Times Of Swaziland: ‘Are your prayers for sale Apostle Jeremiah?’

‘Are your prayers for sale Apostle Jeremiah?’
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BY KWANELE DHLADHLA on 13/08/2013 04:22:00


MBABANE – The League of Churches has questioned Apostle Jeremiah Dlamini if
his prayers are for sale.
This follows a story ran by this publication where Apostle Dla-mini said there
was an ‘ungrateful’ Cabinet minister whom he prophesied and prayed for that
he would win the 2008 general elections. He said after winning the elections he
was appointed a Cabinet minister.
President of the League of Churches Bishop Samson Hlatjwako attacked Apostle
Dlamini in an interview yesterday, asking him to declare the source of his
powers.
“He should explain clearly if the powers to pray and heal emanate from God or
he ‘bought’ them somewhere,” Hlatjwako said.
Power
He said if the apostle was using God’s power, the people he prayed for should
only be grateful to God, not him.
“The people can show their appreciation to God for their breakthroughs by
giving out to the needy out there,” he said.
He continued: “If the apostle ‘bought’ the gift to pray and heal people,
then he has every reason to say the people he prays for should be grateful to
him.”
In an interview with the apostle, he said he respects the executive of the
League of Churches since they were leaders.
“If they are not clear on how I operate, I propose a meeting with them so that
I can explain to them why I am doing that,” Apostole Jeremiah said.
The apostle said it was imperative for people to acknowledge the fact that there
were many denominations, meaning that people had different beliefs.
As such, Apostle Dlamini said different ways of operation were bound to happen,
and that it was not ideal to blame someone from another denomination who had
different codes of practice compared to the other.
Healing
He said 2nd Kings Chapter five spelt it out that Naaman fell sick and he was
healed by Prophet Elisha.
“After healing, Naaman returned to thank Prophet Elisha because that was where
he received the healing, not out there. However, Prophet Elisha did not take the
gifts that Naaman had brought him; he told him to go,” he said.
The Apostle said he was itching for a meeting with Bishop Hlatjwako, saying he
would not address someone of Hlatjwako’s calibre in the media.
Nominees turning to pastors for prayers
MBABANE – The quest for political posts has resulted in nominees turning to
pastors seeking prayers to win in the ongoing national elections.
In a random interview with some of the renowned pastors in the country, they
confirmed that they were inundated with prayer requests by people who have
either been nominated for the positions of; Constituency Councillor (Bucopho),
Consi-tunecy Headman (Indvuna YeNkhundla) and Member of Parliament (MP).
One of the pastors said he was receiving informal requests from people who just
ask to be prayed for so that they could make it in the various positions they
have been nominated for.
Some of the pastors noted that some aspiring politicians had a tendency of
getting closer to God around the elections year, yet they were supposed to do
that from the outset so that the electorate could vote for God-fearing and
‘upright’ candidates.
... Jeremiah turns up late, ‘performs miracles’
MBABANE – Apostle Jeremiah Dlamini has dismissed reports that he did not turn
up in his church on Sunday to pray for people who had come to see him.
Instead, Apostle Dlamini of the Christian Faith Fellowship said he was delayed
by certain things since he spends most of his time outside the country.
“I arrived later because of the delay. God’s miracles were performed when I
got there.
Prayed
“I found Christians waiting for me and I prayed for them,” he said.
Apostle Dlamini said he was happy with the wondrous things that happened through
the power of God on Sunday.
He said the report that was carried by one of the publications that he failed to
arrive was not true.