Amen. I'm grateful to the Almighty God
and I want to thank my husband and the entire Escape Baidu
English Assembly Presbytery and for giving me this great
opportunity to share the Word of God with you.
Hallelujah. As as we all know, we've
gathered here for a special reason, and that is to
appreciate our offices. So once again, I would like us
to give a round of applause to our officers.
I want them to humbly rise on their feet.
Our officers, please humbly rise on your feet.
Yes, and let's bless them. Let's bless them too.
Please. You can sit, be steadfast and
immovable, abounding in the works of the Lord.
Your labor won't be in fame, and your reward will be great.
Hallelujah your. Labor won't.
Be in fame. And your.
Reward will be great. Hallelujah.
Beast and a moveable. OK,
there is this song in I Can and I also want to sing it Ofre Yeah
ofre Chron Chrome of Sorrow, Frey.
Now they are Freya. Hallelujah.
I would like to say for the fact that being an officer of this
church is not an easy task, as we've all said.
But on the other hand, it's a great privilege and an honor to
be chosen by God, Hallelujah. After I told my message, your
labor will not be in vain. Your, your labor will not be in
vain. And this message is to encourage
all our offices, our able offices, and to also encourage
our members to do something in the House of God.
Hallelujah. So our key test is taken from
First Corinthians chapter 15, verse 58.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord. I want to repeat, therefore, my
beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain.
Hallelujah. So I want to look at the
background of this chapter. First Corinthians chapter 15,
verse one. No, First Corinthians chapter
15, yes. Want to know the background.
The one who wrote this First Corinthians is Apostle Paul, and
he wrote to the church in Corinth that is current.
It's a it's a large Greek city known for trade, wealth, and
they were so much immoral. So the purpose of this letter
was to correct the divisions among them, the moral problems
and the confusion. They had confusion about
Christian doctrine, especially resurrection.
So the church in Corinth, they had many questions and some
confusions about life after death.
So some thought only the soul matters and the body will not be
raised. Some people also even doubted,
say, is there any resurrection at all?
So Paul addressed the believers who are doubting the future
resurrection of the dead, that Jesus Christ died.
Jesus Christ died and he was buried and he rose again and
appeared to many witnesses. So truly Jesus rose from the
death. And because Jesus lives, we
believers will also be raised to eternal life.
Hallelujah. So from verse 12 to verse 35,
Paul argued that if Christ is rising, believers will also rise
and from verse 50 to 57 that is First Corinthians chapter 50,
chapter 15, verse 50 to 57. He also explained that death is
swallowed up in victory through Jesus Christ and he said thanks
be to God who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah. So in verse 58, that is so after
celebrating the setting victory over there, Paul gives a
practical conclusion that therefore, my beloved brethren,
be steadfast, immovable, always abounding the work of the Lord,
knowing that your lab is not in vain.
So Paul meant that since Jesus rose from the dead and is alive,
we too will forever live with him, and so we shouldn't give up
and that our present service is no wasted.
Hallelujah. Therefore, what I want to say is
that everything or every act of service you do in the House of
the Lord, it has a reward in heaven.
God keeps records of everything we do in His house, and so we
want to go back to our quotation.
So we are called to be steadfast, to be steadfast.
So steadfast means that to be firm, to be faithful, not to be
easily distracted in this ministry or in this church.
If you are an officer, you can be easily distracted.
But the Word of God is saying that we should be steadfast.
We should be like a three with deep roots.
Our faith should stand strong despite the stones that may come
our way. Hallelujah, it means that our
minds and our has to be anchored in the truth or in God's truth.
And so Colossians chapter 2, verse 6 to 9 to 7, Colossians 2,
six to seven says that just as you receive Jesus Christ as
Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and build up in him,
strengthened in the faith as you were taught.
So when you are rooted in Christ, you are not carried away
by any storm. Hallelujah.
And the next one to is we should be immovable.
That is not to be moved or shaken.
As we've all said as church leaders, sometimes if you are
not careful, things can move you.
There are so many factors or so many issues that confront
officers. And if without the help of the
Holy Spirit, they can be distracted or they can be moved
or they can be shaken. So we want to look at one or two
things or three things. That's if care is not taken.
If you want officer, it is likely you'll be moved.
One is criticism. Criticism, yes.
So if you are an officer, criticism is bound to come.
It may come from your colleagues, one cuz our
colleagues offices. It may also come from the church
members. And if you are not careful,
you'll be discouraged. You'll be discouraged.
But this morning the Bible is telling us not to be moved.
Hallelujah upon all what Moses did for the people of Israel by
way of rescuing them from slavery, giving them God's law,
interceding for their sins, and guiding them towards the land
God has promised. He was criticized by this same
Israelites, even his sister Miriam and their brother Aaron,
they criticized him. We saw Paul.
Paul also was faced with so many criticism.
But the word of God is saying that whatever, whatever the case
may be, don't be moved. So my dear officers, being an
officer, you'll be criticized. Shahuuddin, hello.
So if criticism comes, don't just hold on or just be strong.
Amen. Another issues that can confront
officers, one is opposition, opposition.
Opposition. Opposition is when people work
against you. Yes, they can.
Also, if care is not taken, you can be moved.
And another thing is also discouragement.
Discouragement in the sense that maybe you want to have a program
as officers or maybe an officer, a leader.
You want to have a program. You've made announcements, we've
hyped the program media fly a swan wine echo.
But yeah, but starting. No, no be.
Anyhow, it's really disgusting. But because of the call you've
received from God, don't be moved.
Hallelujah. And Amuzu.
Evangelism. Evangelism a leader.
Oh yeah, we'll be going for evangelism after church.
Maybe let's say 4 O clock you'll be here and no one will be here.
Why ensure your beaker say I'll resign But the word of God says
elder Amuzu, don't resign, move on because there is a reward for
you and one another. One other thing that confronts
officers is balancing personal life and family pressure.
This is also one thing that confronts them too much.
And there are times as Elder Emma said, they spend long hours
having meetings and there are times do they skip their meals
and children may feel neglected. That they be our new fear.
They be our new fear. They may feel neglected.
And even there are some 2 whose spouses are not members.
Some somebody may be a dickness, but the the husband is not a
church member. And when that person goes home,
there's always tension at home. But because of the Word of God,
don't be moved. Hallelujah.
And one other thing too is false teachings.
No matter who you are in Christ, if you are not grounded in the
Word of God, false teachings can take you out of the House of
God. I remember 1 Dickness.
She left our church and she said she has now found the truth and
that she said that she has now found out that wearing earrings
and eating style more is the same.
So out of it, she left the church.
Oh, she's an officer, but she left it.
She left the church. So being an officer, you have to
be rooted in the Word of God and with the verse that we read it.
So we should abound in the work of the Lord.
Abound in the work of the Lord. That is giving yourself fully
and continually to God service, that is doing his work with
enthusiasm. So if we say you are to abound
in the work of the Lord, it means we must save, serve with
reverence, save from our hearts wholeheartedly.
We must respect God and honor him.
And Please remember that's we are serving the King of kings.
Hallelujah. We are not just serving people,
we are serving the King of kings.
So as leaders or as officers, we must treat every duty or we must
do everything as we are doing for the Lord.
And we must also be faithful to God.
We must also be faithful to God. We must obey God when it's
convenient or unseen. And one thing that we can do to
abound in the work of the Lord is to rely on God's strength.
As they were saying, some said it's because God is helping
them. Yes, with being an officer.
You can't be be an officer without the help of the Holy
Spirit. So it's always good to rely on
the Holy Spirit to help you in all your things.
Hallelujah there's one verse that's when I read in fact it
shakes me Jeremiah 48 verse 10 Jeremiah 48 verse 10.
He says the a woe unto anyone who does the work of God
carelessly, carelessly. So please, although being an
officer is not an easy task, but aim at doing its war and I know
God bless you. Hallelujah.
So the last part says that your labor won't be in vain.
Will pray and yaqua be be in the House of God will pray and
yaqua. It means every prayer, every
prayer, every act of kindness, every teaching and every giving,
every giving. Whatever you do here, whatever
you give here will be recorded and God will reward you.
Every encouragement you give somebody, somebody may be going
through some kind of troubles, but that you're aware of.
Encouragement will also mean something good in heaven.
Visiting, if you are here and were able to visit members, it's
also your labor. That thing you do will not be in
vain. Helping people quietly.
There are people who help people secretly.
They give to people secretly. All the things we've been doing
in the House of God, the Word of God is saying that our labor
will not be in vain. God, notice everything that we
do in the House of God and that he will reward us.
Hallelujah, so the rewards we have eternal life, all these
things. If you do, you have eternal life
and there are heavily crowns for us.
Everything you do Debiano facial team say because of the crown
that you are waiting, you work for the Lord and there are
heavily crowns, so many crowns in heaven that awaits us.
Yes, and what I have realized is that whoever serves the Lord
faithfully, God blesses his generations.
Hallelujah, whoever serves the Lord faithfully, God blesses
their generations from generation to generation
generations. You know the obey and just go
back you trace that the Father was they be was helping the
House of God the father helped someone the father was committed
Christine and that blessings passes through the generation's
heart or the last generation Hallelujah and to everyone of us
here our congregation here. I just want to say that save God
do something in the House of God or be or her she he or she is
just an A spectator or BA Sorry you're upon no Co there's
nothing you you can't even point of doing something in the House
of God. Please there are so many things
in this House of God that you can do for God.
Hallelujah. We are like 1 body.
First Corinthians chapter 12 verse 27 says now you are the
body of Christ and each one of you is part of it.
Yes, we are. We are body of Christ and each
one of you is part of it. Yes.
So we are one body with many parts.
So every Christian is like a different part of the body.
We bet, we bet, we bet 9. So if we are here and open the
corner on 9, say on my own choir, you can't move, Yes, you
can't move. Everybody here.
God has deposited so many things in us.
We have the spiritual gifts, the natural gifts.
Ah, God expects us to use it in his house.
Hallelujah. So please by the end of this
day, I want you to decide if you are not doing anything, just
anything in the House of God. And they say you just come, you
go, you come, you go. We are to mean pointing out,
say, Oh dear, we are this, you are doing this.
Please change your mind. Hello, please change your mind.
God has deposited so many things in you.
Whatever you are doing at your workplace, you can do it.
Yet there are some people who are creative, they are artistic,
they can create, they can draw and.
We are praying for our officers. You see, even as we climb as the
Appreciation Week, one of the best things we can do is pray
wholeheartedly for them. First we are praying that God
should grant them wisdom, knowledge and guidance.
The last time God asked Solomon that what do you want and
Solomon said I need wisdom and in the time of Solomon Bible
says that silver and gold was very common and Solomon became
successful because God gave him wisdom.
We are praying for wisdom for our leaders that every point in
time they will know the will of God and what to do.
Open your mouth and pray for them that they will never miss
their presidential way. We are praying for the wisdom of
God, the knowledge and the guidance of God in the name of
Jesus. In the name of Jesus, open your
mouth and pray for them. Pray for them that the wisdom of
God, the wisdom of God, the wisdom of God will kill them.
The knowledge of God will saturate them, that God will
guide them at every step of the way.
They will never miss their providential way in the name of
Jesus. La bado sabranda bahanta.
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In the name of Jesus, can we stretch our hands upon them?
If you can, let's stretch our hands upon them again.
We are praying for an infilling of the Holy Ghost upon them.
We are praying God telling God that He should pour out his
spirits on them without measure, that there will be men and women
whom the spirits of the Lord dwells.
Open your mouth and pray in the name of Jesus and in feeling of
the Holy Ghost, and in feeling of the Holy Ghost and in feeling
of the Holy Ghost, that God should not be aware.
God should grace the accountant. Open your mouth and pray.
There will be men and women in
whom the Holy Ghost is seated. Rubber those.
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especially pray this one for them, that divine obedience and
that their faith will not feel. You see, being a leader is very
stressful. The last time Moses was so
stressed out and worn out that the commandment God gave him, he
disobeyed and because of that single one, he couldn't enter
the promise of law of the promised land.
We are praying for our leaders that these ones, it will not be
said of them that they work tirelessly in the House of God
and because of a single disobedience they couldn't
attain what God had prepared for them.
We are praying for special obedience for them that their
faith will not fail. This is 1 prayer that I always
want to pray that my faith will not fail because the Christian
work is a walk of faith. If you don't have faith, you
will faint. Let's pray for them.
Open your mouth and pray that their faith will not fill.
Their faith will not fill. Their faith will not fill in
tiring times, their faith will not fill.
When all odds are against them. They will trust the words of the
Lord and they will not disobey. In the name of Jesus, open your
mouth and pray. Open your mouth and pray.
Pray for them, pray for them, pray for them in the name of
Jesus. So the brother, the hunter side
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hunter song. We are praying once again for
our officers. The last time the woman who
broke the perfume on the feet of Jesus and clean with the hair,
the disciples began to talk and complain.
This thing you have done, we could have sold it and we'll get
a year's wages. But Jesus told them, listen,
leave this woman alone because of what she has done.
Wherever the gospel is preached, her name will be mentioned.
We are praying for our officers because of their service to the
Lord. Wherever Escapade Worship Center
is mentioned, their name will also be mentioned.
Because of their service to the Lord.
Generations will come and they will remember them.
Because of their service to the Lord, Their household will be
established and their name will never fit.
I will lift up your voice and pray.
Lift up your voice and pray. And even as they take care of
the House of the Lord, God Himself should take care of
them. God Himself should take care of
your household, God themselves to take care of your business.
Pray for making their businesses into the hands of God.
Oh, that they will work under open heavens.
That they will work under open heavens.
The Lord will bless them financially in your household.
They will experience peace. They will experience what it is
to be a people of God. Open your mouth and pray.
Open your mouth and pray in the name of Jesus.
Open your mouth and pray wherever escape.
The Wassup Center will be mentioned.
These ones will not be left out because they have said the Lord
in the name of Jesus. Becapado satella tasai rabbados
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hunter. In the name of Jesus.
In the name of Jesus, our last prayer.
This one is an open check. The officers here, I want you to
specially in this atmosphere, lay your request before the
Lord. Even in this atmosphere, we are
trusting the Lord that whatever proclamation you make today will
be established. The same for the congregation.
If you have any wish for any of the officers, mention their
name, proclaim it. In this atmosphere, in this
altar, the Lord is here and you will grant our request even as
we celebrate them. Open your mouth and pray.
If you have any special requests, this is an open check.
Confess it. And in this atmosphere it will
be established in the name of Jesus, in laba soul, the
brother, the heart to side. In the name of Jesus we are
praying. Father, in the name of Jesus, we
thank you this morning. We have every cause to thank you
because you are a faithful God and you've dealt with your
church graciously. We are thankful for the lives of
our officers. Indeed, you have kept your word
true to us. You said you will give us
leaders after your own heart who will feed us with your word and
with knowledge. And indeed, in our day we have
sent it from time to time. You continue to raise leaders
for your church, and even as we celebrate them today, we say
thank you. Even as we thank you and
celebrate them, we want to pray for them.
We pray for wisdom and knowledge and guidance.
Father, for the sake of your church, grant them divine wisdom
and guidance. For the sake of your church,
grant them divine wisdom and guidance.
For the sake of your church, grant them divine wisdom and
guidance. For the sake of your Church.
Whenever they go on their needs, answer their prayers.
Whenever they need help for the sake of your church, answer them
quickly and send them help from Zion.
We pray for an outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon them.
Oh, we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon them.
We pray that you release your Spirit on them without measure,
that they will indeed be men and women in whom the Spirit of the
Lord is found. We pray that by their heads
never run out of oil. For the sake of your Church.
When they go on their needs, answer them, we pray, committing
them into your hands once again, even as they are taking care of
your church. We pray that you cater for them,
their businesses into your hands, their household into your
hands. David said that I have been a
child and now I'm an adult. I've never seen a righteous man.
Descendants beg for bread. Officers, for the sake of your
work for the Lord, your descendants will be blessed,
your descendants will be blessed, your descendants will
be blessed in the name of Jesus. And now may the Lord bless you.
May Yahweh Himself whom you serve, look down on you and
smile at you. May the Lord cause you to stand
before kings and Queens and stand before presidents.
May all nations come to you and call you blessed.
May the Lord cause you to walk under open heavens.
A week today you will hear good news.
I said A week today you will hear good news because of your
service to the Lord. A week today you will hear good
news. May the peace of God that
transcends all understanding God your hearts and give you joy.
No harm will come near your dwelling.
Surely the Lord will save you from the foulest name and from
the deadly pestilence. You will not fear the terror of
the night, nor the arrow that flies by this.
May the Lord give you rest on every side.
May the Lord give you rest on every last side.
May the Lord make you a happy man.
May the Lord make you a happy woman.
And as we have blessed you and pray for you this manner, so
shall it be. Let's all the congregation say a
big Amen.