About 25 years ago, precisely on May 2, 1981, at the end of
a visionary encounter that lasted about eighteen hours, I saw a roll of
afflicted, battered, beaten, tattered, deformed and all that one could ever
imagine, groaning and agonizing, as a result of pains and pangs, crying as it
were for rescue. I was so moved with compassion that I began sobbing profusely
asking, "Why Lord’" I heard the Lord say to me, "But from the
beginning it was not so." I questioned further, "But why Lord’"
and then came the mandate,
"The hour has come to liberate the world from all
oppressions of the devil through the preaching of the word of faith, and I am
sending you to undertake this task."
This mandate
was further confirmed from the epistle of Paul to the Ephesians where God Said,
"Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked" (Eph 6:16). This was the genesis
of this global ministry today and according to this mandate, the Word of Faith
is the key to triumphant living.
Shortly,
thereafter, a weekly teaching programme took-off popularly known as the Faith
Liberation Hour. Alongside, a caucus was put in place, tagged The Power House
which was involved in prayers and fasting among others towards the
actualization of this heavenly vision.
Today,
testimonies of liberation through our messages, books, tapes, magazines and
other periodicals are most humbling. The word of faith is working like fire for
the liberation of mankind across the nations.
Bishop David
Oyedepo
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