YOUR LOVE FOR CHRIST

T.B. JOSHUA

Prophet T.B. Joshua opened the message which he titled, ‘Your Love For Christ’ with the question that Jesus asked Peter in John 21:15. Three times He asked Peter, “Do you love Me more than this?” before giving Peter the commission to shepherd His sheep. The prophet then explained that human love is but a shadow of God’s love. Nothing can compare with the power of these words spoken from the heart. He said that the words, “I love you”, spoken from the heart can change destiny, make a king abdicate his throne and a poor man become a prince. Love is greater than all because God is love and God is greater than all. God is without peer, equal or equivalent. If a man loves God truly, he is under obligation to love his fellow man. God loves strangers, widows, orphans among others; so man must love his fellow man. God is concerned about justice and righteousness so man must be concerned about the just treatment of his neighbour.

As for The SCOAN, the apostolic ministry and the giving ministry are interrelated; what comes from one goes to the other. When you are a father to the needy, Jesus will answer you when you call His name. When you sympathise with the oppressed and exploited, God’s goodness will continue towards you. God’s love is revealed in our prosperity, protection from sickness and continued mercy. Where there is no love, there is neither mercy nor grace.

The man of God explained that The SCOAN started from the giving ministry. He said that it is the giving ministry that services ministry. He stated that what comes from the church goes to the ministry of giving to help the needy and to raise the standard of living. All proceeds from them should be given to the needy for God’s blessing to continue towards us. He said that to service your life and your ministry is to love the strangers, the widows, the orphans and the needy. He advised the congregation and viewers that ministry is a divine call from above and that if you are not sent by God, it could be a dangerous mission.

DO NOT DWELL IN THE PAST
In a dynamic start to the second Sunday service, Wise Man John Chi gave a message entitled ‘Do Not Dwell In The Past’. In the message, the wise man challenged Christians regarding disobedience and unfaithfulness.

Wise Man John Chi

He advised them to change their old ways of life to fit into the divine arrangement. He asked them to change their lives and see the future as if it were already there. Don’t hold fast to the confession of failure, he advised his listeners. Never allow the present circumstances to determine your direction. Do not build your future around your past or present circumstances. It is dangerous to look back unless to glorify Jesus. Jesus is a tomorrow thinker. The day you take a decision about your life is the day your life will change. Focus on the future, he advised.

EMMANUEL TV FRIENDS AND PARTNERS SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR RECOVERING ADDICTS IN WASHINGTON, USA
A video showed the Emmanuel TV Team visiting Mountain Ministries Ranch in Kelso, Washington, USA, a drug and alcohol addiction recovery programme.
The documentary showed the carefully thought out donations of educational and cleaning materials as well as basic essentials such as towels, blankets, thick socks and work gloves that would make a big difference to the running of the centre and the lives of those undergoing the rehabilitation programme. No one was left out as the male and female facilities as well as the school benefited from the resources. A cash gift of $2,000 was also presented to the centre’s founder who excitedly explained how they planned to use the money to clean the septic tanks.

EMMANUEL TV PARTNERS DONATE TO THE ELDERLY IN CHIPINGE, ZIMBABWE
Another video clip documented the journey of Emmanuel TV Partners from Harare, Zimbabwe all the way to a community of elderly people in Chipinge with a trailer full of maize meal. Upon arrival, the team presented the maize meal to the elderly who received it with joy and gratitude, surprised at this unexpected demonstration of love from people they had never met.

EMMANUEL TV PARTNERS IN PUMULA, BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE
The charity didn’t stop there as a further video clip showed the humanitarian outreach of Emmanuel TV Partners in Pumula, Bulawayo where gifts of blankets and bags of maize meal were given to the elderly and needy.

ANOINTING WATER HEALS MEDICAL DOCTOR
A very striking testimony was given by Dr Benjamin Mosimanegape of South Africa. Benjamin, the head of Public Health, University of Limpopo, South Africa had a ‘twisted neck’ and could not eat or walk well.

As he was about to go for a vertebrocranial operation, a student of his advised him to seek the face of God for healing at The SCOAN which he had seen on Emmanuel TV.

Mr Benjamin Mosimanegape when he was suffering from problem of a twisted neck.

Following the advice, Dr Benjamin Mosimanegape travelled to The SCOAN and received the Anointing Water.

Mr Mosimanegape and his family testify to God's healing power in the Anointing water.

After praying and ministering the Anointing Water, his condition immediately improved.

That night, he dreamt and saw Prophet T.B. Joshua and also the damaged parts of his body. Suddenly, he saw a flah of light and the prophet told him that he had been given a new spinal cord and brain. That was how he regained his health and did away with his neck collar.

Testifying excitedly, he explained how his health had been completely restored and he could now eat, sleep and walk well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A WOMAN DELIVERED FROM EATING SANDSTONE, CHALK & PAPER

A lady (27) told the congregation about her addiction to eating sandstone, chalk and paper for 19 years.

Hunadi Busakwe before her deliverance.

Hunadi Busakwe took chalk from her teachers to eat, ate paper at home and dug sandstones from the mountains for the same purpose. She had been to many places for deliverance without success and in a desperate bid to overcome this worrying addiction, she had travelled from South Africa to The SCOAN.

Hunadi Busakwe being ministered with the Anointing Water.

The prophet instructed Mr Benjamin Mosimanegape to deliver her in the name of Jesus, using the Anointing Water. Benjamin sprayed the Anointing Water into her mouth as he shouted the name Jesus and both of them fell down.

Hunadi Busakwe undergoing deliverance in the power of the Holy Spirit.

When she got up, Handi Busakwe lost the urge for indulging in chalk, sandstone and paper. Tasting what had once been her food after the deliverance, she quickly spat out the mouthful she had taken, saying that the inviting taste was no more. It tasted like chocolate before but now the taste had become sour. Handi was offered a plate of fried rice and chicken and quickly set to it!

LET THERE BE LIGHT!
During the time of prayer, Prophet T.B. Joshua encouraged the congregation and viewers worldwide to agree with God’s Word so that the light of God would shine in every darkness in their lives. As all began to declare, “Let there be light,” whatever that was not planted by God in their lives was uprooted and commanded to leave.

 

TIMELY ADVICE TO NIGERIANS
Before the end of service, Prophet T.B. Joshua gave timely advice to his nation, Nigeria, on the current situation in the nation. In his words, life must be treated with reverence for it is God Almighty who determines the beginning and end of life.

SOMEONE NEEDS YOUR TESTIMONY!

FACEBOOK TESTIMONIES

Here are some testimonies shared by people on our facebook page, testifying to the goodness and grace of God in their lives.

Walk in the light of your testimony!

“Thank You, Jesus” is a response from a happy heart. As you read these testimonies, begin to thank God for what He has done and is about to do in your life. He is able, more than able to get you out of your problem and you will not go back!

Angel Titan Emmanuel! God has done a lot for me through His servant Prophet TB Joshua. Please permit me to go straight to the point…After using the anointing water, I no longer experience throat itching, a sore throat, healing from intense stammering and I’m also delighted to have been delivered from the spirit of lust. God bless Prophet TB Joshua, the wise men, and the Emmanuel TV crew. Thank you Jesus, I’m free. Emmanuel!!!

Simba Jaricha Last year someone gave me the anointing water. We shared it so I put in a small bottle. I was having a problem of skin disease so I drank it and after I applied it on my whole body!! After a few weeks, the skin disease disappeared just like that!! Right now, my skin is as good as the original! THANK LORD JESUS FOR THE HEALING!!!

Manuella Kingombe I thanks God for Emmanuel TV which is a living channel. Months ago my private part was itching and a liquid was coming out of it. I was feeling uncomfortable so I decided to pray along Prophet TB Joshua through Emmanuel TV. I got released; the next day, I felt comfortable – no itching, no liquid. I was healed thank You Jesus!

Annie Israel After using anointing water for 3 months, I was promoted after 10 years in the same rank. My mum won her case with the landlord and my 2 kids went to school again. I want to thank God for that.

Keneiloe Mofokeng Enwere Last year in June I struggled to get my drivers license after 3 attempts wanted to give up then I got hold of the anointing water I ministered it and went again that they all went well and got my license. Again in August my mom used the anointing on her waist she used to complain about it for years saying that if she dies it will be because of it then I brought the anointing water and ministered it on her. To God be the glory, till today my mom doesn’t complain any more. EMMANUEL!!!!!!!!

Do you have a similar testimony? Share it with us and others. Somebody needs your testimony to help them get out of their desperate situations. When you acknowledge Jesus for what He has done in your life, He will surely do it again and again and again!

THE SITUATION IN NIGERIA

The congregation was eagerly anticipating what the man of God, Prophet T.B. Joshua would say regarding the crisis in Nigeria, knowing that as ever, he would speak forth God’s opinion concerning the situation at hand.
In the first part of the message to the nation of Nigeria which dwelt on the political situation in Nigeria, the prophet said, ‘Nigeria has prayed and hoped but the thing that is yet to be done is to apply love’. Quoting 1 Corinthians 13:13, he said there are only three things in this earth that will last and these are faith, hope and love. The greatest among them, he said, is love. In his words, we need to make the greatest sacrifice. Our president is the person who should make the greatest sacrifice and other participants will follow. The message to Nigeria is compromise; love is compromise, to give chance for peace in the interest of the nation. In close reference to the Bible, he said Jesus gave chance for peace when he said, ‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s’. By compromise, he elaborated, we must shift ground. We should not give the impression of embarrassing the president and the other participants in the crisis. To achieve this easily, our president must rely more on politicians than on technocrats because it is a game.

In the second part of the message, the prophet dwelt on our relationship with Jesus. According to him, Jesus said to Peter, “Do you love me?” Peter replied, “You know I love You Lord”. Jesus said, “If you love Me, feed My lambs”. In the nation, we need to apply love, the greatest sacrifice, by shifting ground, by compromise. In the prophet’s words, Jesus asked Peter one of the most significant, penetrating and, in fact, the most dangerous questions ever asked, “Do you love me?” Jesus asked Peter three times and Peter replied positively three times. Jesus responded by giving Peter a responsibility- keep My lambs, shepherd My sheep and feed My sheep. This means, he explained, before we can be responsible to Jesus, it must be because of our love for Him. Whatsoever you do or fail to do to the least of your fellow brothers, that you do unto Jesus. This means if you dupe your fellow brother, then you dupe Jesus. If you care for your fellow brothers, then you care for Jesus. Jesus did not ask Peter if he was a gifted speaker or had the ability to speak fluently, flawlessly or eloquently. He never asked him about his Bible or seminary knowledge either. All these are important but they are not the issue. The essential quality you need is found in Jesus’ question, “Do you love Me?”
Whatsoever you do to the needy, that you do unto Jesus. What is your relationship with Jesus? The prophet asked. Speaking further, he said he did not know how one could prosper in life without these qualities in the ministry of the Gospel and that of charity. Whether educated or not, a farmer or professor, there is hope in loving Jesus. He therefore advised the congregation to stop complaining about their backgrounds or other disadvantages.  Jesus repeated the question so that the concept would be crystal clear. Jesus wanted us to know that love is the centre. Christianity is a relationship; you cannot have Christianity without love. A person who does not love cannot be entrusted with the power to deliver, heal or bless.
HIGH COURT JUDGE GIVES IN GHANA
The prophet capped his message with a video clip of a high court judge in Ghana who shelved his social status and travelled far to the Volta Region of Ghana by the dusty roads and by river to give to the needy and elders in Chindere, Ghana. Justice John Ajet-Nasam and other Emmanuel TV Partners brought rice and other food to the elders in the Volta Region for the people in the community.

GOD IS ON TOP OF THE SITUATION IN NIGERIA
Concluding his message with the situation in Nigeria, the prophet asserted that the national protest and strike in Nigeria was over as God Himself was on top of it. He reminded his listeners that the lesson the nation can learn out of this is that anything can happen. Therefore, in everything, we should remember God.

BROKEN FOCUS IS THE REAL REASON MEN FAIL
In a brief message during the second service, Wise Man Harry reiterated that broken focus is the real reason that many people fail. He quoted Philippians. 3:13-14 to back up his case. According to him, you cannot look in different directions at the same time. He told his listeners that as Christians, God has disconnected them from their past and given birth to their future. He advised them to chart a clear objective in life and follow the direction of their calling in order to make a difference in their worlds.

PROPHECY ENDS BARRENNESS
A video clip showed Wise Man Harry giving prophecy to a couple. Speaking to the man, the wise man told him that he could see a manhood problem in him and secondly, after he had finished urinating and pulled up his trousers,  urine would still come out  afterwards and stain his trousers. The problem of manhood, according to the prophecy, had caused fighting between the couple. At the end of the prophecy, prayed for Mr Asekome and he received his deliverance, in Jesus’ name. Coming into the open to confirm the prophecy, Mr Asekome said he had had the problem of poor erection for years because of staphylococcus. The couple had consequently been barren and gone to places in search of a solution. They came to The SCOAN as part of their efforts to end the barrenness. Meeting at home as a couple after the prophecy and deliverance, the family of Asekome received the good news at the end of the same month, that Mrs. Asekome was pregnant. Unable to hide their joy after many years of barrenness, the couple encouraged those watching them who might have similar problems to hold on to their hope and continue to trust in God.

ANOINTING WATER PUTS END TO BARRENNESS

David  and Franca from Ghana gave a testimony about the Anointing Water. David’s problem was low sperm count which caused the couple to be barren for years in spite of their yearnings and efforts to bear children. However, after watching Emmanuel TV in their home, the couple journeyed to The SCOAN in their continued efforts to end the barrenness. They received the Anointing Water in The SCOAN and went back to their home in Ghana where they prayed with the Anointing Water and ministered it to themselves. After a month, Franca became pregnant. Confirming the testimony as told by her husband, Franca, in unison with her husband, thanked the Lord for being so merciful to them.

ANOINTING STICKER SAVES MAN’S LIFE
Mr Austin Jerry Okoro, a Nigerian resident in South Africa, was privileged to receive the Anointing Sticker from a relative. As providence would have it, he stuck the Anointing Sticker to the windshield of his car. In June, Mr Okoro was involved in a very serious accident with the car. The accident made the car fly over a brick wall and hit a tree, causing it to be smashed, dented and so disfigured that it gave the immediate impression of having lost the lives of all its passengers in the accident.  All those who were alerted by the scene never thought there would be a survivor in the accident. Fortunately Mr Okoro, the owner and sole traveller in the car, did not even have a scratch on him due to the accident. Surprised and confused, his sympathisers advised him to go to a doctor for a medical check up in case he had an internal injury. When he was taken to a hospital for that, it was confirmed that he hardly sustained any injury in the accident. According to him, Jesus saved his life  through the medium of the Anointing Sticker he received from The SCOAN. He consequently advised his listeners to watch Emmanuel TV, letting them know that God can use any medium to heal, bless and deliver them.

MASS PRAYER FREES PEOPLE FROM DEMONIC BONDAGE
In the mass prayer collectively led by the wise men, they focused on the various areas of life where people have problems and cited relevant portions in the Bible to prove that demons are the causes of the problems people experience. They therefore prayed fervently with the congregation and Emmanuel TV viewers worldwide to command satan out of their lives for them to live according to the will of God in their destiny. In course of the mass prayer, many vomited out the poisonous substances freeing them from the sicknesses in which they were held in bondage for a long time. Assured that every participant in the mass prayer had been dislodged from the grip of satan, Wise Man Racine said the grace.

TB JOSHUA ADDRESSED NIGERIANS – PUT THE CRISIS BEHIND YOU

On Sunday 15th January 2012, at around 12pm, TB Joshua addressed the nation of Nigeria in his sermon, saying that the crisis and the restrictions are over. He said, “People of Nigeria – the issue of crisis, put it behind you. Some of you are worrying that you will not go out on Monday and that you will be restricted. No. God is on top of it. He is in control”. He said that there would be free movement on Monday and that the protests would be over as from Monday. He added that there would be a consensus between the government, labour leaders and civil society groups; they would agree to shift the ground.

He emphasised that the lesson we can learn from this is that in this world, anything can happen. He said: “What we have experienced last week, we have never experienced in this country. Therefore, in everything remember God. When you are eating, when you are sitting, remember God”.

Earlier this morning, the president of Nigeria announced a compromise regarding the issue of fuel subsidy. The unions called off the protests. In the last few hours, the unions also called off the nationwide strikes.

Read what happened today, confirming the prophecy that was given yesterday:

Reuters: Nigerian Strikes End – http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/us-nigeria-strike-day-idUSTRE80F0XW20120116

BBC – Nigerian fuel subsidy: Strike suspended – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16579001

Dialogue will move the country forward [Daily Times Of Nigeria] http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/groups-hail-nlctuc-suspending-strike

Financial Times [President yields on fuel subsidy] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9592e0cc-4020-11e1-9bce-00144feab49a.html#axzz1jdmoTD2E

TB JOSHUA – THERE WILL BE FREE MOVEMENT AS FROM MONDAY

On Sunday 15^th January 2012, at around 12pm, TB Joshua addressed the nation of Nigeria in his sermon, saying that the crisis and the restrictions are over. He said, “People of Nigeria – the issue of crisis, put it behind you. Some of you are worrying that you will not go out on Monday and that you will be restricted. No. God is on top of it. He is in control”. He said that there would be free movement on Monday and that the protests would be over as from Monday. He added that there would be a consensus between the government, labour leaders and civil society groups; they would agree to shift the ground.

He emphasised that the lesson we can learn from this is that in this world, anything can happen. He said: “What we have experienced last week, we have never experienced in this country. Therefore, in everything remember God. When you are eating, when you are sitting, remember God”.

DREAM AGAIN!

Prophet T.B. Joshua opened the Sunday sermon with a word of encouragement for the nation of Nigeria and the world at large. Citing the example of current events around the world, he opened the book of Daniel 3:19 and stated that we, people of God we do not defend ourselves because we have a Defender. This is what three Hebrew men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said in response to King Nebuchadnezzar. Prophet T.B. Joshua

The prophet stated that the lives of believers in both the Old Testament and New Testament testify that being faithful to God does not eliminate adversity but may actually be a sign of being faithful to God. He then urged the congregation not to use the weapon of the enemy to defend themselves but realise that when our faith is tested, our endurance has a chance to grow.
ICE CUBE AND MINT SWEETS ADDICTION A THING OF THE PAST
It has become a common occurrence at The SCOAN to hear testimonies from those that have been delivered from one addiction or another. This Sunday, Marinela Simente, from Cameroon gave an astonishing testimony of deliverance from addiction to eating ice cubes and mint sweets. Marinela Simente
She told the congregation and the world watching on Emmanuel TV that before her deliverance, she only had an appetite for these items and as a result, suffered from anaemia. After watching Emmanuel TV and seeing the deliverance of others with the same type of problem, she decided to come down to The SCOAN herself for deliverance. Whilst giving her testimony, the video of her deliverance on the night of the candlelight service was played. During the candlelight service on the 31st December 2011, Prophet T.B. Joshua used the candle as the medium for deliverance. Holding the burning candle in reverence to God during the service, one of the visitors from South Africa came forward at the prophet’s request to pray for Marinela and deliver her from her addiction. At that name, Jesus Christ, she was freed from her bondage and no longer craved mint sweets or ice cubes.

YOUNG GIRL DELIVERED BY OWN MOTHER FROM HAIR EATING ADDICTION
Ruth, a young girl from Nigeria and her mother came forward expressing a desire to be free from an addiction of eating her own hair. Ruth
The mother explained that her daughter used to be very brilliant and the best in her class but when this problem began, she starting having a dull brain and her classmates were now far ahead of her in school. Prophet T.B. Joshua instructed the mother to pray for her in Jesus’ name. Prophet T.B. Joshua instructed the mother to pray for her in Jesus’ name.

There was no movement, no shaking, nothing to indicate that deliverance was going on but after the prayer, Prophet T.B. Joshua declared her free. He then asked her to eat her hair and she almost vomited it onto the floor saying it was no longer ‘sweet tasting’ in her mouth.

Mrs Obiageli testifed that after receiving the Anointing Water and praying with it, she was promoted to Director of the NYSC (National Youth Service Council).Mrs Obiageli
Hon. Tebite from Ughelli, Delta, Nigeria alongside his colleagues gave a testimony of how he contested and won the election as the House of Assembly Leader in Delta after praying with the Anointing Water.Hon. Tebite
Mr & Mrs Obuari Goodhead, with child in hand, described how they had suffered from barrenness for 5 years but after administering the Anointing Water, their problem was over and they became pregnant with the child in their arms.Mr And Mrs Obuari

The second service began with the inspiring message by Wise Man Daniel titled, APPRECIATE GOD FOR HIS CORRECTION. The wise man reminded the congregation and viewers that God Almighty gives everyone plenty of evidence to believe Him and that we should therefore never doubt God’s desire or ability to help us. Using 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, he revealed that even though Paul’s challenges were so great, the apostle knew that the thorns in his flesh were to keep him from becoming proud or conceited. He saw his challenges as a reason for believing God just as he saw his good times as a reason for believing God. WiseMan Daniel

He was encouraged that God loved him enough to correct him. Wise Man Daniel then encouraged us to see our own challenges as a way of God correcting us, remembering that our situation is not like others’. Others’ challenges are meant to destroy them but ours, as Christians are meant for the glory of God. He concluded by reminding all that in our spiritual walk with the Lord, there are good and hard times alike. In both good and hard times alike, Jesus Christ must be honoured.

LOVE IN ACTION
When it comes to giving, Prophet T.B. Joshua says that it is more blessed to give than to receive. During this holiday season and throughout the year, he encourages the viewers and partners of Emmanuel TV to look around and see those that are in need. He leads by example not only by instructing others to give but by showing them how to give in sincerity, simplicity and cheerfulness.

In response to his example, many Emmanuel TV Partners were challenged to go and do the same in their own countries. One of them, Mrs Christaline from Namibia gave account of how she was able to set up a charity feeding 450 orphan children and how she planned to build a centre to care for 1,500 orphans around the nation, taking care of their accommodation, feeding, health and schooling. Mrs Christaline

While she was speaking, the video footage of her acts of giving was shown. Also challenged by Matthew 5:43, “Love your neighbour as yourself”, Mr John Chibwe from Zimbabwe explained how he held a meeting for the physically challenged where hundreds attended from all over Zimbabwe. Mr John Chibwe

The video showed a trailer of maize meal being unloaded and distributed among the crowd and brand new wheelchairs being unpacked and presented to many physically challenged. The joy and smiles on their faces that followed were enough of a blessing for the gift that was given.
The final person to tell her story was Mrs Josephine from Namibia, founder of the Mount Sinai Centre, an centre for children afflicted by HIV, reporting to the viewers that she had indeed handed over the centre to the prophet and was now receiving a salary from the man of God to care for the HIV positive mothers and children. In the short span of a few weeks, Prophet T.B. Joshua had donated to her organisation $50,000 which was providing life-saving supplies for hundreds in Namibia.Mrs Josphine

At the close of the service, the prophet gave $10,000 to each of the three charity founders to assist them in their work and promised to send the same amount each week to support the children and needy individuals they were caring for.
Another video was played for the congregation and the viewers of Emmanuel TV showing a news report on giving in the United States. Emmanuel TV Partners and representatives in the USA, with donations sent by T.B. Joshua, visited and presented much needed supplies and a cash gift to a family resource centre caring for children with special needs in Kennewick, Washington, USA. A national news station, NBC, was present at the centre to do a live report, commenting that the roles had been reversed and that this time, a church in Africa were supporting the USA.

The service drew to a close as Prophet T.B. Joshua led the congregation and viewers worldwide in powerful prayer, inspiring them to dream again. These were his words: “I don’t care where you are or how big a mess your life has been – begin to dream again! I prophesy to your life. God has positioned you in this New Year.Prayer Time

God has positioned you for breakthrough in this New Year. God has positioned you in this New Year for victory, for healing, in the name of Jesus! God has positioned you to achieve your destiny, in the name of Jesus! Your limitations are your opportunities! Your mess is your opportunity, in this New Year, in the name of Jesus. Dream again!”

PROTESTS IN ALL NATIONS AND COUNTRIES –

PROTESTS IN ALL NATIONS AND COUNTRIES – PROPHET TB JOSHUA

On October 30th, 2011, during a SCOAN Sunday Live Service, Prophet T.B. Joshua prophesied about international protests increasing and the need for governmental discussions and prayer. These were his words:

“In Jesus Christ’s name we pray. I see these protests in all nations, countries. Instead of reducing, I’m seeing it spread and become so strong, strong now. And that will cause distraction to the government of each country. Distraction – strong distraction. It’s another hindrance to every government. So, they have to pray because instead of it decreasing, it will continue to increase. I’m seeing it increase. And clamping down on them, arresting them is not the answer. So, there must be a tabletop discussion on how to get out of it. So please, open your lips and pray. Ask God to redeem all nations and your nation. Prayer.”

GOD’S POWER WORKING THROUGH HIS SPIRIT AND THE WORD

It was Christmas Day and The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations was teaming with people ready to see the miracle working power of our Saviour in action. The service began with beautiful songs of worship and carols. The atmosphere was charged as Prophet T.B. Joshua gave a message titled ‘Authority And Power.’ The prophet made the distinction between authority and power in both the secular world and the spiritual realm. Our reward for relating with Jesus, he maintained, is power. To know God is to know His power. Knowing facts about Jesus does not change our relationship with Him. An effective witness does not only know his faith but shows his faith. The prophet prayed at this point for the Lord to help him and the congregation to witness in Word and life. He asserted that it is God’s power working through Spirit and the Word that brings about deliverance, healing and blessing. Not only must we have God’s Word to be pastor, evangelist or bishop, we must also have God’s Spirit. When the Holy Spirit took residence within us, He did so with the thought of aiding our character. If you catch anybody in sin, you must restore him gently so that you will not fall into sin yourself, he advised. No one can say no to sin unless he is guided by the Holy Spirit. The prophet paused to pray for the Holy Spirit to impress the law into our heart; to pour into us His divine inspiration and to grant in us the practice of all virtues among other blessings. The prophet asserted that authority and power must go hand in hand as authority without power is worthless. Drawing the attention of his listeners to Luke 4:14-39, the prophet maintained that Jesus had authority over unclean spirits and also the power to force them out. In the same vein, he prayed that we have authority over diseases and the power of God to control them and tell them where to go. Jesus did not give us a powerless authority. We need to realise and speak in keeping with this power or else our ministry will be filled with empty talk and make our prayer superficial. Our prayer will be meaningless and often times destructive if not in line with the truth of God’s Word. It is nonsense to confess that Jesus is Lord but behave in a contrary manner. Not everyone who speaks in a spirit is a pastor. Everyone who claims to be a pastor must be tested by Biblical standard. Describing the Bible as the Book of books, the prophet encouraged his listeners to read it slowly, attentively and repeatedly. The more you read it the more you understand yourself and the God who created you. No spiritual passage exists in a vacuum. You must respond to it in a dialogue. This is as much about listening as speaking.

LOVE IS ALWAYS THERE TO ACT
In his message during the second Sunday service, Wise Man Racine reminded his listeners that Christianity is all about relationship with God, advising them to look into their love walk with God. He also enjoined them to act love, do love and let love lead. Giving his sermon the title: Love Is Always There To Act and citing Luke 2:10-11 as his proof text, the wise man reminded the congregation that Jesus came to restore the relationship and fellowship between God and man. Jesus cares for all; whether rich or poor. Jesus feels what others feel. Jesus is love and love looks around to see who is in need of help. He reminded the congregation that somebody somewhere was in need of what they had. He enjoined the congregation to love their neighbours. Your neighbour, he explained, could be anybody: friend, enemy or even those who do not share the same faith with you. When you see life as Jesus did, you will help all. Spending more on others and less on ourselves is the only way to show love, the wise man concluded his message.

WOMAN DELIVERED FROM ADDICTION TO EATING SOIL
Miss Agnes Nyanga from Zambia told her listeners that she had been addicted to eating sandstones and soil for the past 25 years and pleaded with the prophet to deliver her in the mighty name of Jesus. She revealed that the habit took form one day when she swept her premises and sniffed the scent of the soil. It was at that point that a voice told her to eat the soil. The habit, she revealed, had attracted haemorrhoids to her system. All her efforts to stamp the habit out of her life had met with failure, she added. She repeatedly appealed to the prophet for her deliverance, saying that she had watched cases like hers being delivered on Emmanuel TV. As Prophet T.B. Joshua prayed for her in Jesus’ name, immediately, the evil spirit inside started manifesting wildly as she contorted her hands and began growling like an animal. Finally, she slumped after the contrary spirit had left her. The prophet educated the congregation that the animal in her that ate sandstones and soil had gone. Asked to eat the sandstone offered her after her deliverance, Agnes stared at the sandstone with disgust, reluctantly tasted it and promptly spat it out, saying that the old appeal had vanished. She thanked Jesus for her miraculous deliverance which had defied her efforts over the years.

MAN DELIVERED FROM THE SPIRIT OF RAPING ANIMALS
A video clip unfolded the deliverance of a young man by Wise Man Christopher. The young man, by name Kaniyimi Labista Kuni introduced himself as he underwent deliverance as a spirit of dragon having five powers. One of the powers located in his private parts was used to destroy women. He said any woman whom he made love to would not be pregnant. The power in his chest, according to the evil spirit speaking in him, was being used to destroy the young man himself so that he would not do well as a footballer. He revealed that he became possessed by the spirit of tiger and dragon at the age of 15 years. He said the tiger came to him and made love with him in a dream after which he became afflicted with the spirit of raping animals. He said that he had raped fowls, cows and goats in the past six years during which time the tiger came to him daily for love making. He however, confirmed in his testimony that after the deliverance, the urge to rape animals disappeared.

WOMAN DELIVERED FROM THE SPIRIT OF SUICIDE
Mr and Mrs Bennett Ofokans from South Africa told the congregation about the spirit of anger and suicide that had afflicted his wife, Love for years. Love explained that a spirit would come and ask her to leave this world and her husband by taking her own life. Since then, she became given to unnecessary anger and a desperate wish to commit suicide. She added that they came to The SCOAN in 2009 to seek the face of the Lord where she received a prophecy about the evil spirit in her life. The spirit always told her to leave this world. She was delivered after the prophecy and her life changed, making her enjoy her marriage from then. The deliverance which took place in 2009 was the reason for their visit from London to give the testimony. The couple thanked the prophet and God for her deliverance in the name of Jesus.

ANOINTING WATER REVIVED RUPTURED INTESTINE
Mr Tunde Sowemimo from Ondo State told his listeners that he had pain in his stomach, which caused him to fall down and he was rushed to a hospital where the diagnosis showed that his intestine had ruptured. He was also told that he would undergo a procedure the result of which could not be guaranteed. He consequently sent for the Anointing Water and as soon as he ministered it to himself, he regained energy immediately and got up from his sickbed hale and hearty without any operation on him. A test conducted on him thereafter never showed any rupture of the intestine, thanks to God restoring his health through the Anointing Water. A sickness of ten years ended miraculously and he began to eat solid food.

PRAYER RESTORES MAN’S LUMBER SPINE
After attending The SCOAN prayer line about two hours earlier, Mr Obiora Okeke accompanied by his wife, told the congregation about the goodness of the Lord in his life. He explained that he had been suffering from the problem of straightening of the lumber spine due to muscle spasm. He could not walk because of that and he got crutches from a hospital to aid his movement. To the glory of God however, after being prayed for by Wise Man Racine, his ailment was over. He advised his listeners to believe in God.

CONGREGATION DECLARED FREE AFTER MASS PRAYER
Prophet T. B. Joshua took time to pray for the congregation and Emmanuel TV viewers worldwide for total deliverance as they were about entering the New Year. In course of the mass prayer, many members afflicted by evil spirits manifested such spirits and were delivered. Many others vomited poisonous substances from their systems in reaction to the mass prayer. Asking both the congregation and Emmanuel TV viewers to join him in the mass prayer, the prophet moved from one prayer point to another. In the name of Jesus, the prophet prayed, whatever demonic activity in your life, I force it to come out in the name of Jesus. He explained that the demonic activity could be any disease, sickness, poverty, failure or disappointment. At the end of the mass prayer, the prophet asked all participants to thank the Lord for rewriting their history. He said the grace after declaring the congregation free.

THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE

Wise Man Christopher

Wise Man Christopher, with his usual fervour, issued his message which he titled, ‘The Weapons Of Our Warfare’ to the congregation and cited many portions of the Bible to make his case clear. In his words, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but spiritual through God in pulling down every demonic stronghold. The Word, he clarified, is not on the written page of the Bible but in the lips of the believers. As Christians, you need to fill your mind and heart with the Word to speak it. In Matthew 4 : 1-11, Jesus gave Christians the battle plan when He spoke directly to the devil in the wilderness. You need to learn the value of God’s Word on your lips to confront the devil victoriously. In Ephesians 6:17, the Bible tells us that those who overcome satan will be required to use the power of the spoken Word. David, in 1 Samuel 17:45 – 50 used the Word of God in his heart as a weapon to defeat Goliath. David’s first victory was therefore in the choice of the right weapon, which was the Word of God on his lips. As Christians, Jesus has given us the Word of God as a special weapon that no power of satan can withstand. Whatever your giant or mountain, you, as a Christian, can address it with the Word of God and achieve total victory. Prayer in the power of the Holy Spirit is the most formidable weapon, the wise man concluded his message.

WOMAN EFFECTUALLY DELIVERED FROM EATING HER HAIR

A week after her deliverance, Mrs Josephine Eseme Jimmy, standing beside her husband, happily gave thanks to God for her deliverance as, according to her, the urge to eat her hair had completely disappeared. Josephine came to The SCOAN the previous Sunday for deliverance from addiction to eating her hair, including those on her head, armpits and private parts. She said the addiction took form after she heard a voice ordering her to eat her hair. The unusual behaviour was cultivated before her marriage and had continued since then for a length of 23 years. After her confession, Josephine was delivered in the mighty name of Jesus by Prophet T.B. Joshua who told her that she was free and would not eat her hair anymore. She said that in her dream two days after the deliverance, the demon appeared to her to lure her to the old act but immediately, the man of God also appeared and the demon ran in fear. The man of God then held her and she woke from sleep. That was the end of her addiction to eating her hair. The couple thanked the prophet one more time for being used by Jesus to bring about her deliverance. In reaction, the prophet once more established the difference between authority and power. In his words, knowing facts about Jesus does not change your relationship with Him. He however added that your reward for a relationship with Jesus is power.

SPIRITUAL HUSBAND’S HOLD RELEASED IN JESUS’ NAME

A video clip on the events of the previous Sunday service showed Wise Man Daniel as he laid hands on the congregants. A woman among them,Mrs Alberta Boakye from Ghana reacted by manifesting the spiritual husband in her.

The spirit, speaking through her, said Alberta was his wife who disobeyed her to marry an earthly husband. The spirit added that it had destroyed the husband’s ministry for that reason. The spirit also said their second child could not learn because of the punishment by the spiritual husband. She was then delivered after prayer from Wise Man Daniel. Standing by her pastor husband as she gave her testimony, Alberta revealed that she sensed the spiritual husband in her life at the age of 16 when it used to have sex with her in her dreams. The spirit had been a thorn in their marriage of ten years, causing her to inflict emotional pain on her husband all the time. Under the influence of the spirit, she became the husband and took delight in issuing orders to her husband and beating him. She was however relieved to be free after her deliverance.

In response to the prophet, Pastor Nicholas the husband chronicled all the shameful treatment his wife inflicted on him under the influence of the spiritual husband. She would wake up and ask her husband in the dead of night to clean the house and wash the dishes. When she knew it was fasting time for her husband, she would deliberately set food before him to break the fast unjustifiably. Either she would meet the husband in the church to fight and embarrass him or prevent him by force from going to church after he was ready. On such occasions, the pastor whose church had branches in other countries, would call his fellow pastors in the church to ask them to carry on as he was still ‘waiting on God’. He lost his congregation to other churches and the branches closed because of the wife’s abnormal behaviour. A king of the community who attended his church withdrew his membership because of the wife’s behaviour. After praying for the deliverance of the pastor, Prophet T.B. Joshua assured him that he would assist him to reactivate his ministry and re-open the branches. Asked to comment on her husband’s confession, Alberta, in unmistakable remorse said, ‘I feel bad and sad’ and bemoaned satan for all that her husband had suffered in her hands. Prophet T.B. Joshua ended the episode by explaining that it was the evil spirit inside the wife that was responsible and now that she was delivered, her husband should not remind her of the past.

MAN DELIVERED FROM THE SPIRIT OF MASTURBATION

Mr Solomon Ogheneovo

A man from Delta, Nigeria, Solomon Ogheneovo by name, told the congregation of himself as a victim of the spirit of masturbation for 24 years. He thought that getting married would stop the embarrassing act but in fact, it continued. Even after marriage, he masturbated at least every day. After unsuccessful efforts, which included fasting and prayer, on his part to stop it, he finally decided to seek the face of the Lord in The SCOAN. After receiving the Anointing Water, he gathered his family and they prayed with it. That prayer, according to him, marked the end of his masturbation. He thanked God for using the prophet to bring an end to this torment in his life.

ANOINTING WATER RESTORES MENSTRUATION

Mrs Mercy Anthony

Mrs Mercy Anthony told listeners how she regained her menstruation which ceased for seven years, completely unresponsive to her efforts to reactivate it. She said a good Samaritan gave her a virtually empty bottle of the Anointing Water which she topped with water, prayed with and ministered on herself. Following that, her menstruation miraculously reappeared. She ended her testimony by advising all her listeners to trust God who has an answer to whatever problems they might have.

ANOINTING WATER RESTORES MEMORY AND FETCHES PROMOTION

Rahamat Yusuf Suleiman had an accident in April which, among other injuries, affected her memory. This affected her reading and preparation for her promotion examination in her workplace. The result was that she failed the examination and was denied promotion. After efforts elsewhere to find a cure had failed, she sent a friend to The SCOAN for the Anointing Water.

On receiving the Anointing Water, she prayed with it and sprayed it on herself, particularly her forehead. Soon after, to her amazement, she vomited an earthworm. The Anointing Water gave her total healing and following her prayer with it before going for another promotion examination in her workplace, she found the questions the same as the ones she had read, making her pass the examination with ease. As she gave her testimony, Rahamat displayed her promotion letter which was the outcome of her success in the examination. Rahamat advised her listeners to go to the Lord always for a solution to their problems.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE AGED, DISABLED AND CHILDREN WORLDWIDE

The Emmanuel TV Team and Partners as usual filled trailers with gifts of rice, flour and other food items and transported them to the elderly and physically challenged both within Nigeria and internationally.

Yobe rice trailer 2

Yobe rice trailer 1

Borno rice trailer 1

Two of the many states in Nigeria that were visited by The Emmanuel TV Team were Yobe and Borno in the far north of the country. The team set off with two trailers each filled to capacity with rice and flour, in addition to cash gifts. The venue for the meeting with the Emmanuel TV Team was General Hospital Leprosy Centre, Maiduguri. People gathered from all around Borno State to attend the meeting.

Borno rice trailer 2

The team sent by T.B. Joshua presented the community leaders with cash gifts and the bags of rice were distributed among everyone, regardless of race, faith or background. The Bible teaches us that we should love our neighbours as ourselves. In the same vein, various gifts were also dispatched to the needy and elderly people in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. In the Asian continent, Lahore, Pakistan was also visited with bags of rice, flour and other gift items.

FINANCIAL AID TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS

In the course of the service, five visually impaired students from the University of Jos were led to the platform where they narrated their financial problems as students, one after another.

Yakubu, a student of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, was the first to bare his mind about his financial needs as a student and concluded that he needed the sum of N92,000.00 to pay his school fees and solve other problems as a student. The rest, in turn, also spoke, explaining that as students, even the money to release their results was hard to come by. Upon listening to their complaint, the prophet directed that their needs be met. Consequently, a total sum of N284,300.00 and bags of rice were disbursed among them.

MASS PRAYER FREES ALL

T.B Joshua

Praying in the power of the Holy Spirit, Prophet T.B. Joshua led the congregation and viewers worldwide in a powerful time of mass prayer. Many vomited the poisons long buried in their systems, thus receiving their freedom. The prophet prayed for the total release of his listeners in many areas of their lives, including their finances, businesses, marital lives among others. He also prayed for the restoration of their destinies and health. In the course of the mass prayer, the prophet issued prophecies to some people who, in reaction came forward to confirm the prophecies. Confirming that the entire congregation had been delivered and was free, the prophet proceeded to say the grace and bring the service to a close.

HE PROMISES TO SEE US THROUGH

Wise Man John Chi gave his message and cited Psalm 91:14-16 as his proof text. Explaining the word, ‘rescue’ as used in the text, he reminded his listeners that it suggests crises and danger. He added further that your choice to serve God in faith and truth does not shield your life from hard times but that the Lord will see you through. In the message which he aptly titled, ‘He Promises To See Us Through’ the wise man declared that in our walk with the Lord, there would be good and hard times and that, like the Biblical Job, we should be steadfast and hold on to the Lord whatever our situation. After Job’s crises, God eventually restored his blessing threefold. The same generous reward awaits those who defy tribulations and stay steadfast with the Lord. He enjoined his listeners not to allow their present situation to doubt the fulfilment of God’s Word in their lives. In his words, ‘… don’t lose hope, don’t give up, don’t listen to the language of your situation’. You should not allow your bad experiences to wipe you out; instead, turn your scars to stars. In a moment, the Lord will rescue you from your problems and shower His blessings on you, he concluded.

WOMAN’S DELIVERANCE FROM SPIRIT OF EATING SAND

Masindi Mugari, the South African woman, who received her deliverance in the previous Sunday service from the spirit of addiction to eating sand, in the mighty name of Jesus, confirmed her deliverance total and effectual after one week of stay in The SCOAN, during which she slept peacefully and had no urge to eat sand anymore. Thanking God in joy and excitement, she assured her listeners that God was aware of whatever problems they had and He would not disappoint them, if they stayed steadfast. She also thanked the prophet for being the agent in the hands of Jesus for her deliverance.

WOMAN DELIVERED FROM SPIRIT OF EATING HER OWN HAIR

Mr and Mrs Udoh from Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria surprised the congregation when the wife, Josephine revealed that for 23 years she had suffered the addiction to eating her hair, those from her head, her armpit and her private parts. This addiction, she added, began when a voice told her to eat her hair but despite all efforts to stop, the addiction continued. Confirming the confession, her husband added that she plucked her hair continually for eating. After a few words of advice on the need to visit the right place in time for deliverance, Prophet T.B. Joshua invited the lady to come forward and he stretched his hand at her for deliverance in the mighty name of Jesus. Declaring her free after that, Prophet T.B. Joshua asked her to pick some hair to eat. In reaction, Josephine plucked some of her hair and put it in her mouth. She however, spat it out soon after, on the ground that it no longer had any appeal to her. The couple thanked the prophet for being used by the Lord to deliver her so miraculously after 23 years of unrewarding efforts elsewhere.

PROPHECY REVEALS PROMOTION AFTER RETIREMENT

A video clip unfolded a prophecy in which the prophet mentioned a court case to a member of the congregation, advising him to forgive and forget to make his promotion, which was on the way, a reality. As soon as the clip was over, David Amah introduced himself to the congregation as Brigadier General David Amah, thus confirming the prophecy before giving the details. In his testimony, David told his listeners all his travails in the past over the promotion. Brigadier General Amah of the Nigerian Army serving at Defence Headquarters, Abuja submitted a letter for promotion last year but when the result came, he was not enlisted. He was consequently devastated. This year, he got a retirement letter making him heartbroken. He went to his family home in Port Harcourt where he watched Emmanuel TV. In his worry over his promotion, he, accompanied by his family, decided to seek the face of the Lord in The SCOAN on August 10 where the prophecy was issued to him. At the airport on their way home, he received a call from Abuja asking him to bring reports about his promotion. He changed his mind there and then and flew to Abuja, while asking his family to go home to Port Harcourt. That call was the beginning of the events that fetched him a promotion to the rank of Brigadier General after his retirement. An interesting fact about the whole story is that both the letter of retirement and that of the new promotion were signed by one and the same person. In Brigadier General David Amah’s words, only God can turn retirement into promotion. God is not time bound. Trust Him always, the Brigadier General advised his listeners.

ANOINTING WATER AVERTS ROBBERY AND MURDER

On September 4 this year, Mr Udoma Uboh prayed as usual with his family, using the Anointing Water before going to bed. However, as soon as they were in bed, they realized that they were surrounded by four armed robbers who asked them to surrender all their valuables, if they valued their lives. They did that promptly but the robbers appeared dissatisfied with their loot and threatened to shoot the man. One of them asked his wife to say the last prayer for her husband. Utilizing the opportunity, the wife started praying with the God of T.B. Joshua, asking him for protection for the husband and the rest of the family. As soon as the robbers heard the name of T.B. Joshua, they became disillusioned and the one whose gun was pointed at Mr Udoma Uboh lowered it, while the rest proceeded to return all that they had considered their loot. As they left the premises in disappointment, they fired a gunshot outside. It was the shot that would have silenced Mr Udoma Uboh forever but for the Anointing Water and the name of T.B. Joshua through the name of Jesus Christ. The couple thanked God for His mercy on them.

ANOINTING WATER ENDS STAGNATION OF 15 YEARS

Mrs Mercy Pius of Maiduguri in Borno, Nigeria narrated to the congregation that on 29 May she visited The SCOAN where she received the Anointing Water in her efforts to solve many of her problems, including her stagnation as a worker for 15 years. At home, she prayed and ministered the Anointing Water on herself in the name of Jesus. On her way from the church, a friend called her to inform her that her name had been enlisted for promotion. Before long, her promotion came, catapulting her from grade level 8 to 13. She could not hide her joy at this development and advised her listeners to always believe in God for a solution to their problems.

WATCHING EMMANUEL TV CHANGED MAN’S LIFE FOR BETTER

Mr Davies Opubor narrated a very interesting experience he had at home with Emmanuel TV. Coming home at night, he was torn between preparing his dinner and sitting down to watch the Emmanuel TV telecast. He however, embraced the two at the same time by switching on the Emmanuel TV and shuttling between his room and the kitchen to boil some rice for the evening, while his ears were hooked on to the telecast. As he moved to and fro putting some rice on the fire, he could hear the voice of T.B. Joshua apparently monitoring his movements and advising him to settle down in the sitting room to benefit from the deliverance prayer that he was offering. At first he did not listen, until Prophet T.B. Joshua referred to a person cooking rice that he should stop what he was doing to come and watch Emmanuel TV. Finally realizing that Prophet T.B. Joshua was talking to him, he sat down as instructed and participated in the prayer with Prophet T.B. Joshua for all viewers of Emmanuel TV. Davies confirmed that after the deliverance prayer with the prophet, his life changed. As he got to office the following day, he saw his leave application approved contrary to the routine the previous years. He used to suffer many tribulations before the deliverance prayer with the prophet. He used to eat in dreams and was abnormally attracted to women among other bad traits, causing him to wish to commit suicide. However, the deliverance prayer changed all the odd behaviour associated with him. He saw himself after the deliverance prayer preaching to women rather than making advances to them as he used to do. After receiving the Anointing Water from The SCOAN, he used it to heal a man from stroke. He was particularly happy that his life has changed for the better and thanked the prophet as a true man of God.

MASS PRAYER FREES ALL PARTICIPANTS

In the mass prayer which brought the Sunday service to a close and in which many of those afflicted with contrary spirits manifested beforedeliverance, Prophet T.B. Joshua was particularly concerned about the congregation entering the New Year in a state of purity and accord with the Lord and spared no breath as he directed prayer points at many areas of life. He prayed for the release of their finances, careers, marital lives and restoration of their health and destinies among others. Calling both the congregation and Emmanuel TV viewers to stretch out their right hands in prayer in the name of Jesus, he intoned, ‘Viewers, whatever you touch shall be blessed and you shall enjoy a breakthrough in your career, marital life and all your endeavours’.