Expdonaloaded News; Lagos City-wide crusade records miracles

IT lived up to its billing as Lagos city-wide crusade as massive crowds came out to be part of it everywhere it held. For instance, thousands of people comprising men, women and children, thronged the specious compound of Oke-Afa Comprehensive College, Jakande Estate, Lagos, on Sunday, September 13, to participate in the edition.
The Lagos city-wide crusade was organised by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, in conjunction with Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN).
The City-wide crusade which kicked off on September 8, at Nigeria Police Col­lege, Ikeja, has seen Pastor W.F. Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church preaching, in the first phase, to a similar massive crowd at Caleb Interna­tional College, Ikosi, Ketu (September 9), Gbagada Roundabout, Lagos (September 10), Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu (September 11) and International Trade Fair Complex, FESTAC (September 12). The one held last Sunday at Jakande Estate marked the last religious crusade fixture of the first phase.
Our correspondent was told that the second phase had since commenced with another crusade held on Tuesday, Septem­ber 15, at Unity/Cardoso Primary School, Ajegunle, and on Wednesday, September 16, at Abesan High School Jakande Estate, Ipaja. This phase is expected to be rounded off with another crusade to be held on Sunday, September 20 at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos.
It was gathered that one remarkable fea­ture of the crusade was the close coopera­tion between Deeper Life Bible Church and other Christian churches drawn from the CAN and PFN folds, something which has been highly commended by other Christian leaders. Christian ministers and leaders from outside Deeper Life, attended the crusade held last Sunday at Oke-Afa Compre­hensive College, Jakande Estate. They included Archbishop (Dr.) Peter Fabusoro, the presiding archbishop at The Salvation Church of the Lord International, Jakande Estate; the CAN Chairman, Isolo, Ejigbo/ Oshodi Province, Apostle Dr. Jonathan Aigbomian of Hopeline Christian Assembly International and Vice Chairman, CAN Ejigbo LCDA, Pastor Sunday N. Okon, of El-Shalom Evangelistic Mission and CAN Caroline District. Others were Pastor Ste­phen Ilesanmi, General Overseer, Rock of Ages Gospel Church and CAN Chairman, Jakande and Bungalow District, Apostle Dr. Joel. C. Joel, Senior Pastor Access to Christ Assembly Incorporation, and Director, Inter-relation, PFN, Ejigbo Central, Rev. and Mrs. Isaac O.A. Olaomo, of Christ Power Baptist Church, Ejigbo and Pastor Isaac Tayo Jimoh, of Christ Light Gospel Network Ministry International, Egan, Igando, Lagos. Others in attendance were Evangelist King James Akinsola, Branch Pastor, Christian Fellowship, Ejigbo LCDA and Rev. Dr. M.U. George, The Seed of Faith Tabernacle, Orioke, to mention a few.
Extolling the Christian unity witnessed between Deeper Life and other religious denominations during the crusade, shortly before Pastor Kumuyi came up to give his message, Archbishop Fabusoro, said: “This is what we have been expecting. Jesus, in the last request He made to His Father before He went to the cross, prayed for the unity of the church. That’s why I see this crusade as a memorable one as it has served to bring all of us together in fulfillment of Christ’s expectation of His church. I want something like this to continue. God is using this crusade to bring His church together and with this unity we can move mountains. Let us be one because Jesus Christ and His Father are one. So, I congratulate everyone that is present at this crusade today. I believe if we will continue with this Lagos-wide city crusade, by the end of September, Lagos will never remain the same,” he said. Pastor Johnson Ajibade, one of the Group Pastors of Deeper Life Bible Church, had, earlier, expressed similar sentiments while welcoming participants to the crusade.
Shortly after Archbishop Fabusoro’s admoni­tion, the Deeper Life Bible Church choir came up on the stage to minister to the marmot crowd. Earlier, members of the choir’s music orchestra and the Nigeria Police Band had played and sung sonorous Christian choruses and soulful tunes in which the audience actively partici­pated by singing and dancing along with them, to get their hearts attuned and prepared for the evening’s ministration.
Pastor Kumuyi, who had, before he came to the pulpit to deliver his message been introduced in glowing terms by Pastor Peter Okiti, another Group Pastor from Deeper Life, as a “distin­guished academic, First-Class mathematician, prince of preachers, teacher of teachers, pastor of pastors and apostle of this generation,” did not disappoint the participants’ expectation as he spoke on the message “Celebrating Satan’s Defeat.”
Drawing inferences from Bible verses like Exodus 15:1,2; 5: 6, 11,18; John 12:30,31; Luke 10:17, 18 and Hebrews 2:14,15, Kumuyi announced that Satan had and could be defeated in the body, soul and mind of anybody who surrendered their lives to Christ. “Just as Moses told Pharaoh that he had no choice but to let the children of Israel go, I came to tell Satan, your oppressor that he has no choice but to release you from every bondage of sin, sickness and sa­tanic attacks. And end has come for the problem that is greater than your strength and challenges that are greater than your  plans. Satan is defeated and you are free. It is time to celebrate your victory. Like Joseph, you are not meant for the prison but for the palace. And, if you have been in prison, your story is going to have from-the-prison-to-the-palace end.” that are greater than your
The message which was divided into three sub-topics, namely: “The Declaration of Our Saviour’s Victory,” “The Deliverance of Satan’s Vic­tims and “The Decision of Sinners’ Vindication,” had Pastor Kumuyi declaring, under the first sub-topic, that when the Saviour said on the cross that “it is finished, it marked the end of satanic interference in our lives, in whatever guise – sin, sickness and satanic oppressions and attacks.” In the second sub-topic, he talked about deliver­ance for anybody who felt they had been a victim of satanic manipulation and attacks and, in the third point, the need for every seeker to repent from sin and enslaving habits.
At the end of the mes­sage, thousands rushed out to the front like honey bees to pray and surren­der their lives to Christ as he gave an altar call. After that, he prayed for the sick and the afflicted and many participants confessed to being healed of their ailments after the prayers. They include Mrs. Funmilayo Adedapo who testified to have been cured of cataract, Mr. Emmanuel Okeokpen who said he couldn’t read tiny letters because of short-sighted­ness, something he had suffered for 23 years but who said he was able to do so after the prayers by the man of God and Mrs. Ev­ans Glory said before the crusade, she was unable to see with her left eyes since 2003 but thereafter she could see. Others include Princewill Stephen, from Christ Apostolic Church, who was healed of a lump that used to be on his neck, Mrs. Victoria Abiodun who was also healed of a lump on her left breast and Mr. Ikechukwu Manafa who was healed of severe pain from a broken bone he sustained in a motorcycle accident.