Notable Voices and the Week in Review: January 20, 2018

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Join me January 29, 2018


6 Reminders on the Importance of Pastoral Leadership — Erik Reed

I have pastored The Journey Church for twelve years. In that time, I have found it easier to focus on theology and put leadership as a secondary matter. I created a list several years ago to remind myself how important it was for me as pastor to lead the church well. The list is not exhaustive, but it helped me. I hope they can be of help to others too.

 


Why Worship Pastors and Lead Pastors Should Meet Weekly — Sam Rainer

Every Monday at 4:00 p.m., I meet with both my worship pastors. We review the previous Sunday. We discuss the upcoming Sunday. We laugh together. We hold each other accountable. Sometimes I sing their worship set back to them because I have the voice of a senile cat and it annoys them. This meeting is critical for several reasons.

 


12 Reasons People Stay in a Struggling Church — Chuck Lawless

In our consulting work, we often talk with people who are seriously frustrated with their church – but who stay there anyway. Here are some of the primary reasons folks give us for staying when they don’t like all that’s happening in their church:

 


How Pastors Can Model and Teach What God’s Word Says About Financial Stewardship — Randy Alcorn

How we manage God’s money is a central biblical subject of extreme importance. Hence, financial stewardship should be unapologetically addressed by Christian leaders—we who are called upon…

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Teens’ Open Heavens 20 January 2018 by Pastor Adeboye – Liberty To Sin?

Topic: Liberty To Sin? [Teens’ Open Heavens Saturday 20th, January 2018]

Memorise: For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. – Galatians 5-13

Read: Galatians 5:13-15

13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Bible In One Year: Genesis 46-48, Matthew 14:22-36

MESSAGE:

Operating in the supernatural will naturally attract certain challenges. You cannot please God and Satan at the same time. Anytime you please God you displease the devil. It is impossible for you to operate in the supernatural without attracting the anger or fury of the kingdom of darkness. The more you operate in the supernatural, the greater the attack from your enemy.

When you begin to operate in the supernatural, try and guard against these three things: indiscipline, pride and immorality. If you study the life of Samson, you will realize that without discipline, you cannot go far in the supernatural. It is also very important that you run away from pride. Never get to the point where no one can correct you. Lastly, watch against immorality. Immorality is the fastest way to destroy your destiny. Avoid anyone who tries to make you commit immorality in any form, and avoid friends who do not see anything wrong with immorality. May Satan not get you in Jesus’ name.

Key Point: Indiscipline, pride and immorality should be avoided like plagues.

Hymn 7:

1. I am Thine O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Teens’ Open Heavens 20th January 2018, Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.


Ex-Witch Breaks Down How You’ve Been Exposed to Mind-Control Programming

Ex-witch Beth Eckert says the government began sending out intense waves of Illuminati mind-control programming last November, and we’re still dealing with its effects today.

“Illuminati programming is one of the many specific types of programming geared toward raising a heightened awareness of self,” Eckert says in her latest video.

Watch the clip to understand more.

 

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TREM’s Daily 20 January 2018 Devotional by Dr. Mike Okonkwo – Be A Solution Provider

Topic: Be A Solution Provider [TREM’s Daily Saturday January 20th, 2018]

“Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer” Proverbs 24:26 (KJV)

There is a wisdom that God is releasing upon His people today. And you cannot afford to be left behind. From our text, did you notice the word “EVERY”? Not some men! Not even many! But EVERY MAN! In other words, when God gives you the wisdom to handle the situations in the organisation where you work or gives you the wisdom to create a unique product that solves problems in your industry, every man, including your avowed enemies, will kiss your lips. Why?  It is simply because you have the right answer. There is a ‘right answer’ that God is waiting for you to tap into. You are not expected to live life ordinarily like every other man. You are different. You are unique. You are God’s powerhouse. You are God’s ambassador. You are God’s representative and the difference must be clear wherever you find yourself.

One of the errors of the believer is that we copy things. When we see someone succeeding in an industry, we copy it and run into it. When we hear the testimony of an area of business opening up, we run into it blindly. But beloved, that is not God’s plan for you. He wants you to seek wisdom from His lips. He wants you to live by the proceeding word. He wants you to take instruction from Him. Yes, a brother might be doing well in that particular area of business, your duty is to thank God sincerely for him and then seek the face of God concerning your own area of business. There is a “there” for you. There is a “Goshen” that God has prepared for you but you can only get there by living from the mouth of God – that is the wisdom for today.

I challenge you today to take a quality decision to live from the mouth of God on a daily, hourly and indeed minute-by-minute basis.  I look forward to seeing you at the top because: you will get there in Jesus’ name.

Further Reading: Romans 8:20-21, Matthew 5:16

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Genesis 49-50/ Evening- Matthew 13:31-58

Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.


Trump Administration Opens Office to Protect Healthcare Workers’ Conscience Rights

Trump Administration Opens Office to Protect Healthcare Workers’ Conscience Rights



The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) unveiled a new division Thursday to help ensure healthcare workers can do their jobs without being forced to violate their faith.


The new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division falls under the Office for Civil Rights. Federal statutes protect freedom of conscience and religion but have lacked enforcement over the years. This new wing of HHS seeks to preserve the rights of Americans who do not want to participate in abortion, assisted suicide, or other practices that violate their religious convictions.


“Laws protecting religious freedom and conscience rights are just empty words on paper if they aren’t enforced,” said Office for Civil Rights director Roger Severino.


HHS logged 10 complaints regarding religious freedom violations between 2008 and November 2016, Severino told reporters Wednesday.  Since President Donald Trump’s election, the department recorded 34 complaints to the Office of Civil Rights as more and more healthcare workers feel coerced.


“No one should be forced to choose between helping sick people and living by one’s deepest moral or religious convictions, and the new division will help guarantee that victims of unlawful discrimination find justice,” Severino said.


Former HHS Secretary Tom Price resigned in September and the Senate has yet to confirm Trump’s chosen…

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Our Daily Manna January 20, 2018: ODM devotional: Lord Let Every Evil Hand Wither!

Our Daily Manna January 20, 2018: ODM devotional: Lord Let Every Evil Hand Wither!

Topic: Lord Let Every Evil Hand Wither! [Our Daily Manna ODM Saturday, January 20th, 2018]

Basic Scripture: 1 Kings 13:1-10

In 1 kings 13, a man of God went from Judah to bethel to carry out his ministry assigned by God and this is what the enemy tried to do with his EVIL HAND through king jeroboam see VS 4: so it came to pass when king jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the alter in bethel, that he stretched out his hands from the alter saying “Arrest him!” Then his hand, which he stretched out towards him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.”

Ah this is what will happen to any evil hand that will be stretched out to arrest any area of your life this year. Note:” THEN HIS HANDS WHICH HE STRETCHED OUT TOWARDS HIM, WITHERED” I prophesy: Any evil hand stretched out this year to ARREST YOUR DESTINY or resist, oppose and battle against decoration, promotion fruitfulness, job, open doors, favors and marital testimony shall wither by fire in this fasting programme and beyond in Jesus name.

Ezekiel 30: 19-22 declares “thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD….. I have broken the arm of pharaoh king of Egypt, and lo it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword…… Behold I am against pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms the strong and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Did you get that? The LORD says that this year 2018 He will break the hand of pharaoh and cause the sword to fall out of his hand! Oh! I am dancing already because you will dance this year! Just like the hand of jeroboam withered, your God will stretch forth his mighty hand and break and cut off every EVIL Hand and make their swords (their plans) a disappointment to them in Jesus name!

Determine to complete this fast and sow your” EVIL HAND JUST WITHER SEED” also called the CHANGE OF GARMENT DECORATION SEED in this fasting programme and be at the WORLD ANOINTING CHANGE OF GARMENT DECORATION NIGHT with your prophetic dress/garment/shirt which you will tear that night (not the one you wear to the programme)! Get ready! And pray the DECORATION PSALM that will be sent to you after sowing! WHATSAPP AND EMAIL ARE BETTER AND CONTAIN FULLER PRAYERS than just texts! See page 29 for your account details. This is your year!

TODAY IS DAY 15 OF THIS FASTING PROGRAMME! turn to “WAR AGAINST HAMAN 13” and pray today’s prayers. Then be at the TBS Lagos on Friday January 26th 7pm for the change of garment world anointing night! Bring a second dress that you can afford to tear after prayers! It will be great!

Prayer Points: Take song 2: My hope is built…..

Thank God for today’s word and pray as you are led

LORD LET EVERY EVIL HAND stretch forth against my life, family career business, ministry, wither by fire in Jesus name. Decree that your year will be great and you will not miss the anointing night.

By Bishop (Dr) Chris E. Kwakpovwe (Cek)
Publisher/Writer Of ODM And

Rev (Mrs) Flora E. Kwakpovwe (Fek)
Co-Publisher/Writer Of ODM.