A son is a major stakeholder in whatever the father does; ready to spend and be spent for the salvation of men on earth. -John 10:12

If you are not an incurable soul winner, your sonship is in doubt. Nothing must be too hard for you to do so that people will not perish in hell.

A child that does not resemble his father is called a bastard. Real children of God hates sin because they have the seed of God in them, and that seed make it difficult for them to sin. -1 John 3:9

“You cannot remain in sin or keep committing intentional sin and claim to be a child of God. Rather, you will hate sin and love righteousness. -Hebrews 1:8-9”

Memorise: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -Matthew 3:17

Unlike a servant who can resign or be sacked, a son abides in the house forever (-John 8:35), under the shadow of the almighty (-Psalm 91:1), with goodness and mercy surely following (-Psalm 23:6).

Being just a visitor that only comes into the presence of the master when he is needed, the servant does not see everything the master does, whereas, the son even sees ahead, and knows what God is going to do. -John 5:20

Being a son of God is superior to just being His servant.

“God called Job "My servant", little wonder he allowed Satan to experiment with him (Job 1:8-12); My father will never permit the enemy to experiment with my health, resources or anything that concerns me because I am His son.”

Memorise: I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: -1 Chronicles 17:13

As praise and thanksgiving go on, God's glory fills the temple powerfully. So, when you go into the temple, you are actually going into God's glory. -2 Chronicles 5:13

After the glory rubs off on you, you can begin to experience supernatural goodness and mercy everywhere you go. -Psalm 23:6

Dwelling in the house of the Lord precedes feasting at the table set before you; which no enemy can tamper with.

“The benefits of being in God's temple are far too great o be missed.”

Memorise: But thou are holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. -Psalm 22:3

God's grace is sufficient for you, and His strength is made perfect in your weakness. You receive this sufficient grace when you come into His temple. -2 Corinthians 12:9

It is wrong to start avoiding church because you feel dirty. That's the time you need to be in church the most. Go in humility to the throne of grace, not keeping up appearances but sincerely sorry.

Memorise: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. -Hebrews 4:16

The temple of God is a house of knowledge, where you both enquire of Him and behold His beauty, receiving revelations. (about businesses, family issues, ministry, health and every other fields of life). -Psalm 27:4

Those who regularly go to a church where the undiluted word of God is taught don't get confused for long.

To know if the word being taught in your church is genuine and undiluted, emulate the Berean Christians who always return to their homes to search the Scriptures and verify. -Acts 17:10-11

“Always attend church services with your writing materials, and be expectant to receive new knowledge and revelation from God.”

Memorise: And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. -2 Kings 22:8

God said He has chosen His temple as the place where He will accept our sacrifices. -2 Chronicles 7:12, Furthermore, that you should not come to worship at his temple empty handed. -Deuteronomy 16:16

God takes giving a sacrifice in His temple so seriously that He always observes what people drop in the offering basket. -Mark 12:41-44

“Make it a point of duty to never go tho the house of God empty-handed. It is a place of sacrifice.”

Memorise: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: -Deuteronomy 12:6

Opinion Sampling
What do you think of people that will rather give to the poor than give in the church because they "don't trust their pastor"?

The temple is not just the house of prayer; it is also the house of healing.

Going to God's temple regularly is like goin to the doctor regularly; even when you are feeling well, he will examine you and deal with whatever strange things he finds in your body.

When you decide to stay at home and connect to a service that you could have easily attended, you cannot get the same atmosphere as those who are in the service physically.

“Don't ever miss any appointment to be in church; God might decide to use the next church meeting to bring about the turning point you have been waiting for.”

Memorise: And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. -Matthew 21:14

Being a house of prayer, God's temple is such a place where the atmosphere is already charged, and there are heavenly protocols in place already to ensure that prayers said there are answered. -Isaiah 56:7, Psalm 65:2

You can pray on your own everyday, but in addition to that, every time you have the opportunity to go to church to pray, please don't miss it.

“The temple of God is a place that is saturated with tremendous power, make sure you go there to pray as often as you can.”

Memorise: Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine alter, for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. -Isaiah 56:7

Everyone needs such a friend that will challenge you to do more for God and can tell you the truth when everyone else is afraid to do so.

Such us an example of a friend you can ask to pray for you concerning a matter you are not clear about, and he will hear from God for you.

You need friends you can have healthy competitions with on who can pray the longest, reads more Scriptures, wins more souls ... whose link with you is majorly based on the link you both have with Jesus Christ.

“Do you have a friend who challenges you to draw closer to God?”

Memorise: A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -Proverbs 18:24

God's best friends are fruit-bearers' that is why He said that: if you bear fruits and those fruits abide, you can ask anything of Him, and He will do it. -John 15:16

Once God marks you as someone to bring closer to Himself, He will start pruning you till you are genuinely humble and completely dead to flesh.

Nobody can get close to God without going through intense discipline. Once in a while, God tests His best friends to make them perfect, wanting nothing. -James 1:3-4

“If God disciplines a person for doing something wrong and the person does not desist from committing that particular sin, He will eventually leave such a persona as He cannot become friends with unrepentant people.”

Memorise: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. -John 15:2

Those who really become God's best friends care more about Him than they care about themselves.

If your prayers are always selfish, God will not make you one of His best friends. In face, He won't answer your prayers when they are born out of your lusts. -James 4:3

They make a habit of going into His presence with a burden to hear from Him about what He wants done on earth and pray those things into existence.

Only those who are willing to share in God's burdens can become one of His best friends.

Memorise: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. -Matthew 6:10

Prayer Point: Pray for the body of Christ with specific reference to Christians facing persecution across the world.