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According to the man of God known for his church’s popular Alpha Hour prayer session, many young people place too much premium on the superficial aspect of birthdays at the expense of the spiritual aspect.
“You're a joker. You're following the trends of this world. If you know the spiritual impact of birthdays, you won't be taking new pictures for your birthday,” the preacher said in the video that has catapulted him into the trends on social media.
Pastor Elvis Agyemang asserted that Satan has an agenda of diverting people’s destinies and that taking new photos every year and sharing them with friends to solicit good wishes facilitates the devil’s plan.
“All that the devil wants is for your age to increase. So, all that you are doing is increasing in numbers but not the glory. It's only numbers you are adding up,” he claimed.
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He recommended that birthday celebrants consult God in prayers for directions as to how to go about marking their birthdays so as not to ignorantly champion Satan’s agenda.
“Don't you know where we produce destinies on birthdays? That every birthday you must consult an altar?” Pastor Elvis Agyemang asked.
Meanwhile, his comments have stirred mixed reactions, with many people disagreeing with him and accusing him of double standards while others say he has a point.
In the views of his critics, if his assertion is anything to go by, then he himself should stop using social media to broadcast his sermons and Alpha Hour prayer sessions because those have also been tagged by some men of God as satanic.