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Prophet TB Joshua Opens Up! Why We Don’t Have Church Branches Everywhere
Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua has opened up as to why his church does not have foreign branches despite his popularity abroad.
The cleric, who spoke on Sunday 24th August 2014 at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), stressed on the need for God’s character to be fully established before ministerial expansion.
“I would have loved to have branches all over the world because people want T.B. Joshua everywhere,” he told the congregation. “But it is not yet time because it will be too much for my character. When the load is too heavy for you, it will become a burden.”
He further added that he was not moved by pleas from people but rather relied on God’s instruction. “Not where they want me but where God wants me,” he emphasised, adding that he was not in a haste or hurry and would not jump ahead of God’s timing.
“If you run before God, you cannot run after God,” he continued, explaining that this had been the bane of many businessmen and pastors as their desire to expand superseded their level of character.
His views stand in stark contrast to the popular notion that the amount of branches a church has is indicative of its level of success.
“In a situation where you become so great without God’s character, it means the end is going to be bad,” Joshua went on further to explain, reminding congregants of Jesus’ words in John 14:27 that the world too could provide wealth and fame although with conditions attached.
“When you see someone who is great without God’s character, don’t admire him – pray for him because the beginner is not the owner but the finisher… The beginning and middle are off-record; the end is what will put the record straight.”
The cleric stated that it was even better not to have fame and popularity than to achieve what would eventually end in calamity.
“Character is the one that carries whatever we become. If your wealth is bigger than your character, that wealth will be spending you, not you spending it.”
Joshua stated that one of the secrets of his ministerial success was not being driven by money, explaining that some worshippers were still under canopies in his church not because he lacked the financial capacity to expand but because he was waiting on God.
“There is money to build but money cannot dictate for me. We could expand this place (The SCOAN) and build the biggest church in the world but I allow the Source of money to tell me what to do, not the money itself.”
Joshua also bemoaned the way people complained about their problems as if they bore no responsibility for them, adding that their challenges were not a consequence of God leaving them but rather their choice to live contrary to His ways.
“God does not want you to suffer but you want to suffer,” he soberly stated.“God is always with you but you are not with Him.”
Joshua, who has been the center of several controversies especially within the fold of Nigerian Christendom, added that if not for his persecutors, he would have remained a street-preacher.
According to him, detractors motivated God to bestow more favour and mercy upon his ministry, adding that no billboard can be found advertising The SCOAN yet visitors flock from around the world
“If God has called you, the more they block your way, the more that trouble and temptation, the more God’s love is provoked… Each attempt to stop you asks for more evidence from God.”
The cleric concluded with some profound advice for Christians, calling on them to change their style of prayer. According to Joshua, prayers for blessing, healing and protection were redundant as God is fully aware of the challenges of His children and does not require reminding.
“You need to block the avenue satan is using to afflict you – your weaknesses,” Joshua counseled. “Your prayer should be against weaknesses.”
He further clarified that prayer alone was not enough, stating that genuine desire to desist from bad habits and weaknesses was also essential.
“Live the life of your prayer,” he told the congregation, citing an example that praying for God to help you stop smoking and then picking up a cigarette immediately was akin to hypocrisy. “God always leaves us to play our role before He comes to our rescue,” he concluded.
Ihechukwu Njoku – freelance journalist currently in Lagos, Nigeria
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Denkete
August 26, 2014 at 4:45 am
Atleast fyapangako sense ifyalanda TB.
Obi
August 26, 2014 at 10:12 am
i am in nigeria and tb joshua is all over the news. tb joshua, according to the news, make this people do a confession video when they begin their stay in his synagogue. the reason is to use it against them later if they escape. this is a way to keep them silent. people now know. many people are escaping from the synagogue and talking, even on the news this morning. many crime and evil are going on in the synagogue. people now know that he is evil and it is all brainwash.
christian
August 27, 2014 at 2:54 pm
I would rather go by what scripture says,”you shall know them by their fruits”.
Obi, not all that you hear or read is truth.Only God is TRUTH.Allow HIM alone to speak to you and reveal who this tb Joshua trully is.As for me,he is the best ‘thing’ that happened to me.Ever since I started praying with him on Emmanuel tv in February 2012, my SPIRITUAL LIFE has risen to more than double.No devil can do that!My prayer is for God to extend the same Grace to all who are still living in doubt in Jesus Christ’s Name
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:55 pm
Amen be blessed.
Man those fundamentalist missionaries really did a number on Africa...
August 28, 2014 at 10:47 am
IDIOTS
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:33 pm
For sure may the blessings of the Lord God almighty be with you …bless you
Fats
August 26, 2014 at 6:41 am
Loads of wisdom by this man, may God continue to reach down to us through you!!!
chris k
August 26, 2014 at 8:21 am
mention a specific sin or want in prayer,not that because God knows our problems then you should not ask him to give you what you feel you want.
Let this man speak direct and not try to lie to people with his unsound parables.
ONLY GOD KNOWS anyway.
Gabbage
August 26, 2014 at 8:57 am
Read Mathew 6:33 before you start rattling like a small kid. Prophert was spot on
AFRICAN GOD
August 26, 2014 at 9:31 am
He is nothing but a liar using the hopelessness of the poor and downtrodden to make a few bucks.. absolute evil in the flesh.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:29 pm
if he is a liar then what are you, for you are worse than him by centuries, repent and seek God
christian
August 27, 2014 at 2:58 pm
And how much has he stolen from you?
Religion is an institution of devils.
August 26, 2014 at 9:12 am
Most of these pastors are just organised criminals. They just plan with some few people n trick d audience. They can not cure anyone. The few people they performed their miracles on aren’t genuinely sick, they are their actors. That’s why, d pastor do not just attend to anybody. He performed his miracle on his actress/actors . Then, without any mercy, they collect money 4rm d audience “congregation”
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:30 pm
yes you are right most but not him
christian
August 27, 2014 at 3:05 pm
“The few people they performed their miracles on aren’t genuinely sick, they are their actors. That’s why, d pastor do not just attend to anybody…”
Miracles are performed by God Himself, not man.God can use anything or anyone including you and me to manifest His strength in our weakness.To God be the Glory for those men and women who have committed themselves to be used.
no God no Master
August 26, 2014 at 9:16 am
Miracles for sale lol These scamming “men of God” should be arrested
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:36 pm
An you know what he gives out money not the other way around, its documented, even I.L.O acknowledged his good works not that thats significant beyond Gods approval but for you that’s when you want to acknowledge…when man acknowledges…shame…Jesus says if you are shy of me on earth I will shy about you before my Father in heaven….Wapya Baisa!!!…SHADDAH!
Say it Loud
August 26, 2014 at 9:25 am
Most Africans are incredibly inferior minded as you can see, many still are in the dark ages while living in slums and believing in superstition. Which is why crooks like Tb joshua and Co. are continuing to perform f a k e miracles to squeeze money out of their pockets
kim
August 27, 2014 at 7:31 am
Thought I was alone seeing through these crooks. If the could cure, why not set up at hospitals and help reduce the burden ? Sometimes such foolishness and associated gullibleness makes one regret being black.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:32 pm
lol setup hospitals? you are surely carnal to the bone, did Jesus setup hospitals, so why should he start now? because its not Tb Joshua doing the miracles its Jesus as He did 2000 years ago, all He needs is a willing vessel would you like to become one?
Goddess
August 28, 2014 at 10:51 am
ati jesus… JESUS CINSHI IWE JESUS IN ISRAEL IS A COMMON NAME LIKE MULENGA IN ZAMBIA:
Oh now i get it you mean jesus the bastard child right.
Man those fundamentalist missionaries really did a number on Africa…
Say it Loud
August 26, 2014 at 9:26 am
Give up on religion and use common sense.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:37 pm
The bible says otherwise…it says use Gods wisdom …look where common sense has taken you.
Goddess
August 28, 2014 at 10:52 am
lesa ni palobe kolwe iwe
AFRICAN GOD
August 26, 2014 at 9:28 am
Christianity and Islam are both imperialist religions that was brought to Africa by the oppressive Europeans and Arabs to subject the Africans to mental enslavement. It is an irony that Africans despite the set back suffered as a result of slave trade and colonialism is still worshiping the gods of their oppressors.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:44 pm
And you the all knowing person is still in bondage…spiritual bondage, so God made the imperialists…and you who made you?
African God
August 28, 2014 at 10:54 am
my mother and my father you idiot!!
Hell my friend is here on earth, living in poverty is hell.
August 26, 2014 at 9:38 am
tb joshua is one of the most HYPOCRITICAL CROOK DEVIOUS con-mqn on this planet. All you dumb sheep naive ignorant people please wake the fuk up. The only miracle these bastard money hungry preachers perform is getting your hard earned money from your pockets to theirs without actually putting their hands into your purse and steal it.
Hell my friend is here on earth, living in poverty is hell.
August 26, 2014 at 9:39 am
*CON-MEN* preachers
IF NOT
August 26, 2014 at 9:43 am
well articulated TBJ, no need of having several branches of tuntemba kind of arrangement.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Yebo… Man/Woman of God I tell you, this day if you are already you will be one.
shakira wapa zed
August 26, 2014 at 9:44 am
Thia man is fire,fire fire i just love him to bits!God bless you man of God
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:40 pm
Amen!, give your life to Christ fully, otherwise you wouldn’t call yourself Shakira..Be blessed
Shizel My Nizel
August 28, 2014 at 10:56 am
I BET YOU WOULD SUCK TB JOHUAS’S SMELLY DIK BECAUSE YOU ARE SO BRAINWASHED IDIOT
Deacon
August 26, 2014 at 9:49 am
“Miracle healers” like conman tb.joshua not only take advantage and money from innocent and suffering people, but also cause millions of people to die from not actually seeking real medical help. Faith healers are devils with the bible in their hand.
Sane
August 26, 2014 at 9:57 am
tb joshua is no prophet but a con-man
Everyone that owns a book store is not a Christian, but they will sell you a Bible.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:42 pm
lol…. with that your reasoning demons and devils will escort you to hell, repent while there’s still time, and you will be screaming and shouting for help saying OH GOD OF TB JOSHUA SAVE MY SOUL!!
Shizel My Nizel
August 28, 2014 at 10:57 am
IGNORANT FOOL
blink
August 26, 2014 at 10:00 am
To everybody who want more information on the criminal con man cult leader T.B. Joshua who falsely uses the name of Jesus so he can lure gullible, naive and heretical people all around the world to take them for their money, women and adoration search the following documentary on youtube. Deception of the age Also beware TB Joshua has his paid propagandists working his lying propaganda on youtube as well to save his emmanuel tv from going under and keeping his scam going for as long as possible
Lesa ni Palobé
August 26, 2014 at 10:04 am
What can I say? Religion makes money. And people are stupid enough to believe this shit. None of the healings work but people do n’t care because they’re ignorant. It’s sad.
Lesa ni Palobé
August 26, 2014 at 10:07 am
PLEASE WATCH TB Joshua Exposed by his Ex Disciples. SEARCH WORD-”DECEPTION OF THE AGE” Documentary Joshua forces Young Girls and Minors to perform ORAL SEX on him. Staged Miracles, How TB Joshua sends his men to Search the rooms of South African Guests with SPARE KEYS for their Personal info and disease condition, hands info to Joshua who WoWs them with Prediction, all based on Prior Knowledge .Read of Murder, Rape, Atrocities ALL IN THE SYNAGOGUE. FALSE HUMILITY.
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:47 pm
I see you can be easily be deceived by lies and yet are blind listen to this very carefully……………..SHADDAH!
SOCAN GAY
August 28, 2014 at 10:59 am
TB JOSHUA LIKES TO LICK MY ARSEHOLE
christian
August 27, 2014 at 3:09 pm
He must be a genius born out of this world to do ALL THAT?
SOCAN GAY
August 28, 2014 at 11:01 am
CON-MAN PROPHET FOR IGNORANT MUZUNGU WORSHIPPING BRAINLESS FOLLOWERS
Mumbi
August 26, 2014 at 12:12 pm
This wizard has made people to follow the devil blindly
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 2:59 pm
That’s nice even Jesus was called a wizard, so he must be a man of God…funny thing is you never call actual wizards wizards….lol….SHADDAH!
Man those fundamentalist missionaries really did a number on Africa...
August 28, 2014 at 11:03 am
JESUS WHO? Oh that bastard tsk tsk…
kakolwe
August 26, 2014 at 1:30 pm
And the more you enshrine his blessings by your baseless arguments. Why can’t you let US, who have seen the hand of God, through TBJ, to speak. 2 yes of my close relative’s illness healed right at home!
Kalulete
August 26, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Amen!
chris k
August 26, 2014 at 3:29 pm
there is always a way that seems right to man.
Believe me you even the devil can make miracles just as God ,remember he was an Angel in heaven.Therefore it calls for a right eye to see who this man so called Man of God TBJ realy is.
One Day,I Mean One Day.
lilian miti
August 26, 2014 at 3:45 pm
You people you shock me, no matter how much bad you say about, he not moved at all coz he busy with Lord work. what u say is nothing, en nothing can separate him from the lov of God. Which nigeria did u go to, pipo there are different serious minded no gossips like zambia, they luv us zambia there as nice pipo and they know how to welcome pipo. TB joshua interested in pipo’s money what a lie. Tha church is sustainable on its own busy wed to Monday, they run good canteens, bakery even just mineral water sold on a sat or sunday is so much money from most business around the world. We talk of more than 70, 000 pipo, what tithe do they ask in church or offering nothing just evelopes behind chairs if u want but they can do without. He has created employment to the locals, businesses even just bibles and different county flag pipo make millons from who go there, its a place of liberty and the most wanted place to go to in the world, even to have access to attend is a miracle coz of so many many pipo, he is ablessing to Us.god of prophet TB joshua is my god and one day u just find yours watching his channel. He hates sin and lovers sinners. Thank God almight of such a man for our generation.
Jesus
August 28, 2014 at 11:05 am
go and wipe joshuas arsehole with your tongue
katuta lukaka
August 26, 2014 at 4:08 pm
ive been hearing that many do get heald at the hand of tbj .but i have never heard of someone bieng risen from the dead has jesus our lord did.my brethren lets be careful with some so called me of GOD.today is plant a seed tomorow is plant onther seed ……………when u and your family are gettig poor and they claim that God has blessed them .well it your choice they are doing pick a lot or lottery on your head
wachabe
August 27, 2014 at 3:01 pm
So for you the ultimate is raising someone from the dead…..wow, peoples lives have been changed stories have been rewritten and you are waiting for the dead to rise….lol….lets make a deal we will come to house kill you and then raise you….will you believe then?
christian
August 28, 2014 at 10:29 am
Katuta,
TB Joshua has NEVER claimed to be Jesus Christ.Jesus is God.There is and there will never be none like Jesus.We are all tools in HIS hands, and that includes me and you.
chris k
August 26, 2014 at 4:19 pm
lillian TBJ your god?you have put it right not your God.
You see not everyone will say good nor bad but of the two one must be right.
Suport him cause you want to,but i can asure you that there is no light in this man but only magic.
Chintomfwa
August 26, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Why always talk about th man of God, can u compare him to ur pastors & ur elders? What evil characters hv u ever seen in him that u can mention, ar u able to out weigh the bad & gud things that he does? that man stands out coz humbleness & humility z in him. If it were ur posters & elders who ar always in stories by this time they wud hv pronounced insults so TB Joshua portrays gud character.
Samuel Chileshe
August 27, 2014 at 8:38 am
Fibi Sana!
Wamu
August 27, 2014 at 10:02 am
This is a package of wisdom from this powerful Man of God. May God reach us through him.
christian
August 28, 2014 at 10:24 am
A Muslim man in Egypt killed his wife because she was reading the Bible and then buried her with their infant baby and an 8-year old daughter. The girls were buried alive! He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids. 15 days later, another family member died. When they went to bury him, they found the 2 little girls under the sand – ALIVE! The country is outraged over the incident, and the man will be executed, The older girl was asked how she had survived and she says:- ‘A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands, came every day to feed us. He woke up my mom so she could nurse my sister,’ she said. She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV, by a veiled Muslim woman news anchor. She said on public TV, ‘This was none other than Jesus, because nobody else does things like this!’ Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) would do this, but the wounds mean He really was crucified, and it’s clear also that He is alive!
But, it’s also clear that the child could not make up a story like this, and there is no way these children could have survived without a true miracle. Muslim leaders are going to have a hard time to figure out what to do with this, and the popularity of the Passion movie doesn’t help! With Egypt at the center of the media and education in the Middle East , you can be sure this story will spread. Christ is still turning the world upside down! Please let this story be shared. The Lord says, ‘I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.’ Jeremiah 17 Please forward to all on your list and God will reward you abundantly!! Mark 8:38 which says, ‘Therefore whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and my Words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man shall also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.
truth
August 28, 2014 at 11:13 am
jesus was a bastard… end of!!