This testimony from a dear sister and friend will blow your mind. God is awesome. Read and be encouraged. If He did it for Mope, He can do for you.
Thank you lord, I thank you lord, I thank you
lord….
It is exactly a year today that you showed
your awesome power in my life and in the life of my mother, I am ever so
grateful for preservation of life.
I thank God for the opportunity to testify of
God’s goodness in my life and in the life of my parents. 2014 was indeed a very
challenging year, the devil tried to consume me and my family but our father in
heaven, who knows all, who sees all and can do all things, showed up, showed
mercy and he delivered us.
On the 6th of January 2014, first day back at
work after the festive period, I heard very clearly, like a whisper in my ears
the word ‘decision’…I shared it with a friend & colleague, we prayed,
but to be honest I didn’t think much about it, after all every day we are faced
with decisions/choices to make in life!!!
I was scheduled to have an operation on the 5th
of February 2014, bless my mother… she came over from the States so she could
provide assistance as required during my recovery phase. I thank God, the
operation was successful however the Anaesthetist took longer than expected
(4hrs instead of 1hr) to bring me round. The doctors heaved sigh of relief when
I finally opened my eyes…. once they stabilised me, I was discharged but was in
severe pain, I could barely walk and needed assistance doing everything. After
we prayed at home, I was helped into my bed and Mummy suggested that she would
sleep in my room with me so she could help get me in/out of bed through the
night…that was the Holy Spirit at work!.
At 2:45 am, I woke my mum up because I needed
to ease myself, she helped me out of bed and we started the ‘journey’ to my
bathroom which is literally across my room but seemed to take forever at the
pace we walked. When we got there, I looked at mummy and knew something was wrong;
she looked very pale and just as I asked if she was okay, my mother slumped to
the floor, hitting her head hard on the ceramic tiles in the bathroom. She
looked lifeless and had stopped breathing; I knew I had 2 choices at this
point, fear or faith.
Divine strength came from within and I ran to
grab the phone and called 999, I called upon my pride and joy Jordan & Jade
and they answered me. I lifted mummy into a position such that I could
administer CPR to her. As I did this I started to speak in tongues, speaking
life into her body and then I remembered the testimony I shared in church in 2013
of how God brought my god-daughter back to life after she had drowned at home,
this filled me with even more faith.
After about 15mins, but it seemed like it was
an eternity, mummy started to respond, she started to breathe again and slowly she
opened her eyes. She seemed very confused and opened her mouth to speak but
there were no words uttered, so I urged her to say the name of Jesus, the name
which is above all other names, the name filled with power to break every chain
to break every yoke of the enemy….With a lot of effort, she started to mutter
the name, and then repeated the action, the more she called the name ‘Jesus’
the more she was filled with strength and she started to proclaim Numbers
23:23; for there can be no enchantment against Solabomi, neither can be any
divination against her children but it shall be said of them of what God has
done, as she spoke with intensity, mummy was filled with the holy spirit and
started to speak in tongues…. At that time she was 73years old, a prayer
warrior but had never spoken in tongues in her life!!!
Soon after, the paramedics arrived and they
wondered which one of us was the patient….my mother was then taken to the
hospital. When I reflected on what had happened, I was glad that my mother was
alive but I was also angry with God, I just couldn’t fathom why and how he allowed the devil to attack me
at my weakest, when I felt most vulnerable. Now I have been through many
challenges in my life but I have always enjoyed the peace of God, his peace
truly surpasses all understanding, but during this period whilst I was angry
with God, peace eluded me. I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t
think, I could not be still, I was soo very restless in my spirit.
I thank God for my family and my dear friends
who stood by me, encouraged me, prayed with me and shared the word of God which
is sharper than a two edged sword with me. I started to meditate on Philippians
4: 6-9 and made a conscious effort to reapply those words in my life and then
the holy spirit opened my eyes of understanding and I realised that I had
believed a lie hence my anger with God…and the truth was revealed more and more
to me that indeed God loves me and he answered me when I called for my mother
to be delivered from the gnash of death, it suddenly dawned on me that if not
for God my beautiful mother will not be alive today….God is always faithful and
true, ever merciful and regardless of the trials and tribulations in my life he
remains the supreme God, he will never change, he can never fail, his ways are
not my ways, his thoughts are not my thoughts and really who am I that he is
mindful of me???, that he hears me when I cry for help. Hmmmm….indeed Baba God
is awesome. I am grateful because when I went in pursuit of the God of peace,
he revealed that his arms were always wide open to welcome me and embrace me. I
thank God for I have located the God of peace again and I am once again basking
in his love and grace.
Following my mother’s recovery I was nudged in
my spirit to buy a blood pressure monitor for my home, now my mum already had
one so common sense told me I didn’t need one, but nevertheless I decided to
obey and I bought a BP monitor.
My father arrived in November on a short visit
to attend his 1st grandson’s graduation, on the 5th of
November 2014 he insisted that I should take my BP as he was worried I was
overworking myself as I had been sooo busy that week. I reassured him that I
was fine and gave the BP monitor to him to check his instead, just to give me a
breathing space. He checked his reading and came to me with a grim look; his
reading was 214/146. We took a number of readings on both arms and the reading
was repeatable, when I checked mine the reading was normal indicating that the
monitor was functioning well and the readings were genuine. It was about 11pm,
but I stayed calm and called the NHS 24, as my father showed no worrying
symptoms the only medical advice I got was for me to call the GP in the morning!.
The following morning, the GP said the earliest appointment he could offer was
in a couple of days. Whilst I am not a doctor, I knew that that was not good
enough, my father’s BP reading was unacceptable and pretty much a walking
corpse. After speaking with my brother Akinsola we decided to take my father to
the A&E, when we arrive there, daddy had started complaining about slight shoulder
pain but still showed no worrying signs, but just as the doctor was assessing
him, my father started to clutch his chest, with his eyes bulging, my father
was going into cardiac arrest…but my faith was unshakable, I was not phased and
I started to speak in tongues and the doctors rushed him off and were able to stabilise
him within 45mins. I thank God for again he showed up and he had orchestrated the
chain of events so that what the devil had meant for death and destruction, the
lord used it to showcase his awesome power.
Words are not enough to express my gratitude
but my mouth is filled with praise to the most High God…I thank God for
preserving my life, my mother’s life and my father’s life in 2014. Without God,
I am nothing and can do nothing but with God, all things are indeed possible.
I made a vow with God, that if my mother was
persevered for another year after her miraculous revival on the 6th
of February 2014, that I will testify of his goodness……My father in heaven was
true to his words, I testified in church on Sunday the 1st of Feb
2015 and today the 6th of February 2015 marks a year and my mother
is well, sound and hearty…rather than a remembrance service it is a testimonial
service to give all OF THE GLORY TO gOD….. so please join me to bless this
amazing God that we serve for he has indeed been good to me and my family.
PRAISE THE LORD…..HALLELUYAH!!!!
With Love
Mopelola Lamond
