PRAISE THE LORD! AMEN. The whole of 2017 is devoted to the Major Theme of Family [ Joshua 24:15] and in his Exposition to the three (3) ASC Congregations, The Very Revd Canon Michael Mukhwana who is the Provost for the Cathedral expounded the sub Theme: “The Marriage Covenant”. The Provost explained the following: How do we make[…]

Wait on the Lord

Text: Psalm 27:1-14. “Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!” verse 14. It is important after you have prayed to God, to give Him time to answer. Look at King David, anointed at the age of 16, but never got the throne until he was thirty years. Waiting on[…]

Pray earnestly

Text: Hebrews 5: 1-10. “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence”, verse 7. As a Christian, many times you will face trials not because you want to suffer but to[…]

Develop a prolonged time of prayer

Text: Deuteronomy 9:13-29. “So I lay prostrate before the LORD for these forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you”, verse 25. You can have a prolonged time of prayer especially when you are praying for one specific item or area. You may even repeat the same request for several times [see 2[…]

Obedience

Text: Psalm 66:1-20. “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened”, verse 18. You need to obey the leading of the Holy Spirit so that you repent whatever the Holy Spirit points to as sin. You realize that an effective prayer and holy living go together. Reflect on verse 18, is[…]

ACP Update (Sunday 15th January 2017)

Happy New Y ear 2017! We are remaining with 47 days to begin construction of Phase 2 of the new Sanctuary. The ACP Team extends gratitude and blessings for all the contributions, prayers and desire to raise the sanctuary of God. Below are the milestones of ACP for 2016 The target of raising 1BN was[…]

Good morning Saints. I trust that with the Lord being in charge of our lives, we have had great week, as we try to figure out what the Lord is saying to us, at the start of the year. This Sunday, we will concern ourselves with establishing a godly family. I am sure some of us are already[…]

Pray with faith

Text: Mark 11:20-25. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours,” verse 24. Pray with faith and confess positively, (remembering, of course, our lesson from yesterday!). Reflect on verse 24, how is it encouraging you and how are you going to apply it to your[…]

Pray according to God’s will

Text: 1 John 5: 1-15. “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him”, verses 14-15. God’s will is that[…]

Pray only through Jesus Christ

Text: 1Timothy 2:1-15. “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” verse 5. By nature we are rebellious and hostile to God. It is only through Jesus Christ, the mediator who connects us to God because we are naturally alienated or estranged from God because of our sinful nature.[…]