JESUS
I hope your faith is being lifted up as you read this column. My prayer is that God Almighty with whom nothing is impossible will surprise you.
Remember, the five-week programme for Divine Intervention is still on at Laughter Foundation Christian Ministry, Lagos. Also, the next Holy Ghost Night for April is for children but don’t be left out. I’ll give more information in this article.
Are you lonely? Are your worried about something? It is quite natural to feel so. Is your case that of one who is married and has not yet been blessed? Is yours a health challenge? Is yours an endless wait for a life partner? Are you working like an elephant and eating like an ant?
Whatever it is, the Bible has words of encouragement for you.
Our authority is found in Matthew 11 verses 28: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. “.
Therefore, whatever we are passing through, it is not beyond God our Creator to resolve.
Sometime in 1995, I went to the United States and I bought some baby things. Suddenly, my pregnancy positive result changed to negative, but I still kept those things.
Even though the spiritual challenges were many, I remained steadfast in prayer. I have decided to use myself as an example to keep your faith alive and let you know that I have had a similar experience. Prayer can never be too much. Indeed, I borrow the theme of a recent programme of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), “ Pray Until Something Happens”. Pastor Olowoyo, of Victory Chapel Magodo, further suggests, “ Praise until something happens”. A combination of both is necessary. To you, it may seem that nothing is happening, but God is definitely working on your behalf.
I continued to worship at Laughter Foundation Christian Ministry and attended programmes of RCCG, especially the Holy Ghost Night, regularly.
You just have to find time for God. Don’t be too busy not to find time to attend prayer meetings that focus on your challenges.
I return to the issue of the clothes I bought in America.
Once in while, I would bring the clothes down and begin to declare, “These clothes, I have bought you, I will never give them to anybody. My own children from my own body will use them”. The point I am making is what are you saying to yourself? You need to call yourself by the name given to your unborn baby. If it is health challenge, you need to declare to yourself, “ God did not create me with hypertension or diabetes. The word of the Lord says in Exodus, 15 verse 26, `I am the Lord , the one who heals you” ( Good News Bible”, Or declare , “By his stripes, I am healed”.
Confess this and be regular in prayer under a true man of God, even as your continue with scientific steps which your challenge may require.
Back to the issue of my baby clothes. Some needed to be washed and I washed them and made sure they were kept safe and clean.
It was not until 2010 that the yoke was broken and my Samuel was born.
Do your mathematics and find out how many years the clothes were when Samuel was born.
Please don’t give up. Anyone who is still alive remains a candidate for a miracle as long as you remain steadfast with Jesus.
Your miracle is on the way
Why do I always refer to Laughter Foundation? The General Overseer of this church, Pastor Oso, is passionate about families having children. He too was married for some years; though not too long, a delay of three years is still a delay in a society that expects to have naming ceremony in your house after a year of marriage.
God intervened and today, the family is blessed with five children.
I return to the forthcoming April Holy Ghost Night of RCCG for children.
‘Why should I go, after all, I don’t have children and I am not a child?’ Please, perish this thought.
I attended several editions of this programme usually held in April. During one of the editions Pastor Enoch Adeboye spoke a word of knowledge, “There is somebody here , in the midst of this programme, you are lonely but the Lord said I should tell you that, very soon, you will be here with your own children”.
This word of knowledge has been fulfilled in my own life. So, don’t give up, attend and the Lord will hand over your miracle to you in Jesus name.
Pastor Adeboye, in one of his sermons, said, “ You can never explain God. When we are talking about God, let’s put science apart”. This is not to say that science should be disregarded; he never said so. What it simply means is that beyond science, God can do great miracles.
Pastor Adeboye once told the congregation that he went for a programme , I think in the United States with his wife. After the programme, a woman who was waiting on God for children but doctors had told that her ovaries were not functioning very well, waited patiently till the end of the service. After the service, she simply went to sit on the chair on which Mrs. Adeboye sat and said, “ God, this woman does not need her ovaries anyone, she has had all her children. O Lord, give the ovaries to me and let me have children”.
Within a year that she said this prayer, the yoke was broken and she had a baby.
I am not suggesting that you begin to monitor Mrs. Adeboye’s movement. My point is that you must demonstrate your faith. Take an action of faith concerning whatever challenge you are facing and the Lord will surprise you.
There was also the case of a woman who doctors had told her womb was stuck together . I mean it was as if a glue or gum had held the walls of the womb together and, therefore, may not have children.
She remained with God in prayer and thanksgiving . To the glory of God , she had a set of twins.
As we continue to trust God, in addition to taking some scientific steps, remember the words of Mrs. Folu Adeboye; wife of the General Overseer of RCCG, “ It is written, a man can receive nothing unless it is given by God”.
Medical science cannot state the exact time that conception takes place except if it is assisted pregnancy but God Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth knows the time of conception.
Keep faith alive and demonstrate it and that particular challenge in your life will soon be history.
I see you testifying soon in Jesus name.

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