“Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord!” declared congregants at the start of the first service of September 2024. They asked for the rain of healing, freedom and breakthrough to fall upon them through the agency of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. They proclaimed what their eyes had seen and what their ears had heard, even as they acknowledged the constant goodness of the Lord. And the Holy Spirit descended into their midst, causing many to vomit the impurities in their systems. Seeing the wonders of the Lord, they proclaimed: “With Lifted Hands/We Worship You!”   

“God does nothing without His Word,” Evangelist Ope declared as he got on the Altar for the message, which had the title “PUT UP A FIGHT”. He read from 2 Timothy 2:3-4 and James 4:7 and reminded the people: “This world we are in is not a place of relaxation and comfort but rather a place of conflict and constant battle. The world we are in is a place where problems arise not because we have taken a wrong step but because it is complex and contradictory.” Of course, he was quick to make clear that he was not referring to physical warfare but to spiritual battles, for which the believer must be equipped with the shields of prayer and God’s Word.

Among the other verses of Scripture cited for the message were 1 Timothy 6:12, Ephesians 6:11-12, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, James 4:7 and 1 John 5:4. The evangelist identified satan as the common enemy of Christians who recruits human agents for his battles. Given that fact, he advised the congregation not to view their relatives or friends as the real enemy but to see the hand of satan at play. He therefore told the people: “We must recognise our enemy for the ugly and hateful spirit he is. We must put up a fight against his activities in our home, marriage, career and finances through prayers.”

Evangelist Ope further explained that attacks from satan suggest that we are on God’s side, for the salvation of anyone with whom satan is not angry deserves to be questioned. He said, “If satan is happy with you, it means you are under his control.” Accordingly, he urged congregants to stand on the Word and pray against satan so as not to fall prey to him and his agents. As he rounded off the message, he reminded the people: “When we put up a fight in the name of Jesus Christ, our victory is as sure as the rising of the sun because Jesus Christ has already defeated satan and has given us the victory. Victory in Christ Jesus is victory indeed!”

Touched For Glory!

On joining the people for the Prayer Line ministration, Pastor Evelyn Joshua declared: “I pray that God Almighty will deliver you from everything that will not give you peace to serve the Lord in truth and in faith, in the name of Jesus Christ.”

The woman of God prayed: “Father Lord, here are Your children; they have come to seek Your face because they know You alone can do it in their lives. It is You only who can wipe away their tears and not just wipe away their tears but also fill them with strength, with peace, with joy to live. So, Lord God, we commit them into Your hands; touch them today for Your glory, in the name of Jesus Christ. Father, touch them for Your testimony, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let every honour, praise be to You. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray.”

Among the cases that received attention were difficulty in walking, asthma, nosebleed, difficulty in urinating, difficulty in swallowing, skin disease, and piles.

The wonder-working power of God also manifested in the lives of multiple pregnant women as Pastor Evelyn interceded for them!

Afterwards, The SCOAN Evangelists joined Pastor Evelyn Joshua in the ministration of prayer to cases of mental disorder, drug addiction, enlarged prostate, swollen legs, fatty liver disease, and gastric ulcers, among others.   

Moving into the Main Auditorium, God’s servants laid anointed hands on hundreds from all over the world, bringing an end to pain and sorrow in their lives.

Proceeding to the Overflow Section, Pastor Evelyn Joshua ministered prayers to nursing mothers and their children.

Other congregants in the Overflow Section also received the ministration of prayers in Jesus’ name!

Power In The Way Of The Cross

At the start of the Mass Prayer session, Pastor Evelyn Joshua read from Psalm 49:5 and Psalm 23:4 and urged the people to keep their trust in the Lord. She told congregants, “When you go in the way of the Cross, you will begin to command your adversaries on the way to go and they will obey.”

The woman of God prayed: “Receive your freedom from every bondage, from every torture – emotional, psychological physical – in the name of Jesus Christ! I dip you into the Blood of Jesus Christ! Receive your freedom, healing, deliverance, in the name of Jesus Christ! Freedom from all that holds you back in bondage! Receive your freedom from poverty, in the name of Jesus Christ! Be freed! Be delivered! Be healed! Be saved! In the name of Jesus Christ!”

For viewers all over the world Pastor Evelyn Joshua prayed: “Any power placing limitation over your life, your career, your home, your children’s lives, your marriage – be destroyed, in the name of Jesus Christ! Every weapon of evil fashioned against – we command them, in the name of Jesus Christ! Be freed from every shackle, bondage! Breakthrough in your career, in your marriage, in the name of Jesus Christ!”

Evangelist Joseph told the people: “Every familiar spirit – familiar spirit attacking your life through dreams – command them out, in the name of Jesus!” He also told them to pray: “You demon – I command you, I order you anywhere you are – Out!”

Evangelist James told the people to pray: “You demon, you ancestral spirit, you family idol operating in my life – I command you: Out, in the name of Jesus! You demon, the cause of shame – I command you: Out, in the name of Jesus!”

Evangelist Chisom told the people to decree: “You unclean spirit, the cause of my sickness – anywhere you are: Out, in the name of Jesus! You sickness in my body, listen to the voice of God; your end has come. Out, in the name of Jesus!”

Evangelist Ope told the people to declare: You spirit of financial limitation, marital limitation – anywhere you are – out!”

In a Mass Prayer video, Prophet TB Joshua told the people to pray: “Thou power of deliverance – fall on me!” Be released, in the name of Jesus! I release your heart to the Holy Spirit! Be released! Every will around your heart – be released! Whatever satan used to connect your business, career, family to himself – be it your weakness – be released, in the name of Jesus! Whatever challenge that is standing before you – be released, in the name of Jesus! Experience those challenges no more, in the name of Jesus! Those nightmares – experience them no more, in the name of Jesus!”

Testimonies

A Caterer Gets Her Vitality Back!

Since her thirties, 44-year-old Tobechi had been battling with difficulty in walking due to lumbar spondylosis. She had been to various hospitals and ingested numerous drugs all to no avail. At her wits’ end, however, she took her case to God Almighty. As she sat before Pastor Evelyn Joshua for prayer, Tobechi’s tears betrayed her. “This is no time for crying,” Pastor Evelyn Joshua told the caterer, urging her to look to Jesus Christ. That was on January 14, 2024. Immediately after receiving prayer, Tobechi stood on her feet and began to walk without any pain. During her testimony on September 1, 2024, Tobechi displayed her perfect healing for the glory of God. She advised others to wait on God for solutions to their issues. 

“I Am Healed, Delivered And Saved,” Says Woman Freed From Household Demons

On August 25, 2024, during the deliverance session of the Sunday Service, the demon in Patience confessed its atrocities. “I killed three of her children,” the demon confessed at one point. As the fire of the Holy Ghost burned through Patience’s system, the demon in her screamed out in discomfort. Minutes later, she became calm. Then she stood up as a new creature. The following week, she returned to The Arena Of Liberty for her testimony. She started by telling of her past in idolatry. She also mentioned her multiple miscarriages. “I used to see a giant man who would chase after me anytime I went to the market,” she told the church. “He is your guardian angel,” Patience’s mother assured her. Not only did Patience suffer miscarriages, she also saw three of her babies die after birth. “Strange figures came to me in the dream bearing calabashes and asking me to feed them,” she recalled. It was the pattern for Patience to lose her newborn after having such a dream. Eventually, she and her husband decided to seek God’s help. “I have been quite elated since my deliverance,” she said, “and I know that the battle has been won.” She advised people to have faith in God. Her husband, Elisha, corroborated the testimony and also shared his own testimony of divine rescue in a ghastly motoring accident. “There wasn’t a single scratch on my body despite the wrecked state of my upturned truck,” he said. Elisha blessed God for His power in the Anointing Water, which he had ministered on himself before setting out on the trip. He advised others to put their faith in God.

Lizzy’s Days Of Satanic Bondage Are Over!

The demon started by fuming, “I don’t want to leave her alone!” Then it continued: “Whenever I see her in the village, I enter her. I frustrated her life. I gave her poverty. She was dedicated to me at birth.” Those confessions had come from the demon in Lizzy as the fire of the Holy Ghost consumed it on August 25, 2024. A week later Lizzy testified before the world. “My mother had lost four babies before me,” she began. “Before she managed to have me, my mother had to spend the last three months of her pregnancy at a witch doctor’s home,” Lizzy said. As she began to grow, she noticed a pattern of strange dreams in which she would see herself being guarded by snakes. “I would see one in front of me and another behind me,” she explained. Although her father had suggested that they seek only Jesus Christ, Lizzy stubbornly sought salvation at a witch doctor’s place. “But my situation worsened after that time,” she recalled, “and I started to see spirit figures following me about and whispering things into my ears.” After discovering God’s Word through Emmanuel TV, Lizzy began to hear from God in the dream. “Stop going to nightclubs and living your life like this,” an image of Prophet TB Joshua had warned Lizzy in the dream a few times. Having prepared her mind and spirit for God’s touch, Lizzy witnessed the raw power of God Almighty as a touch from an evangelist changed her life. Since that day, Lizzy has become a new creature in Jesus Christ. “I feel that sense of total deliverance in my spirit,” she asserted. She reminded others, “The Synagogue is a place of light; believe in God and He will answer you.” 

And A Multitude Of Demons Fled From Melvina’s Body!

The demons in Melvina were extremely powerful. But they were not able to withstand the power of the Almighty. As the evangelist and Pastor Evelyn Joshua countered every lie from the demonic world, the fire of the Holy Ghost burned the demons in Melvina and they began to confess. “Your husband is here – and you, too, want to challenge me?” asked the group of evil spirits in Melvina as the woman of God asked her to call the name Jesus Christ. “When I was about 12 years old,” said Melvina on September 1, 2024 – exactly a week after her deliverance in The SCOAN – I started to have dreams in which I saw strange beings.” Those dream encounters eventually affected Melvina’s life in many negative ways. “I became unruly and stubborn and got into gambling addiction,” she disclosed. All the while, however, Melvina hid her delinquent behaviour from her doting father. “I was his favourite child,” she admitted, but my mother knew about it all.” The more Melvina gambled, the more she lost money. “Sometimes Melvina would throw a pity party in order to extort money from people. “I would lie to them that my mother was gravely ill,” she said. At other times she would borrow money that she could not pay back. “Many of the lenders would come to my mother and demand their money,” she said. One day, Melvina’s mother gave her Anointing Water that she had got from The SCOAN. “The Anointing Water made me manifest for several hours that day,” she recalled. Melvina’s aunt then advised that she be brought to The SCOAN. As her father got the funds ready, however, he got into an accident that required him to divert the funds to fix the damage from the situation. A few months later, her parents managed to find the money. Then the journey to Lagos began. Melvina continued as follows: “It took us seven days instead of three to get to The SCOAN because the demons in me were trying to claim mine and the lives of others. They made the journey very difficult and I had to pray to God to save my life and the lives of others. But the demons caused the bus conductor to fall off the vehicle eventually.” Melvina’s parents and aunt had tricked her into the trip to The SCOAN – and the rest was now in God’s hands.

In the course of the service, even during the choir ministration, Melvina’s demons kept nudging her to leave. “They wanted to confront the choristers but the Lord took control,” she said. It would later transpire that the demons had intended to attack Pastor Evelyn Joshua and seduce the evangelist. “I was instructed to disgrace Pastor Evelyn Joshua,” Melvina confessed. As the battle between Light and darkness raged, Pastor Evelyn Joshua commanded Melvina to shout the name of Jesus Christ. As congregants screamed the name of Jesus, Melvina rapidly began to lose her powers. “Eventually, I raised my right hand, the source of my powers,” she said, “and I joined in calling the name of Jesus Christ.” Melvina said that she saw her demons give up the battle and leave her body! “That night I slept peacefully for the first time. But the Lord was not yet done with Melvina. The following day, she returned to the church and the demons tried again. “I touched a banner of Prophet TB Joshua and I fell on the floor on each of the occasions that I touched it,” she said. Melvina also disclosed that she alone saw a bird that confirmed to her the power of God in the church. “They told me that there was light and fire in Prophet TB Joshua’s shoes as they appeared in the huge banner,” said Melvina. Since her deliverance, the young woman has been living a life of freedom and peace. She advised others, “No matter your situation, ask God to show you mercy.” Her mother, Kadijatu, thanked God for saving my daughter. “Now she sleeps easily,” said Kadijatu. Thanking Pastor Evelyn Joshua for caring for her and her daughter, she advised parents to watch over their children. “Watch Emmanuel TV,” she added.

After-Service Testimonies

Deborah had been bedwetting for over 18 years. The problem discouraged her parents from enrolling her into the university. However, after participating in the Living Water Service 2024, the yoke of bedwetting was lifted off her life by the power in the Blood of Jesus Christ. “In any situation, we should trust God and run to him,” she advised.

Joyce was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, a condition that caused her serious pain despite the different medications she was taking. Coming to The SCOAN with faith, she received an anointed touch from Pastor Evelyn Joshua and her condition was reversed. Today, she feels no pain and is fit and able to do those things she could not do before now. “God is the greatest Healer. Bring your troubles to Him and be free,” she advised.

SCOAN Women Of Grace General Meeting 2024

On Friday, August 30, 2024, the maiden edition of The SCOAN Women Of Grace General Meeting 2024 was held in the Main Auditorium. The event was packed with many activities, including drama skits, choreographic performances and discussion sessions. To cap up the event, the Women Of Grace presented an award to the leader of The Synagogue, Pastor Evelyn Joshua.