WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS?

Since I wrote my testimony, I have received replies from a few readers stating what God has done for them.

One sent a mail to my facebook page with this message:

I always tell people that giving makes a way for you. I had a similar experience but before I went into that dark period, I had obeyed God's Word through his servant at that time. After I had obeyed, I went into that trying period but with that seed I had sown, God used it to perform his miracle for me.After five months being homeless at that time(living in a room set aside for renovation in a hotel), begged for N200 to eat on a certain day and lived at an edge of life with nothing to call a source of income. God in his mercies came through for me. I got a job in a consultancy firm and it changed everything. Presently still in the consultancy firm, I'm married with 2 kids, furthered my studies, living in a wonderful apartment and much more. I can stand strong and look at the future with much hope. All thanks to God.


So I would very much like to hear from you if you have a testimony to share but more importantly if you are facing a storm in your life and are overwhelmed by it.

I would really like to hear from you too.

I would like to know if what I wrote here has helped someone in any small way.

I intend to start a series or rather continue a series on John Chapter 11 which I started earlier.

Your response will be very encouraging. I  also welcome criticism on the articles written here. 

I know the write-ups are far from perfect, and I am not a professional writer but the message is as true from the heart and I tried to make it as plain as possible.


Thank you and hope to hear from you.

John Chapter 11(Part 1)

"Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick." (John 11:1-3).

As we embark on a chapter study of the gospel of John, the first thing we are confronted with,as the curtains are raised, are the characters or actors who feature in this real life drama.

The acts are  good people who by their acts have shown a love for God and with what one of them did, being set up for a memorial wherever the gospel is preached.

We can safely say that they loved Jesus and his love for them wasn't in doubt too.


Let's stop and think for a while and consider this.

Here is a family committed to Jesus, broke an alabaster box  with perfume worth  a whole lot, loved God and was also loved by God yet tragedy strikes! The one Jesus loves dies! That isn't supposed to happen, or is it?

Sometimes when we devote our lives to God and make so much sacrifices for the work of God we get the wind blown off our sails when negative things happen to us. We wonder why and argue constantly as to what may have caused it to happen to us. Some even go as far to get bitter with God and stop whatever service they were offering. Others may believe that God is punishing them or that God doesn't love them.

If you are going through some stuff which you can't say why the happened to you, then let me say this to you.

Friend, the truth remains that Bad things DO happen to Good people and No, that doesn't mean that God has stopped loving you!

Ask Job. He did absolutely nothing wrong and yet evil struck.

You are Loved by God!Your service and dedication to God is worth something to God.Your life isn't over yet and your season of visitation can still come.
Hold on to him no matter what life throws at you. 
Above all, Trust Him.

My Testimony Part 7- AFTER THE STORM ....

I had come to the end of what I could possibly bear.

It had been a year and five months without a job and seemingly no prospects of getting one soon, a wedding to prepare for without any money, still living with my sister, and discouraged.

I sat at the edge of the bed and let tears flow down my face as I thought about all that had happened and how it seemed that God's word to me had failed. I remember crying out to God in my desperation and telling  Him I had come to the end of what i could bear. That I would rather die than face the shame anymore.
The problem was that I knew enough not to contemplate taking my own life, and God didn't seem interested in ending it for me.

As I sat and prayed, God softly spoke to my heart and asked "what i had in my hand?" The story of the widow woman whose husband had died and left a huge debt that she could not pay came to my mind(2 Kings 4). It was like a light bulb switched on inside my head. The impression I had was that I had prayed but if i could still trust God enough to release what I had to him that he would bless me. You see it was a question of "Can you still trust me, despite all you have been through?" I had very little money left in my account and I felt that God wanted me to give that away. I had a clear impression of Two Pastors I was to give it to. One was Pastor E. A. Adeboye and the other was the Pastor of the church I attended. To be honest with you the sum involved is just to embarrassing to give to them but I just felt I had to obey God.

I made a bank draft for Pastor Adeboye and went to a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, and gave it to the Church Secretary. I guess she must have been embarrassed at the sum and was a bit reluctant to accept but I pleaded with her to take it. Promising to return if it was rejected(Thank God it was not).

What was left in the account was so small that I put it in a white envelope to give to my Pastor to conceal how much it was. I took it to midweek service that day and when I saw my Pastor the realization of how ridiculous what I was about to do hit me. What was left was far more embarrassing than what I had given earlier and to think I had to give it to him in person! I didn't want to give it to my Pastor. There was just no way I could disrespect him like that! I suddenly developed cold feet. I went to the midweek service with that money in my pocket and by then all the conviction had left me. I just couldn't go through with it, I concluded.

As I sat in the service that evening, still struggling within, my Pastor came to the pulpit and preached a message that hit at the struggle I was having and even gave an example of giving to God even when he tells you to give a certain amount of money.(now the amazing thing was that the "certain amount" of money he mentioned was the exact money I had in the envelop to give him!). At that point I gave up and agreed to obey God even if I looked like a fool for doing so.

After the service I went into his office, scared still but I knew I had to go through with it. I explained to him why I had come and proceeded to give him the money in the envelope apologetically. To my surprise, he understood, took it and prayed for me.

After I did this, the following week. I had a call from where I had attended an interview(but was rejected because I was "over qualified" and they had a policy not to under employ, honestly I did not mind even if they gave me a job there as a cleaner) and was told to meet some people who where interested in setting up an office here in Nigeria and needed someone to help set it up.

I met with my current employers at a pool side at Eko Hotel and was employed by the end of the week. I didn't have to alter my CV or lie about the circumstances that I lost my job.

The salary matched the salary i earned on my last job in the bank and my second salary paid the expenses for my traditional marriage, the first I gave to those two Pastors.

God indeed is a present help in time of trouble!!!