I remember vividly eating all sorts in my dream from the age of 4
My grandfather, a simple Christian, used to say “Orisa ba n bo”
Meaning (The deities had fed you) whenever I told him of the feasts I used to have in the dream!
It was
I never knew this
My parents attended an Orthodox Church where one of the reverend would boldly say “Witchcraft is real”
The name of Jesus does not give you a license to look for the trouble of a witch. If you mind your business, they will leave you
They didn’t leave me alone!
I remember growing up and praying this way “Devil, you know I didn’t join anybody to pray against you or disrespect you, please don’t afflict me!” I would pray like this in the church when I see other people afflicted or hear gory tales of such!
I stole a lot!
It was so bad that I used to equate how much I stole with my academic prowess!
The term I stole a lot I always came 1st. The terms I stole little, I cane 3rd or 4th!
My mind was quite twisted!
Once when I was in JSS 2!
I was goi to school with my lunch pack fully loaded one morning and somehow I stole a 5 Naira bread!
The urge would suddenly come over me and I wouldn’t be able to control it!
I was caught and almost killed!
The second time I was in the boarding house and I stole a cup of gaari from a senior’s locker!
I was caught and beaten blue black!
They called it “Baptism” in the boarding house!
It was hell!
I had a big problem
But they were my primary victims
I robbed them blind!
I robbed my father to the extent that he used to keep his wallet with the neighbours before coming into our flat at a point!
He had beaten, negotiated, cajoled, begged and appealed to me several times!
When I became a “born again” Christian in 2004 I thought it would stop.
It didn’t
When I got baptized by immersion I thought it would stop
It didn’t
When I started speaking in tongues I thought it would stop
It didn’t!
Don’t laugh at me!
I was a victim!
A lot of friendships
A lot of relationships
It was a bad name and a bad reputation!
I was not only stealing, I was book smart too!
I forged my JSSCE certificate and my father who was a principal didn’t even notice!
I would forge our principal’s
Parents would pay and I will get a cut from every student!
I ran this racket for years in secondary school!
There was no hope for me!
None!
That encounter was the turning point!
I met the Holy Spirit!
God became real!
Two weeks later a former herbalist who had converted to Christianity was brought to Bowen Univeristy to
I was nominated to be his interpreter
He preached on and on
At a point he said “In witchcraft when we see a child with glory we turn such to shame!
If such a child is male, we will turn him to a Kleptomanic and feed him often in the dream to keep him going!
We will kill her confidence and joy
She would be a carrier of shame and pain!
Wow!
O my God!
I have a cousin who was living with us who couldn’t stop bed wetting!
We both fit into his narrative!
I planned to meet the revivalist after service so that he can pray for me
But by the time I got to the chaplain’s office, he was gone!
I cried that
As I cried, I prayed!
Lord, please wipe away my shame!
I don’t want to steal again
I rather want to be a blessing to the needy
I want to be a giver and a helper
I prayed in tongues all night
The next morning the Holy Spirit told me to go and visit my grandma in the village
I had stayed away for years out of fear
This didn’t stop the feeding in the dream!
I sometimes ate twice before daybreak!
We talked and laughed
I went back to school in the evening
Four days later, my mother called me
“I heard you went to the village! What did you do? People are dying!
Within a week 9 principalities were dead!
Those who had a hand in the tying of destinies
I also miraculously stopped stealing
The urge died completely!
I am asking you to consider Jesus!
Believing in the flesh as I once did was counterproductive
But believing in Him through the Help and leading of the Holy Spirit is a wonder!
Your family history and evil pattern need not reoccur
You can be totally free today
You can rule and reign in life as a new creature if you so desire
All it will take is a DM
You shall be birthed into the Son through the Spirit
Hallelujah
A woman brought me food in the dream
It was corn meal and palm oil
She put it down and called me by my traditional name
“Alayede, your good is ready”
I looked at the food
I looked at her
As she turned to leave, I called her back!
I said
I told her to kneel down &hold the plates
I ate everything with relish
When I was done
I smiled
Then I said “From today, I have recovered my authority from you and your kind! You must never bring me food again or come into my dreams!
She was very scared
She said “Yes my Lord”
That was the last time I ever ate in the dream