We will refer to Matthew 26:36-46. Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane suggests both his unique relationship of oneness with his Father and abandonment to the will of the Father in self-emptying love. Jesus endured his agony so that he could reveal his union with the Father and profound love for the world.

Then Jesus came form Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John hindered him, saying: “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?” In answer, Jesus said to him “; let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires”. So John agrees.

IT was joy unspeakable on Sunday as the General Over-seer of the Redeemed Christian Church, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye with his wife, Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye in tow, made his way into the headquarters of Lagos Province 23 of the church, Gbagada for his first preaching engagement after the special Holy Ghost Service which coincided with his 70th birthday anniversary.

CHRISTIAN cleric has warned victims of Boko Haram bomb attacks to be wary of the gifts they accept in the name of compensations, arguing that many of such largesse often accompanying purported solidarity visits are aimed at wooing the Christian comm-unity to surreptitiously support the Boko Haram course.

And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair, so that others cannot know that you are fasting – only your Father, who is unseen, will know.

The readiness to forgive demanded by the Lord’s prayer is a religious attitude rooted in the experience of a forgiving Father. Human forgiveness is both a consequence of and a condition for our being forgiven by God. Forgiveness is linked to a refusal to condemn because we are sinners and we cannot read hearts.

Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and he who speaks ill, (curses) his father or mother, is to be put to death. But according to you someone could say to his father or mother: ‘I already declared Corban, which means “offered to God”, what you could have expected from me’. In this case, you no longer let him do anything for a father or mother. So you nullify the word of God through the tradition you have handed on. And you do many other things like that” – Mark 7:10-13.

This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: “God said, ‘I ‘will send my messenger ahead of you’ to prepare the way for you. Someone is shouting in the desert. Prepare the way of the Lord, make a straight path for him to travelf” Matthew 3:3.