Bishop Prof. Julius O. Soyinka

TOPIC: THE LIFE AFTER DEATH. TEXT: REV. 14:13. AND I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them. KJV  If you try to meditate on this scripture, you will know that our lives do not end in the grave. When God made man, he breathed into him his eternal spirit which cannot die. At death only the body decays in the grave. Death looks very dreadful and everyone is afraid of it. It defeats and the dead has lost the battle of life. The Bible says that those who die in the Lord should be envied and celebrated. We should not be sorrowful over those who die in Christ. If you want to be celebrated at death then you must be born again and live the rest of your life for Jesus. DEATH is the doorway to three things.  1. To rest. They cease from their labours. Life here on earth is filled with activities but no more in the grave. Those

TOPIC: SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST WITH OTHERS Main Text: Mathew 14: 31-36 Memory Verse Text: Mathew 14: 35 No Christian can live successfully who does not constantly and systematically seek to share the love of the Lord Jesus Christ with those who do not know Him, and no Christian will ever begin to do this until he or she feels a real concern, a burden for the salvation of the multitudes of men and women who are lost (Luke 19:10), condemned already (John 3:18), and are under the wrath of God (John 3:36).  Do you feel any concern for the lost?  Have you any passion for souls?  Are you burdened as you think of your loved ones and friends and of the thousands of others who are not saved?  If we ask the question: What is the real need of the lost? – How does this portion of scripture answer it?  It tells us three things about the people of that day which are true of people today. 1. They were Diseased  Many people today may be religious, respectable and living morally decent and upright l

Glory be to God in the highest for bringing us to the last month in the year   2019. With confidence in His Word and His power, we shall surely see the end and cross over to the new year by His grace and mercy in Jesus name. Letter 12 represents covenant: The Lord  will remember His covenant and honour your life. HE will remember His promises and visit your situations. He will once again remember His words and give you victory over all your challenges and trials, in Jesus name. It also represents foundation: The Lord will shake and destroy every faulty foundation of your life and that is fighting your glory and destiny in Jesus name. He will remain a sure foundation for your life in every area for uncommon breakthrough In Jesus name.  It also separate the night and the day: The Bible says weeping may endure till the night, but joy comes in the morning. The Lord will end weeping, sorrow and shame in your life and give you a new song of victory, celebration and jubilation in Jesus name.

TOPIC: TRIUMPHING IN TROUBLE TIMES Main Text: 1 Samuel 30: 1-6 Memory Verse Text: 1 Samuel 30: 6 Trouble is no respecter of persons (Job 5:7; 14:1).  Maybe you are passing through a time of trouble now?  If so, there is help in the word of God for you. And if you are not in the midst of trouble today, here is ministry in advance which will prepare you for some future day, for trouble comes to us all, and it is a good thing when we know what to do in a time of trouble.  Let us learn from the situation and attitude of David: 1. David’s trouble was very real. How does your trouble compare with his?  Does yours have to do with some great loss in your life; is it connected with your loved ones; is it so great that you have wept until you have had no more power to weep?  How real our troubles are!  There is nothing imaginary about them, and it is not wrong to weep and to find relief in this way (John 11:35). 2. David was in trouble although he was a child of God. Because we are Christians we

TOPIC: EXPERIENCING FULLNESS OF JOY Main Text: John 15: 1-11 Memory Verse Text: John 15: 11 Too often we are sad, gloomy and dejected; but as Christians we ought to be joyful in everything – Philippians 4:4 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16.  The A-to-Z of our Christian experience should be marked by joy: joy at conversion (Acts 8:39); joy when reading God’s Holy Word (Jeremiah 15:16); joy in prayer (John 16:24); joy in the midst of trials (James 1:2); joy when suffering (Acts 5:41); joy when serving (2 Corinthians 1:24); and joy at the journey’s end (Hebrews 12:22). Let us take note of the following points: 1. The Christian life is the life of the Lord Jesus Christ in a man or a woman –  Galatians 2:20.  Christian joy is Christ’s joy in a Christian, and this means that this deep-down, abiding joy is not found anywhere else except in Him 2. Our joy is not an intermittent experience, but a permanent one.  It is a joy which is unaffected by circumstances – see what the Lord said to His disciples

TOPIC: THE PROMISE OF PERFECT PEACE Main Text: Isaiah 26: 1-4 Memory Verse Text: Isaiah 26: 3 There is no promise anywhere in the Bible which encourages us to believe that while we are in our earthly bodies we shall experience freedom from trouble; but there is something far better – there is the promise of peace in the midst of trouble.  Of what value would freedom from trouble be if we had no inward peace?  Yet how wonderful it is that in the midst of the fiercest battle, and while the storm is at its height, the trusting soul may experience inward peace, a deep down calm and a quiet confidence!  But what is perfect peace?  Can we define it?  Yes, it is a condition of freedom from disturbance within the soul; it is perfect harmony reigning within.   1. The Hebrew word “shalom” has in it the idea of soundness of health, so that to be filled with perfect peace is to be spiritually healthy and free from all discord within the soul.  2.  There can be no room for jealousy, envy, disconten

TOPIC: DISCOVERING THE PURPOSE OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE Main Text: Acts 9: 1-9 Memory Verse Text: Acts 9:6 We shall base this study upon the question asked by Saul of Tarsus at the very moment of his new birth:  "What shall I do, Lord?”  Did Saul’s conversion just “happen”?; was it by “chance” that he was suddenly converted on the Damascus road, or was it according to a divine plan and purpose?   Acts 9:15 tells us that it certainly was “according to plan” – God’s plan.  But has God a plan for my life?  If so, how may I know it and what is involved in finding it?  There are three characteristics of God’s plan for our lives: (1) It is a personal plan.  Notice the personal pronouns – “you” and “me” in Acts 9:4.   There is no one else in the world like you, and therefore God’s plan for you is unique and personal – just for you!  He has a purpose to fulfil in and with your life which cannot be fulfilled in and with the life of any other person. (2) It is a perfect plan.  In Romans 12:2 (w