Rev. John Hayab, the Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna chapter, has urged Christians and all Kaduna citizens to use the 2021 yuletide to pray for God’s intervention over the security challenges facing the nation.
The CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, made the call in a Christmas massage on Friday in Kaduna.
Hayab said “the season is here again when we are called to lead a life serving the world as salt to give her taste and light to give her sight.
“Today’s celebration is the birth of a fully evolved man in whom the glory of God and the value for humanity is priorities above everything else.
“In the light of this season of celebration, I bring you greetings in the name of our Lord and redeemer Jesus Christ, whose birth and life we celebrate at Christmas.”
According to him, Christmas is for everyone, it is a time for the old to learn from the young just like Jesus and the elders in the temple.
He added that “it is a time for the weak to carry the strong just as christ bore the burden of all of us; a time for the rich to be fed by the poor just like how Christ fed multitude out of little.
“Christmas is an extraordinary feast wherein lay lessons for every single soul under the Sun. It is a season of selfless love.
“We thank God for the gift of life and provision. We thank God that we are alive again to witness another Christmas; he granted us this grace out of nothing at a time when many have perished by accidents of all kinds, illnesses especially the pandemic, disasters, and the evil of terrorism that have enveloped our society.”
Hayab said “what our state and nation needs today is a leadership that will learn from Jesus Christ who today remains ever high and celebrated worldwide not because he accumulated wealth but because he gave his all in service to humanity.
“My dear people we cannot have such a great king, Lord and Saviour and still wallow in this challenges, no, at his time, evil shall bow, when he says it is over, it will be over, when he declares victory, no matter the forces and powers that have gathered, his will shall prevail.
“So, as we celebrate, let us celebrate as a people of hope, a people with faith, a people with a saviour.”
He added that one of great command that Christ gave was “watch and pray”.
“So, if Christ said `watch and pray’, he meant watch and pray, get it right brethren, he did not just said pray, he said watch and then pray.”
The CAN chairman also said that COVID-19 was still very much around and stressed the need for all to observe the protocols of wearing face mask when in public, frequent washing of hands with soap and water and observing social distance.
“I invoke God’s blessings upon us all in this season; we shall have no reason to cry over any loss or lost in this season; the love of God has been poured on us, he shall shield us,” he prayed.
He added that “He who neither sleeps no slumber will keep watch over us, may the peace of love dwell in our hearts this season.”
