By Pastor Laza Muoka

As the bees gather for the honey at winter so also the chosen ones gather at the beginning of every year to renew their spiritual strength in the Lord for the rest of the year.

This spiritual strength is the elixir that energizes the vibes for their successes in the year.

This year’s gathering was exceptional in all ramifications as it was sorely driven by fervent chain prayers, round-the-clock fasting, unprecedented evangelism, godly commitment and as expected all these contributed to produce fantastic experiences of salvation, sanctification, deliverance, Holy Ghost baptism and absolute faith in God which have become enduring among participants. Although the program was tagged LAGOS EXPERIENCE but these experiences were not gained by the Lagos participants alone but those from Philippians, American, South Africans, Canadians, Chinese, Britain, UAE, Ghanaians and other parts of the world were beneficiaries of the breathtaking experiences.

This mega crusade has carved its name in the annals of crusade in this part of the world. The arrival of the participants was first noticed three days earlier than the scheduled day. And from that time until the program kickstarted, the inflow was overwhelming. The first day of the program witnessed overflow and that was the case throughout other days. In all the 4 days of the program, there was clear evidence that heaven visited the earth thus the program was characterized by signs and wonders.

The program with theme, ‘WHAT GOD HAS DETERMINED SHALL BE DONE’ started 8 am as scheduled on the first day but When the congregants saw the exceeding greatness of the power of God as put forward through the preaching of the man of God on the first day, their hunger and thirsty for the gift of the Holy Spirit was resonated, and they became reluctant to let go for the day, that prompted the Pastor to announce a change in resumption of service from 7 am for the remaining days. Of course the Scripture says, “Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power”. On the first day of the crusade, various choir groups from different nations took their turns to minister to the congregation before the man of God mounted the pulpit. Among the choirs were the Beninese choir, Ghanaian, Ivorian, Philippians, Togolese, South Sudanese and Nigeria Children, Youth, Campus and Central choirs and the Duet sisters’ choristers. All of these choirs thrilled the audience with soothing rendition of different rhythms that elicited their faith and expectation.

After the choir ministration came the turn of those that were divinely visited at the point of their needs in the previous meeting. Tens of testifiers among hundreds that came out were given opportunity to share their testimonies. The first testifier in this segment was Sis Ogechi Agumaeme from Rivers State who said that her husband was relieved from his job for no just reason and as she presented the matter to God of Chosen on a deliverance service, the Pastor prophetically pointed it out during prayers and the husband’s job was restored.

Also, Sis. Angela Fabian testified of stooling a 13 year old fibroid after she put into practice the teachings of the Pastor on evangelism. She said while evangelizing at a bus stop according to pastor’s instruction she felt something was coming out of her, as a result she dashed home only to discover it was fibroid that pulled out of her body. That ended 13 years yoke of fibroid. Sis Eberechukwu said that for 3yrs and 10 Months she was pregnant and in the course of seeking for deliverance she visited many prayer homes and consulted many native doctors but to no avail. However, the very day she stepped her feet in Chosen through the invitation of a friend, was the day her problem came to an end. According to her, as Pastor was ministering he made a prophetic utterance of her case and declared that she should go and deliver like Hebrew woman. Lo and behold the moment she heard that word of knowledge labour started instantaneously and within few hours she was delivered of a bouncing baby boy.

Sis Amaka who resides in Lagos also testified that being a victim of 7 months stroke, she was brought to the church on one of the services and after Pastor’s prayer, she received her healing. There were to the glory of God hundreds of other testifiers on that first day before the Pastor was ushered into the Pulpit. As soon as he announced his present with a loud ‘Amen’, the congregation of about one million responded with a thunderous ovation that reverberated the arena.

Before praying for the congregants, the cleric cautioned the congregants against wandering about while the program was ongoing, he also assured them that their honouring the invitation of God to come from far and near will never be in vain because God who invited them has more than enough for them. ‘I want you to be assured that God who inspired the theme knows your needs respectively and is ready to bless you. So be in expectation because no problem of yours will escape the sword of the Lord today’, the cleric averred. Continuing he said, ‘The testimonies you heard was just an appetizer of the greater things that will happen in the course of this program, because everyone must go home with a miracle. I want to assure you that, the problem you brought here must not go back with you in Jesus name’. This statement was greeted with deafening affirmation that could awake the dead. Thereafter the stage became charged for extraordinary intervention of the power of God.

And as the Pastor started praying and declaring freedom for all, the power of God was present to set the captives free, heal the sick, deliver the oppressed and grant salvation to all. As he was praying, there came a spontaneous shout of joy that resonated from different sides indicating instant miracles have taken place. While some recipients of the miracles were rejoicing for the good things that have happened to them, others who could not express the positive changes in their lives were communicating their feelings by shedding tears of joy. In fact there was excitement everywhere in the congregation as many trouped out to share their new experiences of freedom. Among them were Bro John Ubi, from Delta State who was among those that threw away their walking aids after pastor’s prayers on the first day. He had a 2 months broken bone as a result of an accident that made him not to walk without aids.

According to him, as soon as Pastor prayed and mentioned his case through the word of knowledge he heard a soft noise that emanated from the point of the broken bone and instantly before he knew it the excruciating pain ceased, he demonstrated he can now walk without crutches. Bro Clifford also threw away his crutches after he received healing of 11 years broken bone. Bro Mbok from Akwa Ibom state who was struck with stroke four months ago were doing what he couldn’t do with his body before. He was rhetorically asking ‘is that how good the Lord is’.

Bro Felix who came all the way from Ghana with a poisoned leg’s affliction was among those that received instantaneous healing after Pastor ’s prayer. For Sis Josephine Ikechukwu whose case was an excruciating waist pain which has lasted for more than ten years. According to her, this affliction has rendered her incapacitated and all her search for solution www.tlccrm had proved abortive. Even when she was told about the program, she took it with a pinch of salt, but now she can confess there is no God like the God of Chosen and Pastor Muoka is a man of God. Bro Emma Oluo said his healing came immediately the Pastor said ‘amen’.

As soon as he heard that word AMEN, he felt something flew out of his body and that was the end of three months painful arthritis. Another case of deliverance from arthritis was the case of Sis Mary from Abuja whose case lasted for nine years but ended after Pastor ’s prayers. For Bro Augustine, his joy has no bound after he received healing of seven years stroke that had paralyzed his entire body. According to him, he was just living to die because the sickness rendered him useless both to himself and others.

He had already concluded that after this program he would never allow anyone to take him again to any prayer house. With cry of joy he expressed his appreciation to the man God used to heal him. Many more testified of the goodness of God which couldn’t be captured here because of space. The second day was a replica of the first day except that the numbers of testifiers were more on the second day. Also choirs from other nations that couldn’t minister on the first day were given opportunity to minister such as choirs from Congo Kinshasha, Cameroon, South Africa, and indigenous choir of Hausa, Yoruba, Nigeria Adult choir, Youth and Children etc. TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK