Pastor E.A Adeboye Inspires With The Story Of His Rocky Beginning: ‘My Father Was So Poor That I Had No Shoes For 18 Years’
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday talked about his rocky background to motivate others.
In his Christmas message to his congregation, the 80-year-old revered man of God recalled that while growing up, his parents were so poor that they couldn’t afford a shoe for him for the first 18 years of his life.
During the sermon themed ‘Perfect Gift’, aired live on his Facebook page, Pastor Adeboye also spoke about how things would change for the better for people when they accepted Christ. Using himself as an example, he illustrated how God can change the poor to the rich.
In his words:
“Those of you who knew a little bit about my background, you will know that when they say something is from a rocky start, that means he started in serious poverty. My own rock was rock among rocks. My father was so poor, (that) poor people called him poor. The day he bought an umbrella, we were rejoicing.
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“The elders have a saying. They say if there is hardship in the life of the husband, and hardship in the life of the wife, the hardship will rub off on the children.
“It rubbed off on me. For the first 18 years of my life, I had no pair of shoes. That is how things were and then I received Jesus Christ. Then things began to change, look at me today.
“Way back to 1969, I was a lecturer in the University of Lagos. A little problem came into my life, the problem that all my mathematics couldn’t solve and then somebody offered me, Jesus. I thank God today that my head didn’t refuse something good. So I accepted Jesus and everything in my life began to change for the better.”