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Speech by Pastor 'Tunde Bakare at The State of The Nation Broadcast on Sunday, October 7, 2018.

In the final day of our Nation Builders Prayer Summit, Pastor Bakare capped it all off with a teaching about ‘Rebuilding Ancient Ruins.’ In it we learned that true and genuine nation builders can only succeed in their assignment by following God’s example [Isaiah 51:1-6]. He has the pattern and prototype, He knows how to rebuild ancient ruins, thus we don't need to reinvent the wheel. Righteousness exalts a nation, therefore it is only to the saved and the righteous that God will give and commit His word for the rebuilding exercise [Isaiah 51:15-16].

In Day 5 of our solemn assembly, Pastor Bakare began by instructing us to reflect on who we are becoming. It is worthy to note that everyone around you has the potential to influence who you are becoming, either positively or negatively [I Kings 21:25-26]. Without the manipulative role of Jezebel in the issue of Naboth’s vineyard, Ahab had no intention of killing him over his land. However, her scheming with the evil elders and nobles to eliminate Naboth attracted a death warrant to the wicked couple [I Kings 21:17-24]. He rounded up the sermon by showcasing two kings who started well but finished poorly because of compromise.

“The day when everything begins to change in Nigeria is today.” Day 4 began with Pastor Deolu Akinyemi guiding us in a discussion about ‘Our Role In Enforcing God’s Will In Our Nation.’ Hitherto, we may have been doing some of those things without paying attention but it is important now more than ever for us to have a mindfulness of what we ought to do; the things that will bring into effect what God has in store for us. To cap off the evening, Pastor Dele Osunmakinde taught on the 12 attributes nation builders need to be well aquatinted with, and the need for visionary youth to arise and key into the God-given dreams of our fathers.

Day three of our Nation Builders Prayer Summit had Pastor Shola Adesoye starting us off by contemplating in prayer the mind of God concerning us as a nation. It is human that when we’re confronted with certain realities for our hearts be gripped by fear, however, it is how we respond to that fear that matters. Jehoshaphat responded appropriately by declaring a fast to seek the face of God [II Chronicles 20:1-17]. To round it all up Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare taught and prayed around the theme ‘The Cause of National Calamities and Their Antidote’

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On the opening night, we spent time examining the Mt. Carmel challenge between Elijah and Ahab along with the prophets of Baal. These wicked men and their king, as well as Jezebel, had derailed and confused Israel to the point of not knowing who the true God is. Elijah asked them a question “Why are you faltering between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him, and if Baal, follow him.” In this sermon, we will be relating this to believers and examining the possible reasons why people falter between two opinions.

On this opening night of the Nation Builders Summit, this teaching is set to explain what we can expect “when kingdoms clash” as they are about to in Nigeria [I Kings 18:1-2; 17-40]. Elijah stood on Mt. Carmel addressing a crowd that spanned into the distance. He cried aloud and asked a relevant and timely question “How long will you falter between two opinions?” The challenge was clear “If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.”

Without controversy, those who operate in wisdom must think of their end and put a succession plan in place. It is for this reason people write their wills before they die and it is for the same reason that good people raise and mentor those who will succeed them. As Kings and Priests to our God, examples abound for us in the Bible so that we can put our houses, our ministry and our businesses in order. To ignore this is equivalent to failure. This is the whole thrust of Apostolic Succession and is clearly evident in the lives of the patriarchs as well as notable kings and leaders in the Bible.