Minister Digest

10/07/2023

1 Thessalonians 5:24 (KJV) Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

10/07/2023

We are called not to be condemn but to obtain salvation through Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (KJV) For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

08/02/2022

Genesis 8:7, 10-11 (KJV) And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Galatians 6:7-8 (KJV) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
You send out an abmonable things and expect a result..Leviticus 11:13, 15 (KJV) And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Every raven after his kind;
These that send a dove, received reward of leave and that's life..
Dove signified purity..if your message is pure,then it returns with life...

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew...

16/05/2021

13/02/2021

EFFECTS OF VISION
1 Kings 3:16-20 (KJV)
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

08/02/2021

IMPACT IN MINISTRY.
2SAM18:19-33.
Introduction: was a story particularly on Ahimaas and cushi.Ahimaas has details about Absalom death by information,while cushi has his information by personal revelation. Your personal revelational encounter is the secrets of your impact in ministry. Some of the predicament of Ahimaas are:
* His information was not personal encounter, but another person ideals.
*he want to use cushi ideals for his own results.
*haste make him waste
*his information was based for popularity context
*his information deliver to david was based on striving against cushi
*he didn't understand that, ministry must not based on physical sign or materialism, but heavenly proofs.
* he didn't not understand that ministerial revelation,must not based on Assumptions.
* every ministerial works must have spiritual backup.
* we must understand that challenges are part of ministry.but Ahimaas run on a plan ground. Every thing went smooth for him.
*your ministerial details must speaks of Christ alone, but not you
*your tidings about the gospel must be genuine.
* don't enter ministerial race for competition.

08/02/2021

6/2/2021
Minister Digest
Rccg Surprise Area.
Topic: Impolite yet faithful
Text: Act 20:9-10.
This is a story about Paul while preaching long, a boy called Eutychus fell from where he was sitting and died. Eutychus means glory, fortune, destiny, future. There one thing God hate most, is negligence.
In this lesson we are going to be looking at four characters, namely, Paul and his sermon, Eutychus the young boy, the elders and his parent, but for this particular lesson will be looking at the preacher Paul. The Bible say when Paul was preaching long Eutychus sitting by the window fell and died.
PAUL.
One of the things God hate is negligence, most minister are been fool with the grace and if not been control it will turn to disgrace.
We are going to be looking at what make grace turn to disgrace even in the presence of God.
1. Fanatism. Extreme devotion or zeal to the extent of killing one another. You must know the capacity of what your members can carry. Isa. 47:8-9, Gal. 1:11.
In order words, fanatism can lead to persecution. Don't force your member to do what their grace can not carry. It is irrational zeal and unbiblical. 1Pet. 2:20, 4:1, Gal. 4:18.
2. LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM.
Apart from been spiritual, if you are not professional in ministry you will be disgrace. 2Tim.4:2, Matt. 18:6, Col. 3:2, 1cor.8:9.
3. Lack of public relations and human resources management.
1Jh 3:11, Rom. 3:10.
Use their weakness to bring out there strength. You are a minister not because you are the best, when you are preaching and you notice your members are tired, preach it another day.
4. Commodious.
When you are preaching the word of God to people in an inconvenient manner or environment. You should be able to study and manage your environment and people. 1cor. 8:9.
5. TIME conscious.
You must be time conscious when preaching. Eph. 5:15-17, Col. 4:5.
6. Insipidity. Lack of energetic character or distinctive quality. Job.6:6, Luk. 14:34.
7. Popularity context. E.t.c.....

09/01/2021

31/12/2020

THE CHURCH IS FULL OF OSTRICHES
The Ostrich like every winged creature was called to fly. This is why it was given wings and beautiful ones at that. Yet is does not fly. It knows nothing about the beauty of gliding. It has little experience about the science of aerobatics. It is ignorant about testing its strength in the eyes of the storm.

It cannot conceive the safety of dwelling on the crest of mountains. Neither can it visualize the joy of perching on tree tops, beyond the reach of predators. The Ostrich can merely run very fast on the ground. It is content with doing what four forted beasts are called to do. The question is, why? Why can’t the Ostrich fly the way God purposed for it? Why must it flee by running instead of flying.

The answer lies in its character. The Ostrich is a rebellious bird. It does not follow instructions but does what it is not supposed to do. It looks for an alternative plan instead of the one assigned to it. Originally a wild bird, it has been domesticated in South Africa nevertheless, it retains, like all previously wild creatures, the original character of its proto-types. It has beautiful wings designed for flying, yet it cannot fly.

Its flight supporting features are too weak, its marrow’s are “empty” and its opinions “useless.” It is big of “nothing”. It cannot support itself in the air. It has all the likeness of a bird, but it is not a true bird. It is like a whale which lives in the water, has all the external features of a fish, but is in fact an animal. It is like a bat which flies in the air but is not a bird. The message for us is clear. The house of God is full of Ostriches. It is reeking with people who have gifts which are not used to do the things for which they were given. Many Christians are doing things they are not called to do.

They have the signs of godliness but they deny the power behind it. They have the gifts of the spirit but they cannot bear good fruits. “By their fruits they will be known”, so the bible says. But no one knows them by the fruits of righteousness. They passively manifest the gifts of God. Like the Ostrich they retain the gift of wings but do not bear the fruit of flying. God allows them to retain these gifts because he honours his word above his name. His word says that “the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable by man”. God Himself will not revoke them. Thus anybody can still appropriate these gifts by using the right principles, even when they are living in disobedience.

This is only natural. The Ostrich does not do away with its wings even though he cannot use them. He retains them as if to deceive people as to whom he really is. This is the case with many Christians in the house of God. They will blast in tongues and proclaim messages in prophecy. But don’t be deceived, they speak not in the tongues of God but of demons. They prophesy not the expectations of God, but the message of Satan. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy going and a clanging symbol and if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge… but have not love, I am nothing. (1st Corinthians 13:1-3).

Love is the ultimate fruit of the spirit. It cannot be fakes. It is not die. The Ostrich does not symbolize it. Jesus does, because Jesus is love. “Love never ends; as for [the gift of prophecy] they will pass away as for tongues they will cease, for our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy will pass away” (1st Corinthians 13:8:-10). Everybody needs Jesus the perfect symbolism and personification of love: the author and finisher of our faith, the light of the world, the bread of life. Everybody needs Jesus, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, that their eyes may be opened to the tricks of those who like the Ostrich will manifest gifts without the fruits to back them up.

You must know the truth and the truth will set you free. You must have the Holy Spirit and he will teach you all things. The Bible says “He will guide you into all truth; He will shew you things to come…” (John 16:13-15). The importance of the Holy Spirit is that with Him you can identify those whose aim is to deceive the elect, those who show a sign of righteousness but deny the power of God. They are many in the house of God. They may have the beauty of the Ostrich, they may have his wings, they may have the gifts and calling of birds, but they cannot fly.

24/12/2020