A lot of homes are being
ravaged because of poverty. Poverty like cankerworm has eaten deep
into the fibres of many homes today. Now most heads of families
are helpless and women are now struggling on their own, unlike in
those days when women were not struggling as such, but today you
see women taking the position of men. So it is now time for the
nation and those concerned to know what the Lord says about this.
Can we now attribute the
increase in divorce rate today to poverty?
One of the factors
responsible for increase in divorce today is ignorance because
many people don’t know what the Lord says about their marriage.
Some people married the wrong person while some married out of
frustration. Some others married because they are overaged all
these are factors to many unstable homes and increase in divorce
within the society.
How would this programme
affect the families going by what you said earlier that the
programme is meant to know what the Lord says about individual
homes?
That is why I said at each
matrimonial home what the Lord says. The families will come and
the families that are not in proper position will now know what
the Lord says concerning them and this will enable them to adjust.
Career wise, some people are doing the wrong work, God wants to
direct His people and wants them to know what He says about all
their situations. The society too is being ravaged by diseases. it
is either that the people are facing one type of sickness or the
other, or that their loved ones are suffering one affliction or
the other. And most sicknesses are on the increase, Diabetes is on
a high rate not even HIV any more. We have high rate of
hypertension, typhoid fever and malaria as well so we have to come
to hear what the Lord says about this increase in sicknesses and
diseases. Although we are not doctors but the Lord will offer
spiritual treatment which is always the best.
Also, what the Lord says
about the country Nigeria, we are going to hear it during the
revival. A lot of things are wrong with the nation.
Even in the Christendom, for
example a man of God recently spent about 10 million naira on
marriage and at the end of the day the marriage did not workout
and because they were ignorant of what the Lord says, they went
into the marriage and it collapsed.
How can a man of God spent
about N10m to organize a wedding when a lot of people are
suffering. There is need for people especially the rich to know
what the Lord says about their life and wealth.
The Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) are
blind folded, they don’t know what the Lord says that is why
Christianity in Nigeria is in disarray.
That is why there are
factions in the churches and discrimination among the believers
persists. Some say this one is a living church and this is not a
living church. Are they God to determine church where God lives.
How many pastors and GOs know what the Lord says. It is a serious
matter.
Now the trend is about
family church where a church belongs to Mr. & Mrs. But in this
very church, it is not like that because all the members here are
my brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, fathers and mothers and
the church belongs to them, church is meant to unite us by
bringing us together and should not be a personal belonging or a
family affair where the wife is the treasurer or things like that.
The Lord is not pleased about this and other segregations in
Christian faith.
Are you saying that the
church leadership in Nigeria has not done enough about Christian
unity?
They have not done what they
should do because the leadership of such umbrella bodies like
(CAN) and (PFN) should have known that separating Christianity
should not do anybody any good but because most of these leaders
are selfish and self centered. They seek those things that would
favour them.
They only want to showcase
their designer suits, wrist watches, shoes and the number of cars
they have. They are not being motivated by the desire to preach
the word of God. A man of God with curly hair style appearing on
air, A man of God displaying a Rolex wrist watch. How many times
have you traveled to America, is what the men of God want to
preach to the listeners. They are doing so many things nowadays to
extort money from the people, a lot of things need to be corrected
in Christianity. CAN has failed the Christians and PFN as well.
What is the way forward?
The way forward is to listen
to what the Lord says about the whole matter.
Is there any spiritual
interpretation to the increase in crime and accident rates towards
the year end?
Many factors are responsible
for that, which include evil forces and the level of poverty in
the land.
If people know what the Lord
says about their lives, they would not travel at the wrong time or
board the wrong vehicle because when you board the wrong vehicle
someone under a curse maybe on board, as a result something
mysterious could happen.
Many people travel towards
the end of the year because they want to have a change and in most
cases the demonic forces don’t want a change for such people and
there will be conflict as a result. For some others, their death
has been programmed by the devil and because such people are
ignorant they are going to run into trouble.
Many people don’t know that
December marks the beginning of trouble for a number of people.
Many rich people will crash because the forces in their area will
go against their riches. It is the duty of the Prophet to go to
God and enquire about what the Lord said about the people and the
prophet has the responsibility of telling the people the mind of
God.
When you are in a church and
you plan to travel and the Prophet tells you not to travel that
day or that there is something good coming up in your office that
you should be there by a particular time to partake in it. These
are some of the prophetic utterances we are talking about.
So many people are going
about just like blind sheep even with their so called leaders
because they don’t know the correct interpretation of the Bible,
rather they turn it upside down. It is time for the nation to know
what the Lord is saying.
Your word of advice to
Nigerians?
Nigerians should always
appreciate the goodness of God in their lives. You are alive today
when some have died moments ago, so appreciate the goodness of God
now that you are alive. But for our country what the Lord says
concerning it is very important.
You have INRI widows
foundation through which you reach out to the less privileged
members of the society, when exactly did you receive this call to
look after the poor?
I can say that I received
this call right from my mother’s womb. Helping people is not an
easy task. Giving out to the needy is not an easy task, trying to
elevate people from their helpless situation is not an easy task
because it takes determination and sacrifice because you will
spend your money and other resources but you either get it
positively or negatively. You can invest about N2 million in the
life of somebody now, but before you realize it, the business will
crash and when such happens what about your own life. Again, don’t
forget that it is only when you have assisted someone to stand on
his feet that you can then say that you have helped. However, when
that person keeps on crashing and crashing, it takes a lot.
To be a helper is not
determined by the number of cars that you have or the amount of
money in your bank account. These don’t make you a philanthropist
but it is the number of people that you have raised from poverty
to a higher level, the number of people you have changed their
status and the ones you have contributed positively to their lives
this is what makes you a philanthropist. Many may hurt you after
you have assisted them. Some others may not live up to expectation
will that stop you from helping people, No. Unfortunately for our
country, we have rich people who don’t want to deal with the poor
at all. They only deal with people at the top.
But when you are dealing
with the poor, you believe that there is nothing you can gain, you
only hope in the Lord for your reward. It is not an easy task to
help people.
How many people have
benefited from your foundation?
I can’t count the number
Do they always come back to
show appreciation?
I am not interested in their
appreciation, Appreciation for what? I don’t need that and I am
not ready for any appreciation. I have 300 school children that I
cater for every term. Do you know how much that alone cost. We
also go their schools to monitor them and take care of their
needs.