‘It Could Have Been Worse for Nigeria But...’
Despite the harsh economic situation and extremely difficult times Nigerians have gone through in recent times, the situation could have been worse but for fervent prayers of Christians and heavenly intervention upon the nation.
This was the assertion of the General Overseer of The Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Pastor Lazarus Muoka during a recent two-day international crusade tagged, ‘From Sorrow to Joy’ held at the church headquarters, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Ijesha, Lagos.
Muoka, who said that ‘From Sorrow to Joy’ was an annual event that aims at impacting positively on the Nigerian nation and the world over, noted that despite the fact that, in Nigeria, we have been experiencing a lot of difficulties and tough times, it could have been worse if not for persistent prayers by Christians at programmes like the annual, ‘From Sorrow to Joy’, which have had great impacts on individual lives and on the entire nation as a whole. “I just want you to understand that you should be praising God for the Lord Chosen because if not for this church, and its numerous programmes, we would have experienced the worst in this nation. I’m very frank about this because such programmes as this has eradicated a lot of evil that would have occurred in this nation – talk of all the armed robbers that have confessed their sins and also repented, talk of marriages which have been restored and all other vices that people have engaged in the past which they have willingly discarded as a result of being partakers of our church programmes,” Muoka said.
He stressed further that programmes such as this have impacted greatly on the nation and prayers made for the leaders have made the nation to remain as one united nation while it has brought about the erosion of evil in the nation, adding, “This is a church that God has brought to bless Nigerians and the entire world and that is why the whole nations are coming here.”
While he called on leaders to use their positions to checkmate wrongs happening in the nation, he called on every Nigerian to pray earnestly for God’s intervention in every situation experienced in the nation. He advised that despite the difficult economic situation in the country and all the evils that have happened in Nigeria and all over the world, they should know that God is the only solution and so they should draw nearer to God.
Speaking further on the significance of the annual crusade, Muoka said, “It is titled ‘From Sorrow to Joy’ because that was the purpose Christ came to the world, to rescue us from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of the living God and from the power of darkness to the power of Christ. So this is a time that we usher people out of the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of the living God and bring about the needed joy in everything we do in life.”