Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Bible Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya has narrated the efforts made by some fathers in faith to stop his wife, Nomthi, from bowing to the cold hands of death.
The Star, an online publication in a report gave a run-down of Pastor Odukoya’s address on Sunday, November 14 at the Ilupeju headquarters of Fountain of Life Church.
During the address, he recounted the medical and spiritual efforts made to keep his wife alive. Though the efforts seem not to have yielded visible results, Odukoya affirms his faith in God noting that the devil came too late.
Adeboye, Okonkwo went beyond call of duty
Odukoya according to the report said, “Some might say Pastor Taiwo, you didn’t see it coming and you didn’t fight it – who told you? We did the best we could do; it wasn’t the want of prayers. When it got to a stage, I involved the Apostolic fathers. Honestly, the ones I could reach, went beyond the call of duty.
“They gave us their time, they call us almost twice a week. Bishop Mike and Rev Peace, the Baba and Mama Adeboye; you would think they gave birth to us. They prayed and they gave. I couldn’t reach Bishop Oyedepo and he told me when he came that ‘O so fun mi’ (You didn’t tell me).
But I told him that ‘Ko kin se testimony sir, mo try lati reach yin (It’s not a testimony sir and I tried reaching you as well). So, they did their best. At night, you see Bishop Mike Okonkwo at our gate. Six in the morning, you will see Baba Adeboye at our gate. So, it wasn’t, want of prayers.
“Is it that you didn’t catch it on time? Some doctors here will tell you that if it is about catching it on time, we caught it on time. It started like flu but we did all we could do.”
The online publication further reports, quoting Odukoya, “We walked the journey all through together, even when she was abroad. You know we are five hours ahead of them, we call and chat together. So, while she would be going to bed at 11 p.m., I would be going to bed by 4 a.m. because of the time zone. We had good times together. (Church Times Nigeria)
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