hopefulLandlord:
Seems your name is Jonathan, he had no shoes too

YinkaOlusesi16:
U made me remember RCCG Lekki98, it was awesome. I could remember I was running an errand for popcorn for almost half of the program. As a little boy who knows nothing then, I was just focused eating 🍿popcorn like tomorrow no dey. But I thank God I was there. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

jesusjnr2020:
How I Lost My Brand New Shoes At A Gospel Crusade Ground

It was the first time I attended a Reinhard Bonnke Gospel Crusade as a kid sometime in the early 90's.

My mum had just returned from the first night of the crusade, and spoke about how Reinhard Bonnke had taken 40 naira from inside his Bible (At the time 40 naira was about 5 dollars so still a big deal for many) and given to a small local boy from crowd.

That was all the motivation I needed to attend the next one taking place the next day, that's if I ever needed one.

My mind was just like, "that kid could have been me", so I followed my mum to the crusade ground the following day.

On getting to the crusade ground in the evening, i could see the mammoth crowd already gathered in the stands of the stadium which was really staggering and quite a frightening sight to behold. I had never seen such huge crowd gathering closehand in my short lifetime beforehand and this took place somewhere in the north.

We made our way towards the area closer to the podium. There were no seats there so we had to stand, but being able to successfully navigate my way to the front of the standing crowd was something that excited me.

Perhaps it was an attempt to get as close to the podium as possible, just in case what happened the previous day (when the little boy was called out and given that amount of cash) repeated itself, however i didn't know I was going to get much more than what i bargained.

After getting to the front of those standing, for some reason, perhaps to be more comfortable, I thought it wise to remove the brand new shoes my mum bought for me from my legs and use it as a seat instead, on the floor.

It made sense until there was a sudden rush from the crowd behind which now pushed those of us sitting on the floor forward and displaced us from our original position.

That's how I found myself in an advanced position but without my shoes.

At this point being in front of the crowd became the last thing on my mind, as I abandon my position there in search of my precious shoes. I tried to trace it back to where I was originally sat, and searched and searched and searched but all my effort was to no avail.

That's how I lost arguably my most priced possession at the time, somewhere in the crusade ground as I couldn't find it before I left.

I came to the crusade ground with shoes but left there shoeless, even without the shoes I came there with.

Moreover I never got the invitation to the podium nor any 40 Naira as the other lucky kid the last night, which was the main motivation behind my attending the crusade that night.

It was indeed a very painful experience at the time to me, as though I should have never gone there in the first place, however overtime, it seemed a blessing in disguise as i have gained much more than what I had lost in the Reinhard Bonnke Gospel Crusade ground, because today I am not just saved, but also preaching the Gospel of Christ to millions around the world, with a similar passion for lost souls.

I believe such an experience in my childhood where I attended his crusade, sowed a seed in my life that also significantly contributed its fair share to the harvest of what God is using me to do today, bringing many souls into His Kingdom to His own glory.

Perhaps I had to lose something very precious to me of this world which is temporal, to gain that of much more value (eternity) which I could never lose.

God bless.

OLAADEGBU:


Pulse.ng

jesusjnr2020:
Experience.

Khalling2007:
You only lose your shoe. Some kept their phones to them and after the crusade, the man parked all the phones and the donations and disappear.

jimmyolasun:


Phones for which year

jesusjnr2020:
Hence I would urge parents, even if they're not as passionate for God as they would have loved, to bring their children around those who have that passion and fire which they lacked, because the life of my parents weren't much of a direct influence to me but indirectly, through those they brought me and my siblings around, and the places they took us to, as that crusade.
That background they gave me is something I will be eternally grateful to my parents, because i believed that background really helped and contributed significantly to who I am today in Christ.
So please parents, endeavour to take your children to places where there is a fire for God, and where revival is taking place. Bring them around people who are burning hot with passion for God, and you never know.
God bless.

Nbote:
Your shoes were an answered prayer to someone's prayer point..