Thread by @GbengaWemimo

I shared a testimony with my driver today, I believe some of us may also learn from it

When i was 29, I was made a youth pastor in the parish I was attending
The youth church organized an event but i made the mistake of not following protocol or informing the main pastor about

this event
I can sometimes be spontaneous especially if the Holy Spirit gave me an instruction, i keep it close to my chest and ensure that Nay sayers do not get a wond of it until it becomes a force that nobody can toy with
The programme was a worship and healing service, we

needed to rehearse for the former and we expect that if we delivered as led by the spirit the latter will happen
I gathered the youth, we started rehearsing, one of the ministers heard and told the church pianist not to join us anymore since we are the youth and the guy was being

paid to minister for the main church
We needed a keyboardist badly in order for the programme to be a success
Someone told me about a young man living in Ketu-Alapere, a banker who knows how to play the keyboard very well
I approached this brother and explained our dilemma
He

decided to help us out
We got ready and informed the church, the same minister that withdrew the pianist protested but the church leadership overruled him after instructing me on the necessity of following protocol
Truth be told, this minister had prepared (fasted and prayed to

lead the anointing service that day when the youth came in wearing uniform t-shirts and asking to be given the opportunity to lead the service (In that regard i admit that i was wrong)
We were handed the microphone and we had a glorious service with a lot of glorious testimonies,

one of the beneficiaries of the meeting was a sister (on twitter and an ardent follower) who was diagnosed with ovarian cyst and had been unable to conceive for nine years
Her child will be thirteen years old in August 2022.
She came to church for that worship service and the

power of the Holy Spirit melted the cyst
We had other great miracles too
(God didn't mind that we didn't follow protocol or that the minister that was supposed to minister that day was fuming throughout the service)
He honoured our worship and His glory took over
After the

service, the youth team disbanded
Those going to school went, some got married, others got better job offers and so on
It has been from glory to glory
In 2020 I was driving out of the RCCG camp when i saw the keyboardist that supported us without collecting a penny in 2009
He had

lost his banking job and was operating a POS business right by the main gate
Wow!
I alighted from the car and we embraced, i was really grateful for what he did for us
He told me he had lost his job and as a result of trying to make ends meet now operates a POS business
I offered

to get him another job
He said "At what age?" (He is about 45 years old) and it wasn't as if i had a job at hand
I was going to make calls and perhaps get somebody to employ him if possible
He told me the POS business is fine as long as he has good patronage everyday
I said "OK"

from that day i go to him every time i needed to make a withdrawal
He charges 7,000 naira for every 100,000 naira
My driver saw this as unwise but he didn't say so until we were going for a ministration and i told this brother we needed 1 million naira cash for the journey

I could have walked into any bank but i refused to
This brother ran around until he gathered the cash and he charged me 100,000 naira extra for his troubles
Earlier today, my driver said "Sir, I will like to say something, please dont take offence"
I said "Okay sir"
Then he said

This man by the gate that you do POS business with, do you know how much he is charging you? Because if it is about the queue at the bank, i can volunteer to go and be getting the cash for you"
I looked at my driver and smiled, i said "Have you ever seen me queuing in a bank?"

He said "No sir, that is why I am wondering whether you don't want people to be seeing you or maybe going to the bank is too stressful for you but this guy is collecting too much money on this POS thing"
I told him the story of how this same guy came through for my team when he

didn't have to and why i am patronizing him today because of that
My driver said "Wow, he is a good man o. Thank you sir"
Now this is the icing on the cake, when we got to this POS guy today, he ran to my car and said "My brother, God bless you sir. that business you gave me in

December came as a miracle
My mother was in the hospital and i needed to pay her bills. I prayed earnestly that day that God should wipe away my shame and provide the fund because i didn't have much on me
Then you came and said you wanted me to get you such an amount and that i

free to charge you at my own rate
You saved my mother's life sir. Since that day i have been thinking you wont patronize me again because of the charges but you're here today again. Thank you my brother, i know you're doing this for love"
When we got home, my driver said "Sir

I am learning new things everyday. I didn't see patronizing him as helping him, i thought he was cheating you. Thank you sir"

That statement made my day
Money is nothing apart from the value it gives, I was taught that by the Holy Spirit four years ago. He taught me to look at

value of an act and not at the amount of money itself and this principle would baffle many but it has worked for me gloriously.
Blessed be God

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