YABA CENTRE: ISLAND CENTRE: 400 Herbert Macaulay Rd. Yaba The Lagoon Restaurant, Ozumba Sunday Services: Mbadiwe Way. Victoria Island 6:30 am, 8:15am & 10:30am. Sunday Service: 8:45 am. Midweek Service: Wednesday For any enquiries please call 6:30pm - 8:00pm 0816 000 0239 or 0814 245 9324

A Publication of Covenant Christian Centre May 25, 2014

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Every challenge, every situation has a positive side. wants to glorify himself in and through those God uses the process of overcoming odd times to circumstances. He will make a treasure out of it if you bring us closer to Him. Such experiences increase hand it over to Him. King Nebuchadnezzar ordered our faith in Him and renew our minds. As Born- that his wise men be slain because none amongst Again Christians, it is through the Spirit that we them could interpret his dream. Daniel who was one overcome and receive breakthroughs. We need to of the wise men at the time saw this as a challenge. The Perfect always let God have His way in our lives, so that He He did not go outside to seek for answers. He looked will establish His Word through the work of our within...into the problem...staying with God until he hands. The Bible in James 1:18-21 says, “of His own found an answer (interpretation). He stayed with Start and will begat He us with the word of truth, that we the challenge until God met him. That’s a clue that should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. the answer you seek is not on the outside. Remain in Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man the place of prayer about your challenges until you Finish be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For get the interpretation (answer). This is because to the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with muststart andhave finish the Word well ofin Godlife, backingwhatever you you in doorder must to meekness the engrafted word, which is able to activatebe defined the bypower the of plan God and that purpose will bring of about God. Youthe save your souls”. God wants to help us through the change you desire. With the Word of God embedded in you, you will receive grace to do all that is needful.

Yourchallenges perception of life soof that the we happenings will fulfil purpose. within your In conclusion, Ecclesiastics 8:2-4 says, “I counsel environment is crucial. How do you interpret those thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that occurrences that seem horrid? Your dispositions to in regard of the oath of God. Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for He journey of life. Ecclesiastics 8:1 say “who is as the doeth whatsoever pleaseth Him. Where the word wisethose man? occurrences and who determine knoweth how the wellinterpretation you finish the of of a king is, there is power: and who may say a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, unto him, What doest thou? Whoso keepeth the and the boldness of his face shall be changed”. commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise It is important to rightly decipher issues or man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.” circumstances around you. It enables you to enter Always prayerfully seek the Word of God especially into the plan and purpose of God for your life. Going for clarity, answers and solutions to the issues of life on a long prayer fast is not the only pre-requisite for key manifestations. You also need to renew your mind and adjust your character. Byand Poju you Oyemadewill find it.

As you face situations and issues that are unclear, (that is, periods of darkness) just know that God COVENANT CHRISTIAN CENTRE Pre & Post Marital Counselling Sharing in His Value Are you a member of C3? There is a Topps Baseball card called “Baltimore Orioles Have you done Foundation of Faith? Future Stars” and it is valued at $100. There are three players Are you getting married soon? on this card. Jeff Schneider played one year of professional Do you desire Pre/post marital Counselling? baseball and pitched in 11 games. Bobby Bonner played four If you answered yes to all the above questions years in the majors but only appeared in 61 games and never then Covenant Christian Centre has classes hit a home run. specially designed towards success in Marriages, these are made up of: C3 The third “Future Star” played 21 years for the Baltimore PREMARITAL CLASSES AND C3 POST Orioles and appeared in 3,001 games. He came to bat 11,551 MARITAL CLASSES times, collected 3,184 hits and 431 home runs, and batted in 1,695 runs. His name is Cal Ripken, Jr. Bobby Bonner and Jeff C3 PREMARITAL COUNSELLING If you are a member of Covenant Christian Centre and you intend to get married Schneider’s baseball card is worth $100, not because of their soon. Plan to attend the C3 Premarital counselling which is designed for couples statistics, but because of what someone else has done. They get to share in the value of Cal Ripken, Jr. 2014with definite CALENDAR plans to marry (with tentative dates in mind). We, too, share in the value of Another. Our worth is not found 1ST Session: January 11th – February 15th in ourselves, for we have none of any eternal consideration. 2nd Session: March 1st – April 5th 3rd Session: May 3rd – June 7th We may be good people and well-respected among our peers. 4th session: June 21st – July 26th And like Jeff Schneider and Bobby Bonner, we may have much 5th Session: Sept 20th – October 25th potential. I’m quite sure that I could never play baseball as well 6th Session: October 18th – November 22nd as Schneider and Bonner - much less Ripken. I just couldn’t measure up. Please Note: For couples who desire to wed at Covenant Christian Centre, proposed wedding dates can only be booked at the church office after the completion of C3 Pre Marital Counselling. Dates cannot be earlier than 2months after classes are I couldn’t possibly measure up to the requirements of concluded. righteousness set by God. And neither could you. However, our names are included in the Lamb’s Book of Life, not because of C3 POST MARITAL COUNSELLING This is designed for already married couples who have never been through Jesus Christ. It’s called “grace.” premarital counselling or simply desire to go through the classes which are focused our accomplishments, but because of our identification with at building a Godly Marriage. Interested couples should book at least a month to preferred class. Rocky Henriques 2014 CALENDAR 1ST Session: February 15th – March 22nd The Widows’ Relief and Assistance Program (Project W.R.A.P) 2nd Session: May 24th – June 28th is an initiative of Covenant Christian Centre which seeks to 3rd Session: October 18th – November 22nd aid Widows of Men who died in service of our Nation Nigeria. Our mission is to provide widows with vital support through sponsorship & empowerment programs that are designed to For more information contact the church office on 0816 000 0238. assist, inform and inspire them to rebuild their lives in the face of their bereavement.

For enquiries, please call Eunice on 0818 751 5105 or [email protected]

As our contribution to improving the falling standard Covenant Capital is an initiative of the church to provide of the quality of Public Primary Education in Nigeria, financial & advisory assistance to entrepreneurs in the Covenant Christian Centre initiated Edu-Aid. Edu-Aid is church to empower them to achieve their God-given an NGO registered under the full name Education Aid Global Initiative. financial potential and contribute in practical ways to their immediate community through job creation, financial Our vision is “To facilitate access to quality primary- empowerment and role modelling. level education in a conducive learning environment for as many children as possible” We have 3 categories of Covenant Capital is available to all members of Covenant Partnership; Financial Partnership, Resource Partnership Christian Centre at these levels: Microfinance and Business Advisory Services. and Volunteer Partnership.

For enquiries, please contact Kelechi at the Church Office, Yaba from Monday to Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm. For your enquiries please call Victoria on 0802 338 5182 You can also call 0816 000 0238 or send an email to [email protected]. or Bisola on 0703 509 4934.

With great pleasure we warmly welcome you For more resources on various outreaches of You can visit: to the Covenant Christian Centre and believe the ministry (e.g. The Platform, WAFBEC etc) www.facebook.com/ that without a doubt you received practical visit any of the following websites: CovenantChristianCentre wisdom through the Word of Faith. Today’s www.theplatformnigeria.com; to join our facebook community. message is available in audio CD, MP3 format www.wafbec.org and you can download at the E-Library unit. or call 0816 000 0239. Kindly fill the visitors form and return to the Past messages can also be found at the CD welcoming unit. sales stand and the E-Library stand. You can also check out our online community on facebook i.e. C3. Meaningful contributions We appreciate your presence here today The church website is: through discussions, comments and and look forward to seeing you at any of our www.insightsforliving.org suggestions highly coveted. You can also services, monthly seminars and special events. Online you’ll be able to access messages, mails participate in the occasional competition and and publications. win something!