I find find these stories about two of my foremost mentors
very inspiring and extremely interesting. Many have heard me
tell these stories.
FIRST we start with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and Archbishop
Benson Idahosa. You need to realise that decades ago while
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome was yet in High School he was
fascinated by the miracle ministry of Benson Idahosa. He'd
read ministry magazines of Church of God Mission and say to
himself "One day, I too will have massive crusades where
crowds will gather and miracles will happen" Well he had an
opportunity of working with CGM Benin City as a volunteer
staff after high school.
Fast forward some years later. Pastor Chris Oyakhilome had
become a phenomenon in uniben and Bendel State University
( now Ambrose Ali University his alumnus). The stories around
town was that when he laid hands on people they'll fall down
on the flat of their back and many received incredible
miracles.
Word got to the youth pastor of Church of God Mission
headquarters Benin City and he extended an invitation to
Pastor Chris to come to the legendary Miracle Centre of CGMI
where the legend himself Benson Idahosa was pastor but not
just as a mere volunteer but as an honoured Guest Minister!
That will be equivalent to asking this poster to preach in the
youth convention @ Canaanland or Redemption Camp!
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome was to bring the first message before
the Archbishop himself preached. The young pastor was
overwhelmed. He spent hours praying feeling unworthy to
stand behind that pulpit. The more he thought about it the
harder he prayed. He must have prayed too long as he arrived
the meeting late. Too late! The time for him to preach had
already come and one of his team members had jumped in to
help out. This pastor said to the somewhat disappointed
congregation "I am not Pastor Christian but I will preach" and
preach he did!
In fact Pst Chris Oyakhilome met him preaching at his belated
arrival. He actually sneaked in unnoticed. At the conclusion of
the sermon, the CGM youth pastor insisted that if "Bro
Christian" had arrived, he should just come to the pulpit for a
few words of greeting. Someone spotted him. The crowd
cheered. So he trudged on out.
Bearing in mind that the expectant congregation had already
been subjected to a stirring sermon and Papa himself was on
hand to bring yet another charge, Pastor thought it wise to
just sing a song (he was then and is now such a wonderful
singer). Unfortunately, he pitched his key wrongly and nearly
nobody was singing along with him as he was squeaking and
thoroughly embarrassing himself. it was a perfect anticlimax.
He couldn't hand back the microphone quickly enough. All he
could think about was leaving the stage! But as soon as the
youth pastor touched the microphone, he fell like a tree to the
floor with the microphone making a loud bang!
Another pastor rushed to the aid of the felled pastor taking
the microphone first but he too fell and that on top of the
other pastor! Then whoosh! The power of God hit that place!
Everyone was knocked to the floor including every member of
Pst Chris' team. tears flowed and just at the snap of a finger,
deaf ears began to pop open everywhere, cripples began to
walk, tumors began to dissolve all over that place...What a
mighty God we serve!
NOW we go to Benny Hinn. He had drawn so much from
Kathryn Kuhlman but the closest he ever came to meeting her
was singing in the choir of one of her Canadian crusades. o
Miss Kuhlman wanted to meet him just before she died but
that service was botched due to her health and they never
met.
Surprisingly, he was asked to speak in February of 1977 at a
memorial service held for Miss Kuhlman who died exactly a
year before. He was perplexed. When he found out that a
healing service had been scheduled for him to conduct he was
a nervous wreck! He was just 24 years old and hardly known
outside Toronto! How he pleaded to have the programme
changed. He prayed so hard that he prayed himself into fear.
Jimmie McDonald Miss Kuhlman's vocalist sang and
introduced him but Benny will not come out. in fact an usher
had to drag him onto the stage. ALL EYES WERE ON HIM! He
couldn't think! He tried singing but ended up squeaking and
no one sang along! In embarrassment he cried with tears into
the microphone " Lord I can't do this! I can't do it Lord" Then
the Holy Spirit spoke "I am glad you can't because now I will".
Suddenly as he spoke the power of God descended.
Wheelchairs were emptied. cancers melted away and all sorts
of miracles... What a mighty God we serve!

Source: http://dailyhappeningblog..co.ke/2018/01/inspiring-story-of-how-pastor-chris.html?m=1

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