HOW did you come about the name of your church, Covenant of Miracle Prayer Ministries?
It was after my visit to the tomb of Apostle Ayodele Babalola, at Efon Alaye, then in Ondo State. I spent some days at the tomb, praying day and night, telling God that I was determined to do His will, after many years of disobedience. Later, things began to change in my life. It was then I decided to name my ministry as CAC Covenant of Miracle Prayer Ministries, according to God’s direction.
What were some of the challenges you faced when you disobeyed the calling into the ministry?
I was into car business for so many years. The most painful challenge I had was in 2014. I went on a business trip as usual, and when I returned, I displayed my cars and other electronic gadgets I bought during the trip, at my selling location beside the highway. Suddenly, something strange started happening. Firstly, I discovered that the car stated rusting and tearing like paper. I was in panic, because I had taken a huge loan from a bank to import the cars. This got me into serious debt. Then, I had no choice but to begin to sell my properties to offset the loan.
It is unusual under the CAC for a woman to found a church. How was it for you?
I got the opportunity under the calling of Pastor Jesuyinka of CAC, Way of Life. He is very prayerful, accommodating and always ready to help others. I usually followed him to different prayer mountains and through him, I got to know many pastors under the CAC. I got their support and they still support me till date. Whenever I have any special programme in my church, even without inviting them, they are always there to support me.
You are married to a Muslim. How do you avoid religious crisis in the home, and in what ways has he supported in your ministry?
When he wanted to marry me, my father disagreed because we are from a Christian family. Later, my father asked me if I really loved him, and I said yes. In the long run, my husband told my father that he wouldn’t stop me from going to church. For him, what mattered most was our prayers at home and for our children. And since I have been married to him, he has never in one way or the other stopped me from going to church.
What can be done to reduce the high rate of divorce these days?
I will put the blame on women; a woman should know that before going into marriage, she should be prayerful and full of patience. Ninety per cent of our men have one bad behaviour or the other, but women must be able to accommodate so many things just to keep the home. We must be determined. However, women of today are not ready to accommodate anything, not to talk of endure. I have faced so many things in my marriage, in which if it was some of our young ladies, they would have left the marriage. Women should learn how to respect and honour their husbands no matter what.
What is your advice to women?
My advice to all women is that we should know more about God and make God the foundation of our marriage. Secondly, we should have more patience in dealing with our husbands; they are our head, while we are the body. When the head is removed, the body is useless. Let us honour them and keep praying for them; there is nothing prayer cannot do or change. Thirdly, women should be involved in something productive. A woman must not be jobless. Joblessness is the foundation of so many problems in the homes today. A man cannot provide all the woman needs; a woman must be supportive.
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