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13/02/2017

"7 SOLUTION SUNDAYS CONTINUES ON SUNDAY 19/02/17!
The 5th Series of the 7 Solution Sundays continues on Sunday with the Word and Prayer about "Kingdom Freedom From Curses" Num. 23:23, Gal. 3:13. All generational, self inflicted, environmental and human pronounced curses in your life are wiped off by the blood of Jesus. Amen. Don't miss it!

13/01/2017

The long awaited "7 Solution Sundays" kicks off this Sunday (15th January 2017) with the first topic 🥊🥊🥊Kingdom Deliverance🥊🥊🥊 at our usual venue (47 -49 High Street,
Swanscombe, Kent DA10 ODA)

⏰ (Time) 10:00 am - 12:30 pm ⏰

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🏹🤺🥊Kingdom Deliverance – 2Cor. 10:3-6, 1John 4:4, 5:4-5🥊🏹🤺

Brethren, you are welcome to the first Sunday of the “7 Solution Sundays” which is the Sunday of deliverance. Our prayer is that all of us shall have undeniable testimonies before the end of these 7 Sundays in the name of Jesus. Amen.

The first topic before us is “Kingdom Deliverance” as our theme of this month is “Kingdom Perspective”, therefore, we shall be looking at the ‘deliverance’ from the perspective, that is, from the outlook of the invisible but real Kingdom of God that we belong. Before going any further, let us explore some truths;

🥊Some Truths To Know – John 8:36🥊

1. Ps. 62:11 - all power belongs to God.
Only be aware of the wiles, devices, tricks of the devil
Matt. 28:18-19 - all power belongs to Jesus
2. You have been translated from the power of darkness into light - Col. 1:13
3. A genuine born again Christian can not be possessed of the devil.
God is Light, He can not share His body with God.
One can backslide - like the prodigal son

The evil spirit did not entered King Saul until the the Spirit of God left him.
When you are genuinely born again, greater is the One in you than he that is in the world.
When you are genuinely born again, Christ in you the hope of glory
When you are genuinely born again, you are light, darkness can never overcome you.
At salvation, God came to dwell in you.
Jesus Christ is dwelling in me, no demon can dwell in me. What about you?
4. To be delivered, you do not need to pray for many hours. Act 16:16-18, Mark 1:23-26
5. Every Christian has been given the divine authority to deliver him/herself and others. – Luke 10:19
6. It is very difficult to deliver anyone who does not want to be delivered

🤺🥊🏹What is deliverance? 🏹🥊🤺

Some of us think that deliverance only has to do with casting demons out of people.
Yes, it’s part of it, but that’s not the only meaning. Deliverance is to rescue you from a battle that you can not win without assistance.
You do not need to be possessed by the devil to need deliverance
You need deliverance if you are fighting a battle that is too hot for you, the battles that you can not win unless help comes from above. Ps. 18:17.

🥊Some Biblical Examples:🥊

1. Shadrach Meshach and Abednego needed deliverance from fiery furnace of fire - Dan. 3:15-17
2. Daniel needed deliverance from the hungry lions - Dan. 6:16-23
3. Jacob needed deliverance from Esau – Gen. 27:41, Gen. 32:11 –(Goliath versus David).

🥊Who Need Deliverance?🥊

1. The Oppressed – The Israelites in Egypt - Exo. 3:7-8
a. Their progress were debarred
b. They were constantly in sorrow
c. They were working from morning till night everyday and nothing to show for it.
d. They can't see the promises of God for their forefathers manifesting
e. They were being used without any reward – in slavery

2. The Afflicted – Jam. 5:13, 2Cor. 1:6, 2Cor. 4:8, The Woman In The Synagogue – Luke 13:10-17
a. Believers can be afflicted with sicknesses and diseases
b. The woman was afflicted with the spirit of infirmity for 18years – vs. 11
c. She was bent over; she could not raise herself up – vs. 11
d. Satan bound her for 18 years – vs. 16
e. Some people loved the way she was – vs. 14

3. The Depressed - Elijah – 1King 19:1-10
a. Elijah was filled with fear –vs. 3
b. Running away from what you shouldn't run away from – vs. 3
c. He was suicidal –vs. 4
d. Physical and spiritual sleep came in –vs. 5
e. Exaggerating the problem – vs. 10, 18
f. Having subjective view of life and situation rather than objective view – vs. 10

4. The Obsessed – King Solomon (1King 11:1-8, Eccl. 2:3-11), King Ahab (1King 21:2-5, 14-15) and Haman – (Esth. 3:5, Esth. 5:9-14)
a. King Solomon was obsessed with women
b. King Solomon was obsessed with material things – Eccl. 2:3-11
c. King Ahab was obsessed with landed property to the extent of killing to possess it – 1King 21:2-5, 14-15
d. Haman was obsessed with hatred – Esth. 3:5, 5:9-14

5. The Possessed – Madman of Gadarenes - Mark 5:2-15.
a. He was living at the tombs – vs. 1
b. No one can bind him, even with chains, demonic physical power – vs. 2
c. He can not be tamed – vs 4
d. He engaged in self destructive habits – cutting himself with stones – vs. 5
e. He was out of his senses, completely dominated and controlled by the demons – vs. 9
NB: As mentioned earlier, I believe that no genuinely born again Christian can be possessed by the devil. In Mark 1:23 – there was a man in the synagogue that was demon possessed. In case, there's anyone like that in our midst, there shall be deliverance today in the name of Jesus.

6. The Repossessed – The Backsliders - Matt. 12:43-45, 2Pet. 2:20-22, Matt. 5:13
a. If one is delivered and then backslide or forsake God completely
b. To be delivered again could be tougher than the first time
c. It is better not to be delivered than to be delivered and go back into sin, the world or to surrender again to the devil – 2Pet. 2:20-22

Who Can Deliver? – GOD ONLY!
a. God is One stronger than the devil - Luke 11:21-22 - one stronger than the enemy is the one qualified to deliver you
b. Any Believer who is under the authority of God - Luke 7:6-8, Act 19:13-16
c. Any Believer that is filled with the Spirit of God and walking in holiness – Act 10:38, Jam. 4:6
d. Any Believer who knows his/her position, who he/she is and have in Christ- Mark 16:17-18

Some Reasons Why God Delivers
1. To make Himself known and to show forth His glory. Rom. 9:22-25, Ps. 50:15
2. For your divine glory to manifest and to fulfil God’s purpose in your life. Oba 17
Eg. Joseph and Jacob and Laban, the Israelites in Egypt, David from Saul to fulfil his destiny
3. For you to possess your possessions – Deut. 2:24
4. For you to fulfil your divine assignments on earth. Act 26:16-18, 2Tim. 4:17-18, Act 28:1-6. James was beheaded, but Peter was delivered to fulfil his assignment on earth. Daniel was delivered and reigned during times of two kings Dan. 6:28. But the young Prophet died without fulfilling his assignment 1King 13:11-26
5. For the enemy's to be totally disgraced, disarmed, destroyed and dominated – Ps. 66:3-5, Jer. 30:16-17
6. For our faith to continually grow – Exo. 14:30-31, 1King 17:23-24
7. For soul winning purpose – Act 13:6-12, Act 16:27-30

🥊Some Of The Ways God Execute Deliverance🥊

a. Through one of His servants. By ejecting the demons by the word. Act 16:16-18
When someone is doing deliverance for many hours, something is wrong somewhere
If someone is conducting deliverance and touching you everywhere, something is wrong somewhere. He cast out demons by His words. Ps. 107:20
b. He can turn the enemies against themselves. 2Chro. 20:22-24
c. He can let the lawful captors eat their own flesh and drink their own blood - Isa. 49:24-26
d. Another way of God's deliverance is by law of substitution. Pro. 11:8, eg. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, Daniel
e. He can turn your enemies to become your friend. Esau became the friend of Jacob
f. He can make your enemies to be powerless and you prospering – Ps. 23:5

🥊What Should We Do To Be Delivered?🥊
Call unto the One that you have covenant relationship with that is stronger than your enemies like the Gibionites and Joshua - Josh. 10:5-7, Ps. 81:10-14

How To Remain Free
1. You must learn to witness - the madman of Gadarenes began to witness after his deliverance - Mark 5:20
2. You must learn to serve God - Mary Madgalene became a divine treasurer after her deliverance - Luke 8:3
3. You must be filled with the Holy Spirit - 1Cor. 3:17
4. You must be living a holy life - John 5:14

🥊In conclusion 🥊as we can see, we all need deliverance in one area or the other. Let us all cry unto our Deliverer today Ps. 81:10-14. He is willing and able to deliver us. As today is the first Sunday of these “7 Solution Sundays” we shall all have undeniable testimonies starting from today in the name of Jesus. Amen!

Jesus is Lord!

09/10/2016

Welcome to another glorious Sunday
We will continue to explore our monthly topic of "Spiritual Discipline" . We hope and pray that you can flow with us.

⌚️️SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE AS AWAY OF LIFE FOR CHRISTIANS.
To excel in anything in life discipline is required. This is true for athletes, musicians, plumbers, accountants, and disciples of Jes⌚️

⌚️Effective discipline is not drudgery, it is delightful! Of course, training has difficult aspects, but the hard work pays off to facilitate ease and joy of living. Just watch a master pianist and you’ll see that he or she is not straining to do well, but enjoying the music.

⌚️What is spiritual Discipline
1. Spiritual Disciplines are not the desired end product of spiritual life – but ra-ther they are a means to an end. They are… the intentional development of authentic Spiritual life and intimacy with God. And to do this we need to dis-cipline the flesh the bible says : the spirit is willing but the flesh is week' The flesh loves sin and brings various desires( Galatians 5:19-21)⌚️

⌚️WHY DO WE NEED SPIRITUAL DICIPLINES.⌚️
A we need spiritual disciplines in order for us to grow as Christians. If we are to mature as Christians there are things we have to sacrifice in order to grow.(Phil.3:12-13)

⌚️B. We need spiritual discipline to live a life of godliness; ⌚️Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness” (1 ;4:7). The goal is godliness, but the biblical means to that is to discipline yourself by the power of the Holy Spirit rightly motivated. We are to discipline ourselves for the purpose of godliness. The practical ways of doing that are things that you do.

⌚️C We need spiritual discipline to achieve our goal as Christians : our goal as Christians is to make heaven and receive a crown(1 Cor 9:24-27)⌚️

⌚️D Spiritual discipline is required in order to effect change. This is a kind of sacrifice to make a relationship work . God has given us the disciplines of grace as a means to help us grow in our love for him and our neighbours⌚️

⌚️Disciplines of Abstinence ⌚️
These are ways of denying ourselves something we want or need in order to make space to focus on and connect with God.
Solitude—Spending time alone to be with God. Find a quiet place to be alone with God for a period of time. Use the Bible as a source of companionship with God. Listen to Him. Remain alone and still.( LK6:12) ( MT 14:23)

🙇🏽Silence🙇Removing noisy distractions to hear from God. Find a quiet place away from noise to hear from God. Write your thoughts and impressions as God directs your heart. Silence can occur even in the midst of noise and distraction. But you must focus your attention on your soul. This could mean talking less or talking only when necessary. And it could mean turning off the radio and the TV.

🙅🏾Fasting: 🙅Going without food (or something else) for a period of intense prayer — the fast may be complete or partial. ………..
Sabbath: Doing no work to rest in God’s person and provision; praying and playing with God and others. It Takes spiritual discipline to say no to your Boss when offered double pay to work on Sunday. (Exodus 20:8)

🙅Secrecy: 🙅🏾Not making our good deeds or qualities known to let God or others receive attention and to find our sufficiency in God alone. ( Mt 6:1-4).The flesh likes attention, but we must subdue it.
🙋🏿Submission🙋Not asserting ourselves in order to come under the authority, wisdom, and power of Jesus Christ as our Lord, King, and Master. It takes spiritual Discipline for a professor of science to submit to the authority of an illiterate Pastor. One work of the flesh is pride, and pride kills.

🙆Frugality🙆🏾Learning to live with less money and still meet your basic needs. Before buying something new, choose to go without or pick a less expensive alternative that will serve your basic needs. Live a simple, focused life.

🙅🏽Chastity🙅Voluntarily choosing to abstain from sexual pleasures for a time (those pleasures that are deemed morally right in the bond of marriage) to find higher fulfilment in God. Decide together as a couple to set aside time to go without sexual pleasures in order to experience a deeper relationship with God in prayer.( 1 Cor 7:5)

💇Sacrifice💇🏾Giving off our resources beyond what seems reasonable to remind us of our dependence on Christ. Choose to give your time or finances to the Lord beyond what you normally would.

✍🏽FACTORS THAT CAN HELP US WALK A LIFE OF DISCIPLINE ✍🏽

👀DEVELOING SPIRITUAL HABITS 👀

📚We need bodily habits that engage our mind and heart with God📚 We want to get into a position in our daily lives where we find ourselves meditating on Scripture, praying, or blessing the one who curses us without even having intended to do so. Using an intelligently designed course of disciplines over time will do that. For example, it is good to form a routine of reading the bible

👁SANCTIFYING OUR EYES MT 18:9. 👁

👀As Christians we need to be careful of what we watch in this end times. We need to discipline our mind and eyes and make sure we do stumble👀

👅LEARN TO DISCIPLINE OUR TONGUE JAMS 3:6)👅

18/09/2016

👏🏿Welcome to another glorious Sunday in His presence.👏🏾

This Sunday's topic is entitled "Pray Until Something Happens" otherwise called (PUSH)

📝 Texts - "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16)📝

Let us explore some important keys to successful prayer

🔑The first key to be called a professional in any area of life is knowledge and the second one is proficiency. If a person has knowledge but doesn't do, he is just as bad as the one who doesn't know. 🔑

This is why the disciples of Jesus, after watching the disciples of John engaged in Kingdom worship, asked Jesus to teach them. A prayerless Christian is a shameful member of the house of God.

🏮They were called Christians in the Acts of Apostles because the audience witnessed their knowledge and saw their work. May we not disappoint our waiting witnesses and awaiting audiences in Jesus' name.🏮

🏮In the Matthew narrative, we are not told that the disciples asked but Jesus went to the mountain and taught the 'Beatitudes' so the Kingdom principle could have been taught many times over for the disciples to grasp the extent and the significance of this teaching (Matthew 5:1-2).

🏮This is the reason behind the church creating the 5 Ws to emphasis the focus and thrust of the District.🏮

🏮We are people of the kingdom. We belong to a King and we are kings in the kingdom (Revelation 1:6) but we are also subjects who must bow to the ultimate authority above us.

🏮All that the Lord came to do was to establish the Kingdom culture on earth so that we may enjoy the inheritances of heaven. The culture we are examining today is also the culture of our founding fathers. We are known as a 'prayer conditioned church.'🏮

🚪Understanding the structure and the culture within the kingdom sets up for a great relationship between the King and the citizens. Until we understand the kingdom culture individually and or collectively, our impact will be insignificant. 🚪

Our attempts to work for the progress of the kingdom becomes laborious and frustrating.

✍The Lord began to teach that until the kingdom is established, the will of heaven cannot be done on or in earth. The Lord came to impose the culture of the kingdom of heaven on the earth. ✍🏿

✍🏻At the end of the 'Mountain discourse', even His enemies concluded that He had taught as they had never heard before. Heaven has come to earth! (Matthew 7:28-29). This is what fervent prayers do!✍🏽

🙏🏾Our prayer dilemma🙏🏿
"For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do." Romans 7:15

✋🏾What a dilemma it is for a person to have good intentions but doing the opposite and finding opportunities for excellence evaporate just like that! A lot of us truly want to pray but we end up doing the opposite for different reasons. ✋🏿

This is why it is of necessity to have a prayer partner and to be engaged in corporate prayer as this stirs up love for the brethren and further encourages good practices amongst us in other areas of the church. We must not fail in this, the Bible says, "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." (Hebrews 10:25 NKJV)

🙏🏿Prayer is a contention against opposing forces. The earnest prayer champion pushes until breakthrough without fainting. Great men of the past demonstrated the efficacy of prayer power. When we take sin out of the way, prayer becomes a great tool of conquest in spiritual warfare.🙏🏼

👥"Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.👥

👃The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months." (James 5:16-17 NKJV)👃🏿

Apart from Elijah (1 Kings 18:36, 44), many generals of faith applied prayer to change the global record of the earth. Joshua postponed a day and added more hours to finish a battle (Joshua 10:12-13). The prayer of King Hezekiah on receiving the need of his impending death caused the clock to turn back (Isaiah 38:8).

Must we mention Paul who through prayer woke up a young man who fell from the window of a top building (Acts 20:9-10). How many dead were raised, how many blind eyes opened, how many lame walked, poor enriched and broken were made whole as people prayed?

These few examples were chosen for the perseverance exhibited when it appeared as if heaven was silent. When we persevere God will eventually come through for us! We must learn to Pray Until Something Happens! Not just anything but everything desirable for the glory of God in individual lives or our corporate entities. The throne of grace awaits the voices of the saints, Amen!

Have a great service.

07/08/2016

🙏🏾Welcome to another awesome day in His presence🙏

🎎👩‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👧For the rest of the month , we shall be exploring the significance and necessity for house fellowship👨‍👩‍👧👩‍👩‍👦‍👦🎎

📚Text: Acts 4:26📚

🗣The bible says: “And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread AT HOME, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart…” – Acts. 2:46🗣

🗣The New Testament describes a fellowship that was central to the life of the young, first century Christian church. "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ... All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. 🗣

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🎎👨‍👩‍👧They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people" (Acts 2:42-47).👨‍👩‍👧🎎👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

👨‍👩‍👧🎎👨‍👩‍👦‍👦What is fellowship?👨‍👩‍👧🎎👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

The Greek word for fellowship expresses the idea of sharing, of having something in common with somebody else. Common participation takes on a double form: giving and receiving. Christian fellowship seriously involves both aspects.

Moreover, Christian fellowship is vertical as well as horizontal. The horizontal plane presupposes the vertical for its very existence. John described the vertical dimension this way: "Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ" (1 John 1:3).

This fellowship is what makes us a Christian. We need to accept Christ and then build a constant relation with Him through some of these ways: reading His Word, praying, doing His Will and following His steps etc.

The horizontal dimension of fellowship is the habitual sharing, the constant giving to and receiving from each other, which is the true, authentic pattern of life for God's people.

Fellowship with God is the source from which fellowship among Christians springs; and again, fellowship with God is the end to which Christian fellowship leads.Christian fellowship, then, is neither a luxury nor a devotional option, but a spiritual necessity. God intends that we have fellow ship with Him and with each other. Some Benefits of House fellowships1.

It promotes the most effective method of evangelism--relationship evangelism2. People are empowered in small groups to do more than they ever thought they could.Titus 3:14 “Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, and providing for real needs; they should not live useless lives.”3. It gives opportunity for spiritual development and leadership development. Prov. 27:174. It promotes support and effective welfare system Acts 4:34a “Neither was there any among them that lacked”

Conclusion:
There are more spiritual, emotional and physical benefits in being a member ofa house fellowship. However, we need to be a member of the fellowship and be committed toit to enjoy all the benefits. God bless us all. Amen

31/07/2016

Welcome to a glorious and thanksgiving Sunday
We give 🙏🏿🙏🏼🙏 and praises to the most High God who has brought us thus far 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏾

Today's Topic is: Welfare And The 21st Century Christian

📝TEXTS : MATTHEW 22: 36-40, DEUT. 15:11📝

Welfare has been dealt with extensively in the course of the month. As we round up this very important theme of the month, we shall also review all the important highlights so far reviewed in the previous sessions.

WELFARE is defined as the help given by people, organisation or state to people who need them.
It is important to know that this forms the bedrock principle upon which our Christian living is based. In the new covenant (shedding of the blood of Jesus, Luke 22:20, Hebrews 9:15) symbolises the height of compassion.

Jesus in Mathew 22:34-40 commands that we should love God and our neighbours, describing these as the first and second commandments on which the Law and the Prophets hang.

Without adherence to these two principles, it is practically impossible for anyone to be able to show kindness (welfare) to the needy barring pretence and self-gratification.
Current empirical experiment has shown that the church has failed immensely in this pivotal area.

What is NOT godly welfare?
1. Giving to people with the hope of getting something back in return (Luke 6:35)
2. Giving to the course to showcase your financial worth (Mat. 6:3)
3. Giving out of compulsion or cohesion (2 Cor. 9:7)
4. Giving because others are giving (Acts 5:1-2)
5. Giving to massage ones ego
6. Giving without love

Properties of Christian welfare

1. It is impossible to love without giving, but it is possible to give without loving (1John3:18). Every act of giving in a Christian life must be guided by love. Meanwhile, it is difficult for anyone to give if he or she does not first love.
2. Our welfare ministration should not be limited only to the people who are financially challenged. We can equally minister to the welfare of the work of God if we observe it is lacking in any area and God has provided us with the needed resources to help (2 Samuel 7:2)
3. We should be led by the Spirit of God in our Christian giving (Galatians 6:10). If you give wrongly it may attract curse instead of blessing. Let the Holy Spirit guide you through prayers and being sensitive to the Him in your giving, so that your seed of love will fall on fertile ground and you reap your reward bountifully
4. Giving is never a competition; only give what you are led to give (2 Cor.10:12)
5. The greatest gift we can give anyone or towards any course is Christ, so, in any capacity of our giving, we should let Him be the centre point and the driving force of our giving.
6. Almost everyone on earth has at least a need to be met, we should be sensitive enough to identify such needs and how God can you use us to meet them. Needs are diverse in nature and the ways and manners they are met are also diverse. Christians should have an open mind approach to meeting the welfare of others. Meeting the welfare of others in sacrosanct but there is no hard and fast rules as to how to meet them.
7. Christians have the responsibility to know that; it is not everyone that claims to be in need that is actually in need, discernment of spirit should be engaged to establish where resources should be gainfully appropriated.
8. God has graciously blessed each one of us; we should be able to replicate same in the life of others.
CLASSES OF WELFARE PACKAGES
We have established that the needs of people vary, so we need to identify the needs before we know how to meet them in the course of our welfare ministration. Major potentials we can deploy to meet peoples’ needs include: Talent, Treasure, and Time.

Treasure: the young boy in John 6:9 only had 5 loaves and 2 small fishes. Through the divine help of Jesus, these few items were able to meet the hunger needs of thousands of people with left over. We should never attempt to hold back our treasures from meeting the needs of others, particularly God’s people or God’s project.

Talent: the young man David used his hunting skills (talent) to deliver his nation Israel from the oppression of Goliath 1 Samuel 17:26-51, while Joseph deployed his talent of dream interpretation to deliver his family as well as the entire land of Egypt form starvation Genesis 41: 14-56

10/07/2016

👏🏿Welcome to your Sunday of glorious testimony!👏🏾

📝In today's topic, we shall be exploring "Welfare Like The Acts Of The Apostles"📝

♻️Texts: Jam. 2:14-20, 1John 3:17-18♻️

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦The Acts Of The Apostles”, that is, to operate our welfare as the early Church did so that we can also receive the results that they experienced. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦The Bible says that, “Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls….. ’” Jer.
Miracle can fill the Church in one day, but it's the welfare ministry that will keep them.👩‍👩‍👦

🙋🏼1. They Were Sharing All Things Together – Acts 2:44-46, Acts

🙋🏼2. They Were Praying For One Another – Act 12:5, 12

🙋🏼3. They Set Up A Welfare Committee – So as to make sure that everyone was well catered for and the Apostles were able to consecrate on the word of God and prayer. Acts

🙋🏼4. They Were Encouraging One Another - Acts

🙋🏼5. They Sent Relief To Help Others - Acts

🙋🏼6. They Were Doing Follow Up And Visitation - Acts

🙋🏼7. They Have No Permanent Enemy - Acts

💁🏿Hindrances To The Early Church Welfare Nowadays💁🏿

🙅🏼1. Minding my own business syndrome, selfishness, preoccupied by my own problem, excuses such as lack of time, work, children, etc

🙅🏾2. Weariness in doing good - “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” Gal.
a. Past bad experiences
b. Lack of appreciation or returning good for evil
c. No quick or expected results
d. No reciprocation - only one way

🙅3. Ignorance
a. Ignorance of the reason we are saved - to do good works. Eph.
b. Ignorance of the reasons we are blessed by God - to be a blessing to others. 1Tim.
c. Ignorance of how God blesses – give to receive. Luke
d. Ignorance of the promised blessings – deliverance from troubles, preservation of life, earthly blessings, protection from enemies, healing when sick, etc. Psa.

The corporate result of the Apostle practical love or welfare ministry – it led the multiplication of the congregation, joy, favour, etc. Acts

✍🏻Conclusion – The help of the Help Holy Spirit
- They were not able to do any of these before the Pentecost. It was when they were filled with the Holy Spirit that they were able to do all these. Act 10:38✍🏻

03/07/2016

Help for the Hurting - 1 John 3:16-18

TEXTS - Col.3:12; Jas 1:27; 2:15-16; Heb 13:2; Gal.6:10; Mt. 5:7; 25:31-46; Deut. 10:18-20; Isa. 58:10,11; Heb.13:3

Introduction: This month we will be looking at a very crucial an important theme, which is one of the pillars of our vision as a Church – WELFARE. This indeed is what Christianity is all about. The world's soil is saturated with the tears of those who are hurting. We are all called by God individually and corporately as the body of Christ to see through God's eyes of compassion, those who are hurting. Compassion toward those who are suffering is an eternal investment. In Mt 25:31-46, Jesus expresses the responsibility of the Church toward those in need. As we reach out to the hurting, Jesus says, "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (verse 40). Because God's heart is touched by those who suffer and are hurting, our theme for this month is presented to challenge ourselves to greater awareness of the vast needs around us and to provide biblical tools and examples to encourage us toward compassion ministries.

The principle of compassion is the very heart of Christ’s ministry. The ministry of Jesus flowed from His heart of compassion toward those in need. The Church is to be the conduit through which people experience the steadfast eternal changeless love and compassion of God. It is the responsibility of the Church to minister to those in need, to bring the healing and comforting touch of Christ without partiality. Is 30:18 says, "The Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion." The Church can do no less. But what exactly does Scripture teach us about compassion? What is our responsibilities as Christians and churches towards this eternally rewarding call ?

WHAT IS COMPASSION
The English dictionary defines compassion as a feeling of deep sympathy, pity, concern and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion is the key part of spirituality. James described pure and undefiled religion in Jas.1:27 as “….To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” The whole Bible is a divine book about compassion. Compassion is a word of action. It is not observing from the sidelines; it is the heartfelt care for another with both the intent and action. It exemplifies the character of God in who He is and how He responds to His children.

GOD IS COMPASSIONATE – Ps.103:8; 116:5; 111:3-4,8
The eternal God revealed himself to be a God of grace, mercy, and compassion. All three are expressions of his great love for the human world. The essence of God is fully demonstrated and made known in His compassion. All His works for and in man is derived from His compassion, mercy, goodness, kindness and grace. Is.63:7. His compassion is eternal, consistent, dependable, sure, ever flowing, all encompassing, and inexhaustible. Lam 3:22-23;1 Chr 16:34 ; Ps 103:8; 145:9; 1 Kgs 8:23

COMPASSION IS THE HEART, THE REASON, AND THE DRIVING PASSION FOR THE MINISTRY OF JESUS
The Lord’s compassion is a familiar theme not only in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament, especially in the life, ministry, and teachings of Jesus Christ. All that Jesus Christ did and accomplished in the work of the ministry was and is still driven and motivated by compassion. When He preached, he was moved with compassion, when he did the works of miracle this also was motivated by compassion and even when he paid the ultimate price of death on the cross of Calvary, it was compassion that took Him to the cross to lay down His life for mankind.

The Scriptures plainly demonstrate that the Lord is the prime example to follow. God’s love is abundantly displayed in his great grace and compassion for man’s needs. So much did the Lord love the world that, “He gave his one and only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). In turn, God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, affirms that in his love for man he willingly laid down his life in order that people may believe in and follow him (John 10:11-18). Moreover, Jesus’ love and compassion extended not only to the salvation of their souls, but to their everyday needs. 1 Jn 3:16-18.

COMPASSION IS THE PROOF AND PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF LOVE – 1 Jn.3:16-18
The love of God, His word and His people can only be proving by a heart of compassion. No one indeed can claim to love God without being compassionate, no one also can lay claims to love God’s words and His people without a practical demonstration of compassion.

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? Little children, let us not love with word or tongue but in deed and truth. (1 Jn 3:16-18). Truly, as believers we should strive to be so concerned for the needs of our fellow believers that we stand ready to help at all times. Thus the Apostle Paul admonished the Colossian Christians: “Clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another…And to these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond – Col.3:12.

THE MOTIVATION FOR COMPASSION, MERCY, PITY, KINDNESS, sympathy- Col.3:12; Gal.6:2; Eph.4:32; Lk.6:36; 1 Pt 3:8; Lk 10:30-35; Gal 2:10; Zech 7:9
We are all admonished by the scriptures and as a true follower of our Lord Jesus Christ – our example; to strive to be so concerned for the needs of our fellow believers that we stand ready to help at all times. Our call and responsibilities is not limited to the household of faith (Jas.2:15-16) alone but even far and beyond reaching to all within our reach (Acts 1:8; Mk.16:15-16. Hebrews 13:2). God was concerned even for the needs of the Ninevites, who were enemies of the Jews (Jonah 4). As well, when Jesus was challenged by “an expert in religious law” (Luke 10:25) to explain what was meant in the law of God to “love your neighbour as yourself ”(v. 28), he taught through the narration of the parable concerning the good Samaritan that one’s neighbour extended to anyone who has a need. Galatians 6:10 says, “While we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.”

1. To be like our father – Lk.6:36
2. A biblical command – Gal.6:2; Eph.4:32; 1 Pet.3:8; Col.3:12; Lk 10:30-35
3. A prove and practical demonstration of God’s love - 1 Jn 3:16-18
4. It’s the heart of calling and ministry – Jas.1:27
5. It’s the proof of our salvation – Jas.1:27
6. To draw men to the Kingdom, for kingdom’s expansion

Conclusion: This is a clarion call for those who have experienced the love, grace, mercy of compassion of God to allow this to flow out reaching the lives of others. We are the solution, comfort and the succour God is depending on to reach the lost, sick, hurting, hungry, naked, and homeless of the world. There is no other avenue for these ones to know and experience the compassion of our compassionate and merciful God if we fail.

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