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Hold Fast to Your Dreams, Pastor Augustina Joseph Tells Nsukka Worshippers

 Hold Fast to Your Dreams, Pastor Augustina Joseph Tells Nsukka Worshippers



By Emeka Esogbue


Young outreach minister, Pastor Augustina Anwulila Joseph, has urged her congregation to hold firmly to their dreams and never allow them to fade.


“Hold fast to your dreams, for if your dreams die, it is like a broken-winged bird that cannot fly,” Pastor Augustina told the worshippers.


She gave the advice on Sunday while addressing youths mainly students at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), House of Glory Parish, Hilltop, Nsukka, Enugu State.


In her sermon titled “You Are Not Hopeless,” the evangelist encouraged the congregation not to lose faith, stressing that “where there is hope, the invisible becomes visible, the intangible becomes real, and the impossible becomes achievable.”


She reminded the worshippers that “Christ in you remains the glory of your glory,” urging them to persevere and trust in God’s timing.


Born to Ogwashi-Ukwu father, her mother hails from Umuozoma in Ogbeowele Quarters of Ibusa. Pastor Augustina’s evangelical influence is steadily extending beyond her hometown. She also oversees her personal ministry, The Wedding Guest, through which she partners with other Christian bodies to organize outreach programmes that spread messages of hope, revival, and reconciliation.


Speaking with PEN MASTER, Pastor Augustina Joseph said her goal is to use the church and similar platforms to rekindle faith and help people rediscover purpose through the Word of God.

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