… To Build A Church Auditorium Before December
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye
Contrary to insinuations and rumuor of the fire inferno that gutted the partners hall of the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries along Effurun-Sapele road, in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the founder of the minstry, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto-Fufeyin has said, the fire inferno was caused as a result of his disobedience to God’s instructions.
Stories had went round that the entire Church buildings were razed by the fire, but the popular Warri Prophet and Founder of the ministry, on Sunday, March 27, while addressing his Church congregants and partners during the Sunday service held at the overflow part of the Church, said; “It is only the partners hall that got burnt, and nobody set the partners hall ablaze but, God himself did as He came to take His properties due to my (Prophet Jeremiah Omotofufeyin) stubbornness and disobedience to the instructions of God”.
The man of God who took time to explain what transpired on the said day noted, that God has been instructing him to build him a house of worship, but out of disobedience and stubbornness, he neglected all his directives and instructions, and set his own time.
“God told me, don’t build your personal house, but build my house first, but I wanted to dodge God which no man cannot”.
Prophet Omoto-Fufeyin who was in a sober moment, disclosed that, sometime ago, he had planned to build his own house, but after the foundation laying, God came to him and warned him to go and build his house first.
“Actually, I had wanted to build a befitting house of worship for God. I even spent 10 million naira to draw the building plan in 2020, but as I was about to begin, Corona Virus crept in and my attention was again diverted”.
Going further the renowned Prophet of God , jokingly said; ‘I even tried to play God when my wife was complaining and asking me why we were still in a rented apartment. So I told her I was going to build her a house, but not my house. Truly I fulfilled my promise to her, but as she was about moving in, God came this time and told me, I am coming for my properties’.
He said; “Then i knew God was really coming for me, and at that point i knew God will not only come for material properties, but for me as I am the real property of God”.
He said he prayed and went on his kneels to beg for mercies, and the result is what has happened.
Prophet Jeremiah also known as Owomowomo further revealed that, the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry has no Church building, but only partners hall. He said as you can see, it was that hall that got burnt and the fire didn’t last for 20 minutes, but gutted all equipments, chairs and electrical appliances worth billions of naira, but miraculously, none of the offices was touched by the fire.
He attributed the ordeal to his disobedience and stubbornness, but affirmed that; through this, he has entered into a covenant with God that he is ready and will build the house of worship between June and December 2023.
While appreciating different religious leaders that have called to sympathized with the Mercy City, he disclosed that the ministry has spent over 250 million naira to procure temporary instruments, repairs and prepare a place until the House of God is properly built.
Reflecting on a sermon he titled; ‘Trials of God’, he maintained that, a mans trials come in different ways and thereafter such trials will promote him to the next level, if only he can persevere and understand the voice of God.
He admonished his congregation to understand that whatever situation they found themselves is a process of God. He recounts the ordeal of Jonah in the bible and how Jonah out of his disobedience was about to cause a troubles for innocent people.
He called on all to listen to God and obey his instructions and commandments, adding that it was this same act of disobedience that has made him to keep procrastinating in building a befiting edifice for God. He however prayed for forgiveness from God and solicit understanding of his members as his stubbornness has caused them relocating to the other part where the service is being held.
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