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  • Covenant Gateways to supernatural restoration!

    Covenant Gateways to supernatural restoration!

    Every lover of God is a candidate for His restoration agenda. His lovers are His priorities in executing His restoration agenda. So, anything that belongs to you cannot be successfully held down by any man. The release is mandatory and it is dangerous for anyone to hold back what belongs to you.

    God’s lovers will not just get back what they have lost; they will also get them back with supernatural extras. For instance, when Abimelech returned Sarah, he returned her with extra treasures, men servants, maid servants, a thousand talents of silver, and any land of Abraham’s choice (Genesis 20:14-18).

    Some outstanding Biblical testimonies of restoration:

    •Abraham: Abraham was in love with God, so, he was called God’s friend (James 2:23; Isaiah 41:8). When Abimelech took his wife, God said to Abimelech, ‘You are a dead man, restore the man his wife.’ The enemies are not permitted to hold back anything that belongs to His lovers. Every seed of Abraham, who operates in the love of God as a lifestyle, is entitled to supernatural restoration. If you are Abraham’s seed, you will do the works of Abraham. Abraham was the friend of God, are you a friend of God?

    •Job: He had a heart for God. When he was challenged, his wife told him to curse God and die, but he refused (Job 2:9). The more difficult things were for Job, the hotter his love for God. That’s all you need to flow in this great wave of restoration season that we are in. In Job 42:10-14, God visited Job with a strong wave of supernatural restoration. As long as nothing shakes your relationship with God, your restoration is sure.

    •David: He was a man after God’s own heart. In 1 Samuel 13:14, the Amalekites came and invaded the city and took away all their wives, children, and belongings. And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all (1 Samuel 30:8). Every addicted lover of Christ cannot be robbed; whatever is taken from them must be returned.

    Gateways to Supernatural Restoration:

    •New Birth (Romans 6:23): New birth is a fundamental requirement for every candidate of restoration. So, until you are saved, you are not a candidate for restoration.

    •You must be baptized in the Holy Ghost (Isaiah 61:1-3): It is not enough to be saved, you must be empowered to qualify for restoration. You need baptism in the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in new tongues, to qualify for full-scale restoration.

    •The Blood of Jesus (Zechariah 9:11-12): You can engage the Blood of Jesus in warfare, against the forces holding back what belongs to you (Revelation 12:11). The blood is God’s last card in the battles of life. So, you can engage the Blood of Jesus in warfare against the strong man sitting on your belongings.

    •Kingdom stewardship (Job 22:21-25): Every true steward is God’s candidate for restoration. Kingdom stewardship is one of the gateways to supernatural restoration (1 Corinthians 2:9). God is not looking for whom to use; He is looking for whom to bless (Psalm 65:4).

    •Prophets: They are agents of restoration any day, anytime and anywhere (Isaiah 42:22). So, God has positioned men to command restoration. They are called prophets, as proven all through scriptures. Elijah visited the house of the widow of Zarephath and restored her dignity in the time of famine (1 Kings 17:8-15). Her son died and by the ministry of the prophet, life came back to him (1 Kings 17:17-24). When you open your heart to the ministry of a prophet, you have opened the door of your life to a life of restoration (2 Chronicles 20:20).

    Friend, the power to benefit from the above gateways, is the preserve of those who are saved. You get saved by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. If you are set for it, please say this prayer: Lord Jesus, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me of my sins. Wash me with Your precious Blood. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Thank You, Jesus. Now, I know I am born again!

    Friend, come for a life-changing encounter at Faith Tabernacle in Canaan Land, Ota, from December 10-14, at Shiloh 2013, an annual prophetic gathering of the Winners’ family worldwide. At this event, God will surely visit you and deliver you from stagnation, frustrations, failure and destitution. Be there!

    I know this teaching has blessed you. Write and share your testimony with me through: Faith Tabernacle, Canaan Land, Ota, P.M.B. 21688, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; or call 7747546-8; or E-mail: feedback@lfcww.org

  • ‘We’re all to blame for Nigeria’s woes’

    ‘We’re all to blame for Nigeria’s woes’

    The parish priest of St Peter’s Anglican Church, Lekki Lagos, Rev. Asoliye Douglas-West, spoke with Sunday Oguntola on national issues. Excerpts:

    Do you buy the insinuation that Nigeria will change once the church is fixed?

    I will not subscribe to that shade of opinion or sentiment. Such insinuation is preposterous and incautious. There is nothing absolutely wrong with the church as an established institution. It is dynamic and it is connected to the world. If there is any problem, then it has to do with a fraction of the people who populate and operate the instrumentality of the church.

    The church is simply a microcosm of a larger system that is dysfunctional almost approaching a simmering atrophy. It is the individuals that operate the Nigerian system that need to fix their orientation and method of doing things to be able to change Nigeria.

    As a people, do we have ethos? Yes. Do we have values? Yes. Do we have creed? Yes, I could enthusiastically say we do but acidic decadence has eroded our values and mores. Do we fear God? No, we do not fear God and we do not love ourselves.

    Some say the church is part of the problems in this country, do you share such sentiment?

    The church is an integral part of the whole and the sum of the whole has been denuded of its moral fabric and malnourished of its character content. Now it requires the entire composition of our society to reconstruct its orientation and methods of doing things. In commerce, people pursue profits without morality; In governance, politicians pursue victory and operate the system without principles; similarly in the church people appear to be fanatically religious without a content of spirituality.

    If there is a fundamental problem bedeviling the sustainable progress of the country, we have all in diverse ways contributed to the failing and failure of the society. At some points, individually or collectively, we had acquiesced, connived, collaborated, compromised or benefitted from a dysfunction and degeneracy of the system.

    If Nigeria is to change, what are things the church should start doing?

    The challenges facing Nigeria cannot be written off by the goodwill of one institution. The desire to change Nigeria for good has to be a collective action. Nevertheless, the church has not ceased from performing its statutory role in contributing effectively to nation building. It is a moral barometer of society.

    Deviations occurring in isolated incidence of irreligious rascality and recklessness perpetrated by some wolves pretending as members of the church do not and cannot repudiate the important role played by the church both in spiritual and physical terms.

    The church has neither stopped praying nor working. We connect with the world and attempt to influence the environment by remodelling people’s orientation to follow the standards of God and set good example. We must accept the fact that there is an attitudinal bankruptcy and performance deficit in the balance sheet of the nation.

    As a player in the oil and gas sector, why are ordinary Nigerians yet to benefit from the so-called petrodollars?

    What obtains in the socio-economic framework is an aberration. We have a reverse order of the 80/20 rule working in our situation. Less than 20% of the population reaping more than 80% of the resource harvest. Conversely more than 80% of the people are economically stringed up because they are perpetually excluded from the mainstream of economic paradise.

    There is an institutional weakness that supports this obnoxious structure. What is the meaning of FAAC? Federation Accounts and Allocation Committee. It is a system whereby treasury secretaries from the states converge under the chairmanship of the federal exchequer to receive revenue allocation on a monthly basis.

    Such revenues when collected are surrendered to the governors who solely determine how the funds should be misappropriated and expropriated according to their whims and caprices without recourse to the fiscal prescriptions of the appropriation budget. The governors are running the states as though public governance is a private sole proprietorship enterprise.

    No legacy to bequeath and no communal aspirations to fulfill. There is no sense responsibility and accountability. In the manner of existing structure and dispensation, petrodollar benefits cannot be extended to the vast majority of the ordinary people. They are hewers of woods and fetchers of water. We have a system where the operators of the institution of governance perceive themselves as feudal lords while the governed are treated as vassals.

    For instance, nobody or group has ever careered themselves to challenge the governors (incumbent or expired) how well or badly they have spent the funds accruing from the 13% derivation and/or ecological funds to benefit or detriment of the various communities where oil is mined.

    There are plans to revive debates on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), what are your thoughts on how the bill can work?

    Strong currents of conflicting interests, bad faith, and mutual suspicions have permeated the debate. The supposed good intents and purposes of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) are being threatened to be extinguished. Further enlightenment and assurances might be required.

    Don’t you think you could have done more for God if you were pastoring on a full-time basis?

    I continue to maintain my position that a full time practice in the pastoral ministry would have rendered me underutilised and limited in my capability. I have acquired a professional training and exposure that had sufficiently equipped me to assume a versatile role. Doing more or less for God depending on the robe or collar I wear at any point in time borders on the perspective a bystander would evaluate my function.

    Secular or pastoral, I am doing the work of God and accruing benefits to humanity for as long as I demonstrate competence, diligence, commitment and passion. Realising the amount of energy and potentials I possess, it is expedient to engage myself in multitasking enterprises as effectively as possible promoting the work of God.

    Your church is one of the emerging forces in the Anglican Communion, what do you really do differently?

    There is really nothing to be done differently. We are not acting a script. The church is absolutely one foundation where Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone. The prescriptions and standards governing our conduct and expectations have been clearly spelt out in the Bible.

    The service we render is homogenous without distinction and the result being anticipated is universally the same which is the message of salvation. What you describe as doing things differently may be essentially contained in the manner of delivery and approach or packaging which may be orthodox or neo-orthodox or evangelical or a hybrid of different classifications.

    Regardless of the methods and perspectives, keeping the eye on the ball requires us to focus on the one irreducible truth – preaching the gospel to enable adherents of the faith earn salvation.

    What is on the mind of God for Nigeria at this time?

    Let those entrusted with the mantle of leadership tear down the stronghold of pervasive corruption and set the people free from the captivity of poverty and deprivation. We pretend to know God but we do not love and serve Him. We shall continue to grope in the dark and remain the woods not until we turn to God and seek His righteousness.

    In the heart of your heart, do you believe genuine Christians can survive in the murky waters of Nigeria’s politics?

    I know only one type of Christian. I do not know which genre is genuine or counterfeit when it comes to practicing Christianity. Performance is of universal application because there are defined indices or criteria to measure it.

    The murkiness of the water was deliberately created to subvert and retard the effectiveness and efficiency of the system.

    A Christian who earnestly desires to serve God can survive in the murky waters of Nigerian politics. The path to honour and enduring success cannot be easily short circuited. There must be unfeigned willingness and preparedness backed by capability to do the right thing on the part of those seeking for political inclusiveness.

  • MFM cries foul over demolition of regional headquarters

    Penultimate Thursday was agonising for members of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) Enugu.

    The 5,000-seater auditorium, which serves as the regional headquarters of the church few metres away from the Zik Avenue Bridge Uwani, was demolished by officials of the Enugu State Ministry of Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA).

    The church’s building, which existed for 15 years, was the first branch of MFM in the South South and South East regions.

    The Commissioner for ECTDA, Engr. Iyke Ugwegede, said the structure was illegal and not approved, saying the application for approval was considered and rejected in March 2012.

    Ugwegede added that the structure was built on waterways and showed many defects.

    But a statement by the chairman, Publicity Committee of MFM, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, described the demolition exercise as “nothing but the height of democratic oppression and it is utterly condemnable by all well meaning and discerning minds.”

    He maintained that structure was not in any way obstructing the flow of the river and it was not encroaching on government land as alleged by the commissioner.

    He demanded for unreserved apology from the Enugu Government over “the unwarranted act of wickedness meted to the church and its followers.”

    Bank-Olemoh pointed out that several other buildings on the same stretch of road where the church was demolished are still standing, saying “this leaves much to be desired of the motive behind the exercise.”

    He stated that with the relevant papers such as Certificate of Occupancy (CofO ) and approvals by the government in place, it was callous go ahead with the demolition exercise.

    Bank-Olemoh demanded for adequate compensations based on the alleged illegality of the action.

    Sources said the church put in a compensation request of N250 million for the demolished structure.

    Bank-Olemoh assured that all legal documents on the land and approvals of the building structure by the state government are available for perusal.

    The regional pastor of MFM, Kennedy Ogaranya, who was on ground when the demolition squad arrived, alleged there was more to the exercise than meet the eyes.

    Speaking last Thursday at the Lagos International headquarters of the church, Ogaranya said: “I believe there was an ulterior motive for the action.”

    According to him, the church obtained approvals for the building in 1998, 2002 and 2010 for expansion after securing Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) on the land.

    The 20 plots of land provided at Emeka Ebile road, Ogaranyi stated had been a subject of contention between the Ngwo and Amaechi communities.

    He said the church was working on taking possession of the new site and pleading for more time when the demolition was carried out.

  • Accede to ASUU’s demands, cleric tells FG

    Accede to ASUU’s demands, cleric tells FG

    The moderator of Gideon I Baptist Association under the Lagos East Baptist Conference, Rev. Israel Kristilere, has appealed to the federal government to meet the demands of striking lecturers.

    He said this is necessary to save the tertiary education sector and redeem the future of the nation.

    Kristilere spoke last week in his address at the 3rd quarterly session of the association in Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos.

    The theme of the session was building witnessing families: The necessity for spiritual growth.

    The cleric said what the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are asking for is nothing compared to the fat allowances of elected government functionaries.

    According to him: “One is certainly weary to reprimand ASUU when one genuinely compares what the lecturers are demanding with what our elected officers corner to themselves in the name of entitlements.

    “It is no longer secret what our senators and legislators earn yearly is one of the highest in the world while the minimum wage for the ordinary Nigerian is one of the lowest in the world.”

    He pleaded with the federal to quickly accede to the demands of ASUU.

    Kristilere also kicked against the proposed increase in the tariff on imported vehicles, describing it as a “step in the wrong direction”.

    The move, he said, should be delayed for another five years until made-in-Nigerians have flooded the market.

    He called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to dissolve the two factions in the Lagos State chapter of the body, which has been in crisis for over 13 years.

    Both factions, the Senior Pastor of Shepherdill Baptist Church Obanikoro said, have overstayed their welcome and should be replaced with a new CAN approved by the national body.

    On the re-classification of schools in Osun State, Kristilere said the merger of mission schools with others is “insensitive to the nature, heritage and religious situation of the country.”

    He urged Osun State to return mission schools to their original owners in the interest of equity and fairness.

  • Groups prays for Nigeria

    The International Day of Prayer (IDOP) organised by an interdenominational group, The Voice of Christian Martyr, holds on November 3.

    The Executive Director of the organisation, Rev. Isaac Newton stated that Nigeria has been adopted in all Christian assemblies across the world.

    Newton, in a statement, said: “We need to pray to God to comfort, strengthen and support those who are tortured both in body and mind and give them the grace to endure and to see their suffering as part of following in Christ’s footsteps”.

    He appealed to church leaders to consider taking part in the prayer on Sunday, November 3 or whatever date is convenient and download prayer guides at http://www.icommittopray.com.

  • Religion has failed Nigeria, says cleric

    Religion has failed Nigeria, says cleric

    Nigerians have been advised to depend on God and demonstrate love to their neighbours for national growth and development.

    The Bishop Manna Prayer Mountain, Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe, made this made call last week at the bi-annual prayer and fasting service of the ministry in Lagos.

    The theme of the service, which held simultaneously in Benin, Abuja, Southern America, Australia and other parts of the world, was “The owners of evil load must burn.”

    Kwakpovwe said many Christians are carrying the loads belonging to the devil out of ignorance and failure to believe God.

    The pharmacist- turned- preacher emphasised that God is still in the business of saving souls, healing those oppressed, delivering the broken-hearted and setting the captives free from every bondage and shackle of life.

    According to him: ‘’God will not lie concerning His precious promises and His power to do the miraculous still remain efficacious as ever before in our generation.”

    He attributed increasing cases of corruption, injustice, marginalisation and civil unrest to the absence of love among Nigerians.

    The preacher said these unpalatable are consequences of religious sentiments, saying, focusing on religious differences leads to neglects of goods among others.

    He said Nigerians must break down the walls of religion and build ladders of tolerance and mutual respect.

    Kwakpovwe, who was ordained bishop recently, pointed out that Christianity has failed.

    He lamented that many bishops are killing, poisoning and tearing themselves apart because of money, fame and power.

    He stated: “God wants me to take the title of a Bishop to cleanse the system polluted with sin and occultism.

    “What Bishop means to us is the zenith of Christendom but it has become a den of occultism.

    “It is a highly exalted office but polluted as some Bishops have become politicians and lost the original message God gave to them. They set themselves up, they poison and kill themselves.”

    He called on Nigerians to focus on genuine love towards their neighbours regardless of religious differences.

  • My agenda for Methodist Church, by Uche

    My agenda for Methodist Church, by Uche

    •Backs national conference

    The new Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Samuel Uche, has pledged to move the church to the next level.

    He spoke last week shortly after taking over from Dr Ola Makinde, who retired on Thursday after attainment of the statutory retirement age of 70.

    Uche, who was Archbishop of Enugu until his election, said he would take over from where his predecessor stopped.

    According to him: “My main goal is to grow the church holistically. I want to grow the church spiritually, in terms of structure and social evangelism.

    “Everybody will have a fair share of the gospel and we would build the church and Nigeria together.

    “I want a church that is spiritually vibrant, peaceful with high emphasis on social evangelism. We want all Nigerians to have a feel of the gospel that takes care of human needs.”

    Uche also threw his weight behind the proposed national conference.

    Nigeria, he said, needs to sit down and talk on several challenges facing the nation.

    “We need a dialogue that is all encompassing and embracing. We should not be afraid to talk because we need to determine how we want to coexist and develop as a nation.”

    The Prelate Emeritus, Dr Ola Makinde, said the process that led to the election was smooth, transparent and devoid of human manipulations.

    He said: “The system, which we run is such that the process and procedure of choosing a new leader is so straight forward that it is absolutely impossible for any person or group of persons to manipulate or distort the process.”

    Makinde was speaking against the backdrop of the statement credited to Prelate Emeritus, Dr Sunday Mbang, who alleged the process that produced Uche was anything but transparent.

    Mbang, who led the church for 22 years, alleged:”The election that took place was an ecclesiastical fraud of the highest order. Can this church, her leaders and her people have any conscience left to condemn political leaders on election manipulation and rigging? Can the pot now call the kettle black?”

    Uche was said to have defeated the Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Rev. M.K. Stephen, who was considered by many as more deserving of the position.

    It was learnt that Stephen initially polled 65 votes as against Uche’s 63 but lost during the run off.

    But Makinde insisted Uche’s election was transparent.

    He said: “The Conference Connexional Council, which is the highest organ of the church, the Registered Trustees and the three conference legal advisers, commended the process and outcome as free, fair, transparent and credible.

    “The election was absolutely devoid of manipulation or fraud of any kind, be it ecclesiastical, executive recklessness or otherwise. In this wise, the church has continued to set the pace for the society to follow.”

  • Wonders, praise at Foursquare’s quarterly vigil

    Wonders, praise at Foursquare’s quarterly vigil

    Thousands stood still last Friday in awesome wonder of God at the Lagos area quarterly Holy Ghost Refreshing Vigil of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria.

    At the vigil, which held at the International Conference Centre of the church in Idimu, several testified to divine visitations during previous editions of the power-packed service dubbed Night of divine intervention.

    Pastor Gboyega Gbadeyemi, District Overseer, Egbe, of the church moved the congregation with vivid account of how he was saved from armed robbery attacks while returning home after the last edition of the vigil.

    Gbadeyemi said he was locked up in the boot of his car by robbers who struck while waiting for the gate to the estate to be opened.

    The robbers, he said, were ready to take him away to an unknown destination until they were distracted by divine providence.

    According to him: “When someone started approaching from nowhere, they were distracted and fled with their guns.

    “It took me several minutes before I could muster the courage to take to my heels. I thank God for that divine protection and salvation.”

    Mrs. Ebere Samuel recalled how she attended several editions of the vigil with hot tears.

    “I cried so much I lost my strength,” she began. Samuel testified she took in after one of the prayer sessions after years of bareness.

    When she raised the baby named Miracle up, she was greeted with shouts of halleluyah and applause.

    Mrs. Mary Haruna, who had been on drugs for years, said she was healed of ulcer completely during the last edition of the vigil.

    Haruna also testified about her child, who had been missing for 22 years, returned home to a warm embrace after intense prayers during an edition of the service.

    Ministering at the service, the General Overseer of the church, Rev. Felix Meduoye, urged the worshippers to draw closer to God.

    God, he said, is ever willing to direct and lead those who will depend on Him.

    According to him: “You need to have God as the director of your life and your shepherd. If God must intervene in somebody’s life, he or she must be a worshipper of God.”

    Meduoye said those who want God to show up in the affairs must offer Him their first and best.

    He stated that God will intervene if worshippers dare to trust Him with their lives.

    When Meduoye called the worshippers to prayers, thousands raised their voices in desperate supplication for divine assistance.

    The National Secretary of the church, Rev. Ikechukwu Ugbaja, said the service has become a reference point for divine interventions in human affairs.

    “What we do essentially is to throw everything at the God who can do all things. That is what we have been doing for years and He has never failed us,” he stated.

  • Lord’s Chosen: Our church was not closed

    Lord’s Chosen: Our church was not closed

    The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival  Ministries has debunked reports that its premises were sealed off by officials of Lagos State Ministry of Environment last week.

    Many newspapers had reported that the church was closed by government officials over violation of environmental laws and erection of structures on Odo Asimawu Drainage Channel.

    But in a statement last Thursday, the church said there was never a time the church was closed.

    The statement signed by the church’s Director of Public Relations/Press, Pastor Louis Chidi, said: “The church has not been closed by any government. The church and all her activities are running as usual.”

    It stated: “The fact is that officials of Lagos State government from the Department of Drainage System in the Ministry of Environment gave notice about a particular facility that did not observe the required set back from the canal.

    “They, therefore, asked that the facility should not be used until necessary amendment is made. We have since complied and the facility reverted to the former status.

    “Please take note that the church did not stop functioning because of this as there are many other facilities within the church premises.”

    Chidi also said the church does not encourage street trading in its surrounding.

    He explained: “The church authority has repeatedly warned those traders to stop desecrating the holy ground and several other efforts made to stop the illegal market were to no avail as most of them claimed to be paying rent and taxes to the authority.’’

    He emphasised that “The Lord’s Chosen Church is a law-abiding ministry and will remain so in all her activities by the grace of God. The church was never closed, and above all, the cordial relationship existing between the state government and the church remains intact.

    “We will continue to support and pray for the government of the state, her citizens and indeed the entire country.”

  • Understanding the miracle power of love! (2)

    Understanding the miracle power of love! (2)

    Last week, I showed you what qualifies one for divine encounters, three categories of love recognized in scriptures and the proofs of being in love. This week, I will be showing you what love is in our context and how great is the virtue of love.

    What is love in this context?

    If you don’t know what love is, you will not know when it is at work in you.

    •Love can be defined as a God-first lifestyle: Tis simply means, God having the first place in all your considerations. The “God-first lifestyle” is loving God with all your heart, soul and mind (Matthew 22:36-40). When you make room for God first, you become a man and a woman wondered at.

    •It is a Kingdom priority lifestyle: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33). What Jesus meant was, “Seek ye first the advancement, promotion and expansion of the Kingdom – in righteousness not faking it, and all these things that others are dying to get, shall be added unto you.” So, when the law of love is fulfilled, the blessings of Deuteronomy 28:1-12 flows natural into your life.

    •Love is identifying with Jesus: Love is publicly identifying with Christ and His Word, wherever you find yourself (Mark 8:38). When you are truly in love with God, you will identify with Him openly, publicly and “everywherely.”

    •It is placing God above all else, including self: Whosoever does not love God more than his father, mother, children and his own life, is not truly in love and is not fit to be His disciple (Luke 14:26-27). When you come to the point where you place God above all else, including self, you are set to be released as a wonder to your world.

    •Love is, loving what God loves: God’s greatest love is the salvation of souls (2 Peter 3:9). When you are truly in love, you are never ashamed of telling people about Jesus.

    How great is this virtue of Love?

    •Love is failure-proof: Charity never faileth… (1 Cor.13:8). Love never fails, because God is love. That is what makes love a failure-proof virtue.

    •Love makes you indestructible: Whatever will destroy a certified and genuine lover, will have to destroy God first. Fire cannot destroy Him, because He is a Consuming Fire (Deut. 9:3). God is the Fire that consumes fire; so when you walk in His love, you become indestructible!

    •Love makes you fearless: Fear is what makes a prey of believers. It is what opens the door to your tormentors, and robs you of your God–ordained victory. But when the love of God overwhelms you, you become fearless (1 John 4:18-20; Heb.2:14-15).

    •Love guarantees instant answers to prayers: Every anointed lover enjoys the blessedness of instant answers to prayers (1 John 3:22-23).

    •Love is a booster of supernatural intelligence: When you are in love, you access the realms of surpassing intelligence and mental prowess (Proverbs 8:15-16).

    •Every lover of God is supernaturally Joyful: One of the great virtues of this love is supernatural joy unspeakable, full of glory. If you are not joyful, you are not in love (Psalm 119:164; James 5:13; Philippians 4:4).

    •It engenders supernatural breakthroughs: As you perfect your love for God, you will begin to command unlimited breakthroughs naturally (Deut. 28:1-12).

    Friend, the power to benefit from the virtues of love is available, if you are born again. You get born again by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. If you are set for this new birth experience, please say this prayer: Lord Jesus, I come to You today. I am a sinner. I cannot help myself. Forgive me of my sins. Cleanse me with Your precious Blood. Deliver me from sin and satan, to serve the Living God. Lord Jesus, today, I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Thank You Jesus for saving me! Now I know I am born again! I will continue next week.

    Every exploit in life is a product of knowledge. For further reading, you can get my books: Walking In The Miraculous, Operating In The Supernatural and Releasing The Supernatural.

    Our Ministry is getting set for SHILOH 2013, which will hold at Faith Tabernacle Canaan Land, Idiroko Road, Ota from December 10-14. Among the highlights of the event are specialized healing services. Come for a destiny turnaround!

     

    I invite you to come and fellowship with us at the Faith Tabernacle, Canaan Land, Ota, the covenant home of Winners. We have four services on Sundays, holding at 6:00 a.m., 7:35 a.m., 9:10 a.m. and 10.45 a.m. respectively.

     

    I know this teaching has blessed you. Write and share your testimony with me through: Faith Tabernacle, Canaan Land, Ota, P.M.B. 21688, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; or call 7747546-8; or E-mail: feedback@lfcww.org