JOHN CHAPTER 8

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Before you jump into today's chapter in the Gospel of John, I want you to go back to chapter 1 and re-read verses 9-13, because they provide a wonderful summary of what Jesus talks about in the temple in chapter 8.

"The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:9-13)

Jesus also reiterates something about Himself in chapter 8 that you may remember from chapter 3. In 8:15 Jesus says, "I judge no one," which is an echo of what He said to Nicodemus back in 3:17 "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him."

Keep these things in mind as you read today's chapter. And we'll be back tomorrow with chapter 9.

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PRAYER

Father, in the name of jesus thank you for sending the light that brings life. Thank you for offering a way of salvation so that we do not have to continue living in sin. We pray that you would shine your light through us as we interact with our friends, family and coworkers and that you would give us the words to say when they ask about the hope they see in us. Let your word inject light into our soul!

John 8 English Standard Version (ESV)

8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]

I Am the Light of the World

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father[a] who sent me. 17 In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” 19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

21 So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave[b] to sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I Am

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’[c] 55 But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”[d] 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

REFLECTION & APPLICATION

Today's chapter builds on a lot of things we've already learned about Jesus. He is the light that brings life. He didn't come to condemn the world, but to offer a way to salvation. And then there's verse 31: "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." That word "abide" is an important word in the Gospels and it means to "stay, remain, or continue." Think of how a plant thrives by "abiding" in the sunlight and ask yourself "how do I remain in the presence of Jesus? How do I walk with Him; continue on with Him?"

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MASTER KEY TO A WORLD OF ACADEMIC EXPLOITS. By Dr David OYEDEPO

MASTER KEY TO A WORLD OF ACADEMIC EXPLOITS. By Dr David OYEDEPO

There is no great man or woman anywhere in the kingdom, it is the backing of God that makes great in the kinhdom.

Until God leaves a man before he realizes how empty he or she is.

No world chager runs an ordinary schedule.

Dictionary defines exploits as:
Striking or Notable deeds; feats;
Spirited or heroic acts
✓ Bold or daring Feat
✓ An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one.

Setting the pace and blazing the trail
Extraordinary accomplishments
Outstanding Feats - Breaking New Grounds

Out of this world order of impact Generating global relevance in one's pursuit
· Exploit is all about accomplishing things eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, nor entered the hearts of men - 1 Cor. 2:9

We have discovered that a Quality Walk with God is the Master Key to a world of
exploits in any field, including academics - Pro 13:20

Walking with God makes you share of his authority.

•Examples of men with the kind of insight that is not found in the land of the living:
-Moses (history of creation) -
- Deut. 34:10-12

-Daniel (unravelling of another man's dream) - Dan 1:8,17,21; Dan 2:16/30-46

What we celebrate in research are discoveries.

Job 28:7-28. - Whence cometh this kind of wisdom

Others with unusual insight through their walk with God include:
- Joseph - Gen 39:9/ Gen 41:38-43
- Daniel - Dan 1:8-17/21/ Dan 6:1-10
- Solomon - 1 Kgs 4:29-30, John 3:31, James 3:15-21

James 3:15 (KJV)
This wisdom descendeth not from
above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Raising A New Generation of leading

The Wisdom from above does not just engender exploits, but a life-long and
depression-free dimension of exploits - Psa. 112:1-10/ Pro 10:22

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (KJV)
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

...Of the writing of many books there is
no end; and much study wearies the
soul - Ecc. 12:12
-
· But learning from above refreshes the
soul - Jer. 15:16/ Isa. 50:4 Because divine insight of things is sweet - Ecc. 11:7/ Pro. 24:13

...Of the writing of many books there is
no end; and much study wearies the
soul - Ecc. 12:11

R. G. Le TOURNEAU

R. G. Le TOURNEAU was a Frenchman
who was a mechanic and had only primary school education.

> At the age of 30, his workshop came to
a close. He kept struggling till finally
,
he became bankrupt at the age of 44.
So he had to start all over again!

. In his book, Mover of Men and Mountains, he said, "I am just a mechanic whom the Lord has blessed, but I am in active relationship with God. I am a 'searcher-out' of things that I know not. I am a seeker of light from heaven, therefore, there was no limit to what could be achieved in my life.”

Meditation stirs up inspiration.

• In the days when people were using mules and colts to move earth to construction sites, he sat down and convinced himself
that there must be a better way of doing this.

- He developed a Digger that could carry 200 Tonnes of earth; Which combined two huge mobile diesel engines, that could supply electricity to a small town.

His life theme was Matthew 6:33. This is the verse that he repeated to audiences thousands of times around the world, and the verse that is on his tombstone

He said "there may not be Logical Explanation to the invention of the
digger, but there is a Spiritual One to it!"
.
His life theme was Matthew 6:33. This is the verse that he repeated to audiences thousands of times around the world, and the verse that is on his tombstone

He said "there may not be Logical Explanation to the invention of the digger
, but there is a Spiritual One to it!"

-He founded the University of Pennsylvania
, which till date ranked high in the league of world leading Universities.

-Today, Benjamin Franklin Day is observed in America on January 17

Benjamin Franklin knew the Lord early in life.
A man that literarily taught himself to read and write.

Scientific Disciplines Established By Bible Believing Scientists

Lois Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
– Antiseptic Surgery
- Bacteriology

Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
- Calculus
– Dynamics

Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867)
Field Theory
- Electromagnetic
-
• Louis Agassiz (1807 - 1873)
Glacial Geology
- Ichthyology

. Lord Rayleigh (1842 - 1919)
- Dimensional Analysis
Model Analysis

• Johann Kepler (1571 - 1630)
- Celestial Mechanics
-
· Robert Boyle (1627 – 1691)
– Chemistry

Georges Cuvier (1769 - 1832)
- Comparative Anatomy
-
Charles Babbage (1792 - 1871)
– Computer Science
-
• Johann Kepler (1571 - 1630)
– Celestial Mechanics

· Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907)
Energetics

• James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879)
- Electrodynamics
-
· Ambrose Fleming (1849 - 1907)
- Electronics
-
• Henri Fabre (1823-1915)
– Entomology of Living Insects

. George Stokes (1819 - 1903)
- Fluid Mechanics
-
. William Herschel (1738 - 1822)
– Galactic Astronomy

· Henri Fabre (1823 - 1915)
Entomology of Living Insects

George Stokes (1819 - 1903)
Fluid Mechanics

William Herschel (1738 - 1822)
– Galactic Astronomy

Notable Inventions and Discoveries by Bible Believing Scientists in Centuries Past

Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907)
- Absolute Temperature
- Trans-Atlantic Cable

Charles Babbage (1792 – 1871)
- Actuarial Tables
– Calculating Machine
Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895)

Biogenesis Law
- Fermentation Control
- Pasteurization

Vaccination and Immunization
· Ambrose Fleming (1849 – 1945)
Thermionic Valve

Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
– Law of Gravity
- Reflecting Telescope
-
• John Henry (1797 - 1878)
– Electric Motor
- Galvanometer
- Self Induction

· Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
- Barometer

• James Simpson (1811 - 1870)
Chloroform

· Carolus Linnaeus (1707 – 1778)
– Classification of Systems

Williams Herschel (1738 - 1822)
- Double Stars
-
· Michael Faraday (1791 – 1867)
- Electric Generator
-
· Johann Kepler (1571 – 1630)
- Ephemeris tables

• John Herschel (1792 – 1871)
Global Star Catalog

William Ramsay (1852 - 1916)
· Inert Gases

David Brewster (1781 – 1868)
– Kaleidoscope

Humphrey Davy (1778 - 1829)
- Mine Safety Lamp
-
Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626)
- Scientific Method
-
Samuel F. B. Morse (1791 - 1872)
Telegraph

Conclusion
As the Lord lives, a new army of intellectual giants shall surely rise from the Our University Platforms that will take the world by storms!

JOHN CHAPTER 7

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Welcome to Day 7!

One of the goals of this 21 Day Challenge is to help you gain a clearer idea of who Jesus is based on the Gospel of John. We've considered His divine nature, and His humanity. We've seen Him heal the sick, feed the hungry, and cleanse the temple. And though we're only a third of the way through this Gospel, we hope that by the end, you'll know enough about Jesus to make a decision about Him.

In fact, "decisions" are a main focus of chapter seven. In verse five, we see that Jesus' brothers had already made a decision about Him. In 11-12, we see Jews talking about Him trying to come to a decision. The Pharisees had made up their minds a long time ago, but when they sent men to arrest Him, they returned empty handed saying, "No one ever spoke like this man!" (v. 46) They had made their decision too.

See you again tomorrow,

PRAYER
Dear Jesus, thank you for not keeping yourself hidden, but revealing yourself to us through Scripture. Help us to see clearly the life you offer and to recognize the lies of those who have us turn away from you. Grant us deeper revelation of your word and power in the name of Jesus. 


John 7 English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews[a] were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For not even his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not[c] going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,[d] when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone's will is to do God's[e] will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it. 22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know. 29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.” 30 So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as[f] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division among the people over him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."


REFLECTION & APPLICATION
Right at the center of this chapter, Jesus makes this statement: "'Do not judge by appearances, but make a right judgment.'" He said this to the pharisees to point out their hypocrisy when they condemned Him for healing a man on the Sabbath (see chapter 5). But it's a reminder to all of us to think clearly about our decision regarding Jesus. The Pharisees rejected Jesus because He didn't live up to their standards. But if they had truly understood the Scriptures, they would have recognized Jesus as the Son of God right away.

If you've made a decision for Christ, we'd love to hear about it!

And if today is the first time you've that decision, welcome to the family! Please let us know you made that decision. We'd love to celebrate with you and help you walk along your journey to know Jesus.

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BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY by Dr David OYEDEPO (Landmark University)

As the morning shows the day, the boy shows the man. 

>One that flies a spacecraft is called an 'Astronaut', while one that flies an aircraft is

called a pilot and one that drives a moto vehicle is called a driver

>The sun has not been shielded from shinning by the multitudes of the birds in the air.

What is leadership? 

It is making valuable contribution and not just occupying a position. 

• Leadership is accomplishing a feat and not just accupying a seat. 

• They are not people with long chains of degrees  but contributors. 

• They are men that leave their foot prints on the sands of time. 

• The real worth of a leader is in the value he adds, the contributions he makes the feats

accomplishes and the impacts he engenders.

-Deut. 34:10-12

• It is not talking the lead, it's taking the

lead - 1 Cor. 11:1/ Phi. 3:17

•  It is not appointment, but an attainment - Heb. 11:32-34

• It is not in the titles we wear, but in the

values we bear – Mat. 24:45-47

• Leadership is not an endowment; but by accomplishment - Heb. 12:1-2/ 1 Cor. 9:24-26

• Leaders are readers and every committed reader is a potential leader - Dan. 9:2/ 2 Tim. 4:13

• Talking and learning nothing is what makes a loser. 

• Show me a reader today, and I will show you a potential leader tomorrow. 

• Leaders of reknown  are commited learners. 

Daniel 9:2 Leaders are made in the crucible of books. 

• Leaders are learners, and every committed learner is a potential leader

• Leaders are made in the crucible of responsibility. 

•  Leadership is all about taking the lead, setting the pace and blazing the trail in

one's field. 

• This implies that anybody can become a leader if he is willing to fulfil the demands of leadership Mat. 20:25-28

It is hard work that makes highflyers 

Deut. 28:1

Leadership is all about taking the lead, setting the pace and blazing the trail in one's field.

It is hard work that makes highflyers 

Deut. 28:1

Hard work never wears people out, it is wrong work that does.

Nothing works without someone at work!

- Because there is nothing in doing nothing

"Our leadership potentials will never

have expression beyond the quality of

engagement.

Work is a catalyst for the leadership

potentials in us to blossom

Four Platforms to Engage in developing our Leadership Potential

► Self Management

► Time Management

► Task Management and

► Resource Management

Self management is all about:

Setting order over one's life

Dogged pursuit of one's vision and

> Maximum investment time, energy

and resources in driving one's task.

Setting goals and driving at them

> Being able to separate between the lawful

and the expedient

> Making quality decision and standing by

it. Being a law to oneself

• Efficient self management is what

determines one's ultimate accomplishment

•Leadership in any field begins

with leading oneself efficiently.

• Benjamin Franklin, once said; Doth thou love life, then don't squander time, invest it for that is the stuff life is made up of.

• Shakespear also noted:

•/ wasted time, now time doth waste me

Nnamdi Azikwe said:

Give me my 'youth back', and I will pay

any price for it.

Life is all about investment of your God given virtues. 

You never lack what you give, you lack what you give. 

THE WISDOM OF VALUE ADDITION

The vision of ORU

"Raise up your students to hear 

My voice, to go where My light

is dim, where My voice is heard

small, and My healing power is

not known, even to the

uttermost bounds of the earth

Their work will exceed yours,

and in this, I am well pleased."

Isalah 43 2 (ESV)

MATTHEW 24:6-8 (KJV)

STORM FORECAST

JOHN 16:33 (KJV)

These things I have

spoken unto you

that in me you might have

peace, in the world you

shall have tribulation, but

be of good cheer, I have

overcome the world,

WISDOM - 

MATHEW 724

WISDOM TIPS TO SHELTER

IN PLACE

1. BE PREPARED

2Chronicles 27:6

* Don't be afraid- Because  fear is the bait of failure Job3:25

* Be certain that VICTORY IS ASSSURED

Without preparation,  there cannot be greatness. 

Fear is the bait of failure. 

2. STAY AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITION

• Stay educated

• Expose your mind.

• learn to handle your space well. 

• Read up

• Stay aware  of the surroundings-globe and immediate environment. 

3. KNOW WHERE TO SHELTER

* IDENTIFY AREAS OF STRENGTH

CAPITALIZE ON THOSE AREAS OF STRENGTH

* FOCUS ON CREATING MORE STREAMS

NEVER FORGET THE CORE FOCUS - STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY

• Perceived value - perception of value - this is what drives price increase. 

• Actual value

5 KEYS THAT IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS'

ACTUAL VALUE AND PERCIEVED VALUE

1. Ease of purchase - (Availability)

2. Product arriving quickly (promptness in service delivery)

3. Lower cost of ownership - especially for business investments

4. Providing the buyer with prestige - very true in service based industries

5. Friendly customer service.

Value will always drive purchase. 

Determine to create value. 

JOHN CHAPTER 6

ECCCYI

If you grew up going to Sunday School and VBS, this is probably a very familiar chapter to you: Jesus feeds the 5,000! With only five barley loaves and two small fish, a multitude was served with enough leftovers to fill twelve baskets. And then we get to this verse: "Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself."

They missed the point. You don't force Jesus to be your King, you accept Him as the Son of God. When those people caught up with Jesus the next day, His response drove the point home in a dramatic way--and caused many people to turn away.

I hope you spend time reading and rereading this chapter; it is so rich that a quick summary can't do it justice (we didn't even mention Jesus walking on the water!) And as you do, prayerfully ask God to help you see the meaning in Jesus' words from so long ago.

We'll talk to you tomorrow.

PRAYER

Father in the name of Jesus, as we read through this passage of Scripture grant us access to llight and help us to see what it means to accept Jesus on His terms and not our own. And help us to understand our own motivations for following Jesus. Help us to be able to recognize, like Peter, that only in Jesus are the words of life to be found.


John 6 English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

6 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii[a] worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”

15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,[b] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

I Am the Bread of Life

22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread[c] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus[d] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) 65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” 71 He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

REFLECTION & APPLICATION
As you read through this chapter ask yourself about motivations: what motivated Jesus to provide food for the crowd?

Why did He slip away when He say they would make Him King?

Why did Jesus teach the way He did even knowing that some people would turn away?

And ask yourself about your own motivations: Why are you following Jesus?

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COVENANT UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE ADVANCE FOR 2021/2022 - TOWARDS DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY | BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO

The day learning stops, development stops. 

When you stop learning, you start dying. 

Continuous learning is proof of real life. 

When you think through, knowledge becomes profitable. 

1 Timothy 4:13/15

It is findings that gives meaning to readings. 

Leadership is not just talking the lead, but taking the lead. 

Leadership is not just by appointment but a product of accomplishment. 

All real leaders are thinkers and thinkers are potential leaders. 

Everybody needs time to think. 

What truly sells is not just products but time invested. 

Just anybody can becomes a leader if he or she is willing to give it all it takes. 

Every child of God is a potential leader. 

It is taking responsibility that makes your restored leadership rights a reality. 

Only thinkers can make the best of knowledge. 

Thinkers mould and shape the world. Thinkers are destiny moulders. 

Scientific discoveries has its roots in great thoughts..

Great scientist such as Archimedes - law of floatation, Albert Einstein - physicist, law.of.photoelectric, theory of relativity, The wright brothers - aviation industry initiators, Isaac Newton - discoverd the law of gravity. 

Men that shape the world are great continuous thinkers. We no doubt live in a thinkers world. 

It is thinking that leads to findings, and it is findings that lead to products. 

Thinking leads to study and study leads to findings and findings leads to product. 

First citizens of the earth are focused individuals. 

Many leave where they are celebrated to where they are tolerated. 

"Scientific problems are familiar to me, but i have no natural tendency to handle human beings." Albert Einstein

Focused men are not easily distracted. 

When trials fail, return is the only real option. 

Every findings first begins with a noise before graduating to a voice. 

We live in a thinkers world. We however have too many talkers but few thinkers. 

Most scientific inventions are from committed and robust thinkers. 

The number of cells in the human brain is the same for all human beings irrespective of the race or colour. 

What you do with your brain is what defines its output. 

What makes brain output different is on tis robustness of engagement. 

The greatest treasure we trade on earth is knowledge and wisdom. 

The himan brain is a great gift of nature which is upgraded by the operation of the mind of Christ as a redeemed of God. 

Committed thinkers are solution providers. 

Nothing is unthinkable until we think so. 

Only 5% of himans think

25% thibk they are thinking

70% would rather die than think. 

Light is sweet. 

JOHN CHAPTER 5

ECCCYI

There's a great irony found in today's passage from the Gospel of John. In verses 39 and 40, Jesus is talking to the Pharisees--the religious leaders of the day. The Pharisees were angry at Jesus for two reasons: He broke the Sabbath (by healing a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years), and He referred to Himself as equal with God. To see a man flaunting religious tradition and yet declaring Himself God was blasphemy in their eyes.

But in confronting them, Jesus says: "'You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.'" The Pharisees had become so caught up in trying to please God by following the religious law they missed the point of the Scriptures they loved. It's no wonder that wherever Jesus went, more and more people followed Him, worshipping their Savior.


PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank you for being a compassionate God who not only provides our spiritual necessities, but can heal our broken bodies as well. We pray that as we go about this day that we will be able to exercise the same compassion you showed to those we encounter.

John 5 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath

1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[a] called Bethesda,[b] which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. [c] 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews[d] said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[e] does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 I do not receive glory from people. 42 But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”


REFLECTION & APPLICATION
Jesus identifies Himself with God the Father several times in this chapter.

How do you see God's heart on display through Jesus' actions here?

Why do you suppose Jesus didn't just say to the crippled man, "stay here, I'll be back tomorrow," but instead healed the man immediately?

It's important to show proper reverence for God in our actions, but part of that means following the example Jesus set while He walked the earth.

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JOHN CHAPTER 4 | Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

ECCCYI

We have a tendency to think everybody's fine and nobody really wants to hear the message of Jesus. I would say that's totally false. As a matter of fact, it's completely backwards. I don't think most people are fine. I think most people are experiencing deep pain, frustration, despair, hopelessness and, actually, they would very much like a meaningful, respectful, compassionate conversation about Jesus. I think, if you look at our culture, the evidence of pain is everywhere--from our addictions, from our busyness, to our materialism, to our immorality, there are so many evidences that we are a people in pain.

Our challenge is to see people through a biblical lens rather than this lens that is so driven by the media that divides the world into "us" and "them." If you take away the behaviours and the labels, at the end of the day, we're people that want to love. We want to be loved; we want to find happiness; we want to find joy; we want to have meaning and purpose in life. If we separate all that other stuff that divides us, we're very much alike, we're a people in pain. It is sobering to realize that we, as Christians, have the message of hope to carry into the darkness to meet people at their point of pain and to let them know there is hope. When you read John 4, you'll be able to see Jesus put this love into action.

PRAYER

Father, as we read of Jesus' conversation with the woman at the well, we pray that You'll remind us of those in our lives who have yet to meet Jesus. We pray that you would provide opportunities to share the Good News with our friends and family. Help us to see the world as You see it; to see the hurts and pains might otherwise go hidden. Give us the words to say to shine the message of hope brightly to the world around us.

John 4 English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

4 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[a]

7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.[b] The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”

27 Just then his disciples came back. They marvelled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labour. Others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour.”

39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.”

43 After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honour in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.

Jesus Heals an Official's Son

46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you[c] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants[d] met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[e] the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household. 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

REFLECTION & APPLICATION
In the last chapter, we saw a theme begin--the theme of a new spiritual life, of being born again into an everlasting life through belief in Jesus. In this chapter, we find that spiritual lives, like physical lives, need nourishment. Jesus begins by discussing spiritual thirsts. The woman Jesus talked to at the well had a spiritual thirst for a relationship, but after five husbands, she was still thirsty. That's the thirst Jesus wants to quench--the thirst for a deep, meaningful relationship.

Jesus talks later to His disciples about spiritual hunger that is satisfied through doing the will of God.

There's many people who have yet to hear about God, many opportunities yet for the spiritually hungry to be filled. Is your spirit being nourished today?

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PRAYER OF VENGEANCE

Ptay this kingdom advancement prayer to establish Gods vengeance in the camp of all the enemies of Jesus and his kingdom this year. 

Father, I decree your vengeance upon every agent of the devil resisting the continuous growth of works of Jesus Christ on the earth and let the effect of this be practically evident in amount of souls that gallop out of hell regions into heavenly places where satan and its cohort have no operational space. Isaiah 63:4

THE DYNAMICS OF SOUL

ECCCYI

The wholeness of the soul talks about the connectedness of the soul, ones or integrity of the soul. 

This is a state wherein the Imagination (vision, faith, spiritual understanding), Memory (knowledge), Intellect (Wisdom), Emotion (Nexus, feel, attraction) and Will (Decision, Choices or counsel) are all in synch. 

This is holiness of the soul or Integrity. 

And the soul can only attain to this level of holiness when the spirit man is powered by the Spirit of the Lord. 

The body also has to be put under subjection by the operation of the spirit of might. 

Isaiah 11:1-3

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