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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by chrisviral(m): 10:35am On Aug 08, 2014
Paul and problem...
The two words are synonymous with wahala grin

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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Onemansquad(m): 3:34am On Aug 10, 2014
Onihaxy u don force me comot 4 ghost mode abi...9c writeup bro kip it up
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 6:10pm On Aug 10, 2014
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Paul got to lagos, he stayed with his friends who were working with big firms and were living together. One of his friends earns 120k while the other earns 135k respectively. Paul thought he could get job as soon as possible, but he doesn't go beyond aptitude test level ever since he had been applying for job in lagos. 6 months went by and paul hadn't gotten any job. His two friends tried to fix him in their different workplaces but it still doesn't work out. Paul continued praying and hoping on God for a job but each time he prayed, he always heard a silent voice saying "wait!!!!, the appointed time is near". He was convinced in his heart that soonest, he would get a job.
18months went by, paul was still in lagos without getting any job. He decided to increased the duration of his fasts and prayers. He even went to the mountain to pray but he was still given the same word of "wait!!!!, the appointed time is near. Paul's friends were getting fed up of feeding him with their salary for over a year. One of them suggested that they should take paul to the baba that always assist them whenever they have spiritual problems or any problem, paul was angry on hearing this "whaaaaaat, a whole me? Servant of the most high God?, follow you guys to an herbalist?, Never!!!!" Paul yelled at them and walk away into his room.
The friends were beginning to be tired of paul. One of them vowed never to drop a single kobo for paul again since he isn't ready to help himself. The other friend went inside the room to meet paul and talk to him.
"Paul, you see, this man gave us divine favour soap that we used to bath and it helped us in getting jobs in time. We aren't telling you to do rituals, neither are we telling you to offer or carry any sacrifice, we understand how religious crazy you are. But God doesn't go against assitance, don't you hear the general saying of *heaven help those who help themselves?*, see let me tell you, we also attend churches and at the same time, we meet prophets to assist us in reaching to God faster, and that is why we wanted you to follow us to meet this man. He is going to help you ..........bla....bla....bla." The other friend continued convincing paul but at the end of everything, paul rejected the idea.
The following week, the other friend who vowed not to drop a kobo fulfilled his vow, he would spend a lot outside, branched at eateries to eat and only comes home to sleep. The other friend began to complain of been the only one to provide for the house. Paul was getting hurt inside of him as his previous good friends are suddenly turning against him.
Weeks later, the other friend also stopped providing for the home and paul was left alone to survive on his own. He decided to walk across the street one day and he saw vacancy for a sales boy at a provision shop. He decided to apply for it just to have a means of income. The shop owner told paul that she would be paying 5,000naira and he agreed without hesitating. On getting home, he told his friends that he had gotten a small job, they asked about it and he told them everything. They both laughed and mocked him. "So you prefer 5k compared to the 135k and 120k we both earn respectively?" One of his friends said while mocking him. "Won't you rather follow us to somewhere where you would be assisted and get favour"?. The other said. Paul felt sad and walked away.
Paul started his sales boy job and still continued hoping on God for a turnaround. He was tired of praying alone and he decided to visit the pastor of the church he attends in lagos for prayers. The pastor said the same thing to him that his appointed time is near. If only he could be patient on God. After 6months of working as a sales boy, he had faced enough insults and humiliation from his employer. At home also, his friends weren't contributing. They both eat outside and only comes home to sleep. And paul isn't ready to leave lagos and return to his parents. He just had this belief that he would get a nice job in lagos.
After 3years and 8months of staying in lagos, paul sat down and began to think. He envied the luxurious lifestyle his friends were living. He wish he could have a 6 digit salary job and ride cars like his friends, but he isn't ready to meet any baba for help. "Me?, baba?, never!!!, I will never compromise my God" paul said in his heart.
At shop in the following week, paul's employer had went out and mini thieves came to steal items worth 60,000 in the shop while they were buying things. Paul was unaware until his employer returned and find out that goods were missing. He was seriously cursed and insulted by his employer who doesn't believed that the shop was robbed. She believed paul sold the goods and kept the money. Paul was slapped , arrested and sacked from the shop. He went back home after been released from the police station and began to cry about his frustrated life. His friends persuaded him again to give baba a trial and look out for tremendous change in his life. This time, paul agreed after many considerations
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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Onemansquad(m): 9:18pm On Aug 10, 2014
Ovoko!!! D guy dn fukup oo ....such is lyf sha....
bros onihaxy waitin patiently 4 d next epic oo
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Hurklan(m): 8:15am On Aug 11, 2014
O ma shé o fun bro paul
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 8:46pm On Aug 11, 2014
Paul and his friends got to the baba. His house was an ancient house with feathers and horns plugged into every walls. Smell of pigeon and fowl bloods were all over the compound. On getting to the door, his friends knocked and baba opened the door from inside. He welcomed them and told them to sit down on the mat. Inside the room was a white and red cloth hanged on the wall like a plasma TV. Calabash was placed on the ground, an ancient lantern was placed on the calabash and the baba was holding a horn. Paul was scared and worried on seeing all this things but his friends calmed him down and telling him that there is no going back and there would be no problem. His friends turned to baba and started a conversation.

FRIENDS: baba, good afternoon.
BABA: my children, how are you?
FRIENDS: baba we are fine ooo.
BABA: I can see that on your faces. How is work going?
FRIeNDS: work is fine and everything is fine. Thanks to you bABA.
BABA: ***smiled*** don't thank me, thank the gods, they performed everything, I'm only a messenger
FrIeNDS: thanks to the gods oooo.,
BABA: **smiled***
FRIENDS: here is our friend. ** pointing to paul***, he is a childhood friend, he had been in lagos for the past 3years with no job.
BABA: whaaaat, 3years?, and you can't bring him here all this while
FRIENDS: don't mind him baba, he wasn't interested at first because of religion.
BABA: ***smiled and facing paul*** my son, what is your name?
PAUL: paul
BABA: you see my son, religion doesn't hinder you from divine assistance from people that are closer to the gods. Both muslims and christians visits us here for counselling. If you noticed the man that went out just now, he is a pastor of a popular church here in lagos.

FRIENDS: we told him the same thing baba and he doesn't listen.
BABA: don't worry, today that he visited my temple, there would be instant solution. Let me contact the gods first to know what will work with his destiny.
FRIENDS: ok baba

Baba told paul to bring out any amount and speak to it. Paul did exactly what he was told and returned the money to baba. Baba faced the graved image beside him, he made incantations and chants to appease the gods, finally, the gods responded and its only baba that heard it. Paul and his friends were watching in a clueless manner.

BABA: the gods of my forefathers, here is paul before you, he wanted to get good jobs in this lagos and he decided to visit you for assistance.

gods: my servant, you see that boy, we have been haunting him for a long, and we are so happy today that he fell into our trap. Its time to deal with him.

BABA: haaaa!, the gods of my fore fathers, what happend?

gods: you see, while he was on campus, he wagged war against us and sent us packing. He loosed all the prey we tied, he performed many miracles, he healed the people we made blind, he healed the sickness we placed on people. And do you know the worst part?

BABA: gods of my forefathers, I'm listening.

gods: he delivered almost all the young girls that we possessed to sleep with young undergraduates and siphoned their destinies through sex. So this time, we are going to deal with him severely.

BABA: so what do I do my fathers?

gods: give him "tamotiye" soap and lotion to use. This will take his God's eyes away from him while we take our time to suffer him more afflictions.

BABA: ok gods of my forefathers. Thank you very much. I know that you will always help me.

FRIENDS: baba, what did the gods said?.
BABA: the gods said he would get a good job within the next 2 months.
PAUL: ***happy**** thank you sir.
BABA: you are welcome my son. Your friends are my son. So I will do anything fatherly to help you.
PAUL: thank you baba.
BABA: I will give you a soap and a lotion. You should be using the soap to bath everyday and always apply the lotion after bath. Its will make favour locate you whenever you went for any test or interview. I'm very sure you will be selected and employed. And watch out, you would be called for miracle job any moment from now.

PAUL: thank you sir
FRIENDS: thank you baba. Please take this 10,000 and use it to buy kola.
BABA: thank you my son.

Baba handed over the "tamotiye" soap and lotion to paul and they departed from baba.

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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Onemansquad(m): 9:17pm On Aug 11, 2014
Weldone onihaxy more grease 2 ur elbow ...waitin 4 d next epic
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 9:21pm On Aug 11, 2014
Onemansquad: Weldone onihaxy more grease 2 ur elbow ...waitin 4 d next epic

Thanks bro
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Hurklan(m): 12:37am On Aug 12, 2014
Onihaxy, woo, ur head dæ there
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Gbengem(m): 7:03pm On Aug 12, 2014
Bravo oniha8y, nice write up infact u deserve a cup of zobo.
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 8:35pm On Aug 12, 2014
Gbengem: Bravo oniha8y, nice write up infact u deserve a cup of zobo.

Looolz. thanks
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by chrisviral(m): 8:52pm On Aug 12, 2014
*goes out to get more Porn Corn* huh
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Yinkatolu: 9:18pm On Aug 12, 2014
God help Paul o
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by silverdam(m): 5:22pm On Aug 13, 2014
please continue this story now...
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 1:40pm On Aug 14, 2014
Apologies for the delay. Light had been epileptic in my area. I will update any moment from now when I fully charge my device
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Hurklan(m): 5:26am On Aug 15, 2014
No probs
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 10:40pm On Aug 16, 2014
Paul got home and began to apply the soap and lotion. At the first week, he noticed that he suddenly finds prayer and bible reading boring. Each time he makes attempt to have a quiet time, it always seems to be boring to him. This continued for 4weeks. On the second month, he stopped hearing the quiet voices of God which he normally heard and he never bothered about it. On the third month. Paul finds it difficult to attend church programmes. He started by going to church late on sundays. Gradually, he began to miss weekly services and before the end of the fifth month after visiting baba with his friends, paul had stopped attending church on sundays. His church members and elders in lagos who always knew him to be a dedicated and fervent Christian began to complain and worried over his sudden change in religious attitude. Instead of paul to reason with them, he fought his church members and he angrily stopped to be a member of the church. All through this five months, there is no sign or traces of job but his friends keeps assuring him that job would come. "Since it worked for us, then it will work for you" one of his friends said.
At the sixth month. Paul was stroked with a unknown attack. He began to bed wet. Whenever he sleeps, the whole mattress would be soaked with urine before daybreak. His friend were worried about it but there is nothing they could do to stop it, at the eighth month, it got worse that paul would pass urine in his trousers in the day break without him noticing it until his trouser gets wet. This happens to him mostly in public places. Paul was so embarrassed and disgraced that the whole neighbourhood was aware of it that paul is a daytime-bed wetter.
"This paul issue isn't ordinary. I think we should visit baba", one of his friend said. "I think you are right, we should go there tomorrow morning" the other friend replied. They all left for baba in the following morning.
"Baba, may you live long sir, here is our friend paul, he had been bed wetting for months sir" says one of his friends. Baba replied " haba, and you can't bring him to me all this while?, anyway, take this ointment and apply it on his body every night before you sleep. May the gods of my forefathers be with him". They all left and returned home. 3days after using the ointment, paul was healed of his bed wetting and everyone was happy. But 2days later, he was stroked with epilepsy.
Paul would suddenly fall down and started vomiting foam-like substances out of his mouth while shaking and rolling on the floor. On this latest development, his friends couldn't bear it and they sent him packing. Paul took his belongings and returned to his parents with the ailment.
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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Hurklan(m): 11:39pm On Aug 16, 2014
Hmmm
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Achieverbb(m): 1:22am On Aug 17, 2014
onihaxy: Paul got home and began to apply the soap and lotion. At the first week, he noticed that he suddenly finds prayer and bible reading boring. Each time he makes attempt to have a quiet time, it always seems to be boring to him. This continued for 4weeks. On the second month, he stopped hearing the quiet voices of God which he normally heard and he never bothered about it. On the third month. Paul finds it difficult to attend church programmes. He started by going to church late on sundays. Gradually, he began to miss weekly services and before the end of the fifth month after visiting baba with his friends, paul had stopped attending church on sundays. His church members and elders in lagos who always knew him to be a dedicated and fervent Christian began to complain and worried over his sudden change in religious attitude. Instead of paul to reason with them, he fought his church members and he angrily stopped to be a member of the church. All through this five months, there is no sign or traces of job but his friends keeps assuring him that job would come. "Since it worked for us, then it will work for you" one of his friends said.
At the sixth month. Paul was stroked with a unknown attack. He began to bed wet. Whenever he sleeps, the whole mattress would be soaked with urine before daybreak. His friend were worried about it but there is nothing they could do to stop it, at the eighth month, it got worse that paul would pass urine in his trousers in the day break without him noticing it until his trouser gets wet. This happens to him mostly in public places. Paul was so embarrassed and disgraced that the whole neighbourhood was aware of it that paul is a daytime-bed wetter.
"This paul issue isn't ordinary. I think we should visit baba", one of his friend said. "I think you are right, we should go there tomorrow morning" the other friend replied. They all left for baba in the following morning.
"Baba, may you live long sir, here is our friend paul, he had been bed wetting for months sir" says one of his friends. Baba replied " haba, and you can't bring him to me all this while?, anyway, take this ointment and apply it on his body every night before you sleep. May the gods of my forefathers be with him". They all left and returned home. 3days after using the ointment, paul was healed of his bed wetting and everyone was happy. But 2days later, he was stroked with epilepsy.
Paul would suddenly fall down and started vomiting foam-like substances out of his mouth while shaking and rolling on the floor. On this latest development, his friends couldn't bear it and they sent him packing. Paul took his belongings and returned to his parents with the ailment.
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What a sorrowful pity for my brother paul in christ, Lol Onihaxy baba more grease to your elbow......still following you all round like a shadow
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 3:21pm On Aug 17, 2014
Paul returned to his family. He was been carried from one hospital to another, from one physician to another but no cure. His parents tried many specialists and churches and yet, there was no cure.
Third month after paul's arrival to his family, he started developing mental problem. Paul would be normal for one moment, at the other moment, he would be behaving funny. He would started laughing and displaying funny act.. Paul suffered these ailments for the next 9 months with no cure.
The members of his church raised prayers for him. His family had series of vigils until he was cured after 2 years of staying with his family.
Paul realised his mistakes, he knew it that he had compromised his God, he knew it that he wasn't standing right with God again. He wept and cried unto God for forgiveness of his sins. He re-dedicated his life to christ and began to grow again spiritually.
2 months later, paul was in his room at his family house reading his bible when his phone rang. He picked it and had the following conversation.
PAUL: hello,
CALLER: hi, is this Akinbayo Paul?
PAUL: yes. Hope no problem.
CALLER: we went through your CV which you submitted two and half years ago and it matched the requirement for the post of general manager at XYZ nigeria Ltd.
PAUL: ok sir, thank you sir.
CALLER: you are to come on monday morning for interview.
PAUL: ok sir. Thanks.
Paul arranged his cloths, prayed to God and thanked him for the new things he hath done. He called his friends in lagos to inform them about his coming, they declined his request of lodging at their residence over the fear of epilepsy. He tried to explain to them that he had been cured but they refused to listen. He then called his lagos pastor as the only alternative left. He apologised for insulting the pastor recently, telling him its the work of the devil. His pastor was happy to hear from him and told him to come and stay at his place.
Paul travelled to lagos over the weekend and lodge at his pastor's house.
On monday, he went straight to XYZ company after receiving prayers from his pastors. On getting to XYZ. He met 12 people who came for the same job. Before the interview started, 16 more people came. He was scared because he was the less dressed among the applicants. He was the number 8th to be interviewed. When he entered into the interview room. He met 3 men panel and he answered all the questions nicely. The interviewer were amazed because he was the least experienced but he gave the most brilliant answers so far. Favour located paul that he was told to stay by after his interview to join them in interviewing the rest. Paul was overwhelmed and happy inside of him that there is a light ahead of his tunnel. He joined the 3 men panel now making 4 men panel to interview the remaining applicants.
He waited till thursday at his lagos pastor's house hoping and waiting for responses but nothing came forth. He decided to leave everything unto God's hand and decided to travel on friday.
On friday morning, he prayed, bid his pastor and the family farewell and head to the park to enter the bus going back to his own family. Sooner, the bus was filled up and was about to move when he got a call from XYZ to come over right away to fill some forms and also to get his guarantor's form and referee's form to be filled over the weekend and be returned on monday morning when he resumed work. He was happy and screamed inside the bus to the extent that the other passengers were thinking he was mad. He told the bus driver to stop and that he wanted to drop. A lot of people in the bus insulted him including the driver for delaying them because they would have to wait till they get another passenger before the bus could move. Out of the driver's annoyance, 200naira was deducted from the fee returned to him. But he never mind.
With his travelling bag, he chattered a bike to take him to XYZ. On getting there, he was directed to the branch manager who welcomed him, handled over his forms to him and discussed his salary with him, telling him he would be earning 180,000 naira basic salary + allowances + free staff quarters + official car. Paul was so happy, he was delighted that God eventually turned back his captivity and returned his lost glory unto him. He went straight to his pastor to share the testimony with him. His pastor helped him with the forms to be filled by dignitaries from the church.
Paul resumed work the following week, he packed into his new apartment and his car key was handed over to him.
He drove to visit his friends the following month to share the testimony with them. His friends were amazed by what they saw in paul. His new look, his radiance, his workplace, his official car and his salary. They couldn't believe paul would make it in life. Paul led his friends to christ and they were born again and became christians.
Exactly 6months after there converts, they got promotions at their workplaces that had been due to them for a long time. The 3 friends were happy and returned all glory to almighty God.
Paul got married to a God fearing lady in his church and he was blessed with children.

........................THE END...............................

Dedicated to all the good christian brothers out there. Please hold on to your faith and don't compromise God no matter the situation. Especially wen you have waged war against satanic forces only to return to them for help when trouble comes, they would not help you but rather take revenge of the pains you caused them in the past.
........Thanks everyone for reading...........

Back to sexuality section. (LOL). No cast me abeg for returning there, I'm just a multi-dimensional writer. Thanks

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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by chrisviral(m): 4:44pm On Aug 17, 2014
Wonderful piece!
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by YoungIncredible: 8:27pm On Aug 17, 2014
Nice story. Very motivating.

Humbledbygrace or whoever the mods of this section maybe. Isn't this a frontpage material?
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by VivyGift(f): 11:49am On Aug 18, 2014
This is nice Mr. Onihaxy
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by oluwashedy: 4:24pm On Aug 18, 2014
Let us know when u're starting ur new story
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by great289(m): 6:52pm On Aug 18, 2014
oluwashedy: Let us know when u're starting ur new story
is already on. Go to sexuality section and look fr it dia or u click on onihaxy profile and see it dia
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Hurklan(m): 8:00pm On Aug 19, 2014
Wa shere man, jah Bless u
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Nobody: 12:38am On Sep 03, 2014
Aaawww, so touching a story...i'm touched. Patience is hard to practice but in the long-run, it's totally worth it. Thanks man@Onihaxy.
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 11:56pm On Oct 14, 2014
Chi59:
Aaawww, so touching a story...i'm touched. Patience is hard to practice but in the long-run, it's totally worth it. Thanks man@Onihaxy.

U are welcome

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Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 11:57pm On Oct 14, 2014
Chi59:
Aaawww, so touching a story...i'm touched. Patience is hard to practice but in the long-run, it's totally worth it. Thanks man@Onihaxy.
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by chinedumo(m): 11:08pm On Dec 22, 2014
Performed miracles?
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by Nobody: 4:29pm On Jan 09, 2015
God bless you so much for this Onihaxy. So inspiring!
Re: Bro Paul-- A Short Story by onihaxy: 5:02pm On Jan 09, 2015
modelmike7:
God bless you so much for this Onihaxy. So inspiring!

Thanks so much

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