By Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti
The General Oversear of CAC Miracle City, aka Healing Centre, Bashiri in Ado Ekiti, Prophet Victor Olaniyi Oladapo has urged Christians to embrace act of giving, as it opens ways for people.
The man of God made the appeal in a message title: Release Out of What You Have To Poor People Around You.
The prophet who warned that it is not good to continue to sin, explained that God will always bless the so called sinners that know how to give, “because God will continue to bless him for his benevolence, but will only punish him or her for his or her sins in another way”
The man of God who enjoined Christians to cultivate the habit of giving, also explained further that it is not good to be miserly particularly to the things of God.
“It is a mystery and God’s commandment that everyone who gives shall always receive, there is no way you will not receive the God’s blessings, giving opens ways for people. Giving will pave way for you.
“It is commandment of God to let’s the people around you and particularly the poor feel your act of giving. Another thing is that Christians can worship God through giving, in Deutaronomi 15:1- it expantiated more how God instructed us to give to the needy.”
“It it written that till the time Jesus’ will come back, paupers will always be on earth. Hear this word of authority!, whether there is pauper or not, you will never be counted among them, Proverb 11:21- 25.
“Another thing is that God wants us to be givers by sharing what he gave to among the poor particularly among our brethren in the church, for anyone who obeys and doing these things will be rewarded by God one way or the other. There is nothing you do for God that he will not pay you back.
“Some people will say I can’t allow someone to use my clothes to do something, and they will go and burn it. No! It is wrong, nobody can use your clothes for rituals if you bring it to church of God.
“For instance, we have many needies amongst us that usually ask me whether I have clothes or shoes that they can be putting on, these are the reasons you bring them to church. I assure you, no one can use your clothes for rituals, we shall make sure it gets to appropriate needies, and you shall be blessed mightily in return” .
“For someone saying he is not giving out his or her clothes out of fear that someone might use them for rituals, I see this a flimsy excuses, because your food that someone will not use for rituals , you didn’t give!. Read what God said in Mathew 5:7 – that blessed are those who blessed others for they shall be blessed”
“Another set of people are the people that will always condemn giving or discourage others from giving or contributing to the work of God. These are part of the things that usually hinder people’s prayers. So please stop doing these, (kose- kojolure-she). This can make one to incur the wrath of God”
“From this book of Isiah 1:27 God wants us to be blessing the men of God, the windows, the fatherless and motherless, and also for Christians to be contributing to the work of God. These are ways God can open gate of blessings for us. Let us all cultivate this habit of giving, there are gains.
“I do these things regularly, and it has always pay off for me, I usually receive blessings from God through people from all over, including those that did not even know me at all. These are things I do regularly that have been making me to remain blessed always, I do give regularly and there is nothing I cannot give.
“There was a time that someone bought a N50,000 worth of wrist watch for me, and I wore it out newly that very first day to greet a member of my family, and when I was coming back, I saw a man of God, and God told me to remove it and give it to that man of God, and I did so and the lord blessed me bountifully in many ways after.
“For instance, there is no special program that we have had in our church that I do not give out to people or reach out to the needy. Apart from that I personally give to people a lot. In fact, sometimes I pay more than my tithes in a week because people gift me up to N100,000 and I usually pay my tithes from this. And whenever I didn’t get up to that amount in a week I will just sum it up drop tithes of N100,000 in the church even when I didn’t get up that, and God has continued to bless me in return.
“Let look at Luke 11- which says we should always be merciful unto others for us to also receive mercy”. The man of God concluded and offered prayers for the congregation.
He therefore advised the congregation to pay their tithes regularly, contribute to the work of God, cultivate the habit of giving and honouring men of God for them to be blessed.
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