TEACHER CHUKS; Season 5 (Part 13&14) – Opeyemi Akintunde

Part 13
TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4
Opeyemi Akintunde

My phone was literally on fire for the whole week. Tina called me day and night, but I refused picking up her call or returning the call. I didn’t want to fall like a pack of cards like I did with Rejoice…

Her text messages were pouring in, but funny enough, they were blank messages. I understood what that meant. The SCA had a way of monitoring everyone’s inbox, so Tina was sending me a silent message…

It was either “Save me” or “ Come back”.

“ She may be genuine!” Favour said from across the room where she sat…

“ If So, Why can’t she leave there like I did…?”

“ Fear… like she told you…Chuks, Fear cripples you know…”

“ I know, but she will die there if she doesn’t overcome the fear…, because the moment the SCA discovers she will soon become a loose rat, she will be extinguished….. so that is why I see no point in her being afraid of death”

“ We handle crises differently… but moving on… She needs our help?”

“ Help?, hope you are not insinuating we should go to the SCA and pull her out?”

“ That would be stupid of us, but we could do what the earlier saints did…”

“ What?” I asked …

Favour picked up my Bible and I knew I was in for a Bible study time…

“ Acts 12:5” Favour said…

“ So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.” Favour read out and without saying much I understood what she was implying…

Tina was in prison Like Peter was, but if we can intercede on her behalf, we will surely get her out…

“ What is the plan?” I asked Favour…

“ 40 days of intense prayers and fasting

“ Will that do anything?”

“ You are a product of that!” Favour said and made attempt to walk out…

“ What do you mean?” I asked

“ Never mind… It is a personal thing…”

“ A personal thing that has to do with me?, “

Favour Knew I wasn’t going to let her off the hook so easily…

“The thing is, wayback in our university days, I took you up as a prayer project….” Favour said nonchalantly

“ Prayer Project?”

“ Yes, I came across that scripture about praying for those who have been imprisoned in one form of prison. I knew you were in a sexual prison as you slept with anything in skirts… So I took it upon myself to always pray and fast for you every Tuesday….”

I was wowed, as my jaw fell…. I knew Favour doesn’t eat on Tuesdays, I was silently hoping it had nothing to do with me…

“ Wait, you fast on Tuesday’s because of me?”

“ Yes for over 14 years…”

“ You are lying….”

“ I don’t tell lies…”

“ Why?” I couldn’t wrap my head around it, because wayback in school, we were not friends

“ Why does my life mean so much to you…Favour?” I asked not getting what Favour wanted with me…

“ It means a Lot to God, so it must mean much to me likewise”

“ No, I don’t believe, there must be something more?”

“ Nothing?”

“ You had a crush on me and was hoping If you prayed for me, I could become a Christian?”

“ Noooo… Chuks… must I have a crush on a guy before I pray for him?” Favour asked with a bewildered look… “Chuks, I was only doing my responsibility as a Christian…You were a lost sheep who needed direction back to the folk, as Christians , We ought to pray for our brethren who maybe trapped in one form of prison or the other…”

I couldn’t find the right words to describe Favour… No wonder, her name was what popped into my head, when I needed help after Chinaza died… She had been interceding for me for years….

“ Thank you…” was all that could drop out of my lips

“ The best way to thank me is to pass on that love to Tina… You can get her out of that prison by praying for her from the corner of your room… It might take a while, but I believe she will come out if we don’t give up on her….” Favour said as she finally walked out…

I moved towards my Bible she had opened and I fastened my eyes on that scripture again….

“So Peter was kept in PRISON, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him”

Hmm…. Praying for him, not castigating Him, not backlashing Him by insinuating God was punishing him for a sin he had committed in the past …..

“Can my prayers bring Tina out of the SCA?” I thought with a heavy heart filled with doubt, uncertainty and fear.

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Part 14
TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4
Opeyemi Akintunde

Fire begat Fire…. Our fire in prayers gave birth to fire on the other side…

Favour announced to everyone at the Lighthouse about the 40 days of intercession. The Teens and youths did not see it as a big deal as fasting was a normal thing in the house.

We prayed ceaselessly, more like round the clock…

“ Tina, come out by fire in Jesus name” became a popular phrase in the house… Everyone had it on their lips. As ladies were washing, they had it on their lips… Devotion time was devoted to having Tina out of the prison…

On day 12 of the program, I received a text message from Tina, this time around, the text had words…

“ I have been discovered, you may never hear from me again, I have been summoned by the Elders’ council and you know what that means, I will be extinguished. Thank you for helping me to find Christ again, if I die at this point , I am fulfilled because I have retraced my steps back to Calvary…”

“What did She say?” Favour asked

“ She is Saved, but we may never see her again!”

Favour swallowed hard, as the meaning of those words were clear to her…

“Let’s Pray” Favour said as she held my hands firmly. Favour prayed for the next 25 minutes asking God for Mercy… She wanted God to bring Tina out unharmed.

Exactly on Day 40, I woke up with excruciating pain in my lower abdomen. I knew it had to do with the cancer. Favour decided to take me to the hospital.

As we drove towards the hospital gate, an insane lady double crossed the car…

“ I am mad, but thank God I am not evil” I looked closely at the lady’s face…it was familiar…

“ Tina!” I screamed and the excruciating pain left…

The insane lady stopped and looked straight into my eyes…

“ Chuks?” She said and immediately it seemed like she came back to her senses…She looked at her appearance and with shock on her face…

“ What am I doing here?, what happened to me?” She said looking all confused…

Favour gave me a facial expression that told me to tell her to get into the car as we were gaining a lot of attention.

“ Tina, please get into the car…” Tina obediently did so as I hopped back into the car…Favour did same and with her iconic raised eyebrow she asked me ….

“Your treatment?”

“ The joy I feel right now has swallowed my pain” I said with excitement

Favour and I returned to the Lighthouse with Tina in the back seat. She sat calmly wracking her brain for answers. Suddenly, she said…

“ The SCA…. I remember…..they were about to kill me and I screamed… that is the last thing I remember….”

“ Really, maybe God used the insanity to deliver you at that point…” Favour said smiling….

“ You… finally I get to meet you…!” Tina said as she looked at Favour with a side smile…

“ Me, you know me?” Favour asked very surprised

“ Who doesn’t know Favour, Chuks’ defender. The SCA has tried to kill Chuks on several occasion but your hedge around him has been strong, the wall around him became thicker when he moved back to the Lighthouse. The first time I came to the Lighthouse, it was the SCA that sent me, but your words Chuks tore at my heart. Those few minutes I spent crying in the car was my moment… Afterwards, I knew no peace anymore… I just wanted out of the SCA. I started searching the Internet for God, I started watching salvation and rededication messages online.

Obviously, the SCA found me out and summoned me to the Elders Council at the Headquarters…

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