Pastor Taiwo @Sunday service
In continuation of his admonitions which he started last Sunday, Pastor Taiwo took his text this time from 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 to tell the congregation at the October 18 Sunday service that there is no other option for a child of God who finds him or herself in distress that to pray, noting that God will surely answer, howbeit, the way He chooses and pleases.
Pastor Taiwo, who also commented on the ongoing youths’ protests against oppression in Nigeria, said that this is the best time to pray for the country, noting that desperation would always set in when the leadership of a country doesn’t seem to be providing solutions to the many things going wrong in a nation. He however called for a collaboration of both the youths and the old, which according to him, would bring about the progress of the nation. “The wisdom of the old is to harness the strength of the youth. It’s this combination that progresses a nation and generation,” he said.
The Senior Pastor revealed that the devil will attempt to challenge believers’ decision to pray especially when they don’t seemingly get their answers immediately from God. He however urged them not to give in to the devil’s tool of fear, noting that the fact that God does not answer their prayers the way they wanted does not mean that He has not answered. He also charged them not to be shaking over anything because they have God is behind them and His sufficient grace is on them.
He said, “Don’t put all your hope in man that has no future when you are a covenant child of God. Your number one priority, no matter the situation you find yourselves in, is your covenant partner. The covenant minded believer makes God number one. Focus on Jesus if you want to finish well.”
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“NIGERIA WILL SING A NEW SONG”
Pastor Taiwo @Thursday showers
While ministering at the October 15 Thursday showers service, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya lent his voice to the ongoing agitations of the youth to end bad governance in Nigeria. He said that it has always been God’s pattern to actualize His plans either through men, women or children as He deems fit; stating that the present reality supports this biblical fact of a peaceful protest. According to him, this is a welcome development for the concerns of the citizens which has long been overdue.
Reading from Acts 4:18-35, Pastor Taiwo noted that the authority would have oppressed the disciples but the people were behind them because they could identify with the cause. Noting the essence of the Holy Spirit as a precursor to the grace bestowed on the disciples, the clergy said that Nigeria is on the precipice of a permanent positive change as reformation is always a first step to restructuring.
Pastor Taiwo expressed that two cannot walk together except they be agreed hence there is a need to pray for the unity of the church based on the common problems we share and prayers must be scripturally founded to be effective. “Our calling is to bless our generation and glorify God. When we understand this, no man will be able to stand before us in the place of our calling,” he said.
He therefore declared that Nigeria will sing a new song as the outcome of everything happening now will positively affect every aspects of our lives both in the church, the nation and more so personally. “It is assured that this present situation will end well as it will in turn better the nation at large,” he said.
