The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life
Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has urged Nigerians to
develop good health habits to avoid contracting the deadly
Ebola Virus Disease.
Kumuyi said this on Sunday during a worldwide satellite
broadcast to members of the church.
While speaking on the topic, ‘Healing and Health for the
Whole Man’, the pastor challenged his congregation to do
more for their safety and health, aside praying.
He said, “Many people have the idea that it is only prayer
that gets them well and make them whole and healthy.
“If you look at the Scriptures, you will discover that there are
a number of things that contribute to our healing and
health.
“These things include our habits, holiness, hope, home,
happiness, hospitality and hygiene.”
While talking about hygiene, Kumuyi said people should not
neglect basic health rules that will keep them from
contracting the Ebola Virus.
“Hygiene plays a great part in our health. The Ebola
epidemic that people just recognised in Nigeria was first
discovered in 1976. It’s been on for a long time.
“If you’re not hygienic, you can contract the disease. For
example, If you don’t wash your hands often, or you stay
with someone who has the disease, it is contagious; and if
there is the passing of fluids from one person to another,
you may also get it. But if you keep yourself hygienic, it
keeps sicknesses from coming upon you. That’s why you
read in the Old Testament, ‘touch not the unclean things’,”
he added.
While quoting from Proverbs 13 verse 3, he said the misuse
of the tongue had also brought untold suffering and sickness
on some people.
Kumuyi urged sick folks to anchor their hope on Christ,
adding that there was provision for their healing in the
Scriptures if they believed.
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