THE GATEWAY

I have been in the ministry of Lord Jesus Christ for the past twenty-three years and I have been a privileged pioneer pastor of Christ Dominion Church of God International for almost seventeen years at the time of writing this prayer book. My life and ministry have been sustained and successful largely through the power of unfailing prayer in God and His word. I have faced many insurmountable challenges but through the weapon of all prayer and supplication offered up to God has caused me to enjoy sudden turnarounds victories and unfathomable miracles in all those dire situations. It is becoming increasingly a burden in my heart to see believers treating prayer as a mere and passive thing. Many have become too lazy even to pray, even others are “contracting their prayer requests to a prayer contractors” instead of them mastering the acts of praying themselves and most sincere Christians did not know how to pray effectively for divine solutions to their situations. The enemy has used deception to deceive both sincere and innocent Christian into thinking that there is no need for prayers. They have been deceived into thinking that prayer is for the primitive people in so called third world countries but I beg to disagree with such notions. Nothing delivers the children of God from the wickedness of the wicked than prayer of faith in their God who promised to answer whenever they called. Prayer is a tested battle axe in the hand of the knowledgeable Christians to break in pieces the enemy’s stronghold and obtain desired results. I remember vividly when our second born was suddenly attacked overnight by the wicked devil trying to destroy his two kidneys within four or five hours of sleep at the age of four. It was during my fervent prayers and unrelenting prayer that God gave divine instructions about his condition that arrest and terminate such satanic agenda. To the glory of God, that four-year-old boy has grown up to become a versatile young man. It is during the course of my thinking on why the Holy Spirit inspired me to write this book —the dynamic power of effective prayer — that I strongly believed it will turn around the prayer lives of millions, making them become terror and spiritual bulldozers to the kingdom of the devil. I pray for everyone that will come across this prayer book that their testimonies shall be greater than mine and their prayer lives will never be the same. The secrets of the enemy will be exposed and their keys to effective prayer will be released into their hands. Your partner in prayers Mike Olawale.