•Holds Thanksgiving Service In LAGOS
He
is a member of the Celestial Church.
He
is a Superior Evangelist and Secretary, General, Council Parishes in Idimu,
Ikotun & Badagry. He was hosted by Superior Evangelist Oludare Oduwusi, the
Shepherd at Council Parish 2 at Ikotun. He was ably assisted by Most Superior
Evangelist E.O. Oladeji, Shepherd of Council Parish 1 at Idimu and Superior
Evangelist Anthony Apata, Shepherd of Council Parish 3 in Badagry.
Though
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola the Minister of Interior could not make it he sent a
Goodwill message where he revealed how Gov. saved the life of his S.A.
“Our
purpose for being here this afternoon is to give thanks to the almighty God on
behalf of our brother, Bola Ilori. Bola is my brother, friend and long-standing
associate. He went on an assignment in Ondo State and on his way back, he had
an accident. It was an unusual one. The vehicle in which he was travelling
while returning from the assignment was hit from behind by an articulated truck
belonging to a transport company after the driver lost control.
The
trailer was disengaged from the tractor after pushing them into the bush for
close to a hundred metres”.
“Ordinarily,
their vehicle was supposed to be flattened, like a steamroller rolling over a
loaf of bread. But here we are today, celebrating the goodness of God for His
protection and sparing the lives of the occupants. It is a miracle of the Most
High God that no one had any serious injury and no one died”.
“The
bible admonished us:”In everything give thanks: for this is the Will of God in
Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5: 18). It is possible to
rationalise the incident and say whatever catches our imagination. But we
should never forget that others with less serious accidents were not so
fortunate”.
“At
least, two of the miracles of Jesus were preceded with him giving thanks to God.
Before
raising Lazarus from the dead, he thanked God for hearing His prayers and then
called Lazarus to come forth from the land of the dead”.
“
Again, at the feeding of 5,000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes, he lifted up a
little boy’s lunch and gave thanks; then it began to multiply and after feeding
5,000 (usually men, not counting women and children at the crusade ground) 12
baskets of fragments were collected”.
“What
we are doing today is akin to what the children of Isreal, led by Moses, did,
singing songs of praises to God after they were saved from annihilation, when
God parted the Red Sea for them to pass through”.
“So,
it is for Bola, and all of us, who are now rejoicing on his survival of what
would have been a ghastly motor accident in which the Most High saved him with
His mighty arm. Let us remain in the spirit of thanksgiving always, for the
battles God fought on our behalf, the ones He is fighting and the ones He will
continue to fight.
I
will admonish us to lift our president and nation in prayer”.
“We
are going through unprecedented challenges, the likes of which we have never seen
as a nation. The outbreak of Covid-19 has brought the global economy on its
knees”.
“This
is within the context of other domestic challenges. We need God’s mercy and
favour.
Please
pray for the nation and those running its affairs”.
“This
pandemic will end and the nation will return to the path of peace, prosperity
and development and we shall have cause again to have thanksgiving”.
There
were many other Goodwill messages. One was from Sup. Evangelist Tosho Matthew
Oshoffa, the Shepherd-in-Charge, CCC International Headquarters Church,
Archdiocese, Ketu, Lagos.
“Dear
brother in Christ, I can’t thank God enough for sparing your life in that
ghastly accident”, he wrote. “You have been a worthy source of inspiration in
various capacities to many in CCC and beyond”.
Most
Superior Evangelist E.O. Oladeji, the Shepherd-in-Charge, Celestial Church of
Christ, Parish 1, Diocesan Headquarters, Lagos wrote: “We congratulate our very
dear Church Secretary, Sup. Evang. (Hon.) Bola Ilori for surviving a ghastly
motor accident that occurred in July 2020. He is a tireless worker, a
philanthropist and selfless in service”.
Sup.
Evang. Oduwusi Oludare, Shepherd-In-Charge, CCC Council Model Parish 2, also
wrote his tribulate commending the good gestures of Hon. Bola Ilori, describing
him as “our dear patron and founder of our great parish”.
Superior
Evangelist Anthony Apata, the Shepherd, Council Parish 3 in Badagry also wrote
his Tribute and described Hon. Bola Ilori as a philanthropist and commended his
exemplary life and unselfish service to humanity.
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