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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

The Art of Thanksgiving



         I received a broadcast message from a dear minister of the gospel and it was quite profound; perfect for the moment: A grace-full heart is always a grateful heart; you can’t be guilty and remain thankful at the same time. Stay thankful.

         Generally, we need to learn to be thankful, not just to God but also to others. When someone does something for you, be thankful to them. It isn’t a sign of weakness, it is strength. We need to have a different attitude towards thanksgiving. Many people find it hard to even give thanks to God in church, showing that they do not practice it in their personal times of fellowship with God. They spend so much time praying and so little time thanking Him. Giving God praise should be natural for you for without thanksgiving, it is not possible to walk in faith and walk in the grace of God. A sign of sin-consciousness and guilt is ingratitude. When a man’s heart is full of the grace of God and He is conscious of the sacrifice of Jesus, he will not see the storms of life. This way, he magnifies Jesus above all else. Do not magnify your problems above the solution, which is Jesus. He is above all, and He lives in you. This is why we give thanks – because we know that whatever comes, we have overcome already.

       Learn to be grateful. Read the book of Psalms, say the thankful words of the psalmist to God and give Him praise. You should not wait until there is a physical manifestation of your desires before you give Him thanks.

        People without a grateful heart do not appreciate even the little things of life because they are always looking for the next big thing and not valuing the things they are already enjoying. That is living life from a negative place; if you keep looking for wrongs, you will find them for they are plenteous.

           You will keep the fire of God burning in your heart by being thankful. Don’t make spiritual things common in your eyes. They once made meaning to you because your heart was grateful and you found them precious; they will continue to make meaning to you if you remain grateful and hold them precious. Gratitude requires conscious effort; you decide to be grateful and stay grateful. It is an attitude that affects every area of your life. It is a winning attitude.

           Righteous people are thankful people because their eyes are on Jesus and they do not complain. They recognise that their problems do not come from God but from the devil. In Mark 4, the Bible tells us that affliction and persecution arise for the Word sake.  They see that God, who loves them, is the One with the solution and these problems simply come from the devil to take their eyes off of God’s grace.

          
People fail to give God thanks when their eyes are on themselves. You will find it difficult to give God thanks when you keep looking at your inadequacies, your mistakes and your problems. Guilt and condemnation will keep you in a place where you are not able to see the grace of God and you only see your faults. Keep your eyes on Jesus; your heart will be full of gratitude to God.

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

COMPANY OF THE GREAT: ...THAT I MAY WIN CHRIST...

COMPANY OF THE GREAT: ...THAT I MAY WIN CHRIST...

...THAT I MAY WIN CHRIST...


If there is any achievement to be had in life, it is to win Christ. For when yiu win Christ, you have won all things. To win Christ is to know Him and to pursue His life and His own.

Jesus Christ does not want you as a slave: He set you free from slavery. He wants you of your own volition, in response to His love. He wants you as a love slave, willing to follow Him to whatever ends He may go and at whatever cost to you.

Let Christ be the regulator of your life; lay down self and allow Him to motivate and move you. Forget about your past and your pedigree; gain Him. In Christ, all things consist. All you need is in Him and He is in you. Let your heart be moved by Him and take up your cross.

Kiss your past goodbye. So long to your human credentials. Christ has saved you from all that. Forget your failures of yesterday. Dont brag on your successes either; forget them too. Christ is your mark, your definition and your life. Keep Him in the centre where He belongs.

by Pastor Adah IGAH.

Sunday, 18 January 2015

OUR BLOOD COMMITMENT

We stay committed to God's grace, committed to the Gospel, committed to being led & the leadings of the Spirit, committed to what God has called us to do: 1day, 3days, 6months, 5years, 7years, 25years, 50years. For the rest of our lives & for all eternity we stay committed to this blood life, to this sacrifice, to this grace, yielded to the Spirit, looking foolish to the natural man but working in the wisdom & the counsel of the Almighty. Even when we stumble, we stand up & stand by our sacrifice because our sins are forgiven. As for me, there's no other life than eternal life; Zoe, the God life,the faith life. I have cast my life away & recieved His: the life of God, the life of the great, the life of champions, and as many of you as want to join in, Welcome to the Company of the Great! It's TAKE OVER TIME!!!

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.

Your sins are forgiven. You are perfect and complete in Christ, not by your works or self-effort. So get the idea of perfection out of your mind, for to attain the level of perfection you seek in the flesh, your life will be a vicious cycle of do's and don'ts that will keep you stagnant and miserable. Romans 4:5 portrays a gracious act of God: He justifies the ungodly. Only God can do this. And this is His heartbeat in the New Testament- to justify the ungodly and to forgive sins. Glory to God! So cease from your self effort, your works and your worries. Stop trying to achieve success by your goodness and stop thinking you are a failure because of sin. If you are born again, your sins are forgiven. And if you are not, your sins are forgiven as well, simply believe and it will begin to work for you. Your success is a result of God's grace; there is none of you involved. Exalt the finished works of Jesus above your adequacies and your shortcomings. Let yourself go. You will see explosions of His goodness and might once you begin to see that all things work by His grace and you begin to walk in His grace. Your sins are forgiven.


Friday, 2 January 2015

2015 Prophecy




HAPPY NEW YEAR!



Isaiah 54:1-3
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.


Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left;
and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

You are all welcome to this great year the Lord has prepared for us. He is faithful and in His Grace and goodness, we have obtained mercy to see and experience 2015. We give Him praise and glory forever.


2015 is a year of breaking forth on all sides for us; it is a year in which our lives will be signs and wonders. I see us breaking forth so much on every side that men will not be able to join the dots of our lives. I see a mighty supply of the Spirit of Christ through us; not just upon us but through us. There is a mighty supply! Oh! There are great outpourings of the Spirit; a great harvest of souls; a mighty supply of finance to the body of Christ.

I hear in my heart, “This is the beginning: 2015 is the open door; the beginning of this mighty move! Hahaha! Joy unspeakable; manifestations of glory; God’s will fully consummated... wow! Great days! Great days! GREAT DAYS!”

1 Corinthians 16:9

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.


The opposition of the enemy will be great but the victory is assured! So arm yourself with the truth of the gospel and enjoy the grace God has gotten for us this year 2015. Break forth into singing and shouting for there is a breaking forth on every side for you. The key to breakthrough is consistency. Be committed and consistent with the revelation God has given you, acting on them.


Some are willing to give up on what God has shown and asked them to do after two days, two weeks or two months. That's not the spirit of commitment. You need to keep at it. Stay with it. Be consistent with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and keep at it.
I see 'breaking forth' and 'breaking through' in 2015. I see the impossible things made possible. I see joy and laughter. I see great days. There is a mighty supply. There are great oppositions, but I see the miraculous taking place for us and our victory assured. There is a mighty out pouring; there are open heavens hence, the opposition becomes nothing, diminishing to its end. Glory!

Happy New Year.
We love you.

Rev. Arome Adah
General Overseer
Savannah Ministries

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

2015 - WORDS FROM PST ADAH



RUNNING IN 2015


Keep the tongues in your mouth. Make demands on the movings of the Spirit. 
There are workings of miracles. There is a power surge, causing forceful advancement & a breaking forth. 
The spotlights of heaven are upon you. It’s a different year, a year of speed, increase, multiplication, sudden surprises everywhere.
 Let go of the wheels, move over, the Holy Ghost has taken over. Things will happen so fast, you will literally be saying, “God slow down, slow down please, and let me catch up.”
 Explosions of His Almightiness, it’s a different year, it’s not the year 4 the norms, it’s the year of breaking into new grounds, new levels of victory, enjoying great days! 
Dance sing & shout 4 the Lord. Has done you well & has done all things well. Glory!!! Hahahahaha!!!  
Get drunk in the Holy Ghost. Stay & keep getting drunk in the Holy Ghost & like it has been said to us by His prophet, I see a breaking forth & breaking through in 2015; mighty supply! Stay & keep drunk in the Holy Ghost. Let the words flow forth, let the Spirit of Grace bubble & spring forth, there are new things indeed. See them, rejoice & be glad! God loves you dearly.

BY:PST ADAH IGAH
Asst Director of Churches.

Monday, 29 December 2014

GRAET DAYS



Rev Arome E. Adah
I can see great days; glorious days.
I can see days of rejoicing; beautiful days.
I can see days of gathering; days of harvest...HARVEST!!!
Days of great harvest; days of harvest exponentially.
I can see days of men's eyes being on you(me)
and the spotlights being on you(me).
Men are coming from all around 
and it will be said as it was said in the days of Jesus,
"All men seek thee", so men will seek you(me).
Great days, great days, great days!
I can see great days ahead of us.
"Days of clapping" saith God,
"Days of dancing, days of festivity, days of celebration."
GLORY!!!!
"Days of celebration, days of beauty for ashes, days of celebration for morning.
For the days of morning are over," saith God.
"the times we are in are times of celebration,times of rejoicing,
times of gathering, times of harvest," saith God.
"times of harvest, times of great harvest, times of the spotlight being on you(me),
times when all men will seek you(me).
Men will seek you(me)because of what God has activated in your(my) life.
People will come from near and far and 
will be willing to pay anything to have you(me) come to them".
i see wealth being transferred.
GLORY TO GOD...

This is a prophesy given by our General Overseer, Rev Arome E. Adah. I believe it and decided to make it a post on this blog.
In his book Great Days... He highlighted four things God wants us to know
about great days...
  1.  We fix our eyes on Jesus....(if we base the success of anything we are doing on the work of our hands, we will fail)
  2. No matter what, Keep Rejoicing...
  3. These things will happen by the manifestation of the Spirit
  4. We sow our seeds.




2014 EVENTS @ SGC MAKURDI



2014 EVENTS @ SGC MAKURDI

It is the end of the year and it is the most natural thing to look back over the events and happenings of the year 2014, counting our blessings and giving God thanks for all. At Savannah Grace Chapel Makurdi it has been quite the eventful year. God has been faithful. Check out how sweet our year has been:

·         January
We kicked off the year with a great New Year Service -Notable Overflow and The Lord Is Our Help! Indeed He was our help as we continued with our annual prayer cruise and our very first edition of Savannah Ministries Bible School Volume 1 with a little over 25 people in attendance. And we had instructors come from Headquarters too. 

·         February
The month of February saw us moving church venues – from a smaller place to a more spacious hall. Also, we had an unplanned but wonderfully pleasant visit from our dear General Overseer, Reverend Arome Adah. We also had two notable birthdays: Ojoma and Isaac. Beautiful month, I’ll say!

·         March
The month of March saw us moving venues again – to a better venue, of course. We also had our Easter-Thanksgiving Service. It was a great service as we broke bread and gave thanks to God with dancing, celebration, offerings and great rejoicing. 

·         April
We had 2 fellowships start up this month: Interdenominational Christian Fellowship at Nigerian French Language Village, Badagry by our brother Isaac Oche, and Savannah Grace Fellowship, Afe Babalola University by our brother and the present co-ordinator, Daniel Obekpa. The Gospel is reaching to the very ends of the earth, Glory to God.

·         May
In the extraordinary month of May, we hosted our Special Sunday Services. It was a wonderful five weeks as we enjoyed diverse ministries and church took a different turn with the Jersey Service, the Newsroom Service and the Red Carpet Service. We enjoyed the ministry of Pastor Segun from Father’s Delight Ministry, Zaria, Wing Commander David Osuh Amuneni and Pastor Mrs Jennifer Tokula from Christ Family Ministries. Yes indeed, church was packed in May and every single person had an experience. Glory!

·         June
Virtuous Ladies! Yes. Our Virtuous Ladies fellowship held her very first Ladies Convention and it was super awesome to say the least. We had ministering to us Mrs Ifejola Opara, and even the brothers were blessed. God is faithful. And of course, our Virtuous Ladies head had her birthday in June as well. God is faithful.

·         July.
The mushy but happy month of July had us holding our Pastor’s Appreciation Day. We packed much appreciation in that one day, not without much emotion and tears, for our dear Pastor, Pastor Adah Igah; an inexplicably huge blessing to us all. We also celebrated his birthday in July. Church office officially opened in July as well. It was simply getting better with the progress of the year.

·         August
Our biggest event for the year, Miracle and Healing Convention Makurdi, took place in the month of August. It was such an explosion. We had with us our General Overseer, Reverend Arome Adah and the President of Gloryland Ministries, Reverend Emma Opara. There were loads of testimonies, our finances shot to the sky and we released our first church bulletin. Great days!

·         October
As we trusted for church planting, we reached our tentacles out to Lafia and hosted Miracle and Healing Convention Lafia. Our General Overseer, Reverend Arome Adah was powerfully present and he declared the church in Lafia open. So, also, Savannah Grace Chapel Lafia happened in October 2014.

·         November
2014 was a year of firsts for us at SGC Makurdi. The fellowship at Afe Babalola University hosted her first meeting, Moments With the King, with Pastor Deji and Minister Ozo Opara from SGC Abuja. It was a mighty meeting that further opened the school to us, both the authorities and the students. God is faithful!
In Makurdi, we also hosted our first concert, The Creed. It was a great concert and a wonderful time in God’s presence as we were blessed by diversities of ministries: dance, song, rap etc.

·         December
December has been super awesome. With the increase in numbers in church, we travelled for Savannah Campmeeting with three buses and a car. Glory. We also got elevated when our Pastor was made Assistant Director, Directorate of Churches, Savannah Ministries Worldwide Incorporated. 

We have been having a wonderful time praying since we got back from Campmeeting 2014, which will end temporarily today for the purpose of the holidays, and pick back up on the 5th of January 2015.
2014 has been a great year. The Lord is indeed our Helper and we have seen notable overflow in our finances, in our lives as individuals and as a church, in our businesses, in our gifts etc. God has been faithful and we are a people that choose to remember His goodness to us. He is faithful and we keep our eyes on Him as He keeps taking us through the best seasons, times and places in our lives.
Jesus is Lord.

THE TAKEOVER by Pastor Adah





The story has changed, the tables have turned, the anointing for abundance has rested upon the church and His people are prospering like never before.
Great days, days of abundance are here. Like the days where the healing power of God was the thrust of His body as told us by His generals, so days of abundance are here. The least amongst you will walk in great wealth and increase for the anointing to prosper has rested upon my church. It is the easiest thing in the world to walk in God’s great abundance all by the work of His grace and power. Get the sickles out; it’s time to rake in the harvest for it’s a global manifestation. Rake in the lands, houses, properties, buildings, businesses, schools, orphanages, oil wells, TV stations, satellites etc. Don’t draw back; your sins are forgiven, for the wisdom and power of God has rested upon you and there are mighty manifestations of His goodness to us. Step out in boldness for by the blood, all things are ours. Glory to God!!!

This is not just a prophecy; it’s a word of wisdom particularly even. This is God’s plan for His church in present times.
God never told anyone to do anything that is reasonable. If you can figure it out, plan it out and reason it out, it isn’t God. When God speaks to you, it is always bigger than you. He speaks to us based on His size and His resources, not your size and your resources. God is a God of abundance, and He walks by faith.

Romans 4:17: “(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things that be not as though they were.”

God does not speak to describe the situation; He speaks to change and influence the situation to be consistent with what He desires. He saw darkness and called forth light. There are many of you to whom God has been speaking big things, but you need to exit survival mode. This is survival mode: What shall I eat? What shall I drink? What shall I wear? How will I pass my exams? When will I have a car or a phone?Survival mode will keep you in the low life. Your faith will seem stagnant at times because you are always thinking of survival. The Bible says to take no thought for your welfare; God is bigger than and beyond your survival. Worry will not and cannot change your problems, but faith can.

Believe God for eternal things. It is a lot easier to believe God for big things than for small things. You will see big things when you dare them. When you have to do something big, you know that you cannot fret because it is obviously not dependent on you. If you were doing something small, you would think it was something you could achieve by yourself and so you would fret and worry. Rest in faith and trust God to take care of you. Leave the small things alone and trust God for awesome things! It is easier. Let the word of God create new hopes, new pictures, and new expectations. Jesus did not die so you could get a little improvement and a little polish and shine in your life. It is good to have improvement and shine, but you should see beyond that, because Jesus died for more than that. Jesus died for the takeover, and the takeover is more than that.

What is the picture of the takeover you have in your heart? The picture you have as your hope is what your faith will bring to pass.

Hebrews 11:1-2: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report.”

          What do you think about when you hear “Your sins are forgiven?” The gospel must cause a reaction in your spirit. The reaction that the gospel causes in your spirit will determine what your life will be like. If you hear the gospel preached to you with undertones of convenience, your life will be one of convenience. You will never be able to stretch yourself beyond the ordinary. And in order to let God do big things through you, you must stretch yourself beyond the ordinary. Many times, in such situations where you stretch yourself and pit yourself on the line in the name of the Lord, it seems like your life is ended without God. This is not just about one shoe or one shirt. The takeover is not about material things and natural comfort. Comfort comes from the Holy Ghost.

God wants to show Himself strong; He wants to use ordinary people of no natural repute and low background, like you, making giants of you, so that generations to come will write stories about you to inspire the world that faith in God works. It is not about small, cute, reasonable things. Many people will not get saved unless and until you take over; no matter how much you may preach to them. But when they see that thing that God has put in your heart show forth, your life becoming a testimony, they will believe. Jesus is not coming for a broke, busted and disgusted church; He will not come until we have taken over. 

Let the projection of your hope and of your faith change. The projection of your faith counts for a lot. Stop painting the small, trivial pictures. The takeover is not just about us having the things we need and the things we want, it’s about pictures painted in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. These things are meaningless in the light of the great things that God has in store; things of eternal value. God wants us to have things, and it is good to have things, but the takeover is greater and more than the things we want and the things we have. The takeover is the schools, the businesses, the ministries, the 7-star universities and orphanages and so forth that God has put in our hearts, and these things must show forth. It is us changing the state of affairs in our communities, our states, our local governments and the nations of the earth. The takeover is us lending to nations. Do not be afraid of this. Your sins are forgiven, and all these things are by faith. 

Look beyond the present, look beyond your present circumstances and the things you think you do not have right now. Stop complaining and look into God’s great plan of the takeover.

Someone says, “But these things you have said are impossible.” But I say look again, there are no impossibilities with me, says the Lord. Have you not heard that the price has been paid and the works have been finished? Indeed these things that we have said, they are finished, they are complete, and all that I have done for you in my death, burial and resurrection has been deposited in the name of Jesus and that name belongs to you. So I declare to you in the name of Jesus, rise up with the name and take your companies. Rise up with the name, reach out into your spirit, and draw those things out. For what things know the man except the spirit of man that is in him and no man knows the things of God except the spirit of God, and the Spirit of God is in you. And the Spirit of God searches all things, even the deep things of God; they are in your spirit and the Holy Ghost lives and dwells in you. And as you begin to rise up in faith, building up yourself on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, the wisdom begins to unfold and come out, and suddenly, you look around you, and that impossibility is a reality in your life.

          Your sins are forgiven; all things are possible to you.