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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 11:43am On Jun 03, 2016
saxwizard:



its easy na...with grace though. ...
but who does dat...giving all ur possession to u man without backup....love sef sha
op fire on

Like the saying goes "Love is blind" grin
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 11:44am On Jun 03, 2016
Episode 7

I didn’t know what spurred me up to stand from my bed that morning!

I had come back from work very tired and I had to do some laundries. I also made Blossom’s hair and made sure Sam was well shaved. By the time I was done with all these activities, I was sleep drunk and was grateful to God that Dave had to attend the leaders’ meeting so I had enough time to rest.

I had not slept up to thirty minutes when I opened my eyes suddenly.

What woke me? I asked solemnly, very alert

‘Go to Nita’s house now!’ I heard so resoundingly.

I sat up with a start.

‘My God! What has happened to her?’ I said to myself as I wore my clothes hurriedly.

As I got to the door, I realized I was wearing the other side of my clothes

‘Oh my God!’I exclaimed as I pulled it off and wore it well.

>>>>>>>>>>>>
The traffic on the way was maddening.

I picked up my phone and scrolled through. I clicked Nita’s number and dialed it. It rang for a couple of time before it hung up.

Different thoughts ran through my mind;

Has Nita killed her husband?
Or her child?
Or herself?
Or all of them as a whole?

I shuddered at the thought and quickly started praying.

As an intercessor, I really hadn’t been doing well for some days now. Even the prayer list which contained the names of the people I prayed for every Wednesdays and Fridays was under my pillow. It’s been long since I remembered them in my prayers!

Holy Father! I hadn’t stood in the gap at all! Forgive me Lord!

I knew the Lord had called me into a ministry of intercession and reconciliation and I had discharged all my duties well until the Holy Spirit connected Sam and Zoe together thereby bringing me close to the Al-Makura family once again.

I had not been praying for her again since we lost contact years back and she had really strayed! She had yielded to the Devil’s Proposal since the conception and inception of her family that I didn’t know what to do!
I am so sorry Lord.

‘’Take care of the situation in her home now and preserve their lives’’ I prayed as my car swerved into their compound.

‘Good afternoon madam’ the gateman greeted me, bowing slightly

‘Good afternoon, where is your madam?’ I asked as I closed the car door with a bang. He cleared his throat and placed his two hands on his hips. I watched on in anxiety.

‘The battle has been tough ma. My madam just sent her mother-in-law and husband out of the….’’ He kept on with the gossip and I lost interest as I realized that something bad had happened and if care was not taken, it would be worse!

As I looked up at the window upstairs, a bit scared of going inside, I heard that distinct voice from up there.

‘Anybody there?’ she asked with a shaky voice. It was Zoe!

‘Yes dearie. Mummy Sam is here.’ I said

‘Please come up here. My mum has died!’ she screamed and I was shocked and confused.

What should I do now?

Thank God I was on duty today. I said to myself as I opened my boot and picked certain materials and inside I ran, leaving the talkative gateman to his wailings -‘My madam o’

>>>>>>>>>>>
‘Where are you now Mr. Al-Makura?’ I asked as I placed the phone close to my ears

‘Who is this?’ I heard from the other side

‘This Lizzy, Nita’s friend from the campus’ I replied

‘Oh! The one who married one Bro Dave?’ he asked and I smiled.

Nita must have really had a crush on my husband to have told her husband about him!

‘Yes. Please I need you to be around now please. Nita is in a critical condition’ I said and there was a chuckle at the other end.

‘What a joke! Do you mean the person that just drove us away from her house? Abeg, leave that story madam. Ba na so!’ he said in Hausa implying he didn’t like it.

What was he saying?

Drove who from whose house?

That was when I realized what the gateman was trying to tell me.

I looked at Nita on the bed. Even in her unconsciousness, she looked hurt. Her face was long and worn. My eyes strode to the petite hands holding her hands tightly. She was dozing.

I had found Nita lifeless on the bed with Zoe holding her tightly and beating her so she could wake up from her slumber. I had checked her vital signs and I realized weak pulse which I quickly adapted.

After searching in vain for even a single vein in her hands, I found one in her leg and I quickly connected the already injected saline drip I had taken from the car intravenously.

‘Please, I would need you to be around any time from now. No matter what had happened between you both, it’s time to let go and face reality. She was lifeless when I saw her’ I told Zack on the phone and the line dropped.

I sighed heavily as I observed her again.

Her pulse was beginning to come up again and I smiled. I went closer to her, placed my hands on her chest and prayed for her.

‘May God heal your hurt. May he calm your storm. May he be your comforter’ on and on I prayed
I picked up a bible and stood up. I walked from one end of the room to another. I saw their lovely traditional wedding picture frame and I shook my head.

‘This is an example of people who had a very great wedding but a very bad marriage.’ I thought to myself.

I knelt down beside my bed and started praying, quoting scriptural references. I soaked their room with the blood of Jesus, I prayed for their marriage and all and then as I prayed on, the door of the room opened and there and then I saw Zack. I smiled
‘He still loves her’ I said to myself

‘Well done’ he said shortly, went to the bed, pushed Nita gently, waved his hand before her face probably to ensure that she wasn’t really conscious, smiled widely and moved to the wardrobe.

My smile disappeared.

‘Mr. Zack, your wife is unconscious. Won’t you say anything about it?’ I looked at him as he picked up a file and quickly went through it.

Jesus, what should I do now?

I stood up from my bed and heaved a deep sigh.

There was really something horrible wrong with this family. It had a serious cancer that had eaten deep into its bones!

>>>>It Continues Still<<<<<<

Source: http://gospelbreed.com/2016/05/devils-proposal-episode-7/
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by joanee20(f): 12:06pm On Jun 03, 2016
saxwizard:



its easy na...with grace though. ...
but who does dat...giving all ur possession to u man without backup....love sef sha
op fire on

Sure its easy...but humans av flesh, but like u said it takes Gods grace.....Love is blind, Lol..

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by joanee20(f): 12:08pm On Jun 03, 2016
Olajhidey22:


No matter how hard, just have the full trust and confidence in God. Saying NO to the Devil's proposal might be hard to comply with in the first instance but when it becomes a part of you through the help of the holy spirit, it becomes your daily habit. smiley

Yeah yeah...sure

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 1:42pm On Jun 03, 2016
joanee20:


Yeah yeah...sure

smiley smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 1:46pm On Jun 03, 2016
Episode 8

I heard a voice faintly, as if from a very far distance!

‘See, mind your own business Mrs. Lizzy. Nita is my wife and I determine what I do to her in this house. You can’t be the one to dictate to me’ I heard that voice. It was so familiar to me that my heart ached faintly.

‘Well, I am not interfering into your family affairs sir but if your wife lies lifelessly here and you could still flip through files looking for God-knows-what, I bet it with you that you are wrong.’ Another voice said and I tried to figure it out. The voice made my already cracked heart to crack the more. The voice of my one and only rival!

‘You must be very stupid!’ I heard Zack say and bitterness grew in my heart.

‘I am very sorry sir. I didn’t mean to…’ Lizzy was saying again when I had the sound of something falling to the ground- he must have thrown something!

‘You must be very very stupid again this woman. Who are you to question my authority? God saved your damn butt that the shoe didn’t meet you’ I heard Zack’s voice again

What a disgraceful man!

How could he have shown his beastly attributes before Lizzy? How and why?

I opened my eyes slowly and I was double sure it was as red as a fiery furnace!

What had happened to me?

Did I faint?

I had never fainted in my life and if I had fainted, what caused it?

Exactly what?

It slowly dawned on me as I heard, ringing in my ears, the words of my barrister’s secretary as he broke the bad news to me.

I became extremely weak!

‘But see my brother; everything happening between you now is a devil’s proposal. You have been saying yes to it all along. Now, its time to say no! Please, for heaven’s sake have a change of…’ Lizzy was saying again, breaking my heart the more

‘You are mad! Now, leave this…’ Zack was saying when I sneezed very loudly that I thought one of my ribs had moved to my mouth.

I tried to stand up and someone ran towards me, held my back and quickly drew up the pillow to support my back. It was masculine and I was confused as I perceived my husband’s perfume. I looked up at him and he smiled!

Those horrible brown teeth!

But I smiled back at him!

‘What happened to you?’ he asked and I smiled again. I just wished that Lizzy could leave the room so I could display my madness.

‘How do you feel now?’ Lizzy asked, looking very shocked-probably from the pretense of my husband.

‘I am much better dear. Thanks’ I replied with a smile

‘She is better now. Now, go!’Zack said and helplessly, I looked over at Lizzy who was overly taken aback. I nodded.

‘All will be well Liz, please go!’ I said and Lizzy sighed aloud

‘Nita, please, you would need to get yourself together, eat and have enough rest. Your brain is under serious duress already. Please take care. Let me pray with you’ she said and Zack hissed.

‘Just go! We don’t need your prayers. Go!’ he screamed and I was shocked and very sad especially when I saw the big ‘I see!’ look on Lizzy’s face.

‘I will see you some other time then’ she said, obviously still in shock

‘If I should see you in this house again, chai! You would hate yourself!’ he said and I arched my brow

This man is mad!

No one can tell me otherwise!

First, it was my peace!
Then it was my sanity!
Afterwards, it was my companies!
Now, my friend…my only friend!

Zack is sick, madly sick! Over madly sick, ‘insaneously’ sick!

I watched as Lizzy walked out of the room and I sighed as I fought my tears from falling.

I must have fainted and her friend- the Holy Spirit must have informed her about my predicament.

The Holy Spirit still cared but I really couldn’t see any difference become things were not getting any better. In fact, things were becoming worse!

I scanned through the room and I saw my baby, Zoe beside me, holding the bed sheet beside me. She must have falling asleep while holding me. My pride!

Then, I looked at the man holding me by the waist. He was looking into my eyes deeply and I almost fell for it until he smiled- his teeth!

I hated Zack’s teeth! God forgive me!
They were like brown sugar. Exactly like that…like the bran of grains peeling off. Christ!

I looked away from him and tried to shove his hand off me. His filthy, dirty, contaminating, adulterous hands!

‘Please, could you take Blossom to her room?’I asked politely and he smiled, widely. Those teeth!

‘Anything for my Nita!’ he said in a funny way and I felt weird.

What was happening?

What exactly does this man want from me?

This is weird, oh Lord!

He opened the door, went out with Zoe hanging down his shoulder like a bag of beans and he closed the door after him.

This unfortunate, miserable man eventually disgraced me before Lizzy!

What exactly would she be thinking about as she drove home?

Ah! I exclaimed with a very loud, angry voice. I took in some deep breaths of air and panted for a while.

I was mad!

This guy wants me to be the shadow of myself while I lived.

He wants me to be a living dead!

What should I do?

The door entered and he came in with a tray of ‘Lucozade’ boost and a cup. I chuckled silently.

‘Of course this is becoming weird by the moment. Room service? By the man who rushed into the room and was scattering the files and all despite seeing me almost lifeless on the bed and even defied my friend’s caution and call to care? This is strange!’ I thought to myself, silently.

I was as weak as anything. I had never fainted in my life.

‘My princess, come and boost your system with this first. You need it’ he said as he dropped it on a stool which he dragged to my side. I smiled

‘I really don’t have any appetite for that now. My mouth is bitter.’ I said and he laughed.

‘You have to have appetite o. You need this more than anyone else’ he said and I sat up with great difficulty. When I spoke, my voice was shaky!
I could smell something fishy!

‘Zack, do you want something from me? This your overly care is making me to be worried’ I said and he laughed.

‘It is good to see you look helpless Nita!’ then he burst out into laughter till my heart tingled in pain.

Who would deliver me from whatever it was that this man was planning?

‘I know you are intelligent and that is why I love you’ he said, walked closer to me, rubbed my cornrows and smiled, flashing to me his filthy teeth again!

‘Zack, what is happening? Please, don’t hurt me. I am very weak right now.’ I said with a fearful voice as his eyes were as red as blood and they spelt mischief.

‘No, no, no! there won’t be any problem as long as you cooperate with me. All I want from you is to sign this cheque’ he said and dropped the cheque into my laps.

50 million naira!

That was the whole sum of money in my company account and here he was, asking for it!

That was the only account that I didn’t change the signatory when I married him, so I still had access to the cash from the media body but the rest of my company accounts had him as a signatory.

Had he finished spending the money in those accounts?

He just wanted to completely ruin my life!

I looked at him and shook my head.

‘Why is it that you are asking for this now?’ I asked and he smiled.

‘When is it best to harvest cocoa? Is it in the first, second or third year of planting it?’ he asked and I looked at him like a slowpoke.

Did he really expect me to reply that ridiculous question?

‘See, I will tell you because I bet it you have never been inside a farmland. If you harvest cocoa in the first year, that is a great loss because it wouldn’t be ripe, sweet nor would it bring money. See this media company thing. When we first got married….” He babbled on and I closed my eyes in a very deep thought

Now I get it!

He waited long for the money to pile up in my account for years.

Oh God!

Tears ran down my face.

I had missed it in marriage- brutally!

‘If I refuse to sign the cheque?’ I asked and he laughed loudly.

‘Drink this Lucozade boost and kiss this world goodbye’ he said

So heartlessly!
So wickedly!
So horribly!

‘It is poisoned?’ I asked to be sure and he nodded affirmatively, smiling and tears fell down my face as I looked into his icy face.

‘I would rather drink this thing you have prepared than to give you my sweat on a platter of gold. Bring it close’ I said and indeed, he poured the drink into the cup and brought it close to me.

Attack him!
Fight for yourself!
I had many struggles in my heart as to what to do.

If I died, who would take care of Zoe?

Who would even mourn for my loss?

I was never brought up as a coward, so I shouldn’t just allow this kind of thing deal with me.

I should deal with it.

…But I was weak…

My hands were shaking from shock and I was having a serious migraine. I was also seeing ‘double’!

As he brought the cup closer to my lips, I shook my head thereby falling the cup and its content on the bed. His face changed as he looked at me dangerously.

‘You are mad!’ he exclaimed as he deposited two heavy slaps into my face.

It seemed as if my jaws had shifted from their normal positions. I was weak, very weak.

Tears strolled down my cheeks.

This was not me!

I knew what I would do in this case on a normal day…Ah!

The devils in me roared!

I wheezed a couple of time and there and then, he poured the drink into the cup again and brought it close to me.

‘What would you gain from my death?’ I asked and the opportunity opened for him as the rink he held closed to my mouth jumped into my mouth….

It was acidic!

As it burned my tongue, I hurriedly spat it into his face and closed my mouth firmly, I still felt the acidic thing on my tongue.

I thought I saw death!

As my throat tightened, I sat up with whatever strength remained in me. I took hold of his hand and pushed him till we both fell down on the well rugged floor.

My head tingled as the mug fell on the floor and broke into pieces.

‘You still have some strength in you. Bravo!’ he exclaimed as he strangled me, holding my neck tightly

I had lost my voice!

I couldn’t say a word!

But my tears flowed!

Even as I died, I prayed that if there was another world, our paths shouldn’t even cross.

His grip on my neck tightened and I gasped!

Left with no other choice, I set my teeth on his neck and bit him, with all my might and my strength.

He screamed so loudly and his hands left my neck

I was relieved until I noticed a force.

As I looked up at his hands, I saw a broken piece of the mug in his hand, aiming at stabbing my back. My heart jumped into my mouth!

I turned suddenly and struggled with him.

Though he was heavier and more muscularly built, I fought well, perspiring like ‘A Christmas goat’

While the effect of the drink really worked fast, I overpowered him , took the piece and….

—deep into his neck I inserted it!

Everywhere was red!

‘Mummy!’ I heard that voice, overshadowing the deep scream of her father- My Zoe, my pride!

I looked towards the door and saw her shocked face.

I stretched my blood stained hands towards her, smiling faintly.

Her mouth still suspended, she looked at her silent father, back to my weak, outstretched hands and she ran away fast.

It broke my heart and my heart slowed down little by little till I fell on his chest!

…It continues


Source: http://gospelbreed.com/2016/05/devils-proposal-episode-8/

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by joanee20(f): 8:43pm On Jun 03, 2016
The devil really pushed her real hard...

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by saxwizard(m): 8:50am On Jun 04, 2016
this her temptation pass job own oooo...nice one Op


op read the last update u wrote blossom sumwhr instead of Zoe....
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Dresden: 8:07pm On Jun 04, 2016
Nyc. nd epic story line.u dnt hve to stop updating cus it is a devil's proposal nd dnt sayyes to it

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 9:02am On Jun 06, 2016
joanee20:
The devil really pushed her real hard...

Really hard my dear. Sorry for the delay in updating smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 9:05am On Jun 06, 2016
Dresden:
Nyc. nd epic story line.u dnt hve to stop updating cus it is a devil's proposal nd dnt sayyes to it

Smiles... I refuse to say YES to his proposal, so am progressing with the update right away. Thanks for the reminder grin
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 9:08am On Jun 06, 2016
lalasticlala Obinnau.. Front page plea! embarassed
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 9:10am On Jun 06, 2016
Episode 9

As I looked into Zoe’s swollen face, I could not but pray to God for mercy. She had cried her face out all through the night.

I was at the Monday Bible Study yesterday when I received a call from an unknown number.

‘Mummy, I am coming home o. Enough is enough.’ I had Zoe’s voice ring from the other end. I was shocked

‘What’s the matter?’ I had asked, so patiently.

Though I was perplexed, life had taught me so pricelessly, the importance of listening patiently and considering all pros and cons before diving into a matter no matter how little.

‘I am tired of Joe. We had a date yesterday, he slapped me just because I said I smelt alcohol in his mouth’ she lamented and I sighed heavily.

This Joe!

I had told Zoe for a number of times that I had my doubts about that Benin boy whose hair was so ‘afroish’ that it could make an osuka for a market woman carrying a large heavy bowl on her head!

When she was overly blinded by this love thing (or should I call it infatuation?), I had gone on my knees to pray against mistake in this aspect for my only kid.

Oh how I prayed!

Now, that same guy had slapped her for the second time.

The first time he slapped her, it was because she had confronted him on why he used the picture of a girl that was not even a relative of his as the profile picture on Facebook. He apologized for an umpteenth time to have Zoe back saying it was the devil’s handiwork- there are many people Satan would slap for lying against him in hell!

What else should I do oh Lord?

How do I teach my own daughter how to go on her knees and ask God for guidance in this critical aspect of her life?

I missed it in life and I now live in remembrance of my terrible mistake forever.

I am the most miserable, worst, unqualified marriage counselor on earth and since my failure; I had never attempted to advise anyone on that matter.

She drove into the compound that day in her official car- she had a nice job with a very prominent oil and gas company in Port Harcourt and she was one of their directors.

As she walked inside the house, she defied my open arms and just rushed into her room. She didn’t come out of her room until the next morning.

While she was inside, crying her heart out, I was in my room pouring my heart unto God to proffer solution to the issue and also help my daughter through me.

‘You are qualified to counsel her’ the Holy Spirit whispered to me

‘How? I am a failure. I failed in this aspect, so how can I successfully do this Father?’ I asked so calmly, my heart really heavy.

‘You failed indeed but your real failure comes if your daughter fails too!’ the Holy Spirit whispered to me.

Lizzy had really been a great help to my spiritual life, telling me what to do and how I should go about it especially in listening to the Holy Spirit. Over two years now, the Holy Spirit had been speaking expressly to me.

‘Sit her down and talk to her. You are able!’ the Holy Spirit assured me and I heaved a sigh of anxiety.- I had lost my voice, my boldness, my courage and I was really lost all together.

The effect of the mercury-laden drink that my husband fed me almost two decades back still lingered.

If not for God and his mercy, I often wondered how hot the hell I would go to would have burnt!- I would have been the firewood that the devil would use forever and ever in that burning furnace!

After I had passed out that day when Zoe refused to come into my bloody outstretched arms, I didn’t know what happened to me again- I was totally dead, in darkness.

I couldn’t even see God- in movies some people see some men in white that would chase them back to earth saying their time wasn’t over but for me, all I could see was total blackout!

I woke up from the unconsciousness when my ten years old Zoe was already 15 years old!

5 years unconsciousness just from a sip of mercury-laden drink!

Even after regaining consciousness, my condition relapsed severally before I became stable a bit.

I later learnt that Lizzy still lingered in the sitting room that day after Zack ordered her out of our house.

‘The Holy Spirit was the one who woke me up from sleep that I needed to be in your house and I couldn’t leave simply because Zack said I should leave. Thank God I waited. I found both of you in blood!’ she later narrated to me. My vomitus was intermixed with blood tht day, according to her.

She was the one who rushed both of us to the clinic and had us resuscitated and admitted.
But from then even till now, I experience labors to produce speech from my poison-twisted body;

My hands flutter like wounded birds;

My right eye rolls upward and;

My mouth contorts with effort.

When I was newly discharged from the hospital, I needed a friend to translate some of the ensuing sounds into language a stranger can understand.

The process was slow and obviously exhausting, but I was undaunted.

I was angry and wanted to be heard!

I wanted to speak again and I started to heal- little by little.

To start speaking now on matters that I really dread was something I couldn’t even fathom but I had to do it anyways as the Holy Spirit kept on bidding me.

‘Read Exodus 4:12” He spoke again. I reached for my bed and opened my Bible.

‘Now, go, therefore, I will be with your mouth and shall teach you what thou shalt say’ I read aloud meaningfully, nodding as the great promise of God sank deep into my heart.

With a set mind, I put down my Bible, ensure Zack was sleeping soundly and I went out of the room quietly so has not to wake him.

If you see Zack now, he is in a very bad shape!

Since the stab from me, he was attacked severely by tetanus and had relapsed lots of time despite surgery.

Now, he could barely use his back as he moved around in a wheel chair!

As Zoe cried so heavily, I couldn’t but shake my head because she didn’t know that all things was working together for her good.

‘Why are you crying this much? Do you love him this much?’ I asked and she nodded affirmatively, sobbing to the extent that her body shook.

‘Does he love you this much too?’ I asked and she looked up at me, waving her long, wet hair off her tears-soaked face. I saw doubt

‘He loves me too but he can’t be crying like this. He is a man’ she defended him and I gasped in confusion.

‘Men don’t cry?’ I asked

‘They do, but his own kind of personality…’ she kept on saying when I cut in

‘Can you die for him?…Like, you have one kidney left and he needs one to survive…’ she didn’t let me land

‘I would give it to him.’ She said and I watched on in amazement.

Arrant nonsense!

‘What about him? Could he give it to you? Could he because of you give up his life?’ I asked and she chuckled as tears ran down her face.

‘No mum, he’s human’ She said

‘And you are an alien?’ I almost shouted. She broke down into tears the more.

‘See daughter, be grateful that you still have this opportunity. If you had tied the nuptial knot with this ‘Puncher’, I don’t know what you would be saying now.’

‘Mum, Joe has always been my crush since the university’ she said and I shook my head.

‘Crush? What’s a crush?…see my love, a crush would eventually crush the ‘crushee’!’ I didn’t know if that word was in the dictionary but I was so desperate to pass my message to this infatuated girl.

‘Really?’ she asked and I nodded

‘See, I had a serious crush on a brother in my fellowship. In my thoughts, it was Bro Dave, when I wore a cloth; it was for Bro Dave that I wore it. Whatever I did, I did it with Bro Dave in mind.” I swallowed hard as I relived the whole scenes in my head. I remembered so clearly.

‘The funniest part is, he played along, notices the new dresses I wore, appreciated them, visited me, held my hands to pray for me when I was sick and all’ I smiled bitterly and Zoe watched on, her cries had subsided but she still shook from the sobs.

‘Until one day when he gladly pulled me outside the church, smiling heartily and jumping as if he had won a lottery. I was happy too, jumping as if I knew what it was for.’ I stood up and walked to the window.

‘So, what happened?’ she asked and I smiled regrettably

‘He started screaming ‘She said yes, she said yes. As my only friend, I am telling you first but Liz said yes!’ That was what he kept saying. Those words are still registered in my head as if. Oh my God!’ I exclaimed and went to sit beside her.

I placed my hands on her shoulders

‘I ought to have told you this story long ago my daughter but I hate failure. I hate it so much!’ I fought my tears as Zoe was about to resume her crying business.

‘Wow! Crush would eventually crush the crushee!’ she used my coined word and nodded so seriously

‘Yeah! Most times’ I added

‘Getting married to Joe who beats you like craze over minute matters –if you go on with it, the Lord would judge me for leading you astray’

‘Why?’ she asked, naively
‘Because despite my failure, I failed to still guide you aright’ I said and she nodded regrettably.

‘Is Joe a Christian?’ I asked further

‘Yes, he goes to church’ she replied

‘Is there no big difference between someone who goes to church and someone who is a true child of God?’

‘Yeah!’ she nodded

‘Where exactly did you meet him?’ I asked and she looked away

‘His sister was my course mate. She introduced him to me’

‘Like a matchmaking process?’

‘Yeah, maybe’

‘Did you pray about it?’ I asked and she shot me a serious look

‘Pray? About what?’ she asked and my spirit stirred within me.

I had really had it in mind to bring up this girl in the way of the Lord until the unfortunate accident that held me down for years. She had stayed with Lizzy for a year before Zack’s mother came for her.

See my once very sharp girl talking nonsense!

‘See my dear; you should pray about every single step you want to take in life. Let me tell you my own story and why it has turned out to be this way for me’ I said and she listened with rapt attention as I unwrapped my dirty past as one would unwrap gently, molded pap served in the leaves.

She had started crying and I later joined especially when I recounted how the whole issue severed the relationship between Zoe and I and how Zack and I became bedridden for years.

‘Now, Zack can do possibly nothing without me-bath, eat, walk, talk, all! The girls he was always carrying around are where now? The companies he wanted to steal from me? The money he wanted to steal—all back in my hands but the pain and perils of a bad marriage are all still etched on my heart my baby. I can’t send him out especially now that he is born again. He is the cross I have to bear. No one placed it on me, I did! Bitterness did! Envy did! Resentment and jealousy did and Crush did!’ I lamented and Zoe cried

‘I was really looking forward to ‘Zoe and Joe’. I loved the fact that the names are similar and thought we were meant for each other’ she said childishly.

‘Daughter, that’s where you are wrong because they might only have similarities in the spelling, even the pronunciations are different’ I said and she nodded

‘True! Zo-e and Jo. That’s true. But what should I do now?’ she asked and I smiled.

‘That’s the very best question to ask daughter. First, we would sit together and watch a movie’ I said and looked into her face.

The expression was expected

‘Movie? Mum, like seriously?’ she asked and I smiled

‘Like seriously! After the movie, we would know what to do. Get into the kitchen and bring two packs of popcorn from the popcorn machine’ I said and she shot me a confused look. I smiled reassuringly.

Few minutes later, I looked at her as she set her face like a flint on the Television screen, watching with rapt attention.

I kept on munching my popcorn so the noise would distract her little bit but no! ‘War Room’ had taken the best of my adorable daughter. Her pack of popcorn was just thrown beside the settee as tears rolled down her face.

‘This is similar to your marriage mum…though yours was worse!’ she said absent-mindedly and I smiled

A while later, I woke up from my slumber and looked towards the TV screen. It was showing the cast and I knew the movie just ended. I looked over to the settee and found Zoe stuffing pop-corn into her mouth in very large quantities with tears on her face.

I smiled

My method worked!

The Holy Spirit took charge!

‘Mum, we’ve gat to pray!’ she screamed as she ran towards me. She held my hands and I looked into her face. My beautiful little baby!

From giving thanks to God;to asking for forgiveness for the sins of self-reliance and all; to total surrender to Christ’s Lordship to commit our futures into God’s hands; to asking for the leading of the spirit in all we do, we really did pray for over 4 hours, drenched in sweat and tears.

By the time we were done, Zack had crawled to the sitting room, praying fervently together with us!

‘For speedy answers to our prayers we have prayed in Jesus’ holy name’ I rounded off

‘Amen!’ both of them chorused

To Be Continued...

Source: http://gospelbreed.com/2016/05/devils-proposal-episode-9/
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by saxwizard(m): 3:39pm On Jun 06, 2016
war room... dat movie touched me ehn....


weldone op

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by eunisam: 10:00pm On Jun 06, 2016
kontinue naaa
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by joanee20(f): 10:03am On Jun 07, 2016
Really Wow..
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Nobody: 10:52am On Jun 07, 2016
War room....that film is sooo amazing
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Khalraj: 2:16pm On Jun 07, 2016
Olajhidey22, fire on.

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 7:53am On Jun 08, 2016
eunisam:
kontinue naaa

Am sorry please. My schedule this week has just been so tight that i even forgot naiaraland embarassed Am sorry

Lets continue!! smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 7:59am On Jun 08, 2016
joanee20:
Really Wow..

smiley smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 8:01am On Jun 08, 2016
saxwizard:
war room... dat movie touched me ehn....


weldone op

War room? I don't think i've heard of it. Please tell me more!! shocked
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 8:04am On Jun 08, 2016
mhiz:
War room....that film is sooo amazing

What's the movie all about please? I'm curious to know
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 8:10am On Jun 08, 2016
Now the final episode which we all have been anticipating!!.

[size=14pt]Here is the link to the final episode http://gospelbreed.com/2016/05/devils-proposal-episode-10/[/size]

Please leave a comment behind, i'll sincerely appreciate that.

Thanks smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Nobody: 11:28am On Jun 08, 2016
Olajhidey22:


What's the movie all about please? I'm curious to know

Its about a family facing challenges. The wife worked as an estate realtor(dunno if I'm correct. Those people that sells houses)
She met an old lady who wanted to sell her home, the lady was a widow and a good christian.
She and the Lady got talking and she told the lady about her family problems. How she felt her hussy was cheating, and how her daughter was no longer drifting from her.

To cut the story short, I'm not a writer abeg. The old lady told the woman to pray for her husband, that instead of nagging/fighting the man she should go and nag/fight God.

She should get a small room and dedicate the place to God in prayer as a prayer room. That place was to be her WAR ROOM, where she would pray, make her requests to God and change her family for good.

The lady found out that when her hussy travelled, he was with another woman. She took it all to God in prayer, prayed about her husband and all. When her husband came home, she gave him food and all, didn't nag or anything. When her husband found a text in her phone, giving details about his infidelity he was shocked at his wife's behaviour.
When he was fired from work and expected her to nag, she didn't, she was supportive. This and other things touched his heart. When he found her prayer room nd saw her prayer points for him, it touched him and he repented and gave his life to Christ.

When he was fired from the company he worked, he had in his possession the company sample that he'd stolen before. He conscience pricked him and he went to return it to the company. The company had the chance and wanted to sue him and send him to jail for stealing, but the head guy said no. That the fact that the guy returned the samples was enough, that he should just repay all the company money he'd got illegally.

What else??, They sold their old house to a pastor and got another accommodation, the husband got a new job, and they grew stronger in Christ. The whole family started praying together in their new war room.
The old woman also advised her to find another woman to help.
Ahhh, ayaf tried ni, go and buy/download the film.

Op sorry for kinda derailing your thread.

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 4:23pm On Jun 08, 2016
mhiz:


Its about a family facing challenges. The wife worked as an estate realtor(dunno if I'm correct. Those people that sells houses)
She met an old lady who wanted to sell her home, the lady was a widow and a good christian.
She and the Lady got talking and she told the lady about her family problems. How she felt her hussy was cheating, and how her daughter was no longer drifting from her.

To cut the story short, I'm not a writer abeg. The old lady told the woman to pray for her husband, that instead of nagging/fighting the man she should go and nag/fight God.

She should get a small room and dedicate the place to God in prayer as a prayer room. That place was to be her WAR ROOM, where she would pray, make her requests to God and change her family for good.

The lady found out that when her hussy travelled, he was with another woman. She took it all to God in prayer, prayed about her husband and all. When her husband came home, she gave him food and all, didn't nag or anything. When her husband found a text in her phone, giving details about his infidelity he was shocked at his wife's behaviour.
When he was fired from work and expected her to nag, she didn't, she was supportive. This and other things touched his heart. When he found her prayer room nd saw her prayer points for him, it touched him and he repented and gave his life to Christ.

When he was fired from the company he worked, he had in his possession the company sample that he'd stolen before. He conscience pricked him and he went to return it to the company. The company had the chance and wanted to sue him and send him to jail for stealing, but the head guy said no. That the fact that the guy returned the samples was enough, that he should just repay all the company money he'd got illegally.

What else??, They sold their old house to a pastor and got another accommodation, the husband got a new job, and they grew stronger in Christ. The whole family started praying together in their new war room.
The old woman also advised her to find another woman to help.
Ahhh, ayaf tried ni, go and buy/download the film.

Op sorry for kinda derailing your thread.

Wowwww!!!! Am gonna get the movie right-away. Sorry for stressing your fingers grin. I really appreciate dear. This is highly intriguing. Getting a copy soonest mhiz smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by saxwizard(m): 8:00pm On Jun 08, 2016
Olajhidey22:

War room? I don't think i've heard of it. Please tell me more!! shocked
I dunno how to explain but try look for it and watch..u will be glad u did

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by saxwizard(m): 8:02pm On Jun 08, 2016
mhiz:


Its about a family facing challenges. The wife worked as an estate realtor(dunno if I'm correct. Those people that sells houses)
She met an old lady who wanted to sell her home, the lady was a widow and a good christian.
She and the Lady got talking and she told the lady about her family problems. How she felt her hussy was cheating, and how her daughter was no longer drifting from her.

To cut the story short, I'm not a writer abeg. The old lady told the woman to pray for her husband, that instead of nagging/fighting the man she should go and nag/fight God.

She should get a small room and dedicate the place to God in prayer as a prayer room. That place was to be her WAR ROOM, where she would pray, make her requests to God and change her family for good.

The lady found out that when her hussy travelled, he was with another woman. She took it all to God in prayer, prayed about her husband and all. When her husband came home, she gave him food and all, didn't nag or anything. When her husband found a text in her phone, giving details about his infidelity he was shocked at his wife's behaviour.
When he was fired from work and expected her to nag, she didn't, she was supportive. This and other things touched his heart. When he found her prayer room nd saw her prayer points for him, it touched him and he repented and gave his life to Christ.

When he was fired from the company he worked, he had in his possession the company sample that he'd stolen before. He conscience pricked him and he went to return it to the company. The company had the chance and wanted to sue him and send him to jail for stealing, but the head guy said no. That the fact that the guy returned the samples was enough, that he should just repay all the company money he'd got illegally.

What else??, They sold their old house to a pastor and got another accommodation, the husband got a new job, and they grew stronger in Christ. The whole family started praying together in their new war room.
The old woman also advised her to find another woman to help.
Ahhh, ayaf tried ni, go and buy/download the film.

Op sorry for kinda derailing your thread.


Inshort with this him no need download the movie again

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 10:14am On Jun 09, 2016
saxwizard:



Inshort with this him no need download the movie again

smiley smiley smiley Infact am more agitated to watch it after the long summary tongue
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 10:16am On Jun 09, 2016
saxwizard:

I dunno how to explain but try look for it and watch..u will be glad u did

Thanks for the recommendation smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Vaxt(m): 4:47am On Jun 22, 2016
[quote author=SimpleBea post=46181561][/quote]affirmative

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Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Olajhidey22(m): 12:19pm On Jun 23, 2016
Vaxt:
affirmative

smiley smiley smiley
Re: The Devil's Proposal (A Short, Educative & Interesting Story) by Cornerstone001: 5:43pm On Jul 28, 2016
Let me take a sit here

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