T. M. Aluko

Timothy Mofolorunso Aluko OBE, OON, Timothy_Mofolorunso_Aluko.wav listen(14 June 1918 – 1 May 2010) was a Nigerian civil servant, university professor and novelist. Quotes In their form of worship they also believe more in memorized choruses than in hymns in a book. They pray together as a congregation and yet individuals say aloud different prayers to one and the same Lord. It is this form of praying in which individuals shout their prayers at the same time that I have not been able to master; much as I try. So many people talking at the same time distract my attention from concentrating on my own thoughts. It is ever so different from the Anglican form of prayer in which the man of God is left alone to lead the prayer and the congregation joins only in thought and shout Amen at the end The leader of one of the bigger, newer churches in Lagos told me that I most certainly had an unrepented sin which is responsible for my condition. I know I am a sinner but do not know which unrepented sin could be responsible for my condition. I had thought that I was probably no worse that the average of men. I have since prayed as I know how to pray, that God should forgive me all my sons, both repented and unrepented I have read a certain amount of Christian literature particularly on healing. They all emphasise the importance of faith and fasting in healing. My faith that I would have my healing miraculously was strong early in the illness, but unfortunately as the years lengthened and still there was no healing the faith sagged. But I am hopeful still that I would still be healed in a miraculous way. I am advised against fasting at my age and condition, and I donate fast now My having not been healed all these years of illness is not necessarily due to an unrepented sin in my life, I am certain. Job and Paul are examples of men in the Bible whom God made to suffer not because they had sinned but because they had to suffer to prove the sovereignty of God. And Prophet Obadare of WOSEM is a modern day Paul who does not see physically and yet through him God has performed big miracles including restoration of sight to the blind. If and when God wills it, I will be healed.There are also cases in the Bible where Jesus performed miraculous healings without the healing depending on the faith of the person being healed Something I must not forget to mention here is the attitude of friends and acquaintances to me since I had the illness. Some did what I thought they would do, namely come and see me and my family, thanking God with us that I had not been killed outright by the killer disease. But some others, to my surprise, have not called or written. Some of these were people who I thought were close to me, friends I had made in the civil service or in the university. I was amazed that these friends cut me off ever so easily The story of my life, T.M. Aluko,T.M. Aluko,May 5, 2010 External Links Category:1918 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Nigerian authors