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It's better u let her go, very obvious that she has been seeing both of u together&she has compare and contrast which is better , so she followed her mind |
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She never reach climax & it be like say the man Na 2mins man |
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What do you knw? You will soon get to the stage that you will choose between 30mins&1hr.murasiii
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Yeye child
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*THE FALL* By Babatunde Oyindamola CHAPTER ONE Bro Michael was the Bible study coordinator of the church. A man on fire for God, also committed to the study of the Word and to prayers. He was known by all the brethren for his kindness towards all. Whenever Bro Mike handled the Bible study, it was like he was there when the Bible was written. He would often check up on everyone, and pay visits regularly. Like Barnabas in the Bible, he was a man of encouragement, full of faith and the Holy Ghost. At this point you must be wondering whether this brother was the pastor of the church, but no he wasn't; there are just men who carry grace to help impact others. He was one of Pastor Ife's favorites, because he chose to walk the same path the pastor walked. He was also in a relationship with beautiful sister Joy, who happened to be the assistant choir coordinator. She is a sister with a beautiful voice, and carries the anointing of God. There was this fateful Tuesday when bro Mike was to handle Bible study. He came early as usual and had swept and arranged the church (his service spirit was amazing). The topic for the Bible study was “Godly Sorrow”. At just 25 minutes into the teaching, people were already on their knees weeping; broken, and sober. Oh, men surrendered back to God, women rededicated their lives to God. Immediately after the Bible study, bro Kola (one of the Sunday school workers) ran to meet with Bro Mike. “That was a very powerful session sir”, bro Kola said, smiling broadly. “Oh thank you my brother, all the glory belongs to Jesus”, the humble man of God replied. “How do you do it sir? How do you teach with much power and wisdom?”. In humility he replied, “All is from God my bro. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. My very goal is to have the body edified and God glorified”. After all, humility is acknowledging God for everything we have and are. Bro Kola wasn't still satisfied with what he was hearing. “All these that you're saying sir, we know them already. Tell me the things you do to have that much power”. Things were getting very uncomfortable for the humble brother. “Okay sir, I pray very well, spend quality time with God, and study my Bible.” “Now you're talking sir! And as I am looking at you like this, I'm sure you pray like 7 hours everyday.” he said scoffing. “Ah! No my brother, I don't pray up to that daily. Everything is just the grace of God”. If you were present in this conversation, you would realize the genuineness of the faith of our dear bro Michael. “Anyways sir, I doubt if you're a human being, you teach with the wisdom of King Solomon and in the power of prophet Elijah”. This made bro mike very uncomfortable, and he had to request for excuse to end the conversation. On getting home, he prayed, ate and decided to relax for some minutes before picking up his Bible to study. His mind went back to the things bro Kola had said earlier on. The statement “...you teach with the wisdom of King Solomon and in the power of prophet Elijah” kept ringing in his head. He began recounting all the wonderful comments he had gotten from brethren in the past. “You're an angel in disguise”, “you're a powerful man of God”, “you're God's P.A” etc, were running through his mind. He looked back at how he was truly a powerful minister of God. He recounted the numerous testimonies that came as a result of the prayer meetings he anchored. A broad smile went across his face. He was still considering how powerful he thought he was when Pastor Ife’s call came in. “My dear son, how are you?”. “Daddy, I'm doing great sir! How are you sir?”. “Oh son, I'm fine. I just felt inclined in my spirit to call you, whatever thoughts you're having, please discard them. If possible, I would like you to come over to my place”. Bro Mike quickly came back to his senses. “Thank you sir! I will just pick up my Bible to read sir”. “Okay son, that would be nice”. The dear brother picked up his Bible and started studying till the thoughts disappeared. After Sunday service, bro Mike approached bro Kola. “Good afternoon bro K! How was the service sir?”. “Bro Mike! The service was powerful sir, thank you”. “I wanted to ask you sir, what did you mean by what you said on Tuesday evening?”. “My brother, nkan tí mo mean pò o” (I meant a lot o [in Yoruba] ). Bro mike was getting curious. “Kíle mean sir?” (What did you mean sir?). “My brother, you're the one ignorant of your worth. You shouldn't be under a pastor. With your spiritual level, you should have established a church. If you had done that since, you will have been in the level of men of God like Papa Adeboye by now, but only God knows what you're using your wisdom for” bro Kola said, gesturing. “Wow, my brother, I never saw it that way. I will table it before my Pastor and--” at this point, bro Kola cuts in, “hold on bro, that's your problem. The pastor is your barrier to success. Look at yourself and Pastor Ife, you're more vibrant and worded! Who is meant to be mentoring who? What are you even learning from him that you can't learn from the Holy Spirit? Open your eyes my brother, you have all you need, you're a strong man!” Bro Mike was considering the words of this brother that seemed wise. “Wow! I didn't know this my bro”. “Yes o my brother, open your eyes. If you decide today to open your church, I will leave here and join your church sir”. “Thank you for the kind words my brother, I will think about them”. Kind words? Things were going wrong gradually. Minutes after their discussion, Pastor Ife called bro Mike. “My son, I want you to follow me to the meeting at the National headquarters today”. “Oops, I'm sorry sir, I don't think I can do that sir, I have to rest, I'm really tired”. “No problem my son, please get quality rest”. He left the pastor's presence and muttered under his breath, “why should I follow him? No one recognizes me there, no one knows me, they know only him, yet I follow him all the time”. Bro Mike got home and couldn't get his mind off what bro Kola had told him. He saw no reason to be mentored by Pastor Ife any longer, after all, he had grown. It was time for him to read his Bible. “I read it yesterday, and I got a lot of revelations already, that should be good for now, I'll get some rest” he thought to himself. After Bible study on Tuesday, bro mike met with his fiancée, sister Joy. He narrated all that bro Kola had told him. She, filled with the Holy Spirit, knew of a certain what bro K said wasn't right. She spoke the truth to him, told him to ignore what he had heard, and continue serving God. But bro Mike wasn't taking it lightly with her. “Are you trying to say I'm powerless? A fellow brother of the body approached me and commended my efforts, and you're telling me to ignore him? He's a man of insight who understands grace in men. I brought the matter before you thinking you would encourage me, but you're against me. I don't blame you, what do you know about the things of the Spirit?”. Sis Joy was confused at this juncture, she had never seen her fiancée this way before. What could be wrong? Why was he talking from this perspective? “Michael? What's wrong? I just presented my opinion before you and Inst... okay, okay, if you think I know nothing about the things of the Spirit, how about our pastor? Have you told him?”. “No, I don't have any intentions of telling him”. “Ahah, why?” the baffled sister asked. “I think I need to have a change of mentor. I have outgrown pastor Ife, I should be his teacher rather. I hold with me deep secrets of the kingdom. I need someone who is higher than me, someone like Evangelist Lawrence Ovor”. “Ahah! Mike, something is wrong somewhere! Have you forgotten who helped you grow? Or was it evangelist Lawrence Ovor that paid your tuition fee throughout your university time? Who has watched you till this stage? And now you think you've outgrown him?”. Bro mike was beginning to reason with her, and was feeling sober and bad for the statement he had made. His eyes were saturated with water as he flashed back on how pastor Ife had been of great help to him. After they had both finished their discussions, he was looking for a quiet place he could reflect on the words of sister Joy. Suddenly, he bumped into bro Kola. “My brother! You look worried, what's the problem?”. “It's nothing sir” bro mike replied as he tried to ignore him. But bro kola was persistent, and so he had to open up. “I explained what you told me to joy, and she advised me”. “Bro mike. If not because she's your fiancée, there was something I would have loved to tell you”. Bro Michael, at this juncture, became very curious. “What is it? Tell me please”. “No my brother, I fear God, and I don't know how you'll be able to handle what I want to tell you sir”. Bro michael still very curious replied, “please tell me, I promise to handle it with maturity”. “Okay o, if you say so. I just want to tell you this because I love you. But did you know that sister joy was a stripper?”. Bro mike's heart stopped for a moment, he probably didn't hear correctly, or could he be lying? “If you think I'm lying, you can ask her. She has slept with many men. I have always been wondering what you saw in her that made you want to get married to her. She's not the kind of person to receive advice from” His heart was broken, he was shaking all over. He walked out on bro Kola, and went straight looking for sister joy. “I need to see you for a minute” he said to her, as he dragged her to a quiet place. “I need you to be sincere with me right now” he said with a shaky voice and red eyes. “Okay, I promise to be sincere with you, is all well?”she asked frightened. “Were you a stripper? Have you really slept with many men?”. Hearing this, she fell to the ground on her knees in tears. She held tightly to his legs, as she was asking for mercy. “Answer me please! Are those accusations true?”. “I'm sorry, I wanted to tell you, but I was afraid, I didn't know how you would react”,she said as she sobbed bitterly. He covered his face, facing upwards in disappointment. “I'm sorry mike, that was before I knew Christ, that was before grace found me”, she said, still on her knees. But he wasn't convinced. “Spare me all that! Once a stripper, always a stripper” She burst out in tears on hearing this. “See, all I have to say is, it's over between us. Even God can't be happy with this union”. It was as though she was being shot in the chest by an arrow. She held on more tightly to his legs, crying out for mercy, but he pushed her away and left angrily. It was a very tough day for the young man, he was bothered and worried. Not so long after he had gotten home, he received a call from pastor Ife, requesting to see him. He agreed to meet with pastor in his house. On getting to pastor's house, he met sister joy sitting directly opposite him, weeping. “Son, can you tell me what's going on between both of you? She won't say anything except your name”. “Sir, can you believe that she was a stripper? And that she has slept with many men?”. Pastor now baffled, replied, “didn't you know before?”. At this point, bro mike was confused. “Sir, are you aware of this fact?”. “Yes son, as a matter of fact, I told her to let you know before you take any serious steps, and she told me she had done that, and that you were okay with her past as long as she has been saved”. “No sir! That's a big lie. I knew nothing about it until I heard from someone w...”, pastor Ife cuts in, “from who did you hear it?”. “Let's not focus on that now sir, let's focus on the one on ground”. Pastor Ife turns to sister joy, and asked why she lied to him. “I'm sorry sir, I didn't believe anyone would want to marry me with my past. I finally found a man, and I didn't want to loose him, that was why I hid it from him”She was crying so much, her nostrils were filled with water, even her veins were becoming more visible. “But son, that was then. The Bible says if a man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are past and all things have become new. It won't affect anything in your marriage because even God has forgotten about her past”. Bro mike was getting irritated by the pastor's response. “Sir, I really respect you, and that's why I'm here in the first place. I'm not interested in her again, and that's it! You married your wife a virgin sir, and you want your son to marry an ex-harlot, that's impossible!”, he said as he walked out on the pastor. Pastor Ife was startled, as this wasn't the son he knew. Something was wrong somewhere. He sympathized with sister joy, and begged her to move on. He was shocked, but didn't relent in his prayers for bro mike. _To be continued_ �� |
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