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With
Love
From PG
ompliments of the season to
you and yours!
CIt is that time of the year
again, when we celebrate the
coming of our Saviour into this
world to become like us and
to experience everything we
experience, just the way we are.
Our Heavenly Father humbled
himself, stepped down from His
throne in heaven to one of the
lowliest places He could go, to
the life of a mere carpenter, an
ordinary man, a preacher, a teacher,
a healer of sicknesses and diseases,
and to His eventual death on the
cross at Calvary. But we rejoice
at the good news of His coming
because it didn’t end in death,
rather it ended in resurrection, for
Jesus came back to life, triumphed
over sin and death, and saved us all
from the hands of fear and sin.
So let’s celebrate, enjoy the times
with loved ones and be merry.
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Spread the love of God within you the Greater Lekki Church and year ahead shall be more
and abroad. In this period, there’s planting a church in Canada. glorious than the ones
so much to be merry for. However, Different ministries are springing before.
let’s not forget that a proper way up in our local churches across all In His love we become
to celebrate the season and what expressions, and we are scaling up restful knowing that He
God came to do for us is to reflect on how we impact our society and has a great plan for us,
on His goodness and all that the people in it. In the New Year, all we need to do is keep
He has done in the months that we want to contribute more to the walking with Him as we
have passed, in every area of our empowerment of our individuals go into the New Year.
respective lives. We should also be and even to be helping hands to the So I want to encourage
everyone to participate in
less privileged.
retrospective in our thinking and
take some time to dwell on what God is using us all our spiritual exercises
as we enter the New
lies ahead; what God is set to do in
the coming days and in the coming
God has in store for us
year. to touch lives on Year. Let’s focus on what
This year 2018, God promised to
make us Stronger and even though a much bigger allow the spirit of fear or
and not be distracted or
it is gradually coming to a close, the
hopelessness steal our
promise doesn’t lose its validity, if
promise of a bright future
scale this year.
from us.
anything, it is only the beginning
a merry Christmas and
store for all of us. For when you
of the greatness story God has in Once again, I wish you
build strength, you don’t just build
a Happy New year in
strength for what you’re facing now. Although God seeks to use us all,
Strength is mostly built for what collectively, as a body, He is also advance.
lies ahead. interested in using us individually - Godman Akinlabi
Remember Elijah’s encounter to do more. And from serving in
with God in 1 Kings 19: 5 – 10, groups and alone, we as individuals
how God told Elijah to get up build on our faith and strength. We
and eat, and build strength for learn to be firm in His promise.
the journey ahead. We learn that Also, as we gear up for the
on the strength of that one meal, upcoming elections in 2019, we
Elijah went for forty days and forty need to first of all look beyond the
nights. So, in the strength of the times and understand that from
old, we build strength for what is the foundations of the earth, God
to come. It is therefore prudent already had a plan. There’s already a
to believe God for something laid out plan for how things should
bigger and better than whatever happen in it. What matters now is
remarkable feat you must have a case of man can do whatever but
recorded in 2018. nevertheless, the counsel of God
We all need to believe God for would stand but in our individual
grace and strength to do a lot lives and in the affairs of the nation.
more than what we have done So we need to keep praying because
before. When you gain strength it the devil is seeking to hijack the
is because there is more to achieve good report that has been destined
and take hold of in the coming for God’s people. We all should
days. So get ready to step out and learn to keep entreating God
conquer. and resisting the devil on
As a church, we are also stepping behalf of our nation, and
into 2019 with an even stronger in our individual lives, we
mindset. God has blessed and should focus and entrench
enabled us to open more effectual ourselves in the love of
doors to do ministry in different God, through His love,
areas of life. We are expanding all shall be well and the
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