit man becomes active. We r living in constant warfare, an as children of the Lord, we must confront grants.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Our wweapons r not cannel, but are mighty through God. They cast down imaginations, the enemy within. We should confront the enemy within our imaginations.

The enemy within our imagination manifests in form of:

- Fear, when fear begins to rule your life an u don't act appropriately, it starts to ruin your life, fear blocks the mind, makes you dull.

Confronting the external enemy using praise and worship.

2 Chronicles 20:1 ~Story of Jehoshaphat.. He was the King of Judah. Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges.

Ahab was a king of Israel, the Bible describes him to have done the the most detestable things on Earth.

Jehoshaphat allied with Ahab, even married his daughter, so he begun to get into trouble.

But, as Jehoshaphat was being attacked by enemies from many sides, he consulted of the Lord, he declared a fast allover his kingdom. When u r in the valley of Jehoshaphat, sometimes you do things that are not in your normal routine.

***In the valley of Jehosphat****

While in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, seek if the Lord....

They had to take up there position and stand fairm, don't be afraid, don't be discouraged. (once you conquer the inner enemy, you can attack the outer enemy)

All Jerusalem worshiped before the Lord.

Have faith in the Lord and you will be upheald, have faith in His prophets and you will be victorious.

"Give thanks to the Lord for His love endures for ever"

Jehoshaphat feared, when faced with fear, those are the times when we must turn to God. When faced with giants in live, turn to God.

****When you worship the Lord, your mind becomes redundant, and your spirit becomes active*****

Even when demons attack you in dreams, don't wake up defeated.

***The battle is not mine, it is for the Lord****

Declare that till it moves from your head to the heart. Don't carry along the giant to fear with you, be like Joshua and Caleb, yes you have seen the giants, but you acn conquer them.

Giants have a way of intimidating ~Goliath.

2 Corinthians 20:23

As you begin to sing and praise, the Lord will send ambushes against your enemies, and they will be defeated.

Your enemies will start to fight against each other.

The giants will become dead bodies lying on the ground.

Once they are defeated, you will carry there plunder, you will have there wealth, more than you can take.

***There was solo much plunder, it took 3 days to collect****

The valley of death will turn to a valley if blessing. The pace to this day is called the valley of Baraka

- Your mourning is turned into dancing, your sorrows into joy.

All men returned joyfully to Jerusalem for the Lord had given them reason to rejoice.

And your kingdom will be at peace for God gives you rest.

***In that valley of trouble, God can turn it into blessings, when you depend on the Lord***

Walk in the presence of the Lord and you will be victorious. 

Sunday Post~ Love 1 John. 4:19-21

From #LiveNow: in todays' #WorshipService we join in sharing the WORD Elder Nataka Nathan. 

When we love people, we open so many doors and release so many blessings upon our lives. Gen.18:10

Sarah: An act of love in Sarah's life evoked God to release a blessing in Sarah's life.Gen:18:13

Mordecai: Est. 2:21 An act of love and kindness that caused the kings life to be saved was rewarded.

Every time you show love; as an act of obedience to God's word, you evoke Gods reward. Est.6:1ff the king remembered the act of kindness. everything was reversed. Love will elevate you with dignity and honour.

There are some difficult people to love. Don't give up on loving. when you love, do not expect a return but because God says so and He will reward you.

When you feel your act of love has not been appreciated, man has limitation to appreciate but God has no limitation; Zep.3:17 "the Lord your God is mighty to save you and will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with His love." 

• He loves you even when your doors and no one can come in. God can
• Even when we feel rejected and we are not remembered.
• God loves us even through our wickedness
• His love knows no limit

Sunday Post~Responding to God's Love

Four different words for  love 1 John 4;7ff

Storge- The family kind of love Eph. 5;21-26, i.e. love between father, mother, children and servants, in a family setting.

Eros-  The husband-wife kind of love
The Lord created romance and romance is beautiful in the context of marriage. Song of songs 1;9 Gen.29;10. Jacob/Rachael-Jacob kissed Rachael and cried aloud. Gen. 29;10-11; Romantic or lustful
amon/Tamar 2Sam. 13;14-15- Lust not Love.

Phileo- The friendship kind of love
A warm and friendly love, an open love with affection such as illustrated by David and Jonathan - 1 Sam.18;1;3

Agape- The God kind of love
This love is unconditional; no matter what the other party does to you. It is a love with a commitment.

When God commits to love us He expects us to respond.
In response to Gods love, we ought to conduct ourselves in a way that will please him.

To love God is to know Him;
Love is show-able, it is seen, JESUS CHRIST is the evidence of God's love towards mankind
RESPONSE 1- Receive His love through His SON
RESPONSE 2- Love one another as a command
RESPONSE 3- Receive the Spirit of God
RESPONSE 4- Share your possessions with those in need
RESPONSE 5- Worship HIM- Matt.4;10
''If H.E the President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta walked in here, church, we would all stand up to honour him; while if JESUS walked in with His glorified body, We would all fall  down to worship Him''