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We need to plant here without any optional caveats the challenging words of A. W. Tozer, “It is doubtful that God can use anyone greatly until He has hurt him deeply".

 So Press Here to read what the Nicholas family had to persevere through. It will make a fascinating read.

 

Do watch a snippet of this You Tube production of a very moving story proclaimed by Anton about a lady who only a few months later faced unexpected death.

 

What Happened on Good Friday in London, England. 22nd March 2008.Anton preaching the Prophetic Word.

( Thank God for what happened on that very special Good Friday, 2000 years ago :for this makes all the other days on the face of this earth worth living for. Oh, thank you so much Precious Saviour!)

Oh, what more can we do Our Lord and our God to recompense your total sacrifice?

And you completed the fullness of our joy by blasting the stench of death . The third day was resurrection ---we call it, proclaim it, declare it Easter Sunday. For once and for all you, Our Lord Jesus, conquered the fear of death. Death can never hold any sway over us! Our greatest desire is for the world to understand that the cross saved us from total damnation.

 

Capture what happened, for the consequential act of Good Friday brought forth deliverance. For clarification do press This link: It might surprise you once you start reading it.

Isaiah 53

4) Surely he took up our infirmities
       and carried our sorrows,
       yet we considered him stricken by God,
       smitten by him, and afflicted.

 5) But he was pierced for our transgressions,
       he was crushed for our iniquities;
       the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
       and by his wounds we are healed.

 

 

John 20

6) Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,

 7) as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8) Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed

We as a family went to a morning service which was held at one of our sister churches. The Church was packed with enthusiastic worshippers all coming to pray and meditate on the crucifixion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Most of the local Churches in Peckham, South London came together in unity for a combined Good Friday Service at this centrally located Church, the Rye Lane ( Baptist Chapel) . We need to say that the Reverend Dr. Edward Frank Govei, the Pastor of the Baptist Chapel co-ordinated the service superbly.

At the end of the service we assembled at Peckham Square with other local Christians. After a time of prayer and praise about 300 to 400 of us set off to do a prayer walk to St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London. St. Paul’s Cathedral is a prestigious building which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

As we sang and walked, residents looked out from their apartments. A cross was carried while others held banners and flags. The people walking along and the passengers sitting on numerous buses had no option then to observe us for we were shouting and proclaiming the high praises of God. A trumpet and a drum added a lively accompaniment to our singing.

As we walked through the large housing estates, we prayed for the families and we strongly interceded against gun, knife crime and gang culture. For at least 7 youngsters have very sadly either been gunned down or stabbed to death just in this local area.

We paused for a small service in Burgess Park (our praise and worship team arrived by van with a generator!). As we continued our journey to the City, where all the worlds financial wheeling and dealing takes place, we prayed for hospitals, transport, local Churches and politicians. We also prayed against the sin of promiscuity for the young people, drugs, violence and the hopelessness in peoples’ lives.

We also made sure we said a prayer for our son Paul, for we passed by his work place.

It saddened us, ( yet it gave us a timely opportunity to pray) to pass a long queue of people including children wanting to enter the tourist site, the London Dungeon. Outside the dungeon were men and women dressed in brown hooded capes with faces painted in a grey / white (resembling death). All these people looked confused and uneasy when they saw us, not knowing quite how to respond. One of the frightening looking masked man actually acknowledged and smiled at Saida. There was also a very tall “monster” dressed up like a marauding dragon parading around the people.

We prayed that the powerful Easter Message would touch them and some of the team tried to engage the hundreds of people waiting to enter this frightening and very dark London Dungeon. At this juncture we were very impressed by our Pastor, Reverend Frog Orr- Ewing. For he took control of the loud hailer and explained to the assembled crowd there why we were marching and invited all of them to attend a Church service on Easter Sunday to find out why Easter Sunday is a very joyful occasion for all Christians. We believe that Rev. Frog was one of the main organizers for this whole march. A couple of people did comment that they organized the route to perfection.

As we crossed the now famous Millennium Bridge over the River Thames we could see St. Paul’s ahead of us. For the first steps on the bridge Saida had to hold Valerie’s hand tightly, the reason being for years Valerie Meilton had a tremendous fear for crossing bridges. For the foul devil used to lie to her that some force was going to carry her and throw her over the bridge. We thank God for the victory God the Father gave her for walking on this long bridge. This was a very brave act for Valerie. Considering everything it was a bold move she made. Certain fresh incidences must have come back to her memory. For example on the 1st of August 2007 an eight - lane freeway bridge in Minneapolis, USA ,collapsed into the Mississippi River. About 5 people, a marketing Director, an exercise therapist, a produce salesman, a cosmetology student and a truck driver very sadly died and 79 others were injured.

The London Millennium Bridge is the first pedestrian river crossing over the Thames in central London for more than 100 years. It’s 330 meters long (0.205miles ) linking the City of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral with the Tate Modern Gallery at Bankside. For Valerie it looked like the bridge was about 5 miles long.The bridge was officially opened on 10 June 2000 when an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people crossed it. It’s a fact that all bridges move to some degree. When the structural engineers observed the large groups of people crossing, they saw larger than expected sideways movements occurring. The bridge had to be closed for investigations on 12th June. There is a video footage demonstrating the movement of the bridge which might worry most people especially someone like Valerie. The engineers referred to the fault as Synchronous Lateral Excitation and other bridge designers have been warned of this phenomenon. The bridge we were walking on cost £18 million pounds to build.

After we went across the River Thames we arrived at St. Paul’s, after about a four mile walk (6 ½ km). We had a final praise and worship victorious service with some added testimonies on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. After the service was over and as we were on our way back, the heavens opened  for some painful heavy hail stones came crashing down. There was also some spectacular lightning on display. Just a tiny glimpse of something similar that happened on that Good Friday 2000 years ago after our Precious Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ died on that sacred cross.

We happened to be listening to Premier Christian Radio on 25th July 2009. It was a programme called Best Seller presented by Patrick Woodward. He is the Director of Programmes for Revival Media. Each week he interviews a Bible teacher to expound on some of the bible verses. During that week the expounder was the Reverend Geoffrey Smith, who currently is the Director of Christian Friends of Israel- UK. We used to know Geoffrey and his wife Margaret whilst he was the Administrator at St. Mark’s Church, Kennington, London.

Geoffrey gave a revelation on the biblical verses found in:

John 19 verses 28-30

28) Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." 29) A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30) When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Geoffrey was explaining that the soldier used his personal toilet kit a sponge to offer the wine vinegar to Jesus. This sponge was part of the same kit the soldier would have used to clean himself. For the Romans had 'flushing toilets' which were actually channels of water. They used theses sponges which were on sticks to clean themselves.

When Jesus cried out, “It is Finished,” this embodied that Jesus went to the utmost degradation and humiliation for us that a personal toilet sponge was used to offer a drink to our Lord Jesus.

 

Oscar Mwesigwa our youth worker from Kampala, Uganda is beating the drum. His sense of rhythm is very good. We need to state that this well rendered beating of the drum attracted many onlookers!!! There is a banner that states Jesus is Alive.


 

 

 Here the marchers are having a prayer break within the precincts of Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge. This is the arena where we heard Dr Jonathan Oloyede the convenor and the visionary who set the pace to organize the Global Day of Prayer in London, England.

Pastor Jonathan Oloyede is a key member of the Pastoral team at Glory House, one of London’s largest Pentecostal churches.

 

 

(We were at the Millwall football stadium ( new Den) last Sunday, 11th May 2008 for the London Global Day of Prayer. What blessed us the most was that Boris Johnson, the recently elected London Mayor actually graced us with his presence at the stadium. When he asked us to pray for him, he was visibly shaken when all 19,000 of us got up immediately and stretched our hands towards him and prayed and interceded for him. I don’t think London Mayor Boris has seen such a prayerful gathering before. I think I am right in saying that the former Mayor Ken Livingstone would not have come to a Christian gathering such as Global Day of Prayer. Our daily prayer now is that Boris’s wife Marina Johnson, a barrister by profession would be encouraged and drawn by the Holy Spirit to attend an Alpha course. We are inviting all Christians to pray for this to come to pass.)

 

Marching towards our son, Paul's office, 22nd March 2008.