Prayer (II)

Memory Verse: “…fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” -James 5:17b.

 

Bible Passage: 1Kings 17:1-7

Introduction

MAN is a spirit that has a soul and lives in a body. All three need nutrients. Prayer is to the...

GOD showed Joseph, one of the 12 children of Jacob, what was to happen in the future; how he would be elevated to leadership position and become head of the family.

As a result of this, his brothers hated him and conspired to exterminate him. But...

IT is uncommon for God to speak to someone. The word of God is quite choosy about who it comes to. That God speaks to you is one of the greatest things that could possibly happen in your life. Jonah was a fortunate; the word of the Lord came to...

AGAIN, persons, intent on persecution, attacked the Nigerian Church on Christmas day. Their wish: that the Christian minority lives in constant fear.

Gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, attacked the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) at...

CATHOLIC Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has fingered greed and selfishness as factors behind crises in northern Nigeria.

During an interactive session with reporters, recently, the cleric lamented: “People...

TOMORROW, all Bishops of Church of Nigeria, (Anglican Communion) will be at the Ibru Centre for their 2013 retreat, which will end on Saturday, January 12.

We are thankful to God for this great yearly ritual that spiritually repackages Bishops...

A NEW Year, usually, brings great hope and expectation, new plans and projects, and of course, many wishes and wants. We approach the New Year expecting all the goodness it can deliver and what we can take out of it. We rarely think of our...

“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God…” (Psalm 40:3)

THE young man watched in horror and disbelief as his shop, housing goods worth millions of naira, was razed down by the early morning inferno. Many others, like him...

CONTEMPORARY realities prove that the borders of marriage have been redefined. Same-sex marriage, once a taboo, is making an alarming incursion into several societies. Old-fashioned matrimony, on the other hand, is on the receiving end of...

Two days, and the fading year would fall, as the greener foliage of 2013 takes its place. Some clerics look at the coming months through the windows of divine intuition and declare a few essentials for a successful year. Of course, the need for...

Memory Verse: “O Lord, O Lord, forgive; O Lord hearken and do; defer not, for thy own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name” -Daniel 9:19.

Bible Passage: Daniel 9:1-19

FEW people realise they can alter their...

WE want to see how God used the apostles prophetically. You know we have been trying to show that there are situations and problems that will only and always require prophetic intervention to solve.

Paul was sailing to Rome to appear before...

“And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:21)  “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have...

IN Jeremiah 18:1-6, God used the example of a potter making a vessel of clay to illustrate the extent of His ability to change our situations.

“The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: “Arise and go down to the potter’s house...

IT is most appropriate, this last Sunday of the year, to heave a sigh of relief. Looking at the year, we can appreciate great things God did for us as a nation. The year has featured fuel scarcity, senseless kidnappings, flooding, bombings (often...

THE Catholic Bishop of Kano Diocese, Bishop John Niyiring Namanza, has urged Christians in the northern part of the country not to loose hope because of prevailing insecurity in the region.

The Bishop, who spoke to The Guardian in a telephone...

THE Lord Bishop of Ife Diocese (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. Oluranti Odubogun, has urged Christian workers to show more commitment towards the services of God.

Speaking during the Diocese Advent Ordination of a Deacon, a Priest, four honourary...

THE Provost, Christ Church Cathedral, Marina, Lagos, Very Rev. Pelu Johnson, has urged Christians to prepare themselves for heaven’s trial.

Pelu Johnson, who noted that all human beings would, some day, stand judgment, gave the admonition at...

THE Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Covenant of Peace parish, Ikorodu, Lagos, will hold its yearly 21-day revival programme tagged, ‘Over to God on January 7-21, 2013 at the church auditorium. The event is dedicated to praising God for...

THE depth and scope with which the scripture addresses every aspect of human living is most compelling. It hints at the fact that God is unavoidably interested in what we do with our bodies, and how we lead our lives. For instance, His standard on...