Live and direct, the power of God was present at The SCOAN
Prayer Line which kicked off the first service on Sunday 16th September
2012. Visitors from around the globe were evidently transformed by the
power of God as they received prayer from the five wise men, in Jesus’
name. After the prayer line, it was testimony time where a number of
varied testimonies were given reminding us that Jesus Christ is
concerned about every department of our lives.
T.B. Joshua
RECONCILED THROUGH PROPHECY
A couple came forward in confirmation of a prophecy given the
previous week to Mrs Oluchi Okpara who after receiving a threat to her
life from her husband, had stolen all his money and left with their
children. Mrs Okpara explained that each time she requested for money
from her husband, he would refuse to give her even the smallest of
amounts to buy the items she needed. One day she requested for N2,000
just to buy some things for her young baby but he did not permit her.
Angry, she stole the N2,000 and defiantly went out to get what she
wanted, contrary to her husband’s instructions. Furious upon finding
out, Mr Okpara told his wife that if she did not give back the N2,000 by
the time he had returned from where he was about to go, he would end
her life. It was at this point that Mrs Okpara delved into her husband’s
suit pockets, stealing close to N400,000 and ran away.
Mrs Okpara
For over one month, she had been using her husband’s money, buying
the things he had earlier deprived from her, spending close to N200,000
of the total amount she had stolen. Realising that she had no other
option as she didn’t have anyone to help their situation and didn’t want
the marriage blessed with two children to end in divorce, she ran to
The SCOAN for God’s intervention. Her case did not escape the anointing
of God as Prophet T.B. Joshua prophesied directly about the problem she
was in. Prophet T.B. Joshua invited Mr Okpara to come to The SCOAN and
reconciled the couple, stating that both of them needed prayer for
deliverance.
Mr & Mrs Oluchi Okpara And Children
After stating their case and listening to
words of counselling from T.B. Joshua the tense situation became calm
and God’s restoring power was brought on the scene settling their case.
Prophet T.B. Joshua proceeded to reimburse all the money his wife had
used during the month of her absence. Glory be to God!
THE SECRETS OF THE HEART REVEALED
Another couple came out to confirm a prophecy given by Prophet T.B.
Joshua during last week’s Monday Service. Mr Obiagbo, who initially came
to The SCOAN alone, had been asked by Prophet T.B. Joshua what the
cause was of the fights with his wife, to which he responded that it was
due to infidelity. Prophet T.B. Joshua proceeded to prophesy that he
should pray against a polygamous home.
Mr Obiagbo
Mr Obiagbo came forward, accompanied by his wife who had been invited
by Prophet T.B. Joshua in response to the prophetic message. He stated
that, unknown to his wife, he had actually been planning in his heart to
walk out of the marriage, take his four children and look for another
wife, even going to the length of asking his family members to find
another wife for him. He explained that after he had accused his wife of
infidelity, which she eventually confessed to, all affection and love
in the home had disappeared. He expressed shock at Prophet T.B. Joshua
prophesying the secret of his heart that even his wife did not know
about.
Mr & Mrs Obiagbo
He then used the opportunity to explain how he was initially
extremely sceptical about Emmanuel TV due to the misinformation and
rumours he had heard about Prophet T.B. Joshua. However, after seeing
his brother, who was a pastor, watching Emmanuel TV in his office, he
decided to watch and gradually became addicted to watching it, surprised
to see Prophet T.B. Joshua using the name of Jesus Christ and preaching
the Word of God. He regretted his years of ignorance and after seeing
the prophet in action he said that T.B. Joshua was a ‘Field Marshal’ in
the work of God.
Prophet T.B. Joshua explained how God had allowed him to face
persecution within Nigeria to allow other nations around the world to
also come to The SCOAN and receive, testifying that it truly is a
‘Church Of All Nations’ and not one limited to a particular country. He
said that he even prayed for more persecution as it was a tonic to his
anointing!
Prophet T.B. Joshua declared the marriage as one blessed from Heaven
and stated that Mrs Obiagbo would undergo deliverance for the spirit
that had pushed her outside of her marital home and caused her to
disrespect her husband.
EVIL INTENTIONS
A young lady, Miss Chidiebere, who was brought out the previous week
through a prophetic message, shocked all who listened as she explained
how she scattered marriages, destroyed homes, implicated many to jail
and caused public disgrace, shame and embarrassment to people. She said
that she was a sadist and did not want to see people happy. She derived
joy in seeing others in pain. It all started when she was in school.
Pushed by an evil spirit, Chidiebere began despising anyone who she saw
happy and started devising devilish means to cripple their joy. She
explained how she would steal items from one person and insert them into
the bag of another, leading to students being wrongly expelled from
school and faced with public humiliation.
Miss Chidiebere
She said a spirit would continually push her to steal other people’s
items, not to keep for her but rather to give or sell to others in order
to cause implication and, in some cases, wrongful imprisonment.
Whenever she saw a young couple happily married, she would conspire to
cause separation by concocting false stories and feeding them to both
parties, leading to fighting and accusation. For example, she would take
the phone of the husband and send implicating romantic text messages to
females, before leaving the phone for the wife to see. Picking up on
this point, Prophet T.B. Joshua said it was a lesson to couples around
the world to always examine what they read or hear about their partners
in the light of God’s Word and not take everything at face value.
Chidiebere said that her entire family had been affected by her
actions and the reputation of her father, who was once respected and
successful contractor, had been dragged in the mud. When demanding those
who were indebted to him to pay, they would respond by telling him to
ask his daughter who used to steal. Her mother developed high blood
pressure due to her antics and the marital lives of all her brothers and
sisters had been broken because of her lies and deception.
Chidiebere And Family
Her confession revealed many satanic tricks used to cause disarray in
people’s lives, reminding us that we should love everyone but trust
only God, in these perilous times. Now delivered, she spoke of her
former deeds with regret, something she had never felt before reflecting
the change that had occurred within her since Jesus Christ had stepped
in, turning her life away from sin.
GLAUCOMA GONE!
Esther Kabeye from Lesotho came to The SCOAN to testify of what God
had done in her life through the medium of the Anointing Water. She
explained how she was a teacher in French and Computing by profession
but her career and health were threatened by glaucoma which she had been
told by doctors would eventually result in blindness. Emotionally
falling into tears as she testified, she explained, “It was very painful
for me because I could not even see my children clearly”. She was
advised to have an operation because the disease was advancing. Holding a
scan of her eye, she showed the darkened areas on the scan which showed
the terrible effects of the glaucoma on her vision, one that was
irreversible medically.
Esther Kabeye
However, after watching Emmanuel TV with her husband, she believed
that if only she could get to The SCOAN she would be healed. After
visiting The SCOAN, she received the Anointing Water and ministered it
to her eyes and mouth. Immediately, her eyesight began to become clearer
and gradually her vision was fully restored. Rejoicing at the wondrous
miracle, she went back to the doctor who confirmed that she was
completely healed and that there was no damage to her eyes. Holding up a
second scan of her eyes, all the areas that before had been blackened
due to the glaucoma were clear! She gave glory to God and praised Him
knowing first hand that to His power nothing is impossible.
THE MAKING OF A MILLIONAIRE!
Sheila Sekwati from Botswana was next up for testimony and she
explained the problem she was facing before coming to The SCOAN was that
she had been living in poverty, from hand to mouth. She said that her
and her husband had struggled to get the means to come to The SCOAN and
that they used their last money to come to the church where she was
privileged to receive the Anointing Water.
Sheila Sekwati
Believing God for a Divine breakthrough, she administered the
Anointing Water on the documents she wanted to submit for a contract. To
her greatest surprise, just days after ministering the Anointing Water,
she received a call from the government that she had been chosen to
execute a contract worth 1.734 million Pula ($226,000), despite the fact
that she was not the most experienced or externally qualified for it!
She testified that from that point onwards, contracts began rolling in
and today, she is a millionaire – after ministering the Anointing Water
in Jesus’ name!
FROM GRASS TO GRACE
Cameroonian Mr & Mrs Valentine Nkwain testified to the goodness
of God in their lives and the huge financial breakthrough received after
ministering the Anointing Water. Mr Valentine narrated that he was
facing relentless hardship and abject poverty, to the extent that his
wife’s parents had not wanted to give their daughter to a poor man and
had vigorously opposed their coming together. Mrs Valentine however had
determined to stand by her husband through thick and thin. The couple
had no place to stay and found themselves sleeping on the floor. This
was the level that their poverty had reached. Mr Valentine was a
photographer but he was unable to get any job, let alone make ends meet.
In desperation, he then managed to gather enough for his wife to travel
to The SCOAN, where she received the Anointing Water. Returning to
Cameroon, the couple prayed together and ministered the Anointing Water.
Cameroonian Mr & Mrs Valentine Nkwain
After that, there was a drastic turnaround in their lives. Mr
Valentine explained how jobs and finances started flying in from
everywhere. “Now, I am a multi-millionaire!” he enthusiastically
testified, boldly showing the pictures of his house (which had been
built within a 6 month period) and fleet of cars, for all the world to
see. T.B. Joshua responded to the testimony by asking the congregation
to stand in honour of God, who provides, declaring “What a God we have
to worship! What a Son we have to praise! What a future lies before us!”
A LOST HOPE RESTORED!
Mr Again Pachaw, a Zimbabwean living in Botswana was the next to
cause the congregation to jump up from their seats in exuberant joy. He
explained his condition before as “absolute poverty”, saying that it had
got to the point where he was forbidden from getting a loan from any
bank as he was blacklisted. This had happened after his business had
totally collapsed, leaving him depressed, without work and living
literally hand to mouth. He said that he was just roaming about
aimlessly doing nothing. That was before he started watching Emmanuel TV
and the hope that was lost was rekindled. He began to believe that his
situation could change and he was convinced that if he could just get to
The SCOAN, he would get relief from his travails.
Mr Again Pachaw
He explained that his situation had affected his health, mentioning
that he had ulcers, stress and severe headaches. Just as he had
believed, God provided a way for him to come to The SCOAN and he was
opportuned to receive the Anointing Water. He also had the opportunity
to present his document showing that he was blacklisted to the man of
God, who prayed with him concerning it. He returned to Botswana and
ministered the Anointing Water on all his documents and prayed with
them.
A few days later, he went to the bank and the credit bureau and to
his amazement and shock, they declared that he was not blacklisted due
to an earlier administrative error. After that, miracles started swiftly
happening in his life. He submitted applications to 5 banks which they
all accepted. He was also given contracts out of nowhere. Abundant
blessing located him and stayed with him. With tears in his eyes, he
explained that he is now a proud owner of a fleet of trucks! He showed
the picture of the trucks, as evidence, also displaying photos of his
beautiful house equipped with a swimming pool and set of cars.
THE MINISTRY OF GIVING
T.B. Joshua spoke on the need to give, noting that it is the giving
ministry that services the other ministries of deliverance, healing,
reconciliation, etc. He emphasized that giving should be our way of life
as Christians and that we should be willing to give, not only what we
do not need, but what we cherish most.
Three cases which the ministry had offered financial assistance to in
the previous week were then highlighted: The first was Pastor Ernest
and his wife who had been living in abject poverty, sleeping on the
church floor and given 16 days to leave the premises. The second was
that of Mrs Josephine Iweke whose house had burnt down and who was left
with nowhere to rest her head, resorting to sleeping in the same
classroom that she would teach in, during the day as a teacher.
The third was Mr Amos Adegor, an old man who had spent his pension,
desperately trying to fulfil his dream of completing a house, but due to
a prolonged land dispute, was failing miserably in his attempts and
living in deplorable conditions in the uncompleted building on the land.
A properly documented breakdown of donations from congregation
members towards these individuals was presented to the congregation. The
combined amount given to them was nearly N8,000,000. T.B. Joshua
declared that the amount would be split between the three cases, as
determined by their needs. Those who had contributed towards the needs
were acknowledged as an inspiration to others, to build their own lives
around their contribution to others.
THE SEEDS OF TOMORROW
Every term, hundreds of widows with their children come to The SCOAN
to collect the school fees for that term, part of the immense
humanitarian ministry given to T.B. Joshua. Scores of beneficiaries were
able to attend the Sunday service and received their school fees and
bags of rice with joy, while acknowledging that the greater part of the
recipients were not present.
Widows With Their Children
The amount given to the children totalled at N7,789,000. A
spokesperson for the children said that Prophet T.B. Joshua had been a
father and an inspiration to them all and was passionate about creating a
bright future for them. Each family also received three bags of rice.
THE RIVER NEVER RUNS DRY
The testimonies continued into Monday Service as many testified to
the raw, authentic and forceful power of God in their lives. The
expressions of charity also did not stop as three cases were highlighted
and assistance was offered to them by the ministry. These included Miss
Obi, who had been delivered the previous week. The demon within her had
made her become so fat that she would deter any man coming to her and
also rendered her useless, unable to do any job, leaving her with
nothing, She was presented with N300,000 and three bags of rice. Mrs
Ugochi Orisakwe called out by word of prophecy had two bodies of family
members at the mortuary. She had no means or finances to bury them –
that was until the ministry stepped in by giving her N300,000 and three
bags of rice.
Perhaps the most poignant case though was that of Chinedu Nwosu and
his wife. This couple had experienced failures in business, and other
areas of their lives. The demons afflicting both of them had caused
collapse in business and marriage. They had separated for more than a
year and had vowed not to come together again. But the Lord who
delivered them opened the eyes of their faith and after both received
powerful deliverances, they began to see each other in a totally
different light and they stepped forward as husband and wife, thanking
God for making what was impossible, possible for them. The ministry
blessed them with the whopping sum of N500,000 and three bags of rice.
Mr Nwosu, a business man, owner of house and two cars before could now
begin to dream again, eyeing the prospects of future success. The
emptiness and bitterness that drove and dictated their direction before
has been replaced with ease of heart and peace of conscience. Glory be
to God!
