OVERCOMING FEAR

OVERCOMING FEAR

LIFE AND MINISTRY

SHARING WITH PASTOR DAPO ADENIYI

Fear is an enemy that we must seek to defeat by all means.

It saps our energy.

It leads us to make poor choices or no choices at all.

Fear and its cousins (hatred, anxiety, doubt, depression) are works of the flesh.

We swim in them simply because we refuse to walk closely with God.

Fear and its companions are viral infections in the air.

Only a committed Christian life can help us to overcome them.

They are like ravening birds flying overhead everywhere and trying to perch on top of our heads.

When they are unable to perch, they urinate in order to mess up a decent Christian life.

Such urination takes the form of thoughts, especially harmful thoughts.

Those who are not saved stand little or no chance of overcoming fear.

More than the ordinary experience of having fear, there is the real danger of having “the spirit of fear”.

That one is a stronghold.

That stronghold also comes to play where God is not given a chance.

Those who have the spirit of fear often have manic fear.

They plunge into fear even when there is no reason to fear.

 Prov. 28:1 says “The sinner fleeth when no one is pursuing, but the righteous is bold as a lion”.

The spirit of fear is afraid of the least of things even though they are also defiant and hateful of mighty things like the anointing of God.

They do not fear God but you cannot imagine the flimsy things they fear such as butterflies, moonlight, rainbow etc.

It is the genuine experience of salvation that brings freedom from sin and death.

 Rom. 8:2 says “For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free  from the law of sin and of death.”

Fear and hatred are twins.

They are 2 items on the list of what causes death.

We can have freedom from hatred because of the love that God gives out from us (Rom. 5:5).

We can walk in love and love with the love of God.

God can and will give us the grace to love those who are impossible to love.

People are impossible to love because they don’t love themselves.

Fear and hatred are products of a sinful life.

Those who walk closely with God are not troubled unduly by hatred and fear,

Fear is overcome by faith and faith comes when God’s word enters .

Unfortunately a Christian can choose to live in fear simply by choosing not to be zealous for God.

The lack of zeal for God brings so many problems to a Christian.

A Christian without zeal is like someone trying to serve two masters.

God has promised in His word to push them out eventually from His house.

Christians without zeal will join a battle they know nothing about.

Like the men who followed Absalom and Adonijah, sons of Hagith.

The lack of zeal takes a man who previously was in God right back to Egypt.

See Prov. 14:12/16:25

 

 

The power of God’s spoken word

The power of God’s spoken word

life and ministry

sharing with Pastor Dapo Adeniyi

Ezk. 37:1-10

I think, one of the fascinating passages in the Bible showing the immense power of God’s word when spoken, is Ezekiel chapter 37.

Can these bones live?

No doubt, they can live under the decree of God’s word.

God teaches the prophet how to bring His word to bear on a terrible situation.

Undoubtedly the passage also teaches us that nothing is impossible with God.

He can reverse any situation, however hopeless.

There is help available, beyond the imagination of men.

God can heal many or a few

He can touch anyone who cries to Him for a filling.

The word of God is like a long spear or a sword.

God is teaching His servant Ezekiel how to use it.

Many good people have complained that they decreed the word of God over their lives but saw little or no changes.

There are lessons here on how God’s word works.

For example, the word of God must gain deep root in the heart of the one who will be decreeing it.

It has to dwell in you richly before you will say it and it will come to pass.

See Rom 10:9-10

The valley full of dry bones can also stand for a terrible situation which is common to a lot of people.

The situation of everyone in a particular church assembly can be that bad.

It can also be a family line.

It can be a city.

The case of Jericho in the time of Elisha comes to mind, (2Kings 2).

Now, let’s learn some quick lessons about the valley of dry bones.

The first is that the people whose bones fill the entire landscape were all slain.

That means the situation was created by certain people.

Secondly, problems this serious can develop on their own.

A good example is a famine.

Terrible problems can also arise due to our own mistakes.

For example, the bones could have died and dried up because the people were involved in a mass suicide.

It could also be due to a curse or a judgment from God.

Finally, how will the bones live?

God’s hand may need to be on the one giving the decree before the word of God that he or she is putting to work can stand.

You will recall that Elisha waited until God’s hand came on him before he gave the word to 3 kings in 2 Kings 3.

Secondly, the one giving the world may need to receive precise words which he or she will then releases over the situation at hand.

Another clue on what makes the bones live is that, the decree is given more than once.

Some of us faint in prayer because we don’t realize that the situation may require several blows in prayer.

Lastly, what are the chances of the bones becoming an army of God if they do live?

God will not invest in a project that brings no profit to His programme on the earth.

SPECIAL INVITATION TO THE JOSEPH COMPANY DECEMBER CONCERT

 

                                              THE JOSEPH COMPANY CONCERT

                                              DATE: SUNDAY ,DECEMBER 9 2012

                                                                    VENUE: HE CARES GOSPEL CHURCH GROUNDS

                                                                          13, MODUPE ST,BALOGIN B/STOP,IKEJA,LAGOS

TIME: 3PM

 

 

 

The power in the utterance of God’s words

The power in the utterance of God’s words

Reference: Acts 19:1-10

 The enemy knows what impact greets the spoken word of God.

It rends the atmosphere and reclaims the arena for the Lord to work in.

It rends the hearts of men when they hear it.

See Lk. 2:34-35

God’s word spoken into an area opens the atmosphere of that place for God’s angels to work in.

This is why the devil moves against those who publish the gospel of peace.

The ministry of Paul is a testimony to this.

Let us observe Acts 19:9-10

Paul kept delivering the word until everyone in Asia heard it.

Hearing is of two kinds:

Hearing by the ear is one.

Hearing by the heart is the vital other.

Many whose ears hear the world cannot receive it in their hearts because the devil has put a covering over their hearts.

God’s word is mighty and it will prevail!

All it needs is the faithful witness.

Prophesying the word and praying the word are actually the same.

 

 

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE BIG PICTURE RIGHT NOW

There is a little bit of the big picture right now

life and ministry

sharing by Pastor Dapo Adenyi

 This actually is the underlying message in Heb 11:1

Hope which is rooted in the future has substance right now.

Even though we cannot entirely see the big picture, we have evidence of it, now.

Things may seem bad, we may also feel low because the wind sometimes is very contrary, but we have clear undoubtable evidence of God’s mercy right now.

The real problem with us many times is that, we ignore the signs.

God has been speaking to us through signs and by the moving of his invisible hands, but we often ignore it.

We want nothing but the big picture right now.

The reason good people are cast down is often because of the opinion of people.

We must realize that no one can read the signs of God’s mercy in our lives like ourselves.

Our neighbours may be blind to it, but we must continue to see with the eyes of our faith.

The truth of the matter is that, God never seems to do anything major for any person or nation without somehow saying it evidently in advance.

If it is a plan to advance a person or a nation, He will naturally send a dream or visions.

We have to know of course, that no dream or vision tells everything.

They only give a hint.

God tells someone that He will take him or her from one mountain peak to the other but does not show much of the steep valleys between the mountains.

This is why the Bible says we are seeing through a glass darkly.

The same applies to a nation:

Every plan to do a nation well or reward the wickedness of a nation is often revealed beforehand.

In His mercy, God never allows the wicked to go down into hell without sending a warning in advance.

This is particularly true of those who belong to cults and secret societies.

A little bit of every big promise is fulfilled in advance.

When God showed Joseph that everyone would gather around him to thank him, Joseph found that everywhere he went, a little of it was being fulfilled in advance.

Portiphar appreciated him and was thankful until he decided to believe a lie.

It seems that some people, by their nature, cannot discern the truth.

They swallow whatever they are given.

No one can walk with God without being able to tell deceit from honesty.

Everyone who is saved knows that there is heaven.

That is because there is heaven in the heart of every believer through the joy of the Holy Ghost.

Also the Bible says that Christ is the King of all the earth.

The wise men came from the east to worship the child Jesus. That is a little bit in advance.

Pastor Owolabi was telling us how people from all nations were pouring into Israel because of the name of Christ.

That is advance payment for the word given by Isaiah that, “to Him shall the Gentiles trust”.

PICTURES FROM THE AUGUST 2012 JOSEPH COMPANY CONCERT

 

 

COME

COME.

life and ministry

sharing with Pastor Dapo Adeniyi

This is the whole summary of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Jesus says; come and have life, come and be healed, come and be saved.

Man needs to be saved from; himself, from the consequences of his actions, from the consequences of his choices.

In Matt 11:28, Jesus says all who labour and are heavy laden should come. Until we find rest in Jesus ,life will always thrust upon us yokes too grievous to bear.

Another reason God is calling us to come today is because the days are evil. This is a time of great deceit.

The devil tries to make those who are saved think they are not. He hauls thoughts on them like stones and tries to envelope the truth with doubt.

He also tries to make those who are not saved think they are. One of the greatest tools is to give them a title in church.

Three substitutes for the life of God that the devil is promoting today are; Christian labels, Christian activity and head-knowledge of the things of God which is against the heart knowledge.

SIX  SIGNS OF THE LIFE OF GOD.

The power of God .  John 1:12 “AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD”.

The joy of the Lord. This is similar to the peace of God. Peace comes like a river. When we have peace with God and the freedom to call him our Father.(read Rom 5:1)

The Love of God is also a part of the life of God. The human kind of love will always fail but this kind of love comes through the Holy Ghost.

Another aspect of the life of God is the light of God. Those who follow Christ do not walk in darkness  but are given the light of life. He gives light concerning where the nations are headed and light concerning our lives.(read Psalm 18:2)

The zeal of the Lord is another part of God’s life.  Apathy towards God’s business is a sign of death. Everyone who has God’s life has a heart for the service of God’s house and the salvation of souls.

Lastly , wisdom from God is another sign of the life of God. It comes from God above and divine insight is also in the wisdom of God.