BCCM GLORY GATE branch

Happy Father's Day to the amazing father's our there. The Lord be forever good and gracious to you.

As the Lord is doing mighty things in the lives of his children and raising an army for himself, it is also needful that our outward lives reflect Christ too.

Personal development is one thing that needs to be constantly developed.

In order to balance our lives, this seminar has been organized with that sole purpose in mind.

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See you there!

Excerpts from Day 3🙂

Three days ago, the annual FESTIVAL OF GLORY began and God has already done so many miracles in the lives of his people. Declarations and deliverances!

Join us, as we fast and pray for 21 days, seeking the face of the lord! 🙂

Excerpts of the past three days coming soon🥰

HOW I BALANCED SPIRITUALITY AND SKILL IN MY MUSIC MINISTRY”

– PASTOR NATHANIEL BASSEY

One of the scriptures that opened me up is John 4:22 – “Ye worship what ye know not: we know what we worship…” this means, knowledge drives worship. Worship is the response to revelational knowledge.
When people say to me, “come and minister to us”, they are indirectly saying, “come and tell us what is going on between you and God in music form”. That’s where the concept or idea of the song should come from – your love and relationship with God.
You can’t be in the presence of God and not get a release from Him to you. Our songs are revelations (Ps 119:54) and the revelations you have of God impacts upon the quality of work that you do. During my training, I had a pastor who was fiercely excellent.
So we would do trainings choir practice for four hours and then he would open his door and when he comes back he would say, ‘now let’s start choir practice’. So we would begin all over again.

We would pray with him all through the night into the Service in tongues. We had a programme called “Lazarus come forth” and during the last seven days of the thirty days we were on dry fast and back-to-back vigils into the healing service. We were also hearing the word during that time. So that is the spiritual preparation.
Then when it came to the music, he (my pastor) would ask me “Nathaniel, now that you have decided to just focus on God, what are the instruments you need?” He would travel and buy me seven trumpets – expensive ones.

On the one hand I had spiritual inheritance and then, the words of prophecy I had over me was global. That’s why I say to people “if God has called you to minister globally, you can’t do things like a local person. If you want to play globally, some people don’t have patience to want to listen out for your voice. So engage excellence so that while they are appreciating the quality of the music, the anointing hits them.
The anointing can be present in your song but your quality can ruin it. I tell people that God looks at your heart but men listen to the quality of your voice. God loves you too much to embarrass you, so he won’t open some doors to you. So you will be powerful in your local assembly. You will be anointed in your vicinity because God loves you too much to open a global door to you.

I have always have this mantra for my music ministry – Spirit, skill, character, modelled after David in 1Samuel 16. It wasn’t prayer that took David to the palace, it was skill that opened the door. Skill has a way of opening doors.
I was reading some comments on Twitter about Dunsin Oyekan, and some people were like, “I don’t know where this sound is coming from (in marvel)…” It’s the anointing but it is years of practice and diligence. Skill does not come by prayer and fasting. Skill is simple repetitive task over time that becomes your nature.
When I play the trumpet, people say I am so anointed but it took me five hours of practice before the meeting. I believe our ministries will blossom when we begin to deliver our gifts in a more excellent manner. When I say excellence, I also mean excellence in character.

I believe excellence is a tool for dominion. So I tell believers, when they are sacking people in the office, they shouldn’t mention your name. When they mention your name, it should be, “if we loose this guy we are gone”. It takes a level of competence to achieve this.

— Pastor Nathaniel Bassey

Our spiritual father has blessed us and it is with this blessings that we will run the month -- with GOOD NEWS!

GOOD NEWS will not depart from our lives through out the month of August. Once has the Lord spoken and twice have we heard!

Samuel Itam wrote:

INSIGHTS FOR THE PECULIAR – VICTORY GUARANTEED 2

Deuteronomy 2:24
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle

Though the bible is full of assurances of victory for the believer, almost every time victory is declared, an action call to fight equally follows, which points to the fact that though victory is yours, you can’t just stroll into it without deliberately dislodging everything that may hinder you from laying hold of the victory.

WITHOUT A FIGHT, THEE
CAN’T BE VICTORY; IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, IT WAS PHYSICAL, BUT IN OUR DAYS, IT HAS GONE SPIRITUAL. BE PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR YOUR VICTORY.

Samuel Itam wrote:

INSIGHTS FOR THE PECULIAR –
VICTORY GUARANTEED

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Battles are a natural part of life for anyone that desires to continue to exist on earth, but as believers, we have an assurance of victory in every battle through Christ. Though God has declared your victory in the spirit realm, the vehicle that will bring you into physical victory on earth is the knowledge of the word of God.

THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR MAJOR WEAPON OF VICTORY OVER SATAN, SO WE MUST DIG DEEP INTO THE WORD UNTIL WE BECOME IMMOVABLE BY ANY CIRCUMSTANCE SATAN BRINGS OUR WAY.

The Lord bless you and keep you
Make His face shines upon you and be gracious to you.

Happy birthday our esteemed pastor! God bless you for all you do for the body of Christ.

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We'll be here, giving you praise
All of the days of our lives
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John 4:23-24 (KJV)

"4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
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John 4:23-24 (MSG)

"4 :23 But the time is coming - it has, in fact, come - when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter.

John 4:24 God is sheer being itself - Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration."
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Excerpts from WORSHIP AND PRAYER FEST NIGHT.

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Last night, the teenagers/youths of BCCM Glory Gate, Akpabuyo Branch held a massive worship and prayer fest program as they sort the face of God and raised incense to the throne room of the almighty.

The flier for the program is as seen below and excerpts of the program will follow soon after.

We will be many who will burn for God as He continually gives us another measure🔥🔥