President, Living Faith Church (LFC) International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo has warned Nigerian youths to shun impatience and get rich-quick-syndrome.
\nHe urged them to beware of a lifestyle of hurry, adding that impatience could lead to a life of horror.
\nOyedepo spoke at the weekend in Omu-Aran at the convocation ceremony of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State.
\nForty-five students of the faith-based institution graduated with first-class degree honours, while the total number of graduands was 468.
\nOyedepo, who is also the chancellor of the school, added that \u201churry is the breeding ground for horror. It is common knowledge that most victims of accidents are men and women in a hurry, insensitive to road signs and engage in over-speeding, ending their lives before they know.
\n\u201cThe word \u2018patience\u2019 is no longer in the vocabulary of our youth. They don\u2019t believe in the dignity of labour, leading to many losing their lives. Some other youths are into the hard drug business. A number of these may have been shot dead in the course of their business and many may be lamenting in various around the world.
\n\u201cSome youth must have joined armed robbery gangs because they cannot wait; the process is too slow for them. Many youths today engage in computer scams and many are grieving in prison, while others continue to suffer irreversible curses from their victims.
\n\u201cFurthermore, today, a particular syndrome is the craving to travel out of the country without a defined mission. You ask some of these youth, \u2018you must travel, but to where?\u2019 you may be surprised to hear their answer, \u2018anywhere\u2019 or you are travelling to do what\/ their response is \u2018anywhere.\u2019
\n\u201cThere is nothing wrong in going out to study, but there is everything wrong in leaving one\u2019s life to chance. Life without a mission is an adventure in frustration. Travelling out of the country is not an achievement.\u201d
\nHe counselled the youths to guard their lives jealously, adding that \u201cremember you have only one life to live and you don\u2019t have a spare.\u201d
\nEarlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Charity Aremu had enjoined the graduands to \u201cengage their royalty to preserve and uphold the blessedness upon the university\u2019s ground.
\n\u201cBuild hopes, your tenacity, build international network and resilience. Tenaciously embrace Landmark University\u2019s core values as your strength. Make contributions anywhere you find yourselves. Place character before you as your exchange for values and worth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President, Living Faith Church (LFC) International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo has warned Nigerian youths to shun impatience and get rich-quick-syndrome. He urged them to beware of a lifestyle of hurry, adding that impatience could lead to a life of horror. Oyedepo spoke at the weekend in Omu-Aran at the convocation ceremony of Landmark University, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280464,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280462\/revisions\/280464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}