Ibru Ecumenical Centre

Daniel 3:1-18 Like most idolatrous and occultic men, Nebuchadnezzar was not content to worship his idol alone, he must have others worship with him and share in his condemnation. If they would not fall down and worship the golden image voluntarily, he must coerce, threaten and compel them to sin! Nebuchadnezzar’s punishment for not worshipping…

WE are all too familiar with the Biblical story of the prodigal son, who frittered his inheritance and sank into depression and hard times. Filled with guilt and helplessness, he resorted to doing menial jobs to survive. But one day, he came to his senses and decided to go back home and seek his father’s…

• ‘Our Pastors And Imams Must Set Examples With Their Own Lives’ The fundamental purpose of any religion is to make the believer as pious, upright and proper as possible. But this is not the case in Nigeria, which can be rightly said to be the most religious country on the face of planet Earth.…

Psalm 55:22 (Amplified) “CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD (releasing the weight of it) and He will sustain you. HE WILL NEVER ALLOW THE (CONSISTENTLY) RIGHTEOUS TO BE MOVED (made to slip, fall or fail). 1 Peter 5:7 (Amplified) “CASTING THE WHOLE OF YOUR CARE (ALL YOUR ANXIETIES, all your worries, all your concerns, ONCE…

Memory Verse: 1 Timothy 5:17 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. Bible Passage: Exodus 24:9-18 Introduction WE have looked at the five well-defined group leaders in church i.e. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. There are several other important…

“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body” — 1Corithian 6:8 THE Christians in Corinth were surrounded by sexual temptation. The city had a reputation even among pagans for sexual immorality and religious prostitution. It was to this kind…

CHAIRMAN of the Executive Board of God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), the Church of the Living God, Brother Godwin Ifeacho, has urged Christians to be steadfast and not to lose faith, even in the face of difficulties. He said the situations on ground could make Christians to do things contrary to their beliefs. Addressing celebrants at…

THE Bishop of Lagos Diocese, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, His Grace, Most Rev. Dr. E. A. Ademowo, has advised the parishioners of Immanuel Anglican Parish, Apapa, Lagos to read their Bible and practise the injunctions of God’s word. He gave the advice in Lagos, while dedicating Immanuel Anglican Parish building complex in Apapa, two…

THE President of Lagos Mainland Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria, Pastor Emmanuel Adeniyi has appealed to the Federal Government to move programmes such as general elections, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) and environmental sanitation among others, scheduled for Saturdays, to weekdays. He stated that re-adjusting the date…

A CAREFUL study of modern churches will reveal that members fall into the above categories. Most of today’s churches have one of these categories of people in the majority and they usually determine the health or otherwise of the church. Customers These are people who only come to church to collect blessing of healings, miracles,…

“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them…” (Romans 1:4-8) THE world we live…

Matt. 28:19-20 says, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Mrk.…