PHASE THREE 2022
COMING TO GOD’S LIGHTHOUSE
The first time I heard the name ‘God’s Lighthouse’ was in a dream. In that dream, the whole world was dark, and all I could see was a tall building shining from a distance. Then I heard “God’s Lighthouse.” Later on in 2020, I reunited with Chiamaka, my neighbour from many years ago, who would later be instrumental in my finding and joining God’s Lighthouse. By this time, I’d started drawing closer to God and began having dreams, visions, etc. I went into ministry to fulfill what I had seen in a dream in 2019.
I joined a church group where I became the youth leader, then the choir leader, and finally the assistant to the pastor. I went ahead to start my own ministry while using the church venue. The meeting day was on Saturday at 3 pm. After some months, we moved the meeting to Sundays, at 3 pm. Things were going on fine; lots of young people would come around and hear the word, get born again, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Then connections started coming-one from the USA, another from my friend who had gone on to pursue his music career. I felt it was God repaying me for my labour, not knowing it was the opposite.
I got so busy that I would fix a meeting and not attend it. Money was coming in. My friend gave me a Tokunbo Toyota Corolla car on hire purchase, which I started using for Bolt. Life was happening fast. I do not recall quitting betting completely, but it took a different turn in 2020 when I started taking higher bets. Sometime in September that year, I won 1.4 million Naira from betting, and in return, I lost over 4.5 million Naira to the same betting! I even used the money sent for a business deal I was overseeing – the clearance of a newly purchased car, to bet.
In a quest to get it back, I kept falling deeper and deeper into more debt. I was locked up for seven days in October by the owner of the car I failed to clear. I was only released after I had paid back his money from the refund of my rent. I also used the car I had been given on hire purchase as collateral to loan money from a certain man. I still used this money to gamble! It led to my being locked up the second time for twenty-four days in December when I couldn’t make the required returns on the car. I had lost everything. The only people who visited me during the first 7 days and the other 24 days in police custody were my brother and Chiamaka, who would bring words gotten from brethren in this house (GLH) to me. No one from my church visited.
To be continued…
Miraculous Monday: 28th July 2025
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