N.B.
Please Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday monthly for
Prayers for Families and the Nation at Joyful Callers Counselling Ministry’s
office, Suite 35, In God we trust Shopping Plaza, Fasakin Bus stop, along
Sawmill-Gbagi road, Ibadan. Oyo state, Nigeria. May the Lord find us dependable. Amen. (08138143021)
Dearly beloved in
Christ Jesus.
No doubt crisis looms
over our beloved nation, Nigeria. We can no longer deny this. It is a fact! The
percentage of Christians in Nigeria are tactically being reduced through
killings of various kinds - Spiritually, physically and mentally. Spiritually
many are giving up their faith by selling their souls to Satan because they
want to get rich quick, while some are in search of “protection” having
abandoned the great Shepherd Himself. We have heard or read about such stories in
the daily Newspapers. Few years ago it was reported that a head mason in a
particular village (name withheld) was given a contract and was asked to come
with twenty bricklayers, himself inclusive. They were conveyed in a vehicle to
a place he could not identify because they were blind-folded on their way, and
when they got to the middle of nowhere the blind-folds were removed and right
before them was a vast land. They were to lay the foundation of a “church.” But
to their chagrin about twenty pillars were there and a human being was tied to
each pillar. Holes had been dug already and the instruction given to them was
to bury one person in each hole. They had to obey under duress. The people were
buried alive, and the holes cemented. After this cursed job they were returned
to their village blind-folded and before they reached their village the blinds
were taken off. They could not recognise the place they were carried to for
that demonic operation. From that day the chief mason stopped accepting any job
outside his village, and unfortunately one of the masons became mentally
deranged. Brethren, what kind of “church” is this?
Beloved
where are the Prayer Altars for our nation?
Physically many others
are being killed by the so-called “Fulani-herdsmen.” When did Cattle rearers
become military personnel? Where are their staff with which they were leading
and guiding their sheep and cows in years past? They now use sophisticated weapons
to protect their cattle, from what or from who? It is a known secret that many
Christians had been slaughtered especially in the Northern parts of the
country. Think of Borno State killings, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Kaduna, Benue
and most recently Plateau state killings by supposed Fulani herdsmen. Hun un!
Mentally our children
are being taught that all religions are the same, “Orun- lo- mo- eni ti- o- la” (Only heavens know those who shall be
saved). This is contrary to the scriptures. John 3: 16-18, “For God so loved the world that He gave us
His only begotten son, that whosoever believes shall not perish but have eternal
life…Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe
stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one
and only Son.” It is not about claiming superiority over other religions,
Christianity is about Jesus Christ shedding His blood for the redemption of humankind.
Some of our Christian girls are being lured with money to quit Christianity. The
Bible states in 1 Timothy 6: 10, “For the
love of money is the root of all evil.” This must stop! Let us teach our youth
to love God above materialism.
They have mapped out
strategies about how they want to fight Christians and wipe out Christianity.
Is that not an aberration? Can any
mortal fight his creator and win? Over the centuries Christians have been
suffering persecution. Has Christianity been eliminated? No! It can never be. On
our part we do not have calculated strategies. Actually we don’t need any
because we have GOD! Halleluyah. “For the
weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the
knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of
Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:4-5)”
When Solomon prayed in 2
Chronicles chapter 7 at the dedication of the temple, God answered with fire
from above (v.1) and God gave him the assurance in verse 14 that “if My people who are called by My name, will
humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Where are the days of “Prayer for the Nation” every 1st
Saturday of every month? What happened to the fires on our altars of prayer?
Less than two decades ago, that was our strength as the Nigerian church. May be
in few quarters the fires are still burning, but we need to increase the
intensity of these fires!
Let the Nigerian Church
go back to the Prayer altars.
