The second Sunday of December 2023 was another memorable day in The SCOAN. Along with the choristers, congregants sang out their gratitude to God and asked for Spirit enablement to pray as they should. And the Lord granted their request, because the anointing soon started to flow in their midst. The people were truly assured that they were joint heirs with Jesus Christ. “Glory to the Lamb!” they sang.


It was Evangelist David’s turn to climb on The SCOAN Altar. He announced his sermon title as “Finding Comfort In The Midst Of Life’s Storms” and read from James 1:2-4. “Life is a journey filled with challenges, unexpected turns,” he began but quickly urged the people never to question God’s plan for their lives. He referred them to the reassuring Word in Jeremiah 29:11—“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” Other passages for the sermon included Job 23:10, John 14:2 and Proverbs 3:5-6.


With the stories of biblical characters such as Abraham and Sarah, Joseph, David, Job, and Apostle Paul as his springboard, Evangelist David stressed the need for Christians to trust God to see them through their trials so that they can gain the promotion intended for them. David’s endurance of persecution by King Saul, the preacher noted, prepared the way for his eventual kingship. Regarding the exemplary life of Prophet TB Joshua, Evangelist David said it was a clear display of how to honour God throughout periods of trials. “What is your trial?” he asked the people before charging them to see it as a means for maturing. He told the church, “Troubles become easier to handle when you know that they will not last forever.”

Evangelist David also cites the interesting words of Prophet TB Joshua: “The slow movement of a tiger is not a mistake but calculated accuracy.” Accordingly, he urged the people to focus on their future destination. As part of his closing words he observed: “When God is supporting our position, there is strength in our weakness; there is comfort in our affliction. When God is supporting our position, we would be comforted under any circumstance. As we navigate the uncertainties of life, let us find comfort in the knowledge that God’s plans for us are filled with hope and a future.”


Met By The Faithful Lord Who Gives In Abundance
At The Prayer Line, the woman of God assured the people: “Our Lord is faithful; just hold on to Him. Hold on to God and everything that looks impossible, He will make possible before you. All that seems impossible, God will make possible before you. Thank You, Jesus!” Continuing, she declared: “Rest assured that God will lift that burden from you today, in the name of Jesus! He will fill you with His joy, peace. Belief – that is your connection to the Throne of Grace. I pray that you will not go home the same today, in the name of Jesus!”


With various petitions did the people come to The Throne Of Grace—and the Lord did not turn His eyes of mercy away from them. As Pastor Evelyn Joshua ministered prayers in the Spirit, standing on Jesus Christ’s promise to heal, deliver and save, the people received a touch of liberation from dark powers.


Instantly, there was a vanishing of issues such as difficulty in walking, rheumatoid arthritis, dislocation, difficulty in breathing, hernias, enlarged prostate, epilepsy, mental disorder, chronic piles, insomnia, swollen legs, skin disease, and cancer of the rectum, among others.


Armed with belief in God’s power to do all things, many women heavy with the fruit of the womb also came to be impacted by God’s power. For them henceforth, every plot against their imminent joy has been cancelled, in Jesus’ name! Moreover, the Lord also opened the wombs of those seeking babies after the elimination of ceased menstruation, fibroids and other impediments to His original design.


On joining the woman of God, The SCOAN Evangelists also stood in the believer’s authority to unsettle the kingdom of darkness. They moved throughout the auditorium, commanding freedom and ease upon the people. “Rise up; you are free,” they congratulated each person. Indeed, God’s power could not be contested, for every demon succumbed!


Instant Testimony
Among those who shared their instant testimonies was a woman who had been wheelchair-bound for 10 years. Taking her first gingerly steps to wholeness after prayer by Evangelist Ope, she expressed gratitude to God Almighty, alongside her daughter.


Not Left Out From God’s Mercy!
“Winners shall we remain, in the name of Jesus Christ!” declared Pastor Evelyn Joshua at the start of the Mass Prayer session. She read from Luke 13:15-17, the passage where Jesus Christ chides the Pharisees for complaining about His acts of compassion. “Jesus will walk into your life and put an end to your trouble,” the woman of God assured the people.


Pastor Evelyn Joshua prayed for the people: “Be loosed from every bondage, weakness, in the name of Jesus Christ! Everything that stands between you and the grace of God in your life today—be humiliated, in the name of Jesus Christ! Everything planted into your life, marriage, business, health that is not from God – we command them to go away right now, in the name of Jesus Christ! Be healed! Be delivered from every bondage, ancestral curse, entanglement! Be freed from every bondage, limitation, weakness, in the name of Jesus Christ!”


Turning to viewers all over the world, the woman of God said: “From God’s mercy you are not left out.” She prayed for them: “We commit your life, health, family into the hands of God. We command every sickness, affliction in your life today to turn to good health, in the name of Jesus Christ! We command every disappointment in your life today to turn to appointment, in the name of Jesus Christ! We command every failure in your life today to turn to success, in the name of Jesus Christ!” She also urged the viewers: “Disconnect yourself from every disappointment, failure, sickness, affliction, weakness, and poverty.”


Evangelist James told the people: “Every contrary spirit operating in your life, family, causing pressure and tension – command it out, in the name of Jesus!”


Evangelist Ope encouraged the people to pray: “You spirit of frustration, stagnation, anywhere you are, by the power of the Holy Ghost: Out!”


Evangelist Joseph told congregants to pray: “You spirit behind my sickness, affliction, you spirit against my health: Out! You sickness in my body, affliction in my bone, sickness in my kidney, you sickness in my heart, you disease in my brain – anywhere you are, I command you: Out!”

Evangelist Chisom told the people to pray: “You spirit, the cause of my sickness, disease -anywhere you are, tormenting my body: Out! Every chain that connects me to poverty – be broken!”


In a Mass Prayer video, Prophet TB Joshua declared: “You familiar spirit, come out! I command that familiar spirit: Come out from their business, family! You pain, affliction – you must go! I order that affliction in your life to go! Pain in your blood, faculties, kidneys, system – I order it out, in the name of Jesus! I order affliction in your lungs, blood, kidneys: Out!” Finally, he told the people: “Confess your healing, in the name of Jesus!”


Testimonies
Elijah’s Eight Years Of Pain Now Over!
On Friday, December 1, 2023, Elijah was among those who received prayer during the special healing and deliverance service. He was suffering from difficulty in walking and had a lumbar corset around his waist. In 2015, he had had a dream in which he saw people mourning his death. “When I woke up I began to feel pain all over my body,” said Elijah on December 10, 2023, during his testimony. He went from hospital to hospital and from native doctor to native doctor, but he kept suffering for the eight years that he failed to hand over his case to God. “I suffered so much and my business almost failed,” he recalled. However, the produce seller confessed to feeling different immediately an evangelist touched him in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. “Now I can walk freely and my legs are no more swollen,” he said, demonstrating his healing. He added, “I feel light.” He advised others to seek God for help.


Olivia’s Menses Return Painlessly, Breakthrough For Fiancé’s Mother!
Olivia had been suffering from painful menstruation until the power of God located her in The Arena Of Liberty on November 26, 2023. “I went back home and found that my menses had returned,” she said on December 10, 2023. She was equally delighted that the menses had come with no pain whatsoever. “I feel free and look forward to a sweet future with my fiancé,” she smiled. She advised people to cast their burden on Jesus Christ. “He is able to do all things,” she assured the world. Olivia’s potential mother-in-law also testified about how she had received God’s favour after visiting The SCOAN and returning home with the New Anointing Water in 2019. “It has been miracles from everywhere since then,” she said with eyes wet with gratitude. Olivia’s fiancé said he hadn’t been a believer in miracles even though he believes in God. “This was so fast,” he admitted. He advised people to display faith in Jesus Christ. “You can receive all the prayers in the world, but you won’t get healed if you show no faith,” he concluded.


Anointing Brings Deliverance And Restores Ceased Menses!
During the special healing and deliverance service of December 1, 2023, Prica’s lips shook and her voice quivered as the demon in her confessed how it had tormented her through three pregnancies. For decades, she also suffered from chronic headaches and battled with the spirit of anger. “Whenever I was angry I never rested until I had harmed someone,” she said on December 10. A heavy drinker, Prica admitted that her drinking problem was caused by the spirit of anger. “My menstruation had also ceased,” she disclosed. After receiving her deliverance, she began to feel discomfort in her stomach. Shortly after, she made her way to the restroom and found that her menses had returned! She told others, “Jesus Christ is the Lord.”


At Last, Bosede Finds Relief In The Anointing!
Bosede had been diligently attending to her ailing husband when she developed arthritis because of long hours of sitting. For two years she suffered severely, even after her husband passed away. She then took advantage of The SCOAN Special Healing And Deliverance Service of December 1, 2023. “I felt something leave my body as the evangelist prayed for me,” Bosede recalled while testifying nine days later. She demonstrated all that she had been unable to do for the last two years. “Come to God,” she advised others.


Physical Education Teacher Feels God’s Raw Power!
Salome, a physical education teacher, was all smiles after the power of God flowed through her and restored vitality to her body. Three years ago, she had fallen in the bathroom one morning and a flash of light had shone into her eyes as she lay helpless on the floor. “From then on, my husband started to move me from one hospital to another,” she told the church on December 10. She had come to the church on December 1, having been watching Emmanuel TV and experiencing God’s touch as she did so. Demonstrating her healing, Salome declared: “Lumbar spondylosis is gone forever, in Jesus’ name!” She advised people to keep hoping in God.


Chinedu Returns To The Field Of Play!
Chinedu, a professional football player, had sustained a knee injury during training. “I couldn’t play and I found it really upsetting to be left out of the team,” he said on December 10, 2023. Despite taking medications and using a knee brace, he did not get better, so he made his way to the service of December 1. “A cold sensation flooded my body when I received a touch from the woman of God,” he recalled. Chinedu has now returned to the field of play! “Have faith in God,” he encouraged others.


Chest Pain Vanishes After Anointed Touch!
Mbanefo woke up one morning and felt a searing pain in his chest. He quickly made his way to the hospital, but he found no relief there. He knew that it was no ordinary pain. “It was an attack,” he asserted on December 10, 2023. An evangelist had ministered to him at the special healing and deliverance service nine days earlier. Since then, he has been able to bend, walk freely and lift heavy objects. “In every situation you find yourself, just believe in God,” he urged others.


Annie Stops Bleeding As Spirit Husband Is Banished!
“I have destroyed her!” boasted the demon in Annie during the special healing and deliverance service of December 1, 2023. Her placard announced boldly, “BLEEDING.” Minutes later, the demon in her succumbed, freeing Annie for a better life. She began her testimony nine days later by talking about her she had been a sickly child. “I used to be taken to hospital every now and then,” she said. She also talked about a grievous accident that almost claimed her life. “It was only God who rescued me eventually,” she said. Annie also narrated her problems with relationships and other aspects of life. “People said I was beautiful for nothing,” she went on. Finally, she managed to find a man who committed to marrying her, although he himself almost called off marriage plans at the last minute. “We kept quarrelling in the marriage and had to seek help from third parties,” she said. Annie then took God’s path as she attended the service in question. Before coming to church, she had been having severe pain in her anus. “In fact, I had bled the night before,” she told the church. Refusing to be discouraged, however, the 28-year-old came to the church all the same – and the Spirit of the Lord took over! Since then, the bleeding has stopped and Annie has been sleeping without having nightmares and she is now enjoying a blissful relationship with her husband. “Wait for God’s time,” she urged others.


Ebiere Enters Into God’s Light And Freedom
Ebiere shared her testimony about deliverance from a family idol. “There was discord and lack of progress in our family,” she disclosed on December 10, 2023, “and nothing was working in my life; people just hated me for nothing.” She said she was always having nightmares in which she saw herself interacting with evil people. She also disclosed that the women in her family hardly ever married properly. “The only woman, my sister, who dared to marry properly ended up dying mysteriously,” she continued. Before coming to The SCOAN, she had dreamt of a giant man who was after her life. “You will die in nine days,” the giant man had threatened her. After her deliverance, Ebiere returned home and had a confirmatory dream. “I told off the giant man and he became subdued,” she recalled. Right now, she says, there is love in the family. “It is just overwhelming,” she smiled. She advised others to make God’s Word the standard for their lives. “Have faith in God,” she concluded.


Anointing Restores Vitality To Elderly Couple!
“Jesus/Jesus/What A Wonder You Are!” sang Pastor Evelyn Joshua as she ministered the prayer of healing to Samuel over the problem of inability to walk. The woman of God also prayed for Samuel’s wife, who was suffering from difficulty in walking. “For four years,” he started his testimony on December 10, 2023, “I was homebound because I could not walk and my speech was incoherent.” Although his wife had been trying to bring him to The SCOAN for prayer, Samuel had refused. “My children didn’t like hearing about things like this,” he said in reference to the search for a divine solution. In the end, however, he had come along with his wife to the special deliverance service of December 1. “I was crying during the prayer and couldn’t look my wife in the face,” he admitted. Apparently, he was referring to his initial refusal to take his case to God. Today he can walk, move his hands freely and exercise his body. “Everybody should face their God and have faith,” he said. His wife, Benny, glorified God for the healing. “He used to be a very active man,” she recalled, “and it really hurt me to see his helplessness.” Although she had also needed God’s touch herself, Benny had displayed great faith in bringing her husband to The Arena Of Liberty. “I developed osteoarthritis because of staying at home for too long during the COVID-19 lockdown,” she said. Upon receiving prayer on the day in question, Benny took fresh steps of vitality as she walked into the church from the car, alongside her husband. “Keep on trusting the Lord Jesus Christ,” she advised others. Her sister, Tessy, affirmed God’s abiding presence in The SCOAN. On Pastor Evelyn Joshua’s instruction, the couple was seen off with a song by the choristers: “Come And See The Lord Is Good/There Is Nothing He Cannot Do!”


Testimonies After Service
During the Mass prayer session, these women vomited the poisonous substances in their systems. Thank You, Jesus!

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