Bishop Prof. Julius O. Soyinka

All glory be to God in the highest, for making us to see the end of June, and the end of the first half of the year 2020 in good conditions, despite the troubles and turbulences all around. Praise God for His goodness and wonderful works over our lives and our families. As we enter into the second half of this year, I bring you the word of God from the Throne of Mercy: Psalms 121:1-8  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. We all need divine help in running the r

UPGA SERMON FOR SUNDAY SERVICE: SERVING GOD WITH A GOOD CONSCIENCE. Study Text: 1 Timothy 1:18 - 20; Acts 23: 1 Introduction: -   Conscience is the power of the mind, by which we distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. -    It is the faculty within us that testifies to us concerning the standards of God, and the things that are acceptable to Him. -    Conscience is an independent witness within us. It is a gift of God and it is indestructible. Conscience functions like a judge within us.    -   It activates guilt internally when the behaviour is evil, and likewise peace when there is a good act. Romans 2: 14 - 15.  -. We shall discuss the topic under three sub-headings: 1. The Purpose of a Good Conscience. 2.  The Pathway to a Good Conscience. 3.  The Products of a Good Conscience. 1.  The Purpose of a Good Conscience:  -   Conscience has many fold functions in our lives.  1.   It points us to what we ought to do.  -    It is an interior sense, which points us to our oblig

UPGA SERMON FOR SUNDAY SERVICE: Steadfastness in the Kingdom Study Text: 1 Corinthians 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Introduction: -   Steadfastness is an essential principle in Christian character. There can be no success nor prosperity in the Christian life when this principle is wanting.  -   Just as Christian fortitude is noble, and pleasing to God, so a lack of steadfastness is ignoble and highly displeasing to God. -  We shall discuss the topic under three sub- headings: 1.  The Explanation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom 2.  The Expectation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom 3.  The Evaluation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom 1.  The Explanation of Steadfastness in the Kingdom: -  To be steadfast and unmovable is to be spiritually grounded. A steadfast person knows what he believes and cannot be “tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown