| PROHET TB JOSHUA... | | | | The sight of the environment was appalling, to say |
| REDEDICATE YOURSELF TO THE ACT OF GIVING | | | | the least. One had to wonder how the inhabitants |
| The spiritual awakening comes to the seeker, who is | | | | manage to survive in such an environment unbefitting |
| perfectly humble and "meek" and "poor in spirit." The | | | | of a human being. |
| quality of true humility is one of the indispensable | | | | At a point, the Prophet approached a young man |
| fundamentals. Then we find simplicity, holiness and | | | | smoking marijuana, collected it from him and |
| the renunciation of all desire for worldly wealth and | | | | extinguished it on his jeans. He then spotted a hut full |
| pride of learning. | | | | of young men. He entered and discovered that they |
| In an interview that he granted, Prophet TB Joshua | | | | were all puffing away at their marijuana. Surprisingly, |
| said: If you meet people, and you are in position | | | | he sat in their midst and started a conversation with |
| – you have to help,” He further explains, | | | | them, telling them that he was their friend. The hut |
| “You can move freely, and he cannot move | | | | was practically jam-packed, with each person with |
| freely. You are to do something. If you see people | | | | the exception of Prophet TB Joshua holding a stick |
| like that and you close your eyes, you are closing | | | | of marijuana. |
| your eyes to blessing of God. If you are blessed and | | | | Prophet TB Joshua shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ |
| you want to maintain it, without being a good giver | | | | with them and promised to assist any one of them |
| – you are deceiving yourself, you cannot maintain | | | | that decided to further their education or take up a |
| it. This is why you get there and you fall back.” | | | | trade. He then donated bags of rice to them. |
| Christmas celebration of the year 2009 will surely be | | | | Let a man have what he will, and do what he will, it |
| one to remember for the communities of Alaba-Rago | | | | signifies nothing without charity; which surely implies |
| and Agege home for the needy, Lagos State, Nigeria. | | | | that charity is the great thing, and that everything |
| Not much is known of these communities. However, | | | | which has not charity in some way contained or |
| they both have something in common: slum occupied | | | | implied in it is nothing, and that this charity is the life |
| by the poor. It was on this day that Prophet TB | | | | and soul of all religion, without which all things that |
| Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and | | | | wear the name of virtues are empty and vain. |
| the Emmanuel TV team paid a visit to the inhabitants | | | | All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight |
| of these communities. The primary aim of the visit | | | | upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in |
| was to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In addition, | | | | charity, or Christian love; because this is the sum of |
| the occasion served as an opportunity to carry out | | | | all grace. And the only way, therefore, in which |
| the act of charity and giving. | | | | anyone can know their good estate, is by discerning |
| Prophet TB Joshua accompanied by The Emmanuel | | | | the exercises of this divine charity in their hearts; for |
| TV team, stormed Alaba-Rago with a truck-full of | | | | without charity, let men have what gifts you please, |
| top quality rice. This rice is intended only for the | | | | they are nothing. |
| deprived/underprivileged that reside in the community. | | | | |