According to the Gospel of Luke, "And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another? In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind, he bestowed sight. And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers[e] are cleansed, and the deaf hears, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”
And that's how I saw Sr. Prophet, T.B Joshua. His spiritual works and philanthropy interceded unmistakenly on his behalf.
I have never met him. But I have followed him religiously over the years since 2012 when one of my sisters at the time, introduced him to me. I didn't take her seriously initially. When she called the third time about the same issue, she said "I am not hanging up off the phone until you go to your laptop and turn into the Emmanuel TV broadcast and loud the audio for me to hear and know you are exactly there." To stop her from wasting her data, I did as she instructed. And the rest is now history.
Watching him the first time, was amazing. I didn't doubt what I saw. Nevertheless, I decided to go to Google to dig out more facts or information about the man. The only allegation that came close to being dubbed a fake prophet in the opinion of one European lady who published the story was that he prophesied that there was going to be a plane crash in a named country, but didn't happen at the time of the day that the Prophet said it was going to happen. And that was it, I couldn't see anything damaging, scandalous, or bordering on heresy.
However, the more I dig, the more videos, pictures, and stories of healing the sick and of philanthropic giving I see. Then I saw the video of how he started from scratch. I saw him sharing food on top of a bench with a kid after a day job, building his church. I saw him washing the toilet in his church. And I saw him in a white robe, in the rain, labouring to salvage his flooded makeshift church from ruin. So, seeing all that labour of compassion, commitment, and passion, spanning decades, I fell in love with him in spirit. And he was to save my life a few years later the way I did not expect.
When I first saw the story of departing to meet with the Lord around Saturday Midnight American Time, I thought it was an expensive prank and I went to bed, unconcerned. Waking up this Sunday morning to see the same story, flooding social media, left me dumbfounded.
I have completed an arrangement to visit his church on my next visit to Nigeria to meet with him on one and tell him about my dreams. And give testimony on how his Morning Water saved me in 2016 in Benin City during my last visit to Nigeria. Why I have procrastinated about it over the years remains unexplainable. May God forgive me. He was authentic and simply one of a kind.
I have seen a few great men in the dream, but not in the same magnitude that I have seen Senior Prophet, T.B Joshua. Four times in the dream in about ten years is unprecedented.
Yes, his Morning Water saved me. You may not believe it, but it is TRUE.
A few weeks after my recovery from the illness that lasted 30 days, something dramatic happened. Someone broke into my travelling bag, ransacked it, and didn't take my money, clothes shoes, or anything material or monetary. The person took the bottle of the Morning Water from where it was placed inside a secured and unseen wallet-size compartment inside the travelling bag, emptied the entire content of the Morning Water, and placed the bottle back. Yes, emptied the half-full bottle of Morning Water.
When I saw my travelling bag was tampered with, the Morning Water didn't come to my mind, for two reasons. Who would want to tamper with God's property? Besides, I didn't tell anyone I had it? And two, where it was placed inside the travelling bag was not visible - the zip to the compartment was also concealed. Yet, the intruder was able to find it and clean the entire content. But thank God, it has done its job already, saving my life.
This story might sound anyhow to you, but pray that what happened to me in Benin City in 2016 doesn't come near your doorstep. So, when you see me sharing videos of Sr. Prophet T.B Joshua or of Bishop Adeboye on my Facebook Wall, it is for real. I serve God with all my life and that's why I am still standing. He lives in me.
Sr. Prophet T.B Joshua saved me via his Morning Water. You went to bed healthy, and you woke up almost paralyzed, not able to walk normally. You cried out that something was wrong. You didn't go to any hospital for the surgery they anticipated. But you got healed. How? And that explains the invasion of my travelling bag.
My plan was to go to his Church and give testimony of what happened to me - the nature of the illness, the process, and how long it took me to fully recover. It was between me, my God, and the Morning Water for 31 days. And thank Sr. Prophet T.B Joshua for everything.
His passing, though sad, is a lesson. Do that thing now that you have the time. He played his part and played it diligently and fruitfully. He placed Nigeria on the global stage. To be a healer and a philanthropic at the same time, was most endearing. And he will surely be missed by all.
Once again, may his soul rest in peace and I pray that God gives his family the grace and strength to bear the loss. Amen.
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