True
Christianity lies in the heart! This was the heart of the message the
man of God, Prophet T.B. Joshua, dwelled on when he ministered to the
masses that congregated at The SCOAN in Lagos, Nigeria and viewers of
Emmanuel TV, last Sunday. Prophet T.B. Joshua came out early on Sunday
to open the service with a thought-provoking message. Drawing his
message from the book of James 1: 1-5,22 and Psalms 66:18,
the man of God said that unless Christians begin to act, live and do
the Word, they are deceiving themselves. Prophet T.B. Joshua’s message
was titled: The Futility Of Self-Effort. He said that those who
are inwardly pure show themselves to be under the power of pure and
without the Holy Spirit destroying the root of sin in us, we are bound
to be tormented by the desire to return to our bad habits. We must lift
up to God not only clean hands but a pure heart.
“We are made in our heart to be like Jesus. On the last day, we will
be judged not by the colour of our skin, but by the content of our
character. True Christianity lies in the heart. It lies in the purity of
the heart. The mind is renewed by studying the Word and by acting upon
it. One may read or study the Bible for years, if he or she does not act
it, live it, is not a doer, the mind is not renewed. The mind is
renewed by studying the Word and by acting upon it. Christ and the Word
are one. Meditation in the Word is a visit to Him. The Word becomes a
part of us by meditation,” he said.
Zeroing in on the day’s message, he said the problem with Christians
today is that they use self-effort to stop their bad habits. As a
result, said the man of God, their proclamations as Christians or being
born again, are in vain because they continue to suffer urges of the bad
habits they confess to have stopped.
“God’s effort is grace. When you stop your bad habit with
self-effort, you cannot stop the urge, but God’s effort can. Many become
Christians, born-again, pastors, bishops, prophets with self-effort.
Self-effort leaves us with urge. That, which comes out of the heart,
defiles the mind. Self-effort is a wrong attitude toward sin. Without
the Holy Spirit destroying the root of sin in us, we are bound to be
tormented by our desire to return to our bad habits. The challenge many
Christians, believers, pastors and the rest are facing, is the problem
of urge behind closed doors – urge to continue many bad habits,” he
said.
After the message, the congregation listened to the case of a family
who had been prophesied to the previous week by Prophet T.B. Joshua.
Below is a summary of their intriguing story.
CONSULTATION WITH A SPIRITUAL MIRROR
Mr Alfred Etugbo from Delta State, Nigeria came out in response to a
prophecy he had received the previous week from Prophet T.B. Joshua. The
man of God had asked him about his wife and told him to bring her and
his family.
He said that he was facing extreme setback in his business and
challenges in his marriage. A friend then took him to a spiritualist who
introduced him to a spiritual mirror. He was told that the mirror would
show him the cause of his problems. The friend had lost his goods and
they went to the mirror to find out where they were and what had
happened. As a result of looking at the mirror, his friend went mental
and it was only after the spiritualist did some incantations that he
seemed to regain himself.
Mr Alfred was curious and decided to go back to the spiritual mirror
and ask why his friend had become mad. He would ask a question to the
mirror in his mind and then the mirror would answer by showing him
images. The mirror showed him that his friend was the one who took his
own goods and that the whole event was a ploy. He became infatuated with
the spiritual mirror and kept on going there for consultation.
He had to drink a concoction and pay money before he could look at
the spiritual mirror each time. He then decided to ask the spiritual
mirror what happened to his car as his car had gone missing. The
spiritual mirror revealed that it was his close relations that were
involved in stealing the car. The spiritual mirror also showed him how
his wife, sister and others were the cause of his problems. This led him
to accuse his wife, his sister and a girl staying with them in the
house to be involved in witchcraft.
The spiritual mirror even showed him how his sister had stolen his
blessings by carrying his daughter and bringing her to him to kiss him.
When he asked the mirror why he was experiencing delay in his job, the
mirror revealed that his sister was the cause.
The conviction that he had concerning his wife and sister led him to
behave strangely towards them in the house such as going on his knees
and begging them to release him from his bondage. This he did under the
instruction of the spiritual mirror. The spiritual mirror would reveal
to him everything he needed to do.
He realised though that although the mirror would show him the
problem, it would never provide a solution for him. That led him to look
for a solution in various places. He found out about Emmanuel TV and
eventually came to The SCOAN.
Prophet T.B. Joshua addressed the matter saying that the spiritual
mirror was telling nothing but falsehood and that his wife, sister and
the girl were not involved in witchcraft and were not the cause of his
problems. He said that the whole family needed deliverance and that
forgiveness comes with deliverance. He further stated that there was
depression in the house but everything would be over after their
deliverance.
Mrs Stella Etugbo told a little of her side of the story. She said
that she had never believed in the spiritual mirror. She had bought cars
for her husband and had been financially supporting the family since
she met him. There was nothing that she did not do for him. She was
surprised that at the end of the day, he called her a witch.
Prophet T.B. Joshua corrected her saying that it was not her husband
who was calling her a witch but satan and that the whole blame should be
placed on satan.
The man of God then prophesied to the congregation and declared
people free from their various afflictions in the name of Jesus Christ
after which he ministered mass prayer. This was followed by the Prayer
Line and Testimonies galore which glorified God; a few of which are
below:
EMMANUEL TV PARTNER REAPS GOD’S FAVOURS!
When Dr Akhiwu Benjamin, an Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon, and his wife
Helen, a Pediatric doctor, decided to become partners of Emmanuel TV
five years ago, it was simply to support God’s projects. Little did they
know that they were actually sowing a seed whose fruit would amaze and
shock even the most hard-core believers.
They came to testify to the goodness of God in their lives saying,
since they joined as Emmanuel TV Partners, they have enjoyed abundant
blessings both spiritually and physically. Dr Benjamin said being an
Emmanuel TV Partner has given him an atmosphere of peace, protection,
contentment and living in abundance.
He said that as a result, his family has found itself under the cover
of God where all their needs and protection are guaranteed. He said his
career and that of his wife, have enjoyed growth while the performance
of their children at school has been astronomical.
Dr Benjamin, who lives in Kano, gave one of his many experiences
where God has saved his life from imminent death. One day, he said, he
had travelled to another state. On his way back, as he drove his Jeep in
a convoy of other private cars, he saw masked men appear from the
roadside bushes brandishing guns. They started shooting at all vehicles.
While bullet-holes appeared on other cars, none appeared to have hit
his vehicle and yet, the armed men were shooting directly at him from a
short distance. He had anointed his car with the Anointing Water that
morning and it had a shield of five Anointing Stickers all over it!
He said that the Anointing Water was also in the car and that at the
time of the attack, he was listening to a sermon from Prophet T.B.
Joshua titled: Leave It For God. A force from nowhere forced him
out of the car and told him to run away. As he ran from the car, the
gunmen kept firing after him but, incredibly, none of the bullets hit
him. As he entered the bush, he ran into a beehive but it was as if the
bees were confused and could not sting him.
“It was as if I was in a bottle. Instead of attacking me, the bees
were fleeing away,” said Dr Benjamin. After two hours, he came out of
the bush and found the police guarding his car, having ambushed the
armed robbers. The other people that were left on the road had been
injured and the other vehicles were damaged. The police were astounded
that not a single bullet had hit his car and that he was safe and sound.
They asked which native doctor he had visited to receive such
protection. He stuck his hand into his pocket and showed them the
Anointing Sticker and Anointing Water. He told them that it was the
power of God working through the Anointing Stickers and Anointing Water
that had miraculously saved his life!
“I thank God for this opportunity to be a member of this ministry and to be a partner of Emmanuel TV,” he said.
NOW ALCOHOL’S ENEMY NO 1!
Satan will use any bad habit, however innocent it may look, to
destroy you in more than one aspect of your life. This was Miss Busisiwe
Mgqibi’s message when she came to testify at The SCOAN on Sunday.
The South African mother-of-two said the problem of drunkenness which
pestered her for 15 years, affected her finances, career, marital life,
had almost cost her life. Born in a family where consuming alcohol was
‘normal’, Miss Mgqibi was already taking hard alcohol at age 16 and, she
said, it was as a result of partying that she dropped out from
university after failing
her examinations due to lack of concentration.
“I had to find a job quickly to earn money for my drinking sprees. I
liked expensive beer. As a result of clubbing, I could not settle and
commit to one man. This led me into many different relationships which
has left me with two children from different fathers,” she said.
Soon, she discovered she could no longer finance her drinking and she
started to take loans from individuals and institutions to sustain her
sprees. Meanwhile, she had no time for her children and she would sleep
out over weekends. She tried to stop but couldn’t. One day, her landlord
threatened to throw her out due to non-payment of rentals. She visited a
friend from whom she frequently borrowed money. Instead of giving her
cash, she gave her a small bottle half-full with clear water.
“She told me it was Anointing Water from The SCOAN and that she was giving it to me as a gift to solve my problems,” she said.
She prayed and ministered it in Jesus’ name, asking God to break the terrible addiction to alcohol in her life.
“I have forgotten to drink alcohol for the past nine months. I now
have peace and joy. I am able to provide for my children and I have a
fiancé. I now hate beer,” she said.
Not only is she now free from the addiction to drinking alcohol but
her menstruation that had been irregular for years also started flowing
normally. Her advice was: “Commit yourself to God in prayer and faith
and He will answer you. If you have Emmanuel TV, you are half-way
there.”
DOUBLE BLESSING & BREAKTHROUGH
Mary Jane Moepeng from Botswana had been looking for admission to
university for eight years since she finished school. She was not being
accepted into any university she applied to, let alone being able to pay
the required fees. When she came to The SCOAN, she met with Prophet
T.B. Joshua. The moment she stepped into the man of God’s office, he
told her that he saw that she wanted to go to school and gave her US$800
with the instruction to look for the best university in her country and
use the money to pay for the registration fees.
He also gave her Anointing Water which she ministered on her
admission documents and the documents she submitted to the government
for scholarship. To her greatest surprise, she not only gained admission
to one of the best universities in Botswana, she also received a
scholarship from the government covering all her tuition fees. She
explained that it was the first time the government had granted
scholarships to people in her age-range; she was 26. She brought the
admission letter and also her report with her results from her first
year of studying Business Enterprises, showing that she received
distinctions. Her testimony did not end there; she said that she and her
husband had been trying to have a child for the past year. After
returning from The SCOAN and ministering the Anointing Water in the name
of Jesus Christ, they met as husband and wife and she got pregnant. The
couple showed their baby boy named David to the glory of God!
GOD HEALED MY LEG ULCER – “EVERY PROBLEM HAS AN EXPIRY DATE”
Mrs Joy Kalu testified to her healing from a leg ulcer which was
healed through the medium of the Anointing Water. She had severely
suffered the affliction for five years during which her life turned
upside down. She could not go to work or take good care of her children.
She would spend the whole day at home, hopeless. Her husband was also
very stressed as he had to take care of her. She came to The SCOAN and
received the Anointing Water. She ministered it on her leg and also gave
it to her nurse to minister it on her. Before she knew it, her leg
started to dry up and new flesh started forming. Within no time, the
fresh skin had covered where the ghastly wound once was.
“I am happy, overjoyed and excited! There is no longer any pain; I
can do everything now!” She said and showed for all to see, the scarred
area where the ulcer once was. Her advice was simple: “Believe the words
of God’s prophets and you will be blessed and healed; every problem you
have has an expiry date!”
GOD’S GIFT OF HEALING
Mrs James from Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria and her daughter, Godsgift came to
testify to her healing from a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease she
suffered for 15 years. Godsgift had been suffering from this sickness
since birth. She had asthma attacks all the time. Mrs James would often
be called from her office to collect her daughter from school due to the
severity of the asthma attacks. Godsgift would come and ask, “Mummy,
why is my case like this? Why am I not like everyone else?” They took
her to teaching hospitals and private hospitals but the only help the
doctors could render was for her to use a nebulizer (breathing machine).
She watched Emmanuel TV and her faith was lifted up. That prompted
her to bring Godsgift to The SCOAN where she received prayer from one of
the wise men.
After the prayer, she can now breathe normally and even recently
played football in a competition. She no longer needs to use the
nebulizer. Her medical reports showing the doctor’s diagnosis before and
after the healing were shown. Truly, the Great Physician, Jesus Christ
is alive.
GOD DELIVERED ME THE WAY HE DID THE ISRAELITES
Mrs Tshepo Olefhile from Botswana was working hard but did not have
anything to show for it. “I would work as an elephant but eat as an
ant,” she said. At the end of the month, she would get very stressed as
she never had enough money to pay her bills. She had a poultry farm but
at the end of the month, things would always go wrong with the business.
Things got so bad that she had to sell her car. She came to The SCOAN
and received the Anointing Water, ministered it, in Jesus’ name and
prayed saying, “Since You used Moses to deliver the Israelites from
Egypt, you can use Prophet T.B. Joshua to set me free and bless me.”
After ministering the Anointing Water, she received financial
breakthrough, her business turned around and with the turnover, she was
able to purchase a car. She showed the picture of her new car.
Mrs Olefhile shared a second testimony concerning her daughter. She
had applied to universities in Botswana to study medicine but was
rejected as she was not qualified. However, Mrs Olefhile prayed in
faith, believing that God would do the impossible. It happened according
to her faith and her daughter received admission from one of the best
universities in China to study medicine. Although her tuition fee was
US$10,000 she told her daughter not to worry, that God would help them
raise the money in time. She was able to raise the money through the
power of God in the Anointing Water. Her daughter will now be travelling
to China to start her course in medicine.
The service on Sunday ended with the Mass Prayer conducted by the
Wise Men. We at The SCOAN, thank God for His everlasting faithfulness
and power. He continues to manifest through His anointed ministers of
God!
Emmanuel! God With Us!