Imagine the devil shooting an arrow and expecting that I would have died but I thank God that we serve Jehovah the doctor who shocked them when I arose from that sick bed, not once but twice.

Introduction

This life that we live is a battleground especially as a woman of God. We face so many challenges that arise to test our faith and our resilience but we do not fear because we know that God will not allow that which we cannot handle to come to us and even in the same challenge, He will make a way of escape for us. So know that if it comes to you, it is to build your faith and God knows that you can overcome it. I went through some seasons in my life that even though I started off as a young vibrant Christian woman, arrows were shot at me and if not for God, I would have died. When you think about it, how can someone who have never spent a night in hospital, all of a sudden have a health crisis that almost took my life and I would have literally died.

In this blog post, I dive into my story and share with you a powerful testimony of faith, survival and healing which will showcase the incredible journey that I embarked on when I was faced with the possibility of death. If you are more an audio or video person, use the links below to hear or watch my story.

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Coming back home after university and not living a life that you can be proud of, I began having these thoughts that made me afraid of what will happen if I were to die. I knew I was doing what I shouldn’t be doing but no matter how had I tried, I would fall. It was as if the spirit of lust had taken over me and I just didn’t know how to break out. I was a child of God but it seems like the lifestyle of a true Christian had died in my life and I didn’t know how to bring it back to life again. Due to all these thoughts and fears, the devil gain access into my life a little bit and shot an arrow which manifested in the physical realm. One day, I was just doing my own thing and all of a sudden, I experienced something that turned my whole world upside down. I almost died but I am grateful that God saved me. Let me tell you about what happened.

The Unexpected Battle

After recovering from a cold, I woke up one day and found myself unable to taste my food, the light in the room will hurt my eyes, I could not see properly and the side of my face was swollen akin to someone who just had a stroke. To say I was gripped with fear is an understatement because at this stage, my life began on a journey that will turn my life upside down due to this life threatening sickness that was about to overcome me and would mean that I might have died but I am grateful that I serve a living God. Despite everything around me looking very grim and in that situation, it is very easy to lose hope but just like job said in the scriptures, though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. I had this believe that the God who gave me my official name which is Victory would not allow me to be put to shame. The God that I serve will make sure that nobody hears that I have died at such a young age of 22. I could not afford for my faith to be shaken because now the truth is that it was time for me to prove if I really believed the word of God or if I was just playing church.

When I got sick in 2014 and when I saw that the doctors seemed to not even know what was happening to me, it made me a little worried because I felt if the professionals don’t know what is happening, then what will happen to me. After doing so many test and with me still being admitted, I am so thankful for my family, my church family in Nigeria and also in the UK. My mum told me that she prayed one simple prayer to God which was God please take away the people that don’t know what they are doing and bring me the ones that know what they are doing. That was when an angel of the LORD was released to bring me my miracle because the events that followed after that was only as a result of the directions from God.

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There was a point in this season where my uncle who is a qualified medical doctor and has practised in both the UK and the USA looked at me and told my mother that I had lost about 95% of my brain cells based on what he was seeing but said God have mercy. The doctors also told my mum that I was honestly very sick and the case was severe so she should prepare just in case I don’t get better. They said that there might be a chance where I might need to depend on care for the rest of my life. At this point, I was honestly gripped with fear but seeing the faces of my church family including my Pastor coming to the hospital to pray for me and check up on me gave me hope and I got a renewed faith in the God that is able to do the impossible.

What do you really believe

So many times, we say that we believe God but do we really? Job said that which I feared has come upon me and in my case the thing I feared is for people to hear that I have died without fulfilling my purpose and without doing the things God has put in my heart. This ordeal was really a time for me to either fully believe God or not. I am so grateful that God gave me the strength to truly believe and I overcame the arrows of the devil.

Sometimes we way we believe God will do certain things for us but do we really believe it? You see if I had believed that I would have died, I would not be here today writing this post because in the spiritual realm, the dwarfs and the demons would have taken that to God and I would have tied God’s hands from moving in to save me. Just like Job, I refuse to curse God and die and if you are wondering what that means, it simply means that I refused to give up but I had an unshakable faith that I would not die but I would walk out of that hospital bed and on both occasions I did.

I just refused to accept that the doctors report will be my reality when I knew that I serve a God who parted the red sea. I just knew within me that God will bring me out of the hospital and He did.

Ebbie – CEO Dymund Lyfe Limited

The Power of Prayer and Declaration

I understood that this world is a spiritual one and if I don’t want my loved ones to hear that I have died, I needed to take actions and that meant prayers and declarations. During the first ordeal in the hospital, I had people from church and my family coming to see me and really praying for me because this was before the world was hit by Covid 19, however the second time, I was by myself and nobody could come to see me so I knew that if I didn’t want to die, I needed to pray.

As soon as I came out of ITU, having learnt all I have learnt in Royal House Chapel, I began to make certain declarations and prayers. I had a prayer bank but this time, I applied the token of the water as I did not have the communion elements with me. I made declarations and using my spiritual authority, I knew for a fact that I would leave that hospital bed. I told God that if I died, the purpose that He had called me to earth will not be fulfilled in this generation so it was important that He kept me alive. I told God look at all the things I do for you and yes they are like filthy rags but if people hear that I died, what would they say about my God and it will make them turn away. Surely the God of all the earth will not allow that. This is why it is important to have seed in the ground because in times of trials that is what you can use to present to God.

A closed mouth is a closed destiny so if I did not open my mouth to pray, honestly I would have died and my destiny and breakthrough as well as all God wants to do through me would have died with me. Through prayers, declarations and pronouncements through faith, I chose not to believe the doctors but to believe in the God who I serve and the God who have called me.

When You Know Who You Are

The devil can only molest you if you don’t open your mouth and if you don’t really know who you are. The thing that the enemy uses against many women is when they are ignorant. I knew who I was in Christ therefore I knew that because even the hair on my head were numbered and none falls to the ground unless God says so, I will not die unless God says so. I also gave God a lot of evidence and reasons why He cannot allow my family to hear that I have died at the age of 22 and 27 respectively. When I was born, I was covenanted and dedicated to Christ therefore I knew that I was covered by Christ and I declared the promises of God over my life because I knew who God made me to be.

Everyday I woke up, I will thank God and be grateful to see another day. I kept on reminding myself of the covenant that I had with Christ which gave me the courage and the confidence to face each day on both ordeal situations. Everyday I was just convinced that God is with me and He will never allow me to be put to shame. I refused to allow my purpose, gifts and talents to die on that hospital bed. I refuse for my parents to bury me so my confidence in God just had to keep growing everyday so my parents will not hear that I have died.

Strategies I used to overcome this Arrow

1. I kept declaring that I am strong and getting better.
2. I had a heart of thanksgiving and would be genuinely grateful to God for waking me up.
3. My church family would come to pray for me and encourage me as often as they could.
4. I reminded myself that God has a purpose for my life and I cannot afford to die without fulfilling that purpose.
5. I made a vow to God and told God if He brought me out, I was going to do a thanksgiving.

Getting Better

After the many prayers by everyone, I had a dream one night where the angels of the LORD visited me and they began to work on my body and I strongly believe that it was what made my recovery process happen very fast and even the doctors could not understand it. Within 4 months, I was out of both the hospital and also the rehabilitation centre that helped in my recovery. I could finally walk again, eat again and speak well enough for people to understand me. My ears were no longer inflamed and I could move around without my head vibrating. The day I left the hospital I cried because God heard me and made sure my family did not hear a news that I had died. I was extremely thankful to be alive and going home to my family and back into my community.

Almost Dying Again with COVID

In 2021, after moving to Birmingham Prior in 2018, the devil shot another arrow and I didn’t see it because I was comfortable and distracted by my then relationship. The world was shot with Covid-19 and an attack came on my entire family with this disease but I was the only one who almost died again. The devil used the same strategy of the cold and I did not recognise this attack due to it masking as a common cold but I am so grateful that God did the impossible once again for me.

When I got very sick with Covid-19 and after the back and forth, I ended up in intensive unit because I had less than 50% of oxygen in my system and honestly if I had not been rushed to hospital when I did, I may have not made it and my parents would have been told that I have died. Even thinking about it gives me shivers and is bringing tears to my eyes. When I look at how far God has brought me, I am truly eternally grateful and filled with thanks. One thing I always teach is that you do not change the winning formulae and this time I had been attending Royal House Chapel and they pray like there’s no tomorrow. Initially I thought these people pray too much but honestly I am so grateful God brought me there because they really taught me how to pray and how to battle.

This time, I used similar strategies to overcome. Here are what I did to ensure a rapid recovery from this sickness that was sent to destroy me.

1. Everytime and opportunity that I got, I would connect to my church services and pray with them and just generally be equipped with the word of God.
2. I will connect to a prayer platform like NSPPD by Pastor Jerry Eze. With every prayer and declaration I will say, I connect myself to this fire altar, I will walk out of this sick bed, I am completely healed. Every declaration I will connect to it.
3. I used water and turned it into the blood of Jesus.
4. Anything I could use as a token, I will use it and invoke the power of God and apply it however I need to.
5. As much as possible, I was in worship and thanksgiving to God consistently.
6. I refused to speak negativity over my life and especially about the situation that I found myself in.

Just like that, before people knew what was happening, despite the fact that I did not take any vaccine, I didn’t really have an active lifestyle prior, I got out of the hospital and fulfilled the promise I made to God on that hospital bed.

Conclusion

My experiences taught me that having unshakable faith in God is what you need to stay alive. It may not be alive physically like in my case but maybe for you, your finances, your marriage or whatever the case might be needs to stay alive, my love you need unshakable faith. Even when things look impossible, speak to that situation and tell the situation how big your God is. The devil wants you to be afraid so that he can have a legal right to strike but do not allow him to win. Since I built and continually built a despite not perfect relationship with God, I was convinced beyond doubt that God could save me from dying and He did. By using constant prayers, speaking the word of God over my life, having a family that prays and having friends with strong faith and that prays, I was able to overcome death twice.

I am not extra special but because I never lost faith in the God that I serve, He came through for me. I hope with my story you are reminded that God still heals and His power is not for just the Pastors, Prophets or leaders but it is available for you and I only if you apply the right strategies. I need you to know that no matter what you are going through, you can overcome because with God, there is nothing that is impossible.