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There Is War!

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This world is not a playground it is a battleground.  Col.1:12-14  tells us that we have been rescued from darkness to the kingdom of light.  However the struggle still continues, because the kingdom of darkness is not ready to give up.
    Paul the Apostle said by the Holy Ghost that we are constantly wrestling against spiritual forces.  Actually this mortal warfare goes on every moment of the day, and it is coming to its climax in our day as this age comes to a close.

1.    Scriptural Evidences Of Constant Warfare
I Tim.1:18  We are to war a good war
Eph.6:11-12  Only mad men will put on battledress without a war
Joel 2:1-5,7,11: The believers of the last days who will usher in the day of the Lord are referred to as an army.
2 Cor.10:4  - There is a direct reference to warfare
Luke 10:19 – Serpents and scorpions represent powers of darkness, the believer will encounter them and they will attempt to hurt him.

2.    Examples of Ignorance
a.    Ananias and Sapphira  Acts 5:1-2 [They thought they were wise]  Acts 5:3 (Peter exposed satan)
b.    David and Joab in Numbering Israel
II Sam.24:3  David felt like numbering Israel, Joab disagreed initially but later succumbed to the word of the king.  None of them knew that Satan was hatching a fatal plan through them.  In  I Chr.21:1  - We now
understand that it was Satan who provoked David against God’s will.
c.    Job
All through his trials he couldn’t discern the hand of the adversary little wonder he remained long in the problem (Job1:6-12,21).  He thought the calamities came from the Lord!.

3.    Dangers Of Ignorance
The most dangerous thing that could happen to a man is to be in the midst of a war and not know!  He can be slain at anytime.
2 Cor.2:11 Ignorance gives the enemy an overwhelming advantage and upper-hand.
1.    Eve  Genesis 3:1-6
Eve never knew that Satan was after their dominion and that he was out to displace them.  It was after the deed was done, that in verse 13 she recognized what transpired between her and serpent as “classical deceit”. The ignorance of Eve led to the fall   of mankind.
2.    Judges 4:15-21 (Sisera)
Because of temporary relief, Sisera assumed he has escaped and gave himself to pleasure, drinking milk and sleeping off.  The man that both “stars” (Judges 5:20) and “men” could not conquer fell cheaply because he never knew he was still in the territory of the enemy. He stayed in a wrong place. Where are you? Whom are you staying with? Who is feeding you? The one who fed Sisera was the same person that killed him!
3.    Matthew 13:24-25
Men slept off, became unaware of the plan of the enemy, and his labour was corrupted.  Ignorance will lead to carelessness and this will allow the devil to frustrate us.
4.   Judges 16:4-21   (Samson)
Samson was busy talking and making love, he never knew he was in the midst of the last battle of his life.  If he knew Delilah was out to entice and sell him to the enemies, he would have been   more careful.
Ignorance in spiritual warfare is of fatal consequence.

Prayers: Lord I receive open eyes
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What To Know About satan

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SATAN meaning  the great opposer, or adversary, of God and man;  is the personal name of the devil.
The Hebrew word from which Satan comes sometimes refers to human enemies (1 Sam 29:4; Ps 109:6).). But whenever this word is used as a proper name in the Old Testament, it refers to the great superhuman enemy of God, man, and good (1 Chron 21:1; Job 1:1-2:13). This use of the word also occurs frequently in the New Testament.

Another common name for Satan in the New Testament is “ the devil,” meaning “slanderer” or “false accuser.” Other titles by which Satan is identified in the New Testament include “the tempter” (1 Thess 3:5); “Beelzebub” (Matt 12:24); “the wicked one” (Matt 13:19,38); “the ruler of this world” (John 12:31); “the god of   this age” (2 Cor 4:4); “Belial” (2 Cor 6:15), “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph 2:2); and “the accuser of our brethren” (Rev 12:10).

History OF Satan
 -Isa 14:12-15 and Ezek 28:11-19-furnish a picture of Satan’s original condition and the reasons for his loss of that position. These passages were addressed originally to the kings of Babylon and Tyre. But in their long-range implications, they refer to Satan himself.
He is an exalted angelic being, one of God’s creatures, who became proud and ambitious. He determined to take over the throne of God for himself. But God removed him from his position of great dignity and honor.
. In his fall from God’s favor, Satan persuaded one third of the angels to join him in his rebellion (Rev 12:3-4).
Throughout the Old Testament period he sought to destroy the messianic line. When the Messiah became a man, Satan tried to eliminate   Him (Rev 12:4-5). Rev 20 notes the final phases of Satan’s work. He will be bound for a thousand years and then finally cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:2,10).

Characteristics of satan.
·    As a result of his original status and authority, Satan has great power and dignity. So great is his strength that Michael the archangel viewed him as a foe too powerful to oppose (Jude 9).
·    Satan’s influence in worldly affairs is also clearly revealed (John 12:31). His various titles reflect his control of the world system: “the ruler of this world” (John 12:31), “the god of this age” (2 Cor 4:4), and “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph 2:2). The Bible declares, “The whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19).
·    Satan exercises his evil power through demons (Matt 12:24; 25:41; Rev 12:7,9).
·    Satan also has high intelligence. Through it he deceived Adam and Eve and took over their rule of the world for himself (Gen 1:26; 3:1-7; 2 Cor 11:3). His cleverness enables him to carry out his deceptive work almost at will.
Yet satan’s attributes, impressive as they are, are not limitless. His power is subject to God’s restrictions (Job 1:12; Luke 4:6; 2 Thess 2:7-8).
The reins of God on his activities are illustrated by Satan’s request to God for permission to afflict Job (Job 1:7-12).
·    Satan’s nature is malicious. His efforts in opposing God, His people, and His truth are tireless (Job 1:7; 2:2; Matt 13:28). He is always opposed to man’s best interests (1 Chron 21:1; Zech 3:1-2). Through his role in introducing sin into the human family (Gen 3), Satan has gained the power of death-a power which Christ has  broken through His crucifixion and resurrection (Heb 2:14-15).

Methods of satan
         Of the various methods used by Satan in carrying out his evil work, none is more characteristic than
·    TEMPTATION (Matt 4:3; 1 Thess 3:5). Satan leads people into sin by various means. Sometimes he does it by direct suggestion, as in the case of Judas Iscariot (John 13:2,27); sometimes through his agents who disguise themselves as messengers of God (2 Thess 2:9; 1 John 4:1); and sometimes through a person’s own weaknesses (1 Cor 7:5). He tempted Christ directly, trying to lead Him into compromise by promising Him worldly authority and power (Luke 4:5-8).
Along with his work of tempting mankind, Satan also delights in
·  DECEPTION (1 Tim 3:6-7; 2 Tim 2:26; John 8:32,44). The great falsehood which he uses so frequently is that good can be attained by doing wrong. This lie is apparent in practically all his temptations (Gen 3:4-5). As the great deceiver, Satan is an expert at falsifying truth (2 Cor 11:13-15).
Satan’s methods are designed ultimately to silence the gospel. He seeks to stop the spread of God’s Word (Matt 13:19; 1 Thess 2:17-18). When the gospel is preached, Satan tries to blind people’s understanding so they cannot grasp the meaning of the message (2 Cor 4:3-4; 2 Thess 2:9-10). At times he opposes the work of God by violent means (John 13:2,27; 1 Peter 5:8; Rev 12:13-17).
He brings disorder into the physical world by afflicting human beings (Job 1-2; 2 Cor 12:7;
Heb 2:14). Sometimes God allows him to afflict His people for purposes of correction (1 Tim 1:20).

Satan's Defeat.
·    Satan is destined to fail in his continuing rebellion against God. His final defeat is predicted in the New Testament (Luke 10:18; John 12:31; Rev 12:9; 20:10).
·    The death of Christ on the cross is the basis for Satan’s final defeat (Heb 2:14-15; 1 Peter 3:18,22).
·    Strength for a Christian’s victory over sin and demons has also been provided through the death of Christ. We have assurance that “the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet” (Rom 16:20). But such personal victory depends on our will to offer resistance to Satan’s temptations (Eph 4:25-27; 1 Peter 5:8-9). To help Christians win this battle against Satan, God has provided the power of Christ’s blood (Rev 12:11), the continuing prayer of Christ in heaven for believers (Heb 7:25), the leading of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:16), and various weapons for spiritual warfare (Eph 6:13-18).
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What Are You Sitting On? (Lesson From The Life Of Rachel)

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Genesis 31:34 – 35
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images.

Genesis 35:16,19
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Here is the tragedy of a woman who stole graven image, sat on the same and died a strange death during child birth.
When Joseph, her first son was crowned in Egypt, when Jacob (her husband) was invited down to Egypt, Rachael was not there. In the days of the glorification of her son, her position was empty:
In the name of Jesus your position will not be empty.

When God deems it fit to lift up your household and give your family a new song your position will not be vacant.
It is obvious from the scriptures that sin is killer. It destroys without remedy.
Rachael stole a strange god into the household of Jacob and sat on it. What she sat on inside the tent killed her during child delivery.
How can you be with the covenant children and still be working against the covenant. Wont he corrupt you with flatteries as He said in His word?
Daniel 11:32
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries…

Can you notice that Rachael never confessed to that sin? See, what you are sitting upon today, may unseat you tomorrow.
What you are hiding today may block you from your position tomorrow.

Numbers 32:23(NIV)
But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

Judas, a disciple, chosen by the Lord as an officer among the disciples was secretly stealing the money of the team. At the end however, what he was sitting on, grounded his ministry, ruined his future and ultimately killed him,. If God did not spare the angels that sinned, He will not overlook your hidden offense for too long. It’s better to go to God and set yourself free.

What of Samson? Everywhere he appears, he seems to be involved with one woman or the other. Go and check your Bible, he’s always around women! And before long what he sat on put him into bondage, brought shame to him, stole away his sight and strength and eventually killed him.

The question I want you to address is this: What are you sitting on?

Judas’ position among the twelve became empty because of what he sat on.
Rachael, sit of honour was vacant (when Joseph ascended the throne) because of what she sat on. Samson throne became empty because of various immoral relationship he was sitting on! What are you sitting on?

Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

You cant hide anything from the eye of the all seeing God. Is it not better to expose yourself to God and repent before your position is declared vacant.
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Twenty Time Killers You Must Kill (2)

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Here is the second part of this very important article on time.We've already discussed 10 points

11) INSUFFICIENT DELEGATION
Time is wasted when they are expended on tasks that can easily be performed by others. It is better to put ten men to work than to do the work of ten men. Leaders who don't delegate  will suffocate and be paralyzed before they enter into the red.


12)MALORGANIZATION IN THE SYSTEM
When there are no distinct line of organizational structure, time may be wasted as there will be frequent meetings during which “who" to do "what" will be appointed.

13)LAZINESS
Lazy people must necessarily waste time on bed, in the house doing routine cleaning etc. If you are too lazy to do what you ought to do on time, you will find yourself doing what you ought to have done yesterday, today.
14) LACK OF PLANNING
When you don't even know what you should be doing per time, you are not only wasting your hours, you are wasting your life. Every minute spent in planning saves ten minutes in execution. It is therefore helpful to write a list of the things that have to be done and to rank them in the order of importance.

15) CRISIS
Interpersonal crisis occurring frequently will unavoidably be wasting the time of the leader. He may need to sit down for hours talking and settling differences. Time that could have been invested doing other things is therefore wasted.

16) SICKNESS
Time spent on the sick bed are wasted times. Frequent sickness is a terrible time devourer. Adequate precautions should therefore be taken to avoid sickness as much as possible. Such precautions include
·                     Effective prayers
·                     Adequate rest
·                     Regular exercises
·                     Use of prophylactics
·                     Right use of the tongue
·                     Good nutrition
·                     Personal hygiene

17) LACK OF PRIORITIES
When you attempt to perform too many tasks at the same time, time is consumed and the work remain undone. There is therefore the need for a realistic priority scale, so that first thing can be done first. Things which matter most  never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

18)TELEVISION SETS
Television and movies can be useful when it comes to relaxation and specific edification. But a lot of people are grounded in life, wasting precious hours because of programs and plays that have nothing to add to their destinies. Hours that could be used in active meditation, planning and programming are consumed and wasted before the television set. Meanwhile most people that appear on T.V because of distinction are too busy to watch  T.V

19) READING
Readers are leaders. People who will not read today may not amount to much tomorrow. However, some readings are nothing but sheer waste of time. Reading of newspaper at prime periods or reading fictional writings can become stubborn time wasters. Romantic novels, entertainment magazines may not really add anything to you, but destroy your time.

20) WORRY, FEAR AND PANIC
Whenever there is much difficulties and overwhelming problems a lot of time may be wasted in unnecessary thinking, anticipation and panic. Meanwhile, most things people worry about never happen, as such time used in worrying is wasted.


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Twenty Time Killers You Must Kill

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Time is a gift of God given to men on a non-repeatable basis. It is the measurable period of time in which things happen. Everything you are today and everything you become tomorrow will be determine by the way you think and the way you use your time.


Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? …John 11:9
Time is short, but time is sufficient too. To say there is no time is to admit your failure as time manager. There is time but it must be managed efficiently for maximum production.
 Here are some twenty time killers you must avoid if you want to live a fruitful life

1)      INDECISION
When decisions are delayed, time is wasted, efficiency reduced and achievement frustrated. Delaying of action or putting off of action steals time and ruins life. According to 2Cor. 6:2, God works in the divine today. In other words we may say there is urgency with God.
If you read Songs Of Solomon.5:2-6 You will find out that because of indecision the man wasted time and his beloved, his heart desire could not be found any longer !

2) INDISCIPLINE
If we do not control ourselves, we may not wake up to perform our task. You may need to force yourself to do something even when you don’t feel like. If we are not disciplined our time could be:
a)   Controlled by domineering people
b)   Swallowed by things that appeal to the flesh
c)   Governed by the tyranny of the immediate urgent
d)   Used in unimportant conversations
e)   Wasted in day dreaming
 f)  Used in doing things we should delegate

3) PRAYERLESSNESS
The devil is around to steal, to kill and to destroy. If your time must be preserved, you need to take the battle to the gate of the enemy in warfare. Apart, God is the giver of time, he could prompt you through his spirit so you do not squander it !

4) LACK OF PERSONAL ORGANIZATION
·    Can you ever find what you want, when you want it?
·    Is your desk in a mess?
·    Is your whole office upside down that you cannot concentrate on what you are doing per time?
·    Do you have a good filing system?
    Answer to all these questions will tell you how organized you are, and where some of your time is going.

5) MEETINGS
Meetings, fraternal gatherings, special round table meetings could affect the time allocated to other tasks. Not all meetings should be attended; you can send representatives, all depending on your priorities.

6) FREQUENT INTERRUPTIONS
Interruptions are part of daily living but when they become too frequent they can become unwanted time waste.
a)   Visitors: when you give all attention to all visitors and pretend as if they are welcomed at all times, they will stay long and waste your time. Visitors should be screened and given appointment times.
b)   Telephone calls: just one telephone call can break your momentum. The solution is (i) use of voice mails (ii) take phone off the hook (iii) switch off the mobile phone (iv) give your mobile phone to another person to answer.

7) AFTERNOON LETHARGY
Tired feeling after heavy lunch, high environmental temperature can cause drowsiness, sluggishness and an inability to concentrate. All this will delay action and waste precious hours.

8) LENGHTY COUNSEL
Problems are not removed through one lengthy counsel. Counsels longer than 30 minutes may no longer be effective. Leaders must understand the power of following up counsels and the efficacy of special assignments for the counselor.

9) GOSSIP
Gossip consumes time. You may know when it started but you may never not be able to control when it will end. It drains the brain, destroys your day, reduces your worth and wastes your hours.

10) INABILITY TO SAY NO
A leader who wants to be successful must not be a yes man. He needs to know how to say No. When you are always saying yes, you will accept to do what you cannot do and you may go to places where you shouldn't go and waste your precious time.
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The Undeveloped Spirit

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When a man is born again, the spirit of God enters into him (1John 4:13)and begins to communicate/relate with his spirit (Romans 8:15,16).At the point of new birth his rejuvenated spirit is young no matter the physical age. Some people however will refuse to grow up spiritually in the things of God and we say their spirit is undeveloped. An undeveloped spirit has low spiritual rating as far as God is concerned (Job 32:7-9)
 Symptoms Of An Undeveloped Spirit
1. Inability to discern the voice of God and receive divine revelation 1Sam 3:1-7, Lk 24:25-27, 30-32
2. Inability to incubate vision and get correct timing Gen 37:5-9(Hab 2:3). Joseph could have kept quiet. Look at the man Nehemiah who kept his vision safe. (Neh 2:11-13)
Moses had an inner conviction that God will use him, he did not know the timing, he went ahead prematurely and lost 40 years in the wilderness keeping animals. Undeveloped spirit drove the man of God into the midst of animals.

(Isaiah52:12;28:16). Kings business require haste, yet every vision has an appointed time. People are perishing of course, yet that doesn’t call for zeal without knowledge: they have been perishing before you were born!
 Jesus – the saviour was in the world yet  he didn’t die & shed his blood in haste, or he would have wasted it. He waited for 30years—the age of enthronement. People were going to hell even though he was in the world! He didn't allow baseless zeal to push him out of divine timing.

3. Low level of spiritual understanding  (Heb 5:11-14, 1Cor 13:1, Mt 16:22)
   This causes division, unprofitable argument, hasty decision, easy manipulation, doctrinal instability and prejudice, inability to flow with the body of Christ and carnal competition.

4. Inability to recognise danger
Samson was strong in the anointing but he did not know that the smallest of the unbeliever, is a serious danger.
No anointing can handle unequal yoke. Anointing is not a sign of developed spirit. Kids can’t recognise fire until they are burnt.
Only people of undeveloped spirit talk evil of ministers (they are flames of fire). Korah &Co could not perceive danger of rebellion and their ministry ended.
The fact that someone prophesy to you that you will be great doesn’t mean you should pull others down. No one needs to come down before you go up. The only one who needed to come down has gone down and climb up to come down no more so that he might pull you up.
Miriam was elderly but he got burnt for touching Moses.

5. Inability to handle Success (Physical and Spiritual)  2Chr 26: 15-16,1Tim 3:6 (nothing is received except it be from God) 1Cor 4:7.  When some were praying for jod,they could fast,pray and attend every church service.But now that job is here...the same job will not allow them to serve God again! We must all recall that Solomon success killed him,lest we fall into the same trap

6. Inability to handle Prophecies
·  Eli is grown up but he surrendered cheaply to prophesy 1Sam 3:18
Peter also began to argue with Jesus instead of going to God in fasting and prayer:when Jesus predicted his fall and denial.That was an acute symptom of undeveloped spirit.  ·  To argue with the kings of kings is nothing but foolishness.·  Thank God for Hezekiah,he did not accept the prophecy of Isaiah...rather through fervent prayers he  reverse the bad future.

Developing The Spirit Man
  1.The Word of God:It’s the heavenly Manna to be eaten – read, studied and meditated upon Acts 17:11, Eze 2:8-10, 33, II Tim 2:15, I Pet 2:2, Tim 3:16-17


2.Prayers

3.Experience and exposure:Books, tapes, hot Spiritual Environ can help in the development of the spirit man

 4.Discipline
























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The 17 Church Diseases (Part 2)

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Here is the second part of my write up on Church diseases
Arrested Spiritual Development
Wagner: “When people in the church are not growing in the things of God or in their relationships with one another, the total health of the church deteriorates, and the church cannot grow.”  To this I will add, if the church did grow, it really has nothing to offer those who come, nor to the community where God placed them.
St. John’s Syndrome
When Christians become Christians in name only; feel that their faith is only routine; when church involvement is largely going through the motions, and belonging to church is nothing more than a family tradition or social nicety, St. John’s Syndrome is likely at work.
Why is this called St John’s Syndrome?  I have no idea. At least I do not recall off the top of my head. But I agree that the symptoms described are unhealthy, no matter what you want to call it.
Hypo-pneumia
Hypo-pneumia is a condition caused by a subnormal level of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in the life and ministry of the church.  This is a church that depends upon talent of the members and the resources on hand.  It is a church that may pray, but is not depending upon prayer.
It is this type of church Francis Schaeffer had in mind when he asked his wife what she thought would happen if the Holy Spirit departed from the local church.  Their joint conclusionwas that in the vast majority of churches nothing would change, and few people would notice.


Community Disconnect Disease.
Churches with this disease meet within a given community, but they do not know that community. Often, church members drive to the church building, meet as “church,” and then drive home—without ever taking note of a changing community around them. In fact, I’ve seen church members with this disease lock their doors as they drive through the community where their congregation gathers.
Methodological Arthritis.The name says it all: this church is stuck in doing things the way they’ve always done them. Change (that is, movement) is painful, and it’s seemingly easier not to take a step forward. What these churches often don’t recognize is that standing still is also risky. Eventually, they will not move at all.
The “Grass is Greener” Syndrome.This syndrome is a malady of leaders who are always looking for the next church leadership position. They establish no roots, and their current congregation is only a stepping-stone to the next place. Because they are always looking elsewhere, they miss the present tense blessings of their ministry. And, though leaders think otherwise, a church often recognizes when its leader has this syndrome.
Program Nausea. Churches with Program Nausea try a program, toss it soon, and then quickly try the next one. They never have a settled “organizational stomach” and direction. Members of this kind of diseased church are so accustomed to change that they seldom invest in any program. Why should they invest in what will soon be spit out, too?
Baby Believer Malady. This congregation is doing evangelism well, but they have no strategy to grow new believers. Their unwritten, and wrong, assumption is, “As long as you show up for our small groups and worship service, you’ll grow.”  This church disciples poorly and often elevates leaders on the basis of attendance rather than spiritual maturity.
Theological Self-Deception Ailment. I don’t want anyone to think that theology does not matter. No church with an unbiblical theology can be healthy. TSDA, on the other hand, is characterized by a belief that teaching theology is all that is required to be a healthy church. Teaching theology is critical, but a theology that does not lead to intentional evangelism, disciple-making, and global missions is not biblical. Indeed, TSDA congregations tend to be classrooms more than New Testament churches.
Talking in Your Sleep Disease.You may recognize this church. They go through the motions, but the motions lack energy. They meet for worship, yet the singing is lifeless. Even the preaching is lackluster, as if the speaker is monotonously only meeting his obligation. Here is one way to recognize the church with TIYSD: many of the attenders really ARE sleeping!
Congregational Myopia.The congregation with this condition is nearsighted, focusing on themselves only. They have no vision for the future, and they fail to see that their current direction will likely lead to further disease and decline. Ask the leaders what their hope is for the church five years from now, and their description will sound strangely like the church in its current state.
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The 17 Church Diseases (Part 1)

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Thereare a lot of “diseases” afflicting the present day church. Some are terminal while others are easily treated!
Ethnikitis
Ethnikitis is fear or disregard for others of different ethnicity and/or races.  This disease is caused by contextual factors, usually revolving around a static church (in-grown and non-growing) in an ethnically transitioning neighborhood.
Ghost-Town Disease
Another contextual illness, this illness is found in communities where old residents are moving out, and no one is moving in.
People-Blindness
This malady is directly related to a lack of understanding of the significant differences between diverse people groups within the community.  It occurs when churches fail to consider how those differences may impede evangelism efforts.
Hyper-Cooperativism
Wagner says: “When everyoneis responsible for evangelism, no one is responsible for evangelism.  Local-church evangelism is much more effective than city-wide cooperative efforts.”
This malady occurs when local congregations loose their distinct identity because the church is too committed to being part of something else.  There is nothing wrong with partnering and cooperative ministries. But if the only ministry a church does is under the umbrella of others, and the church does not bring any distinct character to the joint-effort, it may be a sign that the church is not healthy.
The healthy alternative is not to forgo all partnerships and joint efforts, through isolationism or competition. Instead each church should develop its own distinct personality which it can then contribute to the community and cooperative efforts.
Koinonitis
Koinonia is the Greek word for fellowship.  Koinonitis occurs when interpersonal relationships within the church become so deep and mutually absorbing that we ignore the needs of the community and world around us. When Koinonitis is present church programs tend to become centripetal rather than centrifugal; entirely attractional rather than missional and incarnational.
Sociological Strangulation
Wagner says: “This is a slowdown in the rate of church growth caused when the flow of people into a church begins to exceed the capacity of the facilities to accommodate it.”
In other words, this occurs when the building and sanctuary are too small to accomodate more people.  The general rule here, in suburban communities is 80% capacity = FULL.  In more rural communities, where people are used to having more elbow room, the rule may be as low as 50% = FULL.

Another aspect that George Barna deals with, more than Wagner,  is when growth occurs at a rate too fast to effectively assimilate new people into an existing church community.  Barna suggests that healthy churches grow at a rate of no morethan 10% – 15% anually.  Thus, if Barna is correct, a church with a 6% or 7% growth rate may be healthier than a church that is growing at 20% rate over an extended period of time.
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The Winning Grace

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Opening Text:Psalm 127:1-5; 1Cor. 1: 26-29)."
Winning in life goes beyond human strength.Excelling in destiny is not directly proportional to your skill. Of course, you require smartness, tireless input, unbeatable diligence, wisdom and expertise to make it in life. All these are necessary but they are grossly insufficient to give you the kind of success that God has ordained for you. Struggling and sweating is needed, but they are not enough! 

There is an ingredient of destiny you cannot do without.It is called GRACE.By definition,Grace is  "the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it", 

  When you lack grace,you lack distinction.Outside grace,disgrace,defeat and disappointment is what remains. Life is frustrating without grace!
Our text says "“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord watch over the city the watchman waketh but in vain”
 The builders build and watchmen watch! Those are efforts, but except you link up with the Lord, they end in vanity. But when you have the grace of God, every input you make is amplified to produce unimaginable results

There are many people who are very smart, yet they are losers because ”…It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy” (Romans 9:16).   Goliath was a mighty man of war with many years of experience and expertise, yet he lost to a small boy who carried a small stone that might not even be able to kill a small bird! 

No matter how weak you think you are, the grace of God is available to take over for you and put you where you may naturally never get to in life. At the same time, if you think you are a strong man, let me remind you that there are people and forces that are stronger than you, and except for the grace of God, you will remain in struggles. You can’t make any impact in life except God backs you up.

The Manifold Works Of Grace
1.Grace Promotes:It is grace that catapaulted Joseph to the throne in Egypt,where he was not even qualified to contest elections
2.Grace Preserves: Jonah ought to have perished in the sea of disobedience but grace swallowed him up and vomited him to his zone of destiny
3.Grace Provides when all effort fails
4.Grace can Multiply your input.Was it not grace that turn David’s stone into a bullet? Or how on earth do you think a small stone can kill such a warrior?
5.Grace has the ability to erase your past mistakes and misdeeds: Jacob’s name should have disappeared from the annals of history but grace will not allow that.He cheated his brother and deceived his father…yet today the Almighty is still called God of Jacob! What a wonder!
            Do you intend to win your life battles,all you need is grace.
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THE POWER OF REJOICING

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To rejoice means to exhibit joy, to show forth your happiness. It is not a hidden thing. If it is in the heart, it will show forth on the face.
Nehemiah 2:2
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid

Sorrow of the heart will manifest as sadness on the face. In like manner joy of the heart will show as happiness, laughter etc on the face.
In March 1992, a research shows that an average 4-years old laughs 400 times a day, while a typical adult laugh only 15-16 times.No wonder Jesus exhorted us to be as little children if we cherish God’s kingdom.

Joy is a weapon in the battle of life. Without joy in your heart, there is a limit to where you can get to.
Isaiah 12:3
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

 All the entitlements in the kingdom are available only to the joyful; therefore don’t let anything steal your Joy.According to Nehemiah 8:10, your joy is your strength
Actually, medically speaking laughter releases a chemical substance called endorphin(s) that energises and act as a natural painkiller.

Again when you laugh you get more oxygen into your brain and this make you think more clearly.

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT REJOICING

1. Rejoicing makes it easy to hear God’s voice (Isaiah 30:29-30) and you know how important hearing God is.
2. Joyful heart produces healthy body and prolongs life Prov.17:22
3. Rejoicing invites God’s presence, when genuine rejoicing fills the air God comes down! Isaiah 64:5, Psalm 100
4. Rejoicing keeps you running in the race of life.
5. Coming to the house of God with joy guarantees that you will go back home with greater joy.  (Isaiah 51:11)
Please take note that joy is different from happiness.Joy is of the heart while happiness is temporary. Happiness has an immediate cause,while joy naturally spring forth
6. Sin steals joy, righteousness establish it. Psalm 51:12, 45:7, 64:10
7. God’s spoken words known  as rhema, (which can come when you are waiting on God or during Preaching) brings joy. (Jer 15:16, John 15:11),

Anytime you are sad, you don’t sit at home. Whenever you need joy come to the church. “For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:3)
The Word will locate you in the church and it will generate joy (Ps.119:111)

WHEN DO YOU REJOICE

·        #During trial 1Peter 4:12,13
·        #When there is a loss of properties Heb 10:34
·        #During persecution Acts 5:41
·        #Time of fruitlessness Hab 3:17-18

Beloved, there is power in rejoicing. Its result does not follow natural law.In fact it works like magic (Hab 3:17-19)
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Ingredients For A Better Future

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The impact of life cannot be measured by its length alone. Many are living long but are not living well. Methuselah lived for 969 years. Joseph lived 100 years. Methuselah had no record of any outstanding achievement. Joseph was a great man by all standards!

You must make up your mind to pursue a better future.
Be careful of this thing we call future because usually people don’t know when it comes.
-                     Today was the future you spoke to in year 2004.
-                     But now we call it today!

The future arrives second by second! And when it comes it is called today. Here are 7ingredients that you will need for a sure tomorrow    

1.       Other people knowledge. Prov 24 : 3-4
The root of every man’s problem is ignorance and the secret of triumph is knowledge.
A man stooling blood may begin to go from one herbalist to another. He may go from a prayer house to another thinking it is an affliction from his stepmother! Meanwhile a correct dosage of Metronidazole (Flagyl®)  will take it off like a miracle!

There is no substitute for knowledge, prayers cannot take its place!

Other People Knowledge can be contacted from books /messages/seminars etc.  One of the world richest men “Richard Branson” attained his height of success by reading a little book titled “Small is Beautiful”. His business empire began to grow because of lessons learned!
OPK can save you from waste of money / time and effort.

2.       Other People Failure.          I Cor. 10: 11
          Samson became an example of failure because of wrong choice of wife. This is enough lesson for those who are yet to marry.

You should not ridicule those who have failed, rather make their experience your teacher, you can observe failed lives, marriages, relationship etc. Look at their mistakes and avoid them!

If  a man ahead of you falls into a ditch, the next thing to do is not to repeat what you just saw! Look at Lot, Esau and Gehazi.

4.       Other People Ideas:
You may need to look at other people’s idea that led them into success.
How did they react in times of trials? That is why you may need to read a lot of biographies. The secret of men is in their stories.

5.       Other People Money: 2 Kings 4: 1-7
          The widow in that  was told to secure her neighbors vessels. Borrow to invest, don’t borrow to spend!God has planted helpers all around you like the sycamore tree on the path of Zaccheaus.Your responsibility is to locate them and ask them for help!

6.       Other People Anointing: Hosea 12:13,  2 Chr 20: 20
          There are challenges you may face in which you will need the anointing of your pastor.          There are people God placed in your life to speak into your life when it matters.
You tap into such anointing by sowing seed into your pastors’ life. It is called prophet’s offering.

7.       Other People’s Influence / Credibility:
          When Nehemiah was going to build the wall of Jerusalem he took a letter from the king who was then his direct boss.
-                     Have you heard “whose son is he”
This is why you must not bang any door when you are going out, close it gently! Each person you know, knows someone who can help you!

As you face your future,I prophesy that you will succeed,you will have multiple testimonies and break generational records in Jesus mighty name.(Refer to adetunjisola.net for more messages)
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