No prayer greater than ‘God bless me’ — Adeboye

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Photo Credit: RCCG

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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that the three-word prayer, “God bless me,” is the most important prayer anyone can offer.

He made this submission on Saturday, December 13, at the Holy Ghost Congress of the church, which ended on Sunday, December 14, with a thanksgiving service.

Church Times Nigeria reported on Sunday that Adeboye spoke during the programme, drawing from the biblical account of Isaac blessing his sons, Jacob and Esau, to underscore the power of a father’s blessing.

He noted that despite receiving the lesser blessing, Esau became so prosperous that he had 400 bodyguards by the time he reunited with his brother, Jacob, many years later.

“If the one who got the least blessing from his father was that blessed, how much more Jacob, who was the first person his father blessed,” he stated.

According to him, a father’s blessing is irreversible.

He assured the congregation that he was blessing them as their spiritual father.

The pastor also shared a personal experience from earlier in the year, which, in his words, helped him realise the power of simply saying, “God bless you.”

“The biggest prayer I can pray for anyone is God bless you. I was going out early in the year on my prayer night walk.

“Of course, when I go on a night walk, I don’t take money with me. The things I go with are my pen and a little notebook in case my Daddy (God) wants to talk with me. At times, I don’t even go out with my wristwatch because I don’t want to be controlled by time,” he recounted.

He continued, “I got out of my house and was going towards the Youth Centre. I saw a woman with her child on a piece of cloth. She was hoping that people walking by would see her and give her some money, maybe N100 and so on.

“I saw her and looked at her. She looked at me. She thought Daddy had come and was hoping I would give her some money. All I could say was, ‘God bless you.’ I had nothing on me. She said amen.”

After praying for the woman, Adeboye said he continued his walk.

On getting to the gate, a man approached him and said he had brought his first fruit offering.

“The man said he wanted to give me his firstfruit. He brought the envelope. I collected it and prayed for him,” he added.

He said that when he later checked the envelope, he discovered it contained many thousands of naira.

“God told me your prayer for that woman is already answered,” he said, adding that God instructed him to give the money to the woman.

According to Adeboye, he immediately turned back and met the woman and her child still by the roadside, where he handed over the envelope to her.

He stated, “The woman took the envelope and looked at it. What she saw in that envelope, she knew she wouldn’t beg again. She screamed and was weeping, shouting ‘Jesu oooo,’ meaning ‘Oh Jesus.’ I too was saying, ‘Oh Jesus.’ For the first time, I saw the power in ‘God bless you.’”

He concluded by encouraging his listeners to always say amen when they hear “God bless you,” reiterating that there is no prayer greater than the three-word phrase request.

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