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Celebrating Existence

Late Reverend Dr Olusola Oni Israel was called into the ministry by God and he obeyed as he launched the first outreach of this ministry in his private practice at Network Hospitals where he ministered to Patients in the word of God, songs and prayers.

Testimonies,miracles,blessings,signs and wonders backed the ministry and Peoples lives were positively impacted and transformed .This good news began to spread and attracted lots of people from the community and there was a need to expand outreaches.Since then Elshaddai Bible Study and prayer ministries has reached and touched lives of people in many parts of the world.We give God Almighty the praise and glory.

All About Us

So far,so Great. Lives have been transformed by the love of God and the power in the name of Jesus

Christ has brought healing, restoration and God’s revival to hearts through this ministry. People experience God’s love and presence duing our ‘Come Pray With Me’ outreaches at shopping malls and are amazed at going home with a free Bible and a Bible study guide.

Good feedbacks about a friendly atmosphere where they can share their thoughts and questions about the Bible. Training on the go for Bible Teachers and Prayer Leaders. Our sermon notes are reaching homes who have never had a Bible Study guide and the Treasures in 3 chapters section will be fun for those who will participate in unlocking the treasures in 3 chapters of the Bible as we begin from Genesis to Revelation to share our thoughts with the world. You are appreciated,loved,honoured and doing a great Job.

Miracles and Testimonies continue to give God praise of his ever faithful love for us in the ministry.Lets serve God together.You can’t afford to miss the joy.

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Answered Bible Questions

Explore the depths of the holy scriptures with Elshaddai Bible Study and Prayer Ministries. We provide a variety of Bible study resources, to help you grow in your faith. Check out our Answered Bible Questions for quick answers.

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Bible Studies

Join us at Elshaddai Bible Study and Prayer ministries for an enriching experience that will help you grow in your understanding of the Bible. We also offer a variety of Bible studies and Prayer resources that we send to your email box to cater to different interests and skill levels. Take the first step towards strengthening your faith today.

Sermon Notes

Treasures in 3 chapters

Bible Studies

Prayer Pearls from Elshaddai Bible Study and Prayer Ministries Prayer Team

A prayer is a Pearl in the lives of those you pray for including yours.

Add one of these to your prayer list. It is sure to make a positive difference.

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Elshaddai Bible Study and Prayer Ministries is dedicated to providing individuals and groups with books to support you with Bible studies and Prayers to individuals and groups seeking spiritual growth. Books at your door step so you can grow in your faith from the comfort of your own home or office.

Did You Know?

You can read your Bible by clicking

on "https://bibles.org".

*Check out these Bible Commentaries to aid your Bible Study . A Bible Commentary is an excellent research tool for your Bible Study. It gives comments on the context of the Bible text . Using Bible commentaries helps to avoid the errors that comes with interpreting a Bible text out of its context or giving a Bible verse a wrong interpretation. Click to access

25+ Bible Commentaries to Study God's Word Online

Online Bible Commentary

*You can read the Bible in your own native language or other languages . Click on this resource to find out

ScriptureEarth.org

*The Bible Course from Bible Society,

The Bible Project and BibleStudyTools .com are good Bible Study resources.

*See a write up under the Answered Bible Questions of our website on ‘ HOW DO WE PRAY’.

PRAY

You can click on this link for insightful tips and help on how to pray. It is a free prayer podcast, Teach Us to Pray with Christina Patterson. You can find all the episodes at:Teach Us to Pray with Christina Patterson

Have a look at the link below for more audio episodes.
LifeAudio.com

PRAY

You can click on this link for your free prayer podcast with Rachel Wojo.

LifeAudiohttps://www.lifeaudio.com › untan...Untangling Prayer with Rachel Wojo

PRAY

For countries of the world .click on this link under the PRAY section of the website ( no 5) for a list of the countries of the world in alphabetical order.

*The Reedemed Christian Church of God Special Holy Ghost Services is aired Live on YouTube every first Friday of every month from 19hrs GMT prompt. We experience powerful praise and worship sessions, sermons, Bible Study, prayer sessions and an atmosphere of miracles and testimonies . This event will be aired live on YouTube . It is an event you cannot afford to miss.

*You can click a Bible Verse in our RESOURCE SECTION to access your scripture reading from Bible Study Tools.

You can read your Bible in different translations in order to get a wider range of of meaning and clarity of words and thoughts from your Bible reading so that you understand your Bible readings better.

There are two major kinds of Bible translations

Word-for-word or formal equivalence
Thought for thought or dynamic equivalence

Word for word translations try to translate the writers original words to as close as possible to how they were written in the original language.The goal is to remain accurate to the text words. A few examples amongst others are

King James Version (KJV)
New King James Version (NKJV)
English Standard Version (ESV)
New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Thought for thought translation on the other hand try to translate the writers original script while focusing on helping you understand what the writer means when he wrote the script. The goal is to remain accurate to the text meaning . These fall into the Thought for Thought translation

New International Version (NIV)
New Living Translation (NLT)
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

You should choose the translations that help you to understand reading the Bible better .

It is also best if you can translate the word of God into your daily living and let the words of God reflect in your words, thoughts and actions.

This is a good prayer resource .

Praying with Paul, Second Edition: A Call to Spiritual Reformation

Excerpts from the book.

‘-All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down except on our prayer lists.’’

-Pray until you pray

-Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.

-At the heart of all our praying must be a biblical vision.

These are Quotes

Your attitude toward the word of God is your attitude toward Jesus (Ps 37:4).

-David Jeremiah

I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here.

-T D Jakes

Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are- you are not some special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.

-Oswald Chambers

God answers with either a Yes or No or Wait

A No if things we ask for are either not good in themselves, not good for others, directly or indirectly. We don’t always get to know the reason for No as the answer but God sees things from eternal perspective and there are some things we may not understand in this life.

-John Stott

HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK OF GENESIS

These are highlights about the Book of GENESIS

In the Beginning ,God ….

Genesis is the first book of the Bible and Genesis comes from a Greek word that means beginning. Genesis starts with God . Genesis is about the beginning of the universe ,civilisation, the beginning of the human race, the fall of human race and God’s initiation of a rescue plan. It features the beginning of the people of Israel and God’s promise to the people of Israel. It is a book that speaks about relationships, highlighting those between God and his creation, between God and humankind, and between human beings.

Moses is the author of Genesis. It is one of the five books written by Moses.

Adam, Eve , Noah , Abraham , Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, Jacob, Judah, Joseph and many others featured in the Book of Genesis.

The word, Bible, comes from the Greek, ta biblia, which means "the books.

The Bible is best selling book and most widely read book in the world. Our world has greatly been influenced by the Bible to includeLiterature,Art,history,law ,architecture ,politics and the like . It a collection of books written through God’s inspiration by over 40 writers over a period of at least 1500 years . God used several human authors to accomplish his will in writing the Scriptures through the influence of the Holy Spirit upon the Scripture writers which rendered their writings an accurate record of what is The Word of God.” (2Peter 1:20-21) . The entire message of the Bible is the witness of Jesus Christ as our saviour ,salvation, restorer and redeemer .

The Bible is like a library with two sections.The Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament has 27 books and the New Testament has 39 books. The first and last book of the old testament is Genesis and Malachi respectively . The first and last book of the New Testament is Mathew and Revelation respectively.

A Bible has around 800000 words in English depending on the translation, around 31,000 verses and around 1200 chapters.Reading, studying, meditating on the scriptures and practicing what the scriptures says has positively influenced and transformed the lives of many . Let’s be determined to read it as a priority and apply it to our lives. The Bible speaks to us as it is one of the ways we hear from God. All efforts in reading, meditating , researching the scriptures is not worth it if it does change us conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ and so our goal as we study the Bible should be to know Jesus and become like him in our thoughts, words and actions.

These are a few Bible study methods you can use to study your Bible. You can use any or a combination to study your Bible.

1.Devotional Method: select a bible passage , read it , meditate on it and write down how you can apply it to your life.

2.Scripture Verse Mapping Method:Select a verse in the Bible. Look at different Bible translations of the same verse. Make sure you look at the context of the verse. You can also look at other verses that relate to that verse.

Ponder on everything you have found out and learnt.Apply the truths of your findings to your life.

3.Chapter Summary Method : Read a chapter of a Bible book through several times and note the summary of the central thought in the passage. Ask yourself what can I learn about God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit in this chapter and what have I learnt so I can apply it to myself and share with others.

4.The Topical Method : Find all verses about a topic you are interested in the Bible. You can look at topics such as Holiness, Love , Money etc and find all the verses that mentions them or explains them in scripture. You can also use different Bible translations to get a broader meaning of the topic under study. Organise all your findings, learn from them and share them with others.

5.The Biographical method: Select a Bible character and find all the Bible verses that relate to that character while studying the characters strengths and weaknesses and applying what you have learnt to your life .

6.Word Study Methods: Study the important words of the Bible. Find out how many times a word occurs in scripture and how it was used. Find out the original meaning of the word.In a word study, it is important that you trace one word throughout the entire Bible. You can either focus on the Old Testament and then the New Testament or just one or the other. You can look up the word in the original Hebrew or Greek to help you. Ask yourself how the understanding of this word can help you in your walk with God.

7.The Book Background Method: Study the background of a Book in the Bible and making notes of it after reading through the Book several times.You need to research into the historical,geographical,cultural,political events at the time the passage was written. You cannot interpret the Bible fully and correctly if you do not put into consideration the influence of the time it was written so that we can understand how to apply it to us today.

8.Bible Journaling Method

One of the most popular methods for studying the Bible is Bible journaling. This method is simply reading a passage of the Bible and using a notebook to write down your thoughts and how you can apply this to you and don’t forget to share your findings with others witnessing Jesus Christ.

9.Verse by Verse Analysis method : select a passage and examine the verses in detail , paraphrase the verses and use cross references. Study each verse, then the surrounding context, and determine what it is saying. For this method, you will want to try to find a theme, and rewrite what you think the verses are saying. Take note of characters, events, and people. Take note of your personal application for each verse.

George Mueller ( 1805-1898) read through the Bible over 200 times during his life time and in more than half of those readings , he did the readings on his knees while praying over the word and studying it diligently. No wonder he is called a man of faith of prayer and his life testifies to numerous answered prayers. Are you a man or woman of the word of God and prayer.

The original Bible texts had no chapters or verses but written on scrolls which were made from papyrus (paper made from plants) or parchment (paper made from animal skins).

The words on the scrolls were written without any spaces and flowed as a continuos text and so there was a need to divide this so as to make it easier for reading and studying.

This led to creating the chapters and verses of the Bible . Cardinal Stephen Langton in 1205 created the chapter divisions which are used today. John Wycliffe’s English Bible of 1382 was the first to include Langton’s chapter divisions.

In 1448, Isaac Nathan Ben Kalonymus divided the Old Testament into verses for the purpose of creating a concordance while the printer, Robert Estienne built on Nathan’s work to introduce a verse numbering system for the New Testament as well in 1551.

Estienne's system of division is this system of verse numbering which is found in almost all modern Bibles. Estienne produced the first complete Bible with chapters and verses across both testaments. The first Bible in English to use both chapters and verses was the Geneva Bible published by Sir Rowland Hill in 1560.

FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY

This phrase comes from the Book of Exodus .Exodus 3:8 “So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.”

The people of God , the Israelites where slaves in Egypt and held in bondage for 400 years after which God delivered them and they wandered from there in the wilderness for 40 years and God gave them a promise that as descendants of Abraham he will give them the land of Canaan which was called a promised land, a good land flowing with milk and honey .

In the Bible,milk signifies abundance and honey signifies luxury and splendid things that makes life a blessing. Just like the biblical context, the term moving into a land flowing with milk and honey is commonly used to mean that you are leaving one place or situation and entering a better place or situation. As we are coming into the months of October, November and December , All will be well and it will be better months for us . The Lord will bring us into a place of abundance of peace , joy, mercy and grace in Jesus name.

“A man’s ————makes room for him, And brings him before great men.”Read Proverbs‬ ‭18:16 ( Please see our SERMON NOTES SECTION on a message about unwrapping your gifts)

He killed a lion and a bear with his sling before he defeated the giant Goliath. He was also a gifted musician and poet. Here's an excerpt from one of his many prayers: "Bow down thine ear, Oh Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy...For thou art great, and doest wondrous things...You alone are God.

Which king prayed this prayer? ( Read Psalm 86:1 ,10) .

David Warriors were gifted . They could shoot arrows right and left handed . Where is this in the Bible . ( Read 1 Chronicles 12:1-2)

QUIET PLEASE

Quiet time has been known by other names such as morning devotions,personal devotions, morning watch etc .Quiet time is a time we set aside to meet with God daily and have personal fellowship with him through the word of God and prayers.

The purpose of your quiet time is to have fellowship with Jesus so we can be intimate with him. Jesus spent time in fellowship with his Father , how much more should this be important for us . If Jesus is the first in your life you should give him priority. Mathew 6:33

Our Quiet time with the Lord gives us the priveledge to get direction from God for our daily living.It is a time to bring our day before the Lord and committing it into his hands and recharging spiritually for the day ahead.

Remember the Bible speaks of our relationship with God as a love relationship. He is the head of the church and we the church are his bride.

Don’t forget to read the love letter God has written to us - Your Bible . As you spend time with Jesus in your Quiet time through sharing your thoughts with him in prayer and reading his love letter, the Bible you become more like Jesus. There is a saying that couples begin to look more alike when they have been married for a long time.Give God the best part of your day.

If you miss your Quiet time, don’t go on a guilt trip either , don’t give up . You can always get back into the schedule as soon as you can .

Bible Verses for Quiet Time :

.Mark 1:35 , Genesis 19:27, Job 1:5, Genesis 28:18-22, Exodus 34:4, 1Samuel 1:19, Psalm 5:3, Psalm 119:147, Pslam 143:8, Isaiah 26:9, Ezekiel 12:8, John 4:23, Phil 3:7-10,2Corinthians 3:18, Habbakuk 2:20, Psalm 89:7, Psalm 139:23-24.

Your Quiet time with the Lord should be different from a time you set aside for your personal thorough Bible Study.

Have you ever thought of your Bible study and prayer time as a date with Jesus?

You can consider having a "Jesus Date Bag" always packed. What do you need in your Jesus Date Bag?

Your Bible, a journal, devotional, highlighters, pens, post-it notes, Bible Study manuals or articles, a Bible Dictionary and or Bible Encyclopedia, a Bible handbook, a Bible commentary, may be scripture cards, a note book or a jotter, a list or hymn book etc .

When your date is finished, repack your date bag and put it back in the same spot every time so it’s ready for tomorrow’s big date with Jesus.

Remember, you must also be ready all the time, for Jesus will come when you least expect it. (Matthew 24:44)

The ministry website is updated the first week of every month.

Did you know box and Treasures in 3 Chapters section are updated monthly.

Resources section is updated every 1-2 months.

Sermon Notes are updated every 3 months.

Answered Bible Questions are updated as questions are sent in.

The PRAY section will also be updated from time to time.

Stay Tuned.