His mother’s joy and his father’s pride, Kevin once was! Having grown up a promising child, no one would have guessed that his character would turn in an eye’s blink. Alcohol addiction, drug taking, lust, anger and rebellion, all these ills he had assumed as his own. According to him, it all started during his primary school days when he befriended a group of rebellious boys. They would draw eerie and strange cartoons, watch pornographic material, listen to worldly music and use uncouth language. His naughty behavior got so out of hand that Kevin was expelled from school. One would have thought that this would be a wakeup call for him but oh no! It moved not a vein as his character worsened by the day.
A hot slap, a heavy blow, a strong shove- and timid young Kevin landed on the floor as a bully beat him up for no reason at all. “I am in a new environment, a new level, a new school so I need to protect myself,” the young man thought. At this, Kevin made friends with yet another group of ill-mannered young boys, well known for their unscrupulous behavior, later joining them in alcohol and drug taking. Together with these friends of his, Kevin would smoke marijuana and drink alcohol religiously, abandoning his studies completely. During one of their drinking sprees, they went swimming in a river and his friends had brought a lot of food along for their indulgence, only for Kevin to later realize that all these had been stolen. It hit that not only was he a part of a group of smokers and binge drinkers, he was a part of a den of robbers. Moreover, with this group Kevin indulged in lustful behavior of all sorts.
In Kevin’s class was a notorious young boy who always carried a blood stained knife with him and Kevin made it a point to build a close relation with him as no one was interested in associating with him. Surprisingly, the young man in question unexpectedly scratched Kevin’s arm with the knife, despite being his ‘friend’- this shook Kevin and left him wondering what would happen in future. With time, Kevin joined in on the young man’s delinquencies lest he find himself on his wrong side. He later shared with the fearful Kevin the secret behind the success of his endeavors, why he acts unlawfully but is never in trouble with the authorities. He attributed this to a certain traditional doctor whom he later introduced Kevin to. One knock at the shrine’s threshold and Kevin was hooked. His was a life bound to tradition and delinquency.
During all of this, Kevin’s mother would invite him to the church but to no avail; the young man would dress up as though he was joining her but would later skip over walls and jump over platforms, running away. If anyone in his family tried to rebuke him, he would throw threats around, disregarding their age. The aftermath of Kevin’s lifestyle was academic failure lending him on the streets with nothing to do. In an attempt to make pocket money, he resolved to sell drugs but this business made no profit. He then joined the construction industry and it is there that he was introduced to cocaine. His addiction to this drug became so severe that he would sell anything he set his eyes on so as to satisfy it. His eyes were bloodshot red, his skin was pale, his body, very filthy due to this lifestyle he had adopted. On one of his piece jobs, Kevin was sent to a farm and it was there that he began to introspect and even pray to God for deliverance as he was tired of living this life. It felt as though a force was pushing him to seek God all the more.
Immediately, he made a resolve to visit the place he had been avoiding for far too long- 3G Ministries. On that particular Sunday, the congregation was being ministered with the Living Water and the promise that came with it was that a river of fire would come upon them to wash away their afflictions. As Prophet Cedric pronounced this, Kevin began to feel an unbearable heat under his feet, causing him to want to run away. Immediately, the tattoos on his body began to itch, such that he scratched them vigorously. By the time Living water was ministered on him, deliverance had already happened and therefore it was only brought to perfection. In a faceoff with the rebellious spirit that had been operating in Kevin’s life, the Living water took precedence and won the victory! Later on as the Prophet was ministering prayer, Kevin began to vomit out bloody substances, a confirmation of his deliverance. Ever since that day, Kevin is a new young man, he is no longer addicted to drugs and alcohol, no longer indulges in the flesh and does not move around with the wrong crowds. The young man now runs a chicken business and surely his is a life renewed.
