Your Blessing Today…

Better than good greetings, in Jesus most colourful name!

In the better than good news of the Kingdom for you today, we continue where we stopped in our post yesterday.

Remember, we’re still on that crucial subject: The Essence Of The New Testament Church.

We have already established two main truths that, the New Testament Church is our heavenly Father’s grand design to reconcile mankind unto Himself; & also that His Word, after the pattern of Jesus, is His major instrument of accomplishing this.

Feeding well & healthily in the Word of God determines the growth of the believer which in turn determines the dimension of power he operates in & how far & well he goes in life.

The Holy Spirit tells us by Apostle Paul, in Galatians 4.1(Amplified version), that, “…AS LONG AS THE INHERITOR (HEIR) IS A CHILD AND UNDER AGE, HE DOES NOT DIFFER FROM A SLAVE, although he is the MASTER OF ALL THE ESTATE“;

No good parent will put something of great value in the hands of a child who is a minor.

For instance, if your son is just 9 years of age, no amount of pressure will make you give him the keys of your car, because he’s still not mature enough to handle that kind of item.

When the father of the prodigal son gave him his portion of inheritance, though by age, he might have qualified but by proper use of his faculties, he wasn’t matured because, his senior brother was still at home serving the father, he should have learnt from that; & also, what he should have done first was what he did much later after suffering, asking the father to make him a servant – Luke 15.11-32.

Wise people always ask the Lord what He wants them to do & not what they want to!

Many believers aren’t growing in the Lord Jesus(not following Him as their FIRST LOVE – (Revelation 2.4-5

[Weymouth’s New Testament translation]:

4 “Yet I have this against you–that you no longer love Me as you did at first”.

5 Be mindful, therefore, of the height from which you have fallen. Repent at once, and act as you did at first, or else I will surely come and remove your lampstand out of its place–unless you repent“).

They aren’t growing in His Word, & that’s why the enemy takes advantage, cheats & manipulates them by his powers of darkness & their human agents.

The SUPERNATURAL lifestyle is part of our redemptive package in the Body of Christ – John 3.8 (Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

8 “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. SO IS IT WITH EVERY ONE WHO HAS BEEN BORN OF THE SPIRIT”.

Also, we see in 1 Corinthians 12.7-11 that the manifestation of the Holy Spirit for the SUPERNATURAL is for the PROFIT OF BOTH THE CARRIERS OF HIS GIFTS & THE BENEFICIARIES.

1 Corinthians 12.7 (Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

7 “But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good”.

The New King James version renders 1 Corinthians 12.7 as, “But the MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT is given to each one FOR THE PROFIT OF ALL”.

As long as you’re in the Body of Christ, you’ve been wired with at least one SUPERNATURAL gift for your profit & for others.

As others benefit from you, you’ll also benefit from others.

It’s part of your NEW CREATION MAKE UP & that’s why your relationship with Christ & His Word must be topmost priority, so intact & on the increase, growing steadily & healthily in Him.

If you read verse 31 of 1 Corinthians 12, you’ll see that you’re even permitted to ask for the gift that is necessary per time for your profit & for others as the need may arise:

The New Living Translation puts it this way: “And in ANY EVENT, you should desire the MOST HELPFUL GIFTS.

FIRST, however, let me tell you about SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS BETTER than any of them!

The point I’m making is this, that you should PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST!

Let your life be ruled, regulated, controlled, guided & be led by the Holy Spirit, & the Holy Spirit WILL ALWAYS MOVE IN LINE WITH JESUS, THE UNFAILING WORD OF GOD!

Romans 8.14(KJV) instructs us like this: “For as many as are LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD”.

This simply means that children of God become mature, grow into sons & daughters who can be trusted to handle heavenly treasures, true riches, souls of people appropriately when they allow the Holy Spirit to lead them!

They are Word ruled, led, controlled, guided & regulated!

They don’t allow emotions, sentiments, peer group, social, societal & family pressures to determine their decisions, choices & way of life but God’s Word only, relying on the Holy Spirit for good understanding & enabling.

No wonder, our Lord Jesus instructed in Matthew 11.28-30(Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

28 “Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and *I* will give you rest.

29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls”.

30 For it is good to bear my yoke, and my burden is light“.

The Message version renders verse 29 as:

“Walk with me and work with me–watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you”.

Our Lord Jesus is saying here that He wants your suffering to end but you’ve to see things the way He sees things, think the way He thinks, speak the way He speaks, conduct & carry yourself the way He conducts & carries Himself, then & only then, will your suffering end & you get truly blessed – Proverbs 10.22(Amplified version):

22 “The blessing of the Lord – it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]”.

Matthew 11.28-30(Amplified version):

28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls”.]

29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls”.

30 “For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good – not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne”.

Beloved, it’s so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His Word…!

This teaching continues…

PEACE!

JESUS IS LORD!

Your Blessing Today…

Better than good greetings, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

I believe that the SUPERNATURAL is already speaking favourably in your life?

Your better than good life will answer SUPERNATURALLY in all remaining days on this earth, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

I rejoice to bring you the better than good news of the Kingdom, today, even as I’m persuaded in my spiritman to share with you a crucial subject in the successful fulfilment of your golden, glorious & royal destiny & purpose in Christ: The Essence Of The New Testament Church.

The Church of Jesus, the Body of Christ, through the life, teachings, suffering, death, resurrection & ascension of our Lord Jesus, is our heavenly Father’s grand design to reconcile mankind unto Himself, back to his original, default design as Adam had it in the garden of Eden, with comforts & blessings, before sin & the fall.

This is clearly expressed in 2 Corinthians 5.18-19 (Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

18 “And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has appointed us to serve in the ministry of reconciliation”.

19 “We are to tell how God was in Christ RECONCILING THE WORLD  TO HIMSELF, not charging men’s transgressions to their account, and THAT HE HAS ENTRUSTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF THIS RECONCILIATION”.

Also, in Ephesians 2.13 & Colossians 1.21-22, this restoration agenda was stated.

Ephesians 2.13(Amplified version):

13 “But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near”.

Colossians 1.21-22

(Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

21 “And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds”,

22 “He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence”;

Having established this truth, we’ll now look at how God is fulfilling the agenda in Christ Jesus.

The WORD OF GOD is the major instrument of accomplishing this His great work.

To make it easy & simple for us, I’ll just give us twenty direct, self explanatory verses of Scriptures on this matter.

Isaiah 27.6 says(Amplified version):

6 “IN THE DAYS AND GENERATIONS TO COME Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and send forth shoots and FILL THE WHOLE WORLD WITH FRUIT [OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD]”.

1. John 21.15-17

(Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

15 “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?” “Yes, Master,” was his answer; “you know that you are dear to me.” “THEN FEED MY LAMBS,” replied Jesus”.

16 “Again a second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Master,” he said, “you know that you are dear to me.” “Then BE A SHEPHERD TO MY SHEEP,” He said”.

17 “A third time Jesus put the question: “Simon, son of John, am I dear to you?” It grieved Peter that Jesus asked him the third time, “Am I dear to you?” “Master,” he replied, “you know everything, you can see that you are dear to me.” “THEN FEED MY MUCH-LOVED SHEEP,” said Jesus”.

2. Acts 20.28(Amplified version):

28 “Take care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself [buying it and saving it for Himself] with His own blood”.

3. 1 Peter 5.1-3

(Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

1 “So I exhort the Elders among you–I who am their fellow Elder and have been an eye-witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and am also a sharer in the glory which is soon to be revealed”.

2 “Be shepherds of God’s flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WILL OF GOD; not for base gain but with cheerful minds”;

3 not lording it over your Churches but proving yourselves patterns for the flock to imitate.

1 Peter 5.1-3(Amplified version):

1 “I WARN and counsel the elders among you (the pastors and spiritual guides of the church) as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a sharer in the glory (the honor and splendor) that is to be revealed (disclosed, unfolded)”:

2 “TEND   (NURTURE, guard, guide, and fold) the flock of God that is [your responsibility], not by coercion or constraint, but willingly; not dishonorably motivated by the advantages and profits [belonging to the office], but eagerly and cheerfully”;

3 “Not domineering [as arrogant, dictatorial, and overbearing persons] over those in your charge, but being examples (patterns and models of Christian living) to the flock (the congregation)”.

4. Ephesians 4.11-15

(Amplified version):

11 “And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers”.

12 “His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ ‘s body (the church)”,

13 “[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ ‘s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him”.

14 “So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead”.

15 “Rather, LET OUR LIVES LOVINGLY EXPRESS TRUTH [IN ALL THINGS, SPEAKING TRULY, DEALING TRULY, LIVING TRULY]. Enfolded in LOVE, LET US GROW UP IN EVERY WAY AND IN ALL THINGS INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, [even] CHRIST (the Messiah, the Anointed One)”.

5. Colossians 2.19

(Weymouth’s New Testament translation): “Such a one does not keep his hold upon CHRIST, the HEAD, from whom the BODY, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, GROWS WITH a DIVINE GROWTH”.

6. Colossians 4.12

(Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

12 “Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, sends greetings to you, always wrestling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm–CHRISTIANS of RIPE CHARACTER and of clear conviction as to everything which is God’s WILL”.

Colossians 4.12(KJV):

[12]Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may STAND PERFECT and COMPLETE in ALL the WILL of GOD”.

7. Ephesians 1.17-18

(Amplified version):

17 “[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] KNOWLEDGE of Him”,

18 “By having the EYES of YOUR HEART FLOODED WITH LIGHT, so that you can KNOW and UNDERSTAND the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones)”,

8. Deuteronomy 8.3(KJV):

[3]”And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live”.

9. Matthew 4.4(KJV):

[4]”But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”.

10. 2 Timothy 2.15
(Weymouth’s New Testament translation):

15 “Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his STRAIGHTFORWARD dealing with the WORD of TRUTH, has no reason to feel any shame”.

2 Timothy 2.15(Amplified version):

15 “Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, CORRECTLY ANALYZING and ACCURATELY DIVIDING [RIGHTLY HANDLING and SKILLFULLY TEACHING] the WORD of TRUTH”.

The Church of Jesus is to be THOROUGHLY FED WITH THE WORD OF GOD, so that each individual member of the Body will Grow Steadily, Maturely & Fruitfully, being useful & used in the RECONCILIATION & RESTORATION agenda, not being deceived, cheated & manipulated by the powers of darkness & their human agents!

In our next post, we’ll continue.

Keep enjoying the SUPERNATURAL with better than good testimonies, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

PEACE!

JESUS IS LORD!

Ministry’s events for April 2019

  1. Holy Ghost Service: Sundays, 9am-11am;
  2. Tree of Life service(committing the new month into our God’s Hand for FRUITFULNESS & TIMELY BLESSINGS): Monday, April 01, 2019; 5pm-6pm;
  3. Restoration Hour Prayers(monthly): Friday, April 05, 2019; 5pm-6pm;
  4. Flourishing To Flourishing Encounter Hour(once in 2 months, for our individual & corporate all round ENLARGEMENT with ease, by the Word, Intercessions & Praise): Friday, April 12, 2019; 4pm-6.30pm;
  5. Resurrection Power Hour (the Word with fasting, prayers, & praise): Theme: HE IS ALIVE! Friday, April 19, 2019; 4.30p.m-6.30pm.
  6. Special Easter Sunday Service(with Love Feast): Sunday, April 21, 2019: 9am-11am;
  7. Glory To Glory Word Hour: Thursdays; 5pm-6.15pm;
  8. Power To Power Prayer Hour(when we take grace of the Holy Spirit for the Word of Faith that works by LOVE to grow in our lives so as to always prevail against the operations of the powers of darkness arrayed against us & for us to move from where we are to where we should be): Mondays; 5pm-6pm.

Prepare to be part of these events & you’ll not only be glad you did, the BETTER THAN GOOD encounters will also be evident all your life time, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

April 2019 Prophetic Focus

Better than good greetings, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

Beloved, ninety days have come & gone in this year 2019, our year of PLEASURES in the KING’S DELIGHT CHURCH GLOBAL, KDCG, Family.

To our God & the Father of our Lord Jesus alone be all the glory for His unfailing LOVE & great faithfulness towards us as a church & as individuals, in bearing us witness at all times, confirming the preaching of the WORD OF FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF HUMANITY ALL OVER THE WORLD with signs, wonders, divers miracles & the gifts of the Holy Ghost according to His own will!

He didn’t allow the powers of darkness to hinder our good success & all round prosperity at any time.

Again, to Him & our Lord Jesus be all the glory forever!

All through the month of March, TOTAL HEALTH, according to His Word, was our individual & corporate testimony!

There was the case of an old man among us whose health was challenged but glory be to Jesus for the healing & restoration that he enjoyed from the Lord!

What is the God of KING’S DELIGHT CHURCH GLOBAL saying to us in this month of April, in this Family?

We know from records of Scriptures & individual testimonies that things that may be hard & difficult for people who don’t belong to Jesus are always easy with everyone in Him & living by His Word.

For instance, while people outside God’s great & gigantic Family in Jesus are struggling with & suffering lack of good food, good clothes, good accommodation, healthy family relationships & provisions of other basic & good things of life, we who are obedient to His Word & walking in His LOVE, by His grace, are enjoying supernatural provisions, including sorrow free finances with material blessings & sharing with others.

For example, when our Ministry was to take off, the Lord, eight month’s earlier had spoken in my ears about the precise office location & the family that should initially accommodate me, & behold, as He had said, so also we found it!

One of our dear friends who saw the office where it was situated commented that only God could have done it because to imagine that there would be space in that kind of place was impossible!

However, our Father Who turns impossibilities to POSSIBILITIES had ordained & arranged it all before the world began for His glory.

Again, our residential accommodation is just less than two minutes’ walk to the (temporary)worship center & about ten minutes’ walk to the church office.

In fact, the former occupants of the residential apartments were all evicted through court process without us knowing anything about it(we hadn’t even been in the city before the eviction process started) but because God has need of the place for His glory, He had to do what He must do.

All the glory to Him forever, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

From the testimonies stated above, it is clear that whatever God is involved in by Jesus is always supernatural, & He spoke to me very clearly that April 2019, for us in the KDCG Family, individually & corporately, is our month of the SUPERNATURAL!

Therefore, April 2019 is hereby declared: THE SUPERNATURAL IS MINE –
Jn 3.8; Heb 2.4; Mark 16.20; 1 Cor 12.7-12.

I know certainly that in this month & beyond, in whatever & wherever you’ve been struggling, you’ll find things very easy, in Jesus’ most colourful name!

Welcome to your season of heaven on earth, indeed, with BETTER THAN GOOD TESTIMONIES!

Congratulations!

PEACE!

JESUS IS LORD!

Signed,
olusegun ONI,
Senior Pastor.

N.B. Please, visit our website: olusegunonievangelicalworldoutreach18.cw.center to know the Ministry’s events for this month.