Wale Lawal
Pastor D.K OLUKOYA’s Wife FOLASHADE Opens Up The name Folashade Olukoya might not immediately ring a bell, especially to none Christian faithful, it is her husband, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, that is hugely popular. Everybody knows Pastor Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries. He is one of the most respected men of God in the country today. He is widely regarded as a man of high integrity and sound intellect, asides being a spirit filled man. His wife, the beautiful, ever smiling and impressively intelligent Dr. (Mrs.) Shade Olukoya, is also quite popular, but not quite as popular as her husband. And it is deliberate. She tries to keep away from the spotlight and let the focus be on her husband and the church alone. She rarely makes public appearances or grants interview. And she seldom talks about herself and her husband. But she broke her own rule lately. She spoke about her role in helping her husband be in the right frame of mind at home to do the work God has called him to do. And she also revealed the pain she endured during those troubling 14 years she was looking to conceive their first child after wedding. She opened up on this episode of her life and shared with other women the things she does to keep her husband happy despite his heavy work pressure.
She urged wives to maintain a warm and playful relationship with their husbands, emphasising that such an approach is both a divine duty and a means to preserve youthfulness. In the video, she also stressed the importance of light-hearted interaction, suggesting that spending time playing not only strengthens the marital bond but also has a rejuvenating effect on both partners.
Speaking candidly, Dr Shade Olukoya explained that her role as a wife is to help her husband by keeping him happy and engaged. “I play with my husband. I make him laugh every day, whether in the kitchen or elsewhere. After spending a lengthy time in church, he will come back again with loads of prayer requests and prayer letters that have been handwritten. Most of them handwritten, some of them typed, some of them printed out. And these are people’s private life issues that he has to handle personally.”
“I mean, look at that. It’s all by God’s grace. So what do I do as a wife? Make him happy, play with him. We play like boys and girls. I tickle him, I do all that. Because I know that’s my own part. I’ve come to help. My job is to help. And for him to be happy while at work, you know, there’s some kind of chemical reactions that goes on in the body when a husband and wife who love themselves, when they are playing together, you know, there’s this chemical reaction that goes around the body that just makes everything so easy and light. I don’t joke with that. I take that as a personal thing, as a very important part of my office, as a helper.”
“I play with my husband, I make him laugh every day, in the kitchen, everywhere. I tickle him. Sometimes I try to pretend as if I can carry him. I try to lift him and he says, don’t break your back. Okay, so, I tell him, you carry me then. And so, you know, stuff like that. We laugh every day and we smile at things. We have discussions and all sorts. And we have our sober mood when we have to reflect on people’s life’s issues as well. We don’t take that lightly.
We pray together. We talk together. We reason together. And that has been very, very helpful for us in the journey of the ministry. So whether we are together or I’m somewhere, he’s somewhere, we are tightly knitted together. It is very, very important that two perfectly become one. Reasoning together, understanding, knowing the pain of the other, knowing the strength of the other, managing this well and coming together to achieve one strong aim together. And then that helps both to complement one another. That, I think, is very, very good for everyone to think about.
So, as you are aging in the journey, it’s biological. It is normal. We age, things change, but love grows. Love continues to grow no matter what the age is, regardless of circumstances and situations around that journey. But when love is kept in a position that is allowed to grow and it gets the right nurturing, it keeps both of you still youthful, youthful at heart and youthful in the love that used to radiate around you when you started.So love won’t grow old. Rather, it grows younger and newer.
And then it helps both of you also to be rejuvenated. It helps both of you to be youthful. You play sometimes and you forget about your age. And when somebody tells you your age, you say, no, no, no, no, I don’t believe that. Because you keep getting younger and younger. And that’s what it does. It helps you, you know, it actually puts some kind of beauty spell on you as well.That is what the presence of God brings. Since God is love, so that means a loveless life is a godless life. Let love grow.Let love take its place and fill its own space in that relationship. You’ll all be feeling younger and younger and more beautiful. And that is what the presence of God does for us through His love.”
She also revealed quite a bit about what she endured during those agonising fourteen years it took her to conceive and gave birth to their only child, a son named Elijah Toluwani Olukoya. Before the Lord finally smiled on her and her husband and gave them their beloved son, several outrageous rumours had been peddled around regarding Folashade’s inability to conceive. Some said she and her husband had used their unborn child as covenant for spiritual power, others said her womb had been sacrificed for the fame and opulunce she and her husband were now enjoying. There were several more bizarre and unfounded rumours peddled around. But Shade Olukoya’s faith and trust in God never waned. She stayed focused. She stayed true to her God and she never disappointed her. She narrates: “The 14 years of my waiting upon the LORD for the fruit of the womb was my Jacobian times of trouble.”
“People said a lot of things. A lot of rumours were spread. Even those who are very close to me that we literally eat together said unthinkable things. There were times of discouragement, but thank God for my husband, Pastor and friend, Dr Daniel Olukoya who stood by me. Those 14 years were like 140 years.”
“Inspite of my waiting on God, I still have to stand in gap for others. People approach me for all kinds of needs, even seeking prayers for the fruit of the womb while I also was waiting on God. It appeared as if his promises won’t come to pass. Finally, when God did it was like a dream.”
The extremely virtuous woman also explained the events that took place at the hospital shortly after their son was born. She revealed that the popular MFM song, Oke nla ti di ipetele, written and composed by Dr. DK Olukoya, came into existence the very day they had their son, Elijah.
She explained. “The song Oke Nla, came into existence or was poured out the very day we had our son, Elijah, after waiting for many years…for fourteen years. So, the day we had Elijah, it came when everything was fine, mother and child were okay. He prayed on me, he prayed on Elijah, then the nurses came to take the baby away and clean him up, and right there where he was standing, Oken Nla dropped in his spirit.. (She launches into song with her husband who was standing by her side). That is the testimony. He sang and sang and sang and they reminded him, go and see your baby and your wife again o. And on the day we were going home (from the hospital) he had a key in his hand, he forgot the door number he was opening another person’s door. He had Elijah in the basket and he was opening another person’s door and I said, that’s not your house, it’s this one.”
“So, we thank God. The God, who is Oken Nla himself, will continue to manifest Himself in all your life circumstances and situations in the name of Jesus. He will answer His name, Jehovah Nissi, in all your life situations in the name of Jesus.”
–WALE LAWAL (08037209290)
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