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  • Board warns workers against sharp practices at prayer

    Board warns workers against sharp practices at prayer

    Oyo  State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB) has warned workers to be diligent and avoid sharp practices.

    Executive Chairman, Dr. Nureni Adeniran, spoke  during it’s Interfaith prayer, to usher in the new year,  

    Adeniran urged the officials to adhere to professional ethics and be diligent in their duties.

     He said the board was often bombarded with petitions against employees over fraudulent practices.

     The chairman warned the board would take measures against erring workers.

     He identified the role of headteachers, teachers, and everyone as key in the state’s efforts at repositioning basic education in the state.

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     Adeniran noted the gathering was aimed at thanking God for the new year, and laying a stronger foundation for the assignments ahead.

     “I implore you to rededicate yourselves to your duties and ensure you do your best and ensure you do the needful at all times. Avoid being involved in sharp practices that could mar the name of the board or the state.

     “I advise you carry out due diligence and know your duties. By doing this, you save yourselves from trouble and make our job easier. We pray we are successful,” he said.

     The chairman praised them for maintaining professional ethics and congratulated everyone for witnessing the new year.

     He assured them of the state ’s continued support and cooperation with workers.

    Co-ordinating Director of OYOSUBEB, Mrs. Olaide Ladipo, had reiterated the need for workers and management to be in synergy as new trends in basic education administration continue to unfold.

  • Prayer and fasting empowers fulfillment of Prophecy!

    Welcome to another impactful week! I hope you were blessed by the last teaching. Today, we shall focus on: Prayer and Fasting Empowers Fulfillment of Prophecy!

    From scriptures, we understand that prayer and fasting is a business for high level profiting but if we don’t know how to maximise it, we will get nothing out of it. So, it is not just listing our prayer items, it is   aligning the prayer items with the will of God. It is written: And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business (Luke 2:49). So, it is business engaging in Word practice because it is for our profiting (2 Timothy 3:16).  Thus, it is important for us to carry a business perspective of our walk with God as it will help us to be more productive in our engagement. Remember, not every prayer prayed is answered.  To secure our answers on the prayer altar, we must pray according to His will. His will connotes His Word, so we pray according to His Word regarding the issues we are presenting. The Bible says: Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob (Isaiah 41:21). Strong reasons will come out of strong searches.

    Also, as great as these prophetic words are, we have to clear the oppositions resisting the fulfillment of prophecies.   This is because every great door suffers great resistances. And if we don’t clear the resistances, we will just be singing them as a song; it will never come to reality. It will just be a slogan and that is why we are up in prayer and fasting to clear oppositions off our possessions, so we can realise them (1 Corinthians 16:9). So, there is no form of resistance that can spite the authority of the combined forces of faith, prayer and fasting.

    Why Then Do We Pray and Fast?

    • To Overpower all the Opposing Forces on the Path of our Glorious Destiny in Christ: The Bible says: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21). So, we fast to overpower all resisting forces against our glorious destiny in Christ.
    • To Generate and Build Spiritual Strength into our Spirit man against the day of Battle: We fast to build spiritual energy reserves against the day of battle. As it is written: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:28-31). So, waiting upon the Lord renews our strength, recharges us, re-energizes us and builds up energy reserves into our Spirit against the day of battle (Proverbs 24:10).
    • To Provoke Speedy Divine Intervention: Our God is a present help in time of need and He said He will help us. So when we experience delay, they are those forces that are against our restoration and we break them in a fast. It is written: Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward (Isaiah 58: 8). Hence, things answer with speed in a fast. God can answer our prayers without fasting, but whether we take delivery of the answers is another question. So, we engage in a fast to clear off the obstructions on the way, so we can take speedy delivery of what belongs to us.

    Blessings that Accrue to us in Prayer and Fasting

    • Outbreak of Revelation: Every outstanding breakthrough we notice in the Kingdom is a product of outbreak of revelation. The Bible says: Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. …then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday (Isaiah 58:8/10). Prayer and fasting provides a platform for outbreak of revelation. So, when revelation is bright enough, speed is the experience.

    Empowers our Access to the High Places of Life: It is written: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it  (Isaiah 58:14). So, prayer and fasting is a spiritual platform for our flight into the high places of life.

    Empowers Speedy Fulfilment of Prophecy: Jesus was declared the son of God in Luke 3:21-22. As it is written:: Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. So, it was after fasting He took delivery of that fulfilment of prophecy. We are in the era of restoration in the body of Christ because there must be restoration of all things which were spoken by the mouth of the prophet before Jesus returns.

    In conclusion, prayer and fasting will be wasteful without faith. As it is written: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6).  Faith is our covenant signature for taking delivery of our possessions in Christ. Therefore, we must build our faith for prophecies to be fulfilled in our lives. However, you must be born again. Are you born again? If you are not, this is an opportunity to do so. Simply say the following prayer: Lord Jesus, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me my sins. Cleanse me with Your precious Blood. Today, I accept You as my Lord and personal Saviour. Thank You Jesus for saving me! Now I know I am born again!” For further reading, please get my books: Winning Prayer, Satan Get Lost, and Born to Win. I invite you to come and fellowship with us at the Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, the covenant home of Winners. We have four services on Sundays, holding at 6:00 a.m., 7:50 a.m., 9:40 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. respectively. I know this teaching has blessed you. Write and share your testimony with me through: Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, P.M.B. 21688, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; or call 01-4548070, 01-4548280; or E-mail:feedback@lfcww.org; Face book: www.facebook.com/davidoyedepoministries/;  Twitter: @DavidOyedepoMin

     

  • Prayer for Dangote

    It a time our politicians and their legion of cheerleaders have, in the last few weeks, done little else than spar over inanities; when minders of the economy have long embarked on sabbatical, we must thank God that something, finally, is happening at the industrial front to inspire hope in the future of the country.I refer here to the news which filtered in at the weekend that the $9 billion,650,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd)Dangote Refinery willsoon commence operations. On a tour of the facilities at the weekend, Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group of companies had had told the crew from the CBN led by its governor, Godwin Emefiele that the long-awaited project will finally be delivered by April 2020. The fertilizer plant, he also said, will commence operation between April and May this year.

    In a country where all things are never equal; where policies tend to change like the British weather and the science of forecasting reduced to something of a nightmare to the practitioners of the art, it must be something of a celebration that the project – conceivably the most ambitious one by a private investor on the continent is finally coming on stream.

    To those who had long prayed for the reawakening to the 2007 folly – yours truly included –it comes as the moment of vindication. In July 2007, late President Umaru Yar’Adua, then mint-fresh in office, had caused to be refunded, the $721 million paid by Bluestar Oil Services Limited Consortium for the acquisition of 51 percent equity in the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries. Of course, the story of how the consortium promoted by Dangote emerged the preferred bidder/core investor for the plants at an open bid held at the behest of the departing Obasanjo administration in May 2007 is very muchin public domain.As the argument then went, it was bad enough that the Obasanjo administration thought little of selling a vital national patrimony to his “friends” and this for “peanuts”; that it happened on the eve of its departure from office was deemed the height of immorality!

    It mattered little at the time that the two refineries were not only practically down and out but were effectively of no use to anyone!Majority of Nigerians, it seemed, had made up their minds that the status quo of nothing was infinitely better than the promise of afresh hands to inject new money to get the refineries up and running.And so with public anger sufficiently roused; andwith organized laboursuccessfully grounding the economy for four days in June 2007, the Yar’Adua administration, itself caught in the tango of legitimacy in the aftermath of highly flawed polls, was forced to cancel the exercise. Talk of cutting the nose to spite the face!

    Now, we know better. Whereas the once-derided investor has since become the toast of everyone, the obverse side is a country so anaemic that the only reason it is still able to stand on its feet is that it manages to sell crude, unprocessed oil. At an average of $6 billion per year, the giant in the African sun has, in a little more than a decade, spent nearly $70 billion on fuel imports alone and still counting. And that is nothing compared to the billions spawned by the economy of rent and corruption inextricably linked with the fuel trade that has made the African giant a by-word in sleaze. As for the nation’s four refineries, which in the past decade has gulped millions of dollars of taxpayers funds,they have remained where they were in 2007 –scraps – despite endless promises of Turn Around Maintenances (TAMs); the federal government on its part, continues to sell the illusion that it would, somehow, get them up running even when those who know say the technology is obsolete.

    Add to the scenario the rentier economy called subsidy under which the nation gets to import refined fuel only to sell below the cost price; or the more bizarre part – that the country actually spends a third of its entire earnings on crude to import refined products for its domestic uses – and this in a country that has neither an industrial capacity to boast of, nor a petrochemical complex on which to an anchor an industrial strategy, things can hardly get more confounding!

    And someone is still wondering about the huge unemployment figures, the rising poverty and the spate of factory closures? Or the link between the route that the country willfully neglected to take in 2007 and the current mess that the country has found itself? Shouldn’t we then apologise to Dangote for the folly of 2007?

    I do not pretend that Dangote refinery will transform the economy overnight. For an economy the size of Nigeria’s, that would be utterly misplaced. It is however a solid beginning. Think of the cartel of fuel importers not having to make a request for forex as they routinely do (that is $6 billion off the CBN table); in place of that, there is a potential for additional $5.5 billionto be generated annually through exports of the refined petroleum products, fertiliser and petro-chemicals; think of the countless direct and indirect jobs to be created and the multiple linkages and spin-offs in small and medium enterprises that would follow in the coming months. That is what I call progress.

    Of course, I have heard some say that that establishing a refinery is no rocket science. Very true. But then, didn’t they say also that talk is cheap? If in doubt, try sourcing for N9 billion – not $9 billion! Yeah? Only when one indulges in the “folly” of investing same in a process business with a long gestation period as against cash and carry business of buying and selling will one begin to appreciate the difference. This is where Dangote excels them all!

    For me, I can only offer my sincere heartfelt prayers to the likes of Aliko Dangote. May their dream – as indeed the hopes of our hapless country, find fulfilment. If only for the sake of our leadership-challenged country, I pray that the tribe of Dangotes increase.

  • 2019 election: CAN declares 72 hours prayer for free, credible poll

    The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday declared  18-20 November, 2018 as days of non-stop praise to God for divine intervention on the next year’s general election and other problems facing the country. 

    The “72 hours Praise and Worship” is to be organized in all churches nationwide between 18th November, 2018 – 20th November, 2018 as from 7:00 am  and on the 18th – 6:00 pm 20th November, 2018. 

    The Programme is to celebrate the envisaged victory Nigeria will experience over economic, security challenges, social, religious and political problems Nigerians. 

    CAN, through the Acting General Secretary, Barrister Joseph Daramola, has asked all bloc leaders and their Secretaries, all Zonal chairmen, all State Chairmen and all denominational leaders to organize their church members in non-stop praise of God’s majesty over “the victory he has given us in Nigeria on all our challenges, especially His intervention over the coming general election.” 

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    A statement issued by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant (Media & Communications) to the CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, the Christian body said: “Having noted various challenges the country is going through, the CAN Leadership considered the need for us to organize a strategic three days of non-stop praise over them in the country (as was done in the Bible in 2 Chronicles Chapter 20), especially the forthcoming 2019 elections with a view to stopping a crisis-ridden election that will not be free, fair and credible. 

    “The praise is also about the victory we believe God has given the Church in Nigeria over all powers of darkness that want to engulf the Church in whatever guise. We should praise God that bloodshed will be no more in Nigeria. A bad leader will not be elected as our President in 2019. All human efforts to manipulate elections will fail and Leah Sharibu and all those in captivity will be released. 

    “All churches in the country are urged to participate in the programme to usher the country into a new era of peace, unity, safety and all round prosperity.”

  • Why Ikenne needs prayer – Onayiga

    Ikenne in Ogun State, the country home of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, is celebrating 120 years of Christianity. A son of the town and Senior Pastor of The Ransomed Christian Centre, Pastor Tosin Onayiga, speaks with Adeola Ogunlade on the celebration, the 40 days of prayer and fasting for the town and other sundry issues.

    How did you venture into missionary work?

    When I finished my school programme at the Lagos State College of Education, Ijanikin, Lagos, where I read English and History in 1987, I met Pastor Oguntayo of The Apostolic Church, Makoko, Lagos, the church I was attending then. He told me that God wanted me to work for Him and that I should go and pastor one of their parishes in Iwaya, Lagos, and from there I would attend the church’s Bible School in Ilesha. I refused and told him that I would rather be an interpreter in the house of God. The reason for my refusal was because I heard from some of the members of the church that many people became pastor because they were jobless, uneducated and could only find solace in pastoral work. I was not happy. I struggled with it and I refused to obey the call to serve God. Because of my disobedience, I had an affliction that is still with me till today. I was punished for refusing the offer to work for God as a full time pastor. I later went to Times Journalism Institute in 1990 and worked in a few media houses.

    When I married, I relocated to Ikorodu in 1996. God spoke to me in 2003 that for me to live a meaningful 40-year life, I should go on 40 days of prayer and fasting. I went to the Redemption Camp. I began to pray, reviewing my past life and asking God for forgiveness, especially for rejecting the offer to pastor a church in Makoko Assembly. Then, I remember the song when he calls me .….. Before the end of 40 days, God spoke to me that I will be a pastor again. Although, before the 40 days prayer ended, God has been speaking to me about coming to Ikenne, Ogun State. I had the inspiration of bringing Pastor Enoch Adeboye to Ikenne. I had spoken to Professor Yemi Osibanjo about it but the logistics of bringing Adeboye then was not there. In 2003, I was made the parish pastor of Green Pastures Parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). Six years after my pastoral assignment at RCCG, God told me again to go for another 40 days of prayer and fasting. I went to my provincial pastor about what God told me about the prayer and fasting but he refused because he felt my assignment as a pastor, head of media and sport at the province would be affected. However, I started to have dreams that were terrifying. I asked some of my friends who were pastors and one of them told me that I should obey God and do his bidding. I later went to my provincial pastor that God wanted me to leave the church, and he told to put it in writing, which I did. When I left, God told me  that when Moses broke the ten commandments, he went back to spend another 40 days of fasting and prayer, then God told me because I listened to my provincial pastor, I would have to spend 120 days and that led to my journey to Ikenne.

    You left secular job that looked promising for uncertainty?

    When I left secular journalism, I left in bitterness. There was a conspiracy against me and then, I burnt the bridge, vowed never to work in any secular employment. It was difficult to survive and I had a lot of pressure from my family to go back into the mainstream media but all went to no avail. Things were not moving on fine; I was praying and fasting for almost a year. I made mistakes and l paid for them. But the zeal I now put into the ministry today is huge because I have disobeyed God in the past and I was punished for that action.

    What is so special about Ikenne?

    Ikenne is a special city with a special covenant from God. There are so many unique things about the town. Ikenne has produced more Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SANs, than any other town in Ogun State. We have had men like Obafemi Awolowo, who was minister of finance and vice chairman Federal Executive Council under Gowon government and Professor Yemi Osibanjo as vice president of Nigeria. We believe God that more and greater opportunities are coming for the people of Ikenne.  There is still more to come for Ikenne people because he has a covenant with the town. The name of the ministry is The Restoration Christian Centre; it was given to me by God to restore the wasted years of the town and by extension to other nations of the world.

    Why the celebration of 120 years of Christianity in Ikenne and the 40 days of prayer and fasting?

    I met a woman recently who set up a prayer house called Soul Mediator Mission with the late HID Awolowo and she gave me a book that chronicles the entry of Christian faith into Ikenne and I saw my grandfather’s name then and his effort in evangelising the community. The book indicates that Christianity was birthed by a missionary from Lagos who was a slave, but gave his life to Jesus and brought the gospel to Ikenne 120 years ago and I thought that we need to celebrate the entry of Christianity into the community. It is going to be a time of reflection. What Christianity has done, what did we get right and where did we get it wrong. There is still a lot of darkness and idolatry going on in this town. There is no love, instead it is rivalry. The people have ideas that would have moved the town forward, but there is no love among the people. We have two Obas in the town. I even contested for the kingship position. I lost. But what God showed me during the screening process has been part of my prayer points for the town. I organise 27 days vigil every year for the restoration of the town to God as a memorial since 2011.When a town is spiritually healthy, the city will be physically healthy.

    More worrisome is that we have no federal government presence in the area and all the federal government agency is being taken away from the area. The presence of those agencies helps to boost the economy of the town. When Mayflower  School was strong, it was a rallying point for commerce and other opportunities for the community. Awolowo had an opportunity, though he was not selfish. When he lighted Ikenne, he did that too for the western region; when he provided water for the people of Ikenne, he did the same thing in the western region. He masterminded the rubber plantation, but today the farm is being destroyed and nothing substantial is being done to sustain the legacies he left behind.  Although, currently, the remodelling of the market and construction of some roads around the vice president’s father’s house is allegedly being carried out by the vice president, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, and the Women’s Helping Hand Initiative Building, owned by Mrs. Dolapo Osibanjo, to empower young people with various skill acquisitions, is under construction. We were happy when they announced that Ikenne will be the capital city of the new Ijebu State. We are sincerely praying ad trusting God that it will be a reality because that would facilitate development in the town.

    Expectations at the event?

    This programme will bring together all the body of Christ. Christian Association of Nigeria and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria are in full support. Special features of the crusade are; Prayer visitation to 40 families in the city. Songs Festival by choirs of the participating churches and individual ministrations, Anointing Service on the last day of the fasting and prayer. AMAZING MIRACLES, which is the theme of the 40 days of prayer and fasting, can be found in Psalm 126: 3. The theme was inspired from the motto for the year 2018 of the ministry, which is found in Psalm 126: 3 “The Lord has done GREAT THINGS for us whereof we are glad”.  GREAT THINGS can also be interpreted to mean AMAZING MIRACLES.

    It is a time for God the deliverer, to capture the captors, to expose to the captured what led to his captivity, so that he or they will not walk that way again, and then make a way of escape for the captive, thereby putting laughter in his mouth, taking away his sorrow and giving him or her gladness and songs if joy to sing. This is what God has in plan for the Ikenne City.

  • Glo urges prayer for peace at Easter

    Telecommunications giant Globacom has admonished Nigerians to supplicate to God for the peace and unity of the nation on the occasion of the 2018 Easter celebrations.

    “Easter period is the culmination of Lent and a vivid reminder to Christian faithful to deepen acts of sacrifice, peace and love for one another as well as the nation during the season and beyond. Let us all continue to pray for peace and economic prosperity that will thwart the efforts of all centrifugal forces in the country”, the company said in a press statement issued from its Lagos head office recently.

    Globacom said  that Easter, a celebration marking the watershed crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ is a veritable demonstration of divine selfless love which should be emulated by all and sundry to make Nigeria, nay, the world a better place to live in.

    While calling on Christians to externalise the virtues of Easter in all their undertakings by dwelling in love, unity and good neighbourliness that will propel Nigeria to the heights of her dreams, the network assured  its esteemed subscribers of quality experiences on voice and data services throughout the holiday period and beyond

  • Osinbanjo, senators, others for prayer for the nation

    Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, senators and others are billed to attend the interdenominational prayer session.

    The prayer meeting is organised by Sign and Wonders and Prayer Ministry Evangelical for all Nations in partnership with the Christ Apostolic Church, Ero-Omo Oke, Ikoyi, Osun State.

    It is scheduled to hold at Ori-Oke Ikoyi, Osun State on April 27.

    Tagged Nigeria must be redeemed the prayer session will attract thousands of Christian, captain of industries, church leaders and public office holders.

    The visioner of Sign and Wonders and Prayer Ministry Evangelical For all Nations, Evangelist Adunpe  Felix, told reporters the prayer session is aimed at drawing God’s hands to save Nigeria.

    He attributed the challenges of Nigeria to the Festac 77 Arts festival.

    “Festac 77 was our undoing in Nigeria as the country went into full scale idol worship and we forgot the true God who had given us independence and immerse mineral resources for our survival. We must ask God for mercy,” he said

    God, he claimed, told him Nigeria will continue to face hardship until leaders repent and ask for repentance over the Festac ‘77 celebration.

    Felix said: “God has promised to restore the lost glory to Nigeria, bring enduring peace and unity, remove all spiritual hindrances against economic growth of Nigeria eradicate terrorism, occultism and all forms of social unrest in Nigeria.”

     

     

  • Bamgbola declares fasting, prayer for Bonnke’s crusade

    Chairman, Central Working Committee of Reinhard Bonnke’s Final Fire Crusade in Africa, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola has declared a three-day fasting and prayer for divine visitation during the five-day crusade.

    The crusade, the last for the renowned German preacher, holds from November 8-12 at Spark Light Estate opposite OPIC Event crentre on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    In a statement yesterday in Lagos, Bamgbola solicited for support of the Christian community and church leaders for the success of the crusade.

    He appealed to them to mobilise members and pray for supernatural manifestations during the crusade expected to attract thousands.

    According to him: “I wish to specifically invite all the children of the Most High God, all servants of God and all those who fear the Lord across the broad Nigerian and global landscape, to sanctify a three-day fasting and praying sessions beginning from Friday, 3rd to Sunday 5th November.

    “I equally enjoin individual saints to continue to wait upon the Lord beyond this specific time, and far into the crusade days for abounding success and massive turn around for our city and dear country.”

    He assured God “will mercifully extend His saving grace to millions, heal the sick, elevate the poor, free those in bondage of any kind and heal our land” during the crusade.

    “Let’s bend the knees to our God, to heal our land, renew the souls of men and free us from the stranglehold of the devices of Satan and his agents,” Bamgbola appealed.

  • Photos: Lagos celebrates Eid-el Mubarak

    Photos: Lagos celebrates Eid-el Mubarak

    Moslem faithfuls praying at Oluwanisola Estate praying ground, Ajah, during the Eid-el Mubarak celebration in Lagos on Friday.

    RAMADAN FEVER; Muslim faithful ferry away the traditional Ramadan ran after it was slaughtered at the Oluwanisola Estate Praying Ground, Ajah, lagos. PHOTO; OLUSEGUN RAPHEAL
    Traditional Ramadan ran being carried after it was slaughtered at the Oluwanisola Estate Praying Ground, Ajah, Lagos. PHOTO; OLUSEGUN RAPHEAL

    Moslem faithful praying at Oluwanisola Estate praying ground, Ajah, during the Eid-el Mubarak celebration in Lagos. PHOTO; OLUSEGUN RAPHEAL

    Moslem faithful praying at Oluwanisola Estate praying ground, Ajah, during the Eil-el Mubarak celebration in Lagos. PHOTO; OLUSEGUN RAPHEAL
    Moslem faithful praying at Oluwanisola Estate praying ground, Ajah, during the Eid-el Mubarak celebration in Lagos. PHOTO; OLUSEGUN RAPHEAL

  • Grail Movement  holds public lecture on prayer

    Is there need to pray? If so, what does it mean to pray?

    Do petitions equal prayers? Also, how should one pray?
    These are some of the questions to be addressed at a public lecture billed for Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

    With the topic, Prayer in the Life of Man, the lecture is one of a series being given by the Grail Movement Nigeria across major cities and towns of the nation this month, as part of efforts at enlightening and affording seeking members of the public knowledge of the Truth about life, existence, Creation and the Almighty Creator.

    Based on the epic spiritual work, In The light of Truth: The Grail Message, written by Abd-Ru-Shin, the lecture will, according to a statement by the organizers, shed light on prayer, its place in the life of man, its various modes, bastardization and clear up misconceptions about religious tenets and practices, against the backdrop of the true teachings of Truth Bringers including Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed.

    The statement adds that the lecture, kicking off at 4pm,  will offer deep and objective insights on these and other wide ranging issues such as God, fate (destiny), freewill, religion, karma, the after life, intuition, love, intellect, science, occultism, reincarnation, spirit, physical body, Christ, love, purity, justice and omniscience, among others.

    Guests will be free to ask questions about the mysteries of life and existence at the lecture, the statement said.
    The Grail Message is a new revelation of Truth that builds on past and existing spiritual teachings sent by God to enable man recognize and fulfill the purpose of existence.

    In its vast contents, it authoritatively and with unassailable logic explains the where, wherefores, structure and mechanism of creation, as well as the Divine Laws governing and regulating it, thereby demonstrating the working of God in His Perfect Justice and Love.