Pastor Sunday Adelaja: THE FOUNDATION FOR AN ACTIVE CIVIC STAND
(thesis of the anointing service for August)

Genesis 3:16-18: To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ’You must not eat of it,’ "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

In this verse we can see consequences of the Fall of the man. When the Lord cursed the serpent for tempting the man, He also wanted to curse Adam for his part in the Fall. However, God refrained from cursing the man because from him comes the genealogy of mankind. If God had cursed the man, all subsequent generations would have been cursed. That is why God cursed the Earth instead of the people, so that the man would pay the price for his mistakes by hard labor on earth.

As the result of that curse the earth started producing thorns and thistles which symbolize everything that brings suffering and all the things that make life unbearable. Before that there were no thorns and thistles to be found on the earth at all. And now in every country, in every corner of the earth, in every place a man set foot, thorns and thistles can be found. They can be corruption, mafia, poverty, drugs and legalization of abortion, aggression, escalated of criminal activity and other lawlessness. In other words, thorns and thistles are everything that makes life unbearable. Such are the consequences of the Fall.

However, we often think that Jesus came just to redeem the mankind. Because of this understanding the Gospel of salvation was spread focusing us solely on the redemption and salvation of men. The Gospel which Jesus has brought is more comprehensive indeed. And this Gospel is the Gospel of Kingdom. Its essence is in the fact that Jesus came not only to redeem the man, but also to redeem the earth. For the earth was cursed because of the man’s sin.

That is why Romans 8:18-21 says: The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed, for the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope1that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

The fact is that we need to take the next step after we spread the Gospel – we need to go and take responsibility for the redemption of the earth. What symbolizes the earth? It means all the areas of one’s life and that means changing all formed foundations in mass media, politics, business, education, culture, sports, in spiritual and other areas of life; it is also promotion of moral values and etc.

All areas of a man’s life and activity must correspond with the standards of God’ Kingdom. This is the only way for the Earth to be redeemed from the thorns and thistles that bring pain, grief and death in all areas of life. That is why redemption does not belong to the man only, but also to the earth. God’s values and God’s life must come into every life’s aspect not only for people, but also of our entire planet we live. That is why it is not enough to seek the salvation of one particular city or even a nation. It is more important to solve the problems of Earth and society. This is the only way for redemption to come onto the Earth and into the nations. Otherwise any country will continue to suffer like those countries where there are no saved people. There are many countries where 90-100% of people are Christians, but the life of society has not improved. Why? Because the believers must come out of the four walls of their church and start doing something with an active civic position, which lets them take responsibility for all aspects of life, for solving the problems in society and bringing the deliverance and glory of God’s children into these areas of life. This is not only redemption, but also implementing values and principles of God’s Kingdom into all life’s aspects.

Thus, the Bible tells us that redemption is intended not only for all mankind, but also for the entire earth. We see the confirmation of this in the Gospel of Mathew 27:29:… and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt in front of Him and mocked Him.”Hail, king of the Jews!” In this verse we see that the Lord put a crown of thorns on Jesus’ head. By this fact God shows us that Jesus took on Himself not only the curse of the man, but also the curse of the Earth, to pay the price for redemption of the Earth just as God paid the price for all men shedding the Blood of Jesus Christ.

In the Gospel of Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus pays attention to the fact that His disciples must take responsibility not only for nations, but also for the Earth, all aspects of life and people’s way of life and their moral values: Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." In this verse Jesus says that our mission is to change values of the entire nation, their way of thinking and their foundations. Just as Jesus brought values of God’s Kingdom onto the earth, we should bring these values into all areas of life. Precisely what Jesus meant when He said to His disciples: “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

We come to church to learn the principles of God’s Kingdom, to grow stronger in these principles so that they would become our way of life. And after that it is very important to go and restore God’s Kingdom on the earth and establish these principles in all areas of life. That is why we have been saved – to become saviors of people and the earth. We have been redeemed to bring the redemption. And the entire Earth and its creations have been suffering and moaning until we take responsibility and go and start bringing the Word of deliverance into all areas of life. I pray that God would open our eyes and help us to show His image and likeness on the earth, so that we could bring redemption and deliverance of our earth.


For more detailed learning this topic we recommend you to read the following books: “Churchshift”, “Spearheading a national transformation”, “The whole world is waiting for you” – the author Pastor Sunday Adelaja.


May the Lord bless you and your family!

Pastor Sunday Adelaja: THE FAMILY MONTH (Anointing service in July)

It is not a secret that the institution of family is the most ancient and important one among all other social institutions that exist on Earth.

The LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. (Genesis 2:18) This Scripture tells us that the Author of the institution of family is God. Therefore, when it comes to family issues, there is no source more trustworthy than the Word of God and His instructions.

Genesis 2:23-24: The man said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ’woman, for she was taken out of man. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Proverbs 18:22: He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. When people – men and women – find each other, they bring good into each other’s lives.

Unfortunately, in these last days the institution of family is undergoing serious attacks, such as:

1. Civil union
By using this term people, who do not wish to take responsibility for building a family, simply cohabit. While not registering there status as married people, they show their light-minded attitude to family; this attitude shows lack of dedication, loyalty, and sacrifice to each other.

2. Homosexuality forms a distorted understanding of the role of men and women in family.

3. Sexual relationships and pregnancy at early age (15-16 years old). This problem has become the plague of the modern society.
However, in spite of these problems, there is an instrument, which God wants to use to restore the institute of family. This instrument is Church.

What values of the institute of family should the Body of Christ bring in their families and the world to fulfill God’s desire?

1. Mutual love. You will need it both to create and maintain a family.

2. Loyalty. Without loyalty from both of the spouses no family can endure.

3. Mutual sacrifice. Sacrifice is the guarantee of a long and happy family life.

4. Mutual forgiveness. Family can endure any test if man and wife can forgive each other.

5. Humbleness, mutual submission. In other words, spouses must be able to step back, humble themselves, and accept the side of the other ad their own.

6. Patience. With this value any family will stand firm and go through any trials.

7. Mutual trust. Trust between spouses will make a family strong and enduring to all kinds of circumstances.

8. Unity

9. Reverence, mutual respect

10. Dedication, common work

11. Communication

12. Faith. This value implies faith in each other and faith in God, and submission to God’s principles.

If you observe all the abovementioned values, it will make your family strong and durable.

Philippians 2:3-5: Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. This Scripture shows that only through the work of both spouses a family has a full-fledged and prosperous life.

You can ask me: if God is the Author of the institute of life, them why do we see so many broken families these days? What can become a reason to a broken family?

1. Lack of knowledge in men and women. Many get married not having prepared fully for marriage. The epistle to Ephesians 5:22-25 tells us about two main principles, on which family is built.

First principle is that man needs to be honored and respected. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. (Verses 22-24)

The second principle in family relationship is that a woman needs love and attention. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Verse 25).

2. Adultery and infidelity is another reason of distraction of marriage. Without mutual dedication and trust your family is doomed.

3. Many people create their families, while having abnormal demands and expectations from their future spouse. But the truth is that you should never focus on the things you can receive from your spouse, but on what you can give. For example, their belief is such that only the husband should reach for success, and the calling of wife is to support her husband’s hands. The truth is that every one is born to fulfill their own calling, and it is a part of spouses’ personal mission to support each other’s hands. You must not get married unless you have established your own identity and have a clear vision of your personal calling!

4. Absence of quality communication can also destroy your family.

5. Failure in family life happens when spouses do not wish to work on themselves (not on each other, but on themselves). You just need to want to change! If you are ready to change and understand that a happy family life is not possible without changes (sacrifices) from the sides of both spouses, then your relationship will endure everything!

6. Unforgiveness between spouses. Without forgiveness any family relationship will be torn apart. never wait for the guilty one to ask for forgiveness, - be first to forgive.

7. Family is doomed if you get used to each other so much that you show this kind of buddy-buddy manners (loss of respect and interest in one other; boredom, apathy). Therefore you need to renew your relationship all the time; find new things in your spouse and value the person given to you by God.

8. Unwillingness to work on yourself and your marriage. If you remain at the same level as you were at the point of wedding, your family relationship will soon “die”. Family is a living organism, which is supposed to grow and develop naturally. If spouses do not grow, their relationships are doomed, for when we do not develop, we do not even stay on the same level, but move backwards.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters let us work on ourselves and apply these principles and observe the true values in your family as well as help each other to create strong and happy families. Today the institution of marriage desperately needs reformation! The revival of the initial model of family created by God depends only those, who not only know, but practice these principles in their families!

In order to study this topic more thoroughly, I recommend reading the following books: “Successful Marriage Takes Work”, “Men’s happiness. Women’s happiness” – by pastor Sunday Adelaja.

May the Lord bless you and your family!

A Vacation with Meaning Or How To Rest Constructively

Summer is the time of long-awaited vacations. But how do we usually spend our vacation time, and holidays and weekends in general? More often than not we spend our day-off with family, and we get together with relatives and friends at the holiday dinner table to discuss current issues or just to have a chat. We also like to relax in front of a TV or kick back with a romance novel, mystery or a favorite science fiction.

All these activities are a waste of time, and as believers we can not afford it! If you count the number of days-off we have if we work from Monday to Friday, we will get 2 days x 52 weeks = 104 days-off per year! And that is not including the summer vacation, which is usually from 10 to 21 days (and sometimes even more than 30 days!), then add to that the civil holidays (we have many of them in the former USSR countries), which are also days off.

This way, if you do not plan your days-off and vacation time (i.e. spend them idly), it means that at least 4 months a year (1/3 of the year!) – one third of your life is wasted.

God gave us only one life to fulfill our calling, therefore, every moment of it should be directed at carrying out your destiny on earth. Every year – month, week, day, and hour – should draw us closer to the set goal. If our pastime does not draw us closer to the goal, then we are simply wasting our time, and burning away our only life!!!

Rest is one of the ways to satisfy oneself on the spiritual, mental, and physical levels. The prerequisite to satisfaction is a constructive and quality rest.

When on vacation, you are in charge of your own time. Therefore, this time is a special opportunity to do things you cannot do during working weeks because of regular work.

One can point out four quality levels of rest:

1. The lowest level of rest is the physical level. That is when we rest, or to be more exact, when don’t do anything. The purpose of such rest is often just to lie down, get a tan, have fun around, and indulge in idle chatter.

2. Rest on the mental level is a bit higher than the previous one. This one is all about allocating time for yourself: visit a museum, go sight-seeing, have a cultural and artistic experience, etc.

3. A Specialized, purposeful level of rest is inherent to people, who are moved by concrete goals, businessmen, for instance. Such people do not have any time to visit cultural and entertainment places, or at the very least they try to combine it with something constructive.

4. Level four is constructive rest. It is inherent to people, who set concrete goals and plans for the time of rest. For instance, to write a book during the vacation month, or complete an in depth study of a topic, read a planned amount of books, or listen to some sermons with relevant topics. In such a way, even being at the sea side (while reading useful books and listening to the sermons), these people will not only get closer to their goal, but also protect themselves from unnecessary temptations, as it is hard to entice away someone, who is busy.
Constructive rest is the level of highly organized and effective people, who know the price of life and value of time. Such people never allow anything or anyone to steal their time. They are not dependent on the stereotypes of the society. On the contrary, they dictate their principles to the society. This is the way Christians should be. Idleness must be overcome!

Now let us look at different kinds of rest.

1. When you rest by yourself
This is the most productive time for a purposeful rest. No one distracts you, and you can write books, read, study something. I, for example, take certain books to read, sermons, or write my own books. If your rest is not planned in advance, then you are most likely to get into different traps: like unnecessary connections, acquaintances, etc.

2. Rest with your family or friends
It is possible to rest with your family or friends, but at the same time to carry out plans you prepared in advance. Rest should always be scheduled: for example, 2-3 hours of communication with family is then changed to work on your goals. At the time of vacation communication with your close ones should be constructive, it should edify. That is real rest, because you can be really satisfied only when you are useful and helpful to others.

3. Communication with people you do not know
When you get into a circle of people you are not acquainted with, it is better to start your conversation with questions about common human values, about family, work, and place of living. It is important to give people the opportunity to have their say and find a point of contact, and then you can move on to more serious topics. The main value for each believer must be God. Therefore we should strive to lead every conversation to the main value – to God. We must seek and use all possible options to bring people to Christ.

4. Holidays and common entertainments
When you are invited to different entertainment events, for example, celebrations, birthdays, weddings, corporate events, etc., there also should be a certain task set and a conversation topic chosen. You should always pursue the set goal in every communication; change the subject of conversations to the topics of life goals, family values, calling, spiritual topics, and talk about needs of people. You also should remember that there are two kinds of effective communication with people: Either I am giving- being a blessing to someone, or I am receiving- I am learning new things. Based on this you should build your communication.

If you see that you can’t manage to give the right direction to a conversation, be brave enough not to visit such entertainments any more. Learn to say ‘no’. Value your time and life as a whole! If you can, converse only in case it brings you result.

What kind of rest can we call effective?

Japanese people have this tradition: every trip they take, every vacation should conclude in a deal. Constructive vacation should always conclude with a certain result. You should always return with fruit from a vacation; that can be the changed destinies of the people you preached to, personal changes thanks to the books you have read and sermons you have listened to, or even a written book, a developed program, a prepared plan for the future, etc. In order to carry this out you will need to plan out your vacation day by day. For instance, this summer, during your vacation, you can write the leadership school test.

Apart from that, vacation is an opportunity to meet God in different, unusual circumstances. (You must never take a rest from prayer or reading the Bible.) Vacation is an opportunity to grow spiritually faster than in your everyday life, because you are not in a hurry, you do not think about the things that need to be done urgently, you do not need to rush anywhere or make phone calls.

So let us summarize.

People of purpose and destiny will return from a vacation with fruits of time constructively spent.

1. Strengthened physically: because of doing sports and restoring their general health.
2. Strengthened mentally: because they were occupied with self-education and self-development, studied certain topics concerning personal growth.
3. Strengthened spiritually: because they read Christian books, listened to biblical, leadership schools, fasted at least once a week, went into prayer retreats and prayed more than usual.
4. They were blessed by the fellowship with the people close to them, discussing certain topics, drawing conclusions, and learning things.
5. They shared the Gospel through communication with new people.
6. They reached certain goals and drew closer to their calling: studied the necessary topics, reconsidered and analyzed their life goals.

Psalm 90:12: So teach us to number our days, so that we may bring a heart of wisdom.

THE MONTH OF WORK AND CREATIVITY (Anointing service, June, 2010)

Today we are going to talk about the influence of work and creativity on our lives.

Reading the book of Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 27, we can see that God created humans in His image. As the Lord Himself is a Creator, it means that humans are created to build and create.

Have you ever thought about the fact that God never does anything under compulsion, but always takes pleasure in His work? You can see it clearly in the book of Genesis, Chapter 1. When God was finishing creating the heaven, the earth, His work on the plants, animals, and humans, He looked at the works of His hands and He liked what He saw. In other words the Lord took pleasure in His work.

Labor is an important constituent of our lives. It is a guarantee of development, progress, and survival. If one does not work, then sooner or later they will come to degradation and even self-destruction.

God is clear in His Word: "Whoever does not work, shall not eat". Therefore whoever you are, a child or an adult, it is necessary to work. And even if you are a rich man, it does not mean that you have the right to waste your life at various parties, hangouts, and go to resorts, for all of that is dissipation.

When we talk about work we do not mean that only 8-hour working day should be the sense of your life. When the Bible mentions work, it is not only about the process of earning money. It encompasses any effort to bring about a benefit, including any creative activity, studying, self-perfection, fulfilling your calling, ministry in the family, in church, and charity and social activity. All this is work.

In John 5:17 it is written: "But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work". Jesus Himself emphasizes that in order to live a full-fledged life it is important to work all the time.

Solomon, one of the wisest men on earth said: "Behold that which I have seen. It is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion", Ecclesiastes 5:17.

Let us look at 3 main levels of work.

Level 1 is physical labor. Construction, cleaning, cooking, equipment maintenance, agricultural works, tending the animals, etc. In general everything that has to do with a trade is physical labor.

Creative or mental labor is level 2. "The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge", Proverbs 18:15. Scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, arts, writers – all people of art and intellectual work, and everyone who has a hobby or is engaged in self-education and self-perfection, carries out creative or mental work.

However, the highest level of work is spiritual work. Spiritual labor is characterized in John 5:19, where Jesus says: "The Son can do nothing of Himself but what He sees the Father do…" Spiritual labor includes prayer, fast, meditation over the Word of God, strengthening in faith, fulfilling commandments – all of this allows us to see what God sees and then implement it in order to fulfill our calling.

In order to fulfill God’s will, it is important to know how to work on all the three levels. And if God works until now, i.e. constantly (John 5:17), then we have no excuses not to work.

"Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer", Proverbs 18:9. We should not work for the sake of work, but we should love to work. Only through work can we use the opportunities given to us and realize our potential.

Here are the reasons, for which God established labor:

1. Paid labor gives the opportunity to have primary necessities. Food, place to live, clothes – all these need to be paid for, therefore we need to work.

2. Labor supports active physical and mental activities. Without activities muscles atrophy, and the level of intellect drops abruptly and you degrade.

3. Works keeps you from many troubles and problems. Whenever you can’t find what to do, you get into troubles. People say about such people: he was in the wrong place. Without work people waste their time, fall into depression, or lead a dissipated life, or get under the influence of problem companions. Idleness is one of the main reasons of forming bad habits.

4. Work allows you to reveal your potential: your gifts, abilities, and opportunities. Working we get to know ourselves better, our hidden abilities put into us by God.

5. Work is one of God’s ways to bless us. Only in work we find pleasure and satisfaction, and happiness, which only working people can feel.

6. Work allows you to realize your dreams, ideas, and achieve your goals. Everyone has many ideas, , purposes, and pursuits; and only through labor can we achieve all that.

7. Work allows you to create together with God. When we work we become co-creators with God, we implement God’s ideas. We see that God wants to act through us on earth, and therefore we become the instrument to fulfill His will.

8. Work allows you to be a blessing together with God. Thanks to the finances you earn; you can support your family, relatives, and bless people.

9. Work allows you to acquire new skills and reveal new abilities. For instance, 10 years ago there were few who could work on a PC, but thanks to the applied efforts; it has become possible. Now many people have mastered computer skills.

So, work reveals more and more sides of life to us and favors self-cognition. And also work has a point only when it is done from the whole heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:10: "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go". One of the common problems we have is that we are used to working on the superficial level. Ecclesiastes says that there is no point in such work. Therefore it is vital to learn to focus on your work and carry it out diligently, as only this kind of work brings result.

Proverbs 12:11: "He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vanities lacks heart". Thanks to work; we can have bread, provision, prosperity, and blessings. In order to have an effective life, you will need to work and love to work. You need to learn to take pleasure in work and turn labor into a habit.

Work must become our lifestyle; for that we need to develop the habit to work everywhere and always, wherever we are: at work, at home, or in vacation. There is this saying: a good work it is when you leave home gladly in the morning and go to work, and in the evening gladly return home. Of course, there are many home duties, which you need to do within a weekend, which is why it is important to combine both rest and work at the same time. Moreover, I believe that you need to live in such a way that you would look forward to the end of a day-off or vacation to continue to work.

Idleness is one of the main dangers, which we need to beware of. We must avoid idle pastime, empty talks, gossips, etc. It is necessary to remember that there are two fruitful kinds of communication: either I give something to others, in other words, I am a blessing; or I receive something, I learn things. That is why it is important to learn to benefit from everything! Think! What do you receive from communication or what do you give to others, and what seed do you sow during that time?

Especially now, at summer time, I urge you to be careful. Vanity always comes when there is idleness of mind. Many people go for a vacation and do not return to church, because they relax and lose self-control, and their life priorities get mixed up and their values change.

Therefore, it is so important to turn rest into creative process, which is one of the kinds of work. Use the time of rest to build yourself and do something valuable. If we are driven by eternal values, we will think of how we can rest so that God would be pleased with us.

You have a chance to have rest in interesting, and not idle way. The apostolic council of the Embassy of God made a decision to help our church members to rest creatively. From now on every summer all the Embassy of God members from the whole world can participate in the festival "South Wind", the purpose of which is to help believers and their families to have a fruitful rest and grow spiritually at the same time. South Wind Festival will be held from the 21st to the 30th of June in Crimea in a picturesque place – Kanakska Gully. Hurry and register by the phone numbers (+38)067-654-23-87; (+38)095-834-01-01.

I pray that this sermon would help you become even more like our Heavenly Father, Who always works: yesterday, today and forever!

In order to study this topic more profoundly please read the following books by Sunday Adelaja: "Life is time".

May the Lord bless you and your families!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT HUSBAND!
By Bose Adelaja

As Pastor Sunday turns 43, I count it a great joy to be able to congratulate him, celebrate with him and share my thoughts with all who are connected with us, both physically and spiritually.

Pastor Sunday indeed is a great man and as he celebrates his birthday, I wish him a closer walk with Jesus. It can’t be overemphasized that he is a man of God, and the grace of God flows through him to those who accept him as a gift of God.

We’ve been through many seasons in different forms of relationships and Pastor Sunday has always been a great model to me and others over the years. Pastor Sunday, as we pass through the valley of the shadow of death together with our great family of the Embassy of the blessed Kingdom of God, my wish is that we focus on the Author and Finisher of our faith, that we will always remember that faithful is He who has called (and joined) us. I wish that we would focus more on the power of God to deliver us from the enemies of God and other natural obstacles than on the shadow of death.

It’s no secret that God has disallowed some people to continue in this missionary vision and journey with us. God has sent some back home, like he did with Gideon’s army. However, I bless the Lord and thank Him for counting me worthy to be with you, to be on your team, to be a partaker of your dreams and goals, especially at this time. My prayer is that the living Lord God of heaven and earth, the Lord of all flesh, before whom, sooner or later, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess His Lordship, will continue to bind us together with a cord that cannot be broken. May He make our relationship like that of Naomi and Ruth, David and Jonathan, David and his mighty men, Jesus and Lazarus and Elijah and Elisha. May He keep us together until our job is done and moves us to glory.

Pastor Sunday, at this time, when it’s so easy to doubt, to condemn, to criticize, to be distracted, to forget all the good things, and seize a “good” opportunity, I choose to be faithful and loyal to God, to you, and to the church. I choose love over hatred, I choose faith over disbelief, and I choose the future over the past.

I am proud to say I love you, Pastor Sunday. I’m not ashamed of the gospel of Christ and the same way, I’m not ashamed of you, of being your wife, and of being connected to the Embassy of God. The Gospel of God is the power of God unto Salvation, and you are God’s channel of great transformation and reformation in our generation.

May God visit you in a special way these days; may His work in your hand prosper; may He bless you with many strong and worthy spiritual children, so that you would not be ashamed when you face the enemy; and may He silence the accuser of the brethren.

Living with you and knowing you have been some of the best moments of my life. I honor you and thank you for always understanding me, for having a deep love, regard and respect for me. You are indeed a great husband.

Our children- Perez, Zoe & Pearl- love and congratulate you as well.

All the best and Many Happy Returns to a great husband!

Letter from the President Dear Friend, Greetings from Kyiv! We just concluded our 16th anniversary - which the Embassy of God just celebrated. It was historic occasion and celebration. The highlights of the anniversary were the foundation-laying ceremony of the new church building and a letter from the new president of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovich. Just a year ago, some news media were busy spreading false allegations and accusations against Pastor Sunday and the Embassy of God. However, a year later the same Ukrainian government is now appreciating Pastor Sunday for his contribution to democracy in the country. Here is the letter from the president of Ukraine: LETTER OF GRATITUDE Sunday Adelaja I would like to thank you sincerely for your active participation in the presidential campaign 2010! Your selfless labor, high sense of duty, and civic stand shown in such difficult circumstances of political opposition have become the main guaranty of our common victory! I appreciate your support and assistance extremely high and hope for further collaboration in establishing Ukraine as a strong and prospering country – Ukraine for people. I wish you health, prosperity, personal happiness, and new achievements for the welfare of the Ukrainian state. President of Ukraine, V.F. Yanukovich It is interesting to note that the previous government that was persecuting Pastor Sunday and the church is now dismissed, including the former Prime Minister and the former Minister of Internal Affairs. Moreover, an allegation has now been raised against the two of them by the new government. They both have to appear before the general persecutors office regularly to answer questions just as they have done with Pastor Sunday. A MAN REAPS WHAT HE SOWS. At this years anniversary we were also privileged to be congratulated by the office of the prime minister of the country: DEAR CONGREGATION OF THE EMBASSY OF GOD CHURCH AND SENIOR PASTOR SUNDAY ADELAJA! Please accept the warmest greetings on the holy Easter of Christ and also on the 16th anniversary of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations Church. I wish you welfare and prosperity, health and happiness. First Vice-Premier Minister Of Ukraine, Andrei Kluyev We want to use this opportunity to appreciate and thank all our friends and well-wishers. Thank you so much for your faithfulness in praying and interceding for Pastor Sunday and the Embassy of God church. May the Lord greatly bless you in all your endeavors. Expect more good news from Ukraine soonest! The Administration of The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom for All Nations Kyiv, Ukraine