PASTOR'S REFLECTION

Theme: Our year of covenant of peace

Text: Isa 54:10

Deep thanks to God

We thank thee, o Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for successfully bringing us into year 2019- ‘our year of covenant of peace’. We are deeply grateful to you Lord for all your marvelous deeds in our lives, families, churches movement and our nation Nigeria in year 2018. Thank you father, for all the victories you gave to your church (solution center) and according to all that you promised us last year, there had not failed one word of any of them. To you Daddy be all the glory in Jesus name.

Appreciation: Our profound appreciation goes to every pastors, ministers, leaders, workers and members of solution center who understand that we are co-laborers with God(1cor3:9) and had truly put their necks to the work of their Lord in the years past, particularly in the year 2018. Congratulations to you all for making it to year 2019. The Almighty God who has covenanted this year for peace for us all will surely make you and your family first partakers in Jesus name.

2019 Theme: A few weeks before the New Year, God while speaking to us indicated that this year shall be a greater year, loaded with bountiful blessings and a destiny changing year to all His faithful children. It was therefore not surprising to see God come to us with a “covenant of peace” as a movement. I am particularly thrilled at this year’s theme because it’s unusual and more business-like than all other themes we had ran with. Our theme this year is not only a promise of God, but much more formal, solemn and a binding agreement, under seal between us and God Almighty.

Since a covenant is a written agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action (Merriam Webster dictionary) each party has clear-cut responsibilities.

“For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee”. May this theme be fulfilled in your life, home, marriage, career, finances, ministries, academics and on all that concerneth you. May nothing make it a lie or none-effect in your case, in Jesus name. We shall look at the provisions of this covenant, the responsibilities attached to each party and the blessings that follow hereafter, in our subsequent editions.

God bless you and have a happy and prosperous 2019.

Author:

PASTOR KELECHI NZEH

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

Chorus 1

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father

Through Jesus the Son;

And give Him the glory,

Great things He hath done!

Verse 1

To God be the glory! Great things He hath done!

So lov'd He the world. That He gave us His Son,

Who yielded His life. An atonement for sin,

And open'd the lifegate, That all may go in.

Verse 2

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood!

To every believer the promise of God;

The vilest offender who truly believes,

That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Verse 3

Great things He hath taught us,

Great things He hath done,

And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son:

But purer and higher and greater will be

Our wonder, our worship, when Jesus we see!

ANNOUNCEMENT

1   With joy and grace, we welcome you to the New Year, our year of COVENANT OF PEACE (Isa 54:10)

2   You are welcome to the Prophetic & Communion Service. We hope you are enjoying your time in God’s presence.

3   Prayer meeting holds this Wednesday by 6pm

4   Our series vigils continue this Friday by 11pm

5   House fellowship holds at our various Centre’s today by 5pm.

6   The national fasting and prayer is on-going, kindly join us if you’re yet to.

7   Evangelism meeting holds this Saturday by 4pm. All concerned should take note as this is very important.

8   Once again, Happy New Year

                                               We welcome you to the New Year 2019.

PASTOR'S REFLECTION

Theme:  Month Total  All-round Freedom

Topic:     The Source True Freedom

Text:       Exo 13 vs 3 & Zach 9vs 11; Rom 6:15-23; Jn 15:5-7

True freedom comes from knowing Christ through genuine faith and abiding in His word

Jesus gives these arrogant Jews both a warning and an invitation. After stating that they are slaves to sin, He gives the warning that the slave does not remain in the house forever, the son does remain forever He means. As descendants of Abraham, you are in God’s household, but because of sin, you are in His household as slaves, not as true sons. Slaves don’t enjoy the full privileges of sons. Slaves can be expelled from the household at any time, especially if they are not faithful. You are currently enjoying the privileges of being in God’s household, but you could lose this status if you continue in your sinful ways. Sin has taken away your privileges and rights as a child of God, and therefore true freedom has become elusive. This true and total freedom has become elusive not only to the children of the world, but to some believers and children of God.

WHY? They like and enjoy the things of the world through their hearts, love for parties, family meetings, foolish gatherings, clubs and many other social places which does not edify or please the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, and therefore freedom is made a mystery to them. Some people have already lost their hopes of obtaining true freedom, because of the kind of people and characters that surround them. They now see churches as a place where the weak with poor mindset and thoughts, or lack of knowledge of the world go for worship and help. In the book of Rom 1:28, such have been given a reprobate mind as a wage for ignorance and desires for the vain things.

To enjoy true Freedom as a child of God, you must ask yourselves these questions.

Are you abiding in God’s Word? Do you enjoy been in the house of God? Are you comfortable there? Do you know the rooms? Do you enjoy the amenities that are there for your blessing? Do you seek to obey the word of God? Let me suggest a radical idea that could transform your life: Turn off your TV, computer, and phone between half and hour to one hour each day and spend the time reading, meditating on, and memorizing God’s Word with the prayer that you might know Christ better. God’s promise in Joshua 1:8 applies to us, This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have and enjoy successful true and total freedom.

Those who do not know God are in spiritual darkness (Eph. 4:18). They cannot understand the things of the Spirit of God (1 Cor. 2:14). They do not know why they’re on earth or what will happen after they die. But when we come to know the truth through knowing Christ, all the riches of God’s grace are opened to us (1 Cor. 2:9-10; Col. 2:2-3).

Finally, in the same way, spiritual ignorance keeps a person from knowing the living and true God and from being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, ignorance cuts a person off from enjoying many blessings that are ours in Him. Abiding in Christ’s word opens the treasure chest and frees us to enjoy true and all round freedom in Him.

Lesson: Remain a slave and a fool to our GOD and His ways, obey His commandments, and begin to see how far the wisdom of men are becoming foolishness to you, and you become wiser to enjoy true and all round freedom beginning from this month of October.

Elder Frank Obi.

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN

1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible, hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice, like mountains, high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

3. To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish—but naught changeth Thee.

4. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
All praise we would render; oh, help us to see
’Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee.

MORNING MANNA

THEME:   The Ten Fundamental Questions waiting for my answers.

TOPIC:     If Jesus comes today, shall He find faith in me?

TEXT:       Lk 18:7-8; Gen 19:12-14