REPORT: CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE - UPGRADE I – Part 2

THEME: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: ………..Mat 24:6 

DATE: June 22^nd, 2013

Lagos.

The armies of God were a people of uncommon courage, bravery, forthrightness. To have courage however, you must be upright in character, for according to him, “It is character that gives voice”, without upright behavior he explained, a man could not have a voice among his brethren.   Reuben, he said, was the first son of Israel but lost the rites and privileges of that position due to poor character. For sleeping with his father’s wife, Reuben lost his pre-eminence and consequently bequeathed the role of the second fiddle even to the generations after him. Conversely, Joseph, also a son of Israel in the 11^th position got promoted to the position of a prime minister or ruler over Egypt and indeed over nations because of godly character found in him.

REPORT: CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE - Upgrade I – Part 1

THEME: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: ………..Mat 24:6 

DATE: June 22^nd, 2013

Lagos.

“NOW after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass, that the Lord spoke unto Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, ‘Moses my servant is dead, now, therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even the children of Isreal”. Verse 3: “Every place that the soul of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses”.

The man Moses represented a typology, an approach, a season, a kind and time, a symbol and indeed a mentality.

In the days of Moses as the leader of Isreal, he stretched his rod over the Red Sea and it was parted into two for Isrealites to pass through. With the same rod in his hand, Egyptian soldiers and their chariots were swallowed up by the Red Sea.

INVITATION: Here comes the real one - Upgrade 2

Here comes the real one - Upgrade 2. Another sacred convocation.

Brethren, the signs are ominous, the evil clouds are gathering and threatening, the vortex of darkness is spiraling out of control and except the elect associate with the right company and prepare accordingly, many will be deceived.

The Lord is coming, our assignment is to sensitize brethren through the leadership by unveiling the signals of His coming as they affect or relate to us individually. Sons are coming to glory and the fullness of Christ beckons. 

Our version of Upgrade is rooted in the The Gospel of the kingdom, the fullness of Christ being the core. 

The dispensation line moving from where God used to be to  where God promised to be. 

We would be glad if you help extend our invitation to others. Please make it a date.

The "Singles" Group - Part 1

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. (Isaiah 4:1) Many churches of our day sponsor a "singles group." The singles group is made up of men and women who are not married or who have been married and now are divorced. The members have fellowship with those who share their interests and problems. There is, however, another kind of "singles" group. It is composed of Christians who are divorced from the Law of Moses but who are not married to the Lord Jesus.

CELEBRATING THE MINISTRY OF THE FIT MAN

As a great downpour begins with solemn gathering of clouds, so it was with the exhaustive prayer session experienced at the fellowship last Sunday.

It began with a few comments made by some brethren on challenges to spiritual growth. In other words, attitudes often spurred by desires or lust of the flesh; on-the-job situations that pre-dispose people into lying; tendencies to pitching tent with the majority or siding with popular opinion even when the Spirit of God nudges one to go the other way etcetera.

HERE COMES "UPGRADE 2"

Upgrade 2 is here. Please make it a date.

SCENES AT CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE 1

Enjoy the scenes at the last Christian Leadership Upgrade, "Upgrade 1" which took place Saturday 22nd, June in Lagos. It was a huge success. The next one, "Upgrade 2" comes up Saturday July 20, 2013.

Teaching slide of Christian Leadership Upgrade: GOD'S AGENDA By Demola Akinyemi

                 

Leadership upgrade God’s agenda from sukkotcall

It was a water-shed in the annals of Christian Leadership meetings as Christian believers assembled at the Christian Leadership Upgrade (CLU) in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, June 22.  It was a unique time.

Find out for yourself in this mind blowing exposition (Slide) that blazed the trail at the meeting. Kindly go through it.

Matt Redman - Here for you (Live @ Passion 2013)

Enjoy this glorious worship. Also we have a brief profile of this great singer. Be blessed.

MATT REDMAN is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
Born: February 14, 1974 (age 39), Watford, United Kingdom
Origin: Brighton, United Kingdom
Awards: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song.
Record labels: Survivor Records, sixstepsrecords
Songs - 10,000 Reasons, The Heart of Worship, Revival Generation: I Could Sing of Love Forever, Blessed Be Your Name, Where Angels Fear to Tread, You Never Let Go, Beautiful News, Never Once

The Features of The Ekklesia by Isaac Arikawe - Part 4

In verse 16, Peter answered after a long time of general silence: 

"You are the Messiah (the Christ), the Son of the living God."

Before we consider the principles in the response of Jesus, let us compare the responses of  the public in verses 13 and 16.The public considered Him to be a prophet- someone who had been sent to them as a mouthpiece of God. Peter however recognized Him as the Christ (the anointed), the messiah, the One all Israel and the world had been waiting for, although they never knew.

The Remnant By Louis Eke – Part 4

 Another error that signalled a deviation from the apostolic truth was the special place given to Mary, Jesus' mother, by Irenaeus in his attempt to debunk the false claims of the Gnostics who maintained that for God to take human form and come down to planet  earth,  was impossible (being a Spirit).

Inasmuch as these men could be credited for putting up some form of defence against the false teachings of the day, it is noteworthy  that some of them equally sowed the seeds of error that sooner than later robbed the Church of its power and caused her to relapse into religion and, eventually, the Dark Age.

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE - The Upgrade 1

The Upgrade is finally here. Time to catch up or rather upgrade into the next frontier of the Spirit.

ZION TRAIN - Thanks, thanks, thanks

“Thanks, thanks,

 We give you thanks

For all you have done

We are so blessed

Our souls have found rest

O Lord, we give you thanks”

With the lyrics of the song above, the stage was set for a worthwhile experience last Sunday at the Church of the First Born (The Third Temple).

The songs kept coming from one to another in low medium and high tempo depicting a thrilling rhythmic peculiarity.

 To the brethren it was not only a unique fellowship session but also highly fulfilling one. A number of reasons accounted for this.

First, it was not planned or announced to any of the brethren before the day.

VIDEO: HILLSONG - A Beautiful Exchange

Trading Your life, For my offenses
For my redemption, You carried all the blame

Breaking the curse, Of our condition
Perfection took our place

When only love
Could make a way
You gave Your life
In a beautiful exchange

THE FEATURES OF THE EKKLESIA By Issac Arikawe - Part 3

"Any structure that functions outside a defined fundamental process and original intention of the designer is called malfunction"

"Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and the teachers. Their responsibilities is to equip God's people to do His work and build up the church, the body of Christ."

                                                     Ephesians 4: 11-12

It is expedient for us to first consider the functional features of different Ekklesia before we can really understand what makes Jesus' kind or class of Ekklesia to be peculiar.   Also, it would be very important to put some things into consideration when looking at the feature of the Ekklesia.

THE REMNANT (Catching the Spirit of the Fathers) By Louis Eke – Part 3

One major problem that the Church has had to grapple with over the centuries since the exit of the foundational apostles, has  been  that  of  adhering  strictly  to  God's leadership requirements  and  order  as  exemplified by  the  apostles themselves, while at the same time struggling for relevance in a world whose ideals differ extensively from the ideals of the Church.

The lack of apostolic authority on the part of those who received the mantle from the foundational apostles, no doubt, accounted for the quenching of the apostolic flame soon after the first apostles left the stage. Man-made traditions and innovations replaced spirit-led activities, worship and fellowship. Christianity was reduced to mere ritual – a feature of the religions of this world. The life of God was shut out and the fire that was kindled by the apostles merely smouldered through the Dark Age, so-called because of the lost impact of Christianity, until it burst into flame again in the 1500s.

The Second Goat - Part 5 (Concluding Part)

God is ready to deliver the Jews so they may walk in holiness and righteousness before Him. However, the best He can do for Gentiles is to impute righteousness to them and carry them to Heaven to live in a mansion of gold where they never will be tempted again. This is what is taught today. Do you actually believe such an unscriptural, illogical fairy tale?

Notice how the Lord can remove sin from our personality.

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. (Zechariah 3:4)

MAN IN THE TEMPLE by Demola Akinyemi

God’s temple is his house, his dwelling place, the place of his manifestation, God no longer live in a house made with hands as in the days of old when he dwelled in the tabernacle of Moses or in  the tabernacle of David or even the temple of Solomon or the temple of Zerubabel. Ye are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” I Cor 6;19 -20

Today, millions of dollars are being spent in different places by religious organizations to build and to maintain the Physical building where God no longer dwells while little attention, little investment and little understanding exist about this temple called “The new creation man”

The ultimate temple of God is man as it is written in the book of revelation and God will dwell in no other place except in the heart of his people who are now growing to become a new habitation of God in the spirit.

VIDEO: MATT REDMAN - Endless Halleluyah

                                              

      
Enjoy this beautiful worship by Matt Redman.

                                                             "Endless Hallelujah"

When I stand before Your throne
Dressed in glory not my own
What a joy I'll sing of on that day
No more tears or broken dreams
Forgotten is the minor key
Everything as it was meant to be

[Chorus]
And we will worship, worship
Forever in Your presence we will sing
We will worship, worship You
And endless hallelujah to the King

WHY I WON'T GIVE TO YOUR CHURCH - An honest letter from a Millennial believer By ROBERT JEWE

I am a 23-year-old who refuses to give to your church.

My parents made me attend your Christmas program. I have to admit, it was quite a spectacle: real animals, fake snow, and lights that bathed the actors in red, green, and gold. 

The production cost thousands of dollars. And gee-whiz, it was worth every penny!

By the way, if you're going to understand anything about our generation, it should be that we love sarcasm.

The truth is, I could not have been more put off by what you put on. It was gaudy and awkward. Your jokes were not funny, your script was predictable, and the only lights that mattered were the ones coming from the exit signs.

My generation loves technology yet we're minimalists. We're highly educated; we don't like to read. We're comfortable with uncertainty, I think. We're skeptical of corporations, and we're pretty much an expert on everything because of Google and Wikipedia.

AUDIO: Despising the shame - Part 3 by WOLE OLAKUNLE

This is the concluding part of this message of life with its core 

emphasis on the beginning and ending of the Christian journey. 

We hope you have been blessed. Please, let us have your comments 

 and feedback. Thank you.

Central Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

The Remnant By Louis Eke – Part 2

God does nothing without purpose, and the purpose for which He does everything is eternal. He created all things for His own pleasure (Revelation 4:11) and the Crown of His creation in its entire entirety is man with whom God has always desired to have fellowship. The first man (Adam) could not maintain God's standard of holiness, which was the only guarantee for the kind of fellowship that God desired. But rather than abandon this original intention in creating man, God made a plan to bring the former back to his lost glory, where he would once again exercise dominion over the rest of His creation.

Jesus’ Intention for the Church By Isaac Arikawe - Part 2

A true church is one whose revolutionary impact is first 

felt within her immediate community.

"There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek in Dorcas) she was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor”

(Acts 9:46)

Without doubt, Jesus of Nazareth still remains the most popular and influential personality that ever lived on the surface of the earth. Many people in the world have either at one time or the other heard about Him. This does not necessarily mean all those who have heard about Him believed in the work of His sacrifice for humanity, but somehow they must have heard about His name.

BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE FALSE VINE by Yemi Obideyi

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5  I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:1-6)

One of the farthest depths on earth is the field of the riches of God’s word denominated in the scriptures- Genesis to Revelation. 
From the old to the New Testament the bible captures the story of creation from inception, the role of man as the focal point or agent of God to tend and manage creation in line with God’s end time purpose for the earth.

VIDEO: HILLSONG - The Stand

This is the lyrics of one of Hillsong's best "The Stand". It is an intense powerful worship song. Enjoy

You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand