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Bro. Kingsley admonishes us to self-reflect on our priorities

Brother Sam continues the teaching series with a particular emphasis on the idol of pleasure and how it creates a wedge between us and God. Establishing from the onset that what we need to contend for is God’s will for our lives and not glory. Glory belongs to God alone. We are called to look for the good in our lives as we fulfil God's purpose, therein lies true and godly fulfillment. Referencing...

Bro. Murewa takes us through the story of Jonah to see how our preaching of the gospel, even in uncomfortable situations, is required of us as an expression of God's mercy.

In today’s message, the focus was on the dangers of fear and how Satan uses it to lead us into idolatry. Referencing Luke 4:1, the sermon explained that fear can drive us to place our trust in things other than God—whether it’s money, status, or the approval of others. The fear of lacking material security often leads to worshipping money, but true fulfilment comes from serving God, not wealth. Li...

Bro. Kingsley admonished us to reflect on who we we serve

Brother Sam continues this teaching series and begins to hone in on the idols in our context. Money. Brother Sam reminds us of 1 John 2:15, that no one can love the world and love the Father in Heaven. Apostle John merely reechoes the words of his Master; our Master: it is impossible to serve God and Mammon. Money replaces God in our lives by promising (like all idols do) only what God can fill in...

Sister Ijeoma continues the bible study on the book of John 8 She spoke about 3 things Knowing the truth The fact that the truth will set you free Hindrances to believing the truth

Brother Sam ushers us into the second part of this series on Overcoming the World by boldly saying: “Whatever you desire more than you desire, God is an idol.” Exegeting Colossians 3:5, he describes idolatry as a deep, inordinate longing or affection for anything but God. Whatever we use to answer the question of life’s meaning is our idol. Whatever satiates the void of happiness, meaning and iden...

Bro. Maj concludes the teaching series on the book on Hebrews

Brother Sam begins a new teaching series he titles Overcoming The World. He opens up with Jesus’ address in Matthew 7:21-23, about ‘That Day’ soon to come, when those who have professed the Name of the Lord with their lips—as a tool for the advancement of their agendas—without true regard for, or obedience to, that Name, will receive due compensation for their evil-doing. He echoes the teachings o...

David and Goliath. In this sermon, Brother Sam explains the story of David and Goliath and how it describes us as New Testament believers. We have been told that we are David, striking down our Goliath of poverty and penury, delay in our promotions, limitations, marital difficulties, etc. Like David, we are told that we are to sling our smooth stones of powerful confessions that will bring Goliath...

Brother Seye continues the series on the Beholding the Son and ushers us into His high Priestly ministry The teaching begins with a reference to Genesis 14, the only passage the speaks of Melchizedek and the prophecy in Psalms 110:1-4 in which David declares that the Second Person of the Trinity (Our Lord Jesus) is a priest forever after the Order of Melchizedek. The scriptures say “the order” bec...

In this concluding part of the “Do You Love Me?” series, Brother Seye exegetes 1 Corinthians 12—the notable chapter on spiritual gifts. He begins by underscoring the necessity of having the right motives, as we desire and believe God for these things. There is a temptation to dabble into simony where spiritual gifts are concerned—to forget that they are primarily GIFTS, given by the discretion of...

The Son. Our great High Priest Brother Seye continues the series on the Beholding the Son and ushers us into His high Priestly ministry The teaching begins with a reference to Genesis 14, the only passage the speaks of Melchizedek and the prophecy in Psalms 110:1-4 in which David declares that the Second Person of the Trinity (Our Lord Jesus) is a priest forever after the Order of Melchizedek. The...

Building on the foundation he laid last week as we began the “Do You Love Me?” series, Brother Seye reminds us that love is an intangible virtue made tangible by our actions. However, he emphasized, we cannot forget that even though it is our actions that give verity to our profession of love, the intangible virtue of love in itself is a supply of the Spirit, given in the quickening of regeneratio...

Brother Seye continues the teaching series on the book of Hebrews and handles the difficult Chapter 6 He first expounds that the knowledge in Hebrews 6, described as foundational doesn’t in any way suggest there’s something esoteric to move on to but rather a progression in the things the Hebrews Christians once received. Secondly, in the spirit of the warnings of apostasy, Brother Seye shows us t...

Brother Seye begins this teaching series by setting forth what genuine love for God means in its proper light—not the outburst of soppy, sentimental emotions during worship, but the readiness of a heart to do the will of God even, and especially, when the tank of feelings is running red. He explains that feelings can fuel our love for God, but we must not forget how fickle and undependable they ca...

Brother Seye continues the teaching series on the book of Hebrews as he takes us into Hebrews 5. Here. The writer of Hebrews addresses the Son's superiority over the Levitical priesthood. Brother Seye exegetes on the Son learning obedience, referring to His submission to the cross to pay for our sins. Finally, Brother Seye again highlights that the Son's incarnation and consequent sufferin...

In this part of the series on Christian Ethics, Brother Sam underscores the kernel of every act of goodness we extend towards our fellow men: God Himself. We [can] love people because we, firstly, love God. We are loyal to people because we are loyal to God. The condition of our affection towards the Lord enables and shapes our affections towards our fellow image-bearers. It is the wellspring from...

Brother Seye continues the series by using the imagery of Israel’s captivity and slavery, their sojourning through the wilderness on their way to Canaan; to explain the deceitfulness of sin and its consequent hardening in the Hebrew Christians and to us in the modern church. The deceitfulness of sin makes us consider the slavery and bondage we were delivered from as better than the abundance of Go...

“Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel. “ ~ Proverbs‬ ‭12‬:‭10‬ ‭ Brother Sam, building on the previously established maxim that “true wisdom is applied sanctification”, shows in this fourth part of the series, how this sanctification is demonstrated not just in our relationship with our fellow image-bearers, but even with animals. He expla...

In this third part of the midweek series on the book of Hebrews, Brother Maj’ continues on the theme of the Superior Son. In Hebrews 3, the anchor text shows that Jesus is superior to the man Moses because Jesus is very God, and has much more glory than His servant Moses. For Moses was faithful in God's house, but the builder of the house, Jesus, is worthy of much more glory. We remain God&#39...

In the third part of this series on Christian wisdom and ethics, Brother Sam explains how Christians must conduct themselves in their secular and material affairs, to please and glorify God even in such things. He highlights the necessity of conscientiousness in handling our things—jobs, businesses, education, and other earthly responsibilities—firstly because these things have been generously giv...

Brother Seye continues his exposition on the book of Hebrews as he addresses chapters 1 through 2 to show us that the Son is superior and more excellent than angels. The imagery of angelic manifestation to the fathers by the prophets will not have been lost on the Hebrew Christians, thereby being a means to aid their rejection of Jesus and return to Judaism But if the word spoken through angels wa...

In the second part of this series, Brother Sam emphasizes wisdom as being distinct from intelligence. Much of what the world commemorates as ‘wisdom’ is no wisdom at all, but a high Intelligence/Emotional Quotient at best. The world’s system rewards a cunning, scheming, manipulative person for being “wise”, but the Bible calls such wisdom earthly, unspiritual and demonic (James 3:13-18). True, bib...