WORSHIP HYMN 3 - 8TH OCTOBER, 2015

PRAISE MY SOUL THE KING OF HEAVEN

    Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
    To His feet thy tribute bring.
    Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
    Evermore His praises sing:
    Praise Him, praise Him,
    Praise the everlasting King.

    Praise Him for His grace and favor
    To our fathers in distress;
    Praise Him still the same as ever,
    Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
    Praise Him, praise Him,
    Glorious in His faithfulness.
   
Fatherlike He tends and spares us,
    Well our feeble frame He knows;
    In His hands He gently bears us,
    Rescues us from all our foes.
    Praise Him, praise Him,
    Widely yet His mercy flows.
   
Frail as summer’s flow’r we flourish,
    Blows the wind and it is gone;
    But while mortals rise and perish,
    Our God lives unchanging on.
    Praise Him, praise Him,
    Praise the high Eternal One!
   
Angels, help us to adore Him,
    Ye behold Him face to face;
    Sun and moon, bow down before Him;
    Dwellers all in time and space,
    Praise Him, praise Him,
    Praise with us the God of grace.

SUNDAY SCHOOL - 8TH OCTOBER, 2015

Topic:    THE MILLENNIAL REIGN
Text:     Rev. 20:1-7; Dan 2:39-44; 7:15-27; Zech 14
Central Truth:    God’s delight is in ruling and reigning with the saints.
Memory Verse:    Rev 20:6
LESSON OUTLINE
1. An Era of Global Peace
2. The End of All Rebellion

MORNING MANNER - 8TH OCTOBER, 2015

THEME:     THE NINE WOES             OF JESUS CHRIST

TOPIC:    When you build the sepulchers of the prophets, but pretend not to know what or who killed them.
TEXT:        Luke 11:47-51

ANNOUNCEMENT

1. Welcome to the month of our Marathon Praise!!!
2. Our national convention is here again-Diamond Jubilee- 9th to 15th Nov. 2015 @ Ajebo. Be there!!!
3. Bible study for this week and next Sunday worship service will not hold here as we are all expected to be at Ajebo to partake in the national convention.

Pastor's Reflection for 1st November

PASTOR'S REFLECTION

The burning bush and its lessons to a child of God
“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even horeb.
And the angel of the lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire and the bush was not consumed.
And Moses sais, I will turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses; And he said, here am I.” – Ex 3:1-4
The phenomenal story of the 120yrs of the life of Moses can be broken into three parts; He lived the first 40yrs of his life thinking that he was somebody (Ex 2:11-13); another 40yrs discovering that he was a nobody (Ex 2:14-21); and the last 40yrs, he witnessed what God can do with somebody that was a nobody (Ex 7:1; 4:17; 24:1-2; 34:28-35)
It was therefore at this second stage of his life that he encountered God at Mount Horeb and the lesson is that only at the mountain of God can encounters of great substance be possible (Oba 1:17; Gen 28:10-19). Again, until one becomes a nobody before God, and count all gain as loss for Christ, certain divine revelations and encounters may not be possible (1 Cor 1:26-29; Phil 3:7-8; Heb 11:24-27)
What did the lord use the burning bush to tell Moses? The first was the persecution and trial state of the Israelites. God practically demonstrated to Moses that although the people of Israel were going through severe fire of affliction, oppression and adversity in the hands of the Egyptians, they will not be consumed such as the bush burned with fire but could not be consumed. More importantly, the lord used that encounter to tell Moses about the future church of God – that the church and indeed every true child of God would suffer persecution, trials and oppression in the world but would not be consumed (Isa 43:2; Jhn 16:33). The devil and his co-hosts will use the fire of adversity and much more, to compel many to give up but the church shall not be consumed (Matt 16:18; Jhn 1:5) Allelluia!!
Beloved, what is happening to you now, be it affliction, oppression, suffering, troubles, delays and adversities, was indeed revealed over thousands of years ago, and cannot consume you as long as you remain in God. The nation of Israel went through it, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Dan3:23-30); Daniel (Dan 6:16-23), etc all did and came out stronger and better. You will surely come out of that situation with a testimony to the glory of God in Jesus name.
However, child of God, make sure that you are always at the mountain of God (a good bible teaching and believing church) and like Habakkuk, watch daily to see what He will say or show to you (Hab 2:1) and in the scriptures (word of God) and be quick to answer him when He calleth (Ex 3:4)
Look around you, there is something He has been calling your attention to, all that is required of you is “turn aside to see”. For it could be a life-challenging encounter.
Pastor K. Nzeh

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Solution Night holds this Friday, 30th October, 2015 by 11pm.

WORD-TEACHING SERVICE

SPEAKER:        BRO SEGUN

TOPIC:             THE SCRIPT AND THE CREATURE – SCRIPTURE

TEXT:               ROM. 15:4; REV 22:19

CONTENT

v  The three parts of destiny

o   In the book of life

o   In the holy city

o   The things which are written in this book

v  Scripture: formed from script and creature

v  When the creature locates the script, the scripture is fulfilled

v  There is a script God has written about you and it is in the word os God. Let God open your eyes to see the script written about you.

Genesis 28:12-19

v  How comfortable is it to use a stone a pillow. There are some experiences of God that one cannot get on a bed of ease.

v  An experience of God that cost you nothing will yield nothing

v  Bethel (1^st stone)– the House of God

Genesis 35:1-7

v  Dwell – to connect to God in a deep way

v  Elbethel (2^nd stone)– the God of the House

v  When God want to come and take over His church, everything that represent idol will have to go (1 Sam 7:1-3)

v  You cannot come to bethel and be able to hide your idol as the God of the house comes.

Genesis 31:44-48

v  Jacob erected another stone called ‘Galeed’ which means witness

v  God expects us to witness (preach, win soul) as soon as we have allowed the God of the house in us, having let go every idol and have experienced God (1 Jhn 1:1)

v  You cannot witness what you’ve not experienced.

Genesis 35:16-18

v  Ben Oni – son of sorrow

v  Benjamin – son of my right hand

v  Once, Jesus was full of sorrow but after the fulfillment of the ministry, He became positioned at the right hand of God.