The following are the views expressed by Olufemi Oguntokun in the June 24, 2026 episode of the On the Lord’s Side Podcast — Christian perspectives on news and current events.
ON THE PASTORS TO FEAR ON JUDGMENT DAY
Good morning to you once again. It is Wednesday, the 24th of June 2026. This morning I am hoping to engage with three video clips — you will hear the audio from them — three different persons on three different issues, as always, from Christian perspectives.
I want to start with a clip featuring Paul Washer. If you are familiar with American evangelism, you will know this gentleman. He said something that should make all of us on the Lord’s side pause and reflect. Oftentimes, we who are on the Lord’s side reflect on issues affecting people outside the Lord’s side — which is a good thing, because we are called to walk circumspectly, to be wise as serpents and to understand how evil the times are. But sometimes we also need to be reminded of certain fundamental things. The person who posted this video captioned it: “Don’t fear for murderers on judgment day; fear for these pastors.”
In the clip, Washer says: “What are we doing when we assemble as the saints? In most churches in America, if I walked in, I wouldn’t know what they were doing, because we have left behind the doctrine of sola scriptura. So churches are basically built on the cleverness and pragmatism and charismatic personality of leaders, and it’s done by entertaining people or by keeping them busy. People want meaning in their life; they either want to be entertained or to feel part of something. So you make them busy, you make them part of a machine, part of the vision of a charismatic leader, and you get them all headed in the same direction. That’s why a sixty-year-old accountant for Walmart ends up joining a biker gang and going to Sturgis — because he’s looking for something. You can build a church on all kinds of things that aren’t biblical. And that is the great problem. A lot of the excuses happening today — there is no excuse — but they are founded on the fact that pastors do not fear God and are not managing God’s bride according to the dictates He has given them. A lot of pastors are building their own kingdoms on the bones of unconverted church members. On the day of judgment, do not fear so much for the atheist, the thief, the murderer. If you want to be afraid for someone on the day of judgment, be afraid for those who carried the title pastor.”
He then gives a parable: “A king had a bride. He loved her, dressed her in white; she was pure and precious to him, and the people admired her for her virtue. The king has to go on a long journey, and he calls in his steward and says, ‘Here are the directions; you are to care for my bride. Do not deviate from this, not one jot or tittle. Keep this book of instructions. When I come back, you’ll be rewarded — or you’ll be severely punished.’ After a few years, the steward realises the people are losing their loyalty to the king and no longer care for the bride, because she seems prudish, old-fashioned. So he takes off her beautiful white garment, replaces it with something sensual, paints her face like a prostitute, and marches her up and down the kingdom, using this new look to attract carnal men back into the kingdom. When that king comes back, there are no words to describe what he will do to that steward. And when Jesus Christ comes back, there are no words to describe what He will do to many of these men who call themselves pastors, who have done to His bride exactly what that steward did.”
Wow, indeed. And I do hope you listened carefully. The speaker is Paul Washer, well known in the evangelical movement in the United States, founder of the HeartCry Missionary Society, known for passionate, fiery preaching that emphasises the holiness of God. Most haunting of all is that line: on the day of judgment, do not fear so much for the atheist, the thief or the murderer; if you want to be afraid for someone, be afraid for those who carry the title pastor.
This reminds me of something from my childhood, when my dad was at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary in Ogbomoso. We were children then, listening in on the conversations of adults, and there was a lecturer who told them something they found memorable and would repeat among themselves: “There will be surprises on the day of judgment; there will be surprises at the gates of heaven.” Over and over he would say it. And recently, discussing with a member of this community after a Bible study, he reminded me of a passage I had mentioned — our Lord warning the religious people of His own day, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes and the chief priests, “Going ahead of you into the kingdom are the publicans, the tax collectors and the harlots.” This is similar to what Paul Washer is saying.
Let me make an aside about his phrasing. He says, “If you want to be afraid for someone,” because ultimately you have no business being afraid for anyone; you should be concerned about your own soul and your own destiny. But he says it to make a point: if you want to be afraid for someone on the day of judgment, be afraid for those who carry the title pastor. And this is so telling, because we on the Lord’s side are often concerned about those who are not on the Lord’s side — and we should be; that is the Great Commission, to go and disciple them and teach them what Christ has taught us. But Paul the apostle himself said that is not enough. Remember he said he would always put his body under subjection, so that after preaching and winning souls for Christ, he himself would not become a castaway.
How biblical is what Paul Washer said? Fully biblical. Did our Lord Himself not say that on that day many will come to Him saying, “Did we not in Your name cast out demons? Did we not in Your name hold massive crusades, build great cathedrals and churches, run programmes on radio here and there?” And the Lord will say, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of iniquity.” I was recently listening to a study that drew attention to that expression. Note that Jesus did not say, “Depart from Me because I have rejected you,” or “because you have disappointed Me,” or “because you are no longer part of My flock.” He said, “I never knew you.” There are many people in the body of Christ, who think themselves leaders in the body of Christ, who were never known to Christ as His own.
So we who are on the Lord’s side, in respect of this story, should not be thinking only of our leaders, but also of ourselves. And the Bible warns us in James 3:1. That is why, when you see people eager to carry the title of pastor or teacher because they want to be respected and revered in society — Jesus spoke about those who wear long robes so that people will respect them and consider them holy — the Holy Spirit, through James, wrote: “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.” Every time I come across this portion, I am humbled and admonished, as we all should be.
If you listened to the full clip, Washer says some sobering things. To quote him directly: “A lot of the excuses happening today — there is no excuse — but they are founded on the fact that pastors do not fear God and are not managing God’s bride according to the dictates He has given them. A lot of pastors are building their own kingdoms on the bones of unconverted church members.” This is so true. These are the people of whom Christ would say, “I never knew you.” Were you not just busy building your own kingdom, feathering your own nest, acquiring things and popularity for yourself? Such people are not concerned whether the church members are converted, whether the flock is properly fed with the Word of God; they are only concerned whether the members will keep coming back. And that is why many churches are built on that premise — get them in, keep them coming — the so-called seeker theology, which crept into many churches. Thankfully, many pastors are beginning to see its danger.
The seeker theology says: do what will bring the people in. But what we have been called to do is to disciple — to model Christ to those outside the flock and then to teach them what Christ has taught us. Instead of going to Christ and saying, “I want to know You so that I can model You to the world, I want to understand what You have taught me so that I can teach others,” seeker theology says: go to the unbelievers, ask them what they like. “We love bright lights and spectacle.” So you bring in the bright lights. “We love light-hearted, humorous presentations; don’t burden our consciences.” So you change the preaching. “We like our music this way.” So you tell the choir to stop singing the old way. There is a subtle dishonesty in it. The quiet part they will not say out loud is that they need those churches filled up. Christians do not need their churches filled up. Don’t misunderstand me — it is to the glory of God that our churches are filled, that as many as He has elected are drawn in. But that is not our primary assignment. Our primary assignment is to model Christ, disciple, and teach — full stop. We plant, we water; God gives the increase, when and if He decides. Until then we rest — not rest from labour, but rest from our anxieties about results.
This has been the bane of many Christian leaders, who say they have sleepless nights about growth. Rather, Christian leaders and pastors should have sleepless nights about faithfulness. Are you faithful to what He has called you to do? Are you faithful to the Word of God? Are you rightly dividing the word of truth? There was a movement, drawn from the American churches, where church elders gave pastors benchmarks — KPIs, key performance indicators, the kind you have in private enterprise. A committee with power to engage a pastor would say, “We are bringing you in, but these are the indicators by which we will measure your performance.” And a key one was numerical: “We have a membership of twenty now; after a year we expect it doubled or quadrupled, up to a hundred. That is growth.” And many pointed to the parable of the talents, where Jesus commended the servant who turned his portion into much more. “That’s exactly what we want — growth.” So if you became the bishop of a diocese with twenty churches, within two years you should have fifty; if last year this assembly had ten worshippers, to prove you are doing well you should now have a hundred.
There is nothing wrong in itself in wanting growth — it is not malum in se — as long as the growth is premised on faithfulness. But it put many pastors under such pressure that they reasoned, “If I must meet these KPIs, I must do whatever it takes.” And that brought about the seeker mentality, because we started measuring the faithfulness of pastors by numerical growth that we can see. The church can never be measured that way. To be charitable, many pastors are not building their own kingdoms; they just found themselves under the pressure of these key performance indicators handed to them by church committees and elders. But on the other hand, there are those who know exactly what they are doing — building their own kingdom, not a kingdom for God — which is why the Lord said to them, “I never knew you.” He did not say, “I know you no longer,” or “Now I reject you.” He said, “I never knew you; you were never part of My kingdom.”
At the risk of digressing, this should alert us to a reality of our times: the major challenge in the church today is not attacks from outside, but subversion from inside — people who are paid to be part of the flock of Christ, yet are trying to pull it down. The devil, wise and tricky, knows that if there were attacks from outside, the body of Christ would be united in prayer and resolve to face down the enemy. So he has chosen to put the enemies inside the church — a subversion that claims to be of Christ while doing everything to pull it down. But this much we know from the Scriptures: it may appear they are making inroads, and many times we are alarmed and so concerned for the church, but the Lord Himself has said that the church built on the rock that is Jesus Christ — no gate of hell shall ever overcome it.
So back to Washer’s main point: on the day of judgment, do not fear so much for the atheist, the thief, the murderer; if you want to be afraid for someone, be afraid for those who carry the title of pastor. I hope many church leaders and pastors will listen, and be reminded that many of the warnings in the Scriptures are directed at Christians themselves, and at leaders. We should abandon the idea of measuring success in Christian ministry by how large or popular a ministry is, how many attend a church, how much influence a person has on social media. These things mean nothing before God. Jesus Himself said that the things celebrated and exalted among men are detestable to God — not in all respects, but definitely in certain cases. Numerical growth that men celebrate can be detestable to God; a large social media following that men celebrate can be detestable to God. Pastors should be more concerned about faithfulness to the One who called them, faithfulness to His Word, and the realisation that they themselves will be judged.
We find it difficult to picture the judgment day. Think of the most venerated leader in your church, whatever church you attend, and we suppose the veneration we give them now will be given on the judgment day too. But the Bible does not teach that. On that day, people from all nations, from the east and the west, gather together in white, carrying palms. Death is called the great leveller — whether you are president, king, emperor, prime minister, bishop, pastor, reverend, venerable, mister, doctor, professor, engineer, chief, sir or lady, you are going to die, and the grave levels all. But death is not the ultimate leveller; the judgment day is. And Jesus said, warning all of us, “The prostitutes and the tax collectors are going ahead of you into the kingdom.” I pray that will not be my portion, nor yours, in the name of Jesus.
This is a timely warning to all of us, and especially to those who eagerly start churches and do whatever it takes to build them into mega-churches, making so much money — those of whom James wrote, “You will be judged more strictly than others.” If more people knew the Scriptures, fewer would choose to be pastors, fewer would choose to start churches, fewer would take it upon themselves to teach others. Because, as Washer says in closing: picture a person who sacrificed everything, his life and his blood, to marry and redeem the bride that is the Church of Christ, and then committed that bride into your care, saying, “I fought a great battle, I gave My life to redeem this bride; she is precious to Me, she means everything to Me. Now I am going on a long journey; I will be back. I commit her into your care.” Think how disappointed He would be if, upon His return, He finds that the bride He committed into your hands, you have misled, or not fed, or fed with poison — and that person having power over you, do you know how much punishment He will mete out? The Bible says my people perish for lack of knowledge. People take on duties in the church of Christ not knowing the responsibilities attached, nor the consequences of failing.
I want to thank Paul Washer for bringing this up, and I hope his video and this engagement reach many — that those who have already deviated from the straight and narrow way will, by coming across it, return to it, and all of us with them. Let us be reminded that on the day of judgment, and at the gates of heaven, there will be surprises. I pray the surprise will not be that you are prevented from entering heaven. There will be surprises in many respects — one surprise being that I myself get in. But let it not be the surprise that the outstandingly sinful say, “You should have been with us in our sinning, because, despite you not joining us, you were a hypocrite all along.” That will not be the case, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
ON LEADERS WHO CANNOT SEE THE HUNGER
Next, another video — this one does not directly concern pastors or the church. The lead spokesperson for the President of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, was interviewed on Arise News recently, and he said some things that got many people scratching their heads. It has to do with the economic challenges in Nigeria.
When there are economic challenges, people are often deeply disappointed — if not offended — when those responsible for stewarding the economy do not show the empathy you would expect, or display a total lack of understanding of the realities on the ground. It is not only disappointing; it is offensive. And this morning, many people on social media are expressing their disappointment, sadness, if not anger, at what Mr. Onanuga said. In the clip he says: “One day I was travelling from Ibadan to Lagos, and Google Maps told me there was a route via Sagamu. What struck me was that I suddenly found myself on a paved, concrete road. I said, ‘Wow, when was this built?’ I hadn’t been to Ijebu for some time. So I said, ‘This is different.’ And I found that our people, my Ijebu people, they’ve stopped complaining. I said, ‘No wonder — they now have a brand new road, not just asphalt, a concrete road.’ Is that not beneficial? People are benefiting. Anytime I go to Lagos and ask Google Maps how soon I’ll get home, it says one hour, seven minutes; before, it was two hours, thirty minutes. The reason is the coastal road, which has shortened my travel time. What are people talking about, really? If you are a parent with four children in university who can access a federal loan that is interest-free, are they not benefiting? If you are a civil servant who can access a very cheap loan at single-digit interest, are you not benefiting? In the early days of this government, the president went to Lagos, I think coming from the central mosque, and somebody did a voiceover that we are hungry. Since then people have been saying we are hungry. I’m a Nigerian; I have people working for me privately. I don’t see the level of what people are talking about, because I see them and I keep asking them how they are adjusting.”
It is the closing portion that has got many people talking — where he says, “I don’t see the level of anger Nigerians are complaining about.” Now, you have to admit this man is the spokesperson for the president, and in the early part of the clip he enumerated the interventions of this administration. If those interventions truly work as intended, they should be lauded — one cannot be grudging about that. But the interviewer rightly pointed out that those are not the real issue. And then Mr. Onanuga claimed the viral video of the president’s convoy near the central mosque in Lagos was “just a voiceover.” That is not true; you can google that video and find many people who were actually shouting that they were hungry, because things were really bad then. Things are still challenging. If I am not hungry, thank God; if you are not hungry, thank God — you should be thankful. But none of us in Nigeria who earns a decent living and is not feeding on corruption would say that things are not challenging. And if things are challenging for those of us who are middle- and upper-class, can you imagine how challenging it must be for people on the lower rungs of the ladder?
The overall point is that there is a tendency for people who are not directly impacted by suffering to minimise it — and that is exactly what this gentleman did. You live in the State House, you work for the president; you are not going to see it. How can you possibly see it? And he said he would ask his own private staff how things are, and they would say, “Oh, sir, everything is well.” In street parlance in Nigeria, “All correct, sir” — the kind of response you get from people who are loyal to you, who would not dare contradict you, the way soldiers answer their superior officers: “All correct, sir,” because you dare not complain. So Mr. Onanuga measures the dissatisfaction of citizens by speaking to his own staff — the people he employs and pays. And these are the very people who advise the president. He gets his feel of the impact of the administration’s economic policies from his own staff, then turns and tells the president, “Mr. President, everything you are doing is fine, because my staff told me all is well.” And the president, if he is not clever enough to independently feel the pulse of the people, continues on his way, dismissing whatever is written to the contrary as the handiwork of his political detractors. That is a sad situation.
There was a king in the Old Testament when there was famine in Samaria. Samaria was besieged by Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, who mobilised his entire army and laid siege to it. There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver — and for context, a donkey’s head was regarded as useless in Samaria. Yet it became a treasure, because there was no food, and a quarter of a kab of seed pods sold for five shekels. We are told, in 2 Kings 6:26, that as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king.” You know the story — she cried out because she had made a pact with another woman to eat her own son. Things were so bad that people were eating their own children, because of hunger. We have been told that during the Nigerian Civil War, the people of the would-be Republic of Biafra had to resort to eating lizards, because of the federal blockade. They ate things they would not otherwise eat. That is what hunger does. May we not experience it, in Jesus’ name.
But the point I draw out is this: that king was passing by on the wall in such a way that an ordinary woman could cry out to him. I may not be the most ardent fan of this president, and I may not support him politically — but let us leave the policies and interventions Mr. Onanuga enumerated to political debate. The portion where he says, “The level of hunger you are complaining about, I don’t see it” — well, you are not going to see it unless you go and move among the people on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. To sit in your comfortable space and say, “Whatever people say, it must be the handiwork of our detractors,” is not wise. It is not only unwise; it is wicked.
This king, during the famine, was out and about on the streets — he must have been, because the woman, so poor and so hungry that she had agreed to such a horror, was able to reach him. And when the king eventually heard what the citizens of Samaria were resorting to, what did he do? He tore his robe, and the people found that beneath that kingly robe was sackcloth — meaning that the king, though he did not want it known, was actually mourning, in grief, suffering along with his people. This should be a lesson to all Christians who find themselves in positions of authority. I do not know for certain that Mr. Onanuga is a Christian — I suspect he is; the president is a Muslim. Nonetheless, those close to him should point this out to him. One of the sad things nowadays is that Christian leaders who find themselves in the vantage position of advising rulers simply join the chorus of yes-sayers, instead of being the voice of truth. I hope somebody will point this king’s example to the president and his advisors and say: when you hear that things are bad, things are bad. You do not sit in your comfortable space and say, “I don’t see it.” You will not see it unless you take the pains to walk among the people, like this king.
Recently on this programme we discussed how the higher you rise, the more the tendency is to be detached from the people; you don’t get to know things. Not long ago I occupied a position where someone sent me a text saying, “On Sunday I had this experience in this particular place, in the toilet.” And I said to her, “Thank you so very much.” People responsible for things are always delighted when others point out issues, because you cannot see everything; you may think your eyes are everywhere, but as a human being they obviously cannot be. So you must be thankful for those who bring up issues. But if nobody brings them up, you will wrongly suppose you are addressing everything. If Mr. Onanuga’s way is how many leaders in Nigeria get feedback from the citizens, then we are in for it. We should not be surprised that he says, “The level of hunger you complain about, I don’t see it.” In the same way, on electricity, they will say, “The instability you complain about, I don’t see it.”
And we have the ultimate example from our Lord Himself, who left His glory on high and condescended so much that He visited us, lived with us, and experienced everything we experience — so much so that the writer to the Hebrews could say we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with us; we have one who has been tested and tempted in every way as we are, which is why He is so full of grace and mercy. “Let us then draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.” Why? Because we do not have one who cannot sympathise with our weakness. He knows our needs; He remembers that we are dust; He Himself has been here.
May God bless our land with leaders and people in authority who are wise and compassionate enough to find out what is truly going on, who are not merely defensive, who do not just sit on their thrones and ask their aides, “Tell me, how are things?” and accept “Oh, very well” as the gospel truth. If the president is conducting the affairs of state that way, and if his advisors get their feedback the way Mr. Onanuga described, it is no surprise that things are the way they are. I hope that they, waking up to the anger and disappointment of so many people, will think again. And let this be a lesson to all of us on the Lord’s side — whether you are a father, a mother, or a leader in your business or place of work: find out what is really going on; do not just say, “At least somebody told me everything is fine,” and take it as gospel truth. That is not the way it works. The king of Israel from 2 Kings 6, and above all our Lord Jesus Christ, who came down to live as we live and feel what we feel, give us the perfect example of how Christians in leadership should conduct themselves.
ON STATE POLICE AND THE LIMITS OF POWER
Finally this morning, a clip from the Senate in Nigeria. You will hear the voice of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, speaking about state police forces.
As you probably know, if you have followed developments in Nigeria since about 1966, only the federal government has had the exclusive power to maintain a police force. Before independence and soon after, the regions constituting the Federal Republic of Nigeria had the power to establish their own police forces. For many reasons we will not go into today, a decision was made to jettison that approach and to vest the exclusive power to maintain a police force in the federal government alone. Recent events are proving that decision not to be the best for the nation — so much so that we now have a bill nearing completion for the establishment of state police forces. Even as the Senate passed it, the Senate President sounded a note of caution. In the clip he says: “Your constituents will be looking at you. Since 1960, Nigeria did not have the courage to decentralise policing, and this is the first time. We’ll do it in two phases: one, through alteration of the constitution; the other, we will embed in an act of parliament that will bring out the modalities to avoid abuses. Many of us would like to go back home after we are through here, without being afraid of state police. And I have always emphasised that even the current governors, when one day they leave office, should not be afraid of the state police that they created. Therefore there will be a lot of safeguards, and it is you who will make those observations.”
The point the Senate President was making is that we are transitioning to state police formations, and he sounded a note of caution: first, the alteration of the constitution to allow states to establish police forces; then a second act of parliament where the safeguards would be set out. What has stopped many administrations in the past from considering state police was the fear that state governments would abuse it. And when people answered that argument by saying, “That may be so, but the federal government abuses the power as well — what we need is safeguards entrenched in law,” that is the argument we now look forward to seeing shaped.
What the Senate President said, perhaps thinking partly from his own interest — which is fine — addresses one aspect of biblical wisdom. As Christians, we must approach this with wisdom and discernment, not fear. He wisely cautioned that even those in power today will one day step down, and they should not dread the forces they have created. I love what he said. To the senators: one day, as a matter of course, you will no longer be a senator; you will want to go back to your home state, so pay attention to the making of these laws, ensure that checks and balances are entrenched so that governors do not become super-powerful. And to the governors themselves: even if you think state police will further empower you, and you imagine you can abuse those powers, remember that one day you too will step down, and you should not then dread the police forces you helped to create. This is real wisdom.
You find here that senators, who are part of the federal government, are already concerned about how powerful their governors will become. Before now, senators considered themselves more powerful than state governors, because they could more easily influence the president and sometimes abuse the powers of the police. Now they will find that state governors become more powerful than they have ever been in Nigeria. That is one of the fallouts of this. So we look forward to those checks and balances codified into law, so that the country can have the benefit of state police formations without being beset by the abuses that may arise from them.
Let us pray for those who are going to craft these laws, that the Lord Himself will guide them to identify the possible abuses. We are limited; we may think we see, but we cannot see everything, cannot contemplate every possible form of abuse. But if we humble ourselves and ask for godly wisdom, He will direct us. I think the argument for state police formations is sound and solid, given where we are on insecurity in Nigeria, given how helpless governors have become in securing their states, and given how inept the police have proven to be under the federal government. Nigeria is such a large country; the security challenges differ from state to state, from community to community, so that it has become practically impossible for a single command centre in Abuja to address them all. So from where I stand, I fully support state police. What we need is to entrench in law the checks, balances and safeguards that will ensure the greatest fear — abuse by state governors — does not materialise, or, if it does, can be addressed and redressed. It should be our duty as Christians to pray that the Lord will guide our lawmakers aright, and our duty as citizens to participate actively — to read the drafts, to make representations, to write articles — even as we pray. And if there is any state governor thinking, “Once we have this police force, I’ll do this and that,” let him be reminded by the wisdom the Senate President voiced: remember that one day you will be out of office, and you will not want to dread the police force you created.
And finally, for those of us on the Lord’s side, what does the Bible say about nations being at peace? We go back to Psalm 127: “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain; unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” Unless the Lord watches over Nigeria, no alteration in the manner of policing will lead to safety or security. Those who say this is not a matter for prayer miss the whole point. We are not saying merely pray and do nothing; we are saying it is the Lord Himself who keeps us safe and secure. My prayer, as always, is that there will be revival in this land — even as we amend the laws and the constitution, think through checks and balances and safeguards, codify them into law, pray for our lawmakers and participate actively, let all of us on the Lord’s side be reminded that the watchman, the policeman, the soldier, the president, the vigilantes, all your security men, stay awake in vain unless the Lord keeps the land.
May the Lord keep our land. May the Lord bless the nations of the world, and all His people in every part of the world. And all those who are in captivity now, against their will — held unjustly and unlawfully by kidnappers, by bandits, by terrorists, by wicked policemen and soldiers, by wicked men and women in every nook and cranny of the land — may the Lord arise and deliver them. There are many crying out day and night from the place of their captivity, saying, “Lord, have mercy upon me.” May the Lord hear their prayer and set them free, in the name of Jesus. May the Lord heal our land, and keep our hearts and minds on Him, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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