[NEWS] Baba Aladura--Why I write a daily devotional

This book of the law should not depart out of your more mouth but thou shall mediate therein   day and night, that thou latest observe to do according to all that is written therein, for then, thou shall have good success”, Joshua 1 vs 8. This portion of the Bible was a reference point illustrated by the Prelate of the Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Worldwide, MCCSW, Baba Aladura, Omo Eri, Dr. Israel Akinadewo on the reason for writing a daily devotional, Daily Contact With God, DCWG. Unveiling the maiden edition of the daily devotional, he disclosed that the only assurance of Christians at this time is to get closer to God through the Bible, hence the importance of the devotional. “To build a good Christian life, we must not allow things that bother us in the world becloud our reasoning that Heaven is real and Hell is real too”, . According to him, the daily devotional is about compassion and grace of God that we must extend to the less privileges adding three months daily devotional from January to March, 2017 is included in the first edition, while the next edition would be from April to December. What propelled me was the fact that, I was born by a father who took care of the needy, he challenged me to do same and that is why, we are using a trust fund to produce the daily devotional, as you are buy one of the devotional, you are gaining more insight into knowing God and at the same time, help the needy less privileges. On the challenges of writing a daily devotional, he said, it could take three days to write a day devotional. “I was indoor throughout for the period of intensive research and spiritual instruction on how the devotional would be”. The Eminent who qualifies himself as the smallest said, the grace of God that helped him to be used   as  instrument to write the daily devotional cannot be quantified. He disabused the idea that, the Aladuras are only known to be publishing books on prophecies, dreams, among others, noting that, the daily devotional is not strange, “we were brought up through prophecies, sound biblical doctrines and secular educational training”, he said. The Baba Aladura also added that an organized Aladura hardly make publicity of its activities. He noted that, some prophets have turned themselves to becoming political prophets. Adding that, prophecy will only give direction on how to overcome the dangers in the world but not a password to the kingdom of God. Meanwhile, General Leader, C & S Movement, Special Apostle, Sunday Korode while presenting his paper on the theme, “Redefining the role of the church in poverty alleviation”, said, the body of Christ which the church is, is built by God and belonging to God, so, regardless of whatever name we give ourselves, none of us own the church, it belongs to God because it is built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. According to him, the churches should build a searchlight on the less privileges, provide for its members as God provided for Adam and Eve in the garden of eden. “The church is no longer in giving ministry, the church and its leaders are in the habit of collecting and smiling to the bank. The church we know today has very fat and gifted pastors. They can walk in conventional vehicles and  motion but its members are stranded. “The church is obliged to take care of the orphans, the needy and the helpless. If the church cannot migrate to the level of giving, we will not be able to win the heart of those who are lost” he said. The Apostle urged the church to know that, there is a need to become a caring church. “We should redefine our mission of giving to the members. The church must bear in mind that the mercy received is not to be kept in the bank account”, he cautioned. He also urged the church to have a prison ministry to give hope to those that are lost.