Here’s a rare photo of the firebrand General overseer of the Mountain of
Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr Olukoya and his wife, Pastor Sade on
their wedding day in 1986. When love was natural.
not accord prayers the importance it deserves in their lives, especially
when they want to get married. Read how Pastor Olukoya and his wife’s
marital journey started and it will help you a great deal.
Pastor (Dr.) D.K. Olukoya:
I asked God for a woman who would want to work and fit into what God
wanted me to do and the Lord brought her image. I wasn’t sleeping o. It
wasn’t a dream, and God said “this is the woman”. Again, I prayed three
times and got the same answer “ this is the woman”. That was my first
testimony.
My father, who was a pastor also prayed. He had never seen her, but when
he visited Lagos and saw her for the first time, he said “… this is the
woman I saw too”.
It’s not a question of I feel led, or I think so, I heard and I saw before I took a step.
Pastor Mrs Sade Olukoya’s account:
When I first met my husband, I was a chorister. I was very inexperienced
and all I knew was to serve my God. I was brought up that way. He was
then a music director who came to our church to improve the performance
of the choir . We used to call him brother Daniel. There was really
nothing on my mind than we had a nice brother who was coming to teach us
in the choir. He was down to earth and straightforward. Anytime he came
we enjoyed his teaching. We always wanted him around because we learned
a lot from him; more than the songs he taught us.
That day, he called me and we were in a small room where we normally had
our fellowship. He used to do his counseling there too. I was thinking
within me when I heard he wanted to see me and I wondered oh my God,
have I done anything wrong? What has the man of God got to say to me
today?
I was on dry fasting as well trying to see a man of God. In preparation
for that visit, I was praying and wondered oh God, what is this meeting
all about?
Just as he writes his books, he’s a man of not too many words but
action, backed up by the power of God. I’m not praising anyone, but I’m
saying the truth from the bottom of my heart.
That day, he talked to me and he said, “God is laying it in my heart
that you are my wife. Simple”. It was like I was in another planet
trying to come back. Before I said anything, he just said to me, “you
have enough time, you go and pray”.
When he visited, it was like an inquiry about what went on after the
appointment. The result of my prayer and things like that. When I got to
Ife, it was like God prepared that place for me to have a personal
encounter on the issue. To me, it was a matter of life and death,
because of our Christian background . We prayed over everything,
committed everything into Gods hands. We didn’t do anything without
hearing from God. For the first time in my life, we did marathon
fasting. I fasted for 3 days just to ensure that I was getting it
right.
Just to get a yes or no. While I was praying, I had the idea of having a
very pleasant marriage and a man I can call my brother, my friend. True
love comes from the heart . I prayed to the Lord that I didn’t want
deceit, I didn’t want to make a mistake. I wanted a happy marriage and
God confirmed his word. God confirmed it by showing a revelation to me.
As an artist , I was able to do a sketch for my own future reference.
God showed him to me. I was actually presented to him. That was when I
knew God had a hand in it. I was not really matured enough to say I
heard God’s voice . God gave me that revelation and gave me witnesses as
well to back it up. I prayed to God and I was happy. I had peace within
me and I could see the future becoming bright.
I was confident that I was doing the right thing. I told him what the
result of my prayers was and he asked when was my next birthday. I told
him and he said to me, you share the same birthday with me. The
relationship was not based on maybe because we shared the same birthday.
We actually knew about that at that point in time. It made the
relationship even more special to me and from there we started.
We attended prayer meetings together. At first, we were meeting on
Tuesdays . Then he gave me topics to talk about .He was a very good
moderator, and he gave me just10 minutes to speak on a particular topic.
We discussed and we prayed together. We enjoyed every bit of our
courtship.
We did not indulge in pre-marital sex. The courtship lasted about a year
and a few months. Like I told you, before I got born again in 1974 the
Lord had been helping me. I never got into trouble like other people
did.. So, the question of temptation did not come in a way that most
people talk about temptation now. When we meet, we are meeting on
purpose to study the word, discuss and go.
