In a message on eternity delivered by Pastor Taiwo Odukoya to his congregation months before his demise, he said, “The whole of life is like a drop in the ocean.”

“I concluded a long time ago that the whole of life is like a drop in the ocean. Take the ocean to mean eternity, now compare one drop of water to the ocean. Don’t mess up the sea because of one drop.

“You say, what do you mean? Life is what you have, to decide the kind of eternity you will have.

“Every man and every woman has an opportunity. Jesus lived only 33 years. Methuselah lived 969 years. And whilst we still have this breath in our nostrils and walk the face of the earth, we have the best opportunity to define our tomorrow.

“Don’t be deceived by lies, envy, and jealousy. I mean, stay focused. Run the race so that when you leave heaven will never forget.

“Heaven will be glad to receive you. Earth will never forget.

“So whether in life or death, you’re preaching, you’re teaching, you’re encouraging, you’re edifying, you’re helping people for the great beyond.”

Pastor Odukoya was born on June 15, 1956 in Kaduna. He obtained a degree in Petrochemical Engineering at the University of Ibadan where he met his first wife, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya.

He did his youth service at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company and subsequently worked in the organization until 1994 before he retired voluntarily to do ministry work.

His ministry work however did not start with Fountain of Life Church. He was once with the Redeemed Evangelical Mission of Bishop Mike Okonkwo and then later joined the Household of God Ministry of Rev Chris Okotie where he was head of Pastoral Care.

He returned to TREM and later got the call to start his own ministry; The Fountain of Life Church and he was quite close to Bishop Okonkwo who took him as a son.

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