2023 NUJ Thanksgiving: Cleric admonishes journalists on importance of gratitude
2023 NUJ Thanksgiving: Cleric admonishes journalists on importance of gratitude
Okoro Chima
The members of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ ), Akwa Ibom State Council have been urged to show appreciation to God in all their dealings in life.
This was the message handed down by Apostle Etopabasi O. Akpan during the 2023 NUJ Thanksgiving Service in The Apostolic Church, Uruk Uso, Area Headquarters,Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
Speaking on the theme, ” A Grateful Heart” ( Psalm 9 : 1), the Field Superintendent, Apostle Etopabasi O.Akpan urged the members of Fourth Estate of the Realm to always have a grateful heart to God.
The man of God defined gratefulness as one’s acknowledgement of what God has done in one’s life, further said that it is a man’s response to God’s grace.
“Special grace is the grace that has to do with salvation. Christians cannot do without being grateful to God”, he stressed.
Apostle Akpan mentioned why Christians should have a grateful heart to include that : God has qualified us to share in His grace, and that
what Christ has done for us should make us to have a grateful heart to God.
He maintained that we should have a grateful heart because Christ has made us to be the inheritance of God’s grace, adding that Christ delivered us from the power of darkness: “He delivered us from the power of wickedness and transferred us into kingdom of His beloved Son” ( Colossians 1: 13 ). Christ delivered us from the reign of Satan. That is why we should have a grateful heart “.
He however, urged the members of the pen profession to be grateful in whatever condition they find themselves, noting that they should not necessarily wait to be told before being thankful.
“When you have a grateful heart to thank God, you will live a victorious life because God will translate you into a victorious kingdom. When you live a grateful life you will prosper. When you have a grateful heart the presence of God will go with you.When you have a grateful heart you will be surrounded with the glory of God “, he declared.
The event climaxed with a special prayer session for the journalists.
