DAY 1 - JUNE 9TH, 2022
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION
Rev Chris Oyakhilome Dsc DD
The word Church and Assembly: It means more than something originally intended.
When the word was used, it wasn't in English.
It meant a Called out Group.
Jesus said "I will build my Church": They were called out from the Assembly.
Synagogue represents those who were not necessarily called out, but went.
So when he said "The church at Ephesus. The church at Corinth.. etc",
that's how that meaning came to stay.
The Called out Ones. The Ecclesia.
'Church' wasn't intended to be a name.
Israel was called "The church in the wilderness". They were called out of Egypt and they assembled in the wilderness, to worship Him and to offer Sacrifices.
But they had a name: Israel.
Where did they get the name? From the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham. whose name was Jacob. (This was after Jacob wrestled with God)
But the promise that was given to Jacob had been given to Isaac because it had been given to Abraham.
Israel was the Father of the 12 patriarchs/12 tribes of Israel.
They Inherited the name of their Father, Israel.
Genesis 10:21
The NASB has issues translating this verse.
The principle behind bible translation: They try to stay as much as possible with what is stated there without changing anything.
But there are other verses that give you the understanding of what's correct.
Japhet was the Elder. He was the First born of Noah. Japhet was Older than Shem. But when you are reading in the NASB, it gives you the opposite. That's why just reading different translations doesn't necessarily help you in every aspect.
There are 2 gifts in the Bible that I have to talk about again and again because of the misleading information in the church.
If you merely use language, confirmations and how they line up with your thoughts, it's not going to be Okay.
The 2 gifts of the spirit that He gave to the church:
First the gift of wisdom: a spiritual gift. Because most of the church has had a misunderstanding of that gift, not much has been said about it.
Second gift, is the gift of Knowledge, which incidentally has been so wrongly interpreted.
It is what is named as 'The word of Knowledge" in 1 Cor 12:8
Several times this gift was mentioned, this is the only place where it was called " word of Knowledge".
It is also translated "the Utterance of Knowledge".
The gift where you can know something supernaturally about someone is called PROPHECY.
The more Faith you have, the more of the gift of prophecy you can manifest.
That's the gift God says everyone should go for.
Eber, according to the historical account, when the tower of Babel was being constructed in the days of Nimrod, and God was careful to stop them because He knew that what they were doing was terrible and dangerous... he confused their language, Eber deliberately refused to Join them when they made that decision to construct. They had ulterior and wicked motives. Something about Him stating that He would not Join them; He retained the Original Human language.
The Hebrew language is Named after Eber.
There must have been an original language.
God wrote by himself on a stone for Moses. so what language did he write? And Moses had to teach the people the Law.
Today, the only people with an Original language in History is the Hebrew.
In spite of them being scattered around the world, They came back according to the prophetic language, speaking their language.
All other nations lost their language.
It was protected by prophecy inspite of their many wicked unrighteousness.
They are the children of promise just like us. They were given a covenant. Jesus came from the Jews. Salvation came from the Jews. The scriptures were originally written in the Hebrew language. The apostles were all Hebrews.... Including Paul who was also a Greek. He was primarily Hebrew.
I was telling you about the importance of our praying together in various groups. We grow if we are praying correctly. It's about fellowshipping with the word.
Always be filled with the holy spirit. always have a consciousness of walking with the spirit.
Every cell leader must make it his duty to be filled with the spirit. That is the Christian life. That's what it's supposed to be.
Peter was not filled with the spirit because he needed to do something.
God wanted us to have a perpetual life of victory, success and excellence.
Not once in a while, or when we need it.
How Often Do You Need To Breathe?
You're always breathing
it's a life.
Be filled with the spirit Always!
Ephesians 5:18 KJV, AMPC
The Greek Connotation of that verse means to be continually filled. It's being filled action-wise. The action of being filled continues. Be being filled continuously. Ever be filled. No shortage.
Think what your life would be when you're always filled with the Holy Ghost.
v19: I'm talking to me, and you're talking to you. "The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want". I live in the field of abundance.
If the prices are doubling, It is God making life difficult for the Ungodly.
He is troubling his adversaries. It's not for you. we are always on top.
Remember the ark of Noah. The higher the water, the higher the ark. In the waters of inflation, they get drowned, but we are ever floating. This is beyond positive thinking and positive talking. It's not as mundane as that. We are talking about spiritual reality.
“I believe therefore have I spoken” (2 Corinthians 4:13).
It's coming out of my spirit.
You want to be very successful because you are a Child of God. what does that mean to you? This is no religion. This is a lot!
Some say they are the children of some Monarch in some country. They carry themselves with some dignity because they have a family name. so they are respected by their community or nation, and some, the world.
But do you know their history? How did they get there? How in the world did their blood become royal? some in history Murdered their Master to take over the crown... and everyone submitted and his children were said to have royal blood.
If you read their history, you will wonder how they are Royal.
Royalty is descriptive of some connection to deity. It means there is something divine about the person.
We have the most sublime identity of Royalty of anybody. Ask us about our history, we will be so excited to tell you.
He has made us Kings and priests unto God. We can show you how!
His blood was divine. Hallelujah!!! Gloryyyy!
Born of a virgin, God's son in the flesh. Wow!
We have to understand the spirituality of life. How we came to where we are and why the ministry that's committed to our trust is so important.
Our mentality must be different.
We must think as sons of God!
If you're not trained to think that way, you will think as sons of men. In defeat and unbelief. People will say all kinds of things about you: “they know you, you don’t have the drive; you are weak, you cannot be successful.”
(Pastor Narrates about his friends who didn't believe he had a pastoral
calling/ministry; and as a result created schisms in the assembly, to
discredit him)
Pastor further narrates that he was the only binding force (they all came to know each other and stayed together through him) and yet they claimed that he didn’t have a pastoral ministry. They elected one to be the pastor and another an assistant, and Pastor was made the general secretary. He wasn’t offended, because he knew it was “not by might, not by power, but by my spirit says the Lord”. He was even told to make the announcements in the fellowship, about this pastoral change. which they didn’t or weren’t able to do.
Pastor said “I became “he who has no name”, the Lord was my portion”.
“There was no portfolio to being the general secretary. I was still Brother Christian”.
Many years have come and gone, and where Pastor left them is still where they have been. Apart from the ones that died. The Pastoral ministry has been proven in his life. That is why we are all here.
Ministry is spiritual; and it doesn’t matter that some may not believe in your ability. The question is “can you believe in God? Can you believe in this message that is being shared with you? Can you believe? Can you think the way we have raised you to think? Do not think the other way!”
That’s why you should listen to the messages. They will affect your way of thinking, giving you a mentality. Even your brethren will attest to the change, as they report to you that they’re being asked “are you from Christ Embassy?”. We have a language. And it’s not a rehearsed one, but a language we speak. This is our life. Glory to God!!!
Spiritual. Become spiritually minded. Think like God. It is not a lot to think like God.
Ephesians 5:1:
be imitators of God as dear children. The word imitators is from the Greek MIMETES, which is to copy, as dearly loved children. Dearly loved children mean favorites. How are they favorites? Because they are always around him, so they can easily copy and act like him, and before long, everyone is a split image of him.
If you understand the biology of your eyes that they don’t see, they look.
When we discuss ocular vision, you’d understand the functions of the eyes. The images must be interpreted, otherwise, you’d have images without meaning. It’s like sound without meaning. They have to be interpreted. When there is an interpretation, then the corresponding actions align.
Have you heard of color blindness? This is a proof that something is wrong with the interpretation of what is being seen. Sound can be made and different people interpret it to mean something that aligns with them.
If you’re feeling sleepy, congratulations! Why? Because whatever you were dreaming about, you won. But Blessed are those who are hearing, because they have the materials for the next phase; materials for an expanded life; materials for an expanded vision. The capacity for more.
Hallelujah!!
You know what it is like when you come for a meeting like this. You come in with all that you were before: your capacity, you abilities. But when you leave, you are leaving with more ability, more vision, more grace. Hallelujah!
It is different, whatever your previous accomplishments, now, you can only get better, greater, achieving more.
We started this meeting, talking about building you; your capacity, with you getting bigger, better and greater. This is what God was seeking to accomplish.
Psalms 45:1:
My heart is inditing a good matter:
I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
With my tongue, I write in my spirit. So I can make what I speak a law in the realm of the spirit. It is written.
Be imitators of God. He said “when I speak it doesn’t return void”. His word is so strong that Jesus said “it is written”, and what happened to Satan, he left!
Say “I’m writing!”.
My heart is composing a good matter.
(Moments of prayers)
The lord brought us up for a purpose, for a reason. No wonder he said “count it all Joy when you go through diverse tests” James 1:2
When people go through things, they say they’re going through trying and rough times. Do they think they’re in this world for a picnic? But the scriptures say “count it all joy”, because he is confident of what he made you. All you need is the right material into your spirit, the right association. The wrong people corrupt your spirit, binding you. And then you start talking being attacked by witchcraft and wizardry. Because you hear and receive negative things: bitterness and envy. Your spirit should have no place for such things. “Purify your hearts, you double minded” James 4:8.
Don’t associate with folks who corrupt your mind. It is dangerous for you. Have the right association.
Pastor narrates about how as a young pastor, he would have counseling sessions, in which those that come to him would have negative stories.
In one occasion, after holding two services, some came for counseling, and while they were rehearsing their matters, pastor fell asleep; and they had to leave. After all these negative things, pastor goes on his knees to pray, releasing scriptures to wash his mind from all the negative things.
When people speak, they release informations into the atmosphere, and if they are negative words, they corrupt the atmosphere that was once filled with blessings and beauty.
Remember, Words are spirit. This doesn’t only relate to the words of those who are Christians, it also applies to those who are not. Words can be spirit but carry death. Don’t forget death is a spirit. You shouldn’t allow you to be affected by these things. Many have subjected themselves to the things they’ve heard, forming opinions, even about people they have been told about. The day they meet those they’ve heard about, they react based on the opinions that has been formed in their minds from the things that they heard or have been told.
Jesus said “you are clean through the words I have spoken to you” John 15:3. So you release words to clean yourself and taking a spiritual bath.
Many, very often, have become the manifestation of the things they condemn, Pastors inclusive. The things they sought to heal others of, they became sick of the same. Satan throws missiles of the negative things you have heard. They didn’t understand these simple things.
Feed yourself with the message of faith, when these onslaughts come.
You are responsible for your faith. Don’t let it weaken out. Build it, stir it, strengthen your faith. The tendency of faith is to weaken, just like fire, which burns up its source, next it starts quenching. How do you sustain fire, by adding more materials. Likewise, your faith will not just stay, you have add more material, build it!
Jude 1:20, build on the highest level of faith you have obtained. It shouldn’t be a one time thing. Build from the highest quality of faith that you have ever had, and then move to the next one. Don’t tell stories with your faith. When you are growing, your faith should be that of the fathers: those who know God. It shouldn’t be weakening. Faith is not optimism. Your faith should be stronger today, than it ever was.
Know God, and be known as someone who knows God. Some feel proud for the fact they know a prime minister or a president, but we know the monarch of the universe. He was not elected or appointed.
Hallelujah!!!
There’s a lot to tell you, and we will move it to the next time.
Are you glad you’re a cell leader? Is your cell thriving? Did you multiply your cell?
Pastor thanks cell leaders who send in their reports regularly, alongside
all their exploits with the gospel of our lord Jesus.
The 7billion mandate, is seen as some as audacious, but to us it has become “one of those things”. There was a time certain amount of money was a lot, and having it was audacious, for instance 100 thousand of any currency, was a lot of money, but it’s not so overtime. We have grown by the blessings of the Lord.
There was a time, our goal was 250 million copies of rhapsody around the world. We did and surpassed them, and we moved on.
Structure was necessary for the proper distribution of the rhapsody of
realities, when we set the goal for 1 billion copies, otherwise, there would be a lot of wasted copies. So the need to develop manpower for the effective distribution was necessary. It’s not enough to have the materials, there’s another phase of work for the mobilization.
Outreaches are another aspect that requires these structures. You can desire to use the largest fields or spaces in the area, and pray; but without the structures: ground force mobilization, there will be a large disappointment, as there will be just be empty chairs.
In mobilization for an outreach, it is necessary to have everyone involved; every member of the group should be on board with the vision and message. Having just a handful out of many to carry out a project, would hamper the overall result. Build the capacity of your members to carry out the work, if not, the goal is simply a dream that cannot be accomplished, and you can’t blame God. You need structure and capacity.
The Lord, gave two thousand years for the work of salvation to be complete, why? Because he needed capacity for the work. Our Heavenly Father wasn’t in a hurry, yet he wants us to do the work with haste! Why?
He knows his plan for us is based on a timeline. Hallelujah!!
A whole lot more to say….Stand up to your feet.
SUPER SESSION
Highly Esteemed Pastor Vale Odu-Thomas
EFFECTIVE CELL MEETINGS.
It will shock and surprise you the amount of information that is in the cell ministry manual.
"The cells have different types of meetings however, every meeting has in it, the ability to grow the cell and the church.... "
You have to know what the different activities of the cell are and the role you play in making those activities effective.
.The cell system is not for the cell leader. It is the process of the Ministry that has been given to you as the Pastor to supervisor to process and carry out. .
The Cell Ministry is like a Manufacturing Factory. From raw materials to finished goods, then mass production.
Pastors, take responsibility for the cell meetings.
Each cell meeting is a means to an end. It is part of a process to produce something.
Make sure that everyone is aware of the cell and participates in it. if you run your meetings well, you will be shocked at all the potentials that are in there.
Lift up the level of your meetings.
We have 4 types of meetings.
If a cell leader just comes into the meeting, holds the meeting and leaves, it won't produce lasting result.
1. Prayer and Planning Meeting:
Habakkuk 2:2
If you want people to run with the vision for the month, you must write it down.
Articulate it as the Pastor.
Prov 21:5 (MSG)
The meetings are also leadership development. It's an opportunity for people to be engaged.
When God wants to get you engaged, He gives you a responsibility.
Everyone should attend the Prayer and Planning Meeting. it should have the same attendance as the outreach meeting.
Give them opportunity to fast. Write out the agenda for the meeting and then appoint people. Have a first timers target. Pray for their prayer points. Online or onsite. use 5 minutes to address it. There is no distance in the realm of the spirit.
2. Bible Study Meeting:
Informative, educative and enlightening through the study of the word of God.
If Pastor knows the importance of the Bible study outline, what about you?
Get your members to ask questions.
Every Bible Study Class Teacher is being trained for leadership.
The more you make people like Jesus Christ, the more you become like Jesus Christ.
It produces growth and stability. You will hear that your members language has changed.
The Bible study meeting is meant to strengthen your church.
Grace and Peace is multiplied to you THROUGH KNOWLEDGE.
The way you put your weight behind the cell as the Pastor, will determine the vibrancy of the cell.
Believe the message that you preach. Once you have doubts, you will start having excuses.
"This is God's production machine. Once you enter inside, you will come out as the one that has the message for your generation ".
3. The Outreach Meeting.
You cannot have an outreach meeting without first timers. Ask yourself how many first timers you want . First do an in-reach. Fast and pray for the outreach. Lay hands on the cell leaders. Have banners in church.
We must pray and that's the way we can take over our catchments for the
Lord 7bn is easy. "Everyone here is a door way to a nation of relationships."
You should grow your church without struggle and stress.
Growth is not a miracle. it is an application of a process of a revealed principles and means.
SUPER SESSION
Highly Esteemed Pastor Joy Amenkhienan
COURAGE
1 TIM 6:12
How do we fight?
1. Through prayers.
Eph 6:18-19
Many of the things we read in the bible, we find that this is our lifestyle. Pray always. as a cell leader and. a minister of God. Don't pray just because you have a challenge or a prayer point. Don't let any day pass without praying.
Pray because of the fellowship, because of the thoughts that come to us from the communion.
2. Pray in tongues more. The war is still on.
The Kings of the Bible had to fight several battles. With prayers, you dismantle a lot.
Acts 1:8 AMPC, JUDE 1:20 AMPC
Every time you speak in tongues you increase in efficiency and might. God will open your eyes to see things other cannot see.
3. Affirmations:
1 Sam 17:22-32- 46
The 17 year old told the King not to be afraid.
David had to share his testimonies. David was describing himself before the King.
Don't be afraid of a fight. tear the enemies to pieces.
When you enter a city, share your testimony of what you have done in other cities. They will fear you.
When David spoke words to Goliath, Goliath charged towards him.
When you wake up, what are you saying? open your mouth and talk.
We have dominance through our words.
There may be new policies, but don't bother.
Hebrews 11:3
What do you want to shape in your city?
it's time to talk.
2 Tim 4:7
Courage means starting a fight and finishing it. Don't back out. Don't stop till you finish it.
Hebrews 11:32
Read the word of God to yourself.
"I am set on the course that I must follow".
Create your own aion through your words.
David instigated a fight. Be tough enough to start a fight.
SUPER SESSION
Highly Esteemed Pastor Biodun Lawal
PERFECTING LOCALITY CAPTURE: PERFECTING AND
DOMINATING THROUGH THE CELL MINISTRY.
Number 13:23-33
This is the story of 2 categories of cell leaders.
Cell meetings are not the only purpose of the cell ministry. The purpose of a cell in an area is to capture the whole area for Jesus Christ.
Don’t just have meetings without influencing your environment.
1. Understand the vision of the cell ministry and understand your
catchment area.
Be militant in your thinking, Prayer and Planning. Look at the street)city/environment and say 'we are taking over this environment '.
Use Healing streams
-We must understand our common vision as a ministry
-You must understand that the vision requires urgency
-You must understand your part in the vision.
-Value your part in the vision.(the people in your catchment are part of
the 7billion
- You must appreciate the role of all your members in the vision.
2. Being sensitive to the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit will never step out of his way to help. Be filled with the
spirit of God.
Acts 8:7-22
The ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives is the secret to capturing an
area. .
Ezekiel 11:17-19 (AMPC)
Once you are born again you become sensitive to the spirit. If you want
to do your own thing, He will withdraw and allow you to do what you
want.
1. The holy spirit is a comforter
2. He is a teacher. Allow him teach through you.
3. He is the counselor. Don't counsel without being filled with the spirit
or he will withdraw.
(Samson kept to the instructions of the spirit from when he was young.
His problem wasn't Delilah. his problem was Sleep. Judges 16;19)
Sleep is one of the causes of leadership failure.
He intercedes, He advocates, he is a standby.
Joshua, when he wanted to capture Jericho, had to wait for the leading and instruction of the spirit, Not his experience.
3. The Renewal of your mind:
You cannot capture or transform a locality if you are conformed to them.
Romans 12:2. You can't think like them and expect to win them
Penetration is only possible when you think differently from your
environment.
God has given us a new way of thinking.
2 Tim 2:4.
You are a child of God, carry that mindset with you.
4. Building Capacity:
Luke 14:31-32
Jesus is not talking about numbers here. What he is focusing on is Ability.
You can have 3 members that are able to Capture the city.
Gideon brought people, but God said they were too many. If you have One Adino in your group, He can take up 800.
Develop your brethren to be able to handle a City.
Jesus won the whole world with 12 men.
1 Sam 14:6
Put a winning mindset in your members. Build them up with strength
-Eliminate Sleepers in your group (Luke 9:2 MSG). Sleepers are
members who have been inactive for a long period of time.
Activate the sleepers.
1Kings 19:18- They were the silent majority but they were sleeping ...
5. Understand 4 elements of consideration.
Using the story of the 12 spies.
- Grapes of Eschol. (amazing results that will come out by winning that
catchment )
-Giants (The problems. Giants of discouragement, Delay, Doubt.
Dismay. Difficult
Train them: No delay. no doubting. no discouragement. No dismay. No
Difficulty). Eliminate these Giants from your heart
- Grasshoppers (The way you see your self
-God (Your consideration should be God)
6. Dominate your environment!
Isaiah 54:2-3
The important things about the tent is not the Curtains, but the cord and
the stake holding the cord.
The stakes of your structure and cell meetings.
Don't just expand your tent. Lengthen the Cord and strengthen the stakes.
SUPER SESSION
Highly Esteemed Reverend Ray Okocha
PRAYERS: A SPIRITUAL CULTURE
I walked into a spirit of prayer when I joined this ministry, which has only increased in intensity.
Prayer is a spiritual culture and we must cultivate it in our assemblies (cells, fellowships etc).
In those days, any spare time we had, we were praying.
That's the way we were raised. We yielded ourselves to prayer. No big wonder God is doing what he is doing with us today.
Prayer was a usual, a very common thing to see and behold in those days.
We would be praying and someone would take off running while speaking in tongues.
Pastor had to show us from scripture how that Jesus was driven by the Spirit into the wilderness.
It was regular to see the gift of the Spirit in manifestation.
So many supernatural experiences.
Culture: behavior, belief, ideas, values, code of conduct, language, of a people... (check dictionary)
Any culture that celebrates prayer will inspire the people to be prayerful.
This is what we want to see especially in these last days.
Culture is something you pass on to the next generation. This is how it is with us.
We are a praying people. .
When you pray to God, it shows that you are completely dependent on him to effect any change that you desire. .
Ephesians 6:18
This should be our culture always
Luke 18:1-
Don't Quit, even when you don't see the answer after one year. It took Abraham 25 years to have his son. It took Joseph 13 years of being in prison even after his dreams of Greatness. Don't give up!
When the son of man comes, will he still find Faith on the earth?
Prayer is a culture we must teach and pass on to every one member.
Prayer becomes interesting when we see results from our prayer.
We will use everything that we know God has taught us to make the changes we desire.
Luke 2:36-37: What a culture she imbibed!. She was a woman of prayer. God put this there for a reason.
Look at the Lord Jesus. You see the life of a prayerful man. This was God in a human body. He functioned as man. The way he approached things is the way we should approach things Hebrews 5:7-8 Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with strong tears.
Jesus was always a target and He knew it.
There was a time he was about to be assassinated (they planned to throw him headlong from a hill). If not for prayer, He may not have been saved from that death. It wouldn't have been a sacrifice.
Luke 3:21
How many people have you seen praying when being dipped during baptism?
Mark 1:35
This is how his typical day would begin.
The Lord had a house, but he would get out of the bed, go to a solitary place outside of the House.
That's Discipline.
There is the discipline of prayer before the delight of prayer.
Matthew 14:22-23
Why would God be praying? Because he functioned as a man on earth with a culture and discipline to pray
Luke 9:28-29
It was while praying that He got transfigured. He didn't go there to get transfigured.
This is what happens to us spiritually. When we pray something is happening to our spirit.
John 17: See Jesus' prayer to the Father. See how he gave account for everybody the Lord entrusted him with.
Matthew 26
His final prayers at Gethsemane was under such intense pressure. There was a temptation not to do what God wanted him to do. (He cried "Abba Father, there is nothing Impossible for you to do) But Prayer aligns us to the will and purposes of God for our lives.
The Jewish people already had a culture of prayer because that had to have access to God's presence. They had specific hours where they prayed and they would drop everything they needed to do just to pray.
This is a spiritual culture that we must not only teach but practice We've got to pray.
we must adhere to our times of prayer.
In the early church, they prayed without ceasing.
When you look at Paul, you see a man of Prayer.
2 Tim 1:3-4
That's consistency. This was just one of his disciples he prayed for
NIGHT AND DAY.
Gal 4v19. Colossians 4:12,
Our Prayer meetings must be hot. Given solely to prayers.
We must insist on teaching our brethren and continue in Prayer.