The cleric in charge of the Motailatu Church of God (MCG) Akute, Ogun State, Gabriel Akinadewo, Senior Superintendent, has urged Nigerians to use the lenten season to seek the face of God.
Akinadewo, known as (Omo Jesu 11), made the appeal at a service, organised by the church to mark the 2025 Ash Wednesday, which signified the beginning of the lenten season.
The Gospel preacher, who doubles as the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) for MCG, stressed the need for people to turn away from wicked ways, and ask for forgiveness, for God’s healing of the land.
The preacher, quoting from Isaiah 59, said “The Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither His ear heavy, that He cannot hear” the cries of Nigerians, but that sins have separated Nigerians from God.
He preached on the Theme: ‘If My People” (II Chronicles 7:14).
He said Nigerians must urgently seek the face of God to eradicate subsisting challenges in the country.
He quoted Isaiah 55:7, saying: “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
“We do read stories, almost on a daily basis of so-called clerics involved in ritual killings. This is against God’s Commandments.
“Challenges of hunger in the land can be solved with sincerity and right policies from those in authority” and the divine backing of God,” he said.
The cleric likened the invasion of Nigeria by kidnappers, terrorists and bandits to what King Jehoshaphat faced in Judah, when he was threatened by Moabites and Ammonites.
“In II Chronicles 20:20, King Jehoshaphat told the people: ‘Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established. Believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper’.”
According to him, the people heed the voice of the prophet, and God conquered their enemies, and the Children of Judah started dancing.
He stressed that in same vein, the time for God to destroy all these blood-thirsty intruders in Nigeria was here.
He added “Nigerians would also dance and rejoice eventually.
“This country shall prosper but, we must turn to God”.he said.(NAN)
