Celebration Church International

One of the greatest privileges you can have as a believer is to be corrected by God. The goal of Deeper is to challenge our consecration.

One of the ways you can change the priority of your life is to know you won’t be here forever. Tomorrow is not promised.

Purpose is not the absence of burdens. God takes away worthless burdens and gives us meaningful ones.

One of the most important things you must know about purpose is that it is worship. We exist for his worship.

The first place to start with purpose is consecration. Worship is any action by which you demonstrate consecration to the Lord.

Bravery is simply FAITH in Him, while fear is unbelief. In divine leading, God's ability is your confidence.

When you share your doubts with God, He will give you confidence and stir your faith.

To hear the voice of God, you have to keep your flesh at bay because the flesh is constantly at war with the spirit.

We must strike a balance between following the counsel of men and following the Lord.Even the wisest men in your life can be wrong.

The Bible uses the metaphor “rod and staff” to describe God's guidance and protection. We must get comfortable with the guidance of the word of God and prioritize it above other forms of guidance.

Pursuit is the proof of desire. You must be ready to inconvenience yourself for God's sake and be ready to seek God habitually if you want to walk in divine direction.

In the Bible, there was a protocol for divine direction .There is a way to get leading from God. God is your shepherd and He want to lead you.

The Power of Your Imagination - Apostle Emmanuel Iren ✍️There are so many ways God changes the lives of people ✍️If you believe in rapture, you must believe that the agency of rapture, the Holy Ghost is already in you. Eph.3:20 -If you don't see the son of God in the word of God then you don't know the word of God. - There are things that God wants to bring into your life that he must first bring to your mind. - God often uses the power of imagination to transform the faith life of a believer. -Imagination is a gift that the lord has given you. Use it. How does this gift play a role in the miraculous? -God exceeds your expectations but your imagination is important -Experiences are powerful. However, your experience must be anchored on God’s word -Anything that you don’t believe in you shouldn’t listen to Isaiah 26:3 -Pictography: God painting pictures in our mind is a method that has long been sown into the very fabric of faith. Through types and shadows. -When you fix your mind you are open to the possibilities of God You use words to shake off thoughts! -It’s possible that you’re asking and your imagination can stir up possibilities and the dispensation of power -Learn to ponder the word of God How do you build your imagination ✍️With God's word. Rom 12:2 Renew your mind with the word of God and meditate on the word of God. ✍️With examples. Don’t compete with people you should emulate. Embrace the examples in your life ✍️You must learn to praise God like it has already happened

As a worker in God’s vineyard, there is how to serve God. This is called Reasonable service (Rom 12:2). God is still God and consistent with His own will.

God’s answer to every need of man is the presence. God doesn’t need to break chains. Chains break off on their own in the presence of God.

A true understanding of salvation leaves you with a sense of purpose and the default response to good news is to tell it.

The believer is both a son and ‘Doulos’ (slave/servant) to God. Paul in his spiritual consciousness repeatedly introduced himself as a slave of God (Phil. 1:1) even though the term carries a manifestly negative connotation.

God uses the familiar to highlight the supernatural. He also used fire to teach us revival because: 1. Fire can be extinguished 1Thess.5:19. 2. Fire can be ignited Romans 12:11

Throughout the Bible, most of God's men fulfilled ministry in a foreign land and God prospered them there. Just like them, you are brought here for such a time as this.

Our salvation is grace. Our gospel is grace. It is the summation of everything we represent as believers.

As a believer, you have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you and He can be expressed in different ways. The same Holy Spirit can work through you as the need demands. Don't limit Him!

We must learn to set our affections on the things of God. Assess yourself personally to know what your priorities are and if you notice that you’re not prioritizing God and His message, make the necessary change.

We can not understand the gravity of sin until we understand two things; The utter helplessness of man and the total sovereignty of God, The only thing that can give us access to the eternal life is the lamb that was slain and its blood.

Grace is absolutely undeserved. Except you are born again you can not enter into the kingdom of God. Luke 18:12-14. We must come to God knowing that the only qualification for salvation is faith in Jesus.

Never underestimate the power of your environment. Build systems. Don't expect a system to remain if you don't intentionally build it.

Ingest the Word of God; sit with it. You can believe in your spirit but doubt in your mind. Chase out unbelief, it should not stand in the way of your faith.

Elisha and his servant were in the same situation but they saw things differently. Elisha’s servant was afraid of what he could physically see while Elisha was not afraid because of his spiritual enlightenment.

How do we receive the word? We receive the word:- By honouring the word of God above all else. If God says it, it is as good as done.

The word of God is living: Hebrews 4:12 Your basic life principle should be, "If God said it, I believe it and that settles it!

SOLID ROOTS, SOLID FRUITS

Our approach to marriage must be scriptural and not just cultural. As we continue to prayerfully seek God for direction in our marital choices, we must also actively seek knowledge.

For a relationship to work, it takes more than prayer, fasting and even knowing the right person. Approach relationship/marriage like a novice - buy books, and get counsel to equip yourself. Be willing to learn.

Luke 17:1 There will always be offenses. The biggest reason to show love and love people as a believer is that you’re a soul winner.

To build relationships on the rock, we must first build ourselves on the rock.

Count it all joy when you go through tests. James 1:2-4

You have to understand you have the spirit, you have fire! Romans 8:15 Receiving the Holy Spirit changes everything, including prayer.

What does fire represent? Fire is a Witness - Acts 1:3, Fire represents Protection- Obadiah 1:17-18, Fire represents Divine approval- Authenticity: the seal of the spirit. Ephesians 1:13. Fire represents Sanctification. Fire is also for Direction.

God has called you light meaning you are not only to stand out but also to be the ‘standard’ and for you to have Contagious Faith, God wants you to build both your solid and viral convictions.

Romans 1:20 - Glorifying God means to value him and reverence him. It means to esteem him as glorious. Your salvific reality must become your pragmatic reality.

God desires all good things for us (all good and perfect gift is from above). However, we must note that people can be destroyed even by good things.

Hardness of heart is when the word of God cannot persuade a person and it involves testing and trying and results.

Success is weighty. A lot of people experienced it and couldn't bear. Same goes for failure. A wise man builds his house on the rock and it stands. That's how to prepare for the future.

You excel at your devotion of prayer and fasting when you are fully persuaded by the ‘WHY’

Saving Faith is faith in the specific person of Jesus Christ

True joy is not complete until it is shared. You are quick to share what makes you happy or laugh with others so they may share in your joy. When you find joy in Christ, you will share his love easily.

Prophetic direction may not come in the normal or expected way. It is not as predictable as you may desire.

Christmas: The Questions, the Noise, and the Truth.

Be bold and vocal about the gospel.

Jesus did not just die for us; He died as us. That He took our debt and died our death, and by baptism, He brought us into a new possibility. So what we see Him do, we can also do.

Is it an insult or a compliment to be called “the Salt of the earth”? This implies that it’s a huge compliment - the Church is important; we are not a distraction but a blessing. Matt 5:12-13.