Pastor Emmanuel Bosun

Welcome To the month of August: Our Month of Unspeakable Joy

“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:” 1Peter1:7-8

Last week was dark in the history of time following the mishaps recorded from two plane crashes; not to talk of the disaster recorded from the crash of 17^th of July. While I grieve with the affected parties, I wish to let everyone know, that in the midst of all these trials befalling the world, we have comfort and safety in Christ based on what the God who cannot lie tells us in His word – The Bible – see Titus 1:2; John 15:11 & 16:33.

While I am not a bearer of evil tidings, I want to point out here that the times we are in are perilous times as prophesied by the Lord and His first Apostles. However, He tells us that when we shall see these things, we should look up and take solace in the fact that these things signal the time of our redemption. Also, Apostle Paul makes us understand that these evils are signals that our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. [See Luk.21:25-28; Rom.13:11]. In other words, I want you to understand that as many as would take the time to stay in the Lord’s presence to learn from Him in these times would receive inside information from the eternal throne room that the end is near and this would cause us to break forth in unspeakable joy full of glory as Apostle Peter describes it. A close look at our text scripture and John 16:33 show us that joy and peace which put together, define: “unspeakable joy full of glory” are not experienced based on external circumstances but on inside information gleaned from the Holy Spirit. I must quickly distinguish joy from happiness here. Whereas happiness is defined as an agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind etc.; joy on the other hand, is passion or emotion excited by the expectation of good. I believe that this definition of joy is what describes what Jesus was saying in John 15:11 that He was giving His disciples heavenly information to enable them experience joy in their expectation of its fulfillment. This truth is what makes joy an evidence of faith in the heart in the midst of challenging circumstances.

The truth is that until we can clearly hear the voice of God and be led by His Holy Spirit, unspeakable joy is not guaranteed in these times. This month of unspeakable joy is therefore a month when we have to take the time to learn and practice the art of hearing God’s voice. This would keep us in tune with what would guarantee our unspeakable joy for the rest of our sojourn on earth. To this end, this month, we shall be looking at a series titled: CONDITIONING YOURSELF TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

However, if you stumbled on this article and you do not have a living experience of God indwelling you, you can start today by saying the following prayer inviting Jesus Christ to be the Lord of your life and you will be born again into the family of God:

Heavenly Father, have mercy on me a sinner, but today, I repent of my sin and declare that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day because I believe He died for my sin on Calvary’s Cross and on the third day, you raised Him from the dead for my justification. Please wipe my name from the book of death and enter it into the book of life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ!

Amen!!!

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Welcome to July Our Month of Unlimited Favour

As we are ushered in to the second half of this year of Fruitfulness and Abundance – 2014, we are most grateful to God for all He has been to and done for us in the first half of this year. He has indeed crowned this first half of the year for us with His goodness when He declared this month of July to be our month of unlimited favour. This is indeed a big blessing to cap the month of the blessing for us.

Favour can be defined as showing preference for someone or something over others. Unlimited on the other hand means not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity or extent. Thus this month of July, God has chosen to bless us with favour that is not restricted in any way. I call this boundless favour. This becomes even more interesting when we realize that favour is a gift of God and that no man or woman can truly enjoy favour without receiving it of the Lord. In Exodus 3:21, God promised to give the children of Israel favour in the sight of their slave masters so that they would not leave Egypt without means. He kept this promise in Exodus 11:3 and 12:36 where we are told that God gave them favour with the Egyptians and that this made the Egyptians give them whatever they requested of them to go with on their journey.

About Joseph, we are told in Genesis 39:21, that the Lord was with Joseph and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

The early Church in Acts 2:47 was said to have had favour with all the people and therefore, the Lord was able to increase them on a daily basis.

Mary was said to be highly favored and therefore became the natural mother of the Lord Jesus Christ without the involvement of a man and Joseph went ahead to marry her in spite of her seemingly “questionable circumstance”. I consider this kind of favour unlimited.

From the foregoing, it is evident that favour is a gift from God and this month God has chosen to give us that gift without limit because He would bless whom He wills. Secondly, when God is with you, it shows in the favour you enjoy with Him and with people. Thirdly, without favour, no matter how skillful you are, your skill will never yield any return on your investment as you will be hidden from your helpers. This is why the children of Israel labored for 400 years and skilfully built two store cities for the Egyptians and yet had nothing to show for their effort until God showed up and gave them favour.

This month, I see God giving boundless favour to every one of us who desires it to bring about the miracles of abundance, love, joy etc. as may be required in each life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. In light of the above, this month, we shall be looking at what favour means, the source of favour and what we can do to appropriate the favour of God.

While we are at this, I want to quickly say that the greatest favour we need is the escape from damnation brought upon mankind by the disobedience of Adam in the Garden of Eden when He sinned against God and brought the entire human race under the curse which includes disfavor. But God has solved this problem by sending His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for our sin and bring us redemption. This grace can be actualized by embracing Jesus Christ as our savior and Lord. If you are yet to make this choice you can do so right now by saying this prayer out loud to God and believing it with all your heart:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. I believe that Jesus died for my sin on Calvary’s Cross. Therefore, I repent of my sin and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for receiving me into your family and entering my name into the Lamb’s book of life in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen!

If you just said this prayer, Congratulations, you are now a member of the family of God and a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. See John 1:12, Eph.2:19 and Col.1:13. You are therefore entitled to all THE BLESSING in the Old and New Testament parts of the Bible including the blessing of unlimited favour.

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WELCOME TO JUNE 2014: OUR MONTH OF THE BLESSING

Deu.28:1-14, Gal.3:13-14 and Proverbs 10:22

We rejoice with you as you made it to the beginning of the end of the first half of the year 2014 and want to say congratulations! We are still in our year of Fruitfulness and Abundance as the Lord told us at the end of last year. From the beginning of this year up till now, God has been so faithful to us that we had to dedicate the entire last month to giving Him thanks. As we round off the first half of this year, the Lord has overwhelmed us again with another prophetic direction characteristic of His goodness and mercy. June is to us our month of THE BLESSING. Let me say a few things here about the blessing:

There is either of two forces on earth controlling the situation and circumstances of man and these two forces are THE BLESSING and THE CURSE. In Deuteronomy 28, the bible makes us understand what can be identified as THE BLESSING in a person’s life and also, what can be identified as THE CURSE. This chapter of the bible also shows us the conditions we must fulfil to enjoy the blessing or suffer the curse. The good news here is that the demands of God for THE BLESSING are not beyond our reach. What is needed for the blessing can be summarized in cultivating a healthy relationship with God. We are told in Galatians 3:13-14 that Christ by His sacrifice has redeemed us from the curse which came on us all through the sin of Adam and multiplied to mankind through personal disobedience born out of the sin nature we inherited from Adam. Thus the main condition we need to fulfill now is to receive the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for us and become eligible for the blessing. Then we move on to the next level of cultivating a healthy relationship with God by abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ and letting His word abide in us. Then we shall know the truth of our redemptive heritage which has the power to release the blessing of God on us and keep us curse free indeed. See John 15; John 8:31-36.

The beauty of the blessing of God is that it has the power to:

·        Free us from the influence of the darkness of ignorance where Satan rules and keep us in the light of Knowledge where Jesus Christ is King – see Col.1:13.

·        Make us rich without any sorrow added – see Proverbs 10:22

·        Enforce the word that God wants us whole with nothing broken and nothing missing as well as healthy spirit, soul and body. 3John 1:2

·        Destroy any curse operating in our lives when we meet the condition of true repentance and many other good things too numerous to mention. When we read the bible, we will find them out for ourselves. See Gal.3:13-14

In light of this, this month, we are going to be looking at the demands of the blessing so that we can fulfill our role in faith to enjoy what Christ died to give to us. I must quickly say here that the foundation for all we are going to be saying concerning the blessing is that you receive the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for you by saying the prayer below; if you have not done so yet, as this is the only means of access to THE BLESSING that can destroy any curse.

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. I believe that Jesus died for my sin on Calvary’s Cross. Therefore, I repent of my sin and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for receiving me into your family and entering my name into the Lamb’s book of life in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen! If you just said this prayer, Congratulations, you are now a member of the family of God and a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. See John 1:12, Eph.2:19 and Col.1:13. You are therefore entitled to all THE BLESSING in the Old and New Testament parts of the Bible.

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Welcome to the month of April 2014: Our Month of GRACE!!!

By the word of the Lord to us; this month has been declared our month of Grace! The Lord spoke to us through two texts of scriptures showing us two aspects of the grace of God. The first is Titus 2:11-14 and the second is Hebrews 12:28. I quote these scriptures here:

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:11-14

“Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:” Heb.12:28

From the above texts, it is clear that grace:

1.       Brings salvation.

2.       Teaches godliness.

3.       Redeem us from iniquity and make us passionate about doing the right things/good works.

4.       Causes us to hope for the soon return of the Lord

5.       And that the proof of having the grace of God is that we would serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

The root word “Charis” from which the word grace originates means both divine favour and the supernatural ability to be and do what we cannot be and do naturally. In the book of Romans 7, Apostle Paul laments that the things he desires to do, elude him because as much as he wanted to do what was right, the wrong was always there in his flesh to weaken his efforts bringing him to the subjection of sin in his flesh. He however concludes in Romans 8:1 that there is no more condemnation for us who are in Christ Jesus when we walk after the Spirit and not according to the dictates of the flesh.  From our texts above, it is evident that it takes grace to serve God acceptably, it takes grace to live godly and it also takes grace to live with eternity in view.

The good news is that this grace is available to us today as our first text reveals to us that the Grace of God has appeared to all men. The vessel of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ and salvation from sin and ungodliness is only made possible by faith in the Lord’s death and resurrection. Access to God to obtain this grace is only made possible through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ shed for us on Calvary’s Cross.

In light of the foregoing, we now have access to God; we can live His life on earth and hope for His soon return all by His grace. In addition to all these and more, we have His authorization to extend this grace to the lost so as to save them from the wrath to come in the final judgment of sin and all who refuse to embrace this grace for whatever reason. To this end, this month, our focus shall be on implementing the greatest instruction given to us by God which is to win the lost to Christ and disciple them until He returns. This baton was handed down to us by the previous generation of saints and we owe our generation and posterity the debt of passing this truth down to the next generation. This is the only way we can keep this hope alive until the soon return of the Lord.

We have seen over time and from the word that nothing brings us blessing as much as obeying the commandment of the great commission to make disciples of all nations. For instance, the Lord said in John 4:35-36 that anyone who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto eternal life. This is one service in God’s kingdom that guarantees that we are paid by God and God’s payment cuts across all spheres of human existence. He said in Exodus 23:25-26 that when we serve Him, He shall bless our bread and water and remove sickness from us and protect us from miscarriages and barrenness. So here we see both material provision and provision that surpass material blessings packaged together as wages for service in the kingdom of God. There is no greater benefit than that given by God. This is why I believe that the greatest wisdom statements ever made with regards to provision was that made by the Lord in Matthew 6:33. Until the kingdom of God is successfully brought to the heart of men through evangelism and discipleship programs, man would never know true peace and security. So God rewards anyone who would take the challenge to be instrumental in restoring His kingdom to the heart of men.

This month we shall learn about how to engage in this great end time harvest of the lost into the kingdom of God and engage in it with all our hearts. In the event you are reading this and you are not yet saved and want to be saved, you can join us by saying the prayer below and follow up on your salvation by writing to us to let us know you got saved through this means so we can send you resources that will help you become established in faith and also become instrumental in God’s hands in bringing others who need this unspeakable gift of God to the world.

Heavenly father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ died for me on Calvary’s Cross and confess with my mouth that He is my savior and Lord. Please wipe my name from the book of death and enter it into the book of life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you father for answering in Jesus’ name!

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WELCOME TO MARCH OUR MONTH OF PERFECTION

Eph.4:11-15: “And He gave some apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: that we henceforth be not more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and the cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”

Psalm 138:8: “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me…”

Recently, one of our Church members was telling me a ridiculous story of a “Church” she used to attend where they were told that the way to subdue the devil was to take up physical canes and weep him. Also, when you look around today, you find so many believers praying that the demons afflicting them should fall down and die! These are just a few of the unscriptural practices you find in the body of Christ that gives me a lot of concern. In the first place, you cannot subdue the devil with physical canes because the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. Secondly, spirits do not die! They are eternal beings. All these truths are in the bible which these baby believers carry around without reading or if they read, do not understand. Unfortunately, many who pedal and believe these lies are not even believers but humans seeking solution to their personal problems from places where they cannot find it.

The reason for this state of affairs if that many are not recognizing and taking advantage of God’s gift of the fivefold ministry offices of the apostle, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. God set these ministry gifts in the Church to help us grow up to be able to do the work of the ministry. Contrary to what many in the body of Christ believe, ministry is not restricted to these fivefold ministry gifts or full time Levitical work; it is an all-encompassing lifestyle of the believer intended to prepare the world for the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I have always believed that it is not good enough to complain about a situation without doing anything about it. The word of the Lord to us this month has therefore provided us with the opportunity to make our contribution to solve this problem. To this end, this month, we shall be looking at the fivefold ministry in the body of Christ and the role each of them is expected to play to help perfect or cause us to mature in Christ to enable us arise and fulfill the ministry or our destinies as assigned to us by God. The office of the Apostle for instance is not in the title but in the work of planting Churches or setting up similar institutions as appointed by God. Their ministry is usually accompanied with genuine signs and wonders and mighty works and the vessels remain humble before God.  

Also, from our second text scripture for the month, it is clear that the perfecting or maturing of the saint could only be made possible with cooperating with God and this is why Apostle Paul said in Philippians 2:13 that it is God who works in us to will and to do of his own good pleasure. This is why we cannot attain to spiritual maturity without God’s Spirit guiding us. However, to get His guidance, we need to renew our minds with His word because without that we would never agree with God as the Bible says in 1Cor.2:14 that the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God because they are foolishness unto him. Thus this month, we shall also learn how to renew our minds to follow the dictates of our spirits which are controlled by the Holy Spirit to the end that each of us would be able to discern the voice of God and hear directly from Him.

It is my heart felt prayer that this month, you will grow up spiritually to the point of being led by the spirit of God so you do not fall prey to spiritual charlatans in Jesus’ name!

For God to lead you however you must belong to His family and if you are interested in hearing from God directly so He can lead you, the first step is that you must be born again into the family of God. If you want to do so, you can do it right away by saying the prayer below out loud:

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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