It
was another refreshing time in God’s presence at House On The Rock Asaba. God’s
glory was evident in the midst of His People as De Masterpiece lifted our
Spirit during the call to worship,
Praise session and worship with lovely songs like: “I surrender all”,
“all things are possible”, “Bless the Lord with me” ,“Be glorifies,
“Everything” and “He knows my name ”. All songs were led by Ministers Chuks,
Ufuoma, Knowledge and Lois respectively. These were done after Minister Sam
said the opening prayers.
These are announcements for the week as taken by
Pastor Dexter:
1. The "woman to
woman" conference
2. The 26th of May
will be a children's day service.
3. All those who made
any form of pledge or vow were encouraged to redeem them.
4. The new classes for
Family House Academy will start this coming Sunday, May 12th.
He welcomed the host
pastor here at HOTR Asaba, Pastor Cosfinney Udoka to deliver the message from
the Lord.
The Senior Pastor
announced that he would use the first half hour to conclude the leadership
series, and the last half hour to answer questions from the congregation [on
the series].
Bible Verses: Luke 16 vs 10-12, 12
vs 42-44, Prov. 28 vs 20, 26, Psalms 12 vs 1, 1 Cor. 4 vs. 2
Message Title: The hope of the
"ladder-holders."
"If you cannot be
faithful in another man's thing, God will not give you your own. There is a
difference between faithfulness and "face-fulness." "Face-fulness" is an act of
wickedness, and does not please God. Faithfulness is a requirement in the
school of riches. If you're not faithful, you're not likely to be rich or
blessed.
"Every
ladder-holder is destined to climb that ladder. Every servant is a potential
leader, you cannot lead without serving. Being a "ladder-holder" is a
privilege that sets you on the path to leadership where someday, people will
hold your ladder. It is not easy to be a "ladder-holder," but hold
on. It takes humility to serve, but in the end, in will be worth it.
"No matter the
age or qualification of your leader, in the church, home or office, follow him.
God put him as your leader for a reason. It took strong faithfulness and
humility for the disciples to follow Christ because some of them were older and
more qualified than He was. God rewards faithfulness, no matter where it was
carried out. Faithfulness in service is a "fixed deposit," you must
get it back.
"You must always
learn to go down in life by yourself because after that, your natural
destination is up. God did not program us to be stars, He programmed us to
shine like the sun. Wherever you are serving, in any capacity, serve well. God
does not reward talent or gifts, He rewards faithfulness.
"It is wrong for
a man to hold your ladder hopelessly, without vision of climbing the ladder
someday. When your "ladder-holder" has a vision of holding the ladder
someday, he will hold your ladder and support you properly. Learn all you need
to learn while you're holding the ladder so that when it gets to your turn of
climbing the ladder, you won't make some mistakes."
He ended the message
by saying that the aim of the leadership series is to build good leaders
tomorrow. Good leadership starts with good service.
The question and
answer session was interesting and enlightening.
We were blessed with
the heaven-inspired teaching of God's servant tonight and through out the
leadership series.
Tithes and offering
were collected and closing benedictions said, bringing the beautiful service to
an end.
Day two of the Woman To Woman conference started with
intercessory prayers led by Mrs. Nneka Ezedum. The congregation where also
moved with inspiring songs from the Choir and Min. Uche.
“It is until you crush what you are carrying inside,
you will not be noticed” she noted. 
