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Blind eyes Open up at T.L Osborn's Crusade

Idahosa and T.L Osborn 

T.L Osborn Shakes The World, as One of The Greatest Evangelist and Salvation Ever Known!

T.L. Osborn, one of the greatest missionary evangelists in the history of the church, is now home in heaven. Osborn slipped into the presence of Jesus Feb. 14, 2013 at age 89. He was one of three people who most shaped my missiology. His nation-impacting evangelistic meetings in more than 100 nations brought millions under the sound of the gospel and into an encounter with the living Christ.

Our family has been intertwined with the ministry of T.L. and Daisy Osborn since their ministry’s inception. My mother was the first secretary of the newly formed Osborn ministry in 1949. In March of 1950, neither my mother nor I was expected to survive my birth. As my mother was in labor, my father, a Tulsa pastor who served on the Osborns’ board, waited anxiously at the hospital with T.L. Osborn. Osborn was strongly impressed to pray for my life and my mother’s. Turning to my father, Brother Osborn said, “Warren, we’ve got to rebuke the spirit of death right now.”

They agreed in prayer, stood in faith, and God intervened. What appeared to be certain death for both mother and child (who weighed less than four pounds) was turned into victory for the Lord. It is now 63 years later, and both my mother and I are serving the Lord. On a human level, we may owe our lives to the sensitivity and faith of missionary-evangelist T.L. Osborn. 

At first, the records and files of the young ministry were kept in our family home’s spare bedroom. But when I came home from the hospital, that room became my nursery and Osborn acquired office space on North Utica Street in Tulsa. So I jokingly say I’m the guy who launched T.L. Osborn into a faith ministry!

My parents, along with T.L., Daisy, and T.L.’s brother comprised the first board of directors for the Osborns’ fledgling ministry. Sometimes my parents took me as a child to the board meetings. While I played in the corner, my subconscious mind absorbed the hum of their optimistic discussions about world evangelism. I remember Osborn coming back from his now historic crusades with a passion for souls in his eyes. We wept as we watched the pagan rituals captured on raw footage that would later be embedded in his classic mission films.

Throughout his ministry Brother Osborn kept the main thing the main thing. “One way: Jesus! One job: souls!” was woven deep into the ministry’s DNA. T.L. and Daisy were an exemplary team and early advocates for what we today call justice issues that affect women worldwide, especially in the Majority World nations.  

T.L. and Daisy came to our home to comfort our family shortly after my father’s death. I was a heartbroken teenager and he took me aside, assuming a fatherly role, and spoke words of strength and life that helped sustain me. Brother Osborn preached my dad’s funeral and his message of hope resonates in me to this day. 

T.L. Osborn was a world class evangelist and missionary statesman of the first order. He was often afforded an ambassador’s welcome by the heads of state of many nations. Even non-Christian presidents and prime ministers knew intrinsically they were in the presence of greatness when they were with T.L. Osborn. His compassionate demeanor, authority, anointing and the dignity of his calling identified him as the gospel’s global ambassador for Christ. It has been my privilege to minister in 60 nations. Almost anywhere I go I see that the large spiritual footprint of T.L. Osborn has preceded me. This humble servant who was welcomed in kings' palaces was also joyfully received by the neediest people. 

A few years ago it was my privilege to share a meal with him in his home. “Brother Osborn,” I asked, “what is the best ministry decision you ever made?” With his trademark smile and a winkle in his eye he replied in his animated style, “Oh, David! That’s a good question. I don’t think I’ve ever been asked that question! Let me think about that for a moment.” He paused and replied, “The most important ministry decision I ever made was to invest my life for neglected people. I’m an old man now. I’m so glad that when I stand before Jesus I’ll be able to tell Him, ‘I invested my life for the neglected people of the world.’”

Now T.L. Osborn rejoins his wife Daisy at the feet of Jesus. Their joy is complete. Their reward—incalculable.

“Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament. And those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever” (Dan. 12:3).

David Shibley is founder and world representative for Global Advance, a ministry that equips thousands of church and business leaders annually in many nations to help fulfill the Great Commission.  

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Reflecting The Life of God's Servant - T.L Osborn' All About His Life and Ministry

              

In Summary

Legacy. Renowned evangelist TL Osborn died on February 14 this year. Many Ugandans remember him for his powerful crusades held three times in Uganda. He was an inspiration to many Pentecostal pastors.

He heeded Jesus’ call to go make disciples of all nations and went everywhere, preaching the gospel. After 77 years of doing it passionately, Dr. T.L Osborn went to be with the Lord on February 14, 2013, but his legacy will continue to speak for itself.

Just here in Uganda, he held miracle crusades in 1961, 1985 and 1991 at which many got saved, delivered and inspired to join ministry.

At the February 1985 crusade at Lugogo Cricket Oval, Osborn stunned everyone by removing a gown he had worn for 35 years and putting it on his interpreter, Ps Robert Kayanja, saying go and preach the gospel.
The power of his message

It is said the anointing that came with the gesture is what revolutionised the blessings of the man that today heads Uganda’s biggest Pentecostal Church, Miracle Centre Cathedral Rubaga.

“I believe hell would be here on earth if Dr T.L Osborn was not born and anointed,” says Ps Kayanja of a spiritual mentor, whose friendship, advice and wisdom he will continue to miss. “But I know he is with Jesus whom he loved and represented so well.”

Apostle Alex Mitala of the National Fellowship of Born-Again Pentecostal Churches was also inspired into evangelism first through Osborn gospel tracts and books, particularly “Go Where the Sinners Are”, and his teachings.
A memorable legacy

“He gave us free megaphones to use in our gospel street meetings and trained us in many of his evangelistic meetings in Kenya in 1978,” he says. “I was privileged to serve on both of his last gospel crusade committees in Uganda and with my eyes saw many great miracles in Uganda and also in Nakuru-Kenya in 1978. Uganda will forever miss T.L.”
So powerful were Osborn’s missions that many parents named their children after the evangelist. Ps Osborn Muyanja of Good Samaritan Ministries is one such child. He relates a story of a man with twisted legs he saw healed at Osborn’s crusade.

 T.L.Osborn, Oral Roberts and Keneth Haggins

“I got saved too and my life has never remained the same,” he says adding that the preaching of Daisy, Osborn’s wife was the first to inspire Ugandan women into believing they too can preach.

“Osborn’s crusades launched Uganda into another dimension.

People shut their shops and went to Lugogo,” Muyanja reminisces, “That thirst and hunger for God should return.” Ps Michael Kyazze of Omega Healing Centre also remembers how Osborn’s crusades reignited the fires of revival in Uganda at a time when Pentecostal Churches were struggling to re-emerge from the worship ban slapped on them by Idi Amin in mid 1970’s.

“Through Osborn, we upcoming ministers saw that even the evangelists can be men of the Word and very apt teachers. I do not remember Osborn as a loose prosperity preacher, but a man of great integrity and passion,” he says. “He also brought the first readable Christian literature for all to read and understand the working of the Holy Spirit which were distributed for free to all people who attended his crusade. We will truly miss him but will sure meet him in glory.”

A simple background

Born Tommy Lee Osborn on a potato farm in 1923 in Oklahoma, U.S., among 13 children, he was converted at 13 and got inspired by another powerful preacher, Oral Roberts, who was a family friend.

In 1944, Osborn opened his own church, but feeling its walls would limit him to spread the gospel to “all nations” as Jesus would have loved, so he went to India as a missionary. He was hungry to see the might of the Lord delivering people but still needed lessons in patience and fervent praying.

In 1947, he attended a crusade organised by the then famous miracle minister William Branham at which the blind received sight, the deaf heard, and the crippled walked; deliverances Osborn had never witnessed, and that inspired him to fast and pray for such power. His prayers were answered with a visitation from Jesus Himself who promised to be with him as He had been with others. 

The fiery preacher believed and started holding healing crusades around the world, starting with Jamaica. By 1980s, he had preached in over 70 countries. He also established the Association of Native Evangelism to support local pastors in all ways and plant churches. Meanwhile, audio and visual recordings of Osborn’s sermons enjoyed preeminent demand and so did his books and tracts which were translated in 132 languages.

His indefatigability was attributed to a strict diet, exercises and absolute reliance on the Holy Spirit. That he eluded the financial and moral dents that destroy many men of God also testifies to his closeness with his Master, Jesus Christ, and added to the potency of his TBN/LTV sermons.


Osborn died peacefully. His daughter LaDonna Osborn tweeted that there was no pain or sickness: “The Lord simply took away his breath. My father was wrapped in love, his family surrounding him as he stepped through the veil into eternity. He is now in the presence of Jesus, whom he had served faithfully for 77 years.”

Here was a man who ran his race, and who many believe will be welcomed at the gate of heaven with the Scriptural words: “Well done good and faithful servant.”


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Jesus Appears To 200 Thousand Muslims At Once In T.L. Osborn Crusade

“He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once”  (1 Cor 15:6)

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Who Said He Couldn’t Appear To This Many People At One Time-

 He Did It Yesterday And He’s Now Doing It Again Today

    To confirm this, there’s another story that has inspired me for years!   In 1956, T.L. Osborn was doing a metting before an audience of 200,000 people who were all Muslims, in Darkotr, Java.  When all of a sudden Jesus appeared notably over the whole crowd in a cloud.  Everyone saw His face and glory and got saved giving their lives and hearts to Jesus!  Tremendous!  What makes this story more awesome is that these who saw this with photography equipment, took pictures where you actually see Jesus face on the pictures when the Lord appeared.  I saw first saw this picture when I read a book T.L. Osborn wrote called “Healing the Sick”. You see the picture where Jesus appeared openly in front of two hundred thousand Muslims.  This is what America is about to see and we are starting to experience it in it’s shallow beginning. 

Miracles As The Result of Jesus Resurrection And Appearance
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 This is the write up that was recorded by the newspapers when Jesus appeared to the masses during the T.L. Osborn Crusade

“HE SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE”
CAMERA MIRACULOUSLY CONFIRMS
CHRIST’S APPEARANCES
DURING THE OSBORN CRUSADE IN JAVA

In almost every service during the Java Campaigns, someone saw the Lord.

This might seem superficial, except for one fact: The Moslem people believe that Jesus is dead!

According to Scripture, that was the attitude of the people in the Holy Land after Christ’s resurrection.

To prove them that He was God’s Son, and that death could not hold Him, it is written that “He shewed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them” (Acts 1:3).

Having established the fact of His resurrection, thousands of the people believed on Him and became His followers (Acts 4:4)

So it was in Java where the Moslem religion had held sway for centuries.  Night after night, Christ  “shewed Himself alive… being seen by of (the people)”.  Thus confirming the Gospel preached, the living Christ was received in faith by tens of thousands who heard the Gospel and saw it confirmed by “signs following”.

How T.L. Osborn Really to Touch and Shake the World

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the January 2007 issue of Charisma. We decided to republish it in honor of T.L. Osborn, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 89.

In an age dominated by mass media, lightning-quick computer technology and society's unquenchable need for information, it's unfathomable that hundreds of thousands of people could gather in a single location without attracting international attention.

But that's exactly what has happened for 53 years when evangelist T.L. Osborn and his wife, Daisy, who died in 1995, held open-field crusades in developing countries, drawing an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 people to each event. All told, millions of lives have been directly changed by Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Osborn International in the last 58 years.

Besides preaching at the crusades, Osborn prays for the masses—without laying hands on anyone—and subsequently sees countless miracles take place. Some of the more astounding occurrences have included the instantaneous healing of leprosy, blindness and crippled legs, and deliverance from demon possession. On more than one occasion, the Osborns witnessed uneven limbs growing out to the proper length.

Osborn is also one of the first charismatic ministers to distribute bulk amounts of translated evangelical literature. The most common practice has been to give a set of six Osborn-penned books to all crusade attendees who will accept the gift. As many as 70,000 copies of each title have been printed per outreach event, and one instance required an astonishing 56 tons to be shipped.

Osborn and his family have conducted their ministry with no fanfare, no attempt to conform to the personality-driven culture of the American church, and little regard for their own personal safety or comfort.

"That's where we've chosen to seed our lives and I'm happy about it," Osborn says during a rare interview granted to Charisma. "I live happy. I live happy to go again, help them again.

"Travel is awful, but when I think it's awful, I think of Paul. Paul did it. Paul rode on a donkey or on a camel or on a boat, and he didn't gripe. I won't gripe. I just keep going."

How It All Began
Randomly ask 100 native Oklahomans where the town of Skedee is, and at least 99 of them say they never heard of the place. In fact, it's conceivable that only the 100 or so people who live there and a few census takers actually know that the small landmass in Pawnee County exists.

But in 1923, this nondescript farming community produced a child who would quite literally change the world. Tommy Lee Osborn was the seventh and youngest son in a family of 13 kids. Ironically, his father was also a seventh son.

"That's supposed to mean something," he jokes.

Turns out, it did mean something.

Osborn's father was a nonpracticing traditional Baptist, but T.L. attended a Pentecostal church, where he played piano and accordion. A neighboring evangelist heard him play and asked if he would join him in his national travels. At that time, Osborn's brothers all had left home and he was the only son still there to help his 60-year-old father on the potato farm.

Osborn admits that he was reluctant, even a little scared, to ask his father for permission to leave Skedee and hit the road. That fateful day while sorting potatoes in the cellar, he was greatly surprised when his father said yes.

About two years into his travels, Osborn found himself at a revival in California. By the time the event ended, he knew he wouldn't be going back to the farm. He had caught a glimpse of the evangelist's daughter, and it was love at first sight.

A year later, in 1942, the teenagers were married—T.L. was 18 and Daisy 17. Not long after, they took on the pastorate in Portland, Oregon, for the Pentecostal Church of God of America. But after hearing a female missionary from India speak at their church, they immediately felt a tug toward international outreach.

The pull was so strong that the Osborns devised a five-year plan to evangelize India. Their church organization helped them raise the sponsorship money to go, but just 10 months in, they ran into an unexpected wall.

"We couldn't convince the Hindus and the Muslims about Jesus, about the Bible," Osborn says. "But they were very kind to us and the Indians love to talk about religion."

T.L. and Daisy were unfamiliar with the competing philosophies and had no convincing arguments that could sway the people. In fact, on many occasions those they attempted to evangelize tried to convert the Osborns to their faiths. This apparent failure left the couple "brokenhearted and ashamed" on their return to the United States.

"I said, 'I've got to go back to where people believe in the Bible,'" Osborn recalls telling himself. "'You can't do anything with people who don't believe in the Bible.' I didn't know that [the Bible] could be proven because I didn't know about miracles."

Eight Hours With the King
Not long after coming home, the Osborns became aware of the miracle-working evangelists ministering in the U.S. at the time. Although Aimee Semple McPherson had passed away in 1944, her reputation greatly influenced their desire to see miracles in their own services.

"That was the big thing that happened to us in India," Osborn says. "We realized that without the miraculous, we couldn't prove what we believed. I hadn't thought of that before India. So we were going to find somebody that performed miracles."

The search started in 1947 with Smith Wigglesworth, but as they planned to go to one of his meetings, the legendary preacher died. Later that year, they attempted to meet with Charles Price, but before they had a chance to attend a tent revival, he also passed away.

The distraught couple then learned that Price's post had been handed to Hattie Hammond, known at the time as the greatest female preacher in the Assemblies of God. She was also known for the remarkable miracles that took place in her meetings. It was the Osborns' meeting with Hammond that marked a significant turning point in their ministry.

Hammond encouraged them to look at their trip to India not as a failure but as their first glimpse into the massive harvest of souls that God had called them to reach. She also left T.L. with this curious admonition: "If you ever see Jesus, you'll never be the same."

It didn't take long for him to understand what her words meant.

"The next morning at 6 o'clock, Jesus Christ walked in our room," Osborn vividly remembers. "I saw Him like I see you. He didn't walk on the floor. He walked on the air. I'll never forget it.

"And I laid there. It was like I was dead. I couldn't move a finger or a toe. I finally laid on my face on the floor until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It changed my life. I was totally, totally bathed in a new life. That's the best way to describe it."

For Osborn, it was his first of four distinct revelations of Christ. The second came when he encountered the ministry of Gordon Lindsay, a Kentucky native who founded Christ for the Nations.

7 Lessons T.L. Osborn Taught Evangelist Daniel King

T.L. Osborn and Daniel King

T.L Osborn, the great missionary evangelist, received his heavenly reward on Feb. 14. He will be remembered as the “ father of crusade evangelism.” He preached face-to-face before millions of people around the globe and his books were given away by the ton.

 Because of his example, I became an evangelist and began traveling to the nations to preach the gospel. 

Here are seven lessons I learned from Dr. Osborn. 

1. Be Humble 
Osborn was a humble man full of confidence in a great God. He knew who he was in Christ, but he downplayed his own importance. He said, “God needs me; God chose to use me. The world needs me; I choose to go to the world. You know, if He had smarter people, He would use them, but we are all He’s got.” 

2. Preach a Simple Gospel
Osborn preached a simple message. He said that every message needs four parts: God’s creation; Satan’s deception; Christ’s substitution; and our restoration. It was this simple message that impacted lives on every continent. 

3. Lift People Up
Osborn’s preaching lifted people up and made them feel valuable. He preached, “You are valuable! Never put yourself down. How can you crawl when you are the child of a King? How can you beg when you have the wealth of the universe? How can you burn out when God is the strength of your life? How can you moan when God has put a song in your heart? How can you die inside when Christ is your life?”

4. The Power of a Book
I once was in Congo, Africa, preaching in a mud hut packed full with over 200 people. Chickens pecked their way across the dirt floor as the congregation enthusiastically praised the Lord. I glanced over at the young pastor and noticed he was holding his Bible and another dog-eared book that was carefully covered in gray duct tape.

”Show me what you are reading,” I asked. When he handed me the book, I recognized the title; it was written by T.L. Osborn.

I asked, “Where did you get this book?”

He replied, “Twenty years ago, Dr. Osborn came to my nation. My father got saved at his meeting and decided to become a pastor. Dr. Osborn gave him this book and for 20 years my father preached his sermons from this book. Last year my father died and I became the pastor of this church. Now I preach from the same book.”

5. Miracles Prove Jesus Is Alive 
A great part of T.L. Osborn’s success was his beloved wife, Daisy. They were married in 1942 when T.L. was 18 and Daisy was 17. Shortly afterward they committed to travel to India for five years as missionaries, only to return to America after just one year, disappointed they were unable to convince anyone to be a Christian. They showed the people in India the Bible and in return the people showed them a different holy book. When the Osborns were unable to prove which book was true, they gave up and returned home in defeat.

Osborn was changed after he had four encounters with Jesus. One morning at 6, Jesus appeared to him. On another occasion, Osborn saw Jesus working though another preacher who was praying for the sick. Then, Osborn experienced Jesus working through his own prayers. Finally, Osborn saw Jesus in the pages of the Bible. Because of these revelations about Jesus, T.L. and Daisy returned to the mission field and eventually traveled to more than 90 nations over a half-century of ministry and led millions of people to Jesus.  

Osborn often started his sermons by telling the story of a man who had been healed in one of his services. Then he told a story about one of the miracles Jesus performed in the Bible. Then he prayed for the sick. Across the field, cripples lifted their crutches into the air as they were healed. A blind boy was suddenly able to see. A deaf man’s ears were opened. Testimonies flooded the stage as God touched people. 

Miracles became the proof to Osborn that Jesus is alive and the Bible is true. The banner on his crusade platform usually featured Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” He explained the differences between Christianity and other religions: “Jesus is the only one who offers proof, the only one who lives today, the only one who can heal the sick.”

6. Words Are Powerful
Osborn came over to my home on three occasions to address a group of preachers on evangelism. We carefully prepared a list of questions. We asked him the first question and he took 3 1/2 hours to answer. 

He taught us, “How did God create the world? He used His words. Everything God
does, He does by His words. In the Bible, we have His Word. His talk. We can use our words the same way God uses words. He talks. We have the same ability to talk. Do people get saved, blessed and healed when you talk? They do when I talk. You are like God. You have the ability to speak. God’s Word is seed. When you speak God’s words, they will work.”

7. Jesus Paid the Price
“Is there a price to be paid to be in the healing ministry?” one preacher asked Osborn. The young man wanted to discover how much prayer, fasting and Bible reading it would take to be successful in ministry. 

“Yes! There is a very high price to be paid,” Osborn responded, but immediately 
followed with, “But Jesus paid it all on the cross!” 

In one sentence, Osborn completely changed my theology. When I was beginning in ministry, I desperately wanted to see miracles happen when I preached. I spent many long hours focusing on developing spiritual disciplines. But because of Osborn’s comment, I realized that no matter how much I fast, I will never be able to heal someone though my own effort. By myself, I cannot heal a little toe, let alone cancer or HIV. Neither can I force anyone to get saved. Healings, miracles and salvations never happen because of my effort; they happen because of what Jesus did on the cross.  

Dr. Osborn’s insight took the responsibility for miracles off our own self-effort and put the responsibility directly on Jesus. Man likes to think he has paid a price to be anointed but in reality, Jesus already paid the full price. It was this revelation that made Osborn a mighty man of God. 

Daniel King is a missionary evangelist who has visited more than 60 nations preaching the gospel. His goal is to lead 1 million people to Jesus every year. His new book The Call of the Soul Winner is available at kingministries.com.

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HOW YOUNG ALIKO DANGOTE MET WITH DESTINY - The Benson Idahosa and T.L Osborn connection

      
     

And I will bless them that bless thee.......Genesis 12:3

The name Aliko Dangote needs no introduction in any circles. The wealthiest man in the black race as at today and consistently so for a few years. This excerpt from the book "The African Apostles " authored by Leke Beecroft tells a true story you've probably never heard. This is a validation of scriptures.

Born on April 10, 1957 in the then Northern Region (Kano State) Aliko Dangote was born to Mohammed Dangote and Mariya Sanusi Dantata. An ethnic Hausa from Kano State, he showed his love for business by selling sweets even in primary school.

As a teenager, he began to work for his uncle, Sani Dangote and it was said of him that he served diligently. Sometime in 1977 and after his 20th birthday, he approached his uncle and master and told him about his plan to establish a business outfit which would trade in cement, sugar, rice, pasta, salt, cotton, millet, vegetable oil and other products. His uncle provided a loan of N500,000 but gave a caveat to Aliko to return the loan within a deadline of three-months(this was the practice at the time). 

Dangote first of all relocated to Lagos in June 1977, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, also, he then began to travel around Nigeria to develop a strong distribution channel for the quick and efficient delivery of his products.

A few years earlier, the Benin Airport had been constructed. This served as one of his routes to the Niger-Delta or South-South area of Nigeria.

Benin, formerly known as the City of Blood was then experiencing a great revival through 39 year old Benson Andrew Idahosa, a Bini man, who was established as a young Christian in the Assemblies of God and now pastored the Church of God Mission. Idahosa who had recently returned from a missionary school in America had established strong links with a number of pastors such as Gordon Lindsay, Jim Bakker and T.L Osborn among others.

Tommy Lee Osborn, one of the greatest evangelists in modern times had first responded to Benson Idahosa's letters in 1962. Subsequently, a solid relationship was established over the years resulting in Osborn's visits with his wife, Daisy to Benin on a few occasions, either for his crusades or specifically to Idahosa's Church.

Of all the visits however, one specific visit in the late 1970s was very unique. T.L and Daisy Osborn had stayed late ministering at the Miracle Centre of Church of God Mission just opposite the Airport. They therefore went late to catch their flight to Lagos which was supposed to be a connecting flight from Johannesburg to France, England and then the USA. 

By the time Idahosa took his guests to the airport, they were told that the last flight for the day was overbooked. Not one seat was available, the passengers had boarded and the flight about to take off. 

Not only that, the jetliner had begun to taxi towards the runway. Benson Idahosa''s new mercedes sped towards the tarmac and screeched to a halt in front of the plane. Benson Idahosa came out and waved at the pilot frantically. 

The plane stopped and the steps were lowered as the pilot came down to know what the issue was. Idahosa began "I have two of God's important servants who must go to Lagos". "But we are loaded to capacity. Every seat is full" said the captain. "Never mind. 

Let me on board. They all know me; they see 'Redemption Hour' (Idahosa's TV program). 

Let me talk to them". Idahosa obliged, climbed into the plane and walked down the crowded aisles. The passengers were annoyed. He prayed silently as he returned to the front. He turned round , facing the passengers and started "Excuse me friends, I have two of God's special servants in my car. They must go to Lagos today on this plane. Two of you will get off now so God's servants can board. God bless you. He waited a minute, no one moved. The silence showed annoyance by the impatient passengers. Some pretended to be asleep and others it seemed were praying. Idahosa slowly walked the aisle again. As he approached the rear, a young man rose from the back of the plane and asked the person sitting next to him to get up. Yes, said Idahosa pointing, you can go tomorrow. You can travel later he said, pointing to the other man. They both gathered their belongings and proceeded from the plane.

Benson Idahosa stopped the first man in in the aisle of the plane. He asked him "youngman, what is your name and what do you do?

"My name is Aliko Dangote and this is my assistant" the young man replied. "I am a trader, a businessman". Impressed. Benson Idahosa responded

"The World will get up for you" the mostly Christian passengers responded "Amen". "My God will bless you! God will take you and your business beyond Africa and bless you beyond measure".

Just before descending the steps, Idahosa turned and raised his hands with tears in his eyes, praised the Lord and blessed the remaining passengers for their patience. They all broke out in spontaneous clapping. See you on 'Redemption Hour' this Sunday evening he said. They clapped as T.L and Daisy Osborn boarded for the subsequent flight.

The world has since stood up for that twenty something year old man.

Today, Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian Billionaire ($18.6Billion networth) presently the 67th richest in the world (23rd in 2014) and richest in Africa. He flies one of the best jets in the country.

Believe in the Lord God, so shall you be Established, believe Also in his Prophets, so shall you Prosper! 2 Chronicles 20:20

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Oluwaleke Beecroft.

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"My Mentors and I"- Bishop David Oyedepo Life and Ministry

I strongly believe every believer must have a mentor he looks up to, and to whom he is accountable. Every believer should belong to a spiritual family tree. A lack of this will result in irresponsible Christians and ministers of the gospel.

My wife and I with the Hagins in Tulsa, Oklahoma

I was divinely led by God to Pastor E. A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in 1983, when it was time to be commissioned into full-time Ministry.

God told me to send for Pastor Adeboye, to lay hands on me for the impartation of the Spirit of Wisdom. I have since enjoyed close relationship with Pastor Adeboye, whom I proudly and publicly call “My father”.

Kenneth Copeland and I

God also divinely led me to the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, Kenneth E. Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, T.L, Osborn and the oldest evangelist, Pa Sadela.

My wife and I with T.L. Osborn-Tulsa, Oklahoma

Shortly before his departure in 2012

My wife and I with the Adeboyes

I enjoy the graces upon these men in life and Ministry, causing me to produce results after their kind. I fondly recall the day I ministered in the graces on the lives of Kenneth E. Hagin and Kenneth Copeland.

Also, I frequently go to these men of God for counsel and the laying on of hands, for the release of fresh grace and unction to perform.

It is quite exciting and instructive that I still keep faith in covenant with all my mentors, including those who have gone to be with the Lord. I believe my life is an embodiment of multifaceted grace, flowing to me from different sources.

 

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My wife and I with Archbishop Benson Idahosa

With Rev. Samuel Sadela

With Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

With Kenneth Copeland, taking a walk

My wife and I with the Copelands