Written by: CfaN South Africa
Article source: JOY! Magazine
We live in a world filled with noise – a thousand voices clamouring for our attention. Outrage, tragedy, and opinion flood our screens, and though we have access to more information than ever before, truth can feel out of reach. What can we trust? Where do we find something real?
In the midst of the chaos, let’s pause. Let’s listen to what truly matters – testimonies of lives transformed by Jesus Christ. These stories come from our Gospel campaigns across Africa. This is the good news our world needs: Jesus is alive, still saving, healing, and transforming. As we testify to what He has done, the noise fades and His faithfulness shines.
Ogechu tells everyone that nothing is impossible if you put your faith in God.
PARALYSED AFTER CHILDBIRTH
The birth of a child is one of the most tender moments in a woman’s life – but for Ogechu Okereke, it marked the beginning of a nightmare. Complications during childbirth left her paralysed from the waist down. For over a year, she lived in despair, unable to care for her baby. Then she heard of a place where even the hopeless could find healing.
A mustard seed of faith
When Ogechu arrived at the CfaN Great Gospel Campaign, she had only the tiniest bit of faith that the Jesus of the Bible who healed the sick and the lame had not lost His saving and healing power. As Daniel Kolenda preached and prayed for the sick, something stirred in her. “I had faith and a strange sensation in my body. My mind told me to move – and I began to walk,” she said. She couldn’t wait to get up on stage and show everyone that she could now sit upright, stand, and walk! Because Jesus touched Ogechu’s life, she is now able to walk without pain, care for her child, and live a normal life. And she’s the first to tell everyone that nothing is impossible if you put your faith in God.
BLIND IN THE EYE
It all began for 67-year-old James David while he was clearing an area for planting crops. As he chopped into the thick bush, a branch slashed down and hit his left eye. The damage was terrible. Whenever he could scrape together some money, he went to doctors and eye clinics, but the answer was always the same: “You are blind in that eye, and there’s nothing we can do.” Eventually, the doctors wanted to remove the eyeball, but James refused. He grew more and more depressed – especially because something was now wrong with his good eye too. He told his sister and his pastor: “If this eye closes and I can’t see again, and the other one closes too, then I don’t want to go on. I’ve worked too hard for somebody to carry me everywhere. I’ll just get some drain cleaner and drink it.” His pastor pleaded with him. “No! Don’t do it! I’ll pray to God for you!” He went for cataract surgery to try and save the remaining eye – but there was nothing anyone could do for the blind one.
God worked a miracle
And then, with his one good eye, James saw a poster announcing the CfaN Gospel Campaign coming to Liberia. “I am a believer,” he said, “so when I heard about the campaign, I decided to go.” There in the crowd, with tens of thousands of people, James began to believe that God might do a miracle for him. From the stage, he heard the evangelist say, “Everybody put your hand on your eye. Right now, I command every blind eye to open. In the Name of Jesus, receive your sight.” At first, James was afraid to remove his hand – afraid he might still be blind. But as he did, he could see the crowd around him clearly. With great joy, he made his way to the stage to share his story. “I felt very, very good. I was shaking inside – I felt something in there. It was like the Holy Spirit hit me! I have told people what happened to me. They are so excited for me, and I thank God that He did a miracle for me. I believe if He did it for me, He can do miracles for other people too.”
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This article is featured in the August issue of JOY! Magazine. Read a digital version of this magazine here: joygifts.co.za
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Date published: 15/08/2025
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