{"id":124800,"date":"2026-01-05T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124800"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:15:33","slug":"adeboye-recounts-healing-story-as-nigerians-question-miracle-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adeboye-recounts-healing-story-as-nigerians-question-miracle-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Adeboye recounts healing story as Nigerians question miracle narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has shared a fresh account of what he described as a miraculous healing during a trip abroad.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The testimony has once again stirred public debate in Nigeria over the credibility and focus of miracle narratives by prominent clerics.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The cleric shared the account in a video that circulated widely online on Sunday, saying the incident occurred in a foreign city whose identity he, as usual chose not to disclose.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He explained that the encounter took place during an early morning walk, a routine he said he observes while in a new city or environment after first confirming the safety conditions of his host city.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to Pastor Adeboye, he had gone out for a walk after making inquiries about how safe the city was, noting that he takes such precautions whenever he is outside Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI woke up very early in the city and went for a walk. Whenever I get to a city, I ask how safe it is and how soon I can go out because I know I\u2019m not in Redemption City, where I can walk at night,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He narrated that while returning from the walk, a young woman recognized him and expressed excitement at seeing him, saying she and others had been praying for him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Pastor Adeboye said the woman followed him to the hotel where he was staying and insisted on speaking with him privately.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The RCCG leader said the situation became uncomfortable when the woman attempted to follow him into the lift, prompting him to ask her to explain her problem so he could pray for her without creating misunderstandings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI told her not to get me into trouble. Imagine someone seeing me in a lift with a beautiful lady. They won\u2019t know whether I\u2019m going up with you or coming down,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pastor Adeboye explained that the woman refused to explain herself and insisted that he would only understand if they went upstairs together.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said she eventually followed him into his hotel room despite his reluctance.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI prayed immediately and asked God to help me,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, the woman then lifted her dress, revealing scars all over her body, which he described as evidence of repeated physical attacks.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cShe said, \u2018They come every night to beat me.\u2019<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The scars looked like someone had been tortured again and again,\u201d he recounted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The cleric said he cried to God and prayed intensely for the woman\u2019s healing, declaring that anything God had not planted in her life should be uprooted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI prayed loudly and cried to God, asking Him to do something about what the enemy had done to her,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pastor Adeboye claimed that the result of the prayer was immediate.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cBefore she left the room, all the scars were gone,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, the account has reignited public debate around miracle testimonies frequently shared by prominent clerics.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Critics argue that such claims are often unverifiable, with beneficiaries rarely identified and details such as their identities, places of origin or family, dates and\u00a0 backgrounds typically undisclosed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some Nigerians have also questioned the focus on individual miracle narratives in the face of the country\u2019s worsening social and economic challenges, including widespread poverty, corruption, insecurity and declining living standards.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They argue that if prayers could instantly erase physical scars instantly, similar spiritual urgency could be directed toward Nigeria\u2019s broader national afflictions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pastor Adeboye ended the account by offering prayers to those watching and listening, declaring that every form of affliction and \u201cscar of the enemy\u201d in their lives would disappear, even as debate continues over the place of miracle testimonies in addressing broader personal and national challenges.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has shared a fresh account of what he described as a miraculous healing&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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