I'll tell you a story:
About 28 years ago, I was an undergraduate.
My roommate had a very graphic dream that his father died.
He woke up around 4am & prayed till dawn. I woke up & joined him.
He decided to travel to Ilorin (from ABU Zaria) to see his home pastor for prayer...
He got to Ilorin & told his pastor the dream.
Pastor: so what have you done since you had this dream?
Friend: I prayed!
Pastor: so why are you here?
Friend: I want you to pray for my father so he wouldn't die!
Pastor: but you've prayed already!
Friend: yes sir. But...
Pastor: but what?
Friend: just pray for me, sir! I don't want my father to die!
Pastor: you have already prayed, son. I'm not closer to God than you are. Go back to school. Your prayer is good enough.
He returned to Zaria disappointed. But guess what? His dad is still alive!
After a while, my friend said, "Harry! My father is still alive! So God heard our prayer!"
We started believing in our prayers.
We started believing God is as much our Father as the pastor's.
If that Ilorin pastor had prayed for my friend, we wouldn't have been independent today.
His refusal to pray for my friend was the best thing he did for him.
I doff my hat for Rev'd George Adegboye of Rhema Chapel, Ilorin. He taught me & my friend (who is a pastor in Lagos today) how to understand God as OUR FATHER.
Unfortunately, many other pastors don't do this...
They have become prayer contractors. They even encourage you to bring your "prayer requests" to them.
That's why these camps are always full. People just come for the man of God to "say a word" for them. "The word is in YOUR MOUTH", scripture says (Romans 10"8)...
It is as potent in YOUR MOUTH as it is in the mouth of anyone else.
The difference here is, that man of God understands that & you don't.
When you do, you'll open your mouth & say the very same thing.
And God WILL hear you.
Just as he hears your pastor.
That's my point, Sir...
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Kingsley Moghalu was a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank.
He later went into Politics & ran for the Office of the President.
He campaigned and did all he could.
Then his Party (ADC) held a Presidential Primaries Election to pick their Presidential Candidate...
To the shock of everybody, a certain Dumebi Kachikwu won!
He defeated Kingsley Moghalu to become the Presidential Candidate of ADC.
Everybody was surprised!
Dumebi WHO???
Who is he?
What's his pedigree?
What are his antecedents?
But that is POLITICS, folks...
Kingsley Moghalu was busy campaigning for votes across the Country, he obviously assumed the Presidential Ticket was in the bag.
But popularity among the ELECTORATE is not the same as popularity among the DELEGATES.
Kingsley Moghalu lost out because he MISCALCULATED...
A friend traveled abroad, leaving his kids at home.
I was in the house with the kids yesterday & they said, "Mr Harry! Please, call Daddy! We want to talk to Daddy!"
So I put a call across to my friend.
"My guy, how far?"
"Harry!"
"I dey your house, your kids wan talk to you..."
So I gave the phone to his 12 year old daughter.
"Daddy! How are you?" She laughed, she screamed, she was very excited talking to her Father!
"Daddy, when are you coming back? Daddy, I want you to buy me some things! I will send them through Mr Harry's phone..."
The 10 year old son took the phone:
"Daddy, I want some toys from Toys "R" Us..."
I sat there, watching the kids talk to their Father.
I saw the bond.
I saw the love.
I saw the unity.
I saw the connection...
There were no FEARS.
There were no WORRIES.
There were no CONCERNS...
"Calm down! CALM DOWN!"
She was talking too fast, I couldn't understand her.
But I knew she was hurt.
And ANGRY!
She called me that evening, around 7pm.
From the background noise, I knew she was in traffic.
"Please park, let's talk", I advised.
"I'm not driving", she replied...
"I'm in my car, in front of Cash & Carry".
I asked her to take a minute to calm down...
My mind went back a few months earlier when she got married to the love of her life.
When I saw her call, I had assumed she wanted to tell me she was pregnant or something...
Hearing her so agitated set an alarm ringing in my head.
What in the world could be wrong, I wondered.
When she calmed down, she told me a bizarre story.
A week earlier, her husband had suggested they buy a new TV and move the one in the living room to the bedroom.
She agreed...
"She said Africa is different because we are more fetish and diabolical than other continents
She said accepting Jesus and the Holy Spirit is not enough..."
I've heard this submission countless times.
And it's amazing how a lot of Christians believe this NONSENSE...
There's a Nigerian Church that teaches "Sanctification" as a doctrine: when you get Born Again, you still need to be "sanctified" BEFORE you can be baptized in the Holy Spirit, they teach.
Yet, Cornelius & his household got baptized in the Holy Spirit BEFORE they got Born Again!
When you show them SCRIPTURE that renders their sanctification doctrine false, they tell you, "THIS IS AFRICA!"
Like Africa has a way of making SCRIPTURE less powerful, Africa has a way of making the resurrection of Jesus less effective!