God made it happen that in April 2017, I came to God’s Lighthouse. Prior to this time, I’d been in the same church group with Sister E. [who invited me to God’s Lighthouse] but I never really used to talk to any female there. This was because of my fear of falling into fornication repeatedly. It was a weakness I was ashamed of so, I literally didn’t talk to any girl in that group. I was quite comported.
Invitation to God’s Lighthouse
However, one day, Sister E. walked up to me and said, “There’s this place I’ll like you to come to.” I agreed to it as if it was just what I had been waiting for. I didn’t ask any questions about them or their teachings. I came on a Wednesday.
At first, I felt the church was strange because it had no signboard. But the meeting was awesome! Not long after, a retreat began in July 2017. And it is the encounter I had during the retreat that I really want to testify about.
A Guilty Plan
Before the retreat, there was a man in my compound whom I had an issue with over electricity bill payment. We quarreled and I wanted to get back at him so I decided to date his daughter, just to annoy him.
I searched for her and sent her a request on Facebook which she accepted and we began talking. I didn’t let her know it was me, until we exchanged contacts. Then we started seeing each other. Though I felt guilty for what I was doing, I felt I needed to do it because like I said earlier, I wanted to get back at her father.
A Life-Changing Encounter
On the day of the retreat I went to church and God met me there. I listened to everything that was said and began to feel deep remorse for all I had done. I felt I really needed to talk to someone so I went and narrated my sinful life story to the Pastor, not leaving out the fornication and abortion parts. He told me to go and end my sinful relationship.
This was a very difficult action to carry out because I had dated my girlfriend for seven years and even her family was aware of our relationship. I cried when I got home and kept pondering on how to go about the breakup. Finally, I went and told her sister that God wanted me to end the relationship and her sister said that if it was indeed God, that I should proceed. So I kept praying for the boldness to tell her personally.
Breaking Free
When we finally met, she complained that I hadn’t called her in a long time but I did not respond or show care. She told me that she was feeling that we had become disconnected.
I tried talking to her about Jesus but she told me that I should not bring in Jesus into our conversation. I told her about GLH and invited her to church but she flared up and said, “What is it they gave you at Lighthouse that made you like this? What is it? What’s so special about that place? What is going on there that has turned you into something else?” She went on and on. However, we eventually parted ways.
To Be Continued…
Miraculous Monday: 2nd October 2023
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