Saturday 1 October 2016

A "Make A Way" praise! Anthony Brown (leading) w/ Praise & Worship Team


Brace Yourself For an Awesome Time In The Presence Of The LORD Tomorrow... not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Heb 10:25

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Thursday 29 September 2016

3 Ways to Point Your Children to Christ



Here are three good ways to point your children to Christ.

Modeling Christ

I believe it is true: More is caught than taught. Not that we shouldn’t teach our children, but from the child’s perspective it’s like this: “I can’t hear what you are saying because what you are doing is drowning it out.”  Children can see through hypocrisy a mile away.  When children see their parents loving one another and loving those who might even treat them disdainfully, they are taught, by example, how they are to treat others.  Show them that our love for others is not dependent upon how others treat us because God loved us while we were still His enemies and living in sin (Romans 5:8, 10).  When parents live out the Word of God, it’s impossible for children not to see it; but when they see their parents act one way at church and then live differently at home, they destroy their testimony for Christ.

Reading the Word

I don’t know how many times my children would catch me reading my Bible.  When they come to me, I would never say, “Well, I’m too busy right now reading my Bible” but if they see a regular pattern of Bible reading, it is my hope that they will see just how important daily Bible reading is for me.  And hopefully, long after I am gone from this earth, they will remember that their dad was a consistent, regular Bible reader and that since I thought it was essential in my life, they too will see the importance of staying in the Word every day.

Praying Consistently

The old saying “the family that prays together, stays together” is absolutely true.  Bill Bright once estimated that daily prayer, led by the parents, lessens the likelihood of divorce; and when families stay together, the chances are so much greater that when their children marry, they’ll stay together, too.  When families pray together, their children will be more likely to pray after they leave their homes and begin their own families.  Prayer shows children the importance of keeping in daily contact with God and that they need God’s guidance and direction in their lives and that they must depend on God for everything in life.  If God is aware of even the tiny sparrow that falls to the ground (Matthew 10:29), we can know and we can show our children (and grandchildren) that God cares about every facet of their lives and that they must be relying on Him for even the smallest details in their daily living experiences.

Conclusion

Parents can increase the chances of their children coming to saving faith in Jesus Christ by confessing their own faults, by showing the love of God even to those who don’t deserve it, by staying in the Word of God and showing the importance of the Bible in their lives, and by staying in constant communication with the God Who loves them even more than their parents do. Of course, it doesn’t guarantee they’ll be saved, but it does improve their chances of seeking Christ and His kingdom, even after you’re long gone.

May God richly bless you,

Pastor Jack Wellman

Thursday 15 September 2016

4 Ways Parents Unknowingly Push Their Kids Away From God



Here are four ways that we might unknowingly push our children away from God.


Duplicity

There may be no greater way that parents push their children away from God than by professing Christ but not living it. I am reminded of a time when a child was told to answer the phone and tell the person that mom was not there. What does this tell the child? It seems to give them permission to lie, and children learn early on that lying is okay in some circumstances. When parents behave one way at church and then live totally different lives at home, children can see through that hypocrisy or duplicity a mile away. This drives them away from “religion” but also away from God.

Pushing Them Toward God

It’s ironic that when we push our children toward God and into a relationship with Him, we can push them away from Him. Jesus never forced Himself on anyone but only said, “Follow Me” (Matthew 16:24), not “You had better follow Me.” When parents are trying to put pressure on their children to be saved, they might cause a false conversion by their caving into their pressure just so the parents will get off their backs, or they might say they’re saved just to please their parents. But parents make a poor imitation of the Holy Spirit and can do more harm than good when they try to force their children into being saved. Let the Spirit of God convict them of their sins. It’s not a parent’s job to save them but only to point them to Christ.

The Hand Off

When parents abdicate or give up their role as their children’s primary spiritual teacher and hand off all that responsibility to a Sunday school teacher or a youth leader, they are giving up the greatest influence their children will ever have, which is his or her parents. What happens is that the Sunday school teacher’s or youth leader’s opinions are held in greater esteem than the parents’ opinions in spiritual or biblical matters.

Unfair Comparisons

When parents try to compare their own child with other children, the child might feel inadequate in the eyes of his parents. If parents say, “Look how good Jacob is at church, and see how well he behaves,” then they are sending their child the message that he is to be more like Jacob and not more like God. Also, when he sees the parents brag on another child and not him, then he’ll feel like a failure, which might even make them give up on trying since “when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding” (2 Corinthians 10:12).

Conclusion

A great way that I was told to help children stay in the faith or come to Christ and be saved is to remind them of the great things God has done in the past so they can trust God with their future. The Old Testament command for parents remains the same today, as parents and grandparents are told, “You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth” (Deuteronomy 11:19-21).

May God richly bless you,

Pastor Jack Wellman


Wednesday 14 September 2016

Bolaji Sax Worship | 74 Hours Marathon Messiah's Praise

Boiz Olorun Praise | 74 Hours Marathon Messiah's Praise

Eben - You Alone Are Worthy [Official Video]

NATHANIEL BASSEY -THE SON OF GOD

Sinach LIVE We place no one before You

BOIS OLORUN Live on stage @ Prophetic Praise Concert

Ground Zero Bible - 9/11 Artifact, Bible Miraculously Recovered from Ground Zero, Open to Passage on Forgiveness


Veronica Neffinger | Editor, ChristianHeadlines.com | Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A photographer was given pages of a Bible recovered at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and found it had a particular message to convey.
In a YouTube video, photographer Joel Meyerowitz explains that he spent nine months at Ground Zero taking photos in the aftermath of 9/11. He shares how a firefighter working there gave him pages from a Bible welded to a piece of steel.
Meyerowitz marveled that the Bible was preserved intact, and even more, that it was turned to a particular passage from Matthew 5 (KJV) which says:
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also” (vs. 38-39).
"Of all the pages in the Bible that it would be open to, that was remarkable," stated Meyerowitz.
To watch the video, see below.

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Saturday 10 September 2016

Troubles Are Often The Tools By Which God Fashions Us For Better Things



Fire

God is said to be a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29). In fact, the very first encounter that Moses had with God was with the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-2), so fire relates to God’s judgment but also a perpetual fire that never goes out, which no one can approach and live. Those who refine gold pass it through the fire to remove the impurities (dross) and make it more valuable. So it is with our faith. God allows us to pass through trials and troubles “so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:7). This allows us to see how strong (or weak) or faith is in God. In other words, how much will we trust Him? Will we still praise Him in the storm?

Pressure

Fine emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds are formed under tremendous amounts of heat and pressure. Just like a grain of sand enters an oyster and irritates it into producing a fine pearl, every Christian can look at trials and troubles as God using pressure, heat, and irritants to keep up humble as well as make us more valuable to His kingdom by what we do. When we’ve suffered, we can comfort others after receiving the same kind of comfort God gave us. Our sufferings can help others.

Pain

C.S. Lewis once said, “God whispers to us in our pleasure, but He shouts to us in our pain.” So God can use pain to humble us to come before Him in brokenness and in prayer. If we start to wander from God, He may use pain to draw us back to Him. God can do whatever He wills to do, which is good because He always brings about our very best in all things (Romans 8:28).


Thursday 1 September 2016

Breakfast Club Special: Bisi Alimi and Flo on Gay Rights (1)

Great I AM

Twale Remix - Flo featuring Sola Okunuga

Phyno - Fada Fada [Official Video] ft. Olamide


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Black Knight - Bibles In The Air ft. Jesus Geek music video (@iambrvndon...

New Generation Gospel... Rap for God!!!

NEW GOSPEL RAP 2016 [OFFICIAL VIDEO] "PROCLIVITY ft. MOSES

Kirk Franklin - Wanna Be Happy? (Official Music Video)

Kirk Franklin - Revolution

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Wednesday 31 August 2016

3 Morning Prayers to Start Your Day out With

Here are three morning prayers that can help start your day out right.

Glorifying God

Great Father in heaven, thank You for another day and for all the many blessings in my life. Please help me to focus on You and in glorifying You because You are most worthy. I pray that You use me today, dear Father, to glorify You and Jesus Christ in what I do for others, in how I speak with them in love, and to be light and salt to a dead and decaying world. And this I pray all for the glory of the name that is above all names, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Witnessing for Christ

Great Father Most High, please put this great desire of Yours in my heart that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9). And make it my desire, too, so that I would have the courage and fearlessness needed to tell others about Your Great Son, Jesus Christ, and that He is the one and only way to You (John 14:6); that there is salvation found in no other (Acts 4:12); and that Jesus is not one of many ways to You but the only way (John 6:44). That is my prayer for today in Jesus Christ’s most glorious name. Amen.

Avoiding Sin

Father God, Oh Holy One, please help me to avoid sin and resist temptation today as Jesus taught the disciples and to “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13). I know I cannot resist the enemy without Your help. I am no match for these wicked spirits in high places because I’m not wrestling with flesh and blood but powerful, wicked spirit beings that are trying to cause me to stumble (Ephesians 6:12). Remind me to armor up today and every day so that I can have more of the mind of Christ (Ephesians 6:13-17). And in the great name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

Texas Christian University Offers Class Credits for Internship at Planned Parenthood

Students at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

Texas Christian University is offering students three course credits for interning with the largest abortion business in the United States.
According to the pro-life campus activist group Students for Life of America, the history department of the Disciples of Christ-affiliated school in Fort Worth sent out an email to its students advertising an opportunity to intern with Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas.
As part of the internship, a student or students would work to "develop a project highlighting [Planned Parenthood's] history in Fort Worth since it was established here in 1935."
"Their office, on John Ryan Drive about 15 minutes from campus, has a substantial archival collection of photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials," the TCU email, which was obtained by Students for Life of America, reads. "There are also opportunities for oral history, interviewing local families who have long been involved in support of PP."
The email states that the Planned Parenthood office would also provide a computer and space to work.
"TCU students could take this on as a research project for a class, or they could receive three credits of HIST 30073, Internship in Public Policy. Key themes could include local history, gender, and the history of health care. The PP office would like as a final project about a 5-10-minute visual presentation (Prezi, video, etc.) of its history, to present to other groups and organizations in Fort Worth."
Although Planned Parenthood is looking for a positive spin to history that would make the organization look good, Students for Life offered its own brief rundown of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas' troubling history.
"Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas was a part of the undercover project from the Center for Medical Progress, which exposed the abortion giant of haggling over the prices of body parts of babies they aborted," the Students for Life of America webpage states.

Christians in Russia Refuse to Stop Sharing the Gospel Despite Putin's Ban on Evangelism

 
Christians in Russia have said they are determined to preach the Gospel and fulfill the Great Commission despite tough new laws signed by President Vladimir Putin that ban evangelism outside of churches.

The Slavic Centre for Law and Justice, an affiliate of the American Center for Law and Justice, said a new manner of carrying out missionary work in Russia will have to be established.
The law bans all missionary activities in residential areas and requires Christians who want to share their faith with others, even on the internet, to obtain authorization documents from a religious association. It also imposes a fine of $75 to $765 if the violator is a Russian citizen, and a fine of up to $15,265 in case of an organization, while foreigners would be deported, The Christian Post reported last month.
"A number of restrictions on missionary work were introduced and legal liability was put in place for the violation of these new laws," the SCLJ explained, promoting a webinar on Thursday that will address the issue.
The organization is set to review the changes to Russia's law when it comes to freedom of conscience and the activities of religious institution; the rights of foreign citizens to conduct missionary activities in Russia; and how to carry out missionary work in the world's biggest country without breaking the law.
"Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Russia and pass along the information about this webinar to your pastor and any others who may know about missionaries in Russia who could find it useful," the ACLJ added in a statement. "We will continue defending Christians around the globe to ensure their rights to share their faith are protected."
Thousands of churches across Russia came together in prayer and fasting in July against Putin's law, which effectively punishes any kind of religious evangelization outside of churches.
The law is aimed at stopping the spread of terrorism and extremism, but punishes those who seek to share their faith in places that are not state-sanctioned houses of worship.
Hannu Haukka, president of Great Commission Media Ministries, told National Religious Broadcasters at the time that the new legislation is the most restrictive move in "post-Soviet history."
"This new situation resembles the Soviet Union in 1929. At that time confession of faith was permitted only in church," Haukka said. "Practically speaking, we are back in the same situation. These anti-terrorist laws are some of the most restrictive laws in post-Soviet history."
Others, such as Thomas J. Reese, chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, also criticized the law, warning that it would "make it easier for Russian authorities to repress religious communities, stifle peaceful dissent, and detain and imprison people."
Reese added that neither the new measures "nor the currently existing anti-extremism law meet[s] international human rights and religious freedom standards."
SCLJ attorney Vladimir Ryakhovsky said that July 7, the day Putin signed the bill, was a "black day on the calendar." He added that the politicians behind the law "do not understand religious practice," but asked Christians not to "succumb to panic when [the government] threaten[s] you with all kinds of horror stories."

 

Thursday 25 August 2016

SINACH & PASTOR CHRIS COLLABORATE ON STAGE

Special COMEDY session with PASTOR CHRIS ft (bishop chikacy)

"You Are God All By Yourself (Spontaneous Worship)" - Kenneth Reese

ALL I SEE IS YOU -worship medley with Eben

FRANK EDWARDS at The African Praise Experience 2016

Don Moen sings in Igbo with Frank Edwards

MIDNIGHT CREW at The African Praise Experience 2016

Akpororo Prophetic Praise HCC Lekki

AKPORORO VS AKPORORO at The African Praise Experience 2016

AKPORORO Live in Church

Tuesday 23 August 2016

Great enemies don't attack small people. As you increase in blessings, even your enemies will increase; but God's grace gives you the toughness and resilience to handle the enemies - Pastor Paul Adefarasin

Pastor Paul Adefarasin exhorting on the topic "Don't Be Afraid To Ask To Be Blessed; And Be Blessed Some More" culled from Gen. 12:2 & Eph. 1: 3 explains that Christ has already blessed every believer with all spiritual blessings so you don't need to pray for the blessings; just ask for the light of His revelation to know the power you have to function in the blessings that are yours already.

Grace is not about where you are or what you are going through but what God has put inside you. The blessing on your life is an overflow from an unending source, so much so that it overflows to others around you. Without even trying, YOU WILL BE A BLESSING

The blessing is the empowerment to produce wellbeing in your body - health; in your family - harmony; in your society - favour; in your character - maturity; in your career - promotion. The blessing is the all-round power of God to produce greatness for yourself, your family and your community.

Grace is not permission to sin but the license to embrace the goodness and ability of God in you. The result of embracing God is that you have no hands to hold anything else. If your hands are full of God, there is not room for anything that is not of Him.

Grace is the license for empowerment and for blessing. I declare concerning you as a child of God, that this year you will manifest the glory of God in all the difficult areas of your life. You will live under an open heaven by no merit of yours but by the merit of the finished work of Christ on the cross of Calvary in Jesus name

Don't worship the blessing; worship the Blessor and the blessings will follow. If you are so attached to a thing that you cannot let it go, you won't be able to receive any more; nothing else can enter into a closed hand.

When God blesses you, the blessings go beyond your lifetime to your children's children. This is the reason why it is important that you bring up your children in the way of the Lord and lay your hands on their heads, pronounce the blessings on them. Declare on your family that the blessings of God will not escape them in Jesus name.

When God blesses you, He makes your enemies come around to love you.
I declare that you are blessed in your body, you are blessed in your mind to have peace, you are blessed in your marriage to have harmony, you are blessed in your family to have symphony.
I say concerning you that because of the fragrance of divine favour, doors that were closed by men will now be perpetually opened by the Lord for the sake of His glory manifesting in your life

Declaration - You are blessed to build, blessed to buy; you are blessed while single, you are blessed to marry; you are blessed when you go out and when you come in. Wherever you go, your name shall be called Blessing!
You are not subject to the downturn of our economy, but shall be a part of the upturn. You are more brilliant and brighter than your peers and you'll make the difference in your society in Jesus name.

I prophesy that the blessings of the Lord will overwhelm you; it will be everywhere and in everything you do - in your office, home, relationships and even in your briefcase.
The Lord will increase your territory, abundant prosperity is yours.
I declare that the hand of the Lord will not depart from your house; evil will not come near you; for your troubles, you'll get double; for your grief God will give you gladness; as you meditate on God's word, the glory of God will rest on you

As you avail yourself to the grace of God, may every health or economic issue you are battling with be resolved in Jesus name

Look at your life - do you remember where you started from? Consider what God has brought you through; that alone is enough to convince you that if He did not fail you then, He won't fail you now!
Give God thanks as you examine your life because He who began the good work in you is faithful to complete it; His grace will perform in Jesus name

Sunday 21 August 2016

MINISTER NATHANIEL BASSEY WORSHIP at The African Praise Experience 2016

STEVE CROWN at The African Praise Experience 2016

"You Are God All By Yourself (Spontaneous Worship)" - Kenneth Reese

ALPHA & OMEGA - EBEN

How To Ensure That God Answer Your Prayers



Some believe God to be slow, and others believe that He just does not hear us when we pray at times. Both beliefs are wrong. God does hear us, and He answers.
The question we need to ask is ‘are we doing the right thing?’, by this I do not mean whether we are living our lives in the way that God approves or whether we are practicing His laws and commands, of course these are added reasons why God will want to associate with us a lot more, it does not mean that if we are lacking in some of His divine ways He will not associate or communicate with us.

On the contrary, in the Scriptures, we are thought that God reaches out to the unrighteous (Psalm 125:3) that they may change their evil ways (Acts 3:19). He is a patient God in this regard – Not slow to acting on our behalf, but slow to anger so that we may have ample time to change from our evil or unrighteous ways, giving us enough time to enter into His favour. He is not slow to dealing with our problems; He is not slow to delivering us from the hands of the enemy.

“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.” (John 9:31). So yes, God listens and He answers. It is left for us to believe in Him and that He is capable of changing our situations for the better, that He is capable of fighting our battles for us; no matter their shape or form. He cannot be defeated, so no matter what anyone tells you about your situation being irreversible, look again, and ask yourself; is your God a God that can be defeated?, is He a God that loses battles?, is He not the Almighty God?; Almighty in Power?.

Whatever your situation, if you feel God is not answering your prayers; maybe you should look inwards and ask yourself; ‘am I putting all my faith in God?, ‘Am I putting sufficient Faith in the fact that God has heard my request and that He is waiting on me to really believe?. Because the truth of the matter is, God does not do anything unless we believe Him well enough. Just as He does not force things on us; not even the worship of Him that He so desires from us, He also does not go out of His way to answer your prayers unless you truly, undoubtedly and totally believe He hears you and that He has in fact answered you even before you asked Him.

He is a God of principles, and He will not break His principles for anyone. First you have to believe, and you must prove this by your ways and your works. James 2:26 – Faith without works is dead.

If you are facing a situation where everyone you go to for spiritual help and advice tells you there is no solution to your problem, turn to God. He is the Supreme Beign, therefore nothing and no one is above Him. All you need to do is play your part; when you ask Him, you must completely believe that He has the solution, and you must prove this faith in Him by turning away from anything that contradicts your faith or belief in His ability, such as not going back to the things you would have done had you not completely trusted in Him.

For instance, if you have lost hope in your marriage and you are looking to get a separation or a divorce, for which reason you have started seeing or dating other people, you must immediately stop the act. Regardless of how far or how deep you have gone in this other relationship that you have started, you must stop it immediately you hand over the situation to God. By this you will be proving to God that you completely believe in His ability to resolve your problems for you and that you completely trust in Him. This is when you should expect to get an answer to your prayers from God.

God Bless you as you draw close to Him and Trust in Him.