At the Anagkazo Bible School graduation, a total of 214 students were appointed as Pastors by Bishop Dag Heward-Mills and released as labourers in the ministry. May we work for the Lord!
What Is Your Name?
My name is Nathaniel Ndianaabasi-Bassey
Nathaniel : GOD’s gift
Ndianaabasi: Close to God
Bassey : A derivation of Abasi (One of the names of God)
And By God’s grace I’m living out my names.
Do you know that whenever your name is called or mentioned, It’s always a prophetic declaration of your entire life and destiny?
We see a lot in the scriptures how names had to be changed for certain people to break into the@fullness of their promises and purposes in life. Abram (Abraham), Sarai (Sarah), Jacob (Israel), Saul (Paul)
Don’t just call your children fancy and trendy names. Your are prophesying their future with their names.
Prayerfully wait on God for names. Even Jesus had to be given a name by God. “31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS”
Luke 1:31.
JESUS – of Hebrew origin (3091); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites:–Jesus.
His name means SALVATION. In His name was his destiny, His assignment, calling and purpose. And He did fulfil every bit of it.
So I ask? WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
By Nathaniel Bassey
‘I Must Denounce This Wickedness Openly’ – Detained Chinese Pastor
Chinese pastor Wang Yi and his wife Jiang Rong, have been arrested alongside 100 church members. They were picked up from the church, their homes or the streets by police during a raid on Sunday. They are accused of subverting state power, and can be sentenced for up to 5 years.
Pastor Wang is being criminally detained. Jiang Rong is under residential surveillance. Their 11 year old son is staying with a relative and they are under 24 hour police surveillance.
Now also arrested, Li Yingqiang, Wang’s assistant, says “persecution is a price worth paying for the LORD.”
The church in China is under grave attack by the government. 8thirty8 team…let’s turn up the prayers for these precious Brothers and Sisters! PLEASE PRAY THEY DO NOT LOSE HEART!!!
“Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6:9
The Mystery Of The Magi – Daniel Kolenda
You’ve heard the story of the three wise men, but what you haven’t heard is the Mystery of the Magi: how a star led them to Jesus and what part they played in this beautiful Christmas Story.
https://www.facebook.com/evangelistkolenda/videos/2252120231473031/
Jesus ’18
I had the honor of preaching the opening service at Jesus 18 with Michael Koulianos and Jessica Koulianos of Jesus Image! It a difficult but necessary message of taking up the cross and following Jesus.
Billy Graham’s Simple Explanation of Christmas
While many of us both give and receive gifts during the Christmas season, God gave us a gift we will never be able to repay. In exchange for our sins and shame, God offered us eternal salvation by sending His son, Jesus Christ, to earth as our Savior. All we can do in return is accept this remarkable gift and pursue a relationship with the greatest gift-giver of all.
As you prepare to spend Christmas with your friends and family, we encourage you to share not only gifts, but also this Good News of undeserved salvation. You can use this archived answer from Billy Graham as a tool for explaining the simple Gospel message this Christmas season.
Q: Yesterday, my 9-year-old son asked me why we celebrate Christmas, and I didn’t know what to tell him, except that it marked Jesus’ birthday. What more could I have said?
A: I’m thankful your son is curious about Christmas, and I hope you’ll do all you can to keep his curiosity alive. One way you can do this is by praying for him, asking God to give him a desire to know Jesus and give his life to Him.
Yes, at Christmas we celebrate the birthday of Jesus more than 2,000 years ago. But who was Jesus? The Bible tells us Jesus was the Son of God, who came down from heaven to give us the greatest gift any person can ever receive—the gift of eternal life. By nature we are separated from God because of our sins, but Jesus came to take away our sins and make us part of God’s family forever. The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
This Christmas, your son will probably receive many gifts from you. You will have done everything possible to give them to him—choosing them, paying for them, wrapping them and offering them to him. But they won’t really be his until he actually takes them and makes them his own.
The same is true with Jesus Christ. God has done everything possible to give us the gift of salvation, but we must accept it by reaching out and inviting Him to come into our lives. If you have never done so, accept God’s Christmas gift to you by turning to Jesus and asking Him to come into your life. And encourage your son to do so, as well.
Church History: Sundar Singh’s Vision Of Christ
Fourteen year old Sundar Singh blamed the Christian God for the death of his mother. He threw filth on his Christian teachers, mocked their Scriptures, and interrupted classes. Then he made an ultimate gesture of scorn. He built a fire and page by page tore up a Bible and burned it. “Although I believed that I had done a very good deed by burning the Bible, I felt unhappy,” he said.
Within three days Sundar Singh could bear his misery no longer. Late at night, on this day December 19, 1903,* he rose and prayed that God reveal himself if he really existed. Otherwise he would throw himself in front of the train which passed by his house. For seven hours Sundar Singh prayed. “O God, if there is a God, reveal thyself to me tonight.” The next train was due at five o’clock in the morning. The hours passed.
Suddenly the room filled with a glow. A man appeared before him. Sundar heard a voice say, “How long will you deny me? I died for you; I have given my life for you.” He saw the man’s hands, pierced by nails.
In that moment he recognized Christ. The boy who had burned the Bible became a man who would endure terrible sufferings for Jesus. He made twenty trips into Tibet, where he met severe persecution.
But first, Sundar had to face his own people. The Sikhs had endured serious opposition in their early history. As a consequence they were fiercely loyal to their faith. Conversion to Christianity was considered treachery. Every effort was made to woo or coerce Sundar Singh back to his ancestral faith.
His father pleaded. An uncle opened a cellar full of treasures. A prince appealed to the boy’s patriotism. His own brother spread lies about him. His former gang hurled muck at him. The mission was attacked. Christians were denied service. A boy who followed Sundar Singh was poisoned to death.
Finally Sundar realized he must break with his people. He cut off the hair he had worn long like every Sikh. Then he was told, “We reject you forever… We shall forget you as if you had never been born. You will leave this house with nothing but the clothes you wear on your back. …” When painful cramps wrenched his gut, he realized that his family had poisoned his last meal. He staggered to a mission hospital.
After his recovery, he donned the yellow robe of India’s holy men. Unlike many gurus, he kept himself clean and did not torture his body. Dressed in his thin yellow robe, Sundar took to the road, preaching the gospel of Christ. Over the years, many were won to faith through him. Even his own father was converted. But in 1929, a sickly Sundar set out for Tibet. He never returned. Nothing was heard from him again.
Texas Middle School Reverses Decision To Prohibit Students From Openly Praying
Months after a group of Honey Grove Middle School students were scolded for praying for a fellow student at lunch, the Texas school has made the decision to permit its students to openly pray once again.
Eighth-grade student Hannah Allen gathered together with a few fellow students back in September to pray for a classmate who had recently been involved in an accident.
Reports say that while meeting during lunch, the group assembled around a vacant table, held hands and prayed.
Not long into the prayer, Principal Lee Frost approached the students and declared, “Y’all don’t do that again,” although the prayer was both initiated and led by the students.
The following day, Principal Frost told Allen and the rest of the group that they were only allowed to pray if they were doing so behind the cafeteria stage curtain, outside or when the gym was vacant.
First Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal organization, swiftly jumped to the students’ defense while contending that Principal Frost’s actions violated their rights.
Keisha Russell, associate counsel for First Liberty Institute, stated the following in a letter: “Students should not have to hide or be exiled to pray for each other. School officials need to remember that students don’t lose their First Amendment rights at the school house gate. We’re hoping this issue can be resolved quickly and easily.”
After receiving the letter from First Liberty, school officials promptly reversed the policy.
Allen and her friends are now allowed to pray in front of other students. The same is true for any other student who would like to pray, on the condition that it is not causing a disruption.
Pleased with this outcome, Russell mentioned: “We are grateful to Honey Grove school district officials for acting swiftly to ensure that students can freely exercise their right to pray.” She continued, “Students are free to pray together at school as long as it’s not disruptive. Our client is very pleased that she and her friends can continue to pray together for each other, their fellow classmates, and their teachers.”
By Sarah Curlee
God Is Raising An Army
THE SCRIPTURE UNION became a very strong force, particularly after the Civil War. A strong revival came out of the war in the East. People turned to God, people sought the face of God.
The revival swept through the South, got into schools and young people began to have tremendous experiences with God. This same thing began to happen in the FCS in the north.
That move became a nationwide thing. The baptism of the Holy Ghost was just coming on board then. Young people knew God, were hungry for God, and wanted to serve God.
Then, if you were a serious Christian, you were called SU. It was such a powerful move that many of the leaders in the church today are products of that SU revival.
That was when they met the Lord and the foundation for Christian service was laid. Then the revival moved into the universities.
THAT WAS WHEN the issues of doctrines began to come in right in the midst of the move. We had several teachers and so many messages that came in. It made people drop out of school because they felt Christ was going to come at such a time.
One of these teachers came to Nigeria. I attended some of his meetings; he was very strong on fasting. He had this book “Atomic Power With God Through Fasting and Prayer”. That was a classic book.
I don’t know whether the book is still available in print now but you know people had these ideas about wanting to fly, practising how to fly in readiness for the rapture. There were teachings on immortality.
I won’t say it was wrong, but the way people took it at the time, many went about teaching people how to smell Jesus, you know, seeing the Glory Cloud. Many funny things came in and caused some brethren to be carried away.
I tell you, people left school and wanted to go to America. People left and were going to meet Jesus in Phoenix Arizona. Even the extremes of the holiness message.
At that time you couldn’t sit beside a sister in a taxi. Sisters will sit this way in the fellowship (and brothers will sit on the other side). You couldn’t shake hands with sisters. Those were the kinds of things they were teaching then.
PA ELTON was just a different minister. He taught us what the kingdom is. He taught us the principles. He had a gospel that imparted society. He taught a gospel that was relevant. He taught us that the gospel can change things; that we can change our society. He taught about integrity, righteousness, and he prayed for the nation. He also taught on prosperity. He taught us about what mammon can do. He also taught on the manifestation of the sons of God, the gifts of the Spirit, and the authority of the believer.
He taught us to go to school. He told us to get higher degrees and one of the reasons I got my PhD was him. In those days, that was not necessary; but he said we should get into the profession, get the best training because we were going to need it in the future to change our society.
He was prophetic in his utterances. He had prophetic insight into what was going to happen in the country; coups and troubles the nation will come into. He said a lot about how the gospel will be promoted. He warned us about prosperity getting out of hand He warned about the American gospel.
He was open, and he was simple. He didn’t take money from us. He paid his own hotel bills. At 70 he was still driving himself. He never chanced anyone for anything. He was a man of means. He was blessed. He had funds.
He had money in foreign exchange but you wouldn’t know it. He supported people and ministries. He was a rallying point for all in ministry. He was a great father, he provided direction.