Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, has charged Christian women to develop a daily work with the Lord Jesus Christ by the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Banigo gave this charge while speaking during the Young Adults and Youth Affairs Sisters’ Programme at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Jesus House, Rumuibekwe Housing Estate in Port Harcourt, last Saturday.
She said, “Being saved is the first and bringing the flesh under the submission of the Holy Spirit is key to living a fruitful and ever-increasing Christian life, and I encourage you to spend the few hours in the morning in His presence.”
According to the deputy governor, God wants us to touch His Heart by the art of worship, reverence and adoration, adding that in that place, there was an outpouring of His Spirit.
The deputy governor disclosed that shortly after her election into the office, she started running the Protect the Girl Child Initiative as a voice for the protection of the girl-child, and of course, the boy-child.
She said they have used the platform to mentor the young ones to understand that their body was the temple of the Holy Ghost and to protect their bodies from familiar persons and others.
“We have interfaced with various ministries, departments, agencies (MDAs) and non-governmental organisations, such as FIDA, Medical Women Association, Doctors without Borders, and others. We have also sponsored and mentored girls into academics, in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics. We have provided scholarship for students in higher institutions of learning.
“At the moment, we are running Peer Group Club, which was inaugurated in Federal Government College, Port Harcourt, to encourage peer enlightenment and support so that children would know how to support and encourage each other to stay and keep their bodies as temple for the Holy Spirit”, the deputy governor said.
Banigo disclosed that the Caywood Brown Foundation, which was inaugurated in 2006 as a non-governmental humanitarian foundation, serves as an intervention platform to reach out to the vulnerable in society.
“We train and retrain in various skills, some of the programmes include free computer acquisition, establishment of film academy in PH, breast cancer awareness campaign, mental health awareness seminar for women and youths, training in the digital economy,” Banigo further said.
In her remarks, the wife of the International Youth Pastor of RCCG, Pastor Tamunoemi Obunge, described the programme as a test run, to bring them together because a lot of them have become lukewarm.
She thanked the Almighty God for the Holy Spirit, which has continued to recharge them while urging them to go and spread the message of unity and love in their midst.
Obunge expressed the need for all RCCG members to unite and support each other, saying, “If you are an RCCG youth, anywhere you hear of a youth programme, you are part of it, we are one. We should support each other, whenever we have the opportunity to worship together, forget your region, province, zone or area, and worship the Lord Jesus Christ”, she stressed.
Highlights of the occasion were ministrations from various choirs, drama and sermon by Pastor Lawrence Oyor.