[center]PROPHET T.B JOSHUA,

REDEDICATE YOURSELF TO THE ACT OF GIVING[/center]

The spiritual awakening comes to the seeker, who is perfectly humble and "meek" and "poor in spirit." The quality of true humility is one of the indispensable fundamentals. Then we find simplicity, holiness and the renunciation of all desire for worldly wealth and pride of learning.

In an interview that he granted, Prophet TB Joshua said: If you meet people, and you are in position – you have to help,” He further explains, “You can move freely, and he cannot move freely. You are to do something. If you see people like that and you close your eyes, you are closing your eyes to blessing of God. If you are blessed and you want to maintain it, without being a good giver – you are deceiving yourself, you cannot maintain it. This is why you get there and you fall back.”

Christmas celebration of the year 2009 will surely be one to remember for the communities of Alaba-Rago and Agege home for the needy, Lagos State, Nigeria. Not much is known of these communities. However, they both have something in common: slum occupied by the poor. It was on this day that Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and the Emmanuel TV team paid a visit to the inhabitants of these communities. The primary aim of the visit was to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In addition, the occasion served as an opportunity to carry out the act of charity and giving.

Prophet TB Joshua accompanied by The Emmanuel TV team, stormed Alaba-Rago with a truck-full of top quality rice. This rice is intended only for the deprived/underprivileged that reside in the community. The sight of the environment was appalling, to say the least. One had to wonder how the inhabitants manage to survive in such an environment unbefitting of a human being.

At a point, the Prophet approached a young man smoking marijuana, collected it from him and extinguished it on his jeans. He then spotted a hut full of young men. He entered and discovered that they were all puffing away at their marijuana. Surprisingly, he sat in their midst and started a conversation with them, telling them that he was their friend. The hut was practically jam-packed, with each person with the exception of Prophet TB Joshua holding a stick of marijuana.

Prophet TB Joshua shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them and promised to assist any one of them that decided to further their education or take up a trade. He then donated bags of rice to them.

At the Agege home for the needy, Prophet TB Joshsua wa seen lifting bags of rice on his head. He also donated loads of bag of rice to the blind and leper community. In addition, the sum of N300,000 was presented to the leader of the community.

Let a man have what he will, and do what he will, it signifies nothing without charity; which surely implies that charity is the great thing, and that everything which has not charity in some way contained or implied in it is nothing, and that this charity is the life and soul of all religion, without which all things that wear the name of virtues are empty and vain.

All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in charity, or Christian love; because this is the sum of all grace. And the only way, therefore, in which anyone can know their good estate, is by discerning the exercises of this divine charity in their hearts; for without charity, let men have what gifts you please, they are nothing.

—Jonathan Edwards

good! TBJ even ordered rice to be taken to the mosque. i watched it today on emmanuel TV. TBJ actually mean bizness o! see prophet with bags of rice on his head, humility honestly!!!!!

Why is he carrying the bags of rice by himself?It seems more like hyprocrisy than humility.

What will a man give in exchange for his soul?
What will it profit if a man gained the whole world and lost his soul?
Such questions are too much of spirit and life to be counted important. Let's go an alms giving.

You gotta admit it, this guy is a humanitarian. at least we are seeing the work of congregational givings. what are the other ones doing? private jets, universities and what else?

awon ojise oluwa!

nice one t.b. joshua.

This guy sure knows his PR!

If he's not predicting football scores of a Youth Championship, he's carrying bags of rice on his head. Amazing.
2011 is around the corner; will the posters start coming? Let's wait and see 

Christ taught xtians abosolute humility.No wonder jesus washed d feets of his disciples himself.Dats d difference btw a good leader&d one dat orders his follows to do evil.God bless Tb Joshua u re following d teachings of humility by christ

I laugh in TB Joshua. D man na proper clown. He has powers to conjure d things, why carry on his head now? See the blind/sick people wey sit down, he's supposed to heal them instead of giving them rice.

I tire for dis cele pastor

Despite all the criticism and condemnation of this man by mostly the PFN[a.k.a Pharisees Federation of Nigeria] the man continues to exhibit the true spirit of christ as exemplified by charitable works and humility. The man might habe his many short comings but he is genuinely doing the work of the kingdom contrary to his adversaries who are merely building monuments unto themselves and personal empires in the excuse that they are spreading the gospel through church planting.

Christianity teaches us humility but the Bible also teaches us in the book of Matthew6:1-3 "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men,to be seen by them.If you do,you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy[b],do not announce it with trumpets as the hyprocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets,to be honoured by men[/b].I tell you the truth,they have received their reward in full,but when you give to the needy,do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

What i'm saying in essence is that,the fact that you dont see leaders of others churches being televised while carrying cows or goats or their heads doesn't mean they dont give,they are simply following the biblical principles of giving.

Humility and charity combined, that is all I can say.

Despite the kind of blessing that this man has got from God, the fact that he can still stoop so low to communicate with the less previledge says a lot.

Thank God for the life of Prophet TB Joshua, may God increase your annointing in Jesus name.