Apostle Joel Obuobisa

7 Things That You Can Expect From You Shepherd/Pastor II

Ps 23. 

1 Pet 5:1-4 

Acts 20:28 

John 21:15-17 

Jer 3:15 

Matt 4:4

- The fact that there is a chief shepherd means there are other shepherds( like elders)

- You relate to the government by relating to its agents

- God feeds His people through giving spiritual food to the shepherds.

- The feeding of the sheep is important to The Lord.

- Feeding is having a constant supply of food or something to something or someone who needs it.

- Man is not designed to survive on bread alone but also every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

- Our spiritual food breaks down into knowledge and understanding whiles physical food breaks down into vitamins n carbohydrate etc

- To be feed properly you need to be at a place of rest( lie down)

7 Things That You Can Expect From Your Shepherd/Pastor

Matt 9:35-36

Is 53:6 Ps 23:1 

- Sheep are distressed and scattered without a shepherd.

- The sheep goes astray without a shepherd.

- The church is the operational centre where the shepherd operates so need to belong to a church to have a shepherd( pastor)

7 BLESSINGS 

Ps  23:1-6

- The sheep experience prosperity and blessings (vs 1)

- The blessing of peace and calmness ( vs 2). This depends on ur ability to be led by the shepherd.

- The sheep receives spiritual food n nourishment (vs 2). The word of God is the engine of a mans life.

- The blessing of comfort n encouragement( vs 4)

- The blessings of the grace of God( anointing)  in your life.(vs 5)

-  The blessings of goodness and mercy.( vs 6)

- The blessing of eternal living. ( vs 6)

Why We Have Missions

John 3:16, Lk 16:19-23, Rom 10:8-15

- God loves the whole world.

- God expects everyone to move from their present location to somewhere else n preach

- When we serve God well and do His wish,He feels obligated to bless us for things we have not asked for Eg.A good service of a waiter at a restaurant.

- God has shown us how not to perish but if we do,He has no option than to punish us.Eg The duty of the govt or police.

- Life is like a musical chair with the players losing focus of securing their place on the chair but rather get so engulfed with the music of life.

- The reason why people have not heard,believed and called upon The Lord is bcos there no preachers have been sent.

The Mustard Seed II

Lk 2:6-14,40,52 John 3:16-17

- Most first born children are treated or welcomed specially but not wrapped on swaddling clothes or laid in a manger.

- The highest expression of love is to give yourself or a person to someone.

- A savior or a great thing can appear small,wrapped in a swaddling clothes n lying in a manger.

- Only wise men can see the savior in a babe lying in the manger.

- The babe( the new church) can become you source of strength,wisdom,favor and the grace of God.

The Mustard Seed

Matt 13:31-32

- When God starts a new thing it is the smallest of all things e.g. a person who is born as a little child

- If you do not have eye for small things you can easily miss God.

- A tree becomes a place of rest,raising of kids,shelter or protection for danger etc for the birds so is the small child that becomes big with time.

- The least of all seeds can become the greater than all herbs when God is in it.

- It's just a matter of time before the less of seeds become greater than all herbs and becomes a tree.

- God is like fire that doesn't need you to believe in it to burn.It will burn anything it comes into contact with whether you believe it or not

- Herbs are like the church which brings out the fragrances in peoples lives.

- Herbs like the church also have medicinal values meant for the restoring of our souls.

- Just as the king of kings was born in a manger so will a new small church also grow to become great

Those God Has Given Us

John 3:16 KJV
[16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God has done his part by sending his son. The next part is for us to believe.

1 John 4:9 KJV
If God  love us why do we suffer ?

John 1:11-12 KJV
When we turn the people God give us  away or reject them we turn the power of becoming the sons of God away.

Isaiah 43:4 KJV
God said he will give us people in our life because we are precious in his sight so we should receive the man of God he sends to us.

Matthew 23:37-39 KJV
The best person for you is the one sent to you by God.

Luke 2:40 KJV
Where the grace is that's where wisdom is  that's why we have to follow the one sent to us.
Luke 2:51-52 KJV
Even if Jesus was growing why won't we give our pastor or men of God the chance to grow, because the grace of God has been with them and even Jesus needed time to grow.

2 Chronicles 2:14-16 KJV

God Will Fight for You

Learn to exercise patience (Hebrews 10:36), and know that God fights your battles for you (Exodus 14:8-24). Remember, what you control is your love for God (Romans 8:28), and not circumstances. So decide to love God with all your heart, and see Him fight your battles for you.

God Will Make A Way

Just as Apostle Paul endured sufferings (2 Corinthians 1:3-9), you too must be resolute, and decide to trust in the Lord with all your heart (Proverbs 3:5-6).  You might experience disappointments along the way in life, but know that God always makes a way. Be patient with God, and continue to have faith in Him, for He will bring you to that expected end.

Little Acts Great Rewards

1.You have to qualify for a reward- Hebrews 11:6
2.God rewards with things we cannot give ourselves, Proverbs 19:14,Exodus 23:25
3.Some of the rewards from God:
    God can reward with good children
    God rewards us with a prudent wife,Proverbs 19:14
    A good husband is a reward from God,Colossians 3:16-25
    Good health is also from God, Exodus 23:25, 3 John 1:2
4. God does not see as man sees,  outward appearance but looks into our hearts, 1 Sam 16:7-22
 

What You Will Accomplish Through The Sufferings Of Christ IV

Enduring a contradiction of sinners is an accomplishment of the sufferings of Christ
Enduring accusations is an accomplishment if the sufferings of Christ
Surviving hatred is an accomplishment of the sufferings of Christ
Surviving envy is an accomplishment of the sufferings of Christ - Matt 15:10
Enduring rejection by man is an accomplishment of the sufferings of Christ
Sacrificing - it is required to release power into your life
2 kings 3:22-