Bro Gbenga I can’t stop shouting, it has been testimony after testimony since I decided to get serious with my walk with God. This is going to be a long read but it’s so worth it.
I applied for a study visa and was denied, ah Bro Gbenga, I was heartbroken, after all my kabashing?
After partaking of the communion? I was so confused. But I said, let God’s will be done and took another leap of faith and appealed the decision, mind you, before the refusal letter came in, that morning I was praying in the spirit and felt the Holy Spirit saying “it is done”,
so you can imagine my acute heartbreak when “it wasn’t done” 😂.
When I saw the letter, I first thanked God and told Him to guide me. I was also hesitant to appeal and was already considering deferring the admission because classes were starting and was told appealing would take
another 4-8 weeks making me miss out on tons of lectures and assignments.
I took a leap of faith and Declared that in two weeks or less, my approved visa will arrive and I’ll be able to catch up (I won’t lie o, my heart was still shaking and I was having strong doubts).
Then
during prayer hour on the Night of Glory, I just broke down, I couldn’t even pray, I couldn’t find the words, I was so disappointed, plus a Visa testimony came in that day and while I was so amazed at his Glory I was still asking God if he hears me at all, I was asking him
why He didn’t want a relationship with me (foolish me), why it felt like He was far away and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t reach Him. I was crying and looking through the prophecies.
Then lo and behold a prophecy came in saying “You're weeping as you read through the
prophecies looking for a word for yourself. The Holy Spirit is hugging you right now. You will testify” and I felt a warm sensation, all over my body and was just suddenly at peace.
Brother Gbenga, if you see the smile that suddenly spread on my face, I went from wailing to
smiling in seconds.
Then I keyed into it and proceeded to gather my documents again and submitted the next Monday. Again, I declared that it will be ready in two weeks or less and the classes will wait for me to come and I will find unmerited Favour.
Can you see where I’m going
with this now?
I got an email from school saying everything has been moved online that and my Approved visa came exactly 2 weeks after!!!!
I’m still in awe of this God who loved me even when I couldn’t see it. I am convinced God wanted to prove His power in my life, He was just
telling me to hold on.
God bless you always sir, also shout out to the two people who contacted me and agreed with me in prayer concerning my problems with accommodation, I was still waiting to hear from the agent and just forgot about it, only to check my mail weeks later and
saw the cancellation was accepted! Thank you so much, sir!
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In 2001, (I have written this story before) there was a National strike that led to schools shut down.
I was in the University of Ibadan at the time, when I left school, I went to Cute Guest House Agbowo at about 11AM, some friends of mine (Laide, the Barman) Lateef a student of
the Polythecnic Ibadan (Saki Campus), Sunday Akinloye (A student of UNAD), Kamoru, A student of the Polythecnic Ibadan, Saki Campus all joined me at the Guest house within an hour.
They were also coming straight from their schools
We didn't plan to meet there
We just did because
students usually hang out there
I was drinking beer and they joined me
We had drunk some bottles when Kamoru, (He is Lateef's friend from school and that was the first day i was meeting him started talking about how he heard the announcement of the strike and how useless the govt
I once worked with a media outfit
I didn't apply for the job
I woke up one morning and saw a text message declaring that i had been scheduled for an interview with the management of the company
I assumed my wife or someone who knew me personally must have dropped my name for the
organization
I went for the test
I got my offer letter on November 13, 2013
I celebrated the new job by taking my wife and my brother-in-law (Also a journalist at the time) to an eatery close to my house
The days of earning 30,000 naira salary with another media outfit were over
The salary this new outfit offered was 100,000 Naira
It was a step in the right direction
We were asked to resume immediately for training
I met a lot of great guys who would be our presenters, cameramen, news anchors etc during the training
After the first month, the MD said he
She reached out to me that she needed 2 million Naira for her business
She has a very wonderful business idea that I knew would take her and her family out of poverty
I didn't have the cash but i had an investor who had whispered in my ears that she had some loose change and
wouldn't mind investing in some businesses. Her only criteria were integrity and professionalism. She said she is sure her money will never be squandered as long as the person knows what he or she is doing and is trustworthy.
This lady matched the criteria
The business was in her
area of specialization and she is very trustworthy and disciplined.
I linked the two of them together
A few hours later, the lady who needed the money sent me a message
Brother Gbenga, how old is this investor?
I asked her why she was asking about the age
She said "She sounds so
Something happened a few minutes ago
A lady called me
She is a single mother of a ten-year-old boy
She called to report a crime and seek my intervention
She is located in Ibadan
She met a pastor I once worked with at Ibadan
The pastor was located in Warri at that time
She asked
the pastor to help her out with some money to buy drugs and feed herself and her son
The pastor didn't have cash but he transferred twenty-four thousand Naira to her
Eleven thousand for her child's school fees, four thousand naira for the drugs she said she needed and rest for
food
This was ten months ago
She called this pastor again several times
The pastor didn't pick her call (I don't know why but it is likely the man didn't want her to turn him into her ATM)
She took offence that the pastor refused to pick her call or return her call
She said his
When people say Rahab was a prostitute, they often forget that while reading her story, she was portrayed more like a brothel manager rather than a prostitute
The Prostitutes in the story of Solomon fitted the description better than Rahab
Why?
They had a room each where they ply their trade
Rahab had more than a room!
Those who patronize drinking pubs and brothels in those days were often wayfarers, travelers, warriors and adventure seekers.
They often bring great new from afar and after a bottle or two, they tell
Their stories
Prostitutes usually pay little attention to anything but money
Rahab did more than that
She gathered information and she had the presence of mind to take full advantage of the information when she had the opportunity
They had gods in Jericho but she was not fooled
Her first daughter got married in 2004
Prophecies about the marriage came to her as far back as 1992
The girl was only fifteen years old at the time
She went to a pentecostal church with a friend and as they were leaving the church
Somebody called her "Tokunbo's mother"
Her first
daughter was named Tokunbo
She turned around expecting to see a familiar face
The person was a stranger
The person was the invited guest that ministered in that church that day
The man said "Tell your daughter her husband shall come from America, I see her in a NYSC uniform, is
she observing the NYSC at the moment?
She said no, her daughter was in SS 2
He said, her husband will come when she is observing the NYSC, they will both relocate to America
She will live most of her life in America
She will have a good home
Tell her to be full of the Holy Spirit