CHAPTER 27- BATTLE OF THE BRETHREN

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDE
AS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE

Story from the Heart

The next Sunday?

Church was full before 7:30 a.m.

People that don’t come for first service were sitting on windows.

Why?

Because of the “announcement.”

Word had gone round:
“T.J. will be addressing the church this morning.”

She had gone to speak with Daddy G.O during the week and from the gist I got, she must have spent nothing less that three hours in his office.
So an internal Memo was passed among staff, then on the official church Whatsapp group, it was announced.
Some of the members came for clarity.
Some for scandal.
Some… just to watch.

But heaven?
Heaven was coming for something else.

At 9:02 a.m.,
T.J. stepped onto the altar.

Simple white dress.
No makeup.
Just her Bible.

Choir had finished a short worship. Edna had gone a bit low key after her name entered voice note, but the hate was still evident in her body language.

T.J climbed..
Her tone?

Sweet like honey…with pepper soaked inside.

T.J. took the mic.
Held it gently.

You could feel the weight.
Like it wasn’t a mic …
But instead of defending herself?

She said this:

“A special acknowledgement to Daddy G.O for giving me this platform. Some of you are here expecting details. A story about my Ex…Names. Maybe even tears…But if that’s what you came for, I’m sorry. I’m not here to drag my past to this altar. I’m here to exalt the God who buried it….”

Silence.
You could hear someone say “ Hmm”

“Yes. I was in sin….Deep….Yes. I hurt people…Lied….Fell….Repeated the fall. And yes …the man who posted that video? Was once close to me. But he met me in the tomb….And this version standing here today? Came out on the third day.”

I gasped.
Ayaaaa!
“Jesus didn’t save me halfway….He didn’t edit my story. He rewrote it…Completely….So no… I won’t explain what’s already under the blood…If you want the gossip, you’ll have to dig through Calvary to find it.”

“But I will tell you a little about this girl…Tijesuni. I will tell you about what God did to her and is doing with her”

“I was born by Missionary Parents…” She started..

Oh! No wonder.. I thought to Myself. The passion for the Lord was in her blood even from birth. Her Parents had sacrificed for the Lord.

“My Mother died on the mission field and my father had to bring me to the city so I could stay with family. If only my father knew that staying with him would have saved me from all I had to go through.
I stayed with my mother’s Sister who was born again but married to a man who didn’t fear God. The Man made a mess of my life, from the age of six , I was molested till I was 14. He introduced me into alcoholism, drugs so as to numb the pain of his beating and sexual assault. His wife couldn’t stop him.
I ran from home when I was 14 and started living with one of my male school teacher. He housed me, fed me but I paid with my body. He helped me with my academics , taught me after school. I became his unofficial wife, cooking , meeting his sexual needs in exchange for an education, shelter and food.
By the time I was in SS3, he let me go, because he got married. I had nowhere to go, so I opted for a brothel. I would sleep with an average of 15 men on a daily basis so I could pay my rent , save for my final papers and eat.
I scaled through…
Got into the University.. continued everything illegal or bad in other to survive, the man who made the video was one of my many sexual partners. He meant nothing to me. He was just a means to an end.
But something happened to me that changed everything…

I read a book titled “ Sexmatics”. It was a novel by Opeyemi Akintunde. It exposed my life to the Light of God and I saw how wasted I had become.

The rest they say is history…

I became born again, consecrated myself to the Lord. I had wasted many years on sex, I wanted to get high on Prayers. I wanted to pray till I had no strength. Prayer has become more important to me than food. I replaced my addiction to sex, to addiction to prayer.

It was this consistent life of prayer that opened me up to hearing from the Lord. He showed me this church and told me he wanted me to meet him here. I asked why, but he told me I should obey first…

When I got here.. it started becoming clearer.. I started seeing the plans of the enemy unfold. The kingdom of darkness had marked this church to be closed down before the end of the year.”

Ah! People gasped… but she continued..

“ They had a 3 point agenda..
Kill the Mummy G.O because they know how she protects the ministry like a Child
Contaminate and terminate the lives and glories of the next generation
Ultimately close down the Church.

I told God.. Not under my watch. I told God I would intercede. Before I joined the Church, I had interceded for 35 days before stepping in to the church that day..”

Oh Boy!
No wonder her entry was Grand.. You can’t stay in God’s presence praying over a matter for 35 days and he won’t decorate you with Glory when you appear before men. Esther only prayed and fasted for three days and her face shone before the King. I analyzed.

“However, when I got in.. I was dragged into a battle. The devil came in dressed in Envy but I refused to give up. I came to this church to be an intercessor. I didn’t come to this church to compete , I came to compliment, We are members of one body.”

She dropped the mic. I guess she was emotional at that point and didn’t want to cry on the altar.

“Lord… this is what You meant when You said..’They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.’” I thought
After that?

Nobody spoke.

No closing prayer.
No offering basket.

Just people Praying
Because sometimes,the loudest sermon comes from someone who refuses to perform …and just lets God stand in her scars.
Grace be like what?
Grace be like when you came to hear juicy gist, but God gave you revival instead.
( Grace is when man tries to make your shame public, but God uses it to announce His mercy and causes a revival.

And from that moment?
Something in our church cracked open.
Permanently.

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