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Cultural Pressures

How does a believer remain faithful in a culture that constantly pulls in the opposite direction? The world's values shift with every generation, but God's Word remains unchanged. Christians are called to be in the world but not of it — yet how do we practically live this out? From media influence to social expectations, the pressure to conform is relentless. The scripture calls us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, not conformed to the pattern of this world.
39 Audio Teachings 7 Books

Audio Teachings 39

21. The Christian and his music
21. The Christian and his music
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:11:39
1:30 Let's start today by reading from the book of Ephesians chapter 5. The culture of faith, that's what we have been on for some time, so I'm hoping that we'll be able to finish that today. Let's open ou...
6. Love of righteousness in right worship
6. Love of righteousness in right worship
Pastor Bankie The Gospel of Change 1:35:00
12:00 Again, by the way, that's why it's not everything you read, you forward. Sometimes you are playing to the people's plans. You are falling for it, you think you are winning against it. There was one th...
7. Relationships; marriage and divine order
7. Relationships; marriage and divine order
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:34:58
21:00 He picked on the relationship between husbands and wives, and he began to instruct wives first, and then husbands. As soon as he was done with that, he talked on children and parents, how children sho...
7. God's light and culture change
7. God's light and culture change
Pastor Bankie Agents of Faith and Light 1:11:57
1:09:00 And these are the people that God was using him to deliver. He will preach to them, they will be saved. He will preach to them, they will be changed. So he said, no, I can't live. Somebody needs to te...
5. Making excellence our habit
5. Making excellence our habit
Pastor Bankie The Kingdom Life 1:21:24
1:30 how they eat, you understand my point, how they do their businesses, how they live their lives, that's what we mean by culture, how they relate in their marriages, how they relate in their, maybe the ...
2. The blessing changes you first
2. The blessing changes you first
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:26:10
6:00 That's just the way it is. So that's why you know faith that is dead. It's been dead. They said they've been Christians for two generations. The culture of 100 years ago is still there. The culture is...
1. True warriors don't flee
1. True warriors don't flee
Pastor Bankie The Warrior's Perspective 1:19:54
6:00 The mountain that Daniel prophesied will cover everything. This was the mountain that Daniel saw as the one that was going to come last, that grew out of that stone that broke that statue. Do you reme...
13. The faith way of interpretation
13. The faith way of interpretation
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:35:36
58:30 That is summary of my message there. The culture of faith. Let me get back to what we're trying to say. Time has moved, so I may not be able to get into the thing I wanted, but let me just introduce i...
8. True love for the wife
8. True love for the wife
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:27:20
1:30 and you'll become closer to the exact image of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Let's take our seats. The Lord is good. Please tell your neighbor you are very wise. What we have been d...
2. The power of your imagination
2. The power of your imagination
Pastor Bankie The Power of Faith 1:11:01
1:00:00 What some people call opportunities, other people call it traps of devil. Say, I don't mind them, they want to collect our money. Their imagination, imagination. What am I preaching to you today? You ...
1. Cutting the navel cord
1. Cutting the navel cord
Pastor Bankie The Kingdom Life 1:16:56
21:00 Because my husband will not agree. Ha! She's hearing all kinds of things. This will happen. My husband, that will never happen. I said, these were the things that you thought I was a crazy man on. Are...
4. Establishing Christian culture
4. Establishing Christian culture
Pastor Bankie The Kingdom Life 1:27:24
7:30 If I'm not doing works that are in keeping with the righteousness of God, then it is self-deception if I say there is faith in my heart. That is why don't ever believe that doctrine that says you can ...
Keep your priestly garments on
Keep your priestly garments on
Pastor Bankie Keys of the Kingdom (2025) 2:29:30
2:12:00 always opening your mind to give the Lord praise and thanks and never giving credit to the devil for anything in your life. Don't forget that. Don't ever forget that. But I need also read it from Roma...
7. Following the Lord in true faith
7. Following the Lord in true faith
Pastor Bankie Keys of the Kingdom (2024) 2:07:28
1:30 I believe many of us know it by heart. We are going to read as usual from verse 6 all the way to verse 16. If you have been following us on Fridays when we are discussing the Scriptures, if you have t...
15. The rule of God comes
15. The rule of God comes
Pastor Bankie Life According to Divine Purpose 30:36
18:00 For example, if you go to a nation that was founded on Christian principles, you see their culture is a culture of Christianity. But people who are born into that, who don't know Christianity, will ju...
5. The revival-key to liberation
5. The revival-key to liberation
Pastor Bankie Running the Race Set Before You 1:37:44
54:00 and spent our money on schools so that the children will come to learn A, B, C, D, at the same time, learn Genesis to Revelation. So they will be brought up in a new culture. See, every culture on thi...
18. Gracious lips and the seasoned tongue
18. Gracious lips and the seasoned tongue
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:32:07
10:30 I will just continue my business. Then one day I read from my scriptures and realized that that displaces the Lord. That you must never take advantage of somebody's handicap in any area. So if I'm wal...
1. The blood of the lamb
1. The blood of the lamb
Pastor Bankie Learning from Moses, Group 3 (The Passover) 1:18:13
43:30 One of the things it did, because we say it releases us from what? Our sins. Curses only come because there is an iniquity. Because sin was committed. And not only was it committed once, it's been com...
6. God does speak to His people
6. God does speak to His people
Pastor Bankie The Life of Grace 1:16:48
37:30 and bring an issue that Christianity is even better than that. As a nation, these people were close to God. As individuals, we are close to God. Are you getting the point I'm making? As a nation, they...
11. Culture change for release of blessings
11. Culture change for release of blessings
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:04:43
0:00 Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, and I'm being filled with the knowledge of His will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. As...
2. The Spirit Of Disobedience
2. The Spirit Of Disobedience
Pastor Bankie The Birth of a New Generation 1:20:27
1:09:00 The thing that's not tempting wouldn't be a temptation. That's what the Bible actually calls renewing your mind. Let's read that. I want to close with that. I just realized that my time has really gon...
7. Experiencing the fatherhood of God
7. Experiencing the fatherhood of God
Pastor Bankie Go In and Possess the Land 1:22:27
45:00 When people have challenges in life, one of the ways they do it, they go into the way of the world to solve their problems. Like I was talking about kings. In Israel, they say, I want a king. They hav...
1. Forgiveness of sin
1. Forgiveness of sin
Pastor Bankie Why the Blessings Don't Come 29:19
21:00 We never invented anything serious. Yet we sit down and say, our culture, our culture, our culture. Did we not all descend from the same fathers? Are you getting my point? That is what we call white m...
1. Have God centered thinking
1. Have God centered thinking
Pastor Bankie Removing Hindrances to God's Answers (+ Prayers for Loved Ones) 1:55:21
7:30 If any of my children say that, better say it only after you finish school. Yeah, because I won't give you money again. Of course, thank God they will not say that. So my son said, he picked the guy u...
3. For the sins of her prophets and elders
3. For the sins of her prophets and elders
Pastor Bankie Change for the Church and Its Nation 1:35:13
39:00 responsibility. Let me say something briefly about the sin of the people. Now listen to this. The people of God are the issue now. We are not talking about, we don't care now whether the people outsid...
4. The culture of diligence and giving
4. The culture of diligence and giving
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:42:08
4:30 Because his name is Obabi Olorunwosi, which means, there is no king like God. Trust me. It's been the courses I give names like that. So why are you abbreviating it? If you cut it into Obabi Olorunwos...
8. Crucified to the world
8. Crucified to the world
Pastor Bankie The High Calling 1:15:56
36:00 Why is it that those who were preaching, what they were preaching, they wanted to be important. Do you know, do you know there are things that you preach as a Christian today, as a preacher today, the...
2. Taking the yoke of Christ
2. Taking the yoke of Christ
Pastor Bankie The True Grace Encounter 1:33:17
1:07:30 But as you are sweating outside, so is the blood pressure going up inside. Listen, no matter what it looks like, the words of the Lord Jesus, they are the easy way out. If he says you forgive, trust m...
2. Holiness and obedience to truth's demand
2. Holiness and obedience to truth's demand
Pastor Bankie A Patient Walk with God 2:11:36
34:30 So they were joining his college of, well he didn't call it his own college of bishop, but they were all submitting to him. They were not submitting to anything. And we came to submit to the great pro...
1. Genuine faith has works
1. Genuine faith has works
Pastor Bankie The Culture of Faith 1:16:40
0:00 Can we declare the Word of Understanding so we can sit down? One, two, let's go. Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, As a result of th...
7. Safety from Jezebel
7. Safety from Jezebel
Pastor Bankie Christ's Message to His Church 1:37:51
22:30 throw them in your face. I start encouraging people, come out of the closet. Don't be a secret homosexual. Now the truth is that that had to happen. Why? Because the people departed from God. When you...
5. The way of the Spirit for true sons
5. The way of the Spirit for true sons
Pastor Bankie A Deeper Walk with God (Neither Murmur Ye) 1:48:53
24:00 that came out of his palace one day, and one young woman was bathing somewhere, and he was looking. You know, in many countries, women cover themselves from head to, I mean, literally, they just cut s...
INCREASING FAITH 1 - Sowing to d spirit
INCREASING FAITH 1 - Sowing to d spirit
Pastor Bankie Faith Basics, Book 2 1:16:19
34:30 God, there are some things that are from creation, all right? They are innate, they are native to the human nature. All right? For example, this desire to preserve yourself. Do you follow the point I'...
4. Longing for true success
Pastor Bankie The Most Important Prayer 1:27:16
9:00 And you see, like I say, so as soon as you are asking him for something, shouldn't you follow his will? Shouldn't you obey his word? So is that not a vow? No. That's a normal life. It's like me waking...
10. Reigning is by righteousness
10. Reigning is by righteousness
Pastor Bankie A New Man and a New World 1:58:32
1:30:00 What was he saying? Now you have beheld me face to face. Now you have interacted with me. Now, by these words, I pronounce the ability to resist sin, the ability to overcome into you. He said, go and ...
1. A renewed thirst for the Lord
1. A renewed thirst for the Lord
Pastor Bankie On to the Heights of the Spirit 2:07:32
31:30 I thought that those of us who are not Jews, even though we're trying to learn some things, but the main issue we have, I'll talk about along the line, is that people sometimes these days, it's not ne...
8. Walking according a renewed spirit
8. Walking according a renewed spirit
Pastor Bankie The Cross of Christ 1:18:25
16:30 What am I saying? Those are the things that the world, all right, will chase after. That's what they are chasing after. But for us Christians, it must not be like that. Even though you think you are g...
Christ-centred preaching
Christ-centred preaching
Pastor Bankie Messages for Preaching Ministers 1:34:17
15:00 to preach the gospel. That was not a problem for them. If the exam failed, they would preach the gospel. Not a problem. If lecturers threatened them, they would stand and preach the gospel. Persecutio...
3. True Christian identity
3. True Christian identity
Pastor Bankie The Man and His Identity 58:13
19:30 Say, Pastor Banki, what is the material thing that you really, really, really, really, really think that without it, you won't be happy? Did somebody lie to you that if you don't have land, you are no...

Books 7

SHOULD I SAY YES, 2nd Edition
SHOULD I SAY YES, 2nd Edition
Pastor Bankie
your life? 95 96 SHOULD I SAY YES? A nd do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is. ...
Guided by the Spirit
Guided by the Spirit
Pastor Bankie
UIDED BY THE SPIRIT Let the wicked leave their way of life, and change their way of thinking... "My thoughts,” says the Lord, “are not like yours, and my ways are different from yours. Isa 55:7-8 GNT...
God Is the Match Maker
God Is the Match Maker
Pastor Bankie
eria are these that you are using to make the judgments of your life? Free e-book from pastor.ng 61 GOD IS THE MATCH-MAKER Pastor Bankie...
BY FAITH, ACQUIRE LIFE (Turning the hopeless situations of life around)
BY FAITH, ACQUIRE LIFE (Turning the hopeless situations of life around)
Pastor Bankie
en you question them you discover that they hold on to the opinion that it is not good to flog kids, something that 39 By Faith, Acquire Life. Pastor Bankie Free e-book from kwm.com.ng...
Worship & Sex Control
Worship & Sex Control
Pastor Bankie
X CONTROL unclean spirits, men and women begin to derive sexual pleasure from pain and from inflicting pain. It is called depravity and darkness of heart. All these things are the results of idolatry....
Someone Is Controlling You
Someone Is Controlling You
Pastor Bankie
on, even though many Christians are controlled by mammon, they do not know it. They feel righteous while serving another god. So what are these voices we obey that result in disobedience to the Lord?...
He That Believes
He That Believes
Pastor Bankie
someone about issues of life and when they give you their reasons for taking the decisions they are taking, you do not hear one single consideration of the counsel of God. I had one 42 Pastor Bankie...

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