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When the man in Jeans and T-shirt graduated from the University and left his campus fellowship behind, he asked the Holy Spirit which church to attend
He was born and bred in a particular church denomination
But that denomination will never accept the type of Christian he had become amongst them
He also would never feel comfortable in that denomination ever again
He was full of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues
The denomination believed in the word of God, exegesis, logos and proper study
They also believe in the Holy Spirit
But they discourage “excessive stuff”
Speaking in tongues was way too weird for them to stomach
He felt like an orphan
He needed a church badly
A lady invited him to her church
He went to the church but he didn’t feel at home there
There was a church very close to his apartment
He attended that church the following Sunday
When it was time for the ‘sermon’
The preacher started well but his command of the English language was very poor
He used an expression “Father, instead of scarcity, give me “surplusity”
“What sort of spoken English is this?
I cannot attend this church” he thought
He went home and decided he would scout the area for another church
That night as he slept
He had a vision
He saw himself in a crowded classroom
He was standing in between the first two row of chairs and causing a ruckus,
He was facing the rear exit of the classroom
He was shouting and making all sorts of noise when the lecturer walked into the class
The lecturer was dressed in short sleeved shirt and a bow tie
He didn’t notice that the lecturer had entered the classroom through the front door
The lecturer cleared his throat
“Hmm Hmm”
He looked back and quickly sat down
The lecturer said “So and So, if you don’t pay attention you will carry over this class”
He woke up!
What have I seen?
The General Overseer of the church he attended the previous day was renowned globally for his short sleeved shirt and bow tie
He realized immediately that the Holy Spirit wanted him in that church
The following Sunday he joined the church
He became a worker within three months
It took him time to adjust to the reality of a church outside of the University campus
The Pastor of the Church took a strong interest in him
Within a year he was made the youth pastor
He kept his head down and tried very hard to do as he was told
There was constituted authority in a church and obeying such is a mark of honour for Jesus Christ who is the head of the church
As the youth pastor he was vested with the leadership of the youth of the church
He was also supposed to be at the fore front of coordinating the youth for programmes outside the parish
Twice a year, the mission held a general workers meeting
This meeting was compulsory for every church worker in the church all over the nation
Attendance was taken and workers that fail to attend were told to proceed on automatic suspension until the General Overseer pardons them for their insubordination
Workers with unavoidable reasons for their absence were advised to write to the office of the General Overseer directly
The importance of this meeting cannot be over emphasized
The workers get to meet with the General Overseer and discuss their personal developments as well as the development of the church
Naturally the workers in the church make it a point of duty to attend, even many outside the country travel down for the meeting because they get to iron out many issues and the meeting was always followed by earth shattering testimonies
The Parish pastor told the Brother in Jeans and T-Shirt the meeting was a must for every worker to attend
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt remembered the warning he had in the vision that made him join the church
He didn’t want to experience any spiritual delay
He prepared earnestly for the programme
The day before the programme was to hold, the man in Jeans and T-Shirt heard the Holy Spirit audibly say to him “Fuel your car”
Wow!
He didn’t plan to drive to the programme!
He was still learning how to drive and he just bought a car!
He felt it would be better not to risk damaging the car and endangering other motorists by taking public transportation to the programme
But he knew the voice
It was unmistakable!
He drove to the fuel station and filled up the tank of his car
When he got home he told his wife
“The Holy Spirit told me to fuel the car, I have done so! I don’t know why but It is likely he had an errand to send me”
“But what about the worker’s meeting with the G.O and Pastor’s express instructions?” Asked his wife
“The Holy Spirit is aware of everything, I trust him” he responded
At 5 am the next morning, the Holy Spirit woke him up and said “Drive to Ibadan”
The brother in Jeans and T-Shirt lived in Lagos, he had only driven sparingly in Lagos!
He got on the expressway and drove to Ibadan!
When he got to Ibadan, the Holy Spirit said “Drive to Oyo”
He continued the journey to Oyo
His grandmother was an unbeliever and he began to toy with the idea that the Holy Spirit was leading him to his town (Awe, in Oyo State)! To minister the gospel to his grandmother
The drive took him 45 minutes
When he got to Oyo, the Holy Spirit said Proceed to Ilorin!
Ilorin!
Ilo-what?
He had been to Niger state while he was in the university and he had also been to Ilorin twice but he knew nobody there!
He drove on, trusting the leading of the Holy Spirit and the joy in his heart
When he got to Ilorin, he parked at Eyen’korin
He was waiting for further instructions from the Holy Spirit
He had barely waited for a minute when a motorcycle parked right in front of his car
The motorcycle was carrying a passenger
The passenger alighted
She looked very familiar
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt alighted from the car
“Sister so and so!”
The sister looked at him and screamed
“Brother So and so!” what are you doing here?
The sister was a member of his fellowship while they were in the University
They chit chatted for a while
The sister told him she was going to a birthday party!
“One of our old school mate’s mother is clocking 70 today, the woman in deathly ill but the children were determined that they would celebrate her regardless of her health status. I was slated to be one of the Ushers at the occasion” she explained
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt asked if he could drive her down to the party
She was very glad he offered
They arrived at the party venue at 11:33am
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt and the sister walked into the celebrant’s compound
There was a huge canopy on the right, caterers were cooking on the far end of the compound and children were running everywhere
It was a very lively atmosphere
They saw their old school mate!
She saw them and screamed
“Oh my God!
Brother so and so
Oh my God!
Could you believe I was just talking to the Holy Spirit about you yesterday?
I had tried very hard to locate your phone number, you must have changed it after we left school
We had tried everything else to get my mother healed
The doctors told us she had less than three months to live because the cancer she has had spread all over her body
That was six weeks ago
We were expecting her to die at anytime
I remembered our university days and the fellowship
I remembered the signs and wonders I saw with my own eyes
I knelt down and told God to send me your phone number or send me someone who knows how to contact you
This God is a wonder!
He brought you to me directly, as in, Live and direct! I can’t believe it.”
He looked at her curiously
He was shocked by it all!
What?
The lady quickly led the brother in Jeans and T-shirt and her friend to her mother’s room!
As soon as they entered the room
The 70 year old celebrant, bed ridden for weeks with cancer saw him and jumped out of the bed screaming Woli (Prophet) Woli!! (Prophet!!) Woli (Prophet!!!) Ara mi ti ya! (I have been made whole!!!
The woman was restless, bubbling with life, exuberant!
Mummy what happened? He daughter asked
They were all trying to make sense of the drama
He above all was gob smacked by the whole episode!
It was like having a dream in slow motion
People had rushed into the room from all over
They wanted to know what the cause of the commotion was
The woman calmed down a little and explained
“I have been seeing this Prophet in my dream every day for the past one week!
Every time I see him, I saw myself jumping out of bed and shaking away the mistletoe of death hanging over me! I didn’t know this prophet from anywhere, I have never met him but I knew he was the one I was seeing. And today, just as I have always seen in my dream, he walked into my room and my body was charged with fire! I had strength, I had power, I had energy, I feel very healthy, I feel so alive, I am fine, I have been made whole, I have been delivered from Cancer, just like that! Thank you JESUS!!!”
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt was stupefied!
He couldn’t make sense of what the woman was saying!
The woman hugged him and started crying!
He didn’t know when he started crying too!
Everybody started glorifying God!
What God did was mysterious and unsearchable
He found the lost axe head!
He visited the woman on her death bed
He cured her of cancer right there and then
Without a word of prayer!
The children encouraged the woman to dress up for the party
The party commenced by 2pm
It was a glorious birthday celebration full of testimonies!
The brother in Jeans and T-Shirt left Ilorin at 3pm that afternoon
He got to Lagos around 9pm
He had missed the compulsory workers meeting he was supposed to attend
When he got home he told his wife what had happened
They glorified God together
Later that night his church pastor called him
The Pastor said “The Holy Spirit told me you were on assignment with him today, he told me this when I was looking for you at the meeting! How was the assignment?”
He shared the testimony with his pastor
His pastor glorified God!
PS: This event occurred in 2011
The woman that was cured of cancer is still very much alive and enjoying her life in Christ at the moment
The Holy Spirit will work with you as much as you desire
If you yield yourself to him, he will ride upon your willingness to do mighty things
If you limit him, he will never pass the boundary you have set for him
If you desire to walk in the fullness and the fire of the Holy Spirit
Get to work now, involve him in your day right from the moment you wake up
Know that He is a person and treat him as such
Pray in the Holy Ghost
Involve him everything you do
Fellowship with him in songs, prayer and study of the word
Live your life freely
There is nothing you cannot tell him, even your sinful desires
Hide nothing from him
He will turn your life around in no time!
Say “Welcome, sweet Holy Spirit! Take over my life!”
I pray for you right this minute, as you read this that the Holy Spirit will invade your life and endue you with power right this minute and change your reality for ever! Amen
Speak in the Holy Ghost!
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