Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has advised Christians to reduce their reliance on pastors for prayers and instead engage in personal prayer with God.
Speaking at a ministers’ conference, the cleric stated that it is completely wrong for people to delegate their personal responsibility of taking their problems to God for divine solutions to their pastors, as is popular these days.
Pastor Kumuyi also taught from Exodus 33:1-3, 12-15, saying that, like Moses, Joshua, and Elijah, who were exhausted but made time to hear from God, ministers must wrestle in the presence of God to gain strength and power to move their vision.
Leaders and professionals should set aside time to seek the face of God because, as Kumuyi noted, Jesus, who was about to die, sought the face of his father personally.
He said, “The trending situation where people are shifting personal responsibility of taking their problems to God for a divine solution to their pastors is totally wrong. We are in a pray-for-me generation. A generation that feels they cannot live except somebody does it for them.
“There is a need for personal prayer. Pulpit prayer is good but personal prayer is very necessary. Whatever is happening in your life engage in personal prayer. We must do less talking to men and talk more to God. Jesus personally approached the father at His point of death. Do not be so busy with the work of the Lord without the Lord of the work.
“Just like Moses, we should not be satisfied with the presence of an angel because direct communication with God without an intermediary with an angel is the best for the Ministry.”
