It was another moment of praise, worship and thanksgiving. The
congregation would never be tired of giving thanks to their God for all
the wonderful works He continues to do in their lives. The atmosphere
was replete with joy, hope and the urgency of divine expectations. The
songs of the Emmanuel Singers added life to the day as the congregants
digested some spiritual food from the lyrical admonitions of the choir.
Sunday, July 12, 2015 witnessed a SCOAN church service that once again
connected the people of God with their Father in heaven. It was a day
the Lord Himself made and the congregants rejoiced and were glad in it.
Evangelist Fanny reminded Christians of the need to guard the content
of their heart as it is the most treasured gift God has given them. In
fact, she describes the heart as a treasury in a message titled: TAKE
CARE OF THE TREASURY, YOUR HEART. According to Evangelist Fanny: “What a
person treasures or values determine what he thinks about all day long,
what he talks about and whom he will obey I mean determines his
meditation, conversation and actions. God has entrusted us with a
treasury which is our heart and the things coming out of the treasury
translate what you regard as valuable I mean whom you decided to yield
your spirit to. Just as there is no neutral kingdom, there is no neutral
heart. Your heart is either a residence of the Holy Spirit or a
residence of satan (Romans 8:7-9)”. In other words, our hearts determine
the nature and quality of our lives. As Christians, it is from the
contents of our hearts that we can be seen either as God’s children or
friends of the devil.
According to Evangelist Fanny, we cannot occupy our hearts with
worldly things and expect the Spirit of God to remain there: “As long as
the things of the world are in place in your treasury, the things of
the spirit will be displaced. I mean as long as the rocks of hatred, the
thorns of unfaithfulness and the stone of un-forgiveness are in your
treasury, the pearls of kindness, the precious stones of faithfulness,
the silver of goodness and the gold of love will be affected – for a
good man has a good treasure in his heart and from there he brings forth
good things proving his son-ship”.
Continuing, she added that Christians fall into temptations and lose
faith in God because their hearts are filled with mundane things: “Our
heart is so corrupt that when faced with temptation, test and trials,
our affection becomes unstable. We focus on man and lose focus on God.
We place position, money and the likes above God in our heart and fail
the test -because we are more of ourselves and less of Him, more of the
flesh and less of the Spirit – not in harmony with the Word. We are
hiding under the cover of religion rather than relationship with God –
forgetting that the great thing God looks at and requires is the heart”.
To live a fulfilled and Spirit-filled life capable of making our
hearts His dwelling place, Evangelist Fanny offered a recipe: “Let the
Word of God become your database for your personal opinion. Love,
kindness, good affection, tenderness, wisdom of utterance, power to
counsel and good knowledge must be treasures hidden in the treasury
ready for use as occasion demands. Your heart must be fixed and
established on the solid foundation, the right source which is the
living Word of God.You must do
the Word, act the Word, live the Word, trust implicitly in the Word
because God on His throne is backing up every Word – Him and the Word
are one, if your heart and the word are one, your heart is heaven”.
She concluded by admonishing Christians to take good care of their
hearts and ensure that it is always filled with positive things rather
than the garbage of mundane considerations: “Take care of your heart –
Be careful with what you think right now – always think positively. Let
us remember always that Jesus still sees the treasury today, just as
much as He had done during His earthly ministry. He knows the motives
and purpose behind men’s action; He looks at the disposition of their
hearts while praying, moving, talking – whether they are doing what they
are doing to honour God that is in humility and faith or to be honoured
by men with arrogance and conceit. You cannot do anything successfully
and fellowship with God when your heart is full of evil thoughts,
hatred, jealousy, greed and the like”.
TESTIMONIES
OUR GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF SITUATIONS, PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES. HE IS ABLE AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP US OUT OF OUR TROUBLES. AT THE SCOAN, TESTIMONIES ARE THE PROOF THAT HE IS INDEED WITH US. THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIES ARE MEANT TO BUILD YOUR FAITH FOR UNCOMMON BREAKTHROUGH IN JESUS’ NAME
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS AND TESTMONIES CLICK HERE
OUR GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF SITUATIONS, PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES. HE IS ABLE AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP US OUT OF OUR TROUBLES. AT THE SCOAN, TESTIMONIES ARE THE PROOF THAT HE IS INDEED WITH US. THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIES ARE MEANT TO BUILD YOUR FAITH FOR UNCOMMON BREAKTHROUGH IN JESUS’ NAME
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS AND TESTMONIES CLICK HERE
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