Pastor Adeboye Celebrated his 73rd birthday recently and a lecture was organised for him by Triumphant Elders Consultative Forum of the Church and the guest speaker was Prof. Osinbanjo
The
cleric said, “I just want to thank the Triumphant Elders for organising this
occasion, and I want to thank the guest speaker for bringing so much treasure
into all of us"
In the lecture titled, “Harmonising Virtues to Gain Heaven and
Earthly Prosperity,” Mr. Osinbajo said that Christian leaders have a
duty to stand for the poor in the country.
“We have been placed in positions of greater significance. If we
choose to, we have the power to influence government; to say to the
government, why do we not have free health care for the poor?” he said.
“To say to government, why do we not have free education, to say to
government why are you not providing for the elderly who are poor and
for the disable who are poor?’’
The vice presidential candidate, who was also a pastor before delving
into politics, said believers should live their lives for others as
Christ exemplified, by dying for all to bring prosperity for all.
According to him, Christian leaders who sacrifice their personal
ambitions for the good of others were sure to get earthly and heavenly
prosperity.
Mr. Osinbajo stressed that true prosperity and significance could
only come from a life of selfless and committed service to humanity.
He said, “Serving others is sacrifice of personal ambitions for the
good of others. The sacrifice of personal ambitions is crucial and a way
of greatness.’’
He recounted that Mr. Adeboye became highly influential because he
surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and abandoned all personal
ambitions.
He said there was need to have integrity and that without it, there
was no way believers could show leadership and attain significance.
“One of the big problems that we have in our nation today is an
absence of integrity. It underlines every single failure of
government,’’ he said.
Pastor Adeboye responed to the lecture by]The cleric said, “I just want to thank the Triumphant Elders for
organising this occasion, and I want to thank the guest speaker for
bringing so much treasure into all of us.
“Whatever I am today is because of only one secret; somewhere along
the line I met the Lord Jesus Christ and I surrendered my life unto him
and He has done the rest.
“My advice to anyone that might be here who wants to become an
influence in the society is give your life to Jesus Christ; that is the
only secret.
“Jesus is the way out of problems, He is the way into joy and
victory, He is the way forward, and He is the way upward. If you lift up
Jesus Christ, He will promote you, and when Jesus is the one promoting
you He promote you everlastingly.”
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