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The Catalyst Community
Sermons and Conversations from the catalyst fellowship by Michael Ipaye.
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The Catalyst CommunityChequemate: Dethroning Mammon
In the game of chess, your opponent is after your king. Putting your opponent’s king in a position where it has no moves is a winning strategy. In the same…
The Catalyst CommunityOikia: The Lord's Table
The Last Supper that Jesus and His disciples had in the Bible was not a new invention at the time. The practice was from a feast called the Passover, and what…
The Catalyst CommunityOikia: My Valentine and I
It is important to know that even in God’s family, there is room for romantic love. But if we are going to do it right, we have to know God’s perspective: How…
The Catalyst CommunityOikia: My Church Leaders and I
Our reverence for God is based on our ability to discern His activities in a place. Worshipping God is not just about singing. Worship is a life of sacrifice…
The Catalyst CommunityOikia: My Family and I
Marriage has a divine purpose, but we confuse the tool with the purpose. There is so much misinterpretation about the role of marriage and the role of a helper…
The Catalyst CommunityOikia: My Church Family and I
In this teaching, we discuss the early church and some of the things they did together. As a believer, you should be joyful about your community, your church…
The Catalyst CommunityOikia: God's Family and I
God has a household, a family. By nature, God is relational. Even in eternity, God exists as the Trinity. Apart from the Trinity and even before God created…
The Catalyst CommunityStarlight: Light in Babylon III
Apostle Paul urges us not to be ignorant about spiritual gifts. We are built upon the foundation of the apostles, Christ being the chief cornerstone. Spiritual…
The Catalyst CommunityStarlight: Light in Babylon II
The purpose of our assignment while in “Babylon” is extremely delicate to be mediocre about. Excellence is required of every believer in whatever their hands…
The Catalyst CommunityStarlight: Light in Babylon
The exposition on Babylon as an archetype continues in this teaching. One of the clearest instructions for living in Babylon is seen in what the Jews call the…
The Catalyst CommunityStarlight: Stars of Heaven
God ordered the world with his light, but in sin, man refused God’s light and brought darkness into the human experience. This sermon aims to answer the…
The Catalyst CommunityStarlight: Light of the World
In God’s design, God wants mankind to govern what He has created to continue shining God’s light. But what happened? Man sinned. Human rebellion brought in…
The Catalyst CommunityStarlight: God of Light
”Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3). In this sermon, we are taught what exactly this text means- not reading into the…
The Catalyst CommunityVantage 2025
It will be fruitless to pray for everything to be perfect in the new year, when it goes without saying that bad seasons are sure to show up. God will not…
The Catalyst CommunityThanksgiving Service
In this teaching, we were reminded to count our blessings regardless of our circumstances. Not because we are better than those who have experienced hurt or…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Prophetic Church 3
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. There was darkness, and He said let there be light. Whatever God wants to do, He does by His word, by…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Prophetic Church 2
Prophecy is not just predicting the future; it is communicating God’s plan, and prophecy can be trusted. God says a thing before He does it, and since God is…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Windsor: Day 3, Sunday Service
God did not give the law because people were righteous. He gave it because injustice was rising unchecked. God cares about people more than we think. God…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Windsor: Day 2 Afternoon Session
The plan of God is not for Christians to gather in a city, hide, and expect God to always show up for them. God's plan is for Christians who have been…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Windsor: Day 2 Morning Session
The Bible must be read and studied as a whole, as one unified book. When it comes to doctrine, especially the gift of tongues, the Bible must be studied and…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Windsor: Day 1 Evening Session
The book of Genesis tells us what God is doing on the earth. God planted a garden eastward in Eden and put man in it. There were rivers that also flowed from…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Windsor: Day 1 Morning Session
In this sermon, we are taught how to apply the right Bible study approach: Exegesis, which is understanding how the authors of the Bible, though inspired by…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Prophetic Church
It is not the plan of God to relegate the prophetic to just a select few. The prophetic is for all of God's children. Every single one. God is more willing to…
The Catalyst CommunitySpecial Midweek Service: Wrapping Up Prayer and Fasting
As a church, we gathered for 60 days to raise an altar of prayer in this season. We fasted and prayed all through these days, and we saw the manifestations of…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Lagos: Day 3
As believers, we know that Jesus is coming again. This is why we ought to live as though Jesus is coming tomorrow. Having this knowledge, we must conduct…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Lagos: Day 2 Afternoon Session
This teaching is a reminder of the prophecy of the Dynamic Spread over Catalyst Church, reminding us that God’s word did not expire in the year it was given…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Lagos: Day 2 Morning Session
As we expound on the motif of mountains, we realize that God’s plan was not just for man to come up to mountains, but for Him to bring the mountain to us. This…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Lagos: Day 1 Evening Session
In this sermon, we are taught how to apply the right approach to Bible study by considering the "there and then" before the "here and now." Using Psalm 24…
The Catalyst CommunityHeaven On Earth Lagos: Day 1 Morning Session
In the very first session of Christ Life Camp 2025- Heaven on Earth, the basis for understanding the subsequent teachings is set with a detailed study on how…
The Catalyst CommunityTime Keeper: What Are Special Meetings?
It is possible for you to tell what the weather will be like today or even tomorrow by checking the weather app on your device, yet you may not be sensitive to…
The Catalyst CommunityFRUITfull: Agalliao- Joy in the Holy Ghost
The parable of the Sower teaches us that the gospel must take root in our lives and produce fruit. The seed is viable, but the soil is the problem. Don't just…
The Catalyst CommunityFRUITfull: Arsenal- Joy Is A Weapon
Fruits are evidence of your transformation and the evidence that you are truly saved. You now have joy as a fruit. But joy is not just a fruit. Jesus said that…
The Catalyst CommunityFRUITfull: Porcelain
Porcelain believers are fragile under pressure. We live in a fallen world where hard times will come. But what is your response? Are you a porcelain believer…
The Catalyst CommunityFRUITfull: Joy- Like A Treasure 2
Another aspect of joy that is emphasized in this sermon is called "Delight.". This is something that satisfies you deeply. For some people, it could be food…
The Catalyst CommunityFRUITfull: Joy- Like A Treasure
Being a fruitful believer means that you are able to hear fruits and fruits are the evidence of spiritual transformation. As a believer there are expected…
The Catalyst CommunityParaclete: Ministry of the Spirit- Resurrection
In the final teaching of the Paraclete series, we explore one of the most profound works of the Holy Spirit: resurrection. The Holy Spirit is not only a…
The Catalyst CommunityParaclete: Ministry of the Spirit- Koinonia
Fellowship is an offshoot of justification. Only a right-standing man can have fellowship. Man died when he sinned. Not just man, but the whole of mankind. Man…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Glory Experience (Kitchener-Waterloo)
From this teaching, we learn that God has books: the Book of Life and the Book of Reward. Purpose is that one thing for which you were created and at which…
The Catalyst CommunitySpecial Anniversary Service
God is calling us to participate in His move. The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few, and prophecy only becomes reality when we take…
The Catalyst CommunityParaclete: Ministry of the Spirit- Sanctification
To be sanctified means to be made holy. It is a regeneration of one's spirit. This is an active work of the Holy Ghost, who creates a new mechanism in the…
The Catalyst CommunityParaclete: Ministry of the Spirit- Justification
Every believer must understand the new life they have been born into. The promise of salvation is the promise of the Holy Ghost to the believer. The moment you…
The Catalyst CommunityParaclete: Who is the Holy Spirit? 2
Many analogies fail to describe the union between the Holy Spirit and the Godhead. To truly understand who the Holy Spirit is, we must also see who He is not…
The Catalyst CommunityKitchener-Waterloo Worship
Worship is not defined by culture or style. It is unto God, not crafted for the entertainment of man. Our unity in worship is not of the flesh but of the…
The Catalyst CommunityParaclete: Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is a life-giving spirit that man was separated from when he sinned, but when he was restored, he received life again. Who is the Holy Spirit?…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith: Attitude of a Learner 2
Christianity is a taught faith, and true growth only happens when we embrace the posture of a learner. In this teaching, we discover that God doesn’t just want…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith: Attitude of a Learner
Learning is an attitude, and every believer must develop this attitude in a local assembly. A true student enrolls, submits to a place and time of learning…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith- Chorus: The Response to Grace
God chose to make the message of grace simple for us to recognize and accept. But how should we respond to this? Singing is a way of responding to this…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith (This is Amazing Grace): The Simplicity of Grace
Grace cannot be earned—it is God’s gift. Romans 11:6 reminds us that the moment we try to earn salvation, it ceases to be grace. The law was never meant to…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith (This is Amazing Grace): The Perfection of Grace
God has and will always be both a judge and a loving father. The attributes of God do not contradict each other. He is loving and yet punishes evil. For God to…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith (This is Amazing Grace): Grace is a Seal
It will not matter what you have if you do not know you have it. Effectiveness in the Christian faith hinges on your knowledge (Colossians 1:9). Here are two…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith (This is Amazing Grace): The Gift of Grace
The utter helplessness of man and the sovereign intervention of God are what make grace a precious gift. There are 4 things the Bible means when it says we are…
The Catalyst CommunityThis Is Amazing Grace
This whole teaching series is taking us back to the very foundation of the Christian faith. Christianity is a taught faith, and your pastor is God’s gift to…
The Catalyst CommunityThe Taught Faith
Growing in wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ is foundational to the Christian faith. As a church, we recognise the importance of going back to…
The Catalyst CommunityEulogia
One thing you might often struggle with is knowing how to give thanks. But there should be a response when you experience the glory of God. When we receive…
The Catalyst CommunityFuego VIII: How To Pray
In this powerful teaching series, FUEGO, we explore the fire that comes when the Word of God meets a yielded heart. Prayer isn’t optional for the believer; it…
The Catalyst CommunityShekinah Lagos: Day 2, Session 2
Every man on earth is imaging God, but the big question is, "Are we all imaging God rightly?" The purpose for which we were created is to image God. Doing…
The Catalyst CommunityShekinah Lagos: Day 2, Session 1
Prayer is the way to steward prophecies over your life, your church, your family, and every other area of your life. You can receive strength in your inner man…
The Catalyst CommunityShekinah Lagos: Day 1, Session 2
The attributes of God do not end at His loving kindness and tender mercies. It also extends to His wrath. God's wrath is just, and he is slow to show his…
The Catalyst CommunityShekinah Lagos: Day 1, Session 1
Understanding the concept of the Biblical temple changes your perspective on who you are and what you were made for on the earth. This introductory sermon at…
The Catalyst CommunityFuego VII: Building An Edifice 2
No matter how much you pray, there is always more in God. Prayer can be learned, and Jesus taught his disciples a method/approach to prayer. Prayer should be…