GRACIAS! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!

I have shared the testimony several times that I used to suffer chronic migraine many years ago. But after encountering the power of God in 1994 (July 10), migraine lost its grip over me and has never returned. From 1994 till date, I was admitted in the hospital one time in 2002 but God came through for me. Today, as I prepared to send appreciation notes to all (especially YOU) for birthday wishes, I stumbled over a note I sent to my fiancée in 2002 after leaving the hospital and I feel like sharing few lines with you:

“Dear, today is the last day in the month of February, the enemy wanted me to follow the month of February 2002 in to the dungeon of history. But I believe you, my darling wife and the host of other loved ones united your voice in the spirit and answered the enemy like Mama Lizzy answered him in Luke 1:60, "Not so." In the time when it seems I could not answer; you guys rose up and withstood him. What a nice thing to have relationships! I really appreciate you.

That's why I'm using this opportunity to announce to my generation never to prepare my grave because I'm not coming there yet! There are still songs yet to be composed; messages yet to be preached; victories yet to be enjoyed; books yet to be written; homes yet to be restored; relationships yet to be mended; shattered dreams yet to be fixed again; nations yet to be visited; friendships yet to be made; ministries yet to be birthed; lives yet to be turned around.” (Written Feb. 28, 2002)

At the time I wrote that, I have never published any book and I don’t even have a national (not to talk of international) passport or been to any embassy in my nation. 

But yesterday on my birthday, I preached at Mamre Christian Community Church (Haitian Congregation) and sold copies of my books (not just written books but helped others to publish). I have not just visited another nation but now a privileged citizen of the most powerful nation on earth (america) and a proud son of my “root nation” (nigeria)!

Thank you for your calls, texts, fb msgs, whatsapp msgs, gifts, birthday songs (both fuji and contemporaries). i’m grateful that god put you in my life!

Hear this, I just showed you again the power of words and writing stuff down. Watch out for my next workshop on HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH YOUR FIRST BOOK!

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Remember, no matter what you are going through, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WIN! 

MY HALLELUYAH BELONGS TO HIM

Me and Betsy after the accident

       

I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN HERE!

I am sharing this testimony to encourage someone out there that God’s protective HAND is upon you always. Just a couple days before 2017 ended, I arrived at one of my favorite spots in Ohio, Westerville Public Library, to do some writing. I realized I left my glasses in the car, so I stepped out of the library to get them. As I walked near one of the pillars in the parking lot, I heard a loud sound like an explosion,  I looked, and right beside me, a van had just hit that pillar next to me. It was so bad that the vehicle was no longer driveable. 

As the driver, a wonderful lady, stepped out of the car, “She said to me, I am so sorry, I have NEVER experienced something like this in all my years of driving. In fact, I have never received a ticket in my life." That tells you how meticulous a driver she has been. While she was wondering how could this have happened, I said to her, “We only saw what happened, WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, ONLY GOD KNOWS. You could have hit me instead of the pillar because I was just right there, or sustained a serious injury. What of if someone was sitting in the passenger’s seat at that time? It could have been a different story."

Betsy was grateful to God that nobody was injured. Her car could be repaired, and the ticket point would roll off eventually, but human lives are irreplaceable!

 

A few days ago, I was traveling down the memory lane and I realized that there had been moments, events, happenings etc., that seemed ordinary and insignificant, yet God had been in those moments of my journey. Like Jacob from the Bible, I didn’t even realize that God was there, and when I saw the picture of me and Betsy, it dawned on me that I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE if it wasn't for God!

Friends, only a great FOOL would not be GRATEFUL to God. I tell you that GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU FROM DESTRUCTION! Look at this Scripture, ^“…It is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness begins afresh each day.” Lamentations 3:22-23 (TLB)

I pray for everyone reading this, every destructive arrow that is fired in your direction will not land in your city in the precious name of Jesus. Some people say, “Nearly never kills a bird”. The vehicle NEARLY HIT me but God said no. Rejoice with me!

Happy Birthday to Me! My Halleluyah Belongs to Him

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