GOOD MORNING DADDIES AND MUMMIES, UNCLES AND AUNTIES, AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

MY

NAME IS

LET US PRAY!

ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE

VESSEL TO BRING YOUR WORD TO US ON THIS OCCASION OF THE GRAND FINALE OF THE CHILDREN

CONVENTION 2023. LORD, I YIELD MYSELF TO YOU AND ASK THAT YOU INCUBATE ME AND SPEAK

THROUGH ME, THAT YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE BLESSED AT THE END OF IT ALL IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, THE CONVENTION'S THEME THIS YEAR IS "HE LIVES IN ME," BUT FOR THE

PURPOSES OF THIS MINISTRY, IT HAS BEEN TITLED "A CHANGED LIFE." ALL THESE CAN BE GOTTEN FROM

THE BOOK OF GALATIAN 2:20-21; WHICH SAYS AND I READ, “I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, NEVERTHELESS

I LIVE, YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME, AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH, I LIVE BY THE

FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. VERSE 21; I DO NOT FRUSTRATE

THE GRACE OF GOD, FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN”.

BUT TO THIS I SAY GOD FORBID, FOR THE DEATH OF CHRIST SHALL NEVER BE IN VAIN, PLEASE CHURCH

REPEAT AFTER ME, GOD FORBID, THAT THE DEATH OF CHRIST, SHOULD BE IN VAIN IN MY LIFE, AND

EVERYBODY SAY AMEN.

HE LIVES IN ME, AND A CHANGED LIFE ARE ONE AND THE SAME, THESE DAYS PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE THEIR

LIVES IMITATING OTHER PEOPLE THEY SEE AS ROLE MODE EITHER BECAUSE THE PERSON IS SUCCESSFUL

IN A CARRER THEY THEMSELVES HAVE CHOSEN TO GO INTO, OR BCAUSE THE PERON IS RICH AND CAN

AFFFORD ALL THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE THAT MONEY CAN BUY, AND OR US AS CHRISTIANS IT MAYBE

BECAUSE THE PERSON IS A GOOD PREACHER, HIS MINISTRY IS BLESSED WITH THE GIFT OF SIGNS AND

WONDERS AND MIRACLES HAPPENING. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IT’S MORE ABOUT DRESSING AND LIFESTYLE,

DO YOU KNOW THAT BY DOING THESE, WE ALLOOW THESE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN US AND WE IGNORANTLY
PATTERN OUR LIVES AFTER THEM, THIS IS A BIG ERROR, THAT IS WHY THE BIBLR IN GALATIANS 2;20-21

WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL TO REMIND CHRISTIANS HOW WE SHOULD LIVE, THAT HAVING GIVEN OUR LIVES

TO CHRIST, WE SHOULD SURRENDER EVERYTHING (OUR DESIRES, WILL AND PURPOSE) TO HIM, SO THAT

CHRIST NOW LIVES IN US, BECAUSE CHRIST IN US IS THE HOPE OF CLORY ACCORDING TO COLOSSIANS 1;27.

PAUL AS A CARNAL MAN WAS FILLED WITH PRIDE AND ARROGANCE BECAUSE OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT

WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED CHRIST EVERYTHIG CHANGED BECAUSE HE SURROENDERED TOTALLY TO GOD,

THIS IS THE EXPECTATION OF GOD TOWARDS TO US, THAT AS WE ACCEPT HIM, WE SURRENDER TO HIM.

YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND STILL LIVE YOUR LIFE ON YOUR OWN TERMS, MIND

YOU, THIS IS NOT FOR A SEASON OF TIME-BOUND, IT BECOMEES YOUR LIFE STYLE, YOU ALLOW CHRIST

CONTROLL ALWAYS, NOT WHEN YOU ARE DOWN OR YOU THINK THE END IS NEAR. PAUL SAID IN VERSE

21, “I DO NOT FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD, FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW, THEN IS DEAD

IN VAIN”. THIS MEANS THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE GOD’S GRACE FOR GRANTED, OUR SALVATION IS AS A

RESULT OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST, AND NOT IN ANY WAY OUR PERSONAL EFFORTS. SO IF WE ALLOW HIM

TO LIVE IN US, WE SHALL NOT BE STRUGGLING TO LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY, IN OTHER WORDS, SIN AND EVIL

WILL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER US IN JESUS NAME.

MY FELLOW CHILDREN, WE ARE NOT TOO YOUNG TO RECEIVE CHRIST AND GIVE HIM CONTROL OVER OUR

LIVES. TO OUR PARENTS, I ENCOURAGE US TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY TO SURRENDER ALL WITHOUT

HOLDING BACK ANYTHING AND OUR LIVES SHALL BE BETTER IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME.

IN CONCLUSION, IF THERE IS ANY ONE HERE STILL LIVING IN SIN, YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO

CHRIST, TODAY IS THE ACCEPTABLE DAY TO MAKE THAT BOLD DECISION AND SPEAK TO GOD (PLEASE ALL

HEADS BOW AND CLOSE YOUR EYES). LET US TALK TO GOD ABOUT OUR SALVATION AND FOR ANYONE

WHO HAS FALLEN OUT OF FAITH, ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS. AS WE DO THIS MAY THE GOD OF ALL GRACE

HELP US AND BE WITH US IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME, AMEN.