Get ready for tears of joy

OndoReporter | Get ready for tears of joy

I’m starting this column this week on a
joyful note. Why? Yours sincerely was
in London last week during which I visited
Funmi, the mother of triplets.

Sometime ago, I wrote about her
struggle and how she broke through after
nine years of waiting. How long have you
been waiting? Just cling to Jesus. Feel
free to use the mother of triplets as a point
of contact while praying.

After nine years of waiting, even when her
closest allies had given up on her marriage,
she put aside her work to find a solution.
The point to be noted is that God also takes
into account our determination to have a
break through. I am not suggesting that
you leave your job though.

Funmi and her husband ( full names
withheld) left their jobs in the United
Kingdom to come to Nigeria to find solution
to what they had identified as a spiritual
challenge. They were determined to
have children.

You will recall that in my earlier reference to
this couple, I mentioned that they had
tried several IVFs that failed.

Today, with her determination and
consistent prayer in Laughter Foundation ,
God, in his mercy, rewarded her with a set of
triplets: two boys and a girl.

The babies were born in England.
During my visit, I saw a different woman:
joyful, radiant ,even though she had to care
for three babies at a time with assistance
from another person.

I simply told her what she has is joyful
stress and she replied, “ This is better than
being childless”.

Glory be to God, the one who begins when
others have written you off.

Make up your mind to overcome
Anyone who is going through a challenge
must make up his or her mind to overcome.
However, couples must handle this
carefully. One must not put undue
pressure on the other.

Challenges are not just about child-bearing
alone, there could also be financial
challenges.

That your husband has lost a job or is
unemployed does not make the woman the
head of the home.

That your husband is broke and cannot
meet his financial obligations still does not
make the wife the head of the home.
My authority is found in Colossians 3 verse
18 which states: “ Wives, submit yourselves
unto your own husband, as it is fit in the
Lord”.

Ephesians 5 verses 22 and 23: “ Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own
husband, as unto the Lord. For the
husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church; and he is
the savior of the body”.

A Christian wife, indeed a woman working in
line with the word of God, should rather pray
that God should lift her husband up .
When this happens, of course the first
beneficiary is herself.

One must say, however, that for a family
in such a situation and many are, the
woman needs a lot of patience to relate
well with her husband. Remember, even to
receive from God, we need patience.
God is a miracle worker and not a
magician.

Let’s return to the issue of child-bearing.
God’s unlimited ability
I refer to Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God’s ( RCCG), in Open Heavens
of March 5, 2016, titled, “ Living Above
Natural Limits”.

He stated, “ God is always ready to do great
things through the lives of those who seek
Him. The moment you yield totally to Him,
you will begin to operate above natural
limits. Without this supernatural ability, you
will remain a common man and you will
always have common results”.

Note the words,” yield totally to Him”. In
other words, you cannot yield to God and
go visiting any herbalist or bathing by the
riverside to have children. You cannot yield
to God and heed to the advice of friends
who will suggest that you go and have an
affair with another man and pass on the
pregnancy to your husband. Why do I
say this? I know that some relations
advise their daughters to do this .

The consequence of this can be very grave.
I recall that Pastor Adeboye, during one the
Holy Ghost Services at the Redemption
Camp, warned that anyone who does this
is simply delaying her miracle.
Be warned.

I do know that many have been written off
medically. Some were told that the
woman’s eggs are weak and cannot produce
children; some the husband has zero sperm
count; some the womb is too small to carry
a baby. Others, the womb is so scarred and
cannot carry a baby. All sorts of medical
reports but the good news is that I have
seen many couples with these reports
having children.

The truth is, whereas medical science is
limited, God, the Creator of Heaven and
Earth; your Creator is not limited.

Again, I refer to Pastor Adeboye, in the
passage mentioned earlier. He stated, “ A
medical report is not always God’s report;
besides, it is whatever report you believe
that will manifest in your life”.

The decision on what to believe is yours.
Mind you, no one is saying that couples
should not take medical steps to have
children. No.

The truth, however, is that some situations
need to be tackled spiritually for medical
science to succeed.

In a number of cases, God has proved
himself beyond science.

Or how can medical science tackle the
situation in which a lady had IVF about four
times and it failed because of a particular
dream.

The woman, who is a mother of triplets,
today, had an end put to that dream when
the General Overseer of Laughter Foundation
International Ministry personally prayed for
her.

The dream stopped and, today, she has
three, not one baby to carry.

Apart from this, I have also witnessed a
pregnant woman who bled continuously and
the bleeding only stopped after a prayer
session.

Sisters and brothers, get ready , you will
soon shed tears of joy.

Brethren, it is time to stand up and claim
your right to fruitfulness.

Genesis 1 verse 28": And God blessed them,
saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply’”.

Editor’s Note- Don’t forget, Laughter
Foundation programme for 19,000 twins is still
on. Also, don’t forget RCCG’s April Holy
Ghost Night for children. Other churches also
have similar programmes. Pray that the Lord
should lead you to the right place.
Don’t be to busy. Attend.