Breakthrough Time Conference: the Second Day

The Breakthrough Time is going on! Worshiping the Lord continued on the second day of the conference, April 15th, on the morning service. All the attendees rejoiced by seeing the talents and gifts given by God: the gifts of playing the bandura (Aleksey Ostapchuk) and singing (the united choir of Victory Churches as well as the Christian performer Nikolay).

Sergey Moscovka, a representative of the organizing committee of "More Than a Cup" project, was invited on the morning service. The guest shared with the information on how the church, pastors, and every believer can use a grandiose event such as the European Football Championship, which will take place in Ukraine in 2012, for evangelism.

Although the championship games will take place only in four Ukrainian cities, it will be the Ukrainian nationwide event with millions of citizens involved, and not only the football fans. Everyone can contribute to it, even a prayer will make a great support. More details about the participation as the church or individually can be found on the website http://www.zakubok.info

Henry Madava, the senior pastor of Victory Churches, was preaching on the morning service. He was speaking about the wise and foolish virgins that we can see in the book of Matthew chapter 25. "Our success comes when we act like the wise virgins," he said, "Success is to fulfill God’s will for you in fullness and to help others."

Five wise and five foolish virgins were on the same level: they took their lamps, they fell asleep while waiting for their bridegroom, they fixed their lamps after they had woken up, i.e., they were able to handle them. However, there was a difference between them: one group took an extra oil, the other one did not. The pastor spoke about three things that characterized the wise virgins. Firstly, they were prepared and did not fuss over. Your destiny is determined by your previous acts. "It is necessary to be continually trained to be always in front of God’s deeds," pastor said. Secondly, the wise virgins thought and acted strategically. If you want to achieve success, look at everything by the eyes of a successful person. Thirdly, the wise virgins were not lazy. You should love labor! The sermon was finished by individual and collective prayers.