Singles Seminar - Pst Light Morafa

This Single Seminar is more than a seminar for singles, its more than an admonition, it’s a word seminar, so we need to get it straight. The word of God is absolute reality, it will bring to pass in your life whatever it talks about. God’s word can influence and impact you in every area of your life and incidentally this is one area where a lot of people have missed out on God, one area where the devil has cheated a lot of God’s people. You are a slave to what you don’t know, you’re a slave to an information you don’t have. Learning is a continuous process. You can’t know everything at once and that is why the bible says a word of knowledge, a word of wisdom because we don’t have all of God’s wisdom, we have a part of it. God’s Wisdom is infinite, God’s knowledge is infinite, you can’t exhaust God’s knowledge and so from time to time He gives us part of that knowledge and the more we study God’s word, the more we know His Word, the more we know His mind, plan, and the more we get acquainted with His will for our lives.

 There are lot of  things that I learnt pretty early in life that was not for that time,  it was supposed to be for the future, so take advantage of every available information at your disposal. Some of you may not be ready to get married in the next one year, two years, three years , four years or even five years. Somebody said “pastor God forbid”, yes five years and there are some who will never get married, “pastor I’m not in that group” and they will say “it shall not be my portion in Jesus Name”, even if you say it a thousand times, it still will not change the truth. I will show you from the bible, it is not everybody that will get married. Lets lay a foundation first.

Psalm 119:9 wherewithal shall a young man cleanse way? By taking heed according thereto according to thy word.

Now if you read a newer translation like the English standard Version, it doesn't use the word cleanse his way, rather it says “how can a young man/woman keep his way pure,” it says “by living his or her life according to your word”(Paraphrased). The bible says guard your heart with all diligence, guard your spirit with all diligence , mount guard over your heart , mount guard over your spirit; it says for out of it are the issues of life, in other words don’t allow anything to come into your spirit, don’t allow anything to just come into your heart. It says how can a young man keep his heart pure, by living his life according to your word. How can you keep your way pure?

In other words how can you keep your life free of impurities?   There are things that can come into your life that can make your life impure. How can you prevent yourself from been polluted? Now I’m using several words, they may not mean the same thing but am trying to get your attention on how you can you keep your life free from the wrong influence.

 David said, '' Your word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against you'' (Psalm 119:11). It is very important for your life to be regulated by the word of God, you don’t take any decision without considering the word, you don’t take any step without considering the word, your life is programmed by the word. In 1Peter 1:23, it says Being born again not of corruptible seed (i.e not of perishable seed) but of incorruptible but by the word of God which liveth and abideth forever.

So when a man is born again, he’s born of the word. Jesus put it this way, He said marvel not that I say unto you, you must be born again. In the book of John He said he that is born of flesh is flesh he that is born of spirit is spirit (John 3:6). So when your born again you are born by the Spirit of God. God becomes your life's source and everything must remain connected to his source for survival. Brothers and sisters, the word of God gave birth to you, you are a product of the word. It says being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word; you are product of the word of God and so your life must remain connected to your source which is the word of God.

People start having problems in their lives when they’re disconnected from their source There’s a popular adage that “any river that forget its source will dry up”, when you buy a product maybe a flat screen TV, home theater or a device, they always come with a manual, the manual lets you know how that device will operate, now if you function outside the manual, if you operate the device outside of what is written in the manual, they tell you, you are liable to damaging that device and in Africa, a lot of people buy devices and don’t read the manual. Take for instance, when you bought your phone, did you read the manual that came with it? In fact some of you don’t even know where your manual is. You threw the carton that came with the phone away. In fact, for some, the moment they bring out the phone from the shopping complex or from anywhere, they tested it, and they carry the phone and you don’t go home with the carton and the manual, they just leave it and say “what is this carton, na carton we go chop” - African man - Don’t be African in your thinking. We don’t read the manual and we start complaining.

You are God’s product He is the manufacturer and when He manufactured you, you came with a manual and that manual is the word of God; it is called the manual for life. So when you don’t read the manual that defines your functionality, what happens is that you will malfunction. It says how can a young man keep his way pure? By living his life according to the word of God. Don’t try to be like other nations, don’t be like the Israelites that said they wanted to be like other nations, some folks say “ I like a church that talks about relationships a lot” I said “God didn’t give anybody any ministry of relationship. There are people who are into deliverance ministry, prosperity ministry, healing ministry, first born ministry, dethroning devils ministry etc But what did apostle Paul say? He said God called him to declare all the counsel of God (Acts 20:27) and that’s our job, that’s our responsibility; to declare the whole counsel of God... to be continued

QUESTION 1. 
IS IT NECESSARY OR COMPULSORY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE BEFORE YOU MARRY THAT PERSON ? COMMENT. 

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Sometimes God has a plan for you, and you’re in a hurry, you’re rushing. 

Several years ago, Rev. Ken said something in a conference that got to me, "you see something in the market, you must buy it, you go and borrow money, you go and sell your properties, you must wear this shoe, you must wear this dress, in fact the seller said this is the only one he brought from US, there’s no other person that has it in this town and he’s lying to you, how can his business prosper by going to china, or America to import only one shoe or one dress just for you, and how much are you going to pay for it? If he enters plane spends 350 thousand Naira to go and buy a shoe of 15 thousand Naira for you and then you believe", and the he said "look let this thing go, free your spirit, must you get it? And after you've bought it, a month after, a year after there’s a better design, better one, then the one that you bought becomes old fashioned or obsolete or not as nice as the new one, so never rush to get anything."

The best is to be in God’s perfect will for your life, being at the right place at the right time, doing the right things that God would have you do, and this principle applies in every area of life. Read about the life of Isaac, everyone was going to Egypt because it was the most developed society of the time, but God told Isaac to remain in Gerar. You hear people say they are going for greener pastures, what do you mean? Anywhere you are is green, the land is not green because of the green plants you see, the land is green because you are there. When the philistines dug a well it became dry, when Isaac dug a well, it was never dry, it wasn't because the philistine couldn't get to the water it was because this man was a blessed man, everywhere he went he carried the blessing, that is why as a Christian where others have failed you will succeed, where doors have been shut for others it will open for you because you carry the blessing, you must be conscious of that, a Christian is not a victim but a victor, you are not disadvantaged, the bible says and we know … (it’s a knowledge) and we know that all things work together for good… Isaac dwelt in Gerar and the bible said the man waxed great and went forward and he became so great that the unbelievers the philistines envied him.

Why are you always going for the easy way? You're always look for the easy option, you’re not a failure you’re a success, when they say something is difficult, why must you run away from that thing knowing fully well that your strength is in the spirit; you know the power and strength of a man by the power of his adversaries. If you have a powerful man that is against you it means you’re powerful. Amen!

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Colossians 1:7-8

As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

Epaphras, he was responsible for pioneering the Colossian church and the Laodicean Church as well, he had been sent and he had brought good report, He declared to the apostle their love in the spirit, not just their love in the flesh but also their love in the spirit, in Verse 9

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

His desire was that they be …filled with the knowledge of his will… are you filled the knowledge of God’s will for your life?

In Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service (or reasonable act of worship).

And be not conformed to this world: (Don’t be conformed to the standards of this world, don’t be conformed to the dictates of this world, don’t be conformed to the systems of this world, don’t be conformed to the world’s way of doing things) but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The Good will is the general will and it’s a very dangerous place to find yourself, “everybody is going into a particular line of business and there’s money in that business”, “I heard that they have discovered oil somewhere in Numan, so I’m packing to Numan”.

I heard that, a senior PHCN (formerly NEPA) official moved to this area some years ago, as a result of that we observed that there was constant power supply in this area, the next thing was that house rents in the area, skyrocketed, I started hearing people say “I’m packing to Bauchi Street, I’m going to Demsawo”. Let the headquarters of PHCN move to Bauchi Street, I still will not stay there; it matters where you stay, it matters that you are where God wants you to be it matters that you are where God wants you to be, it matters that you’re in a job that God wants you to be, it matters that you’re in a relationship that God wants you to be, a marriage that God wants you to be, a country that God wants you to be, you’re relating with friends that God wants you to relate with, you’re in the school that God wants you to be, don’t just do something because everybody is doing it, that’s the general will, the good will and its very dangerous.

Then there is the acceptable will, the permissive will, not good enough, the end is always trouble, even though God permits, it is not the best place to be, as you grow in Christ, you begin to leave the good things for the best things, that is what the second aspect of sanctification does for you. You have a sanctification that is instantaneous and then you have the one that is continuous. When a man is born again he sanctified, he’s separated from the world and separated unto God, but there is a second aspect of sanctification that is ongoing, it is called sanctification by the word, as you receive the word you are sanctified, your mind is sanctified, you are renewed, you are refreshed, you get information and every time you receive that information, you change, until you get to that level of growth that God has planned for you, that’s how people grow in Christ, so you leave the good for the best and so the permissive will is not good enough.