How did vision come?
It’s so amazing that this program has come to stay. I want to bless the name of the Lord for such an amazing assignment which He has called us into. I also want to acknowledge the great and outstanding support given by our father and angel of this great mission, the General Overseer of The Gospel Faith Mission International (GOFAMINT), Pastor (Dr.) Elijah Oludele Abina. if not for his approval, prayers, support and his blessings on this program, I wonder where we would have been today.
The programme came about as a result of the challenges we were going through then in my church, Gospel Faith Mission international (GOFAMINT), Ilasamaja Assembly, Lagos. I discovered that we had a lot of marriageable youths who couldn’t connect with their spouses and secondary school students who couldn’t gain admission as well as students in tertiary institutions who no longer have hope in their education.
There were no jobs and no money at all. People were sick and so many issues here and there. In August 1993, 30 years ago, when new workers in the church were to be inaugurated, there was a three days marathon fasting and prayer. After the programme, seeing everything going on in the church, I had to inform everyone interested and the authorities of the church said there would be an extension into 7 days to seek the face of God about issues happening to members and that was how the 7 Days Marathon Fasting and Prayer began.
So, how has the program boosted soul winning, growth and development of the church?
On soul winning, the program has really helped to improve people’s thirst and hunger for God’s work in that, when the people who were not getting it right realized the importance of God in their lives & businesses, it drew them closer to God and they make Him the priority in their lives and daily work. We also had job seekers, this programme has helped them to engage the supernatural acts of God in all they do and when they took God’s business, which is soul winning as a priority, they too got what they could do to make ends meet.