Bishop Emmanuel Kodwo Orleans-Lindsay

Building on the Foundation of Apostles and Prophets

How To Get The Best Out Of Your Church Part 3

How To Get The Best Out Of Your Church Part 2

How To Get The Best Out of Your Church

Tell Them: "Why You are Here?"

Matthew 5:13 (MSG)  “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.”

 

In this message Reverend Lindsay preaches”Why are you here?”.  The church without the head of Christ is dead and useless. The head Christ tells us why we are here. First reason why you are here is to be salt-seasoning to bring flavors of God so people will experience God. A Christian must be flavored with God spices. People can only taste and feel the flavors of God from a true Christian.Christianity is not about going to church but about smelling of God. Second reason is you are to be a light for God bringing out the God colors in this world. We need to pray for the spirit of God, Christians that represent the Holy Spirit. This happens when you are born again you receive the Holy Spirit and power as it says in Acts 1:8.

 

This is why we are here and how we are to be true Christians that represent God everywhere we are.  

Tell Them: "Keys to the Harvest"

In this service Reverend Lindsay, continues the series Tell Them, preaching about the “Keys to the Harvest”. Measure your relevance by how many souls you are populating heaven with. This was Jesus' primary mission for the souls of the lost. Two methods that the church should involve in soul-winning, first is massive organized outreaches. Jesus said in Luke 4:34 His food was to do the work of God. We as believers need to have the same heart and intentionally in winning souls for Christ. There is so much fulfillment in seeing souls brought to Christ, their lives being changed and testimonies that follow. Through massive organization you must incorporate fasting, praying and inviting souls. Secondly we must implement Anakgazo which means to compel them. God desires all of us to make the right choice and understand the urgency, hell is real and not created for us. God created heaven for us.

Tell Them: "Why You must be a Soul-Winner"

Luke 19:10 (KJV) “10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” 

In this message Reverend Lindsay preaches “Tell them: Why you must be a soul-winner”. Where there is no vision a person perishes. Don’t look at people as just the physical look at them like souls that need a savior. God has given us the task of reconciling people to Him. If the church fails at this it will never be done. Taking responsibility for souls shows that one has vision and wants to complete God's mission. God takes care of people that will take care of the souls/sheep. You must be a soul-winner to be a star in the house of the Lord. Lord give us fresh oil for souls!

 

When we see people we must see souls that God loves and desires for them know and love Him.

Loyalty and Disloyalty: How to Keep Faithfulness

Proverbs 28:20 (KJV) the Bible says “ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”

 

In this service Reverend Lindsay continued the series on Loyalty and preaches “How to keep Faithfulness”. First faithfulness demands full persuasion. Faithfulness should be to the highest authority. It does not withhold information. It is important to keep an open line of communication. Loyalty is based on principles and not emotions. Loyalty will cost you friendships and relationships. As we pursue God first some relationships may not follow the same vein. Loyalty has hierarchy, with God at the head. We need to pursue God first before the church, reading His word and meditating on it day and night. 

 

Let us be faithful to our Father God and walk according to His will for each of us.

Loyalty and Disloyalty: The Stages of Disloyalty

In this service Reverend Linsday continues the series on Loyalty and Disloyalty and preaches today “ The Stages of Disloyalty. 

 

Unfaithfulness is a process. We continue to learn about the stages of unfaithfulness or disloyalty. First is an independent spirit. There is also the stage of passivity, it is coverup and can also be absenteeism. It leads to many forms of destruction.The critical stage is where you now start criticizing. When you are offended, nothing about that person or place looks good. The political stage comes next, where you are campaigning trying to win others over to your side of offense. Then finally the stage of open rebellion. 

 

When you notice these stages in our life, stand your ground, follow hard after God. 

 

 

Faithfulness to our Heavenly Father

In this special Father’s Day service Reverend Lindsay preaches about Faithfulness to our heavenly Father. Anybody who wants to be faithful to God must be faithful to His church. Attitude to pastors and God’s representatives shows your faithfulness to God. Treating church members like Christ also displays faithfulness to our heavenly Father. Unfaithfulness is a process not an event. Stages of disloyalty to God can cause loss of many blessings. God never loses us; we often leave or lose God. First stage is independent spirit. Next is the stage of offense. When you are closer to something it is easier to be offended. When God is close to you, it is easy to get offended.