GET AWAY WITH ME; IT BEGINS
July 1, 2023
We had traveled to the mountain to just pray for The Retreat, Word Alive in general, the second half of the year and all. I also went with a lot of burdens and personal questions. What God did was to first remove all these burdens and make me light. Then I got some words for Word Alive’s Retreat
I wrote them down (see image below) though I didn’t really understand a lot of stuff shared. Please pay attention to the words below as they would come to make meaning as we proceed.
One of the things I heard that day was “Oct 13, 2023” and I knew it was the start date. When we were done praying, I shared with those on that trip and asked that we check the calendar. I was praying the date was actually a Friday because our Retreats usually commence on Friday and if this falls on another day, it can’t be moved.
Lo and behold, we checked and it was a Friday. We wrapped up prayers and headed back to Lagos with the words we got.
PLANNING THE RETREAT
For everyone who knows me or has followed the Retreat over the years, one thing I always do before planning anything is prayers
I don’t bring in previous templates.
In fact, I had personally started praying and fasting toward the Retreat before the trip to Ikoyi in June.
The admin joined in praying and fasting in July.
Prayer for me is my go-to,
I say this a lot: Every move of the spirit is sustained by prayer. In fact, it doesn’t start without praying men. Men who come empty before God, ready to know His agenda and birth from the place of prayer.
To this effect, I personally have a rule:
If you are not available to pray for the Retreat, I don’t want you working or volunteering for anything.
Everybody on the team is first drafted to the prayer department.
You cannot be on my planning team without being on my prayer team. No matter how good at your craft you are or what you are bringing to the table, and this is because I have learned the role prayer plays in all we do.
I literally never have anything planned out. I just pray and listen for the next step like someone who knows absolutely nothing.
So yes, we started praying (the admin) and put out a call for volunteers on August 21.
A little back story, before we begin planning any retreat, we offload the old group so people can volunteer afresh. And this applies to me also, I actually volunteer afresh for the Retreat. One of the things the Lord had shared with me is to not get familiar so I’m very intentional with it.
We put out the form and I saw a couple of new faces registered.
In fact, the “strongest warriors” I have worked with over the years for the Retreat did not volunteer to serve this year. Some of them could not even make it to the Retreat this year.
I was discussing with Bukky, and we were just so calm about it. There was no fear or panic. God kept assuring us that this was His work and doing. He was taking us away from what had been familiar, a reminder that this was completely Him. If you read the first screenshot I shared, you’d see that God had even told us ahead.
This Retreat was about to be bigger than previous ones from what He shared and God was asking us to work with people who had not done this before, “less experienced” men. In His words Trust them. And oh! I did.
And I saw firsthand again what God can do with men who know nothing.
We onboarded the Retreat team, shared the vision and started praying together. Trust God to begin to reveal as we prayed. You can read all the prophetic words we got concerning the Retreat HERE
As the Retreat team progressed in prayers, we proceeded to put out our Retreat Registration form on the 14th of September.
In less than 24 hours we had a little over 60 people registered for the Retreat and over half of them were first-timers/non-Word Alive members. I kept asking myself “Who told these people about the Retreat?”
“How did men hear?”
The Retreat form had a section asking people to share their expectations. (I was going through this like 10 times per day) 😂
I literally kept refreshing as new entries came in.
The Faith and audacity in the demands men placed on God
At some point, I kept asking if it was the same Retreat I was planning that these people were coming to.
Because how are their expectations this massive??
We had people register for the Retreat from all over Nigeria (Kebbi, Nasarrawa, Sokoto, Abuja, Imo, Delta, Asaba, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Ibadan, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti)
For every time the registrations came in and I saw these far places, I asked myself “How?”
Who told them?
Why are these strangers leaving their faraway homes to follow a random person to a village in Osun State. I would not! 😭😭😭
This was where I knew God was announcing the Retreat Himself. He had gone round to select men for what He was set to do. He truly wasn’t playing small or on familiar grounds. God was the convener and host! Bidding every man to Himself 😭😭😭
For the very first time, we had the Retreat run concurrently in Yaoundé, Cameroon and for online attendees. This was such a joy for me; a fulfillment of prophecy!
Of course, what this meant was that we were going to spend more (budget-wise). Our expectation for the Retreat was 100 to 120 people max in Nigeria and then Yaoundé.
We had an initial budget of #4,100,00 but inflation kept affecting our budget and it looked like we’d keep adjusting it until the Retreat.
I didn’t even know how God would provide for the original 4 million Naira budget yet. Transportation from Lagos to Osun alone was a little over a million naira.
We had feeding and accommodation, transportation from other parts of the country, budget for Cameroon and, miscellaneous spending,
All yet to be sorted.
Again, note that this budget was for 100 to 120 people.
One thing was certain for me: God knows how to fund His projects.
He had already made it known that He was the one hosting and I knew that He is not a terrible host. So I was never bothered about provision or the monetary part of our planning.
I had seen money multiply in my hands at the last Retreat, so what can God not do?
I was indeed at rest.
JOURNEYING TO IKOYI
Last year, we had a bus dedicated to myself and the preparation team in Ibadan to help with all the running around before the Retreat.
This year, we had tried to reach them for months all to no avail and when we eventually did, the rate wasn’t close to our budget and I wasn’t led to even negotiate it.
Again, God was saying to me: I’m moving differently.
And I know very well not to be stuck in methods that have worked in the past, but to move even as Abba moves.
I had to remind the team that at our first retreat, we didn’t have a bus, in fact, we randomly met a man (Mr Segun) at Iwo Road who helped us with directions not knowing he was a driver and God did not stop there, he had a dying wife that God needed us to release life to.
That was all I needed.
Whatever God was up to, I was ready to move with Him even if it didn’t make sense.
The week I was meant to leave Lagos, a family friend (Uncle Gbenga) had called my parents randomly that he heard about the Retreat and that he’d love to come. I was led to share with him that we needed a car/bus to convey us and he began asking around. He ended up asking my dad to drop his car to convey us. Now my dad had initially refused as he didn’t trust whoever was driving us but he finally agreed on the morning we were to leave for Ibadan (we had planned to move with public transport before).
Uncle Gbenga literally volunteered to drive us and stay with us days before the Retreat without asking for a dime or planning for it. I knew that was God working because Uncle Gbenga’s enthusiasm was so high.
I didn’t even have his number saved and hadn’t seen him in a long while so I don’t know how he heard about the retreat in the first place. That was God, arranging our miracles already!
We set out for Ibadan 2 days before the Retreat, (Bukky, Lara, Uncle Gbenga, and I)
As at the time we set out, we had received about 2.6m in total and sorted some things from it. However, our budget had spiked from the initial 4.1m to about 6m, and all we had left was less than a million naira with a huge part of our budget unsorted.
We arrived Ibadan and proceeded to draw a food timetable and budget. We got to the market and the inflation we met was way beyond our predictions. We had to spend two times the amount budgeted but somehow we had enough money. I don't even know how the money went around.
My stomach also chose to upset me on the day we did the running around. I was stuck in a bank toilet for over an hour while fasting.
I was completely exhausted before we headed out but God proved to be my strength. We bought the first set of items, took them to Osun state and headed back to Ibadan later at night to sleep.
Friday, Oct 13, 2023
The Retreat Begins……
We had checked for chicken and meat the previous day and it just did not make sense to buy in tiny bits.
We were advised to actually buy a cow for the purpose of the Retreat as that would save us more. We set out for the cow market very early in the morning. God used someone who wasn’t even involved in the plan initially for us to get one at a good price.
At this time, the campers were on their way already. For some reason, the Retreat team did not follow the instructions shared nor did they communicate certain key things and that kind of looked like a setback.
At first, those of us in Ibadan were laughing about this supposed mistake. All of a sudden, temper switched and everyone was agitated. At some point, every store we entered someone was trying to trigger us into anger.
It dawned on us that the devil was working overtime.
I kept saying to myself and those around me that whatever the devil was afraid of concerning this Retreat that was making him throw this much tantrum, I couldn’t wait to find out.
Little did I know that I was about to be wowed!
All the campers arrived at the venue way before us because we had less hands with a lot to do, then we also got stuck in traffic on the way.
We got to the campground and met tempers flying here and there.
Everyone had been waiting for us, angrily.
You could literally touch the offense in the air.
We proceeded in and made room allocations. The room captains went out to tell people and they literally told them off.
I sent everyone on the admin, same thing.
It was left with just me
I told the team I wasn’t speaking to anyone to obey or act right.
We moved out shortly after, completely tired, to the compound to pray. At first, the air was heavy but the minute we started worshipping and God released His word, I saw offense gather together as a cloud and leave.
God dealt with a lot of things from that first day
Even though we had all not been on our best behavior.
We had all given in to anger at some point that day and it reminded me of the words we had gotten for the Retreat: I am set to do, despite you!
He moved mightily that night
Threw out burdens
Cooled tempers
Filled the atmosphere with His presence
Prepared hearts for the Retreat
Laid a perfect foundation!
Such a great God!
He readied us for the experience we were about to enter
Realigned hearts and gave everyone a taste of what was to come
Nobody remembered they were tired
People who were initially angry did a 360 and started hugging each other
Everyone was smiling and laughing
The switch was amazing
And I just told the devil, you can only try 😂😂😂😂
You’ve failed already
There is nothing you can do to change what is set to happen
We dispersed for the night and everyone went to bed.
Now…Back Story
We had a total of 147 people at this retreat. The 2 accommodations available could only take 100 to 120 people and there was no other accomodation in Ikoyi community. We had booked ALL!
We also did not close the Retreat form and what this meant was that people could keep registering even though we had nowhere to keep them.
We had been to Ikoyi in July, called in August also and there was no option.
By September, we got a call that someone was building an apartment in the community and I told Baba that we would use the apartment.
How would a house be ready in such a short time/period?
I didn’t know
All I knew was that we’d have an extra house to accommodate people.
Lo and behold, the apartment was ready when we got to the Retreat!
What is the coincidence that the man started building in time for the Retreat?
All things were working in our favor!
Again, God right there!
We went to bed late that night and prepared for the next morning.
Saturday Morning
We woke up really early on Saturday morning to go clean the church.
Another back story
The only male on the admin currently in Nigeria couldn’t make it for the Retreat from the Start and we needed male hands.
A male friend of mine (Babawale) had randomly mentioned coming to the Retreat. By the morning of the Retreat, he didn’t sound like he was coming so I just zeroed my mind.
He later came in with the attendees from Lagos.
Little did I know that he and Uncle Gbenga would be doing a lot of groundwork for us. This was their first time at the Retreat but God brought them Himself in the most miraculous way because He had use for them. They were so helpful beyond imagination, they did more than would have been done even if they were part of the team. They gave their hearts and all!
Back to my story
I slept past 3am, woke up around 5am only to find Babawale and Uncle Gbenga already up and ready to get work done.
We went out and prepared the church for use alongside other things.
Prior to now, we had checked the weather forecast and it was meant to rain heavily every day we were at the Retreat.
I begged God to hold the rain except He needed it as fuel.
We got into the church to clean and set up only to find a part of the roof opened (this was different from the part opened last year)
The cloud was heavy also
I remembered what I had told God so I kept my peace
Guess what? It didn’t rain all throughout Saturday. God really held the rain for us. Wonder working God!
After cleaning up, we had our first session where I taught on Entering the promises of God
Infact, I could not believe I was teaching at the Retreat. I had never had the opportunity to teach and the retreats and God gave me one this year.
The teaching was such a liberating one for me and everyone present
Before the Retreat, I had struggled with my appetite for as long as I can remember. I had prayed and fasted, yet nothing
But guess what, God worked that out for me through His word!
So many others had different testimonies!
The Retreat had indeed started!
God couldn’t wait to start sharing packages for us
From the worship to prayers to the word
(And when I say prayer, I do not mean requests. It was fellowship! Communion! Every man before His God!)
The deliverance
Instructions
Clarity
Lifted burdens
Gifts
One of the attendees received a prophetic gift and God spoke through her right there.
God did not withhold himself!
While we were in the church for this session, we had a couple of people arrive also.
One of my babies from Cameroon, the attendees that couldn’t make it from Day 1 because of work and our brethren from Kebbi (they spent about 36 hours on the road just to attend the Retreat 😭😭😭)
I remember feeling relieved when I heard they were around. And then I just began to ponder on God’s promises and how they came despite all odds. I knew God definitely had to sort them. They didn’t come that far to experience anything mediocre. Little did I know that God was working out wonders underneath.
Oh myyyyy 😭😭
One of them would leave with a deaf ear from childhood completely popped open
Everyone of them with new gifts, clarity and new possibilities in Abba t
Little did I know 😭
God surely knows how to sort His people
A good good father, this God!
By early evening, we went back to the hostels, ate, rested and came out to bond.
The instruction was for everyone to play and bond before the vigil.
On a normal day, this would appear as us being unserious. Who travels all the way down to Osun from these far places to come and be playing?
Are we not supposed to be touching God or something?
But one thing I’ve found with our Retreats, there is no rule book. The Holy Spirit wants us to pray? We pray
He says play instead? We drop our seriousness badge and dig in
Everyone joined in
And as people played games, I saw God begin to move
A lot of things happening in the spirit
Weights being shed
God removing certain burdens from the heart of men like they really needed that distraction
I heard someone laugh and what I heard was they had not had rich laughter in a long time
God was dealing with people’s pain points
Aligning people to Himself ahead
After a while, I had to excuse myself to check on Baba (Prophet Odewole; he is the prophet in charge of the mountain and that community) Baba has been of great help to us over the years. Infact, we met by divine orchestration; him with a sign I had asked God for when He gave this vision. God somehow downloaded this vision to Baba and he has done all to ensure that everything plays out as God wants.
We went to baba for Generator and sound system for the vigil that night. I definitely could not address people with just my voice which was cracked already.
The engineer we called kept being rude to us . We had reached out to him in the morning and he did same.
At some point, I called Babawale aside and told him I sensed God did not plan to use this man for us.
And this played out.
Baba quickly stepped in and called someone with a generator to drop for us
The gen wasn’t working so we had to get a technician who was also not available
It felt like the devil was against the vigil holding or even any part of the Retreat for that matter.
Baba promised to help us and asked us to go rest then come back
Got back in and somehow started gisting with Babawale, Niyi, Bukky and Samson about the past Retreats, babawale had not attended any before now. Little did we know that God was refreshing our memories because He wanted to add all the experiences from each together and then top it! 😭
From sharing the experiences, we moved to praying together
God can fund His projects
I will digress a bit here
Remember I had mentioned we didn’t have enough money, we had bought just the non-perishable food items and needed money for perishable ones.
We had made part payment for Accommodation (about 30%)
Also part payment for transportation; basically payment to bring people, so we were left with balance to take everyone back home.
We had other petty needs we also needed to sort and there was no money on ground.
It wasn’t just that there was no money, we weren't expecting any.
So we had literally brought people without a plan to go home.
Very few people knew we needed money and how bad it was.
We were all laughing and playing but attendees did not know there was a chance they’d do marathon trek from Osun back to Lagos 😂😂😂
Still, we were not bothered
I just knew that God would come through.
How? I didn’t know
And I didn’t move an inch to help Him
All by Himself, without input; the one who sends men on errands doesn’t leave them to themselves
He announced the Retreat Himself and kept inviting the whole world from places I didn’t even know so He would sort all
Guess what? While we were worshipping on Saturday morning, I heard “I have accepted your worship. O mu inu mi dun”
And immediately I randomly received a credit alert of #500000
Provision had begun!
However, we still had the open roof in the church and weather forecast was still showing that it was meant to rain all through.
How shall these things be?
We did not know the method or care to, we just moved as led per time.
Saturday Night Vigil
We got to the vigil and I sensed really high expectations.
People had read previous testimonies about the vigil and how everything happens there so they had come prepared.
Every man with their prayers and expectations
I saw people with their passports and prayer requests and I remember telling them to drop them. God wanted their attention
He didn’t want requests
Just one request from Him: Worship me
I announced for everyone to drop their burdens and just worship God
All of a sudden the atmosphere changed. People ascended unto God
We were many in the room o but God was doing one on one!
I could literally see God before me
God, the creator of all things!
Right there before small Remi
Time stopped
Nothing stood in the way
I saw Him in a way I had never!
He took out my worries and the questions on my heart
At some point, He began to feed me
Felt like something was being stuffed inside of me and it wasn’t even for now
After worshipping for some hours, we began to pray in the spirit and God asked me to hold Teemah
I held her hands and we kept moving and praying together
All of a sudden, something threw both of us at the same time. I just knew I was feeling fire inside of me and I could sense her feeling everything I felt
Fire waiting to erupt
I somehow lost my voice
Not that it was cracked, I was speaking something in the spirit (I understood them in English) but I couldn't make intelligible sounds, just groanings.
I could hear her groan also
And then all of a sudden she began to share the things I had heard and even beyond.
The relief! The spiritual relief! 😭😭😭
(you can listen to God’s word shared through her in the prophecy section)
Again, weather forecast had not forecasted up till now 😂😂😂
Not a drop of rain on Day 2 and every day showed heavy rain on the forecast 😃
We all continued to worship after the words. I looked around the room and I could see what God was doing with everyone one on one.
At some point, I burst out laughing
I couldn’t even explain the laughter
I sha knew I was walking around people and laughing
It is one thing to experience God but it is another to be privileged to see and know firsthand what God was doing with almost 150 people in a room at the same time.
Even in writing these testimonies and documenting, this has been such a privilege for me
That I am sharing not just for myself but for every man touched by God. Such an honor it is!
I remember walking around people and I saw some of them and just told myself these people don’t get that they’ve set themselves up just by coming.
The changes they were about to see, I didn’t have words to even explain it properly talk more of telling them what I saw
I’d just look at them, look at God, shake my head and then laugh, and sometimes I'd cry too
Everything happening at the same time. Like God had a deadline (for lack of better words)
I remember seeing one of the campers (Adebusola) and I could not help the tears. Very young but called for her generation. So timid and quiet on the outside yet carrying a lion that would not stop roaring all through the meeting.
The lion didn’t stop for once and I wonder even as I type these things, what happens when this lion finds expression?
The Retreat really reminded me that God is truly preserving a posterity for Himself
A generation is ready and the next will take the baton after them
Some of them do not even know it yet but God is preparing them already
He has deposited already
And it is all right there inside of them waiting to burst out
After a while, the Lord asked that we call for people who had never spoken in tongues to come out.
Over 20 of them came out
I looked at some of them and I laughed again because of the baptism I saw them receiving, the gifts!
The explosion coming 😭😭😭😭
I laid hands on a couple of them and they received this baptism immediately
I couldn’t pray for about 5 of them because I got words to share and the atmosphere shifted
But the next night, these people were not just speaking in tongues, I randomly stumbled upon them prophesying and speaking in tongues!
God began to lay certain burdens on my heart and while this was ongoing, I noticed people had been praying for Ibukun but she could not just stay calm
I went to her and asked what the issue was, she couldn’t put words together and kept holding her left breasts
Note that I had carried a burden also before heading to her and it dawned on me that she was actually carrying the weight of an intercessor.
Feeling people’s pains exactly as they feel them until she is able to pray it out.
The burden I had was that of a couple of people with lumps on their left breasts. I had felt it and Ibukun had felt it too and it was so uncontrollable for her.
In fact, the pain didn’t leave until we prayed for those people.
A couple of people came out
1 of them had the lumps reduced
1 confirmed the pain and lump had gone
And we are looking to God to testify about the rest of them also because if He can do it for one, He will do it for all!
There was an outbreak of the prophetic and God began to highlight several cases
Some of them, were answers that had come already
And others, enforcement by laying of hands or sharing of instructions as given by the Spirit spirit
At that vigil on Saturday, everything was sorted!
We were at the vigil for over 8 hours
And just when we were about to close, we were led to praise.
The energy in the room was something else considering people had just prayed for over 8 hours non-stop. Dancing and rejoicing in the Holy Ghost.
And not once did we pray in requests or switch to personal prayers. We were just moving with the spirit
We closed the vigil Sunday morning and everyone went back
I saw one of the graces I received at the vigil at play immediately after
God had told me He’d be my strength for every time I ministered for Him. My body would not break down.
Side story, I had lost about 4kg just in the week of the Retreat. I had not had up to 4 hours of sleep that week. I also was fasting before the Retreat.
I had been ministering and standing all through
Not just standing, releasing virtue to people
I expected that I’d come out of that room and just collapse cos the soles of my feet already hurt
But guess what, I was weak truly but still had the strength
I could move on my own too
Testimonies already!!!
We got back to the hostel, had in-hostel activities, rested and prepared for Sunday evening
Sunday Evening
From the order drawn, we were meant to have our spiritual pool on Sunday evening.
So we gathered in the church again for the spiritual pool on Sunday evening from 5pm
I came in and the gen was having issues so my protocol had asked that I stay in the car a bit until the gen comes on.
2 minutes in the car, I heard to come down and head in
“Come inside, come and give me your worship too”
I quickly told them I had to go inside and would be breaking the protocol 😂
Got into the room and everyone was gathered in a really large circle
Just imagine 140 people in a circle and about 7 people in their middle
No light but no one cared. Every man was worshipping
As I started worshipping, God told me He was changing the order of service. Of course, I immediately aligned with Him.
Now, you know I told you Saturday was the ultimate day
From previous Retreats too, everyone knows you don’t miss that vigil
But God switched it up
After everything He did on Saturday, He decided to wow us on Sunday.
As I give an account of what happened at the church on Sunday, I need you to know that words do not perfectly describe them. Everything I share is pale compared to what really took place
You know when God has really done you well and you say He is good (because rightly so)
That’s what happened with us
We thought we had seen it all and God said Hold my cup, we’ve not even started.
We began to worship (in darkness) and what I saw happen was Angels descending into the room in their numbers
It felt like they heard they were worshipping God somewhere and they too had to be there
As we worshipped, a song was raised and I heard to move towards Bukky, (she was right behind me while Omolola was in my front ). I moved to her and immediately she fell to the ground and I saw access to God given to her.
I continued to worship
My seeing eyes were so active that night. I could see everything happening all around in the spirit.
Then Omolola started singing a song Hallelujah ehhhh and I heard to tell her not to change that song
Heaven was singing the exact same song with all the Vim, joy and honor you can think of!
And then right there, I saw all of our worship gather together, everything passing through me and moving towards Lola
I moved with those cloud as they moved
They gathered and began to form a horse and I saw His arrival
Our worship turned into a horse and God came in from Heaven through a spectrum-like medium, riding on our worship which had gathered like a horse.
I kept moving towards the mist/horse cos it felt like a part of it was connected to my insides.
As I moved close to Lola, she was slain in the spirit
Then I saw God right before my eyes
I have never see anything so beautiful
He was clothed in a full regalia
He looked royal
So beautiful
So holy and magnificent
We began to dance before Him with the angels
The angels were scattered over the room already
As the Lord began to move I felt a pull drag me to move with Him
And everywhere we arrived, he’d slay men in the spirit
I’d just see myself moving toward people, dancing before God and the next thing they were on the floor
At some point, the mist of worship gathered around me. Like the Lord had surrounded me with Himself like a wrap. I was joined to Him in a way I can’t explain yet I could still see Him.
It took a while for me to notice we were moving towards people who were also dancing and worshiping.
The fragrance of worship was what was pulling.
I remember getting to a particular lady and we both danced before God like our lives depended on it
and I saw God enter me, take my voice and begin to speak to her.
He was so excited and happy about her praise
He kept saying she could ask anything because she made Him happy 😭😭😭
I kept dancing with my father and Him, dancing with me too
Dance steps I have never seen before
And it was not just us, the angels were positioned all around and doing the same thing while singing “Hallelujah!”
God, our God
God, my King had graced us with His presence in a way I had never seen before!
Heaven had invaded the earth 😭😭😭
And what a beauty it was to behold.
We kept moving ( I can’t even explain what this movement was like but know that it is something that is definitely not from here)
We kept dancing together and moving.
The angels were all over the room with the hosts of heaven too, everyone dancing.
Some people still did not get it, I think it was strange to them. But with time, everyone did.
One thing I noticed as I moved with God was that He was enjoying the dance men gave
At some point, I saw the throne room open and men being taken into it.
I had never seen God this happy!
Even for me, there was such a joy.
He was a beauty to behold and He filled my every thought and space that night.
It felt like I had eyes only for Him.
Then all of a sudden, something erupted
More people got drunk in the spirit and began to prophesy.
I saw dances I had never seen before.
People were not on Earth anymore
I was moving faster with Him now
I remember moving towards a tall guy who had stayed in hiding all through the retreat (I had noticed him) and then he got slain.
I heard the most beautiful heavenly sound of hallelujah come from him
Everywhere I turned, there was worship for God
There was dancing for God
At first, some people didn't get it, but everyone later did, and that was when the atmosphere shifted completely.
Then I heard God began to speak to me about my babies
I was still listening to Him when someone brought a baby to me (I think Kally). I’m not even sure she knew what was happening at that time
I quickly collected the baby and God gave me even more instructions
Oh how I cried
I backed her at some point and continued to dance
Then the next thing I heard was the sound of many waters, thunders and voices
Heaven was singing LOUDLY
All of Heaven
That’s when things switched completely
Almost everyone in the room began to prophesy and Embody the Lord at the same time
People who could not even speak in tongues were giving very accurate words in the prophetic
Oh my God
And the voices from Heaven did not stop still
All of a sudden, it started to rain
Heavily
The voices becoming even louder
Then God told me to back the baby and listen
He shared certain things with me that I know that even my future will never recover from.
Up until this point, the rain had still not flooded the room
Remember our open roof behind 😭
It took a while before it began to drop from the roof but it didn’t deter.
The gen went off, and this time, more people were drenched inside of God
We left that room after over 5 hours of just dancing before and with God.
What a perfect change of agenda!
And I say this, I have been to meetings in my life but I have never seen before what we experienced that Sunday evening.
We literally had to carry some people to the hostels because they couldn't move after.
Ah! God showed up!
May I never recover!
As we left the church that night, credit alerts kept pouring in.
We received a certain 200k twice
And I heard “I gave double. Thank you”
I knew it was for the worship again.
We had more than enough money for all we needed at this time.
Monday
We finally processed the mountain for the first time since the Retreat.
We started again with worship and we saw answers flowing even though we had not prayed on anything.
And it wasn’t just for us, even for random people at the mountain.
I could see some of them keying into it by the spirit.
And then we had our Spiritual Pool.
Everyone heard God clearly
Every single person
God shared His plans and visions with us, one on one!
ANSWERS
Imagine having a 4-day retreat and not one time did we take prayer requests.
Who goes to the mountain without requests in the first place?
But you see, answers came!
They flooded us
Beyond the questions and requests that would have gone up, answers came.
Testimonies?
They’ve not stopped flowing since the Retreat!
I’ve seen so many things that have left me in awe since we left Ori-oke
Is it the miraculous healings?
The dead coming back to life?
The fire on altars?
Immediate answers?
God is indeed good and He has shown Himself as God to us.
Our Multiplication and Overflow Story
What is a Word Alive Retreat without God showing up completely?
So after we butchered our cow and cut in pieces
We cooked and counted everything more than once. We had a total of 816 pieces.
We fed everyone with the meat per meal for 3 days
In fact, as we kept taking from the meat we noticed it wasn’t going down.
We took 160 pieces of meat per meal for 2 days out of 800 pieces (do the maths please 😭)
We also had a few people coming to eat from it every minute they entered the room, yet we still had 130 pieces left.
How????????
God maths!
He multiplied it!!!
Overflow
For a Retreat where we didn’t have money to go back home, complete money for accommodation and other expenses, we had a leftover of around #400,000
How did it happen?
I didn’t ask anyone for money
I told no one
Only God knew and He showed up
He showed up, showed off and showed out 😭😭😭
We also had foodstuff left!
Every time God leads me to move blindly, I have learned to just go.
God has never sent me on a mission and left me stranded.
I have never had to worry about provision or how He will do it.
When I say God funds His project, this has been my reality and for all of us at Word Alive.
Never forget: Inside of the guidance of God lies His provision. Follow His lead!
Post Retreat
The Retreat has ended but one thing is certain, we have no normal to return to.
Experiences like this never end, they keep flowing and multiplying.
God continues to build on them.
Today, I am grateful to God
Grateful for everything
I do not take these things for granted
I have been asked the formula, what we do that makes our meetings turn out like this. I wish I had an ‘acceptable’ response to this but my answer has always been God
This is all God
I wish I could say I did anything but I will be lying.
All I do is listen and follow. He does all on His own
147 men (One Hundred and Forty-Seven Men)
Over half of them not on Word Alive
They didn’t even know me before the Retreat
They just heard and their spirits responded to the call of God
God; who bids men to Himself and leaves them not just in awe but with a new vision of themselves.
How can we remain the same after this? 😭😭😭
My heart is full.
I had wondered what we could experience that would top last year’s Retreat but my little mind could never have come up with this!
God blew our minds, beyond expectations.
Thank you Jesus
Again, everything shared does not do justice to what we experienced at the Retreat.
We took down some words and recorded prophecies from the retreat. You will find them attached to this testimonial.
Although we are unable to fully explain all that happened at the Reteat here as words can’t do justice, I am hopeful that even as you read through all we have documented, you will experience God in the corner of your own rooms as we did.
You will behold the King
Your own testimony is birth too
The breath of God is upon these words of testimonies and they birth your own encounter.
My heart is indeed full. Soooo full!
This is the Retreat where I got to really understand the theme of the Retreat: Get Away With Me.
This was a Get Away, an elopement with our King, Lord and Lover in every sense!
On behalf of the Retreat Planning Team and Word Alive’s Admin, I say thank you to everyone.
Thank you for attending the Retreat.
Thank you for giving towards it.
This fire that started does not stop
We continue to fan the flames
You spread this fire to your immediate sphere of influence and they continue to pass the torch too.
Keep the fire burning, until we gather again at the call of the Lord (should Christ tarry).
If you read this and you are yet to accept Christ or you received your own testimony, kindly reach out to us on any of these numbers:
07035953059
07031123361
09027604455
We are also open to answering your questions about faith. Please do not hesitate to reach out.
Thank you once again.
God bless you.
Love eternally,
Your Sister, Friend and Pastor,
Olúrèmí Akinfaderin
Founder | Word Alive Ministry
READ PERSONAL TESTIMONIALS OF THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE RETREAT
HERE ARE THE PROPHECIES RECEIVED
SEE GENERAL PICTURES HERE
WATCH GENERAL VIDEOS HERE
