I am not a sheep begging to be seen. I am not out of the flock. I have a shepherd who cares for me. He sees me. He leaves the 99 for me, I am worth everything to Him. I have a Shepherd, The Lord is my Shepherd.
After Reboot Camp, it’s easy to feel like you missed out on something if you didn’t fall under the anointing.
I used to feel this way, because, while everyone was having these intense encounters, I was just standing there, gidigba 🤣 #RebootCamp2024#Metamorphosis
i took a step of courage today in speaking publicly, my voice was shaking but we continue in the exercise 😅
Thank you @pst_iren for the word during RBC. God bless you sir.
Happy birthday Adeife.
This is the year you preach the gospel more.
The year you pray more.
The year you run through troops and leap over walls.
Thank you Jesus for another year.
OUR BENEDICTION
We serve God by His Spirit
We boast in Christ Jesus
We put no confidence in the flesh
We experience progress and joy in the faith.
Reaching a billion souls in 10,000 cities.
Because we are Celebration Church;
In Christ, for Christ, with Joy!
#adozencelebrations
FINAL CLARIFICATION:
1.Any Christian who is not productive is not living by the word of God. A man who does not work should not eat (2 Thess 3:10 ) . But to insinuate that people who have regular vigils are not productive is terrible generalization.
2.Therefore, any Church that makes people pray all week long for financial blessing as opposed to encouraging them to work diligently with their hands is wrong. There are many Churches like this admittedly.
LET’S HOWEVER BE CAREFUL WITH THE JUXTAPOSITION AND ADMIT THAT:
1.If Churches stopped doing vigils, there won’t suddenly be more jobs. Vigils are not the immediate problem of the Nation.
2.If there were multiple night shift options that Christians abandoned for “daily vigils” then maybe you have a point. But that’s not the case. Having an issue with frequent vigils is blaming the Church for the governments work. This is what we often do these days and that’s what I stand against.
3.People actually must not have to work night shifts to be productive. They should if they have to and if there are opportunities to.
But beyond Church, there are several other things people can do with their night. Like spend time with family, socialize and sleep.
People who don’t work at night shouldn’t be seen as unproductive. Again, even in more developed Countries, not everyone has to work night shifts. And if Nigeria should have more options to work at night, that’s more on the government.
https://t.co/DC34RX3Wvs’s a little insensitive to ask people to work even more in a nation like Nigeria. How much is minimum wage?
5.Churches that have programs every day are not the majority.
⁃Most Churches have vigils not more than once a month.
⁃Most vigils are into the weekend.
6.Some of you don’t see the point of praying long and regularly for any reason. That’s okay. But people should reserve the right to use their free time as they choose. Night time is not ‘economic hours’. If it is not hindering the nation, it is none of your business
7.Saying “Where has prayer taken this Country” means you know little about prayer. Prayer is primarily about intimacy and communion. There is very little correlation to nation building even in the Bible.
8.I’ve seen a few tags about another Pastor who says “Dangote sells salt…don’t sleep in Church and ask God to bless you”. I absolutely agree!
⁃Context was that God won’t bless you if there is no product to bless. Don’t just pray all day and not work.
⁃A government official blaming the productivity of the nation on the Church ticked me off more, because he (and is colleagues) are to be held to account more than the Church.
https://t.co/UkuTt2e2Id’s okay if you still don’t agree. Disagreeing doesn’t make us enemies. It doesn’t mean I may not support Mr PO if he chooses to run again. It doesn’t mean much of what he said was false. I had an issue with the juxtaposition, and I absolutely have the right to.
10.Apart from Watchnight service, our church has not had any global vigil this year. I’m not trying to protect anything. I’m just against correcting one extreme with another.
Love and grace
As we celebrate our anniversary please don’t forget to partner with us as we hope to sponsor our family members with transport and accommodation for reboot camp.
Account Name: CCI Global Reboot Partnerships
Account Number: 1029713149
Bank Name: VFD