Laodicea – The Messages to the Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Laodicea The city of Laodicea is located forty miles southeast of Philadelphia on the road to Colossae. It was founded by Antiochus II in the 3rd century BC and he named it after…

Philadelphia – The Message to the Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Philadelphia The city of Philadelphia is located in the kingdom of Lydia, twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis. It was named after the man who built the city, Attalus Philadelphus, King of Pergamum. The…

Sardis – The Messages to the Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Sardis This letter is written to a church that is deeply seated in the world and does not realize that she has lost her source of life. Sardis was the capital of the…

Thyatira – The Messages to the churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Thyatira This is a letter to a church tolerating idolatry and in early stages of apostasy. Thyatira was a small town about forty eight miles southeast of Pergamum. It was established as a…

Pergamum – The Message To The Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Pergamum This letter is being addressed to a compromising church and a church settled in the world. Pergamum was a city situated on the western part of Asia Minor and north of Smyrna…

Smyrna – The Message To The Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna This is a letter addressed to a church under persecution. Smyrna was a wealthy city, thirty-five miles north of Ephesus. It was also a seaport. The city still exists today in Turkey…

Ephesus – The Message To The Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Letter to Ephesus Ephesus is the only one of the seven churches mentioned in the book of Acts 19. It was planted by Paul, and later nurtured by Timothy. Note the explanation of 2:1 in…

Introduction – Message To The Churches

THE MASTER’S VESSEL MINISTRIES, HOUSTON, TEXAS Preacher: Pastor Uche Emenike Topic: The Messages to the churches Text: Revelations 1:9-11; 2:1-7 Introduction: We live in uncertain times and current events point to the coming of the Lord. Covid-19 has exposed the vulnerability of churches in a nation as free as America. Suddenly, in some states, it…

Prevailing In Prayer

Prevailing In Prayer As we embark on our spiritual journey for 2019, it has been a time of intense prayer and supplication before God. God loves it when His people demonstrate their dependence on Him in the place of prayer. However, beyond that demonstration, He also wants His people to prevail in prayer. We see…

Confronting your Goliath

There will always be a Goliath out there! Everyone, at different times, encounter different variations of a Goliath. A “Goliath” is any stubborn problem that persists. It may keep coming back or just refuses to go away. Some variations of a Goliath could be: a. A bad habit in your life b. A spouse, child,…

The Principles of the kingdom of God – Part Four

The Principles of the kingdom of God (4) The Principle of Healing Primary Texts: Isaiah 53:1-5 There are things the Scriptures must have us know when it comes to the question of divine healing. People say that divine healing is no longer appropriate to our time. It ceased during the time of the apostles. After…

The Principles of the Kingdom of God – Part Three

The Principles of the kingdom of God (3) The Principle of Faith Primary Texts: Hebrews 11:1, 6 The life of the child of God is a life of faith. No one has seen God at any time, and so when you come into His kingdom, you must realize that you are entering into a realm…

The Principles of the Kingdom of God – Part Two

The Principles of the kingdom of God (2) The Principle of Righeousness Primary Texts: Romans 3: 21-31 This is the foundation – the very core of the kingdom principles. It is like a visa into the Kingdom of God. See Hebrews 1:8. The scepter is a staff or rod held in the hand by a…

The Principles of the Kingdom of God – Part One

The Principles of the kingdom of God (1) The Introduction Primary Texts: Hebrews 11:1, 6 Every country has laws governing them. The laws and cultures of a nation are always different from the laws and culture of another nation. If you migrate to another nation, you must learn the language, culture, and lifestyle of the…

By Christ Alone

Not too long ago on social media, I came across a well-respected minister of the gospel telling his pastors gathered in a convention to inform their congregants that they would go to hell if they did not tithe. In addition, their pastors who did not teach them about tithing would suffer a similar fate. I…

Incomprehensible God: Part 2

Elijah pronounced a judgment of drought upon the land because the government of Israel officially sought to replace the worship of God with the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17:1 & 18:4, 13, 18). God had found a means of escape for Elijah and led him to a place of shelter at Kerith Ravine (1…

Incomprehensible God: Part 1

Our God works in ways that we cannot fully comprehend. We see this in His dealings with Elijah when drought and famine ravaged the world of his day. We see Elijah introduced to us in 1 Kings 17:1 pronouncing a judgment of drought upon the land because the government of Israel officially sought to replace…

Welcome

From the Pastor’s Desk   We live in an uncertain time – a time when the integrity of God’s word is being tested among His saints. Paul, the apostle, warned of this when he said that, “The Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing…