{"id":1638,"date":"2023-12-03T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T16:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechristian.ng\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2023-12-03T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:24:45","slug":"my-connection-to-hagin-idahosa-adeboye-has-helped-me-to-remain-focussed-in-ministry-bishop-oyedepo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechristian.ng\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"My connection with Hagin, Idahosa, Adeboye helps me to remain focused in ministry\u00a0 – Bishop Oyedepo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bishop David Oyedepo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bishop David Oyedepo, founder and presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church (LFC), aka Winners Chapel, has said he is still connected to his spiritual lineage despite being in the ministry for decades.<\/h4>\n

Bishop Oyedepo stated this on Tuesday 28 November during the unveiling of the Isaac Oyedepo Evangelisitc Ministries.<\/h4>\n

Pastor Isaac Oyedepo is the second son of the senior Oyedepo. He has been a pastor in LFC since 2007. He was the church\u2019s resident pastor in South Africa and Maryland, USA.<\/h4>\n

Bishop Oyedepo, who founded LFC 42 years ago, said disconnecting from one\u2019s spiritual lineage is \u201chorrible\u201d adding that believers are built on the foundation of apostles and prophets.<\/h4>\n

He recounted that God called Moses and connected him with Jethro who counselled him so that he wouldn’t die early. He added that God called Joshua and asked him to go to Eliezer the priest for counsel.<\/h4>\n

\u201cDisconnection is horrible. Believers are built on the foundation of apostles and prophets. This implies we have our tap roots in Christ and secondary roots in the apostles which is divinely orchestrated.<\/h4>\n

\u201cGod called Moses and connected him with Jethro. He needed the counsel of Jethro so he won\u2019t die early. God called Joshua to lead Israel and yet asked him to go to Eliezer for counsel.<\/h4>\n

\u201cImpact is a function of connectivity both to Christ and the giants who have that way before,\u201d he said.<\/h4>\n

Bishop Oyedepo said his connection with some God\u2019s generals and giants of faith has helped him to remain focused and productive in the decades he has been in ministry.<\/h4>\n

He said, \u201cI\u2019ve no issue believing anything. Kenneth Hagin laboured on the issue of faith and I entered into it. How much did he pay, I don\u2019t know? To live a sweatless life is to plug into the labour of others. It is a lack of connectivity that makes men struggle. Any tree without a root is gone. It is only a matter of time.<\/h4>\n

\u201cEven Christ was called the son of David. Kenneth Copeland had his roots in Oral Robert and Kenneth Hagin. Idahosa had his roots in Godson Lindsay.<\/h4>\n

\u201cI have jealously guarded my roots in Christ and all my secondary and tertiary roots to date. The faith of Hagin is actively working in my life to date. The sensitivity to the issue of the Holy Spirit and tireless passion for soul are still at work in my life to this day. The wisdom of enlargement without sweat is of Enoch Adeboye (and) is at work in my life today.<\/h4>\n

\u201cCan you miss the daring and bold spirit of Benson Idahosa in me? No. It\u2019s 20 years now since Hagin went home, my spirit is still connected, my voice is connected, and my life is connected.<\/h4>\n

\u201cThey are all spiritual DNA you connect with through genuine connectivity of the spirit. No one comes near me without knowing where I am coming from. In the same vein, I have a good number of ministries that are representing the grace of God in my life.\u201d<\/h4>\n
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Bishop David Oyedepo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oyedepo advised his listeners to guard their roots in Christ.<\/h4>\n

\u201cThere is no new-generation Bible. Jealously guard your roots in Christ by doing things that please Him. Guard your sources. Genuine connectivity requires a sustainable value of meekness. Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the land. Your calling to ministry is not on merit. It is an election of grace,\u201d he said.<\/h4>\n

He also asked them to connect genuinely in order to bear fruit.<\/h4>\n

\u201cYou have to be connected to bear fruit. For everyone hearing me, stop playing games. Genuine spiritual connectivity is key. What God does is confirm the words of his prophets,\u201d he said.<\/h4>\n

Turning to his son, Isaac, Oyedepo said, \u201cYour times are in his hands not his time in your hands. Follow God at his place. Don\u2019t be part of those who malign ministries. Never get to a point where you say \u2018this thing is only happening with me.\u2019 It is same Jesus everywhere. These upcoming ministers think they are everything when they have not begun.\u201d<\/h4>\n

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Bothered about future of young ministers<\/h4>\n

The clergyman, who began his full time ministry in 1981, when he established LFC, said he is bothered about the upcoming ministers. He wondered why they make assertions and statements that are not biblical.<\/h4>\n

\u201cThey make assertions that are baseless. They make flamboyant statements that have no basis. As I listen to them, I am bothered about where we are going. Many glory in their educational background and not in the grace of election,\u201d he said.<\/h4>\n

Stating that he was not brought up as a preacher with that tradition, Oyedepo said he witnessed \u201cfirst-hand an aura of meekness in the life of those who have gone ahead.<\/h4>\n

\u201cT.L. Osborn towards the end of his life asked me to pray for him. I turned the request down because I felt he should the one to pray for me.\u201d<\/h4>\n

According to him, there is no future in the steps being taken by the young ministers.<\/h4>\n

His words, \u201cI know God is slow. These young folks! Some of them grew in my hands. But their expression of authority bothers my soul. My prayer is that pride will not get in their way.\u201d<\/h4>\n

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Encouraging new ministers<\/h4>\n

Bishop Oyedepo, however, said he has no qualms encouraging people to start their ministries.<\/h4>\n

\u201cI have prayed for about six people going into their ministry recently. I have prayed for them and given them materials that will be a blessing to them.<\/h4>\n

\u201cWe once separated 68 pastors into their ministries. It is a huge thing. No single ministry can do it alone. This is one liberal place where you have access to follow God\u2019s vision for your life.<\/h4>\n

At the event were some of Oyedepo\u2019s spiritual sons, including the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), Abuja, Paul Enenche, and the Senior Pastor of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, David Ibiyeomie.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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