On June 28, 2015, Mr. and Mrs.
Solomon Aboyewa shared their testimony: 27 years of barrenness destroyed, and
with twins! Indeed “…There is hope of a
tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch
thereof will not cease.” They believed God for the fruit of the womb for 27
years. Undeterred by the seemingly irreversible course of nature and medical
verdicts of experts, they trusted in the Lord and in the end, it answered
because they fainted not. This couple who got married in 1986 spoke with FT
News recently, revealing the covenant steps they took, what their staying power
was, how they handled naysayers and
mockers, how the 51-year-old woman
frustrated signs of menopause, among other issues that culminated in the
delivery of the miracle.
IF WE KNEW
THIS CHURCH BEFORE NOW, WE WOULDN’T HAVE STAYED THIS LONG
The Aboyewas joined this commission
in the year 2000 on the invitation of a colleague and they got hooked
spiritually. “We fell in love with the church and then decided to join the
commission and while we were here, God enriched us so, we just believed that
the reason we came would surely come to pass one day. I used to tell people
that if I had known this church before now, I wouldn’t have stayed this
long.”
One covenant step they took was
bearing the burden of others according to Gal.6:2. “However in the course of
waiting, we prayed for people and they received their blessing and I was always
truly happy with people and somehow, I believed that my breakthrough would
come.”
I REFUSED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE…
In what could be termed, “I lived by
faith and not by what I see,” Mrs. Edith Aboyewa ignored signs of menopause. “I
had them at the age of 51 but at age 48/49, signs of menopause had started but
I prayerfully refused to acknowledge it and any time I prayed, it would come
flowing and I said to myself, until I have my babies I will not stop
experiencing my normal flow and God was faithful. And thank God for my husband
apart from being a husband, we were friends so we always encouraged each
other.”
AND LAST
SHILOH BECAME OUR OWN SHILOH
“We have been attending many Shiloh
but this last one, we said to God, you have blessed us; bless us with the fruit
of the womb before people will start saying I used my womb for money-making
rituals. I resigned from my banking job
because money is really not everything. A Redeemed Pastor once asked me, have
you seen your Bishop and I said ‘I see him everyday’. I was touched because it
was kind of challenging my bishop and the last day I worked at my office, as I
was leaving, I said Lord let the testimony that they will hear be that I have
given birth and to God be the glory I conceived and gave birth to twins - a boy
and a girl.
HOW WE
FENDED OFF NEGATIVE PEOPLE
“I’m a very strong-willed person; if
I’m talking to you now and you say something negative, I will just get up and
leave you there. Twice or thrice my
mother disowned me, before she gave her life to Christ, because I refused to
follow her way, but she came around and gave her life to Christ. As Papa would
always say, ‘friendship is not by force’. If you prayed with us and believed
God with us, you would be our friend, but once you exhibit any negativity, we
just cut you off. You can’t take me to court for refusing to be your friend.”
THE
TESTIMONIES THAT MINISTERED TO US AND SOME COVENANT STEPS
“A lot of people do not get the
message that we receive in this church and testimonies from the altar also
encouraged us. For instance, the
testimony of that woman who got hers after 40 years of marriage and there was
one of 28 years and there was another one that did not know she was pregnant
until the day she gave birth. These three testimonies were our prayer points
and Papa would always say, blood does not mean pregnancy so, we held on to
that.”
ADVICE FOR
WOMEN
“I watched films that portrayed
people believing God for issues. And even when the signs of menopause were
there, I didn’t even mention it to my husband; I refused to acknowledge it. It wasn’t
easy but just I held on to God. We picked something from Mama’s book “God is
too faithful to fail and there is no closed case with God” so we kept holding
on to that and we started giving offerings on behalf of the children. Just
start acting like you are pregnant, you have to exercise your faith. When I
went for my first scan, the doctor said he was seeing two girls but I said you
are wrong you are seeing a boy and a girl because that was what I asked from
God and as God would have it, the doctor was also a believer.”
‘TAKING
ANOTHER WIFE? GOD FORBIDS!’ MR. ABOYEWA SPEAKS
“During this period, we would go to
one doctor and he would say the problem is with my wife and another doctor
would tell us a different thing, saying the problem was from me. So we just
decided to settle with God. I had a very close friend who took another wife as
a result of childlessness, I just cut him off. God forbid! Never! That thought
never crossed my heart.”
PAPA’S
DECLARATION
“I can tell
you this; those children will grow and be mighty.” Those were the words of Bishop David
Oyedepo and we can’t help but thunder an AMEN!
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