Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on Sunday rained curses on perpetrators of the dastardly acts
Oyedepo also called on Christians across the country to engage in intensive midnight prayers to confront what he described as “the raging battle against the Church and the nation.”
Delivering his sermon at Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, on Sunday the clergyman said the escalating kidnappings, killings and terror-linked attacks in various parts of the country demanded a spiritual response from believers, insisting that the “Church of Christ in Nigeria is indestructible.”
“The Church of Christ in Nigeria is indestructible. The gates of hell cannot prevail against it. Nigeria will never become an Islamic state. Never, never, never,” Oyedepo declared to the congregation.
Recalling recent incidents in which five worshippers were shot dead in a church and 35 villagers abducted with kidnappers demanding ₦100 million, Oyedepo lamented the proliferation of violent crimes, describing human trafficking and ransom-driven abductions as “worse than the scourge of slavery.”
“You pick someone and say they should bring 700 million. My God, who are you? Today, human trade has become a big-time business,” he said.
Oyedepo also invoked stern declarations against the perpetrators of such crimes, calling on the church to intensify prayers in the Holy Spirit as a form of spiritual resistance.
“Every perpetrator of these killings and their spouses come under their custody. When this church prays, God hears. Everyone behind it, in the name of the Lord Jesus, within the next seven days, they are smelling. They are stinking. It’s done,” he proclaimed.
The Bishop, who further directed members of the church to spiritually fortify their homes and workplaces, said “Every one of you, anoint your houses, anoint your business places, and sprinkle the blood as a no-go area,” he instructed.
He also announced what he called a nationwide spiritual operation beginning at midnight, urging all members, regardless of their usual sleep patterns, to participate.
“I’m asking every living Winner, no matter how much anointing you have for sleep, that anointing is broken. Between 12 and 1 a.m. from tonight, you are crying to God for mercy and placing curses on the perpetrators,” he said.
“12 midnight tonight, the operation begins. Satan is in trouble. His agents are in trouble.”
The cleric also shared that he had been in a heightened spiritual state ahead of the directive.
“For three days, I’ve been half-asleep and half-awake. As the Lord lives, who sent me as one of the watchmen over this nation, this shall not continue,” he stated.
While concluding with a forceful declaration that divine judgment would visit those behind Nigeria’s insecurity, Oyedepo declared “In the camp of the wicked, there shall be catastrophe, and any member of this church, touched, equals fire and brimstone in the camp of the enemy.”
