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Rev Funke Felix Adejumo urges women to aspire in 2018

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Rev Funke Felix Adejumo urges women to aspire in 2018 at Women on the Winning edge

Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Lagos Island was packed yesterday, January 13, with over 12,000 people in attendance as Rev Funke Felix Adejumo played host to another edition of her annual event, Women on the winning edge 2018.

The event which is annually convened by Rev Funke Felix Adejumo, wife of the founder of Agape Christian Ministries Incorporated saw a gathering of over 12,000 people present with several dignitaries from Nigerian political space and likewise Christian leaders from all across the country and beyond.

Just as the event is known for its multifaceted order of program, it initially started with the registration for aged women and the less privileged who will be given some provision and relief materials put together by the covener and her sponsors.

After welcoming dignitaries present at the event, Rev Funke Adejumo likewise appreciated the presence of her husband afterwhich she introduced the topic ‘Aspire’ the title of her newest book which she spoke on.

Making a case study from the story of the biblical Leah, Adejumo started by saying to aspire means literally to rise high, arrive at and to target.

Speaking to attendees and especially to the large crowd of women, the convener said as the new year begins, everyone needs to aspire for something great, leaving their former position, the comfort zone to do something more bigger than what they have done in recent time.

She said that if “you are not tired of where you are, then where you are is tired of you”.

“God expect you to aspire. Gender is nothing”

“We are not competing with men but God has created us fearfully and want us to take our place.

Quoting from Genesis 29, while feasting on the case study of Leah, she said every name has a meaning and the meaning of Leah means teary.

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Historian according to her said Leah cried so much because in those days cousins could marry each other and Leah wouldn’t want to marry her cousin Esau.

While maintaining her focus on the case study Adejumo pointed at two major features people need to observe in Leah’s person.

 

 

Talking about Leah’s personality She said.

“The story of Leah is the story of many women who have little secret in them but won’t let it out.

“Your person determine everything. The way you perceive yourself is the way anyone will take you.

Citing how Leah met the needs of Jacob her husband, by giving him lots of children while Rachael had the least, she said.

“We were created to meet needs. If you are going to aspire, it begins from you.

Digressing a bit into her personal life, the founder of Funke Felix Adejumo foundation told of how she was able to work on her personality despite the fact that she was raised from a poor home.

“I thanked God because I hawked but it prepared me for hawking the gospel”

Taking a cue from her personal experience, she then charged congregants.

“Don’t let the society define you. Don’t blame your background for any reason.

“That you are from certain background shouldn’t put your back on the ground”.

She noted that she couldn’t believe she is this bold, after she had lived a very private life up to the extent that she never believe she could have a boyfriend.

Adejumo spoke about the second feature to look at in Leah’s life, she considered her marriage and said Leah was seeking happiness from Jacob her husband when she could actually have sought after God.

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She noted that she (Leah) didn’t initially enjoy her marriage because she was forced into it.

Rev Funke Felix Adejumo urges women to aspire in 2018 at Women on the Winning edge

Rev Funke Felix Adejumo

But then, she stayed on God’s side, investing in her relationship with God.

“Let God be your shield and for you a hiding place”.

However, speaking on one the remarkable effect Leah made which benefited her afterwards, Adejumo noted that she Maximized her opportunity.

She produced lots of children having seven out the ten children of Jacob.

With this point been established, Rev Adejumo called on Women to hold onto the opportunity around them.

“She capitalized on her opportunity. If she didn’t have any thing at all, she had lots of children.

Charging the gathering, Adejumo urged every women to do something new with their life citing a scriptural reference in Eccl 9:10.

She finally brought the teaching to an end as she unveiled her next project, which she said is to have a ‘Lunch with wives of traditional rulers in the country. She said the event will hold come May 26 in Ibadan.

The event which was climaxed with a guest performance from Big Bolaji and Bolaji Sax, also had in attendance, Bishop Felix Adejumo (Husband of the Convener) Rev Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Center, The first lady of Kwara state, Her Excellency, Evang Ahmed Omolewa, Pastor Nike Adeyemi, Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo (Fonuder of KICC Worldwide), the first lady of Lagos state Mrs Ambode who was represented, former first lady of Lagos state, Dame Abimbola Fashola and others.

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