Thursday, 21st November, 2024
Bible Reading: Acts 8: 26-40
Memory Verse: The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God. Psalm 9:17 (NKJV)
Shall we hear the voice of the Apostle of Deliverance, Dr. D.K. Olukoya on this matter. It is time to re-write our history by shattering the false assumptions about Africans with the truth of the Gospel. The gospel came to Africa long before Europe became Christian or before America was founded. The problem was that Africa backslid into idolatry after we lost the Pentecostal fire. The Ethiopian eunuch after his encounter with the Holy Ghost through Philip brought the gospel to Africa (Acts 8:26-40).
Without the involvement of ancient Africans, there would have been no Christianity today. Without the involvement of ancient Africans, it is possible that there would have been no nation called Israel today. Christianity has existed in Africa for over 2,000 years. Christianity got to Africa before it got to Europe and America. Africa was the first place the Christian church existed outside Palestine. The oldest Christian denomination in the world today is not in Europe but in Africa (The Ethiopian Orthodox Church). Culturally speaking, Christianity is more African than European.
Biblically speaking, there are many prominent Africans who contributed significantly in the making of Christianity.
Moses was born and educated in Africa. Aaron, Miriam, Joshua and Caleb were all born and came out of Africa, they were of African nationality by birth. Keturah – wife of Abraham is of African origin, Hagar was African, Zipporah, wife of Moses was African, Jethro was African, Hobab who guided the Israelites in Number 10 out of the wilderness was African. Arsenate wife of Joseph was an African, Rahab the harlot from whose lineage Jesus chose to come was an African, Ebed-melech the Ethiopian who saved Prophet Jeremiah from the dungeon of well where he was thrown is an African. Simon of Cyrene, a black African, helped to carry the cross of Jesus to the place of crucifixion. The parents of baby Jesus were instructed to flee to Africa (Egypt) for refuge when Herod was killing all male children in Israel. All those who crossed the Red sea were Africans by birth and in origin. The garden of Eden was geo-located in an area whose climate is now proven and called Africa.
Africa has the world’s richest deposits of natural resources, but when we strayed away from the gospel, we went backward and began to starve and begged. Almost all countries in Africa were colonised by distant nations (France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Spain), except Ethiopia. When we dropped the fire of the gospel, we lost our nations. Our harvests were stolen away by ex-convicts, social and political misfits who were sent to colonise us.
Quote: A nation that forgets her God shall not prosper.
Prophetic Decree: After the order of the Ethiopian Eunuch, may the man or woman who will move your destiny forward join your chariot, in the name of Jesus name.
Prayer Focus
1. After the order of Philip, O Lord, command men that will change my story come into my vehicle of destiny today, in Jesus name.
2. O Lord of mercy, have mercy over the continent of Africa, in Jesus name.
3. My Father, reconnect Africa back again to her divine original, in Jesus name.
4. Continental curses and evil covenant working against Africa, break by the power in the Blood of Jesus, in Jesus name.
5. My Father, use me as a change agent to restore the lost glory of Africa, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 13-14