I was born into a Christian family but I was not what you will call a practising Christian. Right from my youth I hated going to church because I see church people as boring, weird and strange. Particularly with so-called tongue speaking born again Christians I see them as hypocritical, judgmental and very boring people. I was a very sceptical person but even though I did not like going to church very much and was not overly enthusiastic about church people I have always believed that the universe is too complex for it to just become or exist out of a big bang. I believed there has to be a God or some kind of supreme power behind all that we see in life if a simple thing like the house that we live in has to be built by someone. In my little believe in God I have always gone to him in my own little way as far back as I could remember mostly whenever I am in some kind of trouble or distress. Just like every human I have had my own shares of troubles in life and the older I got the more complex they got. With all of my problems however I never thought for once that it was a necessity to give my life to Christ until my problems in my adulthood became too much for me to handle.

I have on two occasions built up enough courage to answer the alter call when I finally became a regular church attendant to give my life to Christ but I never for once thought of the significance of doing so. I mostly went to church to satisfy my religious conscience and at first I went to church only on New Year's eve until the next New Year's eve. It came to a point in my life however that I felt I needed more to attend church but I never seem to get round to doing so as frequently as I would liked to. At a point in my life I became very unhappy, depressed most of the time and I had many questions particularly about God that no one seems to be able to give me a satisfactory answer to. Whilst I was going through my transitional motions my husband who I met in the mist of all of my ups and downs was also going through his motions. Just like most couples we have had our own individual shares of trials and tribulations and as a couple we have been through many problems together and in the mist of all our troubles we jointly decided to look for a church for regular fellowship.

We never stayed long in one church to really become part of that church because we always find one fault or the other with it. In the end we found one that we stayed in but our troubles instead of diminishing seems to be on the increase. In the end we stopped going to church altogether and doing so even made things worse.

"Clearly at that point I thought I was only talking to myself but I later discovered that God was on that day listening to me"

In year 2003 I reached a breaking point. I became so depressed, upset and totally fed up to the point that I started to give death serious consideration as my only option. I smoked a lot and drank a lot hoping to bury my sorrows in cigarette smoking and alcohol. In that same year in the month of September I became so fed up one night that I sought God in a way that I have never done before. I did not know how to pray as such and the only bit I knew in the Bible was Psalm 23. Nevertheless full of emotions and deep frustration about my situation and life in general I cried onto Jesus and asked him to forgive me my sins. On this night I shouted and screamed especially since I did not really know how to pray much wept deeply and as I was doing all of this I wondered if he was listening or looking at me. I told him I was confused and I needed to know my purpose in life in particular, why I have come to this world, where I come from and what happens after I leave this world. I also said that if really he is the Son of God and as the Son God in God who in power and might truly created me he should please help me now by coming to my rescue because I am tired of life. I asked many questions such as why does things have to be so difficult? Why is life so unfair and why does it look as if the wicked only prosper? Clearly at that point I thought I was only talking to myself but I later discovered that God was on that day listening to me.

The following day was a Sunday and since we have stopped going to church I decided to watch one of the Christian channels and to my surprise the teaching at the station I choose to watch was on purpose of life in life. At the end of the teaching the preacher said that God is a God of purpose and also a God of promises. He said that we should look in the Bible to find God's promises for us as humans and that his promises he always fulfils and that we should consider ourselves as partakers of the promises and the fulfilment of it. At the end of the programme I decided for the first time ever in my life to pick up my Bible from wherever it was usually under my pillow because of nightmares; to find this so called promises the preacher mentioned. However I had a problem I did not know where to start but for some reason I decided to start from Genesis 1 verse I. In my mind I thought that if I could read a novel and finish it then I should be able to read the Bible to the end from the beginning. I had hoped that by the time I get to the end I should come across the many promises that the Preacher spoke about. To my amazement all I read was Genesis chapter 1 verse I to 3 and by the time I got to verse 3 it was as if a veil was lifted off my eyes. I could see, I felt alive and for reasons that I could not explain I was happy. The rest of the day I felt the urge to write and what I wrote was like a summary Bible lesson on creation and God' purpose in our lives. I felt good and after this Sunday we resumed going back to church because I felt the urge to do so. I thought the incident of that Sunday was the end not knowing that it was only the beginning.

Nothing major happened after that Sunday and after all the excitement things seem to quieten down. I continued with my smoking and drinking until the month of January 2004. As usual my family and I went for our New Year's eve service but unlike the previous year I had a good feeling about that year. Usually I have a long list of what I want from God mostly material but that year I was not able to ask for any material thing. I was just happy to see that year and I had some kind of joy that I have never felt before. At the end of the church service we went home with some friends for some drinking and smoking sessions and the following day I had a serious hangover. After speedy recovery I tried to smoke I could not. Tried to have some more drink I could not and that was how I stopped drinking and smoking. After I had stopped drinking and smoking I decided I was going to say little prayers every morning and I also felt the urge to read more my Bible. Since I did not know how to find anything in the Bible I will just open it and to my amazement I always end up on a page or chapter full of God's promises.

"As I opened my mouth to pray I started to cry instead"

One morning in February I did not just open as before instead for unexplained reasons I went to the Book of Acts Chapter 2. After I had finished reading it I decided to say a little prayer before heading to work. As I opened my mouth to pray I started to cry instead and as I was crying I was also singing and for some reasons I could not stop. Before I knew it I started falling all over the place and in the end I laid down flat for I could not stand. By the time I sit up again and opened my mouth I started to speak in tongues and to my amazement I understood all the words that I said and they are "Rejoice, today you have been fully delivered from the claws of Lucifer. Your heart was hardened and I had to circumcise it. Now in good circumcised heart you are totally free from all shackles and bondage. Woman thou are loosed and in total freedom go into the world and proclaim the good news". When the interpretation of this words came to me I could not curtail my joy. It was the happiest day in my life. I felt so light-hearted and from that day on I started to hear this loving and kind voice and at first I was not sure but in the end I knew that this was God speaking to me. At the same time that I became convinced that this was God I heard another voice that was very unfriendly and wicked but the Godly friendly voice was always there to give me confidence and to build my trust in him. In giving me confidence he assured me that gradually the hateful wicked voice shall soon be totally silenced. He also told me that the flesh is condemned to Satan who is death and the flesh in loyalty to death is trying to work against me to place me in fear so that in fear I will not be able to grow and develop. God spoke to me soon after my speaking in tongue experience about my purpose in life and he told me that my purpose is to proclaim the good news to all of mankind. I told him I have no expedience and he told me he knows that already and that all that I need to do is trust him and that he himself will teach me all that I need to know. The name of the church as God himself call it is Freedom House and as the Head Pastor of Freedom House I am the first to be freed to testify to God's deliverance power through his mercies, love and kindness for us all.

"I am now a woman with God's mission and purpose established in my heart"

My testimony does not end here. My testimony is a daily event and each day of my life and for all that I went through to fully prepare me for God's ministry I give him all the Glory. Have you ever wondered what testimony awaits you from God? To testify is to bear witness and as a witness I say if you seek God with all of your heart, mind and soul you will find him. Now I know that all the while God was waiting for me whereas I was busy waiting for God. This in summary is how I became to be a Pastor and if God can use someone like myself he can certainly use you for the proclamation of his glory. God broke all of my shackles and through Christ Jesus I became born again and by being born again I became a new creature in Christ Jesus and as a born again Christian I have never known life to be so good and exiting. Each and every day I wake up full of joy in my spirit and I am always in full appreciation of God's mercies and goodness towards me. Even though I went through greater trials and tribulations after God made me conscious of my deliverance I thanked God for being there and for taking me through all of my trials and tribulations for it is from those trials and tribulation that he perfected me as a witness. As God said the enemy's voice is now totally silenced and I thank God for his faithfulness and for his goodness. God does not want the death of a sinner but repentance and if you go to Jesus just as you are he will cleanse you by his precious blood. I was a smoker, a heavy drinker and I was a woman totally confused about life but through revelation by God in Christ Jesus I am now a woman with God's mission and purpose established in my heart and God's mission is always possible mission. Since the ministry has been established God himself has been working wonders amongst us through his deliverance and healing power. I went to God out of share frustration to find out my purpose in life and my question to you today is what will it take for you to seek God? God makes his mercy full daily so that we have the chance to repent.

If you have the chance and opportunity to read this then know that God is calling you today for tomorrow might be to late. The big question is are you ready to answer God's calling and start to operate in God's dominion in freedom and in power over and above the enemy or do you still want to continue having your pity parties in loneliness and in sorrow just like I use to.

"Come align your will with God's will and begin to start your true purpose in life"

Have you ever thought it necessary to ask God for your purpose in life? Have you ever wondered why you are here where you are heading or have you ever thought that there could be some chains and shackles around you that you need to be loosed from? God is God in the beginning and as God in the beginning he still is God today just as he was in the beginning. The work of God is perfect and he has already finished the work all he ask is that you have the willingness to see the light and he himself will do the rest. Come align your will with God's will and begin to start your true purpose in life. As a direct witness my message from God is that God is waiting for you to make you conscious of your destiny purpose. To serve God's purpose in life is to be full with joy and filled with goodness of life in eternity. No matter what your problem is in life God is able to solve it if you seek God through Christ Jesus. Come to God just the way you are and quit trying to fix things yourself. God who made you knows why he made you to be and it is only in Christ Jesus that you become filled with the Holy Spirit and in the Holy Spirit you will no longer be void or empty in life but totally fulfilled in life for ever. Through the anointing of the Holy Ghost and for the perfection of goodness in you I give you a special invitation to join us at Freedom House for an anointing service with a difference. May be just like me you have all your life been sceptical or perhaps you are seeking some direction or answers to many questions or maybe you feel there is a heavy burden upon you and you seem not able to shift it off no matter how hard you try. Perhaps just like me you have reached a breaking point and you are seriously now giving death a thought. Whatsoever the case may be death is not an option. That is the way the enemy wants you to go. Death is condemnation and Christ is life and the only way to eternal life is through Christ Jesus.

We do not promise you some state of the art stage show but we guarantee you not by my power might or spirit that in the name of Jesus all old things shall pass and you shall see the brightness of a new beginning in your life. Christ Jesus himself said it in the Bible that if you come to him in your heavy laden he shall give you rest not just in this world but in eternity. I bear witness to his promises and the fulfilment of them and as a witness I say come all that are heavy laden unto Jesus and just like he gave me rest he shall give you rest also. Christ is calling you also today to enter into a relationship with him and in him be in eternal life of joy, peace and total happiness. We hope to see you next Sunday for a life changing experience or even hear from you before then. Contact the church number for directions on how to get there or email us with your prayer request or for assistance that you may require from us. We look forward to hearing from you and till then may the peace of the father, the son and Holy Ghost rest abide with you now and for ever.

Pastor Mrs Olabisi Kufeji