Dog Doctrine

Dog Doctrine

He underestimated the prayers of his wife
He didn't know the significance of her
relationship with God and its effect on his
life until it was too late
He was a teacher when he met her
She was a secretary in the department
of modern languages at the federal university
in their state
She studied for some years in Germany
Due to the affiliation of her secretarial studies
school with Goethe Institute
He also studied in Germany and could speak
the language fluently
That was how they connected
He came around to practice his command of
the language with her 
Somehow they ended up falling in love
She saw the red flags before marrying him
He and his friends were skirt chasers
but truth be told, at that age when they
were all ripe to settle down and were
praying for adequate life partners
Boys will chase skirts and skirts
will chase boys
It was the normal course of nature
She had many admirers herself and
was in talks with some of them before
he arrived on the scene
It just so happen that she preferred him
above all else
He also settled down after they became 
an item
Within a year he had taken her home
to meet his parents and she had done
the same
They got married the following year
She had her first daughter a year later
Their marriage was a good one
He closed by 5 pm, drove down to
her office to pick her up and they
spend the evenings doing something
fun
They had promised each other to be
a modern couple
The type they saw and admired in Europe 
He took her clubbing, to the cinemas,
shopping, sight-seeing, window shopping,
visiting with friends and relatives
They often take long drives on weekends
from Lagos to Ibadan, Lagos to Sagamu,
Lagos to Abeokuta, Lagos to Ayepe,
Lagos to Ilorin
They had friends all over and they both
loved traveling
It helped them bond
Then she got pregnant again and they had
to limit their wanderings because the
pregnancy was challenging
She was practically in and out of the
hospital throughout the pregnancy period
She didn't know how she pulled through
Even the doctors couldn't say how
But she survived
A month after she delivered the baby
A woman who lived close to their house
suddenly went crazy early in the morning
and started confessing to some wicked
atrocities she and her fellow witches
had done in that environment
The woman mentioned her name and
said categorically that they had eaten
her in their witchcraft coven and
she was supposed to die during 
childbirth
The witch said she survived because
a pastor prayed for her while she was
in labour and the power of the pastor
purged her and her fellow witches
They vomitted what they had eaten
and she miraculously survived
The witch confessed further that
since she survived the attempt on her life
The witchcraft coven
had been unable to meet and after
almost a month the other witches
turned on her and threw her out
for feeding them poisoned meat
It was as a consequence of being 
thrown out that she was confessing
and making a mockery of herself
The witch mentioned her by name
and also mentioned her husband and
the name of her first child
There was no doubt what the witch
said fit in perfectly with her ordeal
She went to the hospital the next
day to see the matron
She asked the matron if a pastor came
in to pray with her while she was
travailing
The matron gave her the tract with
the name of the pastor
She traced the church and invited the
pastor to her house for prayers
He was meek, warm and very humble
That was how she came to embrace
the Christian fate
She was no stranger to demonic realities
Her father was an herbalist and she knew
the sort of strange movements and sounds
they hear often in her father's shrine when
she was a child
She was ten when she moved to Lagos
to live with her maternal uncle
She had avoided her father's house since
then
Her father was an adherent of another
religion
His religion did not forbid the demonic 
She wanted nothing to do with him
But the confession of the witch shook her
to the bone
She was tempted several times to run home
and speak with her father when all she was
seeing during the pregnancy was herself
in a black coffin, but she gritted her teeth
and told herself she would rather die than
run to demons for help
If not for the pastor's intervention, she would
have died
The downside of church activities was many
One of the most devastating was the change
in lifestyle it required 
She had to change her clothes 
She had to let her hair go natural
 She stopped wearing jewelry
Her husband was shell shocked by her
transformation
But he wasn't the one who went through
the valley of the shadow of death
She was and she could have died too
She needed to make sure she was no 
longer vulnerable that way
And if she had to shave her hair in order
to walk with Jesus and the Holy Spirit
and live a Holy Life
She was more than willing to do it
That was the beginning of the end of their
marriage
Her life became Church-home- work, church
Her husband started chasing skirts soon
after that
Her new found religion was changing
her from within
She was just learning how to read the
Bible and she couldn't differentiate between
truth and heresy
She learned how to fast and pray
The fasting thing also put a strain on her
marriage
She was hoping her husband will join her 
in her journey of faith
Her husband was hoping she would snap
out of the madness and regain her senses
This was how their marriage became
a sort of "for appearances" only marriage
She knew when her husband started
cheating on her
Her husband didn't make it a secret
He was making a statement that if she
wouldn't open ler legs to him because
she was fasting, he could get many other
ladies to open their legs to him
She called it carnality
He called her a fanatic
but she never stopped praying for him
The Holy Spirit was very kind to her
She was a covering over her home in the
place of prayer and several times her husband
experienced the power of God firsthand 
through her
She healed him of several sicknesses
and even revealed some plots against him
at his place of work
She always warned him that she would
tolerate his carnal behaviour and tantrums
as long as he doesn't marry another wife
or impregnate any of the girls he was sleeping
with
She would tell her not to lecture him
She was the one who decided to freeze him
out of the marriage bed because of JESUS
She had no right to give him conditions
She knew the flesh would always resist the
spirit
But there was a limit to her power of 
forgiveness and tolerance
She wished she would be like her
Didn't Apostle Paul say the same thing
to that Governor who was interrogating
him?
But the governor didn't get Apostle Paul's
point because he was walking in carnality
Just like her husband
The marriage was eight years old when 
her husband won a scholarship to study
in the USA
They grabbed the opportunity with both
hands
She needed the breathing space
Her husband had made an unnecessary issue
out of her "born-againism"
It was a timely and welcomed development
He traveled three months after winning
the scholarship
Somehow the distance helped their
relationship
She was two months pregnant with her
third child by the time he left
She relaxed her "sex is a sin" beliefs
when she realized she would be traveling
for two years
He called constantly throughout the first
year
It was as if they were rekindled the flame
of their old love
She delivered her baby, a boy
Her husband was very happy
One month after she delivered the baby,
she got a mail
It was a mail from a foreign country
It had a lot of strange postage stamps on
it
It was sent by a lady called Madellaine 
Her husband's pregnant girlfriend in America
There were pictures of the baby shower
Pictures of the wedding between the lady
and her husband
pictures of their house and cars and life
She got almost fifty pictures
The note in the envelope said "You are
his past, I am his present. Please let him
be"
Wow!
It was a dagger was plunged into her heart
She suddenly realized she couldn't breathe
properly
by the time she screamed for help, she
was already on the floor
She came back to life in the hospital later
that evening
Her first daughter had gone to the neighbours
for help
She made it but something in her had shifted
She remembered those days when he was
cheating on her under her nose
She had always told herself if push came to
shove she would leave with her daughters
but she found out she suddenly didn't want
to leave or get a divorce
She also didn't want to marry him or love him
She just wanted to see him suffer
She wanted to see him grovel and beg
She hated him so much
She hated the deceit and the pretense
She hated the lies
He called her that evening
She told him about the package she got
He was dumbfounded at first but he 
later claimed it was for him to get citizenship
papers 
By that time she had logged off completely
She stopped praying for him
She stopped caring
She didn't curse him
She just cried and cried and hated him
with all her heart
It took just forty-two days
Her husband had a motor accident and
had a serious spinal cord injury
Of course, his American wife deserted him
Things went downhill very quickly
She couldn't afford the rent of their 
accommodation and had to downsize
seriously!
Her husband's relatives tried all they
could to bring him back home
She didn't join their efforts in any capacity
She was just pissed off
On October 7, 2018, her husband arrived
Nigeria
His family members moved him to an
hospital in Lagos
He had a very slim chance of ever walking
with his own two feet again but he was
better off among family members than in
a strange land
Of course, family members tried getting help
from other sources apart from orthodox 
medicine
People came to her, to inform her of her
husband's arrival and situation
She had bought a noticeboard and placed
it on the wall of her room
On the board, she pinned the pictures of
her husband and his "American" wife
She pinned it there so that she will
neither forgive nor forget
She pointed at it to those who came
It was her response to all of them
When the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
was told about the case and the situation
of the man
All the family wanted was to reconcile 
the man and his wife
They said the husband kept asking to see
her and the children while she kept saying 
"Cursed be anyone who attempts to lay 
again the foundation of Jericho"
The family wanted the Brother in Jeans
and T-shirt to persuade her to meet with
her husband and forgive him
They believe the forgiveness will go a long
way to the husband's full restoration
She agreed to meet with the Brother in
Jeans and T-shirt on a Saturday morning
at her mini-flat
The first thing he saw was the notice board
He said "This was how the devil placed
your sin and iniquity also before God in
the old testament! The devil magnified
it so much that it became a veil between
God and man
But when Jesus came, he died on the
cross and the veil was torn from top to
bottom
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt stood
up and removed all the pictures one
by one
He said "God doesn't remember our
sin anymore"
We are required to be exactly that way.
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt threw
the pictures in the trash can and laughed!
She began to cry!
Softly at first and then heavily
Her husband had betrayed her and was
suffering the consequences of his action
"God fought for me! God fought for me"
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt told her
It wasn't God fighting for her
It was the devil putting her in his debt
One day the devil will remind you of how
he came to your help in this matter
and he will demand repayment if you
don't let it go and forgive your husband
now!
The spirit of Jesus is not a spirit of grudge
It is time to walk the higher path of your
salvation!
It took two hours!
She calmed down and followed the
team to the hospital
When they got there her husband hugged
her and asked for her forgiveness
Tears flowed like a river
By 4 pm that same evening, her husband
suddenly started feeling a heat sensation 
on his back
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt was still
with them at the hospital
Nobody prayed for him
The heat was intense, so intense that
they had to call the attention of the doctor
His body temperature was off the chart
but the brother in Jeans and T-shirt 
convinced the doctor to wait for a few
minutes before administering drugs!
After fifteen minutes of stretching and
groaning, the heat sensation abated
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt asked
him if he could try and wiggle his toes
He tried, his toes moved
And then his legs started vibrating
And then he sat up by himself
With a roar from everybody (including
the doctor) and a shout of Jesus!!!!!
He got on his feet by 7 pm and started
walking unaided!
The Holy Spirit had reversed the judgment
of the bitter one and filled their hearts
with joy!

Ps: Brother Leke and Sister Dunsin are
celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary
today
This is their testimony
I write it with joy in my heart and a song
of victory in my spirit
I jokingly call the Mama Woli and Baba Kuti
but they are both wonderful believers of
the gospel of Jesus with all its joys, privileges
and liberties now

GSW's Note: Forgiveness is not optional for
the believer
Bitterness in the reality of a Spirit-filled believer
is free food for the enemy
The gospel of dos and donts is not the gospel
of Jesus
Many religious nonsenses some denominations
hold on to in the name of religion are clogs
in the wheels of the finished work of Christ
We were not set free from sin and death
so that we can become a slave to religion
Read your Bible as it is written and keep away
from dogs whose agenda was to promote their
own idea of improved Christianity because
to them, Jesus didn't do a perfect job!
When a Christian finds it hard to forgive, it is
an indication of a religious stronghold without
the Spirit of God!

Beware of Dogs and their doctrine