“Forgive Me.” That was the simple title of the sermon for the Sunday Service of June 8, 2025. From all over the world, the people had gathered to worship and to honour the memory of Prophet TB Joshua, who transited to the plane of glory on June 5, 2021. Led by the vibrant SCOAN Choir, …
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STOP COMPLAINING
Have you been complaining because of your situation? Do you know that complaining is an indication of ingratitude, a questioning of God’s constant goodness and grace? Are you ready to stop complaining? On June 1, 2025, congregants knew better than to engage in complaining. Instead, they started their day with songs of worship, paying obeisance …
OUR ROLE IN RECEIVING
Our role in receiving the gifts of healing, deliverance, blessings and salvation lies in exercising faith and looking beyond sense evidence – or what our situation is saying. That was the reminder from Pastor Evelyn Joshua during the service of May 25, 2025 after her return from the city of Johannesburg, where she had served …
CELEBRATING GOD’S ENDLESS GOODNESS
Two days after The Holy Spirit Visitation In South Africa With Pastor Evelyn Joshua, congregants assembled in The Synagogue to celebrate God’s endless goodness. With their hearts full of joy, faith and testimonies, they started the service of May 18, 2025 with songs of praise, knowing that maintaining blessings requires sticking with the One who …
GOD’S LOVE AT THE HOLY SPIRIT VISITATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
On Friday, May 16, 2025, the city of Johannesburg witnessed an uncommon event. Tagged ‘The Holy Spirit Visitation In South Africa With Pastor Evelyn Joshua’, the event took place at the Expo Centre, a sprawling facility in the city’s Nasrec area. As early as the wee hours of the morning, tens of thousands had thronged …
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CONSCIOUSNESS
What is your level of consciousness, that is, the degree of your awareness about the certainty of God’s promises for your life? Do you always remember your past failures, leading you to doubt God’s provision for your future? Or do you begin each day with an offering of praise and thanksgiving for the limitless blessings …
UNWORTHY FRIENDS
For all congregants in The SCOAN, Easter Sunday 2025 was a most memorable day indeed. They learned of Jesus’ concern for the ‘unworthy friends’ that dominate the world – penitent sinners of all categories who end up benefitting from God’s grace and mercy. In asking for mercy, the people first engaged in a long session …
THE UNBROKEN REALITY
What is the unbreakable reality as it concerns the interactions between God and His creation, especially believers? Worshippers in The Synagogue had ample time to learn about this on Sunday, April 6, 2025. Before they heard the sermon, however, they engaged in an intense session of worship that called down heavenly presences. With the premises …
THERE IS STILL HOPE
Are you on the verge of giving up, of ending it all, failing to realise that there is still hope for you – so much hope, in fact? Assured of the grace, mercy and compassion of the Son of David, those in The Synagogue on February 23, 2025 proceeded with courage as they offered a …
YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD
What is the basis of your confidence in God? Is it the healing, deliverance or breakthrough that you are expecting or have already received? Or is your confidence in God rooted in a deep Father-child relationship, as was the case with the three Hebrew children in Daniel 3:16-18? This was the day’s sermon as given …
CHOOSE TO WIN
In the warfare of life, do you choose to win or do you choose to give up? As a serious Christian, you are obliged to press on even when under pressure. And handling that pressure requires counting your blessings and appreciating God with songs of praise. For congregants in The SCOAN on February 2, 2025, …
BE CONTENT
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness, O Lord!” proclaimed congregants as they began the last SCOAN Sunday Service of January 2025. The lyrics of their different songs expressed the gratitude in their hearts. At one point they stated, “You’re My Glory/And The Lifter Of My Head.” At another point they asserted: “Yahweh, You Are Worthy Of Our …
TAKE STOCK AND KNOW THE TRUTH
“Take stock and know the truth,” said Evangelist Shina to congregants as he gave the sermon for the service of January 19, 2025. Before the message, the people engaged in a session of soulful worship where they glorified God for His constant help and asked the Holy Spirit to pray through them. They also asked …
THE SILENT SEASON – THE UNSEEN HANDS OF GOD
Are you in your silent season – that season when the unseen hands of God are actually working in your life even if you do not realise it? During our silent season, we may be tempted to give up because we think God has abandoned us. But, no, that is not the time to give …
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ARE YOU A FRIEND OF JESUS?
“Are you a friend of Jesus?” That was the question title of Evangelist James’ message on Sunday, December 15, 2024 – a week after The SCOAN Thanksgiving Service. In line with Ephesians 5:19-20, where the Bible enjoins us to engage in perpetual thanksgiving, the people made melody to the Lord for His enduring kindness and …
THE RACE OF LOVE AND UNITY
Continuing the race of love and unity, God’s people gathered in The Synagogue for intense worship on November 24, 2024. They were paying heed to 1 Peter 2:1-2, where the Bible charges Christians to lay aside all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and evil speaking while seeking the pure milk of the Word. The SCOAN Choristers …
THE GREATEST TRAGEDY
It was another mightily impactful Sunday Service in The Synagogue on November 3, 2024. From various corners of the world did thousands assemble, eager to avoid the greatest tragedy to befall any soul. They sang many songs of worship and praise in their bid to call down heavenly presences into their midst, realising that true, …
WATCH YOUR WORDS
Says the Bible in Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.” This admonition was on the minds of congregants in The SCOAN as they assembled for the service of October 27, 2024. Not leaning on their own understanding, and acknowledging that all they have …
HOLD ON TO GOD
Being the second Sunday Service after The Argentina Crusade With Pastor Evelyn Joshua, the gathering of October 20, 2024 was yet another opportunity to exalt God for His unending mercy, favour and compassion upon the ministry of Prophet TB Joshua, through which millions of lives across the world have been touched for healing, deliverance and …
FAITH: A NECESSITY
While the Argentina Crusade with Pastor Evelyn Joshua recorded a huge success, The SCOAN Sunday service kicked off on a glorious note with The SCOAN Choir animating the atmosphere with deep worship as congregants joined in the rendition of soul-lifting tunes. “Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Saviour/Hear My Humble Cry”, they sung, opening up their …