As the kingpin of the robbers grabbed the leg of the baby threateningly, the Morades shivered and quivered with apocalyptic fear, in the deepest parts of their hearts.

“Please, spare the life of our baby,” begged the couple in tears, “don’t harm our baby, instead kill us!”

“Shut up!” screamed the red-eyed giant kingpin.

“You can’t tell me what to do! You are both crazy!” he thundered. This very moment the baby was crying. The couple were trembling and fidgety like lily-livered toddlers who saw ghosts in a dark cave.

“I’ll teach you the most painful lesson you’ll never forget, you nasty couple!” the kingpin said in annoyance. He held the leg of the baby and shook it.

As the kingpin held tightly to the leg of the baby, the pains made the baby gave a shrilling cry. The couple were trembling and praying fervently for the kingpin to spare the life of their bundle of joy. The kingpin moved forward, then raised the baby up and flung him powerfully against the wall of the room. The baby died instantly. The couple’s hearts shook giddily.

“No…no…no…you killed our baby…” the mother said in heartrending tears. Her husband was speechless. He couldn’t find the strength to say anything. The tears streamed down his eyes too. The kingpin raised his AK-47 rifle up and fired sporadic shots at the ceiling. It was like they were in hell!

“Lie down flat! We mean business here!” the kingpin growled threateningly. The couple laid flat on the ground in painful tears. They continued sobbing. Toye, the husband was wet with sweat and sorrowful tears. The couple were still lying face down when the armed robbers left the apartment and escaped with their loot.

The shock and pain of that sad experience was too much to bear for the couple, they moved out of that house and relocated to another area the following week. And they stopped attending their place of worship henceforth. They withdrew into the deep abyss of sorrow and sadness, never associating with friends and family. Exactly six years later the embattled couple changed their minds and started attending Hope Revival Ministry, a place of worship very close to their new residence.

Three months after Toye and his wife started attending Hope Revival Ministry they put their trust and faith in God, but something rather strange happened during September Thanksgiving Day. The presiding Pastor of the new worship place by name Tomoloju, was preaching fervently that eventful Sunday and the members were all listening attentively. Pastor Tomoloju was a tall, handsome and robust man.

His sermon was always touching and powerful and the congregation were carried along as he quoted verses from the Holy Book and chanted spiritual effusions. The atmosphere in the worship place that day was charged and electrifying!

Just then Pastor Tomoloju raised the tempo of his voice in an enthusiastic cadence and said: “Let somebody shout Hallelujah! It’s confession time. I want anybody who have confession to make to come out now and make it within two minutes! It’s a good thing for us to confess our sins. The good Lord appreciates and loves a person who confesses his or her sins. He is a merciful, kind and forgiven God. He forgives us our sins when we confess and show remorse.

I’ve never seen a God like Him, Hallelujah! Now, I want members of this wonderful Sanctuary of God to come out one by one, to confess their greatest sins so that the good Lord can forgive us our sins!”…

To be continued

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