From Joyce Aroh
The General Overseer of City of Grace Royal Assembly Church, Prophet Jerry Prince Okoye has said that Christmas is not for merriment but a time of sacrifices to prepare for another journey of the year.
Prophet Jerry Prince Okoye.
Prophet Okoye disclosed this during church service on Sunday in Abakaliki Ebonyi state, while preaching on sacrifices God can't reject and ones he can reject.
He stressed that some Christians believed that Christmas is all about merriment, spending money buying new things in the market, clothes etc, and enjoying life without focusing on altar sacrifices on how to prepare for another journey of life.
Prophet noted that Politician doesn't think about how to celebrate Christmas but their focus is on how to make sacrifices that will prepare them for a better tomorrow.
"Christmas is a time for altar sacrifices not for merriment.
Politicians remained in office because of their sacrifices, rich becomes richer today also due to altar sacrifices committed.
prosperity does not come based on prayer, power or strength but based on sacrifices.
"Sin is not the reason why men are far from God because every man is born with sin, God is against you due to lack of sacrifices and obedient, God is a spirit and spirit only understands one language which is blood sacrifices" That's why you see many cows, goats fowl etc in the market for sacrifices not for merriment."
Prophet added that reason why men died untimely was that there are no Sacrifices that speak for them.
"Sacrifices is something given out of nothing, that will cause you something, you can't enter covenant with an empty hand or give with a biased heart, it what you give, you shall receive in return. "Sacrifice is a thing that will speak for you when all hope is gone, the sacrifices you give today may be the one that speaks for you tomorrow.
Therefore, Prophet has charged all faithful Christians to pay more attention to sacrifices than merriment in this Christmas season to prepare themselves ahead of the 2023 new year.
