Thread by @GbengaWemimo

Her husband was caught in a crossfire
Armed robbers and the police were having a shoot0t in front of a popular commercial bank in Lagos
He was waiting for the tricycle that will transport him to his father's house
He was deeply engrossed in his own thoughts as he waited
He didn't

see or hear the commotion on time
The next thing he noticed was that free fall
It was as if something hit him on the chest that flung him off his feet
He was dead by the time he landed
His body was left there as the police and the armed robbers engaged each other for another two

hours
The armed robbers eventually ran away with the loot
The police purchased them
The coast was clear for people to check out the victims caught in the crossfire
Three were wounded but he was dead
Someone got out his phone from his pocket and called his wife
Another person

called the ambulance
His "remains" was taken to the hospital in a tricycle
Everyone felt he could still be revived if rushed to the hospital as soon as possible
The doctors pronounced him dead on arrival
His wife arrived at the hospital
She saw the tricycle that had his body in

it
She was shocked
She called the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
She said "Sir, he is dead! My husband is dead. I am looking at his body, I am standing by his body now, I am seating beside his body now. I am touching his body now. Please sir, say a word of prayer. My husband must

not die like this.
I told him not to go out this morning
We agreed he will not be going out
He lived a life of suffering and struggling
His whole life was one of lamentation
He tried very hard to catch a break, to have a day of joy
If he died like this, it would be a life of no

reward and no victories
A life of unending cycles of pain and frustration
Please, sir, I don't want this for him
Let us pray and raise him up from the dead
Please, sir, let us restore him to life
Don't let the enemy take the glory over his life
Dont let the devil win
Please sir,

let us pray
He told her to calm down
He told her to lay hands on her husband
He told her to pray as he also prayed over the phone
They prayed for about twenty minutes
A relative came to the tricycle to call her
The relative said they needed to see the doctor and clear the dead

certificate issue
She had to go
He said he would wait until she was done
She went with the relative
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt prayed on in his office
He had never met the couple physically
The husband reached out to him on Twitter regarding the relentless and frustrating

cycle of failure he was going through
They prayed together
The husband mentioned his wife too
They all prayed together over the phone
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt gave them some scriptures to pray together with after praying in the spirit
They read the scriptures the night

before that day
By 5 am the Holy Spirit told her to tell him to stay at home
She heard the instruction loud and clear and she told him immediately
She told him the Holy Spirit had charged her to inform him that he should stay at home that day
He agreed and promised her he was

not going to step out of their flat
By 8:15 am his father called him
His father told him they needed to see
Her husband told his father he would be with him within the hour
He left the house by 8:47am
He was dead by 9:15 am
He died at the age of 35
He was a father of two children

He left behind a young widow aged 32
He left behind two church fellowships that mourned him dearly
One in Abuja and the other in Lagos
What was he going to see His father for?
An issue which could easily have been discussed over the phone
It was a sad end
By the time she called

the brother in Jeans and T-shirt to give a situation report, he had been moved to the mortuary and plans were in earnest to bury him
The tears flowed ceaselessly
He was gone.
Preparations were made to support the young widow in cash and in-kind
Two Sundays later, she met with the

Brother in Jeans and T-shirt in company of all her husband's siblings
The dead had provoked the living to do better
They prayed together in the presence of the Lord
The Lord settled their cases one after the other
She was able to settle down to a job and she began to fend for

herself and her children
She also didn't have the mentality of a victim or a taker
She gave some of her earnings to help and support other widows in the GSWMI Widows ministry
She became an inspiration to many

PS: This tragedy is gradually creeping towards the one year mark
The

thought of this amazing young lady came to my mind and I felt she should be able to read this and remember that Faithful is He who has promised; He will do it."
There are many destinies being catered to and nurtured back to hope through the GSWMI Widows MInistry
The ministry is

run by a chartered accountant with a proven reputation for godliness and excellence @iyabooladapo7
We also have a board that oversees the activities of the ministry
@GbengaWemimo does not have direct access to the account apart from contributing to it and getting reports on its

operations
Jesus told us to take care of the widows, the orphans and the fatherless
We have done so and we will continue to do so as a ministry and as individuals
The vulnerable ones in the society do not have to stay that way, please support the GSWMI widows ministry today

2036549625 First bank
You can also nominate a widow for us to support.
Kindly direct your enquiries to @iyabooladapo7, @sicamoore @GbengaWemimo @sbo1001 @GswmiFirebrand @gswmiWM via DM or gswmi.com
God bless you. Amen

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