Monday, September 26, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
HOW TO GROW YOUR MINISTRY USING THE NEW MEDIA
- Tokunbo Beulah Johnson
Social Networks have become a very viable part of the New Media.With over 500 million subscribers worldwide on FaceBook alone,it has become a growing culture; one that promises to be a very long-lasting part of world culture that will not go away in a hurry. So we might as well jump in too!
1. An analysis of our Official Website (www.thecapstoneonline.com) by Google Analytics monitored between July 1 2010 and Feb 20,2011(7 months) showed :
- 1215 visits from 55 countries around the world as against that visited physically
- 3761 page views.
- Average time spent by visitors on the site 3:59 seconds.
This means people are following us online from farther places than we can ever know!
So we must try to:
• Make members grow deeper (by Discipleship)
• Make our church larger (by Attendance)
• Make our church have a wider net to accommodate for Diversities- Racial , Economic ,etc)
• Help people to get more connected by fellowship and network.
2. SOCIAL MEDIA
Using social media is very essential for:
i. Church like ours that has the global vision without limit. We need to be virtual in the people’s face.
ii. Church in a very cosmopolitan and busy city like Lagos requires this tool.
iii. Reaching the youths (75% of Nigeria’s population is youth).
iv. An aggressive Evangelism tool,we should have a phenomenal social media plan (Twitters , FaceBook ,MySpace, etc.).An aggressive and commendable user of this media is Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Christ Embassy.’Pastorchrislive’ on Twitter (as at Feb 2011,had well over 1 million followers.
iv. Great Pastoral Counseling tool.
However, it should be noted that Social media ONLY COMPLEMENTS excellent people ministry (Sermons, Services , Parking ,Children’s Ministry, etc)
MYTHS
1. Social networks are for the teenagers or young demographies.
2. BlackBerry is too expensive. No they aren’t!!! (They cost like N20,000 now with about N1000 /month internet package. All for soul-winning. Really,how much is soul worth ?!
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Tweet about your services and ministry.
This will work better if key leaders in your church actually use them.
Key decision-makers like you need to use it…
2. Small groups (meeting n homes) and Fellowships like Women Prayer Group, Men , Youths ,Worship Team ,etc should have their own FB Groups.
ADVANTAGES
i. People who are new in your church can engage with the other people on FB on a more personal basis.
ii. Everything on FB is Free!
I would like for us to examine two of the famous social media that we have around here:
(A) FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/
-We need to double down on FaceBook . As church leaders,we must be investing on Facebook.75% of the people that learnt about a certain church: the Courageous Church, Atlanta , did so on FaceBook. People will bump unto your church on FB.
Truths:
i. Most of the people who attend our church are already on FB or have someone they know who is on FB. So we only need to tell them how to use it for our church’s advantage.
ii. Even those who do not attend our church, FB is already a part of their life. About 500 million worldwide people presently use FB on their iphone , BB , ipad , Computers. It is going to be a very long-lasting part of world culture that will not go away in a hurry. So we might as well jump in too!
THE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS on FB.
(i) FB ads-( http://www.facebook.com/advertising/)
See this screenshot of a xtian ad ‘WishPray’
It appears on the right side of the Home Page or Profile page
Its cost effective. For instance, ‘Courageous Church, Atlanta’ got 7.6 million FB ads appearances for just $1200 and 13018 people clicked on it within that period of time.
You pay only when the people click on it to view your ad. So it may even cost much less.
It can be used for the followings:
i. Advertising for a new teaching series that we are about to start(e.g Wednesday or Sunday services).
3 Words That Will Make People Click on FB Ads.
i. ‘Free’. e.g Skill Empowerment For Entertainment Wanna-Be. Admission is FREE.
ii. ‘Church’ - ‘Wouldn’t You Rather Be In Church This Sunday?’
iii. ‘Prayer’ – ‘Operation P-U-S-H’ . Pray Until Something Happens!
FaceBook STATISTICS
1. An estimated 8140 people on FB who live in Nigeria and aged 18 years and older like the word ‘Church’.
2. An estimated 2,768,080 people who live in Nigeria and aged 18 yrs and above are on Facebook in Nigeria alone!
3.There are an estimated 2,374,860 people who are aged 18 , and above who live in Nigeria and speak American English (Source: FB campaign ad creator-http://www.facebook.com/ads/create/?campaign_id=368901427978&placement=advf2&extra_1=0).
iii. An estimated 7100 people aged 18 years and above who live in Nigeria have ‘Pray’ or ‘Prayers ‘as an area of interest.
The statistics of all this FB users is collated automatically through mapping of the IP addresses of people’s in Nigeria using personal computers on FB).
LOWEST RATE PER CLICK is (0.33 USD per click)
You can spend as little as 0.33 USD a day for the ads and it gives you the default option of running for 1 whole month daily! Between the hours of your choice.
You can do your ad based on demographics depending on who you are targeting.
2. FB for SMALL GROUPS – Just create a page, get someone to manage it and off you go.
3. EVENT.
(This appears in the right hand corner of the Home page or Profile page on FB.)
You can create a FB event (sermon series, Musical Concert , Outreach ,Xmas ,etc)for every event you are having. Helps you to invite everybody that you know or have as your FB friends.
Simply invite all members on your friends list and tell them to invite all the people on their FB address. This will generate a web-string of people connected to your event.
You can also run an ad for the FB event.
There just might be someone who is looking for a place to belong because people are looking for community and connections. People are looking for churches . People are lonely.
4.USING PEOPLES’ BIRTHDAYS (I still remember a wish on FB at my last year birthday from someone I have never met even till date).
Birthday Links appear in the Top Right-hand corner of the Home page on FB.
Though you don’t know them yet just go on and wish them a hapi bday on their FB wall.You wouldn’t believe the effect of this ! Simply write :
‘Hapi bday … you are great person and this year shall be great for you.God bless You ...’
(B) TWITTER : https://twitter.com/
-Go to twitter.com . Sign in and start tweeting about the aspects of the service that has inspired you or that can inspire other people.(The Message,the Speaker,the Music, the cool atmosphere, etc
-Using the Advanced feature - Twitter.com/advance
Allows you to connect with people in your city/neighbourhood who might need spiritual help. You can do the followings:
i. Search ‘pray’ or ‘looking for a church’
ii. Look for people who have these needs and tweet them. Send a pray to them.
URGENT TASK.
-Create a twitter account for your church.
-Create another separate account called ‘news’ for regular updates on goings-on in the church (e.g coming events, etc)
All of these are free!
-Search for the name of your church ( https://twitter.com) and text all the people who have been in your church and tweeted about you. They are always amazed that you could get back to them.
(C) YouTube : http://www.youtube.com.
-Create your own YouTube account.
-Use your BlackBerry or any other smart phone to record clips of our services and broadcast it on YouTube. Yes, on your own YouTube account that you have created!
(D) BLOGS :
For your articles , thots etc that you can contribute to the development of mankind.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ):
Q: How Much Time Should i Dedicate To Social Media.
A: May be an hour a week.
RE-ENGINEER YOURSELF.
This will happen only if you recognize the following:
1. That our world is fast changing and at an alarming rate.
2. That unless you re-engineer yourself as leaders in the 21st Century,you will expire and become totally irrelevant!
CONCLUSION
What in the world can you cluster using the New Media (Blogs,Website,Social Media)just to make people crowd up your church till you are running around looking for seats to accommodate them .
I am available to help just reach me on:
www.megaliosit.blogspot.com.
www.beulahtoks.blogspot.com,
www.twitter.com/beulahtoks,
www.thecapstoneonline.com.
For prayer and counselling email:
helpdesk@thecapstoneonline.com ; capstone_c@yahoo.com
Tel: +234 8023182030
- Tokunbo Beulah Johnson
Social Networks have become a very viable part of the New Media.With over 500 million subscribers worldwide on FaceBook alone,it has become a growing culture; one that promises to be a very long-lasting part of world culture that will not go away in a hurry. So we might as well jump in too!
1. An analysis of our Official Website (www.thecapstoneonline.com) by Google Analytics monitored between July 1 2010 and Feb 20,2011(7 months) showed :
- 1215 visits from 55 countries around the world as against that visited physically
- 3761 page views.
- Average time spent by visitors on the site 3:59 seconds.
This means people are following us online from farther places than we can ever know!
So we must try to:
• Make members grow deeper (by Discipleship)
• Make our church larger (by Attendance)
• Make our church have a wider net to accommodate for Diversities- Racial , Economic ,etc)
• Help people to get more connected by fellowship and network.
2. SOCIAL MEDIA
Using social media is very essential for:
i. Church like ours that has the global vision without limit. We need to be virtual in the people’s face.
ii. Church in a very cosmopolitan and busy city like Lagos requires this tool.
iii. Reaching the youths (75% of Nigeria’s population is youth).
iv. An aggressive Evangelism tool,we should have a phenomenal social media plan (Twitters , FaceBook ,MySpace, etc.).An aggressive and commendable user of this media is Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Christ Embassy.’Pastorchrislive’ on Twitter (as at Feb 2011,had well over 1 million followers.
iv. Great Pastoral Counseling tool.
However, it should be noted that Social media ONLY COMPLEMENTS excellent people ministry (Sermons, Services , Parking ,Children’s Ministry, etc)
MYTHS
1. Social networks are for the teenagers or young demographies.
2. BlackBerry is too expensive. No they aren’t!!! (They cost like N20,000 now with about N1000 /month internet package. All for soul-winning. Really,how much is soul worth ?!
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Tweet about your services and ministry.
This will work better if key leaders in your church actually use them.
Key decision-makers like you need to use it…
2. Small groups (meeting n homes) and Fellowships like Women Prayer Group, Men , Youths ,Worship Team ,etc should have their own FB Groups.
ADVANTAGES
i. People who are new in your church can engage with the other people on FB on a more personal basis.
ii. Everything on FB is Free!
I would like for us to examine two of the famous social media that we have around here:
(A) FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/
-We need to double down on FaceBook . As church leaders,we must be investing on Facebook.75% of the people that learnt about a certain church: the Courageous Church, Atlanta , did so on FaceBook. People will bump unto your church on FB.
Truths:
i. Most of the people who attend our church are already on FB or have someone they know who is on FB. So we only need to tell them how to use it for our church’s advantage.
ii. Even those who do not attend our church, FB is already a part of their life. About 500 million worldwide people presently use FB on their iphone , BB , ipad , Computers. It is going to be a very long-lasting part of world culture that will not go away in a hurry. So we might as well jump in too!
THE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS on FB.
(i) FB ads-( http://www.facebook.com/advertising/)
See this screenshot of a xtian ad ‘WishPray’
It appears on the right side of the Home Page or Profile page
Its cost effective. For instance, ‘Courageous Church, Atlanta’ got 7.6 million FB ads appearances for just $1200 and 13018 people clicked on it within that period of time.
You pay only when the people click on it to view your ad. So it may even cost much less.
It can be used for the followings:
i. Advertising for a new teaching series that we are about to start(e.g Wednesday or Sunday services).
3 Words That Will Make People Click on FB Ads.
i. ‘Free’. e.g Skill Empowerment For Entertainment Wanna-Be. Admission is FREE.
ii. ‘Church’ - ‘Wouldn’t You Rather Be In Church This Sunday?’
iii. ‘Prayer’ – ‘Operation P-U-S-H’ . Pray Until Something Happens!
FaceBook STATISTICS
1. An estimated 8140 people on FB who live in Nigeria and aged 18 years and older like the word ‘Church’.
2. An estimated 2,768,080 people who live in Nigeria and aged 18 yrs and above are on Facebook in Nigeria alone!
3.There are an estimated 2,374,860 people who are aged 18 , and above who live in Nigeria and speak American English (Source: FB campaign ad creator-http://www.facebook.com/ads/create/?campaign_id=368901427978&placement=advf2&extra_1=0).
iii. An estimated 7100 people aged 18 years and above who live in Nigeria have ‘Pray’ or ‘Prayers ‘as an area of interest.
The statistics of all this FB users is collated automatically through mapping of the IP addresses of people’s in Nigeria using personal computers on FB).
LOWEST RATE PER CLICK is (0.33 USD per click)
You can spend as little as 0.33 USD a day for the ads and it gives you the default option of running for 1 whole month daily! Between the hours of your choice.
You can do your ad based on demographics depending on who you are targeting.
2. FB for SMALL GROUPS – Just create a page, get someone to manage it and off you go.
3. EVENT.
(This appears in the right hand corner of the Home page or Profile page on FB.)
You can create a FB event (sermon series, Musical Concert , Outreach ,Xmas ,etc)for every event you are having. Helps you to invite everybody that you know or have as your FB friends.
Simply invite all members on your friends list and tell them to invite all the people on their FB address. This will generate a web-string of people connected to your event.
You can also run an ad for the FB event.
There just might be someone who is looking for a place to belong because people are looking for community and connections. People are looking for churches . People are lonely.
4.USING PEOPLES’ BIRTHDAYS (I still remember a wish on FB at my last year birthday from someone I have never met even till date).
Birthday Links appear in the Top Right-hand corner of the Home page on FB.
Though you don’t know them yet just go on and wish them a hapi bday on their FB wall.You wouldn’t believe the effect of this ! Simply write :
‘Hapi bday … you are great person and this year shall be great for you.God bless You ...’
(B) TWITTER : https://twitter.com/
-Go to twitter.com . Sign in and start tweeting about the aspects of the service that has inspired you or that can inspire other people.(The Message,the Speaker,the Music, the cool atmosphere, etc
-Using the Advanced feature - Twitter.com/advance
Allows you to connect with people in your city/neighbourhood who might need spiritual help. You can do the followings:
i. Search ‘pray’ or ‘looking for a church’
ii. Look for people who have these needs and tweet them. Send a pray to them.
URGENT TASK.
-Create a twitter account for your church.
-Create another separate account called ‘news’ for regular updates on goings-on in the church (e.g coming events, etc)
All of these are free!
-Search for the name of your church ( https://twitter.com) and text all the people who have been in your church and tweeted about you. They are always amazed that you could get back to them.
(C) YouTube : http://www.youtube.com.
-Create your own YouTube account.
-Use your BlackBerry or any other smart phone to record clips of our services and broadcast it on YouTube. Yes, on your own YouTube account that you have created!
(D) BLOGS :
For your articles , thots etc that you can contribute to the development of mankind.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ):
Q: How Much Time Should i Dedicate To Social Media.
A: May be an hour a week.
RE-ENGINEER YOURSELF.
This will happen only if you recognize the following:
1. That our world is fast changing and at an alarming rate.
2. That unless you re-engineer yourself as leaders in the 21st Century,you will expire and become totally irrelevant!
CONCLUSION
What in the world can you cluster using the New Media (Blogs,Website,Social Media)just to make people crowd up your church till you are running around looking for seats to accommodate them .
I am available to help just reach me on:
www.megaliosit.blogspot.com.
www.beulahtoks.blogspot.com,
www.twitter.com/beulahtoks,
www.thecapstoneonline.com.
For prayer and counselling email:
helpdesk@thecapstoneonline.com ; capstone_c@yahoo.com
Tel: +234 8023182030
Monday, February 14, 2011
CREATING YOUR OWN WORLD OF GOOD NEWS “!- (Pastor Toks - February 13, 2011).
WHAT IMAGES DO YOU SEE?
“By faith he (Moses) left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.” (Heb 11:27,NIV)
A 6 year old boy recently engaged his mother in a discussion on proper and improper dressence. The mother took her time to educate the young lad about what proper dressing is like.To convince his mum that he gets the idea that his mum was trying to convey, he turned to her , smiled wryly and said “Mummy you mean proper dressing is like when Pastor Toks (referring to me)wears his suit.I want to be dressing like Pastor Toks and Obama”.
To the little boy, I am now in the same league as Obama. (Well I am laughing too!)
His perception of success is getting formed already. A picture , an image of success is already forming in his innocent mind.
Truth is , we dream of becoming something only because we have seen it.
Most information available to us in these days contain toxic pictures that are contrary to our well-being :Wars ,Killings ,Obscenities ,etc.These bad news create in our minds bad images.Bad images depress!On the other hand, Jesus already promised us victory (John 16:33). Through his parables Jesus continually drew good pictures in the minds of his hearers .
He used phrases that draw pictures .He promised us that we can make it ;that there is hope . Yes you can make it! All you need to do is see it possible and its yours!
WHAT IS MAN?
A Human being is composed of 3 parts-The Spirit , The Soul and The Body .With the Spirit, Man relates to the spirit realm .With the Soul /Mind ,man relates to the mental realm . While with the body , he adapts to the Physical realm. The greatest battle then exists in the mind.it is the battleground where the issues of our lives are won or lost ; all because of what images we see!
SOME PRINCIPLE OF IMAGES:
# 1- You become what you behold .We all are being transformed from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord as we fixate our gaze upon him . Looking unto Jesus , the Author and Finisher of our faith .The more we see him the more we become like him.
# 2- Your life (thoughts and actions) will only follow the path of your most dominant image – (As he thinketh so is he)
# 3- It can only be yours if you can see it. Elijah told Elisha,God showed Abraham the picture of Stars and Seashore . God sowed Jacob.
# 4 – Repetition is the key to memorization.
To succeed in anything you do you must:
First, see the Image in your mind’s eye. Allow the Bible to create these success images in your mind . Spend quality time reading the Bible daily.God’s Word is full of these pictures and images .
Right image creates right desire .Desire creates burden , Burden leads to asking . Asking leads to receiving. Mk 11:23,24).
Second, keep on confessing what you see until it becomes a physical reality.
“God wishes above all things that i prosper and be in health even as my soul prospers…”(1 Jn 3:2)
He bore my iniquities and carried my pains , the beatings that brought me peace was upon him and by his wounds I was healed( Is 53:4-6)
Faith or fear are both produced by images that we see.
Faith brings success while fear leads to failure!
TO DRAW A NEW IMAGE MAKE THESE YOUR CONFESSIONS OFTEN:
#1.For Spiritual Growth – (Collosians 1:10)
‘I increase daily in the knowledge of God’.
#2. For A Successful Career – (Joshua 1:8,9)
‘I see success and increase in all that I do according to Josh 1:8,9
I am head and not tail.’
#3. For A Healthy Relationship (1 Peter 3:7)
‘I prosper in my relationship and I reap the blessing of covenant.’
#4. For Health - (3 John 2)
‘I walk in perfect health because Christ has carried all my pains.’
#5. For Boldness/Sound Mind.-(2Timothy 1:7)
‘I do not fear anything or anyone , my mind is sound and I have self discipline.’
For more resources and help :
www.beulahtoks.blogspot.com,
www.twitter.com/beulahtoks,
www.thecapstoneonline.com.
For prayer and counselling email:
helpdesk@thecapstoneonline.com ;capstone_c@yahoo.com
Tel: +234 8023182030
“By faith he (Moses) left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.” (Heb 11:27,NIV)
A 6 year old boy recently engaged his mother in a discussion on proper and improper dressence. The mother took her time to educate the young lad about what proper dressing is like.To convince his mum that he gets the idea that his mum was trying to convey, he turned to her , smiled wryly and said “Mummy you mean proper dressing is like when Pastor Toks (referring to me)wears his suit.I want to be dressing like Pastor Toks and Obama”.
To the little boy, I am now in the same league as Obama. (Well I am laughing too!)
His perception of success is getting formed already. A picture , an image of success is already forming in his innocent mind.
Truth is , we dream of becoming something only because we have seen it.
Most information available to us in these days contain toxic pictures that are contrary to our well-being :Wars ,Killings ,Obscenities ,etc.These bad news create in our minds bad images.Bad images depress!On the other hand, Jesus already promised us victory (John 16:33). Through his parables Jesus continually drew good pictures in the minds of his hearers .
He used phrases that draw pictures .He promised us that we can make it ;that there is hope . Yes you can make it! All you need to do is see it possible and its yours!
WHAT IS MAN?
A Human being is composed of 3 parts-The Spirit , The Soul and The Body .With the Spirit, Man relates to the spirit realm .With the Soul /Mind ,man relates to the mental realm . While with the body , he adapts to the Physical realm. The greatest battle then exists in the mind.it is the battleground where the issues of our lives are won or lost ; all because of what images we see!
SOME PRINCIPLE OF IMAGES:
# 1- You become what you behold .We all are being transformed from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord as we fixate our gaze upon him . Looking unto Jesus , the Author and Finisher of our faith .The more we see him the more we become like him.
# 2- Your life (thoughts and actions) will only follow the path of your most dominant image – (As he thinketh so is he)
# 3- It can only be yours if you can see it. Elijah told Elisha,God showed Abraham the picture of Stars and Seashore . God sowed Jacob.
# 4 – Repetition is the key to memorization.
To succeed in anything you do you must:
First, see the Image in your mind’s eye. Allow the Bible to create these success images in your mind . Spend quality time reading the Bible daily.God’s Word is full of these pictures and images .
Right image creates right desire .Desire creates burden , Burden leads to asking . Asking leads to receiving. Mk 11:23,24).
Second, keep on confessing what you see until it becomes a physical reality.
“God wishes above all things that i prosper and be in health even as my soul prospers…”(1 Jn 3:2)
He bore my iniquities and carried my pains , the beatings that brought me peace was upon him and by his wounds I was healed( Is 53:4-6)
Faith or fear are both produced by images that we see.
Faith brings success while fear leads to failure!
TO DRAW A NEW IMAGE MAKE THESE YOUR CONFESSIONS OFTEN:
#1.For Spiritual Growth – (Collosians 1:10)
‘I increase daily in the knowledge of God’.
#2. For A Successful Career – (Joshua 1:8,9)
‘I see success and increase in all that I do according to Josh 1:8,9
I am head and not tail.’
#3. For A Healthy Relationship (1 Peter 3:7)
‘I prosper in my relationship and I reap the blessing of covenant.’
#4. For Health - (3 John 2)
‘I walk in perfect health because Christ has carried all my pains.’
#5. For Boldness/Sound Mind.-(2Timothy 1:7)
‘I do not fear anything or anyone , my mind is sound and I have self discipline.’
For more resources and help :
www.beulahtoks.blogspot.com,
www.twitter.com/beulahtoks,
www.thecapstoneonline.com.
For prayer and counselling email:
helpdesk@thecapstoneonline.com ;capstone_c@yahoo.com
Tel: +234 8023182030
Thursday, January 6, 2011
WELCOME TO 2011-THE YEAR OF LIGHT!-Tokunbo Johnson
The Year 2011 .’The Year of Great Light ‘is here at last and what a blessing to be alive and accomplishing the purposes of God together! Hallelujah!
Several miracles occurred in our midst up till the close of the last year even till the very last minutes; some were close shaves with death;others were great deliverances from career disasters .
Oh,without a shadow of doubt ,the year 2010 ended on a very good note for many. Although as a nation it introduced a new vista of violence and terrorism but again we look up with hope to God , the Owner of Nations .We beat our chest and brazenly say to the devil ‘is that the best that you can do ? ’.
Our great nation is in a birth pang ; surely we shall deliver safely and bring forth a new Nigeria.
On the global scene , leaders are still dealing with territorial aggressions ,high-handed leadership and threatened democracies .Through it all we shall overcome in Jesus Name!
In this hour we yearn to hear God and not man ; all people want to know what the Spirit of God is saying to His people and if there be any special word of comfort from the Spirit of God for a world in crisis .Oh yes ,our ears are open…
Now here are some of the things that God , the Spirit of the Church is saying:
For 2011,the scriptures that the Lord gave is Ephesians 5:14-17(KJV)
which says:
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
The scriptures above though written to the believers in Ephesus dealt with two categories of people: The ‘Saved’ and the ‘Unsaved’ sinner.
The sinner is one who is dead in trespasses and needs the life of Christ to enter him to come to life. For only the person that has the Son(Jesus) has life! Jn 5:25,26;1 Jn 5:12 which reads:
“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.” (John 5:25-26 , NIV)
“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1 John 5:12 , NIV)
The Spiritual Equation for the unsaved is :
‘No Christ-life, no spirit-life .No spirit-life, no spiritual progress .No spiritual progress , no dominion/rulership !’ Surely there is no rest for the wicked!
On the other hand, the believer that is dead is one who has abandoned his priesthood (and as a result lagging behind in wisdom and revelation).Such a one needs the life of Christ to revive him to consciousness so that he can redeem all and recover all lost grounds. The Spiritual Equation for the believer is:
‘No Christ-life, no spirit-life .No spirit-life, no spiritual progress . No spiritual progress , no revelation and wisdom for dominion/rulership !’
The Books of Gen.1: 1-3 ; John 1:1-5 make this principle so vivid! They showed right from the beginning of human existence that :
1. Light is key to effective dominion and rulership . No King can rule or govern without the Oracle (Light)! True governmental/dominion life without priesthood life is at best a mirage!
The Equation then is :
INFORMATION+ REVELATION = TRANSFORMATION
In order words , INFORMATION - REVELATION= PERSPIRATION(and perspiration makes one stink)
2. Light comes only through a Greater Light. The Moon gets its light from another light , the Sun. Darkness can never produce light nor can it overcome it !Jn 1:1-5.
3. Progress is the grand-child of Life, Life is the father of Light. Life gave birth to Light which is the Father of Revelation. So Progress is the grand-child of Life.
Right from the book of Genesis (Gen.1:1-3), when darkness and confusion held earth in bondage ,we saw:
a. The Spirit life( hovering over the earth’s surface) then
b. The spoken Word , (“let there be Light!”) then
c. Light (which stands for ‘revelation’) then
d. Transformation of the landscape.(into vegetations,livestocks,etc)
Light (Revelation) always comes before Transformation (Progress/Success)
In the light of these, we hereby declare that the Year 2011 shall be:
- A Year of Actionable faith and Divine Acceleration in Jesus Name!
- A Year of Great Speed for you in Jesus name! When you will gather speed in all you do and travel in the speed of light!
- It shall be a year of sweat less work in Jesus Name! A year in which you shall work but you will reap greater profit than the work you did.
It shall be:
- A Year of Exceeding abundant in Jesus Name!.
- A Year of the supernatural intervention as Christ gives you light in Jesus Name! .
- A Year to enter the labour of others in Jesus name!
- A Year to fly without wings in Jesus name!
- A Year of the Eagles’ wings in Jesus name!! You shall fly high but with the supernatural grace of God above all peoples and above all circumstances in Jesus name!
I hear in the Spirit the following words , who are these flying without wings? !
Enjoy your ride on the wing of grace!
May Christ shine on you and cause you to operate with divine speed in all that you do this year in Jesus Name! Amen.
Several miracles occurred in our midst up till the close of the last year even till the very last minutes; some were close shaves with death;others were great deliverances from career disasters .
Oh,without a shadow of doubt ,the year 2010 ended on a very good note for many. Although as a nation it introduced a new vista of violence and terrorism but again we look up with hope to God , the Owner of Nations .We beat our chest and brazenly say to the devil ‘is that the best that you can do ? ’.
Our great nation is in a birth pang ; surely we shall deliver safely and bring forth a new Nigeria.
On the global scene , leaders are still dealing with territorial aggressions ,high-handed leadership and threatened democracies .Through it all we shall overcome in Jesus Name!
In this hour we yearn to hear God and not man ; all people want to know what the Spirit of God is saying to His people and if there be any special word of comfort from the Spirit of God for a world in crisis .Oh yes ,our ears are open…
Now here are some of the things that God , the Spirit of the Church is saying:
For 2011,the scriptures that the Lord gave is Ephesians 5:14-17(KJV)
which says:
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
The scriptures above though written to the believers in Ephesus dealt with two categories of people: The ‘Saved’ and the ‘Unsaved’ sinner.
The sinner is one who is dead in trespasses and needs the life of Christ to enter him to come to life. For only the person that has the Son(Jesus) has life! Jn 5:25,26;1 Jn 5:12 which reads:
“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.” (John 5:25-26 , NIV)
“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1 John 5:12 , NIV)
The Spiritual Equation for the unsaved is :
‘No Christ-life, no spirit-life .No spirit-life, no spiritual progress .No spiritual progress , no dominion/rulership !’ Surely there is no rest for the wicked!
On the other hand, the believer that is dead is one who has abandoned his priesthood (and as a result lagging behind in wisdom and revelation).Such a one needs the life of Christ to revive him to consciousness so that he can redeem all and recover all lost grounds. The Spiritual Equation for the believer is:
‘No Christ-life, no spirit-life .No spirit-life, no spiritual progress . No spiritual progress , no revelation and wisdom for dominion/rulership !’
The Books of Gen.1: 1-3 ; John 1:1-5 make this principle so vivid! They showed right from the beginning of human existence that :
1. Light is key to effective dominion and rulership . No King can rule or govern without the Oracle (Light)! True governmental/dominion life without priesthood life is at best a mirage!
The Equation then is :
INFORMATION+ REVELATION = TRANSFORMATION
In order words , INFORMATION - REVELATION= PERSPIRATION(and perspiration makes one stink)
2. Light comes only through a Greater Light. The Moon gets its light from another light , the Sun. Darkness can never produce light nor can it overcome it !Jn 1:1-5.
3. Progress is the grand-child of Life, Life is the father of Light. Life gave birth to Light which is the Father of Revelation. So Progress is the grand-child of Life.
Right from the book of Genesis (Gen.1:1-3), when darkness and confusion held earth in bondage ,we saw:
a. The Spirit life( hovering over the earth’s surface) then
b. The spoken Word , (“let there be Light!”) then
c. Light (which stands for ‘revelation’) then
d. Transformation of the landscape.(into vegetations,livestocks,etc)
Light (Revelation) always comes before Transformation (Progress/Success)
In the light of these, we hereby declare that the Year 2011 shall be:
- A Year of Actionable faith and Divine Acceleration in Jesus Name!
- A Year of Great Speed for you in Jesus name! When you will gather speed in all you do and travel in the speed of light!
- It shall be a year of sweat less work in Jesus Name! A year in which you shall work but you will reap greater profit than the work you did.
It shall be:
- A Year of Exceeding abundant in Jesus Name!.
- A Year of the supernatural intervention as Christ gives you light in Jesus Name! .
- A Year to enter the labour of others in Jesus name!
- A Year to fly without wings in Jesus name!
- A Year of the Eagles’ wings in Jesus name!! You shall fly high but with the supernatural grace of God above all peoples and above all circumstances in Jesus name!
I hear in the Spirit the following words , who are these flying without wings? !
Enjoy your ride on the wing of grace!
May Christ shine on you and cause you to operate with divine speed in all that you do this year in Jesus Name! Amen.
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