Deji Okegbile

LIVING THE TRINITY

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 11, 2017 | Ministry and Prayer |

The narrative of Donald Trump presidency in American politics, the ongoing Arewa/Biafra declarations in Nigeria, and the background to our hung Parliament result of the General election in Britain speaks to the depth and influential nature of our global divisions, hate, and fears. The world is under a siege of known and unknown fears hence, the need to bind up the broken-hearted, and to bring justice to the oppressed. The Good News on this Trinity Sunday provides us the opportunity to reflect, retell and relive faithfully the story of God creating and redeeming the world. Living the Trinity articulate...

THY KINGDOM COME: Praying Aldersgate (6-11)

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 5, 2017 | Ministry and Prayer |

‘Thy Kingdom Come’ Praying Aldersgate for a witness (6). ‘O what a work hath God begun since his coming to England!’ John Wesley about Peter Boehller. True Christian faith is always accompanied by witness of joy, peace and love in Jesus Christ. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby rightly explained the importance of witnessing and living out the Christian faith. According to him, ‘as a church our effectiveness in living out the calling to be disciples of Jesus and to bear testimony to the good news is reliant on each member fulfilling their vocation as a witness. There is...

THY KINGDOM COME’: Praying Aldersgate (Day 1-5)

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 29, 2017 | Ministry and Prayer |

#DAY1- ‘Thy Kingdom Come’: Praying Aldersgate (1) “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.” ― John Wesley. The ten days global prayer initiative, Thy Kingdom Come’ starting from today Ascension Day to Pentecost Day 4th June, 2017 summons Christians to focus and pray that people might know JESUS CHRIST. The primary hope of this initiative is that people will be transformed through...

PRAYING AND PREACHING ALDERSGATE: ‘Thy Kingdom Come.’

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 24, 2017 | Methodism |

#pray4manchester: O Lord, in Your mercy and power, grant strength and enduring faith to all who are bereaved, injured and traumatised in the Manchester Concert Attack. O Lord, let THY KINGDOM COME to the hearts of all who commit evil in Jesus name. On this day in 1738, John Wesley had his heartwarming experience which set in motion the explosion of the Methodist movement. Wesley’s journal entry from that day is very significant in praying and preaching for continuous conversion of souls. Wesley’s spiritual renaissance at Aldersgate is a reminder of the character and secret of the early Methodist...

ALDERSGATE SUNDAY: INVITATION TO MAKE A CHOICE

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 21, 2017 | Methodism |

The hymn that Charles Wesley and his brother, John sang following John’s personal experience of conversion, ‘Where shall my wondering soul begin?’ at a meeting in Aldersgate Street on 24 May, 1738 provides a clue to one of God’s characters as no respecter of persons. ‘But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted’ (Acts 10:35). In Greek, the word ‘respecter of persons is prosopolemptes in relation to ‘a judge who looks at a man’s face instead of at the facts of the case, and makes a decision based on whether or not he likes the...