Author: Deji Okegbile

PRAYING FOR A HOLY CONFERENCING: 2021 BRITISH METHODIST CONFERENCE.

PRAYING FOR A HOLY CONFERENCING: 2021 BRITISH METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Posted by | Jun 23, 2021 | , |

And are we yet alive, And see each other’s face? Glory, and thanks to Jesus give For his almighty grace! When Charles Wesley (1707-1788) first wrote this hymn in 1749, he originally conceived his text in four eight-line stanzas. In 1780, John Wesley included it as six four-line stanzas at the beginning of the section titled, “For the Society … at meeting” in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodist. The original four stanzas represents a missional progression through the Wesleyan “way of salvation.” This hymn suggests what I called “Conferencing” question, ‘And are we...

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Divine Diagnosis: Praying for Labourers for the Plentiful Harvest.

Divine Diagnosis: Praying for Labourers for the Plentiful Harvest.

Posted by | Jun 15, 2021 | |

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest – Matt 9:35-38. Beyond its unholy divisions and racism, the church is facing with many issues today that hinders and declines every facet...

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BATTLE OF THE AGES: Past, Present and Future in Perspective.

BATTLE OF THE AGES: Past, Present and Future in Perspective.

Posted by | Jun 8, 2021 | |

Bookstores and libraries have shelves of books on warfare, battles, demons, the occult, and the devil. The Bible does teach that Satan and his emissaries, the demons are at work in the world affecting people daily. It is impossible to live in this world and escape temptation or evade enticement to evil. In our materialistic world riddled with evil, the Bible’s teaching on spiritual warfare and battle is an urgent appeal to reverse culture of declining moral and biblical literacy.  Battle of the ages is about the positives of the Christian faith bearing in mind, “greater is he that...

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How can Satan cast out Satan?: Overcoming Scribes’ Missional ‘Blind Spot.’

How can Satan cast out Satan?: Overcoming Scribes’ Missional ‘Blind Spot.’

Posted by | Jun 6, 2021 | , , |

Donald Barnhouse in his book, ‘The Invisible War’ said, “The Devil’s cleverest ruse is to make believe that he does not exist.” Satan is a terrible adversary, but the one, Jesus, who is in us as Christians ‘is greater than he who is in the world’ (1Jn 4:4, Rom 8: 35-39). The Lord’s Prayer is meant to be our pattern of prayer. A missional clause in the Lord’s prayer which says “but deliver us from evil” shows us that as we totally dependent on the Spirit, we should pray daily to be delivered and protected from Satan’s assaults (Matt...

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HAVE YOU RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? – Senior Partner to Christian Witnesses.

HAVE YOU RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? – Senior Partner to Christian Witnesses.

Posted by | May 23, 2021 | , |

The Acts of the Apostles that ‘gives us an account of a Church destitute of the Spirit,’[1] begins with a missional promise. Jesus speaks His final words to His men before ascending to heaven. The missional key verse in the book of Acts is “Ye shall receive power” (Acts 1:8). Here, Luke does not relate the baptism in the Spirit to the first experience of personal spiritual salvation. Luke describes the Holy Spirit as senior partner, power that comes upon someone who is already a follower of Jesus Christ, then working within him or her to effectively communicate Christ’s...

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