REPORT - CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE 2 - PART 1

The firmament was bright and harmless showing no sign of an impending rainfall. The sun was milder than the usual in a hot season. Cool, calm and re-assuring was the atmosphere under which the Christian Leadership Upgrade 2, held in Lagos recently.

After the formalities of registration and exchange of pleasantries among brethren in the auditorium, a shout of “praise the Lord” pierced through the atmosphere and broke its relative quietude, more so, with a deafening response of “hallelujah", from those seated in the room. And by the third time this was repeated, the atmosphere was totally changed to that suggestive of a troop in high spirit for warfare.

INVITING YOU TO CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE 4

"Gban gan uuuun! Gban gan uuuuun!! Gban gan uuuuuu!!!
So it was thousands of years ago, one man began to ring the bell of truth and he did for 120 years. The man, known as Noah, was busy sounding relentlessly the alarm of righteousness to all who could hear him. Not that alone, he was also engaged by the side, with the construction of an Ark as a proof and testifier of his importunate clamour for uprightness on the earth. 

Today, another Ark let down from heaven is - The Gospel of the Kingdom (Matthew 24:14), a trumpet of and for truth, clearly distinctive from all other gospels.
And in furtherance of unveiling different portions and compartments of this ark, we present this edition called UPGRADE 4 focused primarily and assuredly on "THE COMING ECLIPSE", as predicted by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 24:29. I believe we all need to be informed about this coming event , hence we are expecting YOU.

The issue of Church Unity – YEMI OBIDEYI

"And He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers; v-12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry; for the edifying of the body of Christ. V-13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, "and the knoweledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Ephesians 4:11-13).

Various attempts in time past to foster unity among Church denominations had failed woefully. In most cases, what usually started with an aphoristic drive to unite the churches often fizzled into a faded hope and the desired unity remains elusive.

Dis-unity among the church called by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ is an indication of spiritual immaturity. It depicts the state of being susceptible to the wind of doctrines - each of which is a measure of truth taken from the Bible, but not the whole truth (Christ Himself). 

The "Singles" Group – Part 2

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. (Romans 6:12-13)


The Apostle Paul never taught we could state our belief in Christ and then remain "unmarried."

The Ten Commandments are binding on all people (especially on God's Israel) for all time until they die and are raised with Christ,.

Romans 10:9,10 can be construed to mean in order to be saved it is necessary only to confess Christ and profess to believe God has raised Him from the dead. But such an interpretation requires that we ignore the remainder of the Book of Romans. The sixth chapter of Romans teaches that we must, if we would obtain eternal life, choose to be servants of righteousness.

A New Move of God Is Emerging - LOREN SANDFORD

Percolating beneath the surface for a very long time, a significant shift—a new pulse of the Spirit that may never have an identifying name—is now beginning to take shape. 

For the last several years, hunger for this new thing has been growing in the hearts of folks I've met in my travels. In many cities and nations, a vague but growing sense of disappointment has taken root in the hearts of believers trying hard to feel touched by the noise, the hype and the supernatural promises served up by well-meaning teachers with great ministries and powerful messages that nevertheless fail to satisfy the real hunger. 

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE: What a blast at Upgrade 3

What a blast at Upgrade 3 (the Christian Leadership Upgrade) last Saturday! (August 17). It was a time of discovery, insight, revelation, excavation and re-construction.

There, we learned about the builders of Zion versus the builders of Babylon-the great war of values. In the first segment, we saw the architecture of Babylon and how their builders capture culture, overturn the boundaries of creation, erect pillars of pollution  destroying values and restraint, corrupting religion, weakening righteousness and promoting alternate lifestyles.  The architects of Babylon are purposely engaging mindset, shifting paradigms away from the fear of God while those God expected to build Zion and inculcate righteous values have changed their course to raising block and cement, building gigantic edifices and external paraphernalia instead of pulling down mental strongholds, overturn the high places that condition the power centres of the earth.

REPORT: CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE - UPGRADE I – Part 4 (CONCLUDING PART)

Again, what have you been leading people to? Are you leading people into your church or Christ? Do the people around you- friends, relations, colleagues, customers -find Christ in your conduct?

A lot of Christians are no longer sensitive to that which pollutes the heart. ''American Idol”, “Nigerian Idol” and "Project Fame'' etcetera have become their favorite television programmes. Like one in bewilderment, Olakunle asked '' does it mean the word ''idol” no longer irritate the hearts of believers in Christ? Is idol anything a Christian should allow around him, let alone embrace under any circumstance? What with the obnoxious and abominable trend whereby Christians vote as their heroes and heroine, musicians who promote immoral, despicable and carnal-minded songs?

REPORT: CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP UPGRADE - Upgrade 1 - Part 3

In this folk, only a very few had a piece of armour on them. Identity of this group was not clear, not even the more visible few standing by the banner. This was so because they kept drifting from one banner to another.

Fighting constantly broke out among members of this army especially the recruits, leaving many with bodily injury now and then. The Generals were more pre-occupied with talking about selves and thereafter engaged one another in a brawl. Pronounced among them also were erratic decisions, confusion and stagnation.

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)