How We Can Change Our Lives (Part 2) | Luke 12:22-34 | Samuel Oyeyinka

True life change begins with what we value. Scripture shows that disordered desires lead to ruin, and much of our problem is not a lack of information but a lack of conviction. We do not consistently value truth, and therefore we drift.

Fear is shaped by desire. We fear losing what we treasure. When God is not our highest value, fear governs us. But as God becomes more precious to us, our fears lose their power. This transformation happens through meditation on God’s Word. Christianity is a faith that grows more beautiful the more it is thoughtfully considered. Truth must be actively sought because the enemy’s strategy is distraction. An absent mind easily drifts away from God.

We grow in love for God by thinking about Him. As we behold His glory, our affections are reshaped. Scripture invites us to “taste and see that the Lord is good” because delight in God produces refuge and blessing. As we behold the Lord’s glory, we are gradually transformed into His likeness.

The more immersed we are in God’s word, we more stirred our hearts are to prayer. The Word reveals God to us, and prayer is our response to what we see. As we dwell on God through Scripture and prayer, our desires are reordered, our fears are weakened, and our lives are changed.

How We Can Change Our Lives (Part 1) | Psalm 1 | Samuel Oyeyinka

We change our lives not by simply trying to avoid suffering, but by redirecting our deepest motivations toward God and His glory. In this fallen world, suffering is unavoidable because creation itself has been subjected to futility. It presses on us as a reminder that this world is not our final home (Romans 8:18-23).

Suffering comes from three main places:

• Nature – the brokenness of creation

• People – persecution or harm from others

• Ourselves – through self-denial and resisting sinful passions

Everyone is running toward something. Some run toward pleasure, comfort, and self-interest (Philippians 2:21; 2 Timothy 3). Others run toward God. These two dispositions have totally different outcomes. What you set your mind on is what you become enslaved to (Romans 8:5).

The true way of change is to love God more than comfort. God answers suffering either by relief or by turning it into good, teaching us His purposes through it. But the heart is changed when the mind is fixed on what is good. That is why Scripture repeatedly commands meditation on God’s Word (Joshua 1:8; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:6-9).

Psalm 1 gives the anchor: the blessed life is not defined by the absence of suffering, but by delight in the law of the Lord, meditating day and night, and being rooted like a tree by streams of water. The more you behold God’s Word, the more you appreciate Him. The more you appreciate Him, the more you love Him. And love for God expels lesser loves.

Beholding the Incarnation | Luke 1 -2:40 | Samuel Oyeyinka

We Need to Celebrate Christmas | Samuel Oyeyinka

We are completely dependent on God in every area of life.

Physically, He sustains us—providing the breath in our lungs, our daily food, and everything necessary for survival. Spiritually, our salvation rests entirely in His hands: initiated by God the Father, secured through the death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus Christ, and applied to our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

This profound reality—that we are utterly helpless without God—should drive us toward lives marked by intense, unceasing prayer. Recognizing our deep need for Him is not meant to discourage us, but to invite us into constant communion with the One who is our highest good.

LFC Part 30 | 1 Cor 16 | Sam Oyeyinka

Pastor Sam concluded the teaching on the Corinthian church by explaining that although the church was gifted, it struggled with pride, disorder, and misunderstanding of God’s sovereignty.

He noted that Paul consistently submitted his plans to God, often saying “if the Lord permits” (1 Cor. 16:7; Acts 18:21), aligning with James 4:13–16. True faith, he said, is trust in God rather than confidence in self, confession, or force of will. Human life is fragile, and planning without humility is delusional.

He reminded us that at the heart of Christian theology, he emphasized, is the sovereignty of God. He explained that although Paul was clear about his purpose yet humble enough to submit his desires to God and openly sought support from the church (1 Cor. 16:6, 9–11). Supporting God’s work, he said, is intentional and necessary and not to be shied away from.

Addressing Apollos, Pastor Sam stated that Apollos likely taught inaccurately but showed humility by staying back to learn. Believers, he said, must be kind to the uninformed while being firm against error, correcting without cruelty or insecurity.

He added that Christians are called to stand firm and fight for the faith like men while also expressing feminine traits like tenderness and unity, symbolized by a contextual holy kiss. Greeting one another affirms mutual value and acknowledgment within the body.

He emphasized that those who serve diligently as Paul asserted, have to be recognized but reminded us that all service must be done in love.

Pastor Sam concluded that truth must not be sacrificed for approval. Though Paul corrected the church firmly, he ended with grace and love, showing that discipline flows from love, not hatred.

We begin the teaching series by looking closely at what true wisdom really is. Pastor Sam explains that wisdom is whatever roots us in the fear of God and the life that flows from that fear. Scripture teaches that wisdom is not abstract. It is seen in the way we live. James says, “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13 ESV).

True wisdom is the grace of God applied in every area of our lives. There is no real difference between growing in godly wisdom and growing in sanctification. Both flow from the same work of God in the believer.

It is also important to point out that the kind of wisdom driven by selfish ambition, jealousy and the passions of the flesh is not wisdom from above. James says that such wisdom is earthly, unspiritual and demonic, producing disorder and every vile practice (James 3:14 to 16). Wisdom that is shaped by sin does not bring peace, rest or flourishing. In fact, sin undermines common grace and invites judgment on a people, because God opposes the proud and the wicked.

But those who love the ways of God come to know His peace and His rest. They also become people who make wise decisions, because the more they abide in His will, the more they desire to honour God in their choices and in their conduct.

What our ressurection will be like | LFC Part 29| 1 Cor 15:12-58 | Sam Oyeyinka

Here, Paul’s point is straightforward: if Christ did not rise from the dead, the entire Christian faith collapses. The resurrection is what proves Christianity true. It shows Christ’s authority over death and confirms the truth of everything He said. The prophets spoke of His death for the sins of the world, and Christ Himself declared that He would lay down His life willingly. His resurrection is the final proof that all of this is real.

If Christ has not been raised, then our faith is empty and our sins remain unforgiven. Those who have died have simply perished, and there is no hope beyond the grave. Without the resurrection, life becomes a confusing search for meaning. Do we live like the Epicureans, chasing pleasure because nothing matters? Or like the Stoics, enduring hardship even though the struggle has no purpose? What exactly is the point of life if Christ did not die and rise again?

But Christ did rise. His resurrection is the firstfruit from the dead, the assurance that all who believe in Him will share in that same resurrection by the Spirit of God. The imperishable, glorified life promised in 1 John 3:2 is not symbolic. It is the believer’s future, grounded in the fact that Christ has already conquered the grave.

This truth also reveals something deeper about us. Our desires shape our thinking. Our sins influence how we reason. Volition comes before intellection. People do not primarily seek what is true. They justify what their hearts already want. The resurrection confronts this tendency and calls us to turn from sin, embrace the truth, and anchor our hope in the risen Christ.

Charis Vigil | How to Pray for Something Without Idolising It | Samuel Oyeyinka

Love & Light 08 | Final Exhortation | Seye Maj'

On the Thing of First Importance & the Cure for Pride | LFC Part 28| 1 Cor 15:1-11 | Samuel Oyeyinka

Love & Light 07 | Assured by Love | Seye Maj' | 1 John 4:7-21

Learning From the Corinthians (Part 27) | On Spiritual Short-sightedness | 1 Corinthians 15:1-2

Apostle Paul speaks of salvation in three tenses: past, present, and future. We were saved from the penalty, parentage, and power of sin; we are being saved from the practice of sin; and we will be saved from the presence of sin.

The means by which we were saved is the same means by which we are being saved — the gospel. So, God preserves us to the end by reminding us of the truth of the gospel because we're prone to forget, a condition Apostle Peter calls short-sightedness.

Those who are short-sighted because of suffering and pain must fix their gaze on Christ, looking beyond what is temporal to what is eternal. And those who are short-sighted because of riches and pleasure should put their hope in Christ, who alone can save from the wrath to come.

Love & Light 06 | God's Children Now and Then | Seye Maj' | 1 John 3:1-10

Christ, Our Living Hope | Pastor Adeola Ogundele | 1 Peter 1:1-5

In this sermon, Pastor Adeola highlighted the timeless relevance of Peter’s letter to Gentile churches under Roman persecution, noting its direct application to believers dispersed worldwide today, particularly the church in Nigeria. Peter used Old Testament titles to affirm these Gentile Christians as God’s elect, chosen by divine wisdom for a life in Christ, despite pressures from Judaizers insisting they first become Jews. Amid trials and persecution, which could lead to identity doubts, Peter anchored their confidence in God’s sovereign election, reminding them that obedience to Jesus naturally invites persecution, whether external loss or internal temptation to deny Him.

True faith ends in worship, not mere intellectual assent and winning arguments. Pastor Adeola urged believers to contemplate God’s greatness daily, turning Scripture reading into prayer and humble adoration of the living Christ. He contrasted fleeting worldly hope, tied to uncertain externals, with the certain, living hope rooted in Christ’s resurrection. Jesus bore our sins and through His victory, we inherit an imperishable, undefiled, and unfading reward kept secure in heaven. Earthly trials and persecution, permitted by God, deepen trust in this eternal inheritance, where even a single moment in glory will eclipse all earthly suffering for His sake.

Our perseverance is not self-sustained but guaranteed by God’s keeping power. We cannot resist Satan alone; Christ’s intercession and divine attributes ensure our safe arrival in heaven, even using persecution for our good. Pastor Adeola closed by reminding us that God Himself is our ultimate portion and man’s chief aim is to know and enjoy Him forever. Our prayer should be that the gospel remains precious and love for Christ grows ever deeper.

1 John2:18-27 - Love & Light 05 | An Exhortation to Abide

1 John 2:15-29 — Love and Light 04 | An Exhortation to not Love

We are called to love God by turning away from darkness. To love Him is to seek His will, obey His word, and walk in His light.

When John says, “Do not love the world,” he is not speaking of the material world that God made good. We are stewards of creation, called to study and manage it as a reflection of His glory.

It is not wrong to love family or show kindness to unbelievers. The world John warns against is the system that lives for this life without regard for eternity (James 4:4).

To love the world is to share its hopes, values, and comforts (Ephesians 5:11). Our chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. He is the beginning, the sustainer, and the Judge of all.

Let us love God with all our heart, mind, and strength, setting our affection on Him alone. Like Job, may we say, “I know that my Redeemer lives” (Job 19:25–27).

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