Ibru Ecumenical Centre

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity… For there the Lord commanded the blessing — Life forevermore FEW human tragedies compare to the Second World War. It was a catastrophe that claimed about 80 million lives (about three per cent of the world’s population at the time) and left nothing…

‘Then Esau ran to meet him (Jacob) and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck and kissed him and they both wept,’ Gen. 33v4. ORDINARILY, Esau had every reason to avenge all the wrongs done to him by his brother Jacob. Twice, Jacob took away what rightly belonged to him. First was when he…

JESUS told His disciples to go into the entire world, telling everyone that He had paid the penalty for sins and that those who believe in him can be forgiven and live eternally with God. Christians today in all parts of the world are telling this Good News to people who haven’t heard about Christ.…

Joshua 1:9 “Have not 1 commanded thee? BE STRONG AND OF A GOOD COURAGE; be not afraid, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED; for THE LORD THY GOD IS WITH THEE whithersoever thou goest”. ONE negative force that the enemy employs to stop men and women of great potential is discouragement. To be discouraged means to lose…

Memory Verse: “… if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments…, the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth.” Deuteronomy 28:1 Bible Passage: Deuteronomy 28:1-14 THERE is so much to gain by obeying God, that…

When Jesus Christ’s disciples were faced with the dilemma of how to go about praying effectively, they simply approached the Master to teach them. And Jesus said to them, “When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in…

ARCHBISHOP Ramzi Musallam is the spiritual head of the Catholic Church of the East. While here in Nigeria recently, he dedicated some churches including St. Michael, the Archangel Catholic Church of the East in Aba, Abia State, the Holy Family Adoration ground and the Marian grotto built by Rev. Fr. Modestus Chiedozie Chilaka, and St.…

ANY time God wants to bring about changes in a nation, He sends them help through a man or a woman, empowering the person with the necessary tools to function. In the olden days, He set Israel free from its enemies through the use of Prophets like Moses and Elijah, warriors like Joshua and Gideon…

WE need to know God and understand how He works, what He does and how He does it. It is necessary to know about His character in order to live a life pleasing unto Him, worship Him acceptably, relate with Him, pray to Him and expect an answer. To represent God as preachers and witnesses,…

BELOVED, it has become common to observe that wherever God’s work is ongoing, there will Satan react to steal the joy of the brethren, dampen their faith and destroy the progress of their good work. These he has been doing in churches, revival camp meetings and other godly exercises. Whenever a Church decides to rise…

THE Ark of the Lord signifies His presence before the Israelites in the Old Testament. “Then David mobilised thirty thousand special troops.  He led them to Baalah of Judah to bring home the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord Almighty, Who is enthroned between the cherubim. (2 Samuel 6:1-2). When the…

11 Samuel 24:24 “And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: NEITHER WILL I OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD MY GOD OF THAT WHICH DOTH COST ME NOTHING. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver” THE God…