Thousands of them can be found in churches praying for life partners.
Many of them are quite amiable but have never had men say a word to them about marriage, or when they have men come their way, things will just turn upside down...
My decision to write on this piece is reinforced by a testimony read by Pastor Oso at Laughter Foundation and a testimony which Pastor Adeboye has repeated several times and has now documented it.
In his daily devotion manual, Open Heavens, of August 15, 2015, Pastor Adeboye stated, “In the journey of life, the enemy can place obstacles in the way of a man to prevent the actualization of his destiny”.
He made reference to Haggai 1:1-2, Zechariah 4:9 and Ezra2: 1-2 in respect of God’s choice of Zerubbabel to build a house for him. Pastor Adeboye noted: “ Inspite of these facts, the enemy still put difficulties along his way to prevent him from fulfilling God’s divine destiny for his life”.
The point here is that some human beings derive pleasure is seeing others in sorrow.
Those who can stop you are usually those referred to as “ unfriendly friends “ by Pastor Kalejaiye or even relations as stated in the testimony shared by Pastor Adeboye.
They could even be your parents. This reminds me of Pastor Oso’s popular statement that it is a grave mistake to assume that “all siblings are friendly”. He often refers to the story of Joseph and his brothers.
Did I hear you say that was a polygamous home? You are wrong.
One was privileged to witness a deliverance service at Laughter Foundation where an evil spirit spoke through a sister who was being delivered.
It was the voice of her sister who asked, “Why should she be the most successful among us”. In other words, her siblings were envious of her progress and decided to do something to stop her.
For years, this lady remained unmarried while the siblings got married and had children.
It got so bad that they attacked her spiritually...
If you think an attack can only come from siblings or other relations, what about mothers who, for their selfish needs, want to keep their daughters permanently out of wedlock.
Pastor Adeboye, in the Open Heavens of August 15, 2015, again referred to a testimony in which he stated that a word of knowledge came that there was a lady whose mother was obstructing her marriage and that, if she didn’t repent, she would die within a week. The daughter repeated this when she got home and a furious mother went to meet the pastor accusing him of teaching children bad things.
Of course, according to Pastor Adeboye, he asked the daughter, ‘did I mention anybody’s name?’ She replied in the negative.
After the daughter stepped out, the mother asked the pastor if it was true the person obstructing the daughter’s marriage would die. Her confession was that she was responsible for this because she would have no one to care for her when her daughter marries and goes to live with her husband permanently.
What do you call that? Selfish interest?
So, the pastor promised that he would tell the lady and her husband to continue to take care of mama after marriage. It was only then that she left her daughter off her spiritual hook. Within a short period, the daughter got married.
One also had the opportunity to witness a deliverance service conducted by Pastor Oso in which a lady had been stopped from getting married by a spirit of vengeance.
While the service was on, and this happens every Sunday, a voice spoke from a lady saying: "Don’t rescue this lady from me, she has offended". Of course, the deliverance service continued with the pastor using the word of God to rebuke the evil spirit.
The good news is that the lady was set free and she later got married.
However, let me borrow the words of men of God that every challenge commenced one day and would end one day. May you not experience loneliness. Those who go through it know what it means.
The sad truth is that most times these attacks are from household enemies, who are very close to you.
Written by Funmi Komolafe
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