This text was taken directly from a nairaland post, here is the link: http://www.nairaland.com/1736507/divorce-saga-open-letter-pastor. Believe it or not, it is up to you.
@open letter to Pst Chris by a member of Christ Embassy on the Christ Embassy blog yookos.com
Hello saint,
the message below was sent to me as a post on yookos. unfortunately its been deleted but this moved me to tears. this concerns us. I think we cant just ignore our pastor rev anita. she's off church, off rhapsody of realities. this letter gave me an insight and i think as her children, we can do something. lets send our heartfelt message to pastor chris on yookos maybe he will hear us.
please forward it to others and send your message to pastor chris and pastor anita on yookos. God bless you
NO MORE WARS! TIME TO GO ON OUR KNEES Blog Posted onMay 3, 2014 7:47:48 PM
My dearest brothers and sisters in the Lord, I want to beg you for your support, understanding and maturity in this matter. Please let’s lay down our swords and allow God of Peace to reign. Neither Pastor Anita nor Pastor Chris wrote the bible. They are only trying to believe like you and I so please give them allowance to make mistake and correct it. If this is an attack of the enemy, let’s join hands together and raise our voice in prayer for them. Fight won’t help.
Please everyone favoured to be around them, remember that you may have been born or privilege to be there for such a time as this. Don’t be an Ahitophel, don’t be a bad counsellor, don’t sow seed of discord, don’t encourage what you do not wish for yourself, siblings, children, other family members and friends or next generation. Material things will perish, what will God recognise you for? Remember 1Corinthians10:12 BE GOD’S VOICE!
Good afternoon my dearest pastor and father. Pastor Sir, I love you so much and I am so passionate about you and Rev Anita. You have done so much and you are both father and mother to me. Pastor Sir, my heart is heavy and my eyes filled with tears and I’m writing to you as a true son that you have trained to be respectful, loving and bold. Pastor you thought us to be bold and you taught us that boldness is not the same as rebellion. I remember you once taught that our pastors and leaders should not be angry or regard our speaking up as been disrespectful, you sighted an example of when we book appointment and the pastor mentions a time that we definitely know we wont be available due to other commitment like work, expressing this to the leader to arrange a suitable time you said it’s not offensive and this is one of many that you have taught us. You also told us how you told your children never to be afraid, to be bold and ask questions in class, it was in you training us to be bold. You taught us that perfect love cast out fear and I love you dearly. As a son in the house, you as my father will be happy if I could take initiative to improve on what you started, if I can contribute at home and if I can mediate rather than backbite.
Pastor Sir, just like Noah children in Genesis 9:21-23, Ham saw his father’s state and told others to come and see, but wise and loving sons (Shem and Japheth) took a garment and walked with their back to cover his father. I trust the bible was teaching us about been responsible children. Pastor Sir, even the little girl from Israel that was a slave in Naman’s house was driven by love and she took a very risky step to talk to her mistress about her master’s condition. Pastor I believe many knew his condition but never spoke to him until this day and that step borne out of love brought a change to Naman’s life. You also taught us about Esther who knew the risk of going to the king but out of love for God and his people she went
Pastor Sir, Proverb 27:17 says Iron sharpneth iron, so a man sharpneth the countenance of his friend. Psalm 42.7 says deep calleth unto deep. Ephesians 6:1-4, taught about father-children relationship. Ezekiel 3:17 and Ezekiel 33 talk about us been watchmen for each other and the bible also taught that we are our brothers keeper. Pastor Sir, in Exodus 18:14, Jethro was used to help Moses put plans in place and relieve him of work that he was handling all alone. Pastor Sir, king David had people he consulted about the law, 2 Samuel 24:3 Joab spoke to him not to number Israel. Pastor Sir, you and Pastor Anita have done so much. Your 2 wonderful girls have sacrificed a lot to get the ministry to this level. Pastor Sir, you all deserve joy, you deserve happiness and you were brought together by God not to separate or be unhappy.
Pastor Sir, I saw the May rhapsody of realities, the same book that you have both jointly written to reach millions and bring hope and help to many, changed. A change that neither of you is happy about. The change that I know you are not happy that it’s happening and my heart broke, I wept and I prayed but at this point I have it strongly in my heart to write to both of you, my father and my mother to please reconsider. It came to my heart that how do we read and be happy on the pain of another. Pastor Sir, just like David in 1Samuel 23:15-17, though he longed for the water of the well of Bethlehem, he knew it was only that Lord that deserve such, how will he pleasure on the lives of these three men. Same here pastor, how do we go about as if nothing is happening, how do we read, get blessed or be happy reading the ROR or even fellowshipping over the pain of both of you?
You used example of loved one who is sick, how much do we pray for their lives to be spared. Do we just pray as we run to catch our bus to work or while having dinner, you asked how much impact that prayer can make? You talked about how the disciples didn’t do anything when john was arrested until he was beheaded and how they had to pray for peter when he was arrested. Pastor Sir, you talked about how Paul said to the people, to pray for them. And that it is important for this to happen regularly. I believe this is a time for us to be sober, call a solemn assembly and pray fervently until we see a change. Pastor my approach may not be the best but if I have another approach, I would have used it. If
Pastor, consider your first love, your messages. You taught us that it’s the responsibility of the man to ensure that his marriage works. I think it was around the time you taught us the message ‘how to pray’. I remember you said we have to learn to pray for ourselves and you gave the chronology of your prayer as follows; worship God, pray for yourself, your wife, your children, and your family before it gets to us. You were teaching us the importance of prayer and the best person to pray for you is you. This tells me you are a wonderful father that loves his family and love God as well. Pastor you told us about an elderly man who was your family doctor that treated you long ago and taught you the importance of resting, Pastor Sir, I believe if the man has another opportunity he will say same about family. You used it to teach us that though we say souls are perishing hence our tireless work, if we close our eyes in transition to glory the souls will still be there for others to preach to.
Pastor Sir, you have talked about how wonderful your wife is, how you went to London for a programme, ‘4 days with Pastor Chris’ and when leaving you asked if they needed money and she said no, they are fine. You talked about how other women would have seen it as opportunity to spin in money to their side from their husband. We have watched her over the years and we can say of a truth, she’s a rare gem who loves you sincerely and she’s passionate about you. She’s more eager to sell and talk about your own things than promote her own, she never shows any form of competition with you. She is an epitome of a perfect woman. Pastor Sir, you also told us how you ask one of your daughters what she wants for a birthday gift and all she asked for was a surprise visit. This tells of their yearning for you. They value your presence above gold or any earthly gift. You also talked about how your eldest daughter told you she believes in you no matter what the world says and that mean so much to you. That means you are a loving father. Pastor we saw reverend Anita at Aba Crusade minister, and we could see her spit fire borne out of love and passion for you in the face of persecution.
Pastor Sir, who else can for so many years just let go and only request once a while for your affection and attention. Pastor Sir, even those around you testify about it. No one would because of her honour for you allow all that she has allowed but because of you and because of Christ. Pastor Sir, I remember you even said in one meeting that she is an agent of change in our great ministry, she brings her ideas in simple manners but they always turn out to be great. You said this on the day you talked about how she told you the so much we put into a programme but if we put similar effort into publishing the testimony and great work God did in such programme, it will be amazing.
Pastor Sir, this is hard to say but it is happening. The men and women of God that work with you have done so well but over the years some of them have not treated her with the respect due to her. We love these men and women of God and respect them but sir, the respect they give to her is invariably them respecting you sir. You taught us long ago about brethren sometimes get carried away when they see the pastor, they take things that belong to him and leave the wife as if she doesn’t exist, and she has to now struggle to carry everything else in the car. You also taught the pastors not to allow their wives to be trodden on by members. You gave example that if the pastor is held back in church due to meetings or other things after service and they came in one car. The pastor should not just ask anyone to go and drop them off at home. He should call the a trusted person, tell him the importance of the assignment, even give the car key for him to drop them and bring the car back for you. You said this will communicate honour due to the wife to those around you. Pastor Sir, not that she told the world about her experiences with the men of God around you but those that witnessed it amongst them are the first to noise it abroad. This is one way that things that happen behind close doors get to the open. Pastor sir, as you know people talk and in the same manner even the closest to you talk about this matter when away from you in the light they won’t say when you are around sir but it takes a caring child to come to you in humility, not to report others but to show genuine concern and mediate if possible.
Pastor Sir, please listen to Pastor Anita’s cry and her deepest heart desire. Everyone, especially leaders say the same thing about her sacrifice for all these years and how they can’t leave their wife or their wife can’t leave them. How much she has done for so many years all by herself, growing ministry in a continent like Europe and extending to America as well as raising the children. It will affect the next generation who are growing up in the world where they don’t give regard to God’s kind of marriage. Where it is no longer coveted yet it was the first thing (home) God did after recreation.
Pastor sir, I believe she appreciates everyone that have worked tirelessly to get us here but as a mother she also yearn for them living right and future happiness......(concluding sentence cut off just as post was taken down by yookos admin)
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