Exposition Go labour on, spend and be spent. Thy joy to do the Father’s will; it is the way the Master went should not the servant tread it still? (Horatius Bonar) Dearly beloved, intercessory prayer is not the preserve of a few classified Christians ...
SUBDUING KINGDOMS THROUGH INTERCESSORY PRAYER
Exposition Thy Kingdom come, oh God Thy rule, O Christ, begin Break with thine iron rod The tyrannies of sin. (Lewis Hensley 1824-1905) The kingdoms of this world must be under the subjection of the eternal kingdom of our God. Jesus shall ...
INTERCESSORY PRAYER AS AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL IN POSSESSING THE NATIONS
Exposition We cannot be complacent or pretend to know it all or have it all as a church on a sacred mandate. The enormity of the task assigned to us in this kingdom business of intercession is so huge that we cannot but resort to prayer. The constant ...
POSSESSING THE NATIONS THROUGH INTERCESSORY PRAYER
Exposition If there is a man to pray, then there is a God to answer! Possessing the nations through intercessory prayers connotes a concerted effort by all and sundry to resolve to engage God in the affairs of man through a consistent and fervent pray ...
SO FAR THIS WEEK
Exposition We have been looking at the Christian and secular music. Secular music is defined as any music not written for the church. They include love songs, political satire, songs for dancing and drama; they are usually based on moral subjects. Sec ...
THE CHRISTIAN VERSUS SECULAR MUSIC
Exposition A secular song is a song that is composed not for the glorification of God, whereas Christian songs seek to glorify God and His Christ. Psalm 100 has five verses written in twelve lines according to the NKJV. In the lyrics, the psalmist ref ...
THE EFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Exposition Staff members of all banks are trained to detect a counterfeit note not by concentrating on the counterfeit note but rather by becoming very familiar with the real one. It is not enough to talk about the devastating effects of secular music ...
THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO SECULAR MUSIC
Exposition Everything you do as a Christian is worship to God. In music, your appearance, the lyrics, the instrumentation and your mode of singing must all be to the glory of God. Most secular songs seek to arouse emotions and, more especially, erotic ...
THE RISE OF SECULAR MUSIC
Exposition According to Church History, Constantine I was a Roman emperor who ruled in the early part of the 4th century. He was the first Christian emperor and saw the empire begin to become a Christian state. The church and the state, as a result, b ...
THE CHRISTIAN AND SECULAR MUSIC
Exposition “The Christian and Secular Music” shall engage our attention this week. What then is secular music? Secular music is any music not written for the church. They include love songs, political satire, songs for dances and drama; they are usual ...