The pastor of Salvation Ministry, David Ibiyeomie has said Christians faced hardship in January because of their inability to invest in the kingdom through the giving of tithes and offerings during the Christmas period.
Ibiyeomie, who stated this last Sunday while giving a sermon in his church, said some members were distracted by material things during the yuletide.
He also said, “January is always the longest month for many people, because if they pay you before Christmas and they give you Christmas bonus and then before the new year you have spent everything, without even investing in the Kingdom, most of you will not pay Tithe, you feel this time no way, I have shoes to buy, I have hair to buy, I have clothes to buy.
“No problem while you’re buying them also remember that by January, Landlord will give you bill, the Children will give you School fees, you can’t bind your landlord, even if you bind him, I lose him.
“It is unscriptural to bind your landlord when he built his own house for goodness’ sake, why are you binding a man, do you think he built the house for you to live for free, those are not scriptural prayer, it is against the scripture, pay your rent.
“Don’t speak in tongues and say have stroke, why will the man have stroke, why will your landlord have stroke, what did he do to you that you want him to have stroke and then you say he is not born again? That’s why you now start quoting scripture that has no meaning”
