JUST ONE ENCOUNTER WITH DESTINY CAN RESET YOUR LIFE FOR GOOD: TELLING GOD-STORIES

"So He will do to me whatever He has planned.
He CONTROLS MY DESTINY" (Job 23:14 - NLT).

"You guide me with Your counsel,
leading me to a GLORIOUS DESTINY" (Psalm 73:24- NLT).

The two Scriptures above were revealed to me two years before this encounter that you are about to read. I was working at one of leading training organizations in Nigeria. I never knew on that day when the CEO of the company sent the crew out for training that God was using him to set me on a path that will forever change my life. I had an encounter with God by coming in contact with this woman of God. If you have read or hear my testimonies and stories before, you will discover that I celebrate God's MAGIC MOMENTS every time. I want to use this story again to encourage and challenge all women (mothers) in Ohio to attend this event on Saturday.

The letter below summarizes my story. I sent this to Pastor Funke Adejumo almost 20 years ago. Guess what? God's stories does not age with time. It will inspire you to have an expectation on God and not on any other man or thing. He is a DESTINY - CHANGER!

June 7, 2007.

To: Our Dear Mummy and Daddy Adejumo,

Even if we are not sure of anything about you, we are pretty sure that His abiding presence is ever with you. To say it's decades ago is no exaggeration! The last time we set our eyes on Mummy Adejumo was when she came to minister at U.I. in 2003.

How time flies. This is just to refresh your mind about the faithfulness of God to the words you and Bishop spoke into my life at Premier Hotel (Ibadan) the day I was privileged to meet with these two "love-birds" (Mama & Papa Adejumo).

I feel like sharing the experience with you again. I was at Premier Hotel (Ibadan) for a conference organized by the company I worked with. I was sitting at the registration desk when I saw Mummy Adejumo arriving.  I quickly left my seat, walked up to her and ask, "Are you Mrs.  Adejumo?” She answered with a smile, "Hun-un, may be her friend," and then she continued, "Yes I am by the grace of God." I told her how I listened to a message she preached at Christ Life Church many years ago, and my life was permanently influenced and have been looking for an opportunity to meet her. After a while I asked, "Where is Daddy?", "He is right there at the booking desk, Sweetheart, someone want to meet you" she beckoned.

I then volunteered to assist in moving their luggage into the hotel room. While I was going, I was thinking I need to book an appointment with this couple in Akure, so that I would travel down and share my dream with them. Suddenly I remembered Pastor Kumuyi's testimony. He told a story of a woman who had believed God for the fruit of the womb for years. She read about wonderful testimonies happening in Kumuyi's ministry and she had been praying to meet him someday. On this fateful day, the woman met with him at the Airport while he was going to join another plane.  "Are you Dr. Kumuyi?” she asked. "Oh yes, by the grace of God." He answered. Then she continued, "I have been looking for an opportunity to meet you, the doctor said I can never have a child. It's been difficult to get in touch with you, but now that I have seen you, I want you to give me an appointment so that when I come to Lagos, I would be allowed to see you. Then I would be able to share all the problems with you, and then you will REALLY pray for me." When she finished, Pastor Kumuyi looked at her and smiled saying, "Why are you looking for an appointment when there is an appointment here already?" The woman said, "You mean God can answer a prayer just like that here on the tarmac?" He prayed with her right away and to the glory of God, the woman traveled down to Nigeria the following year with her miracle child!

I just remembered that statement, "Why are you looking for an appointment when there is an appointment already?” Right there in the hotel room, I asked mummy that I had wanted to meet her because I have a vision of distributing anointed messages from God's generals to students on Campus, and she is one of the generals that I would like to distribute their materials. I asked for her permission to do so. With all humility, she answered, "That is a great vision and my heart agrees with you”. Then she continued, “but unfortunately, we don't have any of our messages left here with us, they are all sold out in London. But feel free to come around anytime for whatever you need."

My goodness, I was so excited. Then I rushed down to grab my catalogue of audio tapes and showed it to her. In amazement, she asked, "You mean you have all these messages?" I said, "By the grace of God." Can you record some for me today?" she asked, I said I would try.

Against all odds, after closing from work that evening, I went out to do the recording. I could not finish until around past 10pm and I rushed to the hotel (since they had to leave the hotel very early the next day). I got there, and she was so dazed. She said, “Bro. Kuye, you mean you could get the work done today?" and she said something I would never forget in my life, “You see that’s how people ENCOUNTER DESTINY!” She turned to her loving husband and said, “Let’s pray for this brother Sweetheart”.

As I knelt before them by the swimming pool, Bishop Adejumo looked straight into my eyes and asked, “What are your heart desires…?” Waoh! This is a million-dollar question. I gathered my thoughts together and while I was still thinking, Mummy Adejumo asked another thrilling question, “Are you engaged?” I quickly answered, No! Then I told my desires by uttering these words, “I want God to grant me speed and establish my relationship and ministry.” The duo prayed and prophesied upon my life that night. When I stood up, I knew there was an unusual deposit from heaven upon my life that day. Mummy Adejumo gave me her current book titled, “Marriage is For Destiny” (This encounter occurred on the 9^th of March, 2001 @ Premier Hotel, Rm., 112).

The resultant effects of that encounter are as follows:

·        Before the end of that same year, I met my Lump of Delight (fiancée) (Dec. 2001)

·        The beginning of the following year, I gained admission into the University of Ibadan for my Post graduate program and I became the Leader of the PG Fellowship of Ibadan Varsity Christian Union (2002).

·        The following year (2003), after two solid years of “sugar moon” (courtship) experience with my heartthrob, we entered a lifetime honeymoon.

·        The following year (2004), by divine orchestration, we relocated to the United States with all dignity and had our first daughter – Blessing. That same year, God connected us to one of His generals, Pastors Sam and Funmi Adeyemi whose relationship has been of immense blessings.

For time and space, I would not be able to enumerate all the things that have happened in our lives since that single encounter. It opened a volcanic eruption of blessing upon our lives that we can never recover from. Mummy and Daddy Adejumo, I cannot but put together this testimony to encourage some people in your church of the need to value and appreciate any encounter with the vessels of life.

In closing, we want to once again appreciate the grace of God upon your lives and ministry and it’s our deepest prayer that the glory of God upon you will not be turned to trash. You shall see the fulfillment of the promises of God for your life, children, grand-children, great – grand-children and ministry in the precious name of Jesus.

On behalf of my best support system – Oludolapo Precious and my angels – Blessing Ayomide and Faith Ayomidotun, I am saying we love you.

In His ever-abiding love,

Sam Kuye

I sent that letter in 2007 and was privileged to be at the Ohio MOthers Summit last year even though I'm a brother. I simply said to myself, "Sam, today you are a 'brotherly-sister' and you must be at the event". Men are also invited to this year and I believe God will HAPPEN for everyone on Saturday.

I shared more about this testimony in my book coming out in April 2017 titled, "How to Be Led by the Holy Spirit".  It will be a blessing to you. Also, you can get a copy of my new book on this link: Commanding Supernatural Results

In His ever Increasing Love,

Samson King, M.Div.

MAKE ME A SOLUTION TO THE PREVAILING PROBLEMS IN MY GENERATION!

God is a God of generations and cultures and in every generation, His faithfulness has never failed. I woke me up early this morning and I sense in my heart that God is giving me a prayer point that I feel like sharing with you. Every generation is unique by the reason of the prevailing circumstances, challenges, problems and social issues of the time. For instance, from the time that humanity was placed on earth, people have been walking on their feet (possibly one of the available forms of transportation aside from riding donkeys) to go from one place to the other. Many years later, there were some inventions like chariots from Ancient Egypt and life was cool. Not being able to drive a car, ride a bike or fly in the air was not an issue.

When Jesus walked the earth, he never prayed once for a car, an iPad, or an aircraft because according to the timing of the Master Designer, those are not prevailing necessities in that generation. But Jesus needed strength to be able to walk around, so He prayed for strength. He saw hunger and He prayed to be able to feed the hungry. He saw injustice in the legal system of His time (as narrated in the case of the woman caught in the act of adultery and was to be stoned but the man involved was exonerated), and He prayed for wisdom to handle the situation. He saw sickness (blindness, impotency, leprosy etc.) and He prayed for the power to heal them. Slavery has always been around but it was not a major or prevailing problem in those generations, racism was there but it was not a prevailing issue of the time. The prevailing issues in every generation have always been taken care of by the Master Designer.

Why am I saying all these? God is looking for people that will ask Him to reveal the solutions to the PREVAILING PROBLEMS in their generation. Even though walking on feet was not an issue for thousands of years, when it became a problem that men could not travel long distance or fly in the air, the knowledge to make engines and aircrafts were made available by the Master Designer. Even though slavery has been around for ages, when it became a prevailing problem, people like William Wilberforce, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King etc. were instrumental to providing solution to that problem. Many in the field of medicine, science, religion etc. all over the world were limited in their efforts to make life better because of the meager resources or access to relevant information. Few years ago, boom! The computer and Internet were made available by the Master Designer.

Now during the time of Jesus, cancer was not an issue, AIDS was not an issue, terrorism was not an issue, gun control was not an issue, redefinition of marriage was not an issue (you can add to that list). All these issues have always been around in one form or another but they were not PREVAILING ISSUES like in our generation. Guess what, the Master Designer has never failed any generation but the question is, “Would you join me in asking Him to make us SOLUTIONS to the PREVAILING ISSUES” in our generation? Instead of believing God for miracle to heal few cancer patients, the perpetual solution can be made available to us and just like you don’t need to pray for you to be able to fly from your room to work daily, cancer can be handled like we handle fever and cold.

You and I are majorly responsible for our generation not the generation of our founding fathers or the generation that Jesus lived in. Internet, IPad, mobile phone, printing machine, aircraft, electricity, prosthetics, cars, epidural etc. have always been in existence in the mind of the Master Designer but were not needed in Jesus’, Moses and all other great people that lived thousands of years back. As you live your life daily, please don’t just think about how to solve the problems in your little family but make it a desire in your heart to be used as part of solution to the problem of humanity, because the Master Designer will never be caught unfaithful to any generation. The wisdom to stop cancer, to govern our home and society effectively, to minimize divorce rates in the world, to subdue terrorism and to make the world a better place in our generation is available.

I read a statement early this morning that says, “We take hold of the grace that changes us”. The grace of God changes us and changes situations. Will you say that to yourself? “I take hold of the grace that changes situations!”

Don’t forget, no matter what you are going through, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WIN.

On behalf of my Essence of Joy – Oludolapo-Precious and my graceful kids – Blessing, Faith and Isaac, I am saying you are blessed and highly graced. Love you.

In His ever Increasing Love,

Samson King, M.Div,

To get a copy of my new book, click on the link below:

Commanding Supernatural Results

Telling God-Stories

Excerpt from my new book, Commanding Supernatural Results. 

“The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive” (Jean Shinoda Bolen).

The ideas behind Telling God-Stories arose out of great necessity and divine passion. As a young man, I had such an unusual passion for art - listening to music, writing, and singing. I remember many times during my middle and high school years, when my friends gathered around and implore me to sing Fuji, which was my favorite style of music. We would always have a good time. Today, I still love to worship God through Fuji music.

Apart from singing, I also love to write and document stories. When I was young, we did not have access to personal computers or the internet, I would keep copies of most of my handwritten letters to people. To this day, I still have some of them.

I knew nothing about reading the Bible aside from the little stories we heard when I was a kid. However, I did not know that many of the stories in the Bible are testimonies of God's thoughts expressed in creation.

The purpose of this book is threefold: First, I want to tell some personal testimonies that are very precious to my heart. Though they may seem simple to some, because they are God stories that became my own, I love to share them.

David, the Sweet Psalmist of Israel composed more than 50% of the Psalms we enjoy today. He declares in Psalm 26:6-7,

I scrub my hands with purest soap, then join hands with the others in the great circle, dancing around Your altar, God, Singing God-songs at the top of my lungs, TELLING GOD-STORIES (MSG, Emphasis added).

David called his testimonies and achievements “God-Stories.” By documenting them, generations upon generations have been able to find comfort, healing, and deliverance from those stories. 

The power of your testimony can eradicate shame and reproach from your life and from the lives of others. No wonder David clings tenaciously to testimonies and stories of God’s mighty works. The purpose of this book is in obedience to a divine commandment and instruction. Many years ago, the Holy Spirit whispered to my heart to start documenting stories and personal testimonies...

Back in high school, I had a friend that taught me how to write “toast letters” to girls. I would stay awake for hours writing just one letter... learning to write these notes did prove to be of some benefit. When I met my “priceless jewel” and she agreed to marry me, I told her that she should get ready to read a lot of notes and to be prepared to write back as well. Now I have the chance to put to use all I learned in those toast letter lectures for the rest of my life!

When we first started dating, she was working in Lagos, while I was completing my graduate studies at the University of Ibadan. Whenever she came back for a weekend or a vacation, I visited her house and dropped off some notes. Initially, it was difficult for her to write replies to my “stories,” because she was not used to writing so much. However, with time, she began writing pages of her own stories to me as well.

Today, I still have every letter we exchanged. They will be a blessing to many through my soon coming book, which will be titled: Epistles to my “Pot of Hot Soup”.

I share all of that to show you that, in one way or another, God has been preparing me to write stories that will become a legacy for many generations.

To get a copy follow this link: my book