Author: Deji Okegbile

Path to Leadership Renewal: From Galilee of Comfort to Jordan of Repentance.

Path to Leadership Renewal: From Galilee of Comfort to Jordan of Repentance.

Posted by | Jan 14, 2020 | , |

The Gospel reading from Matthew chapter 3 about the baptism of Jesus is not only informing but a very transforming reflection for our personal and corporate renewal especially at the beginning of the New Year 2020. Jesus, in his baptism, his first action as adult established His identity and commission as God’s anointed agent, Christ, The Saviour, son of David and Abraham, Emmanuel (God with us). The baptism of Jesus mentioned in all four Gospels is about the sinless One submitting to baptism to fulfil all righteousness. Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John....

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REVIVAL, STOPPING SOWING OF LEAVEN: “BEND THE CHURCH AND SAVE THE WORLD.”

REVIVAL, STOPPING SOWING OF LEAVEN: “BEND THE CHURCH AND SAVE THE WORLD.”

Posted by | Jan 10, 2020 | , , |

“I fell on my knees with my arms over the seat in front of me, and the tears freely flowed. I cried, ‘Bend me! Bend me! Bend us!’ What bent me was God commending His love, and I not seeing anything in it to commend” Evans Roberts In continuation of the 95 days Prayer Call for Personal Renewal that connects us through Epiphany – (Jan 6) to the Lenten season (Good Friday – April 10), God spoke to me on the urgent need for the church to arise and overcome Satan’s cure for revival, the sowing of leaven. The...

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2020 Call to Personal Renewal: January 6th (Epiphany) – April 10th (Good Friday), 95 Days Prayer and Fasting.

2020 Call to Personal Renewal: January 6th (Epiphany) – April 10th (Good Friday), 95 Days Prayer and Fasting.

Posted by | Jan 5, 2020 | , |

We are about to enter the third decade of this century and millennium. Looking back, Jan. 1, 2001 opened the 21st century and the start of a new millennium, just as the year 1 A.D. marked the beginning of the Christian calendar; January 1, 2011, opened the second decade and January 1, 2021, will open the third decade. The year 2020 is not just a new year, it is a time for the evaluation of the old decade and preparation for the new decade. The 95 days Call to Personal Renewal connects us through Epiphany – (Jan 6) to...

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CROSSING 2020 ‘JORDANS’: PRIESTS AS CARRIERS OF ARK OF THE COVENANT AND A CONSECRATED CHURCH READY TO STEP OUT IN FAITH.

CROSSING 2020 ‘JORDANS’: PRIESTS AS CARRIERS OF ARK OF THE COVENANT AND A CONSECRATED CHURCH READY TO STEP OUT IN FAITH.

Posted by | Jan 2, 2020 | , , |

We are about to enter the third decade of this century and millennium. Looking back, Jan. 1, 2001 opened the 21st century and the start of a new millennium, just as the year 1 A.D. marked the beginning of the Christian calendar; January 1, 2011, opened the second decade and January 1, 2021, will open the third decade. The year 2020 is not just a new year, it is a time for the evaluation of the old decade and preparation for the new decade. The year 2020 as a crucial year points to completeness, the end of one decade...

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“OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON,” WORST PLACES SERVING BEST PURPOSES: Putting to death ‘a bit of Herod in each of us.’

“OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON,” WORST PLACES SERVING BEST PURPOSES: Putting to death ‘a bit of Herod in each of us.’

Posted by | Dec 30, 2019 | , |

The Gospel reading from Matthew about the redemptive historical purposes of the nation reveals the assurance and plan of the redemptive present and eternal purposes for you and I (Matt 2:15). Matthew’s message resonates with Hosea’s prophecy, ‘which talks about the Exodus of Israel out of Egypt, is fulfilled in Jesus, because Jesus is the embodiment of Israel’ (Hosea 11). Beyond their connected prophetic fulfilment, Matthew and Hosea suggests a robust piece of New Testament theology with ‘an analogical correspondence between the history of the nation Israel and the history of the Messiah.’ The reflection is that, the historical...

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