"Favour Doesn't Come by Explanation or Begging." Says Rev. Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe of ODM.

Rev.Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe,publisher,ODM.

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ard to erase would be the memories of the October 24^th 2015 monthly Anointing Service of Manna Prayer Mountain, Lagos, Nigeria. Thousands of participants from across the states of Nigeria, and from across the borders like Ghana, happily registered their presence. One testimony that got the roar of approval from the crowd was given by Chidimma Ohagun, a medical doctor, whose father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Troubled and discouraged, the man started to use ODM with unusual fervour where he came across Dr. Chris’ prophetic declaration: “Whatever Jehovah Over-do has not planted in your body shall be uprooted.” Holding on to the prophetic declaration, it was not long before he went for another medical examination only to gladly find out he was free of prostate cancer.

 Thunderous prayer warfare was conducted with incisive devil-tearing prayer points. By the time the Manna Voices finished their rousing, feet-stomping and hand-clapping “Hold On” a song made popular by Sound of Blackness, the vast crowd was eager and ready to hear Rev. Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe, the publisher of Our Daily Manna who doubles also as General Overseer of M.P.M.

If you are ever in doubt of what favour represents, and how to secure it for your life, his unadulterated teaching on the subject leaves you with a categorical picture that clears away any doubt, question or illusion. Favour, he says, does not come by beauty, your education or your human connection. Your success that comes by favour is not because you are very intelligent or eloquent or that you have money. Uncommon favour can locate you after God has “crushed” you, and you have been rejected, ostracized and forgotten by men; when you finally come to the place where personally you regard yourself as a “nobody!”

Ordinarily, when you get a better generous treatment that seems unfair to others, that’s favour. It means for somebody to get approval or support from a sovereign authority. Joseph’s story in the Bible is particularly instructive. Sold into slavery by those who despised his dreams, falsely accused of attempting to rape his master’s wife, he was thrown into prison. The wife was an enemy, the husband collaborated in her hatred of Joseph; everything was against him. Yet in prison, Joseph became the boss.

Rev.Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe and his wife, Dr.Ejiro Flora Kwakpovwe.

According to Rev. Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe: “Favour is the ‘but’ showing up at different phases of your life, taking you from defeat to victory.” Listening to the bishop carefully, it is clear that favour does not necessarily mean escape from affliction or tribulation: as it has to do with your ability to lead and influence others to do your bidding. To have uncommon favour means whether you are in the dungeon or gutter, the fact of your temporary condition doesn’t stop you from being the leader or influencer you are meant to be!

 Truly, we should not allow the affliction we go through to undermine our confidence, or make us defensive. Falling into the pit of despair out of intimidation, and to be reticent when we should step forward, for many of us, seem to be easier options when we are afflicted. But those options are untenable. It helps, probably, to learn from the bishop that: “ Favoured people go through unexplainable battles. God can allow battles and delays though you are a favoured person.”

Another point that seemed to strike a chord with many people at the October monthly Anointing Service was: Favour does not come by explanation or begging. It’s note-worthy that after Joseph had interpreted the chief butler’s dream from which he predicted the man would be restored to the position that he was removed from, he begged the chief butler to show kindness and rescue him from prison by making mention of him before the Pharaoh. In Genesis chapter 40 verse 15 of the Bible, Joseph started to explain that he was unjustly incarcerated as he was innocent of any crime. That he was stolen away from his native land to be enslaved in Egypt. The painful lesson is that after all that explanation, lobbying and self-justification, Joseph was promptly forgotten by the chief butler immediately he got out of jail. Not even a whisper of Joseph’s name was heard within the palace walls. Yet, says Rev. Dr. Chris Kwakpovwe, “When God’s time comes to favour you, even those that neglect and hate you shall cooperate to help you. Favour, a function of sovereign authority, does not answer to begging or explanation. When Pharaoh had a problem that only Joseph could solve, it did not take long for this foreigner and ex-convict to step into national prominence.”

From Left,Bishop Shola Rowland and Archbishop Amu.

Crowd of worshipers praying fervently.