Preached by Pastor Kunle Oladebo

Galatians 5:1 (AMP) 

1. Highlights 
   • Human beings are designed for freedom – God created man in His own image with a free will
     • Free will:  your own ability to make your own choice
     • Nobody wants to live in bondage
   • Freedom comes when you know the truth 
     • Know and practice or act on it
   • Freedom comes with limitations 
     • You are still subject to the law of the land
     • Galatians 5:13  “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” (NKJV)
     • Living under the love of Christ
   • Freedom in Christ is living under divine authority
     • We have a price to pay to sustain our freedom in Christ
   • The freedom comes at a cost 
2. Financial Freedom 
   • The price for financial freedom
   • Ability to take risk – no risk, no venture
   • Grace for contentment – can take risks that make you lose all your money
     • Godliness with contentment comes with great gain
   • 1 Timothy 6:6  “But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency of God].” AMP
3. Career Freedom 
   • Create a niche for yourself – doing something that makes you valuable at any point in time
   • Activating divine favour:  Add value, but you need divine favour
   • Proverbs 3:3 – 4 “Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder.  Write them deep within your heart. 4  Then you will find favor with both God and people and you will earn a good reputation.” (NLT) 
4. Healthy Living 
   • A disciplined lifestyle – what you eat, when you eat, how you eat 
   • Tapping into the power of divine healing
   • Jeremiah 17:14 “O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone!” (NLT)
   • Continue in the service of God for divine health
   • Psalm 105:37 “And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.” (JUB) 
5. A Joyful Heart 
   • Requires the ability to be patient 
   • Romans 12:12  “Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.” (CEV)
   • Waiting on the Lord
   • Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (NKJV)
6. Securing Eternity 
   • Readiness to live a holy life
   • The lifestyle of holiness is in self-denial
   • Luke 9:23 “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” (NKJV)
   • Mathew 16:25 

Preached by Pastor Kunle Oladebo

Psalm 116:12 – 14

¹²“What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me?
¹³ I will take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people.” (NKJV)

1. Highlights 
   • Integrity means uprightness, sincerity
     • When it comes to money matters, you know the character of the person you are dealing with.
     • God expects you to give to family, the poor, and to the Lord
   • Giving is a natural response to love 
     • True love is about giving everything and expecting nothing
     • That is why God gave His only begotten Son
     • That is why Jesus gave His life
     • Many are being controlled by greed.  It starts slowly by you rationalizing, then it grows until you are destroyed
     • Life does not consist of your assets.  They don’t build you up for eternity (e.g. Lazarus and the Rich Man)
       • Ecclesiastes – Vanity upon vanity
     • Examples:
       • Judas Iscariot
       • Gehazi
     • Life does not consist of your assets.  They don’t build you up for eternity (e.g. Lazarus and the Rich Man)
       • Ecclesiastes – Vanity upon vanity
     • “You can give without loving; but you cannot love without giving.” – Amy Carmichael
   • You honour through giving
     • There is no honour without giving
     • First commandment with a promise:  Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” (NIV)
     • Give your time.  Psalm 92:1-2 “It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night,” (NIV)
     • Psalm 50:23 “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and to him who sets his way properly I will show the salvation of God.””(NASB)
   • Giving is investing into your future
     • When you give to humanity, you are blessing a soul.  For every time you give there is always a blessing
       • Proverbs 19:17 – “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” (KJV)
       • Matthew 6:19 – 21 – ” ⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (NKJV)
       • The rule of sowing can never be broken.
       • Galatians 6:9 – “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” (NKJV)
   • A person of integrity shows generosity 
     • Your generosity will define your experience in life. (Solomon);  People continously gave to Solomon
       • 1 Kings 10:23 – 25 – “So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. ²⁴ Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. ²⁵ Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.” (NKJV)
       • The rich keep getting richer

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Preached by Pastor Kunle Oladebo

1 Samuel 12:1-5 12 Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have [a]heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now here is the king, walking before you; and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. 3 Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

4 And they said, “You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”

5 Then he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.”

And they answered, “He is witness.”(NKJV)

1. Highlights
   • The life of Samuel was dedicated to service
   • Jesus also came to serve
     • Many called him Lord.  He did not exercise lordship but exercised humility and service
   • The Apostles were taught to serve
     • Matthew 20:25- 26 25 “But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. 26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.”(NKJV)
     • Served with humility and at the peril of their own lives
   • You are saved to serve
     • To serve humanity like Samuel, David, John, Peter, Paul
     • Titus 2:7 “7 And in all things show yourself to be an example of good works, with purity in doctrine [having the strictest regard for integrity and truth], dignified,” (AMP)
     • “You don’t need a position to serve; what you need is a platform to serve.”  – PKO
     • Sharing the good news, living by example, doing charity work, etc. in you church, community, home, etc.
   • Integrity in service means serving to meet the expectation of the Master
     • Employers set expectations for the employees to follow, if not they are fired.  If you meet expectation, you can receive appreciation.
     • Deuteronomy 10:12-13 “12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your [a]good?” (NKJV)
     • Partial obedience is disobedience
2. To Serve in Integrity, you must
   • Serve Willingly
     • Willfully carry out your role to meet the expectation of the Master
     • Surrender all to Him and live for Him only
     • Galatians 2:20 “ I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.“ (NKJV)
     • To do things as God expects them to be done
     • John 4:34 “Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” (NKJV)
   • Serve Dutifully
     • To conscientiously and obediently fulfilling your duty rather than desire
     • Sense of duty not labor
     • Take it more than a job with passion
     • Zechariah (Luke 1:8-11) – Never allowed his need to suppress his sense of duty
     • John 5:17 “But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”” (NKJV)
     • Whatever you take as work will lack creativity.  Make things better than the last time you did it.

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Preached by Pastor Damola Alabi

Genesies 13:14 – 17 

1. Introduction 
   • Sometimes God needs to start us off, and release (fear of standing by himself) 
   • We are empowered for a purpose 
     • (setting the Israelites free from Egypt) 
     • Moses panicked initially and gave excuses, then God showed Him what He could do through him 
     • Joseph faced challenges with his siblings, then God endowed him with special talents for vision and raised him up for a purpose.  Though you meant it for evil, God has turned it around for me.
   • Journey of life is a purpose 
     • Why are are there
     • What we are meant to do
     • Sometimes we stumble on opportunities
     • Many simply follow the traffic without bothering to know whether God has a purpose for them there or where they are to go.
     • There is a place meant and an idea for each person.  We need revelation.
     • Revelation brings divine knowledge of what the purpose of God is for our life
     • Difference between success and failure is the information we have access to and the value we can deduce from that information.
       • Increase, multiply, prosper and make a difference (Hosea 4:6) “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (NKJV)
2. Introduction (continued)
   • Knowledge is critical
   • Psalm 1- God wants us to be righteous
     • Element of “doing” in the knowledge of God
     • Don’t ignore those silent moments of God when He is telling us what to do.  Receive your inspiration from him
     • Act based not knowledge of God; Be conscientious and diligent. (Ecclesiastes 9:10) “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” (KJV)
   • Lots of wasted talents and opportunities; takes the grace of God to advance us forward;  Lack opportunity for expression
   • God make all those things a reality
   • Race is not for the swift.  Time and chance happeneth for them all.  – Ecclesiastes 9: 11 “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all” (KJV)
     • It takes God’s grace for the seed that has been planted to germinate.  Divine influence is require
3. Why is this conversation important 
   • Decision of where to go is influenced by what we see
   • We often follow examples of other people
   • God has a plan and purpose for your life – Message of DESTINY 
   • Psalm 90:5 – 12 – “5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (NKJV)
   • Wisdom of God is empowerment 
   • Vision triggers wisdom – see beyond the ordinary
   • Vision gives mission
4. Strategies for Empowerment 
   • Faith 
     • Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen
     • Faith cometh by hearing and hearing from the word of God
     • Read God’s Word and be inspired by it, and you will see the difference
     • God knows where the solution is
     • Declare God’s word on your situation; May God give us the right word for the right situation
     • Part of God what God can do is to answer your prayers
     • God gets helpers of destiny to help at the right time
     • What is the attitude of mission and faith that I must follow?  What must I do?
     • “Lord, separate me from unbelief and increase my faith”
   • Vision 
     • Function of what we see; sometimes we see in part, and don’t see the big picture
     • When God gives you revelation or vision, you see the bigger picture
       • The rich young ruler (what you have in this world will not go with you) – Mark 10:17 – 27
     • Beyond what we see is spiritual intelligence (God sees the end before the beginning)
     • Tendency is to give excuses by giving into perceived limitations 
       • Joseph was a minority in Egypt.  He could have complained, but it was in the same Egypt (unpleasant, challenging situation) that he found favour with God and became a prime minister
       • Joseph impacted lives positively
       • Psalm 62:11 “God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this:That power belongs to God.” (NKJV)
     • Plan of God for our life may challenge social order; you can challenge the status quo and succeed in Jesus’ name
       • Male children were supposed to die when Moses was born
       • Male children were supposed to be destroyed when Jesus was born
       • When the enemy sees there is a promise for your life, he begins attack through
         • people around you
     • Receive the light of God to receive clarity of your target and where you want to go
     • John 10:10:  “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (NKJV).
     • Power of resurrection
5. Conclusion
   • Develop the character and attitude for faith – you will make a difference
   • You are a Seed of God, planted by the river of water; designed to make exploits in your due season.
   • Prayer:  “As your seed gravitates toward the light, help me to grow and increase in the Light of Your Glory; let there be Light upon me, my household, as a people.  Turn our darkness to light.”

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Preached by Pastor Kunle Oladebo

1 Samuel 18:1-4; 19:1-3 (NKJV) – Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. ² Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father’s house anymore. ³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. ⁴ And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.

Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David. ² So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide. ³ And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are,and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell you.” (NKJV)

1. Three Types of People – TD Jakes 
   • Confidants
     • Help you fulfill your goals
     • Always for you
     • Jonathan to David
   • Constituents
     • Not for you
     • They are for what you have
     • Ahitophel to David
   • Comrades
     • Not for you
     • Against what you are against (fight common enemies)
     • Joab to David
     • Like scaffolding in a house
   • Point 
2. Highlights
   • Integrity is integrating heart’s value into daily actions
     • Can others and God count in you
   • Relationship can be horizontal or vertical 
   • Every relationship requires time
     • Time makes us grow – time with God reveals His secrets
     • James 4:8 “Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.”  (NLT)
     • Time is required to grow, heal, mature, sustain what you have built
   • Relationship grows through mutual investment 
     • Conversation 
     • Communication
     • Intentional and deliberate 
     • Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.” (NKJV)
   • Relationship is about everything 
     • When relationship is broken, respect is lost
3. Integrity in Relationship 
   • Relate in honesty – Proverbs 12:17 – “He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit.” (NKJV); Proverbs 24:26 – “He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.” (NKJV); Acts 6:1-3 – “Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. ² Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. ³ Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business;” (NKJV)
     • Keep promises  (God does not lie) – Numbers 23:19 “God is not human, that he should lie,  not a human being, that he should change his mind.  Does he speak and then not act?  Does he promise and not fulfill?” (NIV); Ecclesiastes 5:5 “It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.” (NIV)
     • Jonadab contributed to the death of Amnon, his friend
   • Relate as a friend
     • David and Jonathan 
     • Build friends for yourself and not enemies
     • Proverbs 18:24 “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (NKJV)
     • A good friend will be there for you at all times – Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.” (NKJV)  (Ushah) 
     • Friends correct one another- Proverbs 27:5,6 “Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don’t care for him at all. ⁶ Friends mean well, even when they hurt you. But when an enemy puts his arm around your shoulder—watch out!”  (Good News)
     • Friends mean well even when they hurt you 
     • Friends stand  with you, stand for you and provide unwavering support