A Local Government Chairman in Benue State bitterly complaining over Fulani killing of a two year old baby.
Nigeria is a cursed country!!! Everyday pouring of the bloods of the innocents. Zoo in Africa
Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo tells Piers Morgan he's 'performed genocide burials more than 70 times' in Nigeria.
"Some of the graves are 501 people killed in one night."
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There's a kind of prayer called the prayer of Charging our Spiritual battery.
David said Anoint my head with oil, let my cup overflow. The Holy Spirit filling us until we overflow is the prayer where we soak ourselves in the presence
It's the of prayer that leads to encounters
Tis a new week:
Pray in tongues daily
Read your Bible daily
Fast weekly
Pray long at least once this week
Pick up an anointed book
Don't miss church
Do a long Bible reading
Leave ungodly groups
Stop saying obscene things
Pray midnight
Listen to sermons
Have a great week ✨
For all the perceived imperfections of Celebration Church, pray for us.
We are trying our best
I’d like to think that it will matter more to every true Jesus lover that we are getting the most important things right;
- Teachings are strictly Christ centered
- Members love each other
- People are truly knowing Jesus better and excited about the gospel.
Part of our mission statement as a church is to disciple people excited about God, His message, and His church. I’m glad we’re achieving that.
I could also argue that it is a huge testimony that you can tell our members just by their tweets. For even when Peter tried to keep his anonymity, it was said:
"Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you." Matt 26:73. (See also Acts 4:13, 11:26)
The problem is that a brand of Church where you keep your anonymity and ideologies has been popularized. That brand of Church where the only thing that ties you to the Church is that you actually attend. So when people see Church done in a way I’d argue to be the Bible way, they have an issue with it.
The word Church (grk- ecclesia) literally means ‘called out’ gathering.
Faith in Jesus calls you out and into a community of saints.
It is impossible to do Church the Bible way without, in some sense, losing your ‘individuality’.
This doesn’t mean you can no longer think for yourself. It simply means that you begin to think biblically and have a Christian world view.
And guess what? A group of people who share the same ideology, mission and fellowship may seem cult-like to you.
This is exactly why unbelievers coined the name Christian to describe a behavioral pattern and excitement of a group of people identified with Christ. The name Christian was originally derogatory.
Issues of people crossing the line in admiration isn’t new either.
“As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I myself am also a man." Acts 10:25-26.
(see also Acts 14:11-15).
I could argue that a Church that doesn’t have to deal with this might be doing things the wrong way.
Just like Peter and the early saints, God will help us to continue to help people never to cross the line.
But trying to constantly shame people for being excited about their Church and Pastor is unkind.
Sometimes the motives also seem suspect. Why Celebration Church? Which Church more than ten thousand members strong doesn’t share these attributes?
Being excited about your Church is not idolatry
Being excited about your Pastor is not idolatry.
(Paul literally said: “Be imitators of me as I am of Christ” 1 Cor. 11:1)
Placing anything or anyone above God is idolatry.
Being grateful for someone who helped you get closer to God isn’t.
If all of these still seem too much for you, please find a Church that works better for you.
It’s one thing to not understand or to even dislike our excitement. But to constantly try to pick on people for it seems suspect to me.
Ultimately, God has our score card. He sees all and will judge all.
This is the kind of ‘radicality’ that’s needed for the move of God in our generation. The Lord is unto something with @cci__global and we’re here for it🙌🏾.
We die hiaaaaa📌
My message to CCI members is; continue to be loud and radical and “cult like” in the proclamation of your faith and in following the precept and examples of your apostles and your church family! The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch because they all exhibited certain patterns!
My admonition is; let it not only be about outward expression of your faith, but people that encounter you know you have been with Jesus and you have been chanaged inside-out!
There are worse, degenerate cult like groups in the world that are loud and unashamed of their common identity and expression, so, don’t let anyone dictate the manifestation of the life of Christ in you!
We are in that season and perilous time of contention, it’s light versus darkness! So, shine bright and bright and bright such that the darknesses of this world will never be able to comprehend you!
@pst_iren Imitate Jesus and Him Crucified.
That’s the only example worth mentioning today.
The post should have ended with pray for us; everything else contradicts and we need BALANCE.
Some matters are kept private and we are praying for the church to see, Jesus Only.
One keyword that marks the New Testament Church is ‘common’.
Supernatural direction is common
Visions are common
Tongues and interpretation are common
For sons and daughters
Rich and poor
Great and small
Not just for your Pastors
But for you!
ALL THINGS ARE YOURS!