Reading Assignment for the month of February
Black History Month is an annual observance in February dedicated to celebrating the achievements and central role of African Americans in U.S. history. It is also officially recognized in Canada in February and in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands in October.
Black History Month
Reading Assignment for the Month of March
On this day, the faithful receive ashes on their foreheads, accompanied by the words: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” or “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
Lent is a 40-day season of reflection, fasting, and repentance inspired by Jesus in the wilderness. Key scriptures focus on returning to God, such as Joel 2:12-13 ("return to me with all your heart"), and reflection on sacrifice, notably John 3:16 and Matthew 4:1-11, which details Jesus' fasting.
Core Lenten Scriptures:
Reading Assignment for April
Spiritual Formation
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
I Timothy 3:14-15
Formation entails ethical integrity, and Pentecostal formation. So in other words, formation determines how we navigate through the weight of the oil… the weight of the anointing, the weight of spiritual responsibility (we are our brother’s keeper), the weight of governing ourselves in the spirit of meekness, humility, kindness and love.
10 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Leviticus 10:1-3
We're no longer being summoned to seek the oil. We are being summoned to steward its weight.
Because anointing without formation becomes a liability to both the vessel and the body. Two sons of Aaron. stood before the Lord with censors in their hands. They were not outsiders. They were not rebellious, pagans. They were priests, Ordained. authorized, clothed in sacred garments, standing near holy fire.
We find in this passage that Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire. Yeah, which he had not commanded. The issue was not the presence of fire. It was the absence of purity.
It was worship, detached from command. detached from intimacy, without submission. And the Lord's response still echoes with theological gravity today. Among those the Bible says, who are near me, I will be sanctified.
Yes. The closer one stands to holy things, the greater the demand for holy living. Our Christian walk as leaders must confront this sobering truth. Spiritual authority does not excuse ethical deviation.
In fact, it heightens its accountability. Nadab and Abihu remind us that fire without formation is fatal. That anointing without alignment invites exposure.
The Month of May
On the Liturgical Calendar May 14th 2026 marks 40 days in which walk the earth after His resurrection from the dead teaching His disciples. This day is known as The Day of Ascension of the Lord where Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives. 40 days after Easter, held on a Thursday, 39 days after Easter Sunday. It signifies the completion of his earthly mission and victory as king. Key traditions include special church services, and in some areas, it is a public holiday.
Pentecost and the Ascension are two distinct events in the New Testament Christian narrative, separated by time, purpose, and theological emphasis. Both are foundational to Christian doctrine about Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the birth and mission of the Church.
Basic chronology and scriptural anchors.
Distinct theological emphases
The Month Of June
The single most effective tools that the enemy is using to tear down the foundation in this 21st century church in terms of unified growth and stability is the faction of offence. This is where you get unforgiveness, jealously, church hurt, in fighting and discord.
The concept of "church hurt" is a major, widely recognized reality in the Body of Christ today. Polls show that up to 40% of unchurched adults cite painful church experiences or personal conflict as primary reasons for leaving. Studies by Barna Group indicate that a significant portion of individuals who disengage from organized religion cite negative or traumatic experiences with church leaders or congregants.
More broadly cultural shifts—often tied to institutional scandals, legalism, and the mishandling of authority—have driven millions of believers to reconsider their relationship with organized church????? . so I have to ask myself the question “how can I walk from the Bride (Church, ecclesia, ones who have been called out of darkness into the light) and maintain my relationship with the Groom (Jesus who gave his life and shed his blood for the bride).
So in my sanctified thinking I wondered why are we here??? Are we here because you have a need to be recognized? are you here to spectate and compare? or do we come to church to find a hook up.
That seems problematic to me.
We are here because we love God and wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to be called a Christian. I love being in the company of the saints. It is a joy to come together in this unified setting to praise and worship the King of Kings and the Lord of Lord! I know people who are not saved who have experience the most terrible things imaginable in the club scene including beatings and shotings and killings but they still go back to that same club.
Tell somebody that “it’s a spirit”. And the same spirit that keep them coming back to darkness is the same spirit that keeps you and I from coming into the light.
Quantity vrs. Quality
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. (there is a conscience to those who wickedly offend)
3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. Amen!!!!!
Luke 17:1-4
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Luke 17:5
There is two things that we need to explore here as to what Jesus was referring
Quantity - to measure, express, or assign a numerical value to the size, amount, or extent of something. It is the process of converting qualitative data (descriptions) into quantitative data (numbers, statistics, or metrics).
Quality - is a versatile term that generally refers to the standard, degree of excellence, or inherent traits of a person, object, or service. Depending on the context, it defines how good or bad something is, or it can describe a specific, distinguishing characteristic.
3. Quality is based on faith
4. Quantity is based on the things we can do in our own ability
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
You start off with a measure but the more you believe and walk with God the more the measure grows. Romans 3:12
It’s not the quantity of your faith it is the quality of your faith.
Noah had quality faith
Abraham, Issac, Jacob had quality faith
David had quality Faith
Paul had quality Faith
Judas had a quantity Faith
Judas faith was a Quantitative faith because it had no depth, so when his faith was tested it rendered him inoperable, unstable, and unprofitable, It was based upon his own ability and rationality and not by what God has said through faith by grace.
Is your faith a quality faith? or a quantity faith? a quantitative faith will rendering you unusable and unprofitable to God. This will cause everything around you to be at risk. Your children, your health, your livelily hood, your testimony. You are speaking but there is no life coming out. Everyday it is imparitive that we have the life of God living through us........
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 3:5-7
What kind of Faith are you packing????
