Theology

 *29/10/2023* *ANOINTING HEALING AND COMMUNION SERVICE* TOPIC: *FAITH IN GOD III* Text: Mark 9:23 Matthew 17:20 The dependence on God is called faith. Faith advances you beyond your five senses of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and touching. Faith releases you from your limited capabilities. By faith you move from in-ability to His-ability. This is the walk of faith to which all of us are called - where "nothing is impossible". Matthew 17:20 *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *25/10/2023* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *UNNAMED PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE* TOPIC: *THE LAME MAN AT THE GATE BEAUTIFUL II* Text: Acts 3:1-10 Note that Peter and John did not lay their hands on the beggar and pray for God to heal him. Rather as apostles with the power of God to perform signs and wonders, they simply told him to rise up and walk. Luke, a physician by profession, described what took place. Instantly strength was given to the portions of the body that needed it. Blood supply was increased to the muscle. The brain sent signals to the nerve endings of the ankles and the feet. The hardened fluid between the joints was softened, and the atrophied muscles and ligaments regained flexibility. The feet suddenly could bear the man's weight. The people had seen the beggar day after day, maybe year after year. His healing was not a staged event. *When the beggar stood and walked, the only reasonable explanation was that God healed him* *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *

 *22/10/2023* *FOURTH SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *FAITH IN GOD II* Text: Mark 9:23 Matthew 17:20 Faith means total dependence on God. When Adam sinned, he stepped out of God-dependence into in-dependence (which is unbelief). This is the reason God has placed such a high priority on faith. Faith is the way we come back in relationship with God (God-dependence). *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *18/10/2023* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *UNNAMED PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE* TOPIC: *THE LAME MAN AT THE GATE BEAUTIFUL* Text: Acts 3:1-10 The disciples of Jesus continued to follow Jewish tradition. A prayer service accompanied each of the two daily sacrifices, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. The ninth hour would have been 3 P.M. The lame man was laid near the gate called Beautiful. This gate opened into the Court of the Women from the outer Court of the Gentiles. It served, in a sense, as the front door to the temple proper. The Beautiful Gate would have been an ideal place for the man to position himself for begging. Those who ignored the man's plea may have found it difficult to worship due to the guilt they felt for refusing to help such a powerless person. Moreover, as people left the temple they would be more apt to give to someone who was waiting there for help. The apostles indicated immediately that they did not represent themselves in what they were about to

 *15/10/2023* *THIRD SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *FAITH IN GOD* Text: Mark 9:23 Matthew 17:20 Faith has always been the mark of a disciple of Jesus. The early disciples were known as BELIEVERS. Jesus said ".....*Everything is possible for him who believes".* Mark 9:23 *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan#* Powered by *JDIS*

 *11/10/2023* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *UNNAMED PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE* TOPIC: *THE BRIBED SOLDIERS AT THE RESURRECTION* Text: Matthew 28:11-15 The Roman guards reported to the chief priests because they had been assigned for duty to the religious authorities. Matthew 27:65 That the disciples stole Jesus' body away while the soldiers slept was a lie. This was a very weak explanation. If a guard was found sleeping at his post or if a prisoner escaped, the guard would be put to death. Acts 12:19 Acts 16:27,28 Acts 27:42 It may have been possible for one soldier to sleep but it is highly improbable that all of them slept at the same time. Also sleeping people do not make good witnesses, if they were asleep, how did they know what happened? *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *08/10/2023* *SECOND SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *THE GRACE OF GOD XIX* TWO IMPORTANT PROMISES 1. We have bold access to the throne of grace... "Let us then approach the THRONE OF GRACE with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and FIND GRACE (His enabling power) TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED" Hebrews 4:16 2. God is able "And GOD IS ABLE to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work". 2 Corinthians 9:8 *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *04/10/2023* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *UNNAMED PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE* TOPIC: *THE TWO THIEVES ON THE CROSS* Text: Matthew 27:38 Two thieves crucified with Christ is in fulfillment of Isaiah 53:12, "He was numbered with the transgressors,". Luke recorded that one of these thieves believed and was promised that he would join Jesus in paradise that very day. Luke 23:39-43 *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *01/10/2023* *THANKSGIVING SERVICE* TOPIC: *THE GRACE OF GOD XVIII* GRACE RELEASED IN OUR LIVES In our relationship with God - as we walk with Him each day - we constantly meet situations that would try to overwhelm us. Our response to God is to trust His Word. We express our trust through obedience. This proves we believe what God's Word says despite what the circumstances might indicate. God's response to our faith is His grace - His enabling power, which causes us to triumph in every situation. *©2023* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*