Hymn: I am Thine O Lord CENTRAL THOUGHTDedication and loyalty are attributes which God expects of every believer. TEXT: 1 THESS. 2:1-20, JER. 35:1-19 INTRODUCTION:Dedication means giving of or devoting our time, energy and resources to a cause or a purpose, belief or person. For the believer, dedication is unto God and this involves a whole hearted commitment to Him, His word, work and people. Loyalty on the other hand means to be true and faithful to a cause, purpose, idea or person. To us as believers it involves our total obedience and submission to the will and purposes of God, Jesus said “ I must work the works of Him who sent me….(John 9:4). He was loyal to His Father. So, we must be to the Lord.People could be dedicated to a cause out of compulsion, for eye-service, or for vain and self-glory. Thus, we see that even when the purpose of such a cause or person is not too clear or fully understood, some people still follow blindly giving their time, talent, and other resources. God does not desire us to follow Him blindly, or without a clear motive or purpose. In fact, He desires us to follow Him with a clear conscience and understanding. In this...
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HYMN: RECEIVING FROM GOD CENTRAL THOUGHTGod, who is our source, is ever willing to answer our needs. TEXT: MATT. 7:7-11, JOHN 14:13-14, JAMES 4:1-4INTRODUCTION:The believer in Christ has every reason to be perpetually joyful because of the tremendous promises of God as a result of the finished work that Christ has accomplished by His death and resurrection. The promises contain benefits, rights, privileges, inheritances, and blessings for the believer. Since these benefits have been duly paid for by Christ, it is futile for anyone to strive to attain them by his own strength or effort. These benefits are free for those already washed in the blood of Christ. In this lesson, we want to establish how a believer can fully appropriate these promises and benefits. The phrase “Receiving from God” simply means getting from God. There is the giver and there is the receiver. The giver who is superior is the Almighty God who gives liberally to whosoever wishes to receive (receiver). This study hopes to acquaint “whosoever” chooses or wishes to be a receiver with the conditions of receiving from the Almighty giver. David recognized that it is only God that could give, hence he trusted wholeheartedly in the Almighty God. Therefore, we should note that our help...
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Hymn: MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS CENTRAL THOUGHTBuilding on Christ the solid rock guarantees eternal reward. TEXT: MATTHEW 16:13-18; 7:24- 27; 1 PETER 2:4-8INTRODUCTION:Prophet Isaiah, one of the Old Testament prophets moved by the Spirit of God, revealed over 2000 years ago, God’s plan to lay in Zion a tested stone (solid dependable, reliable), a precious Cornerstone (invaluable) for a sure foundation, and anyone who believes or trusts in Him will never be dismayed. We also find that Apostle Paul while admonishing the Church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians 10:1-10, warned against the dangers and consequences of backsliding and unbelief. He reminded them of the Israelites who all ate spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink from the Spiritual Rock that followed them, which is Christ. God was not pleased with the great majority of them, and they were destroyed in the wilderness. They did not believe God, nor did they trust in His salvation. God’s mind for His people has ever been for them to build their faith in Christ. He is the tried, tested, proved, solid dependable, reliable Rock and the only foundation laid by the Sovereign Lord Himself. “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ”...
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Hymn: “While shepherds watched their flocks” CENTRAL THOUGHTThe coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is at hand; there is need for the believer to be ready. TEXT: TEXT: REV.3:11, 22:7-12; 1 THESS.5:1-11.INTRODUCTION:Man was separated from God as a result of disobedience to God’s instruction. That action by man distorted the entire course of creation. In reaction, God had to immediately initiate a remedial plan for the return of man to true relationship with his maker. This plan of reconciliation was unfolded in the birth, ministry, death/sacrifice and resurrection/triumph of Christ for the redemption of man from eternal damnation. This restored to man the privilege and opportunity to be saved. At resurrection, Jesus ascended to the presence of God and left no doubt about His return, this time not as a sacrificial lamb, but as a king and judge of all creation.The second coming of Christ is a subject not many are talking about today, even within the body of Christ. The pilgrim status of the church is fast fading and her mission to rescue the lost is being diluted. The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the church that should attract enthusiasm and eagerness on the part of every believer. God’s program for the earth is...
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Hymn: “ PRAISE MY SOUL, THE KING OF HEAVEN” Thanksgiving is appreciating GOD for His blessings. TEXT: GENESIS 4:2-7; PSALM 92:1-3; LUKE 17:12-19 INTRODUCTION:It is good to give thanks unto the Lord. An act of thanksgiving from a recipient of a favor naturally gladdens the heart of the one who had demonstrated the act of kindness or favor. It is really good and pleasing to give thanks unto the Lord, but our insatiable and greedy nature hardly allows us see reasons to give thanks to God. Sometimes, we allow a seemingly unanswered prayer or unrealized ambition to becloud our brow. When we realize that we exist by the grace of God, we will then understand that giving thanks to God is a necessity. We do no favor to God when we give Him thanks. He does not need us to exist; but without Him, we cannot exist. It behooves us therefore, to give Him thanks always for our existence. Apart from this, there are innumerable reasons why we need to give God thanks; for example, the salvation of our soul, which also is a free gift from God. The Scripture clearly made us to understand that everything that pertains to life and godliness have been given to us by...
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Hymn: HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING CENTRAL THOUGHTThe birth of Jesus Christ brought redemption to mankind. TEXT: MATTHEW 1:1-25 INTRODUCTION For over 400 years since the last Old Testament prophecies, The Jews waited for a leader who had been promised centuries before by inspired prophets. They believed that this leader would rescue them from their Roman oppressors and establish a new kingdom but overlooked the prophecies which spoke of Him as a suffering servant who would be rejected and killed. BIBLE TRUTH:QUESTION 1) EXAMINE THE FOLLOWING PROPHESIES CONCERNING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. GENESIS 3:15, 49:10; ISAIAH 7:14, 9:6-7 & MICAH 5:2In Genesis 3:15, we read “And I will put enmity between the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel”. As God was passing sentences on man for his disobedience, He made a gracious promise of Christ as the deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. This promise was made to the hearing of our first parents, who doubtless, saw a door of hope opened to them. Our enemy will do anything he can do to get us to follow his evil path. God magnifies His grace in that though the woman was first in the...
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