Sisters Sunday 2012

Theme:

The Woman Of Purpose

The Woman of Purpose;

Vessels of Honour

By

Faith Okoye

Purpose is a course. Life’s direction, a perpetual rain, dream, assignment or vision. To llive for a purpose is to be known for something worthwhile.

A woman of purpose is one who knows her assignment one earth. A woman of character, one who would not jeopardize her relationship with God for anything. She is a vessel unto honour fit for the Master, a virtuous woman. Proverbs 31:10-15.

How to Discover Purpose

a.       By Knowing God: It is important to know that our God is a God of purpose. He never does anything without a purpose. 1John 3:8, John 3:8. Everything that he made was made for a purpose. He has a purpose of making the good ones and the wicked ones. Romans 9:17 tells as that God made Pharoah for the purpose of drowning him to show that he is the Almighty.

b.      By developing your talent: Your talent is like hobby. It is what you are very good at. When you develop your talent. You have a direction.

c.       Do not Be Against Yourself: We can examine the story of Ephraim, who God was with but he was against himself. Deuteronomy 33:17, Hosea 4:17. You are the only one who can frustrate God’s plan for your life. So pray that everything you do should be in accordance with His will.

When a purpose of a thing is unknown, abuse is inevitable. Some people never discover God’s purpose for their lives and failure to achieve your purpose on earth sets you aside and makes you to be replaced. I pray you will not be replace in Jesus name. Amen

Christianity

By

Adeniyi Adeola Adetona (Prayer Force)

What is Christianity?

Christianity is not a religion but a way of life. Living your life to please God is what matters in life not living your life to please man because no matter how hard you try to please man at the end of the day they will never be satisfied.

Always make yourself happy because no one will do it for you. Yesterday that is gone never coming back, so always make the best of it. Look unto God not man. He will take care of you. No one can do a better job than him. God’s ways are not the ways of men. As children of God, we are the heirs of father Abraham. Therefore, we own all the good things. The earth is ours because God has made us gods on earth. A mango seed can only produce a mango. A monkey can only begat a monkey. Same goes for us. God is our heavenly Father so that makes us God’s on earth.

A Virtuous Lady

by

Chukwura Chioma Sanctuary

Who can find?

Her worth is for more than money

Her lamp does not go out at night

Her arm is always open to the poor

She brings joy and peace to all her friends

A woman of noble character,

Who can find?

Her husband has full confidence in her

Her lip is full of wisdom

Her children call her blessed

She is an epitome of womanhood

Charm is deceptive and beauty is vain

But a woman that fears the Lord

Who can find?

The Drama of the Soul

By

Nkese Ikpeme

The soul is immortal, the life within us; untouchable and unbeatable, it is “he” that goes through the journey of life.  Albeit, through the body.

It dances to the tune of our thoughts and bows to the will of our actions.

Sent to the earth by the DIVINE to fulfil a unique purpose. You are soul, think well and act sane, most important, seek the DIVINE SOURCE that you fulfil this divine purpose.

Qualities of Those Who Make A Difference

By

Maureen Ezeoha(Evangelism Dept)

God’s will for each and every one of us is to make a difference on earth. God created each one of us in His image and after his likeness. Yet each of us is different, each one is unique, each one is original.

To be different is to differ or to be unlike somebody or something else. However, it is one thing to be different it is totally different thing to make a difference.  The Bible says Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps because an excellent spirit an excellent spirit was in him and he was therefore set over the whole realm. (Daniel 6:3). Everybody is different, but not everyone will make a difference.

We would make the difference, however only if we would be ready to pay the price? The price to pay is outlines below:

-          They are courageous;

-          They are confident

-          They are adventurous

-          They are selfless

-          They are consonant

The list is endless; people who will make a difference are people who have learnt to overcome their fears, insecurities, selfishness, past and limitations. Putting your faith in the unseen God and in His ability to help you is basic. They have learnt to stay focused and committed to their goals, maintaining a positive attitude and are determined not to give up until they win.

Be an Example...in Speech

By

Arhore Grace

Its nice to say ‘be an example’ but in what areas? Speech is where your credibility is really at stake. 2Timothy says not to let anybody look down on you because...when you speak, your credibility is at stake. The trouble with words is that once they are spoken, their impact is either positive or negative and you can not take them back. You can say you are sorry but you will have to rebuild your credibility with the person you spoke to or about. Psalm 19: 14, “May the words of my mouth and the meditation....”

A careless word may kindle strife;

A cruel word may wreck a life;

A gracious word may soothe the way,

A joyous word may light the day,

A timely word may lessen stress,

A loving word may heat and bless.

...So today let your words be faith building for people to battle with doubt and fear. Comforting for people have wounds you can not see uplifting for people get down with criticism. Calming for God has promised to bless you if are a peace-maker. Character building that you may leave people better off than you met or found them.

PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION

BY

UGWUMBA PRECIOUS

USHERING DEPT.

Prayer is a solemn request or thanksgiving to God. Similarly supplication is a solemn request.

Now, I don’t know why most Christians find prayer difficult. This is one of the best and reliable way of communication with God. “chatting with your heavenly father.” The bible says in Philippians 4:6 “be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication and with thanksgiving let your request be made to God.”

I want to let you know that it is very important. This is a medium you can use to have a close relationship with your father and also to build your spiritual life. This is to say, it is not only in the morning when we wake up because we are obliged to do it but it should  be done regularly to our inconvenience.

We have come to a point now as Christians that we have to ginger God to hear our plea. For example you have a father that is very busy and has three hundred children to carter for, meaning you have to keep remembering him that your school fees is unpaid and you need to make urgent payment.

God is a busy man but He is never to Busy for the righteous in heart, that is his children. Please leaders , I beseech you to pray endlessly. This is the end time and we have to build ourselves spiritually and be close to our Heavenly father:

The beginning and the last

The ancient of days

The giver of life

Omnipotent and omnipresent God

I will stop here for now pray ceaselessly, the kingdom of God is at hand!!!

THE WOMAN AND THE WORD

AKHADEME FAITH AGBONOME

GVMC

In every kingdom there are principles and rules set out by God to teach and direct you into the path he has ordained for your life in order to conform to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ which is the kingdom of light.

A woman is an adult female human being, helper and companion fit for the man {Gen 2:18} a flesh and a special bone taken out of man {Gen 2:23}.

The word of God is the Holy Bible and its teaching. However there are two dimensions of the word : Logos and Rhema. Logos is the written word of God and a born again Christian can get revelation from Logos by the Holy Spirit as clearly seen in {1Cor 2:10}. Rhema is the spoken and quickened word of God {Isa 30:21}.

The word of God without any iota of disbelieve is the weapon of the woman who knows her purpose {1Jn 5:14}, she knows God’s will as she studies the word. The word of God gives worth to her prayer as a Christian and qualifies her for heavenly audience. The word of God is what she needs for every other thing one can ever think of to fall into place because in the scripture, everything is hooked and rooted in it, therefore the word of God is true and never fails.

HOW SHE USES THE WORD

a.       Through the process of meditation {Joshua 1:8} she meditates on the word by pondering in the word, thinking in the word, assimilation in the word, digesting the word, personalize and visualize the word. For profitable meditation she thinks on God’s word {Phil 4:8}, talk God’s word {Eph 4:9} and walk in God’s word {James 1:22-23}.

The foundation of meditation entails: memorizing and keeping the word of God in your heart {Col 3:16} relating the word to your personal life and visualizing the word {Isa 2:1}.

b.      Praying the word: she prays the word by asking in faith what she wants God to do for her {John 1:6-8}, gets the scripture that supports her desires because every desire without a scriptural backing is want and God supplies only our needs not our want, through praise and worship and lastly living the word.

She studies the word effectively by observing the following strategies, determining why she wants to study, choose an appropriate time and place, set some goals for herself maybe for a month as the case maybe, study with the Holy Spirit and share what she had read with someone. Some study tools she uses to study includes a complete bible, bible concordance, bible commentaries, a note and a pen.

The woman of purpose understands that the measure of her faith and power is directly proportional to the amount of God’s word she has in her. The word of God is a powerful weapon restricted to those who are born again. As you discover your purpose today, stay rooted in God’s word obeying {Joshua 1:8} get connected to the source and experience heaven on earth.

LORD I'M AVAILABLE TO YOU

You gave me my hands

To reach out of man

To show him your love

And your perfect plan

You gave me my ears

I can hear your voice so dear

I can hear the cries of sinners

But can I away their tears

You gave me my voice, to speak your word

, to sing forth your praise to those who never heard

but with my eyes I see a need for availability

I’ve seen hearts that have been broken so many people to be free.

CHORUS

Lord I'm available to you

My will I give to you

I’ll do what you say do, use me Lord

And enable me to save

My storage is empty

And I am available to you

Now I'm giving back to you

All the tools you gave to me

My hands, my ears, my voice, my ears

So you can use them as you please

Now I’ve emptied out my cup

So that you can fill it up

Now I'm free, I just want to be more available to you.

Use me LORD (4x)

Use me.

MESSAGE

This song is encouraging and admonishing us to make ourselves available for God’s use and not just available but furnished, prepared and covered as a vessel for a noble purpose...

GOD BLESS YOU

SONG MINISTRATION FROM SISTER’S CORD

WORDS

by

SIAISIAI ANN EBISIDOR

PRAYER FORCE.

Words, could be either spoken or written. You as an individual should mind the words you say to people and also mind the word you accept from people. As a child of God, you words must be motivational, captivating and elevating at all times. As a matter of fact, people are waiting to hear what comes out of your mouth because even the Bible says “A man is justified by the words of his mouth”.

Many give up on themselves as a result of words that have been spoken to them......... Many weep and refuse to smile because they feel there is no need to do so. Your words are powerful , use them “WISELY”.

PURPOSE IS PURPOSE

By

Aniema Ekpo (GVMC)

Everyone is created for a pupose. Eveeryone of us! God has plans fpr you. Big plans. For you to know His purpose and plans for your life, you must not leave Him because you cannot fulfil your purpose outside Christ. Where there is no purpose, there will be no self control, no moral conviction and no ethical boundaries. A life without direction or purpse is a life of mediocrity and failure. A definite purpose produces definite results.

If God has great plans for your life, which I know He does, He will pass you through certain refining moments that the folks who are jealous of you might die inside. The difference between bronze, silver, gold and diamond is simply the process of refinement each went through. I realise that one of the ways God protects your dream is to take you through struggles and pains, maturing you therewith for your purpose.

A wise fellow once said, “When things go wrong as they sometimes will, when the funds are low and the debts are high. And you want to smile but you have to sigh, when care is pressing you down a bit. Rest if you must but do not quit. Success is failure turned inside out. The silver tint on the clouds of doubt; And you can never tell how close you are. It may be near when it seems so far. So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit, “It is when things go wrong that you must not quit.”

KNOWING HIS WILL

By

Ibeafu Blessing

“For I came down from heaven not to do mine own will but the will of Him that sent me”(John 6:38)

Man proposes and God disposes is a very popular saying familiar with us but we really do not understand what it means. People generally are concerned material things, earthly possessions and other material things but all these things do not glorify God and they tend to forget the importance of God in their lives. In the above verse, even Jesus recognize that in order for him to fulfil his purpose on earth, he had let go and let God. He recognized that he could not just do whatever he wanted without fulfilling the will of God concerning his life. It takes a lot to understand the will of God. First, we must have a stable relationship with God in order for Him to be able to reveal several things to us, we need to always communicate with the holy spirit and ask him for understanding and direction of whatever message we receive from God. We must be able to learn and listen also prayer to very necessary.

One secret to praying better is to emphasize God’s will, not your will. When you communicate with God, you should not demand what you want, but rather discuss with Him

                  DRAMA MESSAGE

TOPIC -         DISTINGUISHED FOR EXCELLENCE

                        DAUGHTERS OF ZION!

                        MEN OF VALOUR!

Now remember that vengeance is unto the Lord. Leaving to let go of the past and pressing on for the future is just the best. Our past may explain the reason we feel so much hurt and pain but the past is not an excuse to wallow in bondage. Whoever did not make it to your present day is not meant to be part of your today; so let go and let God.

You also need to take a stand in God. Hold on strongly to what you believe and never compromise. The bible says in  {Pro 27:8} that as a bird wonders from its nest, so is a man who wonders from his place.

Finally, marriage is a blessing, bed – undefiled. Keep your bodies for yourself, for God and not for your boyfriend/girlfriend, not for your fiancé/fiancée but for that wonderful spouse God is sending your way as a life partner. As you do this the best awaits you. Keep on believing and never quit trusting in HIM...

DRAMA MESSAGE FROM SISTERS’ CORD

SAVED BY THE BLOOD

by

IGBOGIDI OGHENEKOME

OREVA

EVANGELISM DEPT

Do we really understand the word “THE BLOOD OF JESUS” the blood which was shed on the cross, the blood that brings liberation, joy, peace, salvation, protection, health. Do you know that Jesus passed through pains for us to have joy, poverty for us to be rich, weakness for our strength. Why then are we covered in pains, worries, fear, future? The blood of Jesus is a strong weapon against the world of darkness.

I never understood what it meant by the blood of Jesus, although I always say it until one day.............. I had a quarrel with my sister when I noticed she was going astray, if I don’t correct her now it would be difficult in the future. I tried talking to her about her friends and how they will lead her only to destruction. She got annoyed and told me I was neither better. I became angry and slapped her. Close to her was a bottle I didn’t notice as we started fighting she threw the bottle at me and it pierced my chest. I fell battling with life, was rushed to the hospital. Lying on the stretcher on a pool of blood was myself seeing things faintly and I cried “BLOOD OF JESUS SAVE MY SOUL.”

Suddenly everything became calm, I was standing alone when I tried holding myself out of fear my hands passed through me. I realised what I was told “when you die the spirit leaves the body to its maker” only then I realised I was dead.

As I stood there with fear, I saw an angel in white standing before me with a book. He read through my days on earth, my last hour before I died and how I used abusive words on my sister. He told me “depart from me, you have no place here” I started begging and crying for mercy. As the angel was leading away, I heard a voice STOP. He told the angel the last hour of my life was rough but before she died she said “BLOOD OF JESUS SAVE MY SOUL” and at that moment her sins were forgiven. He turned to me and said “my child you are welcome to my bosom.” As I turned I discovered it was all a dream.

Brethren in the Lord I just want to use my life as a testimony to tell us that we are not guaranteed for total liberation until we are under the BLOOD {Heb 9:14-18}.

Redemption outside the blood is limitation. The BLOOD of JESUS through the eternal spirit cleans us from all acts that lead to death and brings us to eternal life.

what He wants form you. If we align our prayers to his will, he will listen and you can be sure that if he listens, he will give a definite answer(1John 5:14).

However since God is Omniscient and since He only desires the best for His children. If He does not give us what we ask fir, it can only mean that it would not be good for us to have it. We may not always understand why God does the things He does, but we can have assurance in knowing that everything God does is perfect.