Author: Deji Okegbile

Pentecost: Means of Renewal, Witness, and Judgement

Pentecost: Means of Renewal, Witness, and Judgement

Posted by | Jun 10, 2022 | |

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. (Acts 1:8). The Acts of the Apostles is a history of Pentecost[1] (Lk 24:49). The greatest need of the Church today ‘in an age of inherited and often nominal church membership’[2] is a renewal of the power of Pentecost. The church must be saved to save the world. Pentecost as means of renewal begins with individuals to save the home, the church and the world. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement had a Pentecost – Holy Spirit moment often referred to as his “Aldersgate warmed-heart experience” that...

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OUR FAITHFUL QUEEN OF PENTECOST: Model of Equipping Anointing-Pentecost.

OUR FAITHFUL QUEEN OF PENTECOST: Model of Equipping Anointing-Pentecost.

Posted by | Jun 8, 2022 | |

By the anointing God makes, blesses, and consecrates me Queen: I am till my dying day “His anointed servant.” In the anointing God creates a new relationship between Himself and me, giving me for my use in this office just those resources of His divine grace which I need to dispose hands and heart and mind to do His will[1] – The Queen Elizabeth ll The anointing of the Holy Spirit is a definite and distinct experience assured and verified by the witness of the Spirit. The experience of the baptism and anointing of the Holy Spirit is distinct...

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QUEEN ELIZABETH II’s PLATINUM JUBILEE: Celebrating the Biblical ideals of Marriage, Home, and Good Government.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II’s PLATINUM JUBILEE: Celebrating the Biblical ideals of Marriage, Home, and Good Government.

Posted by | Jun 2, 2022 | , |

A royal jubilee is a significant milestone in the reign of the sovereign. Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, seven decades of royal history is very spiritual and missional with the Bible as the source of her strength.[1] The Queen said at Christmas in 2002, “I know just how much I rely on my own faith to guide me through the good time and the bad. Each day is a new beginning; I know that the only way to live my life is to try to do what is right, to take the long view, to give of my best in...

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METHODISM, Nigeria Premier Church @180 and Autonomy @60: Indigenised to Decolonise (1).

METHODISM, Nigeria Premier Church @180 and Autonomy @60: Indigenised to Decolonise (1).

Posted by | May 21, 2022 | , |

Worthy is the Lamb! Hallelluyah. This is the year the Lord has made to celebrate Methodism, Nigeria premier church at 180 and autonomy at 60. Methodism to post-colonial people such as Nigerians have a long history as a living cell within the Universal Church. Celebrating Methodism, Nigeria Premier Church at 180 and autonomy at 60 beyond a local adaptation or ceremonial leadership or the spirit of the age that has taken over the church is about becoming a disciple movement who make disciples by precept and example in the world as our parish. Using the words of a pioneer...

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A “NEW COMMANDMENT” TO KNOW JESUS’ DISCIPLES.

A “NEW COMMANDMENT” TO KNOW JESUS’ DISCIPLES.

Posted by | May 18, 2022 | , |

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another – Jn 13:34 The “New Commandment” Jesus refers to here is in the missional sense of renewal, prophetic, and counter-cultural. The context of Jesus’ washing of His disciples’ feet informed the re-issued commandment (Jn 13:2-5). The “New commandment” in this context is not another commandment to love our fellow man. Jesus, after three years with His disciples called the commandment ‘New’ because the disciples already know the old commandment to love our neighbour as ourselves. Leviticus...

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