Good News Baptist Church, Surulere - Audio Podcast

Luke 2:41-52 - There is no greater task given to men and women on earth by God than parenting. By parenting or child rearing, we mean the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.

Unfortunately, despite its importance, parenting is hardly taught as a subject in school or even in church to everyone that may be entrusted with the task of parenting. The Bible is full of information about parenting, and in fact, God uses the imagery of parenting to describe His relationship with His people.

Genesis 18:16-19 - There is no greater task given to men and women on earth by God than parenting. By parenting or child rearing, we mean the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.

Unfortunately, despite its importance, parenting is hardly taught as a subject in school or even in church to everyone that may be entrusted with the task of parenting.

The Bible is full of information about parenting, and in fact, God uses the imagery of parenting to describe His relationship with His people.

John 8:31-32 - The Webster definition of bondage is “The state of being under control of a force or influence;” or “The state of one who is bound as in captivity or slavery.”

Spiritual bondage does not mean you are being held physically captive. It has more to do with Webster’s first definition – In this case, the controlling force or influence starts out as the lusts of your own flesh, but is being manipulated by the demonic.

But not all bondage is about possession; sometimes it is a matter of oppression.

Philippians 3:1-14 -

Exodus 2:1-10 - There is no greater task to men and women on earth by God than parenting. By parenting or child rearing, we mean the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.

Unfortunately, despite its importance, parenting is hardly taught as a subject in school or even in church to everyone that may be entrusted with the task of parenting, The Bible is full of information about parenting, and in fact, God uses the imagery of parenting to describe His relationship with His people.

Judges 13:1-25 - To God be the glory for the privilege given to us all to witness the year 2018 Fathers’ Day anniversary. May He count us worthy to witness many more in complete freedom and strength in Jesus’ name.

Our focus for this year is ‘Spiritual Intimacy’ especially as it relates to Christian couples.

Intimacy is closeness in a relationship, gained by revealing one’s true self to another person. It also means ‘an affectionate bond characterized by mutual care, responsibility, trust, open communication of feelings and unrestricted interchange of information’.

Matthew 19:1-12 - This is the season for emphasis on the family. It began with the Mother’s Day on May 13; which was followed by Children’s Day on May 27; and Youth Sunday on June 3.

It is usually rounded off by the Father’s Day, which, by the grace of God, will celebrated next Sunday, June 17. Matthew 19:1-12, our text for this morning, gives a strong message against divorce.

Ephesians 4:1-6 - Every believers’ true calling is a call to servanthood. (1 Peter 2:16 and 1 Cor. 4: 1-2). More often than not, the call to servanthood will often require the complement of other believers for the same purpose (Romans 12:5). Jesus Christ in his ministry has shown us perfect example of the character, mind-set, attitude and behaviour a true servant of God should possess. This he did by living in complete unity with God the Father.

2 Timothy 1:3-5 - Some people have defined Education as a process by which a particular society transmit the worthwhile aspect of its culture to other generations. Any society that fails in transmitting its culture from one generation to another is bound to fail and probably go into extinction.

This process of transmitting or passing on from one generation to another is similar to what goes on in a relay race where an athlete is expected to pass on the baton to the next athlete until the last athlete reaches the finishing line.

Romans 8:31-39 - In life, we have many things we fear. Fear to the extreme will freeze us in our tracks, it will keep us from doing things we should and need to do. Are you being burdened with fear in your life? The word of God reveals to us how we can enjoy freedom from fear. A couple of weeks ago, we learned how we can enjoy freedom from the fear of people. (Rom. 8:31-34). In life, we face many different types of people, some will like us and others will not like us and will do whatever they can to make life miserable for us. It does not matter what position of power a person is in, they are not more powerful than God. People may be able to make your life difficult, they may be able to take your very life, but they cannot take away your gift of salvation, they cannot take your relationship with God away, they cannot separate you from the love of God! People can accuse you all they want, but if you are faithful to God, He is pronouncing you innocent.