Some Benefits of Evangelism

Messages for November 2016: Our Month of Evangelism

Message for Sunday the 20^th of November 2016

Theme: understanding the Publication of the Gospel

Topic: Some Benefits of Evangelism

Ex.23:25-26; Mt.6:33; Prov.11:30; Dan.12:3; Jn.12:24

Introduction: From the beginning of this month we have been looking at the publication of the gospel with special emphasis on understanding evangelism and how it works. So far we have seen what evangelism is and why we evangelize. We have also looked at how to effectively evangelize to the glory of God.

Just as everything else we do with God is very beneficial; so is this most important commission to spread the gospel in this entire world. For this reason, it would be my joy to show us some of what we stand to benefit as we obey God in this great commission called evangelism today.

Some Benefits of Evangelism: As we already know, Evangelism is what we do in service to God in the obedience to the great commission to which we have been assigned. What happens to all who take this great commission seriously is that God considers us to be in His service. Anyone in the service of God sets himself or herself up for all the benefits that accrue to God’s servants some of which we shall be listing below:

1.     Honour:  In John 12:26, the Lord teaches us that if we serve Him, we will follow Him and when we do so, God would honour us. This explains why men and women who have been recognized to walk with God are treated with the same respect people give to God. For instance, Daniel and his companions in the land of Babylon enjoyed the worship of the kings of their time because they stood for God in the face of imminent death if they did not deny their faith in God. See Dan.2:46-49; 3:28-30.

2.     Wages from God: When we work in any institution, we are paid for the work we do by our employer. When we choose to obey the great commission and evangelize, we would have chosen to enlist in God’s work force to win the lost over from the side of Satan to His own side. The result is that we must get paid by God our employer. The beauty of His kind of payment is that the benefits are relevant for time and eternity. We are paid in cash and kind physically and we are also entitled to fruits which we gather for all eternity. So we cannot overemphasize these benefits. See John 4:35-36 and Rev.22:12.

3.     Blessing from God: In Exodus 23:25-26, we learn that when we serve the Lord our God, He in return would bless our food and water and take sickness away from us and forbid bareness and unproductivity of any kind in our lives. This is awesome considering that there are no health benefits of this kind attached to any known employment package in this world. Even those who call themselves gods who are not God cannot boast of this kind of benefit.

4.     Opportunity to display the wisdom of God: In Prov.4:7, we learn that wisdom is the principal subject of life which we must all endeavor to pass and while at that, we must get understanding. We also realize that a lack of understanding is a proof that a person is foolish. In Ecclesiastes 10:15 we are taught that the labour of the foolish wearies every one of them because they do not know how to get to the city. In summation here, we can say that because a soul winner is said to be wise, winning the lost to Christ is a means by which we display the wisdom of God. When Jesus worked signs and wonders in His life time in demonstration of the Gospel, people wondered at him and said among themselves, “what wisdom is this?” As we obey the great commission, we display the wisdom of God and we show that we are wise. See Prov.11:30 and Mk.6:2.

5.     Things others are dying to get become ours cheaply: On one of those occasions when Jesus was teaching, he gave us the key to being able to attain to all that we need to attain to in Matthew 6:33. He said when we seek the kingdom of God and the right way of life in this kingdom; all other things which others are dying to get would be added to us. See His example in Mt.28:18-19 and Jn.17:4 when he fulfilled his divine mission, all power in heaven and on earth was freely given to Him by the father.  You would recall that Satan tempted him with earthly power in Mt.4:8-11 but he overcame the temptation and chose to do things God’s way. Remember those who seek to gain their lives in this world would lose it and those who lose their lives for His sake would gain it. Lk.9:23-25.

6.     Temporal and Eternal glory: In Dan.12:3 we are told that in the end all who are wise would shine like the brightness of the firmament and all who led many to righteousness [winning the lost to Christ] as the stars forever. Note here that the brightness of the firmament is the sun and the stars forever refer to another level of glory. So when we win the lost to Christ, we shall enjoy the star level of Glory. However, the Sun level of glory is reserved for those who continue to win many more to Christ and get them established in faith.

I will draw the curtain for this message here for this week, this message will continue next week with the part two. Meanwhile, someone may be reading this that is yet to make a decision for Christ and has just seen the need for this decision and desires to do so right now, you can do it now by saying the following prayer out loud in faith:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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How to win the unsaved to Christ

Messages for November 2016: Our Month of Evangelism

Message for Sunday the 13th of November 2016

Theme: understanding the Publication of the Gospel

Topic: How to win the unsaved to Christ

Matthew 28:18-20; Mk.16:15-20; Lk.10:1-5; Mt.10:1; Ps.2:8 and Acts 16:30-31

Introduction: Last week, we began this series by looking at what evangelism is and why we must evangelize. we also established that we were looking at evangelism in relation to the great commission handed down to us by the Lord Jesus Christ to make disciples of people of all nation until His eventual return at the second coming. 

For our purpose here, the unsaved refer to people who are yet to make Jesus Christ the Lord of their lives. In Mark 16:16, we are taught by the Lord that whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved and that whoever does not believe in the gospel shall be damned. Therefore, the unsaved are unbelievers whether they have ever heard the gospel or not. Our business is to ensure everyone hears and persuade as many as are given to us to get saved and help them become established in faith. 

Three steps to winning the Lost to Christ:  

Step 1 – Intercession: The salvation of any man or woman vests with God through the Holy Spirit. It is not a humanly possible venture. It is therefore required that we involve God through the prayer of intercession where we stand in the gap on behalf of people requesting for their salvation. When people are saved, God would heal their land and therefore the world around us.  2Chron.7:14.

Note here that God has promised to save the lost at our request. See Ps.2:8. He has also promised to save us and our house if we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. See Acts 16:30-31.  

When we take this first step, God will swing into action as the Holy Spirit and begin to work in the hearts of men to tilt them in his direction. Secondly, He will raise labourers who will be instrumental in harvesting them into the kingdom. He could even raise you as a labourer in the matter. See Luke 10:1-10 and Jn.4:35-38.

Step 2 – Modelling: The second step to take is to model Christ to them so that they can be attracted to the faith. You model Christ to them by walking in the spirit and endeavoring to cultivate and live a godly life. In Gal.5:16, we learn that if we walk in the spirit, we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. It is only as we live like this, that the lost can find us attractive enough to want to be like us. When we walk in the Spirit, we will bear the fruit of the Spirit as listed in Gal.5:22-23. 

To walk in the spirit, we just need to pay attention to Romans 12:2; 1Tim.4:13-15 and Joshua 1:8 and live that way. 

Step 3 – Publication via evangelism: This is the means by which we cause people to hear the good news to the point of becoming fully persuaded to follow Jesus Christ and become His disciples in deed.  The method Jesus used was preaching, teaching and healing. In other words, He preached, taught and demonstrated the word of God until the people received his message and began to walk in the newness of life. We are expected to do likewise. See Mt.4:23 and Mt.9:35 and also the testimony of the first Century Church in Acts 19:8-12 and Acts 8:1-8.

As we approach the end of today’s message, let us not forget it is our month of evangelism. We must take responsibility to publish this great news. Please note however that only those who are saved can be privileged to publish this great news. If you are not saved yet and wish to get saved right away, please say the following prayer out loud with me in faith and you will be enlisted for this great privilege:

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen. 

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What Evangelism is and Why Evangelism

Messages for November 2016: Our Month of Evangelism

Message for Sunday the 6th of November 2016

Theme: understanding the Publication of the Gospel

Topic: what Evangelism is and Why?

Matthew 28:18-20; Mk.16:15-20; Lk.10:1-5 and Mt.10:1

Introduction: Evangelism in the word of God is known popularly as the great commission. It is a great commission because it is actually the master’s last will and Testament to his Church for all generation until His eventual return. This is what the first century Church of Jesus Christ lived and died for and God ensured that the shedding of their blood was not in vain as the gospel has persisted until now. 

In this series, we shall attempt by God’s grace to bring light in this most important great commission to enable us see it’s full import the best we can and to show us how to effectively communicate the gospel God’s way so as to be able to bring in the great harvest that has been assigned to us for this end time. 

What evangelism is: For our purpose, evangelism could be defined as – 

1. To instruct in the gospel. To preach to convert to Christianity. Note here that it is inspired by God and not human motivation. See Matthew 28:19-20; Mk.16:15-20.

2. To preach and attempt to convert people to one’s firmly held belief. Note here that the belief we are talking about here is as spelt out by Apostle Paul in 1Cor.15:1-5 and Jn.3:1-7 and 16-18. This excludes human motivation and embraces divine inspiration. If not, the best people would get here is another religion.

3. It is God’s method for triggering the recolonization of His earth. God originally made man to rule over the earth on His behalf as a colony of heaven. Heaven is a place and eternal life is the way of life of the people from there. It is a relationship with God God’s way. Everyone who gets born again receives eternal life as a gift from God. See John 5:24; 17:3 and John 6:47. Our business on God’s behalf is to recolonize the world by using what the bible has taught us through the help of the Holy Spirit to renew the minds of the converts until they can become established in the faith and repeat the cycle until the earth is filled with the knowledge of God in the hearts of men. This is done effectively through Church planting. See Acts 19:1-20; Rm.16:4 and 1Cor.16:4.

Why Evangelism?

1. It is God’s commandment which we must obey. See Mark 16:15-20; Acts 1:8; 1Cor.9:16-20.

2. Through evangelism, we can help many find their places in destiny and also escape the consequence of eternal destruction which is the destiny of the lost. See John 3:16-20; 17:3-4; Acts 8.

3. Through evangelism, we can plant Churches and with these Churches, we can raise people for God whose minds would be renewed to walk in the ways of God and further the colonization drive of God. Rm.12:2; 1Tim.4:13-16 and 1Titus 1:5. 

4. This is the fastest means to receive all that God has planned for us. see Mt.6:33 and Lk.22:35

5. It is the means by which we reap God’s harvest and gather fruits unto eternal life and become qualified for divine wages. See Jon.4:34-38and Rev.14:13.

6. We enjoy divine favour thereby. Jn.12:24-26; Lk.22:30 and Mt.19:28.

More could be said on this but for now, we shall draw the curtains. Meanwhile, if you are reading this and are yet to make a decision for Christ, you are yet to qualify to evangelize because it is only disciples who evangelize because it is to them that the Lord committed the great commission assignment. You must therefore be born again first before you can begin to grow to become a disciple. Should you wish to change your present status now, you can say the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be admitted into God’s family and then you can start your journey of growth until you become discipled enough to start taking advantage of this great privilege of participating in the great commission:

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen. 

Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nannaand on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirlwww.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email:  jointheirsfamily@gmail.com. 

Welcome to November our month of Evangelism

Welcome to the month of November 2016: Our Month of Evangelism

Matthew 28:18-20; Mk.16:15-20 and Matthew 10:1

As I meditate on the prophetic direction the Lord has given to us for this month, I cannot help but imagine how important the last desire of a loved one expressed to us could be. Now just before the Lord tidied up His work on earth during his first advent, he left us with this very important instruction to make disciples of all nations before his soon return. Some of the early Church fathers like Apostle Paul have taken this instruction so seriously that it resulted in the entire Asia Minor hearing the Gospel in two years. This is an awesome report of victory considering the level of the media reach then. There were neither televisions nor satellites at this time. The people relied on one on one evangelism; and in two years, they had influenced the entire Asia Minor with the gospel.

A closer look at this instruction of the Lord would reveal to us that God’s intention for us is to become instruments in His hands to colonize the entire world to His glory. This was His original intention with the first Adam but Adam rebelled against Him and teamed up with his archenemy Satan. The result is the deplorable state the world is in today. Therefore God had to send the Lord Jesus Christ also known as the last Adam to redeem man to his original place of exercising dominion over the earth to the glory of God. The means by which God has done this is the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord on our behalf and our identification with Him through baptism.  See 1Cor.15:21-22; Gen.2:15-17; Rm.6:4; Col.2:12 and 1Pet.3:21.

Now that we are saved from sin and consequently spiritual death, we have received a new mandate for dominion over the earth which mandated has a broader influence now as we stand and act in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He said in Matthew 28:18 that all power in heaven and on earth has been delivered to him following His victory on the Cross and eventual resurrection by the faith of the operation of God the Holy Spirit. Now we are called to spread this great news around the world until the kingdom of this world is so saturated with the power of our God and His Christ that the colonization of earth by heaven can no longer be in doubt. In addition, people would no longer be confused as tp who is really in Charge here. Jesus Christ through His death burial and resurrection has raised for himself a nation of kings and priests unto our God and we are expected to reign with Him in the earth. See Rev.1:5-6; Rev.5:9-10 and Rm.5:17.

The bible says in Proverbs 14:28 that in the multitude of people is the King’s honour but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. This explains why we must evangelize the world telling them the good news of our redemption and further disciple them to walk in the ways of God so that the entire earth would become filled with the knowledge of the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the GREAT COMMISSION. Our business as labourers in this end time global harvest season is to win the lost to the Lord and get them established in faith to the point they can repeat the cycle until all come to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. See Num.14:21; Isa.60:1-3; Isa.11:9; Hab.2:14; Mat.28:18-20; Mt.10:1-20; Lk.10:1-2 and Mk16:15-20.

This great month of evangelism is expected to trigger an unprecedented move of God that would cause all other moves of God yet to pale in significance. This time around, would witness the manifestation of the sons of God for which the entire creation has been awaiting as a woman in labour preceding the delivery of her child. This period is going to witness the transformation of lives with such divine speed and beauty that would cause the world to wonder after God and His Church. 

In light of the foregoing, we are going to be looking at the bible way of winning the lost and getting them established in faith. We shall therefore learn how to preach the gospel with convincing signs and wonders so as to win the lost and disciple them for Christ so that indeed on His return, the Lord would find a people prepared.

In the event you are just hearing these truths for the first time or you may have been hearing them and never taken them seriously until now and want to do something about your life, you can do so immediately by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be initiated into the family of God. You canalso follow up your salvation with a discipleship program by contacting us to that effect.

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen. 

Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nannaand on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirlwww.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email:  jointheirsfamily@gmail.com. 

Enemies of victory

Messages for October 2016: Our Month of Victory

Message for Sunday the 30th of October 2016

Theme: Understanding the Power of Gratitude and Praise in receiving and sustaining our victory

Topic: Enemies of Victory

Introduction: As we have seen so far in the course of the month, victory is our birthright as believers in Christ. We are even told in 2Cor.2:14 to give thanks to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ. We are also made to understand in 1Tim.6:12 that the fight we are involved in as believers is a good fight. The bible calls it the fight of faith.  It is described as a good fight because we are destined to be victorious in it for several reasons. Some of these reasons are that we have been ordained by God to win. For this reasons, He has blessed us with spiritual weapons that guarantee our victory all the time. 

However, the use of these weapons place certain demands on us that if we fail to attend to these demands, we make ourselves vulnerable and make God look like a liar in our lives when we fail to attain to divine expectations. There are reasons for this kind of failure and I want to tag it the enemies of faith which we shall be looking at today. I believe that as we gain understanding of these truths and make the necessary adjustments in our lives, our victory which is guaranteed cannot be tampered with no matter how hard the enemy tries. 

Enemies of Victory: below are some enemies of victory that I want to identify from the word of God:

1. Unbelief: We are told in 1Jn.5:4 that the victory that overcomes the world is our faith. Therefore, without faith, we cannot begin to talk about victory. Even the fight we are engaged in is referred to as the good fight of faith. The reason it is a good fight is that where faith is present, victory is guaranteed. On the other hand, unbelief is the opposite of faith. In fact, people end up in hell forever because of unbelief. In Jn.3:17-18, we learn that the reason for condemnation to eternal destruction is unbelief. On another occasion, Jesus made his disciples to understand that they were unable to cast out an evil spirit because of their unbelief. See Mt.17:19-20 – also, without faith, it is impossible to please God and we must please God to be assured victory. In Heb.11:6, we are told that it is impossible to please God without faith. Thus when there is unbelief in a person’s heart, faith cannot be there at the same time. This makes unbelief an enemy of our victory. The solution to this problem is to be in the word day and night so as to build enough faith to destroy unbelief and establish faith in our heart to enable us manifest the victory we have been destined for in Christ Jesus.

2. Fear: Fear is an evil spirit sent by the devil to cripple us from exercising faith that would help to establish our dominion over the obstacles of life. In Numbers 13:25-33, we see an example of a people defeated by fear and therefore prevented from entering the Promised Land. If one does not overcome fear with faith and courage, then its crippling effects could hinder its victim and rob the person of their divinely determined victory. We are destined to triumph always in Christ Jesus. God assures us that if fear tempts us, it is not given by Him and makes us understand in 1Tim.1:7 that He has given us the spirit of Power, love and a sound mind.  

3. Carnality: Carnality is the sensual nature of man which is always at war with the Lord. See Rm.8:5-9 and Gal.5:17. Anything that fights against God is indeed an enemy of our victory because we are only victorious through Christ. Consequently, we cannot be victorious without God. this makes carnality one of our greatest enemies. See Jn.15:5 Rm.8:37-39

4. Unforgiveness: One of the keys of the kingdom of God which Jesus Christ handed over to us is the key of forgiveness. The only commandment we are given as New Testament saints is to love one another as Jesus Christ has exemplified to us. This is why the Lord immediately told Peter and His other disciples about the importance of forgiving those who offend us just after He promised to give them the keys of the kingdom about forgiveness in the book of Matthew chapter 18. Further on two occasions when the Lord taught on faith and prayer that would yield results, he showed us that the condition for victory is that we forgive when we have “ought” against anyone. Also,  our sacrifices to God would not be accepted by Him if there is unforgiveness in our hearts. Therefore unforgiveness would make victory impossible for the believer even though we are destined to win in all the battles of life. This makes unforgiveness a great enemy of victory. See Mk.11:23-26 [kjv]; Matthew 6:12-15; 18:15-35; Jn.13:34-35 and Jn.15:5.

5. Discouragement: Someone once said that God can never use a discouraged servant. To be discouraged means in other words to give up your confidence. Simply put, victory cannot be demonstrated without confidence in God and what He has made you. After the demise of Moses, the first thing God told Joshua whom He raised to continue the work was that he should be of good courage so that he would be able to successfully implement his task of settling God’s people in the promised land. From the events that followed God’s instructions here, it is quite clear that courage was the back bone of Joshua’s victories. In prophecy, the Messiah Jesus Christ was described as one who would not be discouraged until he has set judgement on the earth. See Joshua 1:8-9; Isa.42:1-3 and Acts 2:22.

6. Ingratitude: When people forget the kindness of other people to them and reciprocate the good of others with evil, they are said to be ungrateful. The greatest victim of the ingratitude of people is God. The reason is that in spite of all that we benefit from God, many of us are still unthankful. We murmur and complain at the slightest inconvenience we experience in life. The result of persistent murmuring and complaining is that one ends up incurring the wrath of God and the murmurer would fail in any battle contrary to God’s desire to give them victory. See the story of Israel in Numbers 13-14 especially 14:28. Also, see Lk.17:11-19 and Prov.17:13.

7. Pride: This is a very repulsive attitude in the sight of God as it heralds Satan’s nature operating in a person. The result is that pride announces the fall of the proud as it guarantees the failure of anyone who has embraced that attitude in the conflicts of life. This is why we are told that pride goes before a fall. Anyone who is given to this attitude cannot enjoy victory because this carnal nature would make him or her an enemy of God. God will not give victory to his enemy. The proud must therefore be denied victory. This makes pride an enemy of our victory. No matter how well a person has been doing, if God finds pride in the person, the person would lose grace and enter into disgrace. So pride is an enemy of victory. To enjoy victory consistently, you must overcome pride. See Prov.16:18; Jas.4:6 and 1Pet.5:5-6. 

If you are reading this and find what we are saying strange, it may be because you are yet to make a decision for the Lord. The good news is that you are not far from the kingdom. You can come in right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be saved:

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name!

Amen. 

Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nannaand on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirlwww.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email:  jointheirsfamily@gmail.com.    

Remain on top of your challenges

Enforcing victory by our Testimonies

Messages for October 2016: Our Month of Victory

Message for Sunday the 23rd of October 2016

Theme: Understanding the Power of Gratitude and Praise in receiving and sustaining our victory

Topic: Enforcing Victory by our Testimonies

2Cor.2:14; 1Tim.6:12; Acts 4; 2Sam.17; Dan.3; Isa.43:2 and Acts 6:7 & 19:18-20

Introduction: So far, we have seen that life on earth is saddled with warfare at every turn. The reason for this warfare is the enemy called the devil who wants to rob us of the best of God through carnality because the warfare is really a war between the spirit man and the natural man.  We later established that we have been made victorious through the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary. We also established that a major weapon of victory we can engage is the weapon of praise and gratitude to God. The means by which we engage this tool is testimonies. 

We are either testifying to the goodness of God or His acts. In the former case, we testify of who He is while in the latter case we testify of what He has done. What brings victory to us when we testify is that God is encouraged to repeat the same in our lives or in the lives of others who believe us. This way, the word of God keeps increasing resulting in the increase of His disciples. 

Bible example of people who enforced victory by their testimonies:

1. David in 2Sam.17

2. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Daniel 3 and Isa.43:2

3. Peter and John in Acts 4

Today, we have so many testifiers in the house. As we testify today, God will arise on our behalf. 

If you are reading this and find what we are saying strange, it may be because you are yet to make a decision for the Lord. The good news is that you are not far from the kingdom. You can come in right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be saved:

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name!

Amen. 

Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nannaand on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirlwww.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email:  jointheirsfamily@gmail.com.    

Remain on top of your challenges

Expressing Gratitude and Praise to God

Messages for October 2016: Our Month of Victory

Message for Sunday the 16th of October 2016

Theme: Understanding the Power of Gratitude and Praise in receiving and sustaining our victory

Topic: Expressing Gratitude and Praise to God

Introduction: Last week, we saw the dynamics involved in getting things done through gratitude and Praise to God. Today, we shall continue to exercise our victory over the world through this great mystery of Gratitude and Praise to God by looking at how to express gratitude to God.

Many of us in the Church believe erroneously that in Church service meetings, there is a time dedicated for praise and worship and that the two are different by the pace with which they are rendered. Contrary to this belief system; we shall be looking at the way the bible tells us this great mystery of gratitude and praise should be expressed. Please understand that praise and worship cannot be seen differently as worship could be defined as our entire life style in relation to God and this includes praising him. 

How to express gratitude and praise to God: The bible tells us in Heb.13:15 how to render gratitude and praise to God. We are told that by rendering sacrifice to God through Jesus Christ on a continual basis, we are expressing our appreciation of God for what He does and who He is. That text reads in the KJV as follows: 

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

The Good News Bible Translation puts it this way:

“Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord.”

From this text, it is clear that thanksgiving and praise to God could be defined as the products of our lips glorifying God through Jesus Christ. It is therefore evident that no matter how it is expressed through our lips whether through songs or speech or songs combined with other actions including dancing and the use of musical instruments, we are still doing the same thing. Psalm 150 for instance, shows us a list of ways we can express gratitude and praise to God as follows:

1. Praise Him for the mighty things He has done. This is expressing appreciation to God which could also be termed thanksgiving. This is done through speech whether in singing or mere utterances. 

2. Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. This is appreciating God for who He is which is actually what praise means. This too could be done by mere speech or in songs. In Ephesians 5:19, Apostle Paul puts it this way: “speaking to yourselves in Psalms and hymns…”

3. Praise Him with the use of musical instruments unaccompanied by your voice. Ps.150:3 KJV says “Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.” The good news version puts it this way: “Praise him with trumpets. Praise him with harps and lyres.” 

4. Praise Him with musical instruments accompanied by your dance. Ps.150:4. The lists of instruments are endless but this verse includes drums. The good news version of this text reads: “Praise him with drums and dancing”.

5. The list of those who should praise God is so broad that Ps.150:6 declares that every living being should praise God. 

If you are alive, it is time to fulfill this scripture. There is no better time to praise the Lord than now. So let us start to praise him the way the bible says now. 

As we close today, let us understand that no one is truly living who has not become acquainted to God considering the fact that we were all naturally born into sin through the sin of our forefather Adam. Sin separated us from God through spiritual death. Jesus came to die on the Cross for our redemption from sin so that we can all gain access into eternal life which is the relationship God grants to all who become His child. If you are yet to decide for Christ, you can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again:

Heavenly Father, 

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen. 

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