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10/09/2025

Happy Centenary celebrations

02/06/2025

HAPPY NEW MONTH TO YOU

OUR MONTH OF DIVINE RESTORATION

As we begin this new month, May this month bring restoration to your relationships, your health, and your finances. And May it be a month of new beginnings, fresh starts and endless opportunities. Happy New Month!

FROM MZYS ONITSHA PROVINCE

31/05/2025

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Brothers and sisters in Christ, We invite you to a special gathering, a time of divine encounter, a moment of spiritual rejuvenation.
In the still of the night, when the world is asleep, we'll gather to seek the face of God. We'll cry out for breakthrough, for healing, for deliverance. We'll pray for our families, our communities, and our nation.

The midnight hour is a time of great spiritual significance. It's a time when the veil between heaven and earth is thin. It's a time when God moves mightily.

So, I ask you, will you join us? Will you be a part of this mighty move of God? Let's come together, united in prayer, and experience the power of God like never before.

MIDNIGHT SHIFT is more than just a gathering, it's a movement. It's a call to action, a call to prayer. So, don't miss out.

🗓️DATE: 13TH June 2025
🕗TIME:8:00 PM
🛣️ VENUE: ESOCS CHURCH Mount of Victory Inland Town Branch..

Join us, and let's shift the atmosphere together!"

06/08/2024

YOUTH ABLAZE IS HERE AGAIN!!!

Youth Ablaze is a camping program organized by Inland District of Onitsha Province engineered to foster our relationship with God and also empower the youths with some knowledge of career skill set for a better future.

This year's YOUTH ABLAZE is tagged: One Word One Sound.

FEATURING:
• PRAISE NIGHT
• BIBLE TEACHINGS
• DANCE AND DRAMA
ETC...

💒 VENUE: INLAND TOWN BRANCH 20c New Cemetery road Onitsha.

📆 DATE: FRIDAY 30th AUGUST TO 1st SEPTEMBER 2024

I am glad when they say, let's go to the house of God, what about you?

27/07/2024

ESOCS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
SATURDAY 27TH JULY 2024
TOPIC: GOD'S WORD AS SUPERIOR TO THE PROPHET'S
TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 13:1-5

MEMORY VERSE:
“You must not listen to the words of that prophet or that diviner of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to make known whether or not you'll continue to love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. ’’Deuteronomy 13:3 ISV

This passage begins with the assumption that the prophet does foretell the future accurately or perform some other, humanly impossible work. Nevertheless, if that prophet’s central message is to follow after a different god or to take a spiritual path that the true God has not said to take, that person is a false prophet. God states unequivocally that misrepresenting Him incurs the death penalty, and Revelation 19:20 says that this is exactly what happens to the False Prophet: He is thrown into the Lake of Fire.

A real false prophet is a person who speaks in the name of the true God but who twists, misuses, and misrepresents what the true God has revealed. This may be for his own personal gain or exaltation. False prophets also speak in the name of false gods to turn people away from the true God. They are out there, they have their own agenda, and they use the lack of understanding of God’s people concerning what is going on in the world around them in relation to what He has presented. When one is uninformed, unschooled, or misdirected concerning the word of God, that person is open to whatever false teaching comes his way.

The message of the false prophet is contrasted in Deuteronomy 13:3-4 with loving the true God with all of our heart and soul (life), walking after Him, fearing Him, keeping His commandments, obeying His voice, serving Him, and holding fast to Him. These elements indicate what God wants His people to be focused on, helping to define whether a man claiming to speak for God is truly doing so or not.

Obeying God’s voice and keeping His commandments are regular themes with God’s true prophets: They always have God's law undergirding their messages. When the Old Testament prophets were sent to warn or inform Israel and Judah, they always pointed out the grievous ways in which the people had transgressed God’s law.

In summary, the hallmark of a true prophet is his upholding of the law of God, while false prophets dodge moral teaching and instead preach a message that appeals to the people (Romans 8:7).

CHALLENGE:
> How fast do you hold on to that precious word in the face of prophecy?

PRAYER:
> Lord God, speak to us through your word today and give us understanding.

Further Reading: Ezekiel 43:1-9; Luke 1:26-38; Acts 11:1-18

26/07/2024

ESOCS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FRIDAY 26TH JULY 2024
TOPIC: WATCH AND PRAY
TEXT: MARK 14:32-42

MEMORY VERSE:
"Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak " Mark 14:38 KJV

The history of our Lord's agony in the garden of Gethsemane is a deep and mysterious passage of Scripture. He was being "made a curse for us." He was bearing our griefs and carrying our sorrows according to the covenant He came on earth to fulfil. He was being "made sin for us who Himself knew no sin. "His holy nature felt acutely the hideous burden laid upon Him. These were the reasons of His extraordinary sorrow.

Observe what an example our Lord gives us of the importance of prayer in time of trouble. In the hour of His distress, we find Him employing this great remedy. Twice we are told that when His soul was exceeding sorrowful, "He prayed." We shall never find a better formula than this, for the patient bearing of affliction. The first person to whom we should turn in our trouble is God. The first expression of grief we should make, should be in the form of a prayer. The reply may not be given immediately. The relief we need may not be granted at once. The thing that tries us may never be removed and taken away. But the mere act of pouring out our hearts, and unbosoming ourselves at the throne of grace will do us good. The advice of James is wise and weighty - "Is any afflicted? Let him pray " (James 5:13).

Remarkably, what a striking example our Lord gave us of submission of will, to the will of God! Deeply as His human nature felt the pressure of a world's guilt, He still prayed (v 36). Let us strive and labour to have "the mind that was in Christ" in this matter. Let us daily pray and endeavor to be enabled to mortify our self-will. A continually increasing disposition to submit our own wills to the will of God, is a sign that we are really "growing in grace, and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

As Christians, let us not forget that we have within us a double nature—a ready "spirit" and weak "flesh" a carnal nature inclined to evil, and a spiritual nature inclined to “good”. These two are contrary one to the other (Gal. 5:17). Let us never forget to "watch and pray." We must “pray without ceasing” regularly, habitually, carefully and at stated times. The solemn counsel, which our Lord addressed to His disciples should often ring in our ears: "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak."

CHALLENGE:
> Do you feel helpless and abandoned in times of distress?

PRAYER:
> Jesus my Lord, may your Grace be sufficient for me in times of distress.

Further Reading: 2 Kings 1:1-15; Jeremiah 4:1-14; Luke 9:46-56

25/07/2024

ESOCS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THURSDAY 25TH JULY 2024
TOPIC: ACCEPTING THE BITTER TRUTH OF THE WORD
TEXT: JEREMIAH 26:1-15

MEMORY VERSE:
"Now it happened, when Jeremiah had made an end Of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people that the priest and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, "You will surely die!" Jeremiah 26: 8 NKJV

God put Jeremiah in an impossible position. Jehoiakim had just been anointed as king. His father Josiah had been a pretty good king while he was alive. Jehoiakim, on the other hand, was not so good. We read that He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. However, in this instance, God didn't send Jeremiah to confront King Jehoiakim. God instead sent Jeremiah to the temple. After finally listening to the Word of God, the priests, the prophets, and all the people at the Temple were unhappy. And what our Lord spoke to Jeremiah then is just as true with us today. We would much rather hear a good story, have an entertaining speaker, hear some solid moral platitudes whereby we can measure how good we are against everyone else.

Why should we listen to someone who says something like that? Why should we put up with someone who would be so negative? Those words aren't pleasing at all. But they were from God. And they were spoken to not only them, but us as well. And our response is the same; because all we hear in those words is condemnation. But condemnation wasn't the intent of God's Word. Repentance is. Christ speaks His Word to warn us where our actions are taking us. To tell us that this wide path will be our destruction. And our response is the same one Jeremiah heard: “You shall die. ” And you know what, that's exactly what Jesus does. He dies. If that's what it takes to turn us from our current path, forgive our sins, then Jesus dies. After all, it's His house that will become desolate. It's His city that will be empty. It's His life that will be given up. And He gives it all up on the Cross.

Jeremiah's words foreshadow Jesus' Word. And that innocent blood is upon us. We are covered by the blood of Christ. But instead of that being our condemnation; that blood is on us for our salvation.

We must hear it all! For even though we stand accused, we also stand forgiven. For while we were saying to Him, "You must die, ” His response to us is, “And by that death, you shall live. ’’Halleluyah!!!

CHALLENGE:
> Have you been angered or displeased with the word of truth ?

PRAYER:
> Jesus my Lord, help me to appreciate the finished work of salvation.

Further Reading: Deuteronomy 11:1-12; Mark 1:14-20; Luke 1:26-38

24/07/2024

ESOCS Daily Devotional
Wednesday 24th July 2024
Topic – Fellow Citizens of the Kingdom
TEXT: ACTS 10:1-16

MEMORY VERSE:
“And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.” Acts 10:11-13 KJV

The fundamental problem addressed in this passage is the ongoing separation of Jews and Gentiles. Hitherto, both at Jerusalem and everywhere else where the ministers of Christ came, they preached the gospel only to the Jews, or those Greeks that were circumcised and proselyted to the Jews’ religion; but now, Gentiles; and to them the door of faith is here opened: good news indeed to us sinners of the Gentiles. The apostle Peter is the man that is first employed to admit uncircumcised Gentiles into the Christian church; and Cornelius, a Roman centurion or colonel, is the first that with his family and friends was so admitted.

The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to the apostles themselves, and such a surprise (Eph. 3:3, 6).

We are here told that Cornelius was a great man and a good man – two characters that seldom meet but here they did; and where they do meet, they put a lustre upon each other: goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.

But there is another type of conversion we need to consider, that of Peter. He had serious hang-ups regarding Gentiles, as almost all of the Jews did. From childhood a particular worldview had been ingrained in them that looked upon the Gentiles as unclean. The Lord began to dismantle Peter’s prejudice against Gentiles, tearing down the wall that had kept them separate. The Kingdom of God expands when the perception of cultural barriers is removed. Peter saw heaven opened, that he might be sure that his authority to go to Cornelius was indeed from heaven – that it was a divine light, which altered his sentiments, and a divine power, which gave him his commission. The opening of the heavens signified the opening of a mystery that had been hid (Rom. 16:25).

He saw a great sheet full of all manners of living creatures, which descended from heaven, and was let down to him to the earth, that is, to the roof of the house where he now was. It is knit at the four corners, to receive those from all parts of the world that are willing to be added to it; and to retain and keep those safe that are taken into it, that they may not fall out; and in this we find some of all countries, nations, and languages, without any distinction of Greek or Jew, or any disadvantage put upon Barbarian or Scythian (Col. 3:11). The net of the gospel encloses all, both bad and good, those that before were clean and unclean.

CHALLENGES:
Cornelius was loved for his generosity. What about you?
Do you give freely to others because God has freely given to you?
Are you generously giving to the Church?

Cornelius faithfully prayed. What about you? Does your prayer have a consistent pattern?

Further Reading: Deuteronomy 10:11-end; Ezekiel 37:15-end; Luke 1:1-25

23/07/2024

ESOCS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
TUESDAY 23RD JULY 2024
TOPIC: CHRIST - THE SECOND MOSES
TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 18:15-22

MEMORY VERSE:
“For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother. (Mark 3:35 NKJV)

Here, we hear the prophet Moses addressing the people of Israel and giving them the promise that the LORD will raise up a prophet LIKE HIM from the people. In biblical times, prophets were not rare. Indeed, 2 Kings tells us that the king of Israel had 400 prophets at his disposal! (1 Kings 22:6). The problem was finding a prophet that was truly speaking for God.

Prophets performed a wide range of functions, including some that are condemned in Deuteronomy 18:10-11. Prophets of the Lord are the mouthpieces for God, and their proclamations are made without the common acts of divination or speaking to dead spirits. Prophets of ancient times should probably be thought of as preachers, for they interpreted the word of God to the people. Ancient Prophets, however, were distinct from priests who were responsible for leading the people in worship. The only function of an ancient prophet was to declare the word of God to the people. They did not run meetings or organize the congregation.

Therefore, God not only provided the Israelites with Moses as the mediator but promised to raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like Moses (v 18). The ultimate fulfilment of this came in the form of Jesus Christ. He was from Israel, of the tribe of Judah; so, from among their countrymen. Jesus not only had God's words in His mouth, He was a physical manifestation of God in flesh, the very Word of God. God said Israel had spoken well to ask for a better way to see and hear God, rather than the scary and intimidating presence on Sinai. And God promised to send a human to speak as God spoke on Sinai. When Jesus came in the flesh, He fulfilled this promise. This is likely why the word prophet in verse 17 is singular, to signal that this is a Messianic prophecy.

As such, it refers to a special prophet who was to come, Jesus Christ, who was the second Moses, just as He was the second Adam (Romans 12-14). This is made apparent in Acts 3:22 and 7:37, where this verse is quoted by those proving that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah (anointed one) promised by God to deliver Israel.

CHALLENGE:
> Have you accepted the words of eternal life as taught by Christ?

PRAYER:
> Jesus my Sovereign Prophet-Priest, help me to appreciate the finished work of salvation on the Cross. Amen.

Further Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-end; John 20:1-10; Acts 12:1-11

22/07/2024

ESOCS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
MONDAY 22ND JULY 2024
TOPIC: THE HIGH PLACE OF WOMEN IN GOD'S PLAN
TEXT: MARK 15:40-16:7

MEMORY VERSE:
“And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. ” Mark 16:1 KJV

In our text today, we're going to meet several people who were changed by the glory of God in the work of Christ. We're going to meet a man, Joseph of Arimathea who, upon Jesus' death, came out of the closet with his faith. And we're going to meet several women who, upon Jesus' resurrection, were brought out of their grief and into wonder.

We've seen Joseph of Arimathea moved to action. Next, we'll see a group of women moved to amazement (15:40-41, 47-16:8). Mary Magdalene was someone Jesus had healed of seven evil spirits (Lk. 8:2). Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses was most likely Jesus' mother (Mk. 6:3). Salome was the mother of Jesus' disciples, James and John, the sons of Zebedee (Mt. 27:56). These were women related to Jesus or Jesus' followers or who'd been changed by Jesus. This is why they “followed him and ministered to him” from Galilee to Jerusalem (Mk. 15:41). These women witnessed Jesus' death (15:40), burial (v. 47), and the empty tomb (16:1-8). Mark's account is thus corroborated by more than one person who saw these events firsthand.

These women are models of faithful discipleship, following and ministering to Jesus, even in His death. The presence of these women in this part of the narrative tells us that God loves and cherishes and uses women in mighty ways. Women are made in the image of God and were used by God to do great things throughout Scripture. Women are not second-class citizens in God's kingdom. They're co-heirs with men of “the grace of life” (1 Pet. 3:7). At Jesus' last and finest hour, it was women standing by and serving and seeing. The Lord has blessed our church with many women like Mary the mother of our Lord, Mary Magdalene and Salome - godly, courageous, servant-hearted and Jesus-loving women. May God continue to bless and use the women of our church for His glory.

God loves to use the weak to shame the strong (1 Cor. 1:26-28). Those dismissed in human society are accepted and blessed and used in key roles in God's society. This is a picture of something that is sadly too common in the church: if we are passive in the Lord's service, others will take our place.

CHALLENGE:
> Has the news of Jesus 'life, death, and resurrection “seized “your heart?

PRAYER:
> Father, give us hearts and minds to understand the work of His Son.

Further Reading; Isaiah 25:1-9; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Luke 2:1-7

21/07/2024

ESOCS Daily Devotional
SUNDAY 21ST JULY 2024
TOPIC: BEWARE OF SELF PRIDE
TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 8:11-20

MEMORY VERSE:
"And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18, NKJV

The first 10 verses of this chapter reminded Israel that, as they enjoyed the wonderful gifts of the abundant land they were entering, they were not to forget the one who was giving them these things. They mustn't end up loving the gifts more than the giver. How were they to express their ongoing love for God who had so blessed them? (vv. 10-11). By their obedience, they were to remember the things God taught them through Moses, and to keep on doing them. For not only was God giving them a lovely place for their own, but Moses reminded them how God had so carefully looked after them through their rebellious years (w. 15-16). But Moses also points out another big danger they needed to guard against when, as the years went by, they became well settled and prosperous in the land God was giving them. What was that danger? (vv. 12-14, 17).

The danger of great success is that it can lead to great self-conceitedness - the attitude of “Look at me and what I have accomplished”. That certainly happened to a great king of Babylon. We read in Daniel Chapter 4 that: “Nebuchadnezzar was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon and, as he looked out across the city, he said, 'Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendour. God put Nebuchadnezzar through a very humiliating experience to humble his arrogant pride.

The important truth of Moses' words in verse 18 is something we should all keep in mind, especially if there is anything in our life of which we are ’a little bit proud of! Whether it’s our careers, our talents and skills, our marriage, how we raised our children ... we need to work hard at all of these and do the best we can to be successful. But we must always remember that it is God who gives us the power. And He does so because of the promise He made to Abraham to bless his spiritual descendants. Therefore, “So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy” (Rom 9:16). So, what would happen to Israel if they became so full of themselves that they forgot God? (vv. 19-20). They will be punished and rejected; and the same goes for us today if we become like them in our hearts.

CHALLENGE:
> Have you been boasting of your perceived achievements to spite others?

PRAYER:
> Gracious Father, help me to understand and show humility always.

Further Reading; Ezekiel 36:16-32; Mark 16:1-8; Acts 9:20-31

20/07/2024

ESOCS Daily Devotional
SATURDAY 20TH JULY 2024
TOPIC: SURRENDERING TO THE WILL AND PURPOSE OF GOD
TEXT: ACTS 9:1-19

MEMORY VERSE:
“And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. "Acts 9:6 KJV

Saul was, as he described himself, a Hebrew of Hebrews (Phil. 3:5). He thought himself as a great man. He was born in Tarsus; yet, he studied under and was thoroughly trained in the law by Gamaliel— one of Israel’s most respected and notable members of the religious senate. Saul became so zealous as a religious Jew that he rose to the ranks of becoming a Pharisee at a relatively young age— something not many Jews in his day could brag about. He was not satisfied to rid Jerusalem of the followers of Jesus, but asked the chief priests for permission to persecute even those who had fled to Damascus, to extradite them and bring them back to Jerusalem for trial. They readily assented to this request. They had found in this Saul of Tarsus the kind of man, which they needed to stamp out Christianity at its birth.

Saul was not searching for the Lord or for salvation. The Lord did not appear to Saul and plead, but rather, the glorified Jesus called Saul’s name twice, knocked the man to the ground and completely overpowered him. He struck him blind. Then Jesus gave him very direct orders about what he had to do next. How much choice did Saul have? Saul was God’s chosen instrument to fulfil a very definite task: “to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel” (v 15). Already, God had ordained that Saul would suffer much for His name’s sake (v 16). “So, then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy" (Rom. 9:16NKJV).

Saul's response shows that he knew somebody — someone to whom respect is due, for he answered, “Who are you, Lord?"(y 5). Jesus spoke to Saul, as one in solidarity with those whom he persecuted: “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting"', and in complete surrender, he uttered, “Lord, what should I do?" Saul, who had been blinded by God's revelatory disruption of his journey, is told to continue on into Damascus where he will be given further instructions. This begins a faith walk for Saul. He will go blind, being led by his companions, into the city. Saul and Ananias surrendered to God's will and purpose. We should do the same thing and not tie ourselves to “the precepts of men ” (Isa. 29:13).

CHALLENGE:
> Have you disrupted God's will and purpose by being blindly religious?

PRAYER:
> Father, give me the grace to surrender to your will and purpose.

Further Reading: Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Ezekiel 36:1-15; Mark 15:33-end

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