So, I have a message from the scriptures for young #EndSARS protesters!

It is from the Book of Jeremiah Chapter One.

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#DoNotSayIAmAYouth💡🔥
Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

#DoNotSayIAmAYouth💡🔥
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 1:6-7

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#EndSARS
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah 1:8-9

#DoNotSayIAmAYouth💡🔥
#EndSARS
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Jeremiah 1:10

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#EndSARS
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah 1:11-12

#DoNotSayIAmAYouth💡🔥

#EndSARS
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.”
Jeremiah 1:17

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#EndSARS
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 1:18
#DoNotSayIAmAYouth #EndSARS
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
Jeremiah 1:19

#DoNotSayIAmAYouth💡🔥

#EndSARS
I end the word given me for our young friends with a song of this season:

God is not a man
His Word must surely come to pass, He will never fail
He will never ever fail.

#DoNotSayIAmAYouth💡🔥

#SoroSokeGeneration
#SpeakUp #KwupuOkwu

#EndSARS. ✍🏾✍🏾

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