I’m who I am because of your confidence in me – Amb Eniola Ajayi to Okotie

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dr Eniola Ajayi, has paid tribute to the pastor of Household of God Church, Rev Chris Okotie, on the 35 years anniversary of the church.

Dr Ajayi said she could not but thank God that Pastor Okotie answered the call of God to found the ministry, which had its first service on February 1, 1987, in the sitting room, home of the grandiloquent preacher and teacher of the Bible, at Obasa Close, Ikeja, Lagos State.

In a moving testimony she published on her Facebook page, on Sunday, titled, “Dear Pastor Chris Okotie, Happy 35th Anniversary of Household of God: Thank you”, Ajayi, Nigerian former Ambassador to Hungary with concurrent accreditation to Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, credited Okotie with teaching her the truth of God’s word.

“I tell anyone who cares to listen that you are instrumental to the solid foundation I have in Christ today. You introduced God as someone I could relate to, someone I could befriend, someone who had no need for an intermediary,” Ajayi, a former Commissioner for Environment in Ekiti State, testified.

Below, RELIABLESOURCENG.COM reproduces full text of the tribute to Okotie by Ambassador Eniola Ajayi.

“Dear Pastor Chris Okotie, Happy 35th Anniversary of Household of God: Thank you

“As I sat at the 35th Anniversary thanksgiving service of the Household of God Church today (Sunday, February 6, 2022), I couldn’t but thank God that you answered the call of God upon your life to begin this ministry.

“I tell anyone who cares to listen that you are instrumental to the solid foundation I have in Christ today. You introduced God as someone I could relate to, someone I could befriend, someone who had no need for an intermediary. You explained the Hypostatic Union, how Jesus Christ is 100% God and 100% Man as the manifested member of the Godhead. You taught me the veracity of God’s word. You gave me so many opportunities to minister and be ministered to.

“Being a Minister in the Holy Ghost room brought me into a lifelong affectionate relationship with the Holy Spirit. Being a Minister for the Christian Parenting Classes for those believing God for Children and those already pregnant exposed me to the creative power of the Most High. I saw many miracles first hand.

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“Being in the Outreach Department, and the Brothel Ministry in particular, brought home the saving and restorative power of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. I learned to see people the way God sees them. I learned that God does not give up on anyone. I experienced the unconditional love of God. Being a member of the Maintenance Department gave me the joy of cleaning the house of God and the immense satisfaction of service in God’s vineyard.

“You gave me the pulpit to minister many times and I recall how that blessed many. I recall my sermon titled: KNOWING GOD! I came to know God personally and passionately at the Household of God Church and I have gone on in life to become who I am today because of the confidence you reposed in me and the opportunities you gave me to minister to the Church. This means I can face any crowd to minister, it means I know that all I need is an unction for the function by the Holy Spirit.

“You taught me liberty in Christ Jesus. You taught me the ability to dance and be clamorously foolish before the Lord. You taught me the ability to define the extent and limit to which God sent me without the pressure to add anything in my flesh. You taught us so many songs. One of the most impressive you still sang today titled, The little things you always do for me, the little things you always say to me. Householders young and old will know this song. It ministers to me to this day.

“You taught me how to find the depth in God’s words. I believe you have given us so much exposition from Genesis Chapter 1 that would span over 20 years of service. You taught about the prosperity of Isaac for almost two years. The important thing about those sermons is that the awesomeness and power of the Lord Jesus Christ is never in doubt. You came away knowing that Jesus is Lord!

“I could go on and on about how you have been there at the critical moments in my life. I can only pray that you will make the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus.

“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:13-14 NKJV

“You have been a blessing to me and I can only pray that God will reward you abundantly.

“HAPPY ANNIVERSARY PASTOR, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HOUSEHOLD OF GOD! “HOUSEHOLD – SOLID!”