26/07/2023
JULY 26, 1959: A GREAT TREE FELL IN CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola lived on earth as every normal human being. He had basic education, worked with a construction firm, answered a call into the ministry, do the work of field evangelism and counseling, had other evangelist working with him, got married to one wife, and his marriage was blessed with children, and died a natural death in the special room allocated to him by BABA ABIYE in EDE town.
He was fondly called BABA ABIYE by his wife, and he in-turn called his wife IYA ABIYE. A father of four children, all female, with many adopted children he catered for until his death. A man fully sold out to the work of His father with just a bell, bottle of water and bible in his hands, spreading the gospel to many communities earlier ruled by principalities and powers of darkness, ministering healing to the sick, lame, blind, deaf, raising the dead, winning many to Christ Jesus, including the then king of Efon Alaye, OBA ALADEJARE, where he adopted the king's daughter after his demise.
For many years of his ministry, he will treck miles in the early hour of the day, to arrive in communities where he want to minister to people, crossing from one city to another, before God bless him with a car in 1953. He hardly eat, even when he's not fasting, but usually emback on fast and prayer on weekly and monthly basis, without missing the 40days fast during lent period of every year. During his lifetime, he had nothing to himself, and after his death, all he left behind were taken away by his fellow men in the ministry, all in the name of taking mantle. A good accountant añd record keeper, as he document every money given to him by people as OWO OLUWA, and every of his movement fully documented too in his diary in those days. He was a father of many, as his house in Efon Alaye witnessed in-flocks of men and women, young and old, day-in, day-out, until his death.
One thing that marveled me was, himself prophesying that a GREAT TREE IN C.A.C WILL FALL. These happened during his last service in the church of his dearest brother and partner in the ministry, in the person of BABA ABIYE L'EDE. And immediately after that service, a prayer section was organised, where himself also participated. None of them was privileged to have an insight in the realm of the spirit that the great tree God talks about here is APOSTLE JOSEPH AYODELE BABALOLA.
Despite the fact that prayers are being observed in his house at every praying hours of the day, 6am, 9am,12noon, 3pm, 6pm and 9pm, whether he's at home or not, and himself was always on his knees praying for hours, where he will fast practically every week, and spent day, even weeks on mountain tops. Yet, all these didn't stop God from taking him away from the surface of the earth.
History have it that before and after him, there's no minister of God as great, powerful, fearful, prayerful, restless, lovely, simple and humble, and graced in giving as JOSEPH AYODELE BABALOLA.
In the whole record of Christ Apostolic Church, there's only one Apostle in the mission.
God uses the revival of 1930 to reveal him to the world, and his ministration touches many lives. Indeed, he was a great revivalist and intercessor of all time.
Every JULY 26th remains in the heart of many. as a faithful co-worker of God amidst the body of Christ was called home by God.
Today marks 64th year of his death. yet his work liveth in the mission, just as God liveth.
God bless his seeds
God bless C.A.C
God bless Nigeria
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