• MFM Overseer: It’s a ‘year of open divine speed’
• This year will bring opportunities, says RCCG’s GO
• Nigeria not beyond redemption, says Catholic bishop
• God will do great things this year, PFN tells Nigerians
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said things will get worse before they get better this year.
But the popular cleric urged Nigerians not to lose hope.
Adeboye stated this in his first message of the year at the Redemption City on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The cleric noted that many others had given prophecies for the new year, insisting that “what God says is not what you want to hear”.
He said it was important to give the prophecy so people could prepare ahead of events.
“When a person jumps from a storey building, the injury will not be as much as somebody who is pushed because the person who jumps will prepare for it.
“Everything God is saying rally around one little sentence which I heard from those who were dramatising earlier though they don’t know what they were saying. You can write this in capital letters: the wind is blowing,” Adeboye said.
In summarising his message for the new year, he added: “The wind is blowing. Include in your prayer that it will blow you good. As far as Nigeria is concerned, things will get worse before they get better. Mark my word. That is what ‘Daddy’ says. We are already complaining that things are worse.
“The good news is that the wind is already blowing. It’s going to get hotter before it cools down. That is what ‘Daddy’ told me. That is not what I would love to tell you.
“You know the elders have a proverb: if the wind blows, you will see the anus of the chicken. I think I better run away from prophecies concerning Nigeria.”
“Don’t lose hope. Sooner or later things will get better. Whether we like it or not, we will survive. Some people will start this year with nothing, but before the end of the year, they become significant.
“There will be many opportunities this year. Get ready for them. This is what they call insider information. You are hearing about it now before the opportunity begins to come.”
Also, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Worldwide, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has said this year will be troublesome.
But he assured Nigerians that they would survive it with prayers and obedience to God’s commands.
In his New Year message during the cross-over service, the cleric said the new year would be hydra-headed with plenty to rejoice about and plenty to worry about.
“All the events of 2023 will dovetail into 2024 and, if you could survive 2023, you will survive 2024,” he said.
Olukoya tagged 2024 as the Year of Open Doors and Divine Speed, which he picked from Revelations 3:7–8 and Genesis 24:12.
According to him, 2024 is a troublesome year, but not as bad as 2023.
The MFM general overseer advised fellow Christians to increase their prayers in the new year.
“If you reduce the temperature of your prayer fire, you lose it. You should get your spiritual life on serious fire. Do an overkill with your prayers,” he said.
Olukoya warned Nigerians not to do trial and error in their activities but ask God for directions this year.
Also, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has urged the Federal Government and the nation’s political leaders to focus on economic policies that will help to rejig the economy and bring solace to the impoverished masses in the new year.
In his New Year message in Lagos by the church’s Director of Social Communications, Rev. Fr. Anthony Godono, the bishop recalled that 2023, being an election year with all its controversies, was characterised by untold hardship for millions of Nigerians due to the high cost of essential commodities.
He urged the government to make efforts at using the nation’s resources available to make policies that would alleviate the hardship among millions of Nigerians.
“The increase in the pump price of petroleum products and the drastic loss in the value of the naira, among other factors, have grossly affected the purchasing power of Nigerians.
“They are finding it difficult to keep their heads above water. This, along with the insecurity in the country, has led many of the best brains in the country to being sucked out of the country as they yield to the Japa syndrome.
“Those of us who remain are struggling to breathe, as they say. This is unacceptable.
“Government must listen to the cries of Nigerians,” he said.
Also, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has assured Nigerians that God would do great things in the country this year.
In a message by its National President, Bishop Wale Oke, the fellowship said: “…No matter what happened in the past, the Lord saw us through and now we are here. We should have a heart for gratitude and sincerely give thanks to God for His mercy and grace. Were it not for God’s mercy, we would have been like Sodom; we would have been as Gomorrah. We are thankful.
“The new year holds a promise of great opportunities: opportunities for a rebirth, opportunities for new things, opportunities for prosperity, and opportunities for greatness.
“God has said in His word: ‘Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing. Now, it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.’ Isaiah 43:18-19.
“May we, individually and as a nation, know and experience the new and great things that the Lord shall do in this new year, as we take advantage of the amazing opportunities that this year offers.”
