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SheWrites:
Good initiative...

Am a Christian Author too *hugs&kisses*

Oh yeaaaaaaaah What you waiting for, send your stories in asap

Zara20:
pride bring downfall.humble urself therefore unto the Lord and he shall exalt u in due time

You're right sis, humility is a virtue. God resists the proud but give grace to the humble

[quote author=LifeQuest post=91484608][/quote]Whaoooo It's actually a book..

Thank you so much for sharing with us..

You can also give out links/sites on how to get the book (and the price too)

Waiting for the concluding parts

LifeQuest:
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Hmmm, this is getting interesting and suspense filled. Isiakku and Vera Arobadi added just spiced it up the more.

I must commend your diction and style of writing.

Again, I think you need to proofread before posting. I could see a bit of mix up with the names on two occasions.

Thank you for sharing sir, I'm earnestly expecting the other parts

Who killed Sandra Omotoun Ajayi

LifeQuest:
Oops! The typo? Hmnnn. Well I will try to update today. Hope I will be forgiven if there are typo again. Blessed day.

* SIN is SIN...it destroys dreams of beautiful future especially sexual SIN in any form*

Who killed Sandra? Why was she killed? The story continues...

You're forgiven Sir! Nobody is above mistakes na..

E be like say we go change your story name to "Who killed Sandra"

Thank you for sharing the story.. Let me read through the one you shared today

@VIRTUOUSWRITES where art thou? I'm expecting your stories oo

LifeQuest:
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Hmmm, this your story is deep!

But why's everyone pointing accusing fingers at Nelson just because he was last seen with Sandra??

Who killed Sandra Omotoun Ajayi

Sir, please continue with the story o.. I want to know where this suspense is heading to One more thing, I noticed some typographical errors here and there.. Please work on that sir. Thank you

PRE4:
Very Inspiring...Thank you sir

You're welcome sir... I'm still waiting for yours o

Do well to send in your comments, literary criticisms and/or commendation.

Thank you

SCENE EIGHT (In one of the Church’s Meeting Room)

[Bode is seen with about five other heads in the Church including Michael. They are having a meeting]

BODE: [Talks calmly to the others] Fellow brethren, the Lord has indeed opened my eyes to see how deep I have fallen into the sin of pride. I was busy pointing accusing fingers on you all thinking that your sins are the cause of your prayers not answered during healing and deliverance sessions. Now, I have come to the realization that it is very wrong to lay false claims on anyone. Please brethren, you all have to forgive me, especially you, brother Mike [he looks at Michael who just nods his head]. Please forgive me and pray for my wife and I. The Lord used a simple fever to humble me and made me unable to heal her just as the Lord helped me to heal others in the past. I have truly learned a lesson from this. Please brethren, brother Mike, [Bode kneels as he faces them], forgive me and pray for my wife’s healing. The Lord has told me to confess my sins to you so that you can pray for me and for my wife’s healing. Please forgive me [he weeps while still kneeling]

MICHAEL: [Stands up and walks close to him, placing his hands on Bode’s shoulders] It’s okay brother Bode. I have forgiven you long ago and I have nothing against you, honestly. [He beckons on the others to stand up in prayers for Bode, and then he continues…] Brother Bode, we thank the Lord for showing you mercy and bringing you back to Him, for the Bible says in the book of Proverbs chapter twenty-eight verse thirteen that he who covers his sins will not prosper, but he that confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. We also thank God for using your wife’s case to humble you and make you acknowledge your errors. Even as you have confessed your sins before us, we pray that the Almighty God forgive you and in Jesus’ Name
ALL: Amen!

MICHAEL: [Continues praying] And as for your wife, Shola, we pray for her too that the Lord will have mercy on her and heal her speedily in Jesus’ Name
ALL: Amen!!
MICHAEL: It is well with your soul brother Bode, and we destroy every evil work of Satan against you, your household and your ministry in Jesus’ Name
ALL: Amen!!!

MICHAEL: [Waves his hand in appreciation to God] Thank You Jesus, thank You Lord for I know that you have heard and answered us already. All glory be to Your Holy name forevermore. [He lifts Bode up and assures him…] Bode, your wife is well already. Go and take her home
BODE: Thank you sir [he hugs him and then looks at the others in appreciation], thank you so much [he hugs them too then runs to the hospital to take his wife home as prophesied by Michael. Scene fades]

THE END!

SCENE SEVEN (Three days later in a hospital)

[Bode is seen praying tearfully beside his ailing wife]

BODE: Lord, what is happening to my wife? You’ve never allowed me to be in this kind of situation before where I will pray for a sick person and the person won’t receive healing. Lord, why Shola? It’s been three days now but she’s not getting any better, Lord why? Please if she has sinned in any way to deserve this, I ask for your mercy Lord. I have prayed for many sick people even with worse conditions and they received healing, why is Shola’s case different? Please have mercy on us Lord.

[At night still in the hospital, Bode is seen sleeping in a chair close to his wife. Then he has a dream where he is seen boasting of his power to deliver souls from demonic attacks and all kinds of illnesses. Then an angel appears to him in the dream and tells him how he has fallen from grace and is now moving in his own strength. The angel reveals to him that he doesn’t give God all the glory anymore, which is why he has been unable to heal his wife of a simple fever which has degenerated into something else. The angel tells him that the Lord is using the condition of his wife to warn him to desist from the sin of pride. The angel also tells him to go back to his Source and ask for mercy so that he can be renewed with strength, because without his Source, he can do nothing; referencing John 15:5 and James 4:6-7]

BODE: [Wakes up suddenly from sleep in the middle of the night, meditates on the dream and feels very sorry; then he prays sorrowfully…] Thank You Jesus for the revelation. Indeed, I have fallen from grace into the sin of pride. I have boasted of my powers to heal the sick, raise the dead, deliver souls and all that like it was by my power and not by God’s free grace. [He kneels on the floor close to his wife] Please forgive me Lord and help me to sin no more. Hear my prayers Lord. Please look upon my wife and heal her in the power of your mighty Name. Please have mercy on me, O Lord, in Jesus Name, Amen. [Scene fades].

...Continues shortly...

SCENE SIX (At Bode’s House)

[It’s six o’clock in the morning inside Bode’s bedroom and he is still in bed with his wife, Shola, when the alarm clock starts ringing. They both wake up and said their morning prayers]

SHOLA: [Immediately after the devotion] Honey, I’m not feeling too well. I think I have a fever.
BODE: Fever? [He places his hand on his wife’s head and says a simple prayer, rebuking the fever; after which he tells her...] Dear, you are healed okay?
SHOLA: Amen
BODE: Just get some rest, you still have about an hour to prepare for work. I have to rush to the office now, we have a very important meeting this morning. You are healed already [he gets up to prepare for the meeting]

[Later in the evening, Bode returns from office and enters his room. He finds his wife still in bed]

BODE: [He drops his briefcase and walks to the bed where his wife lay]. Honey, what’s the matter? [He examines her body] Have you been sleeping all day? I tried calling you severally but your lines are switched off. You left me worried.
SHOLA: [Talks faintly] Dear, after you left, I tried to prepare for work too but the fever held me down.
BODE: Fever? The same fever I already rebuked in the morning?

SHOLA: [Nods in affirmation]. I have been in bed all day and have been waiting for you to return so that you can take me to the hospital. I was too weak to even get my phone on the table. It has been switched off since last night. We need to go to the hospital
BODE: Hospital? [He checks his wife’s temperature with his hand] Your temperature is quite high, but it’s not a matter of hospital [he takes off his tie and folds the sleeves of his shirt]. My dear, you need divine healing. This is something I do for other people and you are no exception. Let me pray for you [he holds her hands], I believe after the prayers you will be fine, okay?
SHOLA: Alright dear.

BODE: [He prays] Father in the Name of Jesus, I thank you for my wife for I know and believe you have healed her already. If I be a man of God, I prophesy total healing on this body right now in Jesus’ Name
SHOLA: [Still talking faintly] Amen
BODE: It is well dear; you are healed, so cheer up [he smiles]. Let me go freshen up. By the way, have you had anything?

SHOLA: No, I’m not hungry
BODE: No dear, you’ll have to eat something. You are very weak because you’ve not had anything since morning. Just give me few minutes to freshen up and get us something to eat. I’ll be back [he gets up and unbuttons his shirt. Scene fades]

...Continues shortly...

SCENE FIVE (At Pastor Bode’s Office in the Church)

[Bode is seen in his office one day having a conversation with Michael, the leader of the Prayers and Intercessory Department of the church]

MICHAEL: My Pastor, I am forever grateful to God for having someone like you in our midst. You are a genuine and anointed man of God who has the power of the Almighty all over him. Since our days in Theological school where we first met, I’ve always known you as an outstanding individual, one full of grace.
BODE: Thank you brother Mike, it is the Lord’s doing.
MICHAEL: Indeed, it is the Lord’s doing.
BODE: Yes, and you can even become like me or even do better
MICHAEL: Hmm, I pray so o.

BODE: It’s not a matter of just praying o, Michael. You see, you need to go to God and confess every secret sin you have been committing so that He can forgive you and empower you to be just like me.
MICHAEL: [Looks surprised] Eeerm, sorry brother Bode, I don’t understand what you’re driving at.
BODE: Look here Michael, don’t even pretend. I have examined you and the others and noticed that it can only be a secret sin that has hindered you from enjoying God’s free gift of healing.

MICHAEL: [Shocked to hear that] Bode! Are you saying I have a secret sin which has hindered me from enjoying… Oh my God!
BODE: Yes Michael, it is only sin that can separate man from God. Okay, let me refresh your memory [he takes his Bible from the table and opens it]. Listen brother Michael, the Bible says in Isaiah chapter fifty-nine verses one and two that the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, neither is His ear heavy that it cannot hear, but your iniquities, did you hear that Michael, [he repeats it loudly] your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hid His face from you that He will not hear [he drops the Bible on his table and looks at Michael with a stern face]
MICHAEL: [Gets up and stares at Bode, still surprised at his words] Brother Bode!! I can’t believe you are the one saying this. Why have you allowed Satan to have his way into your life through the sin of pride?

BODE: Pride? I’m not proud brother Michael; I’m only telling you the truth here. Go back to God and confess all your secret sins to him so that He can forgive you and empower you to heal the sick, raise the dead and deliver demons, just like I do. You people are placing so much burden on me calling me to come to your rescue even at odd hours, honestly I’m tired of all that. Isn’t God’s grace free anymore? Confess and forsake your sins to God so that He can have mercy on you and restore you with the power and gift of healing.
MICHAEL: [Shakes his head sorrowfully] May God have mercy on you brother Bode [he turns and leaves the office].
BODE: [Speaking to Michael as he makes his way out of his office] Michael, you need that mercy more than I do. I just revealed a simple truth to you, the best you should do is seek the face of God and ask for His mercy, not this attitude you’re displaying [he hisses and arranges the books on his table. Scene fades]

...Continues shortly...

SCENE FOUR (On a Street)

[Bode is seen walking alone one evening. As he walked, he gently sang a worship song. Suddenly, two sisters, Aanu and Funmi, ran after him shouting his name from afar]

BOTH SISTERS: Pastor Bode! Pastor Bode!! [They keep calling and running after him]

[Bode hears his name and stops, looking surprised to see the two sisters running towards him]
BODE: [Surprised at the urgency in the tone of their voices] Yes? [He moves towards them] What is the matter?
AANU: [Panting as a result of the long run] Good evening sir
BODE: [Looks worried] Yes, good evening. Please calm down and tell me what the matter is

FUNMI: [Also panting] Sir, it’s our mum
BODE: Okay, what about her?
FUNMI: She slumped some moments ago and has been rushed to a nearby hospital. We’ve been sent to look for you and bring you to the hospital so that you can pray for her sir.
BODE: Where is the hospital?

AANU: It’s just a street away from our church.
BODE: Okay, let’s go. [He runs with them to the hospital]

[Later that same day, Bode is seen walking home after he had been to the hospital. He speaks in his mind as he walks]

BODE: Thank You Lord for delivering that woman from the point of death. [He sighs and thinks deeply] But why couldn’t the prayers of the clergy men there bring her back to normalcy? Must these people always call me into their every problem, like I’m the only one God hears and answers his prayers? My wife, Shola, must be right when she said something is wrong somewhere. Could it be that God doesn’t hear their prayers because of their wayward lifestyle or probably a secret sin they are indulging in? Even Michael who is the leader of the Prayers and Intercessory Department often calls me in situations that they can’t handle. There must be something wrong with Michael and the others. They must be indulging in one secret sin or the other and that is why God doesn’t answer him when he prays concerning some difficult situations. Anyway, that’s their business. Let them keep calling me to rescue them while I keep moving higher. [He continues soliloquizing as scene fades]

...Continues shortly...

SCENE TWO (In a Street)

[Moments later on a street, after the deliverance. Michael is seen walking with Bode. They are having a conversation as they walk]
MICHAEL: My Pastor [he smiles happily], thank you once again for saving us from that situation. Could you believe that we’ve been praying for more than three hours before you arrived with no positive result?
BODE: Brother Michael, why are you sounding like I healed the boy by my own power? Let’s give all glory to Jesus for delivering the boy

MICHAEL: You’re right Brother Bode. God be praised. We are indeed very sorry for calling you to come over in a short notice despite the fact that you just returned from camp and should be resting.
BODE: That’s not a problem Brother Mike. I think the Lord wanted me to come over at that particular time. I have been trying to catch some sleep since I returned but couldn’t before I heard Godwin knocking and calling my name. From the sound of his voice, I already knew it was urgent. So, before I opened the door, I quickly dressed up, picked up my Bible and went to meet him

MICHAEL: You really did well. I wish God can give me the kind of grace and gift that you have. You know, like the case of Elijah and Elisha [he chuckles]
BODE: [Laughs gently] Are you now envious of my gift, brother Michael?
MICHAEL: No o, not at all. But it won’t be a bad idea if I have it [they both laugh]. God has really used you to rescue us out of several situations which we couldn’t handle. I thank God for you brother Bode

[They continue with the conversation as they walk. Scene fades]


SCENE THREE (At Bode’s House)

[Bode is at home in his sitting room with his wife, Shola, relaxing this Saturday evening. He is reading through a newspaper while Shola’s is watching a program on television].
SHOLA: [Looks at her husband in admiration] Honey, I really thank God for all the wonderful things He is doing for us in this family and in the church. Look at how God has been using you to work great miracles and healing in the lives of many people. You healed mummy Victor of the pains she has been having in her stomach for many months; you prayed for brother Lucky who has been looking for a good job in a long time and he got one; You prayed for Wale and his wife who have been barren for five years after marriage and she conceived; and just yesterday, you delivered a young boy who is demon possessed even after the other prayer warriors couldn’t deliver him.
BODE: [Cuts in] Shola?! Haba!! Look at the way you are sounding like it’s by my power all those things happened.

SHOLA: My dear, I know it’s by the power and grace of God that you were able to do all that, but one mustn’t fail to appreciate the vessel whom God has used to carry out the work.
BODE: Eeehn, but the way you just said it looked as if I am doing it in my own effort. You even had to bring in yesterday’s issue by saying other prayer warriors couldn’t deliver the boy. That’s not right at all.

SHOLA: What’s not right Bode? I just said the truth. If they were able to deliver the boy, why did Godwin rush down here to call you saying it’s very urgent? Something must be wrong with them somewhere. Maybe a secret sin or something, only God knows?
BODE: I’m not going to have this conversation with you. [He folds up the newspaper he is holding and stands up] All that I want you to know is that in our service to God, we need one another for the ministry to move forward. They needed me yesterday and called for me. My joy is that God healed the boy and delivered him from the demon that has been tormenting him and I give God all the glory for that. Don’t go about praising me like it was by my power and don’t you ever talk down on others in that manner again [he turns to leave the sitting room]

SHOLA: [Stands up to apologize to him] [/i]Okay dear, I’m sorry for sounding that way. It was a slip of the tongue. Dear I said I’m sorry.
BODE: [i][Stops and turns to her] Just don’t do it again okay?
SHOLA: [She nods her head in affirmation] Aaargn aaargn, are you angry at me? [She moves closer to him and hugs him] I said I’m sorry now, please forgive me, pleeeeaaaaasee…

BODE: Alright, I have. I just don’t like it when you talk that way. You are a woman of God, a Pastor’s wife, so you should live and act like one. Promise me you’ll never say such again.
SHOLA: I promise [she tickles and plays with him. Scene fades]

...Continues shortly...

STORY 002
Title: A FALL FROM GRACE
Written by Amicable24

ACT ONE
SCENE ONE (Kingdom of God Church)

[It’s an afternoon during deliverance session at Kingdom of God’s Church. A group of people in the Prayers and Intercessory department of the church are gathered together praying vigorously over a young boy about twelve years of age who is said to be demon-possessed. As they are praying, the boy began to convulse. The team just continued praying, but from the look of things, they are tired and at the verge of giving up on the boy. Just then, Michael, the leader of the department, signaled to Godwin, one of the team members, to meet him outside while the others kept on praying]

GODWIN: [Just as they both stepped outside the church building.] You called me sir.
MICHAEL: Yes, I did. [He rubs his face with his right palm expressing worry] Eeerm, I think we are losing the boy. We’ve been praying for over three hours now but he keeps convulsing.

GODWIN: You’re right sir. [He looks away] If only Pastor Bode was here
MICHAEL: Yes! You know what’s on my mind. I want you to go to his house and plead with him to come here immediately.
GODWIN: But sir, he just returned from camp early this morning after spending about two weeks there. He should be resting by now and I don’t think it will be nice to disturb him

MICHAEL: Brother Godwin… [He points towards the church where the other prayer members are gathered] Can’t you see the matter on ground? We need brother Bode’s gift of healing and deliverance now since we can’t handle it on our own; or have you quickly forgotten how Jesus Christ was called upon to rescue a situation His disciples couldn’t handle in the book of Matthew chapter seventeen verses fourteen to twenty-one? Don’t let that boy’s parents to be disappointed and mock us for not being able to deliver their son from the demon possessing him. Now, run quickly to brother Bode’s house and tell him to come with you immediately that this is urgent. Run now!

GODWIN: Okay sir [he runs to Bode’s house]

[Few minutes later, Pastor Bode, who is the Church’s assistant pastor, Prayer Coordinator and a very close friend of Michael, is seen running into the church with his Bible in his hand as Godwin runs after him. He gets close to the team who are relieved as they see him. He observes the boy, who just looks at him angrily while sitting on the floor]


BODE: [Walks round the boy, still observing him. He hands his Bible to one of the team members and places his hands on the boy’s head, holding him down as he tries to be aggressive. Then he prays…] In the power in the Name of Jesus Christ, I command you unclean spirit to leave this body now! Leave!! In Jesus’ Name
THE PRAYER TEAM: Amen!
[The boy lay on the floor shaking]

BODE: Thank You Jesus. [He squats close to the boy and places his right hand on his head] Peace, be still. You are healed in Jesus’ Name. The boy stops shaking, Bode lifts him up and hands him to the team] He is well now.
MICHAEL: Thank You Jesus. [He moves closer to the boy and asks him…] Boluwatife, how are you?

BOLUWATIFE: I’m fine sir

MICHAEL: [Waves his hand to express thanksgiving to God] Oh! Thank You Lord. [He hands the boy to one of the sisters in the team] Sister Kate, please take him to his parents.
KATE: Alright sir. [She held Boluwatife and they both walk out]

...Continues shortly...

Thank you LifeQuest for the story.

@other writers, please keep the stories coming please

I'll be sharing another in a while..

LifeQuest:
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Hmm, just finished with the story you shared.. Let me reserve my comment until you've completed it though

Thank you

PRE4:
But how can i post the link here?

If you can post the full story here, that's not a problem sir.

LifeQuest:
That is my thought. I am just envisaging the clumsiness when you post and someone else posts here at the same time. It could be difficult for those following the thread to enjoy different stories being posted at almost the same time.

Oh! I see. That's a nice suggestion, but my intention of creating the thread is to post full stories here.

Threads like this need so much input in terms of time so as to read through.. I feel posting just links will make some people miss out in some important messages because not everyone will click on all links shared.

Thanks for the suggestion though

[quote author=LifeQuest post=91301917][/quote]Wow, thanks for sharing this with us sir.. I'm so delighted to see this. I'll get back to you whenever I'm through reading it. Thank you once again