The cloud of God moved from Egypt to Canaan, and anywhere the cloud stopped, the people did the same. The cloud of the church started moving from Jerusalem to Judea, to Samaria, then to Rome. The cloud moved again to Germany, Switzerland, Scotland and other European Territories, with the reformers like Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Missionaries like Mary Slessor, Eric Liddel, David Livinstone, Hudson Taylor etc. to show for it.
The cloud moved to Spain, from there to America with men like Billy Sunday, Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, T. L. Osborn, Robert Schuller, Norman Vincent Peale, Jimmy Swaggert etc. to show for it. The cloud moved to Africa with Nigeria as the center of spiritual gravity with men like Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola in the west, Assemblies of God in the East, Braide in the Niger Delta, Paul Gindiri and Idi Kano up North, Evangelist Kashibu in the North East and that generation especially through a Sccotish called Pa S. G. Elton evolved a new generation of “Anointed and Educated” ministers such as E.A Adeboye, W.F Kumuyi, Daniel Olukoya, Benson Idahosa, David Oyedepo, Gbile Akanni etc.
The cloud is now stationed in Nigeria because after the present interlude of empty noise making and crazy materialism, a promising generation that will manifest God’s glory not man’s glory will soon emerge. That is where we must belong.
What a great God who picked a tractor driver (Ayo Babalola) and made him raise the dead at Ilesha in 1930. He was just 24. The same God poured His Spirit on a group of young men/women at Old Umuahia (Assemblies of God) in 1934, inspired an illiterate (Josiah Akindayomi) to found RCCG, with a covenant that the church will become a global household name, mandated a corper (Gbile Akanni) to stay permanently at Gboko with a promise that from there, the world will hear his voice.
The same God backed up a BATA Company Accountant to carry the gospel worldwide (Benson Idahosa). He picked Adeboye and promised him a city, evolved a great denomination through Kumuyi, put the word of faith in the mouth of Oyedepo, backed Uma Ukpai with signs and wonders. He raised the blind (Obadare and Akande) to open the eyes of the blind, anointed Charles Osueke to break His bread, He put fire in Oritsejafor’s bones, inspired Daniel Olukoya to lead the church into prayers etc.; what a great God! Father, The glory of the latter house MUST be greater then the former; we are here for you!
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