PRECIOUS PATRICK
I had just dropped the call with my mum, she
mentioned that Jeff wasn’t feeling well, my thoughts were clouded, and my mum
rarely gives such information except the illness is serious. The thought of
going back home to see how my son was doing kept creeping in, opted for keeping
in touch with my mum to get per time feedback.
I arrived at Ikoyi Mountain with some of the
planning team members two days later, settled in and attended the evening
worship and bible study. My mind was set on having a wow experience with God,
the highlight of my experience happened on Friday night, we were having a
worship section in one of the rooms when the neighbors sent our host to inform
us that we were disturbing, we decided to use the church that was available to
us at the time. At this point we could already feel the move of the Holy
Spirit. It felt like everyone was pregnant and we were all midwives helping one
another to deliver (this was actually a confirmation of the prophecy the Lord
gave to us earlier), It was mind blowing and a moment I keep reliving.
Another highlight moment for me was the time at
a Baba’s place. I had seen the Baba at the mountain on Friday morning when we
went to pray, he stood beside me and said Àdúrà yín gbà and I noticed he
kept going round saying the same thing to everyone praying. On our way back we
saw the Baba cooking outside his house and he invited us to come and eat with a
smile on his face. We had met several other persons at the mountain, but the times
with Baba were moment to remember for me especially when he said Àdúrà yín
gbà, I had quickly said amen cause in the euphoria of the moment it felt like
truly Àdúrà mí ti gbà. Then a prophecy came to reach out to the Baba. This
was a mind blowing moment for me and a reconfirmation that God is still in the
business of answering prayers, the Baba had woken up that morning not knowing
something good was about to happen to him, something that will be a wonder to
many and that’s how God is “when the Lord turned again the captivities of Zion,
we were like them that dream”.
My experience in all was a reconfirmation and
reenergizing one, also I came back home to more healthy son.
OLOTO SAMSONS
Where do I even start from? I am deeply
grateful to God for the experience at Ikoyi Mountain. That was my first time
visiting a mountain for prayers, and the experience will remain indelible
forever in my heart.
It was beautiful, being in the midst of young
believers, far from the hustle and bustle of Lagos, just to concentrate on my
relationship with God. I met with God, he spoke to me, we discussed, we agreed,
we disagreed, and I left that place a better man and a better Christian.
Miracles were recorded, people got delivered,
gifts were impacted, words sent forth, visions received. All to the glory of
God. Word Alive is THE family and I am grateful to I belong.
JOSHUA BELLO
Words are not just enough to explain
experiences like this. I'll start by stating some facts prior to the retreat;
The last 6 days or so before the retreat was hell with my health the major
challenge. It got too bad that my mother had to come to help in the best way
she could. This happened even until Thursday morning (The retreat day) which
poses serious question as to If I will be able to make the retreat. However, I
was so determined that nothing would stop me from attending. Leaving home that
morning, my mum and my friend saw my determination and couldn't stop me. so,
they gave few drug recommendations (which I ended up not buying ).
Now the journey! From the moment I stepped into
the bus, I felt the immediate connection like I've known this people for so
long. We had nice chat till we got to our destination where we joined up with
others. My first mission was accomplished that night as I've been longing to
see Remi in person.
It's a privilege to get to meet people who are
full of Love. Everyone were ready to help if the need arise. I felt really
loved and it seem as though we all have known each other for ages. The retreat!
There's a lot to talk about but I will be sharing specifically on the meeting
we had on Friday evening. Oh before then, I miraculously climbed the mountain
in the morning! My health was so bad that I can't do a few meters work, I can't
do chores and I struggle even to take my bath. That I was able to climb a
mountain is a testimony which I ended up climbing twice.
I've never seen the move of God as strong as I
did saw on Friday (30th). The Holy Spirit found expression in every single soul
under the meeting. Personally, it's an encounter where I experienced God on a
deeper level. There's this rush of words from the Holy Spirit to myself and
through me to people and also from different people to me. There's also the
tangible presence of God and a level of peace I can't even explain. I saw words
from God manifest in real time. A snippet of what was received was evident the
next day as God made a live show, did miraculous things among the villagers.
I was also able to minister to strangers which
I've not done before. This retreat left a print that can never be forgotten.
Below are the take home points:
1. I was healed of long time sickness
2. I had a personal encounter with God
3. My fellowship level has increased more than
ever
4. I hear from God constantly and with more precision.(
I can hear even now that physical and emotional healing is made available for
every reader of my testimony)
5. There's love in this family.
6. I saw firsthand what it means to stick to
instructions from the Holy Spirit even when things seem ugly.
7. Word Alive is the best thing to have
happened to me.
8. I learnt some ministerial tips
9. God still does miracles.
10. God cares too much about me
I look forward to more experiences like this
with the family.
BOLU FAMAKINWA
I am the type of person that my parents don’t
allow me go out, so I was skeptical about telling them about the retreat
because I did not want to be disappointed about their refusal. God started
working on them, that the very night I told them about it I got their approval.
Getting to the retreat from Thursday, meeting people and way which we bounded
was so quick and lovely
On Friday during the prayer, I experienced God
raw. I started hearing clearly from God. God gave me a new tongue. God
confirmed his words through others also. It was a lifetime experience that I
will like to title. Heaven on earth with God unveiling Power
CHUKWUEBUKA OHAMS
MY NAME IS CHUKWUEBUKA OHAMS. Below would be my
experiences at the GET AWAY WITH ME Retreat.
Firstly, I would like to state it
that what God did to me and many other can't be fully written, because we were
overwhelmed by His GLORY. So I will Start like this, I didn't plan for the camp
and I got informed a day before the camp meeting. Then I go this leading to go
and I had to call my fellowship pastor to ask for permission not to be around
for fellowship that next day, which is the day we are to leave, and the
fellowship meeting for that week was very important and I needed to be
available for that day. Now here comes the first unusual thing I got a call
from the pastor telling me that "The Fellowship meeting for that week has
been moved," and I was like God is really planning and preparing something
in this camp meeting. Like Nkiru would say, ‘DIVINE SET UP.’
Now when we got to the camp ground, there was
this unusual freedom I had in my spirit. So I feel it's only Wale that might
really understand because I'm quite conserved not to talk of a place I just
came into newly, but I was soooo free with everyone that at some point I had to
go to somewhere private to ask myself what was wrong with me, but l never knew
it was still the DIVINE SET UP. Just so we know how serious this was, I ate 3 rounds
of food the first day we got there. This God ehh.
So that same day we got to the camp ground that
was when God started talking to me from the Bible study we had, that was Based
on LOVE TO THE PEOPLE THAT KEEPS HURTING YOU❤️. The part that took me unaware was the day we
were playing almost all through the day, when we had first session at the
mountain I didn't really get it, I just worshipped and was calm. Now it got to
the night when we prayed for six hours.
I didn't know what happened to all of us but it
was SUPERNATURAL and these are the few things I can point out that affected
personally.
1. I had a change of heart; please guys don't
laugh at me oo. I break into tears so easily these days in the presence of my
Father, I've become gullible before Him. Now that was also a word he gave me
that night through Miss Remi, and ever since that day until now, hmmm I can't
explain oo.
2. The rate at which words now come expressly
is supernatural and accurate.
3. There, a kind of BOLDNESS AND AUTHORITY that
came upon us all, and it has affected me so much even as I live my day to day
life now it surfaces.
I want to share one that happened at the camp
ground on the day we were cleaning BABA'S HOUSE.
There was this small boy that has a swell/Lump
in his mouth area. So the Holy Ghost told me to go lay hands on him and gave an
institution to "mix sand with water and apply it on that place after as I
pray for him. So I had to called Bro Wale told help me communicate with him because
I can't speak Yoruba.
While we were communicating the Holy Ghost told
me to ask how long that has lasted and when we asked he said "OVER 1 YEAR"
then He (Holy Ghost) also instructed that I ask if he could eat with his mouth
and he answered and said "No that he only eats Cereal (that's Pap).
Then we started praying and while we were
praying I applied the sand mixture with water on the place and we concluded.
Later that Evening Bro Femi saw the boy and
asked him how he's faring and he said "he has started eating with the
mouth" 😳✝️. I was overwhelmed
when I heard it and I gave God thanks for he's keeps to all his words. Now this
boldness that came upon us all has overflowed into my everyday life🙏🙏✝️✝️.
4. There is now permanence in my seeking the
lord and most importantly there is now a kind of love that has changed me to
not talk too much, argue too much and also affected my relationship with men
positively.
I really can't say all because they are
countless and there are some that are still manifest, a whole book won't be
able to contain just mine how much more everyone.
God is mighty
I love everyone in WORD ALIVE, I now have a new
and sweet family.❤️❤
PRECIOUS PEARL
The retreat was refreshing, time away
from distractions. It was a call back to the place of intimacy and rest for me,
a restoration of the heart posture of being with my Lover. I
witnessed and partook in a revival, both personal and as a group. Ministries
were birthed, and we all helped each other in birthing what God placed in us.
I witnessed a legit miracle and revival
on the mountain, at the Baba's house. A man that could not speak or understand
English spoke and wrote English.
He desired to understand and we prayed.
Almost immediately,
the Baba wrote all the letters of the alphabet!! Glory!! Shortly after, he
started speaking English. I witnessed the revival the Lord began in the man and
it spreads forth to everyone associated with him. I'm soo grateful for Word
Alive, for all that the Lord has done and continues to do in and through us. It
is continuous and ever growing, reaching the ends of the earth for generations
to come. Hallelujah
AYODELE IBIYEMI
I joined Word Alive in 2018 but I was not an
active member for a long time because of personal issues and work. During the
lockdown, I had time so I would join prayers. Eventually, the prayers became an
integral part of my daily schedule and from there, step by step, precept by
precept, God was leading me. When God gave the instruction that we hold a
retreat, Remi reached out to me to look for a prayer mountain around Ibadan
which I did. Later, God gave a word that He deliberately gave me the assignment
to do it and I was delighted.
I had the privilege of hosting people who came
for the retreat planning and we went to the first mountain where we weren’t
allowed in. God led us to a second mountain just to see it and on our way back,
I missed a call. When I called back, I realized it was to tell me of a job
offer. I got the job eventually and that is what I still do.
It seemed like the retreat was planned solely
because of me. I had the honour of participating in the actual planning and I
had apprehensions generally about fundraising and management. God allayed my
fears immediately and the success of the retreat was used to teach me that
whatever instruction that God gives, He will back it up with provision and action.
Now I am not scared of anything, as long as it is based on God’s instructions.
I also had a funny fear at the retreat, I was scared that I would be too busy
with administrative work that I might not receive so much but God broke me down
and gave me blessings in full. All my fears and worries about the retreat
planning were allayed and God just came through mightily.
As we were praying for the retreat, God was
giving words. I remember I heard ‘New Tongues’ in the morning of the first day
we were going out to look for a mountain. Also, the day before we went, I heard
‘Courses are being set.’ Others heard different words which (I must be honest),
I did not take too seriously in the first place because I could not even
imagine how God was going to do it. I can attest that I benefited fully from
everything that God told us concerning the retreat. When we just returned from the
retreat, I got new tongues everyday for 3 days. God manifested himself in me
mightily in a way that I had never experienced before. My course was set at the
retreat, things that were previously unclear became clear and I got
instructions about something major in my life. I got it as confirmation of one
of the promises God gave us about the retreat: ‘I will teach you what to do,
how to do and when to do.’ I got concise instructions. All of Gods promises
were fulfilled and the retreat marked the beginning of the rest of my life. A
lot happened at the retreat but the defining moment was when I was worshipping
God and I laid down. A beloved sister touched my back for a while and prayed
for me. While praying for me, I felt chest pain for a while and then relief.
She said that God was healing me of all forms of emotional hurt, even the ones
I am not ware exist. After this healing, it was like my life began. Everything
began to align and I began to progress. When I was even slightly worried that
perhaps I am not doing well, God said no. He said He had tested me and proven
me, that it is time for manifestation. I must confess that the past two weeks
since the retreat ended have erased the months of hurt and pain. It is not just
about me now but my best friend also benefited from it. He told me that the
past two weeks makes the tough months of April, May, June and July 2020 feel
like decades ago. God restored our captivity and set our courses. My course is
set for life. My life is transformed. I now live in the supernatural and it is
undeniable. Everyone around me can see that I am God’s. Halleluyah.
JOY UDUOSE
Praise God. My name is Joy Uduose
Ebosarere and I want to talk about my experience/testimony at Word Alive
retreat which was held from the 29th October to 1st November. I want thank GOD
for the safe road trip from Lagos to Osun for the experience which started for
me on Friday because on Thursday night when we got to the dorm, we studied the
word prayed and got acquainted with one another in one of the rooms, ate and
slept, though some people went to the mountain for a programme they were having
that night, I could also remember how some of us went to fetch water as they
had not pump water into other buildings.
On Friday morning right from when
we prayed on the mountain I felt a change in the atmosphere and In my spirit,
after we came back from the mountain we
ate and then bonded as most of us played games, I played scrabble against Nkiru
and won. Some of us also engaged in topics which I learnt from. We had our
Bible study that evening and I learnt a lot, after that we had dinner and
continued in bonding, I could remember I spent almost all my day in the boys
room as that was the center of bonding.
Later that night while we were
worshipping in one of the rooms before then I had requested for a longer
worship session as I am a worship person which sister Remi granted, while we
were praying In the spirit and worshipping we were asked to pause and get ready
to go the mountain, apparently the neighbors had reported us for disturbing
them and the Pastor came to tell us that night so we had to move but I have to
say that GOD used them to pull us out of the room because of what He wanted to
unleash upon us without us knowing, we left for the mountain I actually thought
it was on top of the mountain we were going that night but we were given a
church key. Before we got there, I personally was disconnected from the prayer
but when I entered the church I was happy because the church was spacious as we
could all move around freely but then sister Remi instructed we all be together
and it was dark so she needed us all to be under the light that was put on. The
worship session continued as Sister Remi heard an instruction from God to just
worship Him, we continued worshipping; speaking in the Holy ghost tongues and
then people started falling under the anointing. For me, I was just there
distracted and then I saw Toyosi shaking and Tola holding her. I knew she has
received something I was now like ‘God I am here ooo’ Before now, I had always wanted an encounter with God and
I did, as I was still distracted and trying to connect and I went to sit but
then, sister Remi came and told me to stand up she took me to the front and
told me to just be praying. I started and then we were asked to pray in tongues
for Toyosi as she has received a gift. We all started speaking and it became
louder in my ears then I felt in my tongues and I kept on speaking in new
tongues. I wanted to stop but I couldn't, I lost total control of what I was
doing, I saw myself crying and shouting
and I was brought to the front as I moved to a chair when it started. As I was in
front, it increased that I was hitting myself so hard I couldn't even control
it, I later calmed down after a while then Nkiru and Tola prayed for me and
told me that God wants to use me tonight, that I was their messenger for that
night and she asked if I was ready, I said yes, I stood up and joined hands
with Toyosi and they started speaking, it became very loud and I lost control
of myself I didn't know what I was saying it would just come out anytime I
touched a person, I started with sister Remi then I went around touching
everyone and let God do the rest, I really felt connected to God that night,
like I have never experienced something like that and I am grateful to Him for
finding worthy to use as a vessel to deliver his word to many. And the new
tongue He gave me. After the live show performed by God, we danced and sang
praises for He said "we should rise for victory has come." Going back
to the dorm, I had already lost my voice and was weak and Samson backed me.
Saturday was an awesome day for
me. In the morning, we went to a man as instructed by GOD. We got there and started
praying and cleaning his house. In the middle of this course, Baba asked that
we prayed for him so he could speak English, we did and continued cleaning and
telling Baba what GOD was saying concerning him. Apparently Baba had been alone
for 21 years, but GOD in His infinite mercy remembered him that day through our
visit. I also spoke a word to Baba, well it wasn't me as I did not know what I
was saying but the spirit had taken over, also other people who came to see
what was happening were partakers of the blessings that was being released from
GOD. I could a remember of a man who gave his life to Christ, a little boy who
washed Baba’s cap, and many more. Finally before we left Baba’s house, he came,
took charcoal and wrote the alphabet accordingly in capital letters. Is my GOD
not powerful? This is where I say "what God cannot do does not exist
" Hallelujah, after clearing, cleaning and fixing Baba’s house, we all
went back to the dorm and most of us slept till later in the evening before
waking up to eat and prepare to go to the mountain for prophetic service and
Holy communion. Later that evening we
went to a place around the mountain called "Mercy land" which no
ordinary person can enter but after praying while outside of it, the pastor
that accommodated us asked us to enter and we started praying again and again
the spirit took over it was so powerful entering that place and I give praise
to God for such experience. It was funny how people around were amazed seeing
us inside the place as it is a sacred place for top pastors. However, the
presence of God was all over and He really did things which no ordinary man can
see. We later prayed on the water instructed to bring, we took the communion,
gave our seeds and then we walked out as it was instructed. After getting to
the dorm we had dinner, bonded and went to bed.
Sunday, the day we all left camp.
We basically just bonded. It is really a great privilege to have all members of
word Alive, the trip to Osun and back. I am really grateful to GOD for such an
amazing time with him, it was really a" getaway with me " for me to
Him as I didn't really have time or wasn't really concerned about what was
going on outside of the camp
Praise GOD
NKIRU CHIMA
Before leaving for the retreat, I
was maxed out; I wasn't sleeping well at home and was feeling heavy because
everyone at home kind of look up to me to bring clarity in all matters relating
to God, Also I was experiencing one defeat or the other. I just wanted to leave
home for a while and the retreat was a great opportunity.
Let me skip all the details about
arrival. The first time we had a worship and study session, I was in that state
of watching things happen but not been there, I was also physical exhausted,
but felt better.
Saturday morning, I felt light
for the first time in months, because I didn't have to put up a front or pray
for people to trust God. Worship on the mountain was wonderful, it was as
though the cobwebs cleared from my head, I actually understood what I was
expecting, but just a little bit of it, I had read and kept the prophetic word
for the retreat, I was waiting to see it happen.
I heard the word revival on the
mountain and saw the powerful move of the Spirit, in clarity through the
visions people shared and the prophetic words, everyone spoke of everyone, I
felt so light I could have floated, a certain man kept walking around us and it
felt like God was surrounding us. There was a leading to give something, no
matter how small.
After we left the mountain, I
tried to sleep and couldn't, I wanted to rest because I felt I would need the
strength later on, but nothing was coming, I couldn't pray, listen to songs, I
couldn't do anything.
I went to join the games and the
cooking. I noticed everyone was hyper, no one could keep calm except for few
who slept. I remember speaking to Omololu and assuring him that God was working
amidst us even as we were playing games, I felt it as a certainty, even though
it wasn't looking so to me.
By evening Bible study, I was
just waiting, a strange waiting came upon me, I saw that an ignition was
coming; God had led me to study on revivals and church history, I saw the fire
in people's voices as they sang and spoke.
I heard angelic procession, and I
saw fire burning steadily amidst us. I knew it was going to explode, I was
strangely waiting for when.
It is kinda funny; I function
more as a midwife in all prophetic atmospheres, except I'm asked to stay away.
My sight and perception runs full load, so I have lots of description. I saw an
angel touching Wale’s lips and saying I have anointed him to sing.
Ebuka stood within the shadows of
an angel wings, I heard I have come for him. I saw the clarity and precision of
grace in 3 people, can't remember who.
I saw Samson running about and
God said Rest is coming. Remi was clothed with fire, a fiery robe, fire kept
leaping out to stay on people as she spoke, I saw these things but it's
becoming clear as I write them now.
While we worshipped at the lodge,
I saw a pot of liquid gold, flaming gold being poured out, I heard revival is
coming.
There was a huge cloud of
witnesses, I kept shouting and laughing. Omololu had a crown placed on his head
and someone received a staff.
When we had to leave the lodge to
go to the church, I knew this was trouble, the good kinda trouble anyway, it
was like a set up. When we packed the chairs I knew it had begun.
Fire rushed in my head and I just
had to sit down, I saw the past months rush in a phase and I heard you've been
faithful, I was crying.
I saw the fire in Wale being
ignited and I saw fire flow round us in a circle, I remember going to Precious
to pray with her I saw a river of blood flowing out of her, it was a strange
sight, water was flowing into her and at the other end blood was flowing, I saw
her holding a child, I don't know yet the full meaning of this, later I saw her
with 3 children, they kept increasing.
I'm sorry, I'd just be describing
all I saw, it was how I experienced the awakening.
I remember going to Stephen to
pray with him, I lost track of how many times I was prayed for and those I
prayed for. Remi had given the word of us been midwives to each other. I also
see us (those reading) birthing the desires of the Lord.
I kept hearing ignition and I
have not started, kept hearing it, it also became clear that God allowed us
play the afternoon so we'd be comfortable with each other, there was no
barrier, everyone was prophesying over everyone.
Remi asked that we carry Joy to
the center and she prayed for her, it was like a dam being opened, Joy was
immersed in fire, as she started screaming and prophesying I saw a turmoil in
her, people rushed in to pray with her, I was waiting in anticipation.
I saw Toyosi being prayed for and
when Remi held their hands together, I started screaming and laughing, it was
an explosion, the building was massive, it was like seeing a nuclear bomb going
off, at this point I begun to scream and laugh, I went back to pray with
Precious, Remi called me and hugged me, tears filled my eyes, it was as though
she was taking away the burdens in my heart that I didn't know of, and she kept
telling me no more hard guy, he has given you a soft spirit and heart.
How precisely accurate, I always
had the defensive wall up and for years now, I knew it was gone but people kept
seeing it and I didn't know what to do, I broke down and started crying and she
was soothing me, I heard my call again, I saw the mission fields in Africa and
Asia, I heard prepare for the journey is far.
I got up and begun to pray with
others, it was like a carnival, where you receive and give. I prayed for Femi,
I saw light coursing through his eyes, I saw the strength of the bull of
Bashan, 😂😂😂 I have no idea what that means, I saw Ebuka
doing hard guy, I went to bug him literally 😂😂😂 I laid
hands on him and helped to Stoke the flame, I saw Joy heading for him later.
I bugged Stephen too, I saw him
witnessing on the fields and saw strange miracles, as have never been seen
before, I had a strange burden to pray for him, I called others and we kept
praying for him, I saw his hands and legs catch fire, I saw him touch a mad
person and the person begun to prophesy, I saw many strange miracles, I saw him
hold a broken calabash and it closed up. I saw strange angels, I heard last day
revivals.
I saw an army around Ayodele, I
heard Prophetic alignment, I had Ayodele pray with me and pray for everyone I
prayed for. No one could say anything happened because of them, it was the
sovereignty of God.
Femi laid hands on me and I
received teaching grace for the decade, I can't remember who prayed for me but
I saw the Revival fire increased and deposited in me, the world passed through
my eyes; I saw continents taken for Jesus.
Joy hugged me and told me the
same word I had gotten earlier, you've been tested and you've proven faithful,
I have not begun with you. I can't say I understand what the test was, but it
made sense and explained the difficulties of the past month, I was relieved
that I wasn't over reaching to have been thinking I was under massive pressure
that almost broke me because of my faith and trust in God.
I prayed with Lolu and made sure
to hold everyone so they'd pray for me, the prophetic words were amazing, at
some point I went to hug and sit with Remi, it was overwhelming, I felt tired
and elated at the same time. We prayed for the generals been called to the
field, we prayed for those already on the field, I saw diverse strange
anointing, what has come is unlike what we know, we also prayed for church
historians, because a lot of documentation is needed for the coming decade.
I saw a new prophetic season and
unction arise, I saw the throne room procession, angels came, custodians and
guardians, captains of the host army were assigned to everyone called for
revival, it was an avalanche. I saw a fiery storm descend, mehn it was crazy, I
still saw the flames of that storm leaping out right now.
We've all been comprised and can
never be the same, we cannot hide anything, or hide anymore, instructions, word
of knowledge and wisdom kept flowing. We prayed for sick people too.
Watch your thoughts, they begin
to happen was constantly being announced. It was amazing. By the time we left
the church, I was exhausted but eager, I was still hearing I've not begun and I
was wondering what else God wants to do. I read the Prophetic words and
realized everything and more had happened.
The following morning, when we
got to Baba's house, as we got the brooms to sweep, I heard Abba saying, clean
the house, don't just sweep, clean it like you own it, this we began, I felt
layers of dirt being pulled away from me as I cleaned, I knew it was healing
and restoration for my family, I saw the answers to God's promises that seemed
long term fulfilled in one day, I saw how God remained and is faithful all the
time, I saw grace manifest.
The prophetic was ignited again
as we were cleaning, prayers and proclamations were running all over, I got
overwhelmed many times and had to sit to regain myself. It was exhilarating,
the energy level was massive, I saw my ministry launched all over the nations,
I got clarity and perception for it. I was greatly encouraged. I hear God more
by impression and perception, and I see same way too, it always felt like I was
following my head most times; I was greatly encouraged, every word I had or
received was so accurate it was astounding, it was so refreshing and
encouraged.
At some point I saw the lamb
rising from his throne and crying, thanking us, I fell and cried and screamed,
I saw him bless my hands, and touch my head, I received clarity and help again,
I just kept mute at that point because I didn't want to start prophesying to
everyone, I was exhausted, and the voice was tired self. On the evening of Saturday,
as we stood in front of Ile Anu to pray, the disconnected feeling came again,
it was as though I was there but wasn't there, I was struggling with joining
in, I don't know what it was, but I was struggling, Remi asked me to watch
someone and while I was trying to do that, she looked at me and I felt the
disconnected feeling dissipate, she said same thing in a prophetic word and I
was back, a man came to pray for us, as he was praying, I was led to sow a
personal seed to him. As he prayed I received the gift of interpretation and
clarity in revival setting, I don't know how else to say that.
I followed him and explained, he
tried to dissuade me, but I refused, so he looked at me and asked me to hold
his Bible, mehn it was like being wacked with a sledge hammer, I fell to my
knees, power was surging through me, I remember seeing angels all descending
and touching my head at the same time, it was a bonfire and he declared, God
opens you up to interpretations of and by his Spirit, ayaya, the flame increased,
I remember I kept thinking, who is this man? He gave me words for my family and
instructions. I got the answers to prayers I didn't know to pray, God is
amazing, I see someone struggling, God says clarity has come, the scales have
fallen from your eyes and behold, and you do the bidding of the Lord. I saw
fire roundabout everywhere, I wondered what the next places hold, because I
still kept hearing, even now, I have not begun.
FOLASHADE ALDER
Hmmmmm... Where do I even start from? Going for this retreat
was/is a miracle, I almost missed it. Bank placed a restriction on my account
but thankfully, mum decided to pay me the money she owed me, so I had money to
get to the park.
My own experience started from the park.. The love *wipes
tears*. Everyone was concerned about the other. No one was impatient. By the
time we got to the fake Ikoyi Mountain, the bond had already deepened. It felt
like we had all met before. It could only have been God.
Friday morning prayers on the mountain, we prayed for Sister
Bola and her husband. I got a word for them and there was a confirmation from
Wale Ajayi. I was so happy. I don't know why I always feel like I'm not hearing
well. Later we were asked to spend time alone with God for 30 minutes, I got
"A new tongue" "A new language" and I wrote it down, which
Ayodele later confirmed in his house on Monday that he noticed his tongues have
changed. Glory!
Fast forward to Friday night... Aaah. I had been having this
serious chest pain before coming for the retreat. The devil was already
dropping ideas in my head like it's breast cancer o, shebi you have big breasts
ni. I even told Bolu Famakinwa in the afternoon and she was even telling me to
reduce the intake of cold drinks. Then we were praying and Remi Sisi said
someone has been having chest pains. I came out and was prayed for. Since then
till now to the Glory of God, I haven't felt any pain whatsoever. Oobi to the
devil.
Prior to the retreat, I wasn't praying because of the
#EndSARS and everything going in the country so I kind of felt like God wasn't
happy with me. All I was getting, I thought they were from my own mind. Then,
Nkiru came to hug me for like 2 minutes and I was sobbing. The feeling, felt
like I was hugging The Father. The reassurance, the warmth. That was literally
my highlight tbh. Then Nkiru gave a message "stop being afraid of making
mistakes, stop being too careful". Then we hugged for another minute.
After the episode, I was able to share the few things I saw
and heard about others and I was able to receive what others got for me with
joy.
I saw distribution of keys and doors were being opened. I
think Omololu or Chukwuebuka (I can't remember who exactly) confirmed it that
gifts were being given. And I think Remi Sisi also said something close to it.
Saturday morning at the Baba's house. Some people were
inside with him and some of us were outside. I heard pruning, as I turned I saw
Omotola and Femi pulling out weeds surrounding Baba's house. Then I and some
other people joined them. Later someone gave a message that as we were cleaning
Baba's house, God is taking care of our situations too. Then Remi Sisi gave a
word too that in fact no need to take our prayer points to the mountain, He has
started work already.
As we were pulling the weeds, there were some tiny tiny
weeds. I didn't want to pull, there were so tiny. And I heard "I care
about this plant, how much more You?" Aah, I held back my tears. After the
weeding, as per a lazy person I was expecting to be very tired but strength was
renewed to carry on. When Baba came out to write A - Z, I had goose bumps all
over me. I was screaming internally, WHAT ?!. Then when we were inside, Nkiru,
myself and I think Pearl, he prayed for us in English, "Thank you o, God
bless you. God will answer all your prayers". Hei, God, my head was
"bigging". No nau, see our God nau. Been sharing the testimony since
I got home.
Saturday night, it felt like my body was just there and my
spirit was somewhere else. I saw people sitting opposite a throne and The King
was writing down. Then Chukwuebuka gave a word "I'm the instructor, I will
instruct you". Remi Sisi kept on saying "Listen" "He will
tell us what to do, When to do and How to do". It was during the procession down the
mountain, I knew aah, no one is recovering from this experience.
The teachings too opened my eyes. Not like I haven't heard
70 x 7 but now it has really dawned on me. If God won't give up me, I shouldn't
give up on others. I will love people how they need to be loved by the help of
the Spirit.
This retreat is engraved in my heart. Experienced God
firsthand. Met sweet people.
I'm enjoying the testimonies.
One of the words for the retreat is "You will want to
shut your mouth but it won't close". It has started. Been praying from my
sleep, sometimes, it feels like someone taps me to pray. I love to see it.
This is just a snippet of my experience at the mountain.
Some can't be put into words.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Word Alive family.
Thank you Jesus again.
A partaker of The Get Away,
Folashade Alder.
OMOLOLA BADUS
This retreat experience is a
first for me, I have never experienced God's wonders like this, it was surreal.
From the moment we went to look for the mountain, to planning, to praying and
embarking on this journey, we kept on getting confirmations from different
people.
The experience that was really
striking for me was when we were worshipping and praying on Friday night and I
saw Jesus😭 I saw his pierced feet and hands, and he was telling me that
can't I see that he has paid the price, can't I see how far he went just
because he loves me.
Another one for me was the
encounter with old man at Ikoyi mountain, God visited that man that day and
showed us how great he is in his ways. God is so intentional. I could not
believe I could clean a "very dirty house" and not feel irritated, in
fact I was seeing beauty, precious stones in that house. Glory to Jesus!!!
Whoooooooshhhh!!!! A man that could not speak English was prayed for and he
wrote the alphabets in the correct order and began to speak English. God is
just too wonderful.
Friday night was explosive🔥🔥,
we were like pregnant women and midwives at the same time, helping each other
birth their various gifts. We were all give gifts, nobody left that night
without their own baby. It was a LIVE SHOW!!!! Crying and laughing in the holy
ghost, dancing and jumping in the spirit, manifesting the power and glory of
God Whooooosh!!!🔥🔥
It's hard to put the experience
in words but all I can say is that it was a GET AWAY WITH GOD!!!
Glorrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!
Omolola.
OMOTOLA ATITEBI
Thursday 29:10:20
We met at Ojota to move to Ikoyi
Mountain, had the most blissful trip ever. Got to a wrong camp and gisted, had
fun, exchanged banters, ate cookies while waiting for Ayodele, Oluremi and
Omolola who had gone before us to prepare the way.
Settled in to the camp ground and
you could just feel such love and peace.
Thursday evening and we started
with a brief introduction and Bible study.
We got up Friday morning and up
we went to the mountain top and the worship began. I literally had to change
position because the presence was so strong and I needed a comfortable location
to avoid slipping off the rocks.
We started worshipping and the
worship was so good I didn't want it to end. Imagine my excitement when Oluremi
says, throw out the prayer points you came with today and just worship! I was
excited. All we did was worship! Well we took a couple of prayers as led by the
spirit. But they were nothing along the usual lines we'd have towed.
Friday evening, we are in Room
9-10 earlier in the day. The room where Remi stayed... We made beautiful
plans...prayers, worship and timing 😄 Hahaha
A couple of minutes before 9,
someone (Joy or Omotoyosi... I'm not quite sure) comes into the room and asks
that the time for worship be extended. Remi gladly said yes and the worship
time was increased by 2.
It was raining so we decided to
use one of the rooms. 9pm came and then we are in boys room worshipping. Some
minutes in and someone drops by and says we are disturbing the neighbors so we
needed to relocate.
This was about 9:15pm. The rain
had stopped. We all got up, got dressed for the weather and event. Tell me
about socks, cardigans, shawls, mosquito repellants, Torchlights, and all that.
As we prepared for the meeting, I
remember telling the closest person to me that if all we did was worship we
would still be very fine and then I hear someone from the group in front of me saying
this is beginning to look like a holy set up😂
Walking down to this yellow
church in an isolated part of the rocks, I could only agree with her. Holy set
up it was!
We got in; everyone picked up
chairs and cleaned them. Arranged in the form of a semi circle with a large
wooden table and a bench in front. I still imagine heaven laughing ridiculously
at the chairs. I was on my way to pick up a second chair to hold my personal
items like my phone, shawl and the Torchlight I went with when I heard stack your
chairs 🤣🤣🤣
Apparently, worship had started
and the corner we had picked was too tight to have worship with the chairs in
there.
Oh my Goodness 😍. I still
lack words to describe what exactly happened that night but a meeting we had
planned to hold for an hour 30 minutes from 9pm started at 9: 30 and didn't
finish till 2:30 am Saturday.
Okay. Let me try☺️
Determined to do nothing but pour
my heart out in songs to my God I picked a corner, sat on the floor with my
legs crossed in my signature pose. Lost in worship, eyes closed. Occasional
opening Sha to the beautiful hurricane the Holy Spirit was working in some
people. I hear multiple taps on my shoulder with Nkiru saying Tola, God wants
you to pray for her. Ahah! God you know I came to just chill and have some
quality time with you.
I got up and approached this lady
and that was it. I prayed. And wanted to leave but it was different I couldn't.
And so I trashed my agenda to do the Lord's bidding. Reminded myself that
worship at that time would be doing what the Lord as so graciously asked of me.
So I hugged this lady and began to proclaim prophetically all that I saw in my
spirit. The first step was to remove the invisible cotton wool blocking her
ears from hearing her father. I realized she also couldn't speak in other
tongues but then could see the river welling up from within her.
Oh what a kairos moment! I
understood experientially what Aunty Alero [Alero Otobo] meant every time she
referred to midwifing a move of God. Oh we midwifed Omotoyosi into realms of
God. We didn't just midwife Toyosi. The Lord opened our eyes to a Joy who was
going to be helping Toyosi and many others understand the babies they were
carrying.
The Lord had revealed he was
giving gifts in abundance especially the gift of interpretation.
And them Joy broke out! Lawrence
Oyor speaks and sings about spiritual drunkards but nothing you've heard from
him adequately prepares you for an actual drunkenness in the spirit. The
boldness, courage and radicality that took the place of the calm, collected and
very careful I'm not hearing anything Joy within seconds will forever stay with
me. Whattttt?!
She'd interpret Toyosi's tongues
and immediately pounce on someone else delivering the word of the Lord with
such grace and fervor. No one could be seated non-challantly with Toyosi in
that state. What are you doing there?! Begin to shout Hallelujah!... Why are
you crying?! God says ask of me and I will do!
Get up and shout Glory! To each, a peculiar instruction, delivered with
unmatched boldness and grace.
When I saw Toyosi the next
morning, her voice was cracked and the first question I heard someone throw to
her was "hope your body is not paining you"😂
We fellowshipped. We birthed. We
got instructions. We prophesied. We had an upper room moment in real time.
Saturday, 31:10: 20
The instruction was to go
fasting. As usual we had plans. Go in at 9am, stay for an hour or less and then
go back to the hostel for breakfast before the day started. 😂😂
As in the night before, the heavens laughed out loud.
I walked in about 5minutes after
the team had gone in and realized that what was supposed to be just a visit and
some prayers was now going to be so much more. Ordinations, deliverance,
remembrance, healing, give aways, cleaning and washing - more like taking out
the old and bringing in the New. In summary it was an overflow of the love and
affection of a good father and a very kind God.
Clothes were folded, caps and
some clothes washed, the lifting, dusting and sweeping, the
"communion"(some teammates ate and drank with Baba), to uprooting
grasses outside and making declarations, to word of knowledge, deliverance and
salvation to some passersby! It was amazing
I was outside most of the time so
I got the reactions real time. People stopped by, strange looks more in awe
than blank looks, stares, comments, glances, sounds of what happened?, What are
you doing? You are cleaning this house? How? Why? Who sent you? A particular
person asked if we didn't encounter snakes. Of all the comments, excitement and
Lamentations there was this very discerning elderly woman. Must be in her mid
fifties or early sixties... Sounds of Oluwa ose o, ha, Oluwa orantii baba yi,
kosinkan teele see o. Oluwa ranti emi na trailed her
I have listened to and even
taught the power of a testimony but nothing prepared me for the swiftness of
that woman's approach and faith. She had seen what God was doing with the old
man and knew that she could potentially be the next candidate. That was a big
teaching moment for me.
And Oh, there was this woman who
had stopped by to say thank you to the people who were helping Baba out😄
God sure does have a sense of humor. From the other end of the window, I heard
Oluremi say, someone needs to pray for that woman. She caught a glimpse of me
and said Omotola, pray for her. My Yoruba praying skill was tested on a large
scale 😄. I prayed, got a word of knowledge about her husband but the
question was met with he is fine, he travelled. Then Joy broke out in the
spirit. She'd speak in tongues and speak in English and then the woman begged
that we translated to Yoruba so she could understand. Femi Festus made body
contact with Joy and almost immediately her interpretation switched to Yoruba.
How beautiful it was. After the outburst of tongues and interpretations the
woman told us about her husband leaving the house after having her twin kids -
a boy and a girl because he said the children weren't his and how the other
children she had has before the twins had died at birth. We prayed again. She cried
and I did shed some tears too because I could feel the weight Father God's
overwhelming love just took off her.
Saturday evening was equally
beautiful. Well fed, dressed for the move, we headed for the mountains. The
Baba Ori oke had asked that we called him up when we were going so we did and
he came with us. He chose the location on the mountain - the mercy land. The
Mercy land is an altar like four corner thing built somewhere on the mountain.
Most likely the center. Seemed like a special prayer ground on the special
prayer ground because it had different bottles filled with water, some labelled
for easy identification by the people who left them there.
We had a swell time in God's presence. Dropped
the bottles of water we had bought because of an instruction we got the night
before, prayed that it carries the healing power and life of God. We took
communion, worshipped, sang, prayed again and had the procession a couple of
people had seen in their spirit.
How would I describe the
experience? A move of God. A taste of heaven on Earth.
To God who is able to do
exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ever ask think or imagine.
Nothing we had thought, imagined
or even conceived could have prepared us for the rain of revival we got at
Ikoyi. God showed up and showed off beautifully well.
FEMI FESTUS
My experience at the retreat cannot really be
contained in words.
Day 1
We (I, my cousin and two other friends) got to
the mountain that hot Thursday afternoon waiting for those who had arrived
before us, just so we know the way forward. Well, we got a call that we were on
the wrong mountain and we were directed to the right place. After we were
settled, we had the introduction and bible study sessions and they were great!
I also learnt on Thursday that the mountain is sacred and foot wears are not
meant to be used on them.
Day 2...
So it was my first morning in camp so I just
had myself ready for the day, not knowing really what to expect. We prayed for
a while at the mountain and personally, I had a great time fellowshipping with
the father and the brethren too before going back to camp. I lay calmly on the
bed while others bonded (I think that was the best time to get to know ourselves).
We stole sometime to pray, until we were informed that we were loud and the
neighbors were already complaining. We didn't have a choice but to leave the
room and make use of the mountain. I suspected that I would be cold on the
mountain and I spoke out casually, just then, a lady offered hers and we left
to pray at the church close to the mountain side. When we got to the church we
just worshipped and prayed alongside until our coordinator, Remi, called me out
to deliver God's message (yes, I was given a message for the house but I just
couldn't interrupt). I obeyed and shared God's message to the house but just
then the power of God became even stronger that I broke down in tears
questioning why I was chosen to be the messenger amidst others. The coordinator
(Remi) laid hands on me according to God's leading and I continued to share
God's message, but this time to individuals and I shared every message with a
bag full of confidence. I mean, each person had a message.
So for the lady that lent me her cardigan to me
there was a message but I didn't have the push to say it until it was confirmed
by a friend. When I got a confirmation I walked up to her and delivered the
message. *God had said that something strong would come upon her and her cardigan
was no more ordinary.* Well, to my surprise God had told her the same thing and
asked her to give me the cardigan, which she did. We prayed together and I
hugged her while we prayed, the power of God was strong so we both fell and
parted ways. The work wasn't done yet, so I continued to move around delivering
God's message. I noticed that when I stretched my hands towards heaven there
was a strong release of power and when I laid it on anyone, the person gets
slain.
Now, there were two ladies who had just
experienced the move of God for the first time, and they struggled to connect
to the power of God. It took some time but they caught the fire and one of them
started to deliver God's messages and she did so aggressively, while the other
one prayed in the Holyghost. I was worried about the meaning of what they were
saying so I asked for an interpreter and it happened to be the same lady who
had given her cardigan to me. She, by the help of the spirit interpreted what
they had said in tongues to be *I HAVE DONE IT!* So, God literally spoke
through them to confirm that He has done all that we've asked. I also got a message
in Yoruba and the Lord through the same lady interpreted it. I stood in shock
on how accurate the message was interpreted in English and in my curiosity I
leaned forward to ask how she managed to interpret that, but of course the Lord
said *I am the God of all languages.*
Immediately, I surrendered and apologized for
doubting. At some point, a friend said that they were not just 2. He stated
that they had another friend and because the power was strong in the house, I
felt there was a need to dispense it to the friend who was currently absent. We
decided to give it a try and to our greatest surprise God through her reached
out to her friend, broke boundaries in her life and delivered her too. I guess
I was very excited about the move of God so I asked God some questions through
her and I got answers to everyone of them. I went on to take her to other
persons and she delivered messages to every one of them. Obviously, she was the
body but the one speaking was Christ! We started praying at 9 and left at 3.
Day 3
Sequel to the message from the previous night,
we visited an old man to pray and break bread with him. We shared ourselves
into groups of 3. One to break bread with him, another to clean the house
(inside) and the last group to clean the surroundings (outside the house). I
got a message while cleaning the surrounding that Baba had been sitting outside
beautiful gate for too long and it's time for him to enter. ...after I got the
message, someone else confirmed it saying he had gotten the same message. While
we cleaned, Baba walked out, picked a charcoal and wrote down the letters of
the alphabet from A-Z. Those inside dashed out, curious to see what Baba was
writing and when they saw it they jumped in excitement, little did we know that
they had prayed for Baba inside, according to his desire to speak good English ...and
well, God had just done it! Baba now knows the letters of the alphabet. He
rushed in
saying *thank you, I really appreciate.*A passerby
was wondering what was going on at Baba's house, so he stopped by. Because he looked
surprise I had to approach him but just the father revealed things about him
and I spoke out. Though he was careful to ask how I knew so much about him, but
of course, God is all knowing! So we prayed with him and led him to Christ and
immediately I poured water on my head and on his, signifying baptism. We got
him a bible and by evening he was already part of the prayer meeting on the
mountain. A lot happened at Baba's place. We had so many persons, come down to
experience salvation and healing even words of wisdom/knowledge.
Glory to God!
We finally packed our bags and left the camp
the next and final day, Sunday. Yes! I had a great time fellowshipping with the
father in camp.
AJAYI ADEWALE
Pre-Retreat
I saw “Get away with me” as a date with the
Holy Spirit (Myself and him) and I decided that I was not going with my
smartphone because I did not want any distraction around me. Prior to this
period, when the lockdown started I spent a lot of time praying, studying and
listening to messages but suddenly I got too busy and I did not have time to continue,
I felt so bad for a long time but nothing happened. So, hearing about the
retreat in the prayer meeting I was so excited and expectant for a rekindling
in my prayer life and intimacy with God, ever since then, getting back home
there has been a change in my prayer life.
As the day was approaching, I felt somehow ,
the feeling not to come because I was expecting money for a job I did and
proposed in my heart to donate for the retreat but the money did not come in
that week. I spoke to Samson about it and he told me to come and I am grateful that
I attended because I would have regretted not going for the retreat, it was a
wonderful experience. Let me share my personal experience and story with you.
Day one
On the 29th of October 2020, we set out to go
for the Word Alive retreat. Leaving the house, I had no plans on engaging in
any conversation on the bus, I was so pumped up and wanted to stay focused for
the retreat by praying and reading my bible on the bus throughout but that
didn’t work. There was so much noise around and I could not concentrate. As God
will have it, we ended up fellowshipping and sharing the word (Myself, Pearl,
Femi, Cynthia, Omotola and Lolu). It was an amazing experience; it felt like
the retreat was for only me (lol). It has been a while since I had such
spiritual discussions, it was faith lifting hearing experiences and testimonies
from these people.
We got to Ori Oke Ikoyi for men & women and
we were all waiting for the retreat coordinators to come when I went up to the Mountain
top with Joshua, Ebuka and Femi leaving the others at the car park. This was
another time of fellowship and sharing the word; it was edifying, and I was so
blessed. Like I said the retreat was meant for only me (lol), revelations and
my eyes of understanding was enlightened more and more. At this moment, I knew
this was what I needed, and I was in for an amazing time.
Fola came to call us that we were not at the
right venue for the retreat, getting down people were tired and some of them
felt that they had just wasted their time, but I did not feel bad at all; I was
grateful to God for making us stop, because if we did not stop; there is a possibility
that we would have not had that time to share the word and I won’t have heard
those words. It was so timely. We finally got to the guest house for the
retreat, we freshened up and ate. Immediately after that, a controversial
discussion sprang up and I did not have the leading to talk, the Holy Spirit
was teaching me to listen, every moment at the retreat was a learning process
for me. There were a lot of confirmations of the words the Holy Spirit
ministered to me earlier at the Ori Oke Ikoyi for Men and Women.
Ayodele called me and told me I was be in
charge of the room (like the room captain, lol) I did not take it for granted,
I saw it as an opportunity and that God was speaking to me, you know the
question Why me? came to my head, I knew God counted me faithful and was giving
me the empowerment and ability to commit souls to my trust, and I knew it was
beyond Word Alive, he was seeing me his plans. Few minutes later, the bible
study started, it was lit that we could not finish the study plan for that
night, the Lord showed me things and spoke to me directly through the mouths of
Word Alive members. God reminded me that he is concerned about my total
wellbeing, During the retreat the subject “Humility” kept on coming up and I knew
God was pointing out something to me in my learning and training process.
At the end of the study, we worshipped and
there was a sudden change in the atmosphere; I felt it like a wind, the power
of the God everywhere I did not want to stop praying. Baba Ori Oke came to call
us to join a program on the Mountain, I went with them to the mountain, another
time to pray (again, it felt like the minister came to preach to only me).
Day two
I woke blasting in tongues ready for a new
experience and a fresh encounter. We walked up to the mountain and went to
worship and pray. While on the mountain, worshipping and praying, the Holy Spirit
was talking to me and I was seeing things in the spirit, I wrote them in my
book. I was called out to be prayed for (I was honored and all that was going
through my mind was grace). I got a lot of words and confirmations that were in
line with my expectations and prayer requests coming for the retreat. Those
were not the first time I was hearing some of those words about myself or the
ministry God has entrusted in my hands, but I kept on sensing in my spirit that
the time is come. After that, we were told to go have our personal prayers, I
went to the mountain giving praise and thanking God, and it was so refreshing.
During the retreat I also learnt to tolerate
people more, lol. When we were done on the Mountain, we returned to the guest
house and had breakfast, immediately I lay down to sleep but they brought in
games and everybody wanted to play and they were disturbing me, lol but I was not
angry with them. I saw that as a learning process to tolerate people. That
evening, another time of Bible Study, revelation everywhere, it was so powerful
and again God was dealing with me and teaching me. We ended the Bible study and
ate. Like twenty minutes, I was told Remi was calling me. When I got there. She
told me I was going to lead worship for ten minutes (I was like oh my God; this
is divine, and I knew something was going to happen. Immediately, I went to my
room to pray in tongues and worship). I asked myself a question that what are
they seeing in me? Me this small boy, lol. Then few minutes before the meeting,
someone came to tell me that Remi said that there is a change in time that I
should lead worship for thirty minutes (God, what is this? All in my mind was
grace and grateful for the privilege to led worship with partakers in the
light, I saw royalties everywhere). When the worship started, the room was on
fire. I felt so tiny and I could not feel my body (Till now, I don’t know how
to explain that feeling) and the Holy Spirit told me to listen. Shortly,
someone tapped me on my shoulders and said we were going to a church that we
were disturbing the neighbors and we left for the church, Aunty Remi took me by
her side and I was leading worship songs (and it felt like a host of choir was
singing with us). Throughout the meeting, there were demonstrations and
manifestations of the spirit; I got a lot of words and confirmation by the spirit.
It was a new level for me, and I kept hearing in my spirit that we should step
into it. It was like I stepped into something new. God used a lot of people to
tell me things and like I forgot, He sent other people to confirm and remind me
the same things, lol. I was also led to pray with some people. I did not want
it to stop
Day three
We woke up in the morning fired up and we had
devotion in our room, sharing words we got from the meeting yesterday. We held
a prayer meeting in our room, and everyone led prayers and blessed the day.
This was another time to hear from God and fellowship with the saints. That was
how they came to call me that I should carry the food that we were going to
give the Baba and that I was going to be part the people that will enter the Baba’s
house (I just started speaking in tongues and thanked God for the grace and the
opportunity, I was so conscious of what I carried and I remembered the words
that went forth in the meeting on Friday night) God was telling me and showing
me things there. I was led to pray for the Children, I held hands with them and
I prayed for all the children that came and gave words to some of them (and the
Holy Spirit used Ayodele to confirm those words, He also prayed and ministered
to them). I knew there was a move of the spirit and liberation came to the
lives of many. I prayed for some women and a small boy for healing It was a
wonderful experience. When we were done cleaning, we left for the guest house
and I had a nice sleep (sorry, I had to include that, lol) after that we ate
sweet Jollof rice and I fried the plantain.
Later that day, we went to the mountain for
another session of prayers and communion, it was glorious and refreshing.
Another time of fellowship and to receive of the spirit, I did not want the
prayers to end. It was an awesome time. In Summary, my experience at the Word
Alive retreat was a great one, one filled with supernatural manifestations of
the spirit. A date with the Holy Spirit. A time of fellowshipping with the
spirit and saints in the light. A place of learning and listening to
instructions. This was very timely and divine. A proof that God no dey shame.
Life-changing experience and testimonies. I made new friends and they became
family immediately. My expectations were not cut short and I look forward to
more of spirit filled retreats like “Get away with me” by Word Alive. God bless
the coordinators and Remi. Special thanks to my retreat mummies Omolola and
Precious, my retreat gist partners and advisers Bolu, Ayodele, Omotola,
Stephen, Joshua, Ebuka, Lolu, Femi, Toyosi. My retreat roommates . I miss you
all and can’t wait to see you all again at the December hang out
Wale Ajayi
