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  • How God healed me of near paralysis – Gospel singer, Tim Godfrey

    How God healed me of near paralysis – Gospel singer, Tim Godfrey

    Nigerian gospel singer Timothy Godfrey, popularly known as Tim Godfrey has expressed gratitude to God for healing him from near paralysis after years of pain.

    The singer took to his Instagram page in a video clip to express how grateful he was to God for the great miracle.

    “I was admitted at a hospital after getting hellish pains on my back and arms,” he said.

    Godfrey said he was told by scientists that his bones were 20 years older than his age, causing him to go for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

    “They told me also that my bones showed I was over 60 years old, while I am in my 40s; this is coupled with a shift in my spinal cord disc,” he said.

    The gospel singer said this made him go for thorough treatment and intensive prayers, expressing gratitude to God for healing him.

    “I was always in pain. Sometimes I will hold my hand to my face and cry so badly. They told me that I had overstretched my body and a lot of other evil reports.

    “But as the song says when there is a chance for evil, God turns it for good. I went home after some treatments and intensive prayers believing that I am healed and it is so.

    “Right now I’m really grateful to God for the gift of healing. I imagine the plan of the enemy was that I’ll be paralysed but God turned it around.

    “To you reading this, God is turning that situation around for your good. No matter the report of the enemy concerning your life, the report of the lord says – he’s turning everything in your favour,” he said.

    Godfrey is a talented Nigerian gospel musician, who started his music career at an early age in 2004.

    He is also a music director, conference speaker, voice instructor, producer, instrumentalist, presenter, music and art training consultant.

    He is also a musical concert clinician and writer. The singer grew into one of the biggest gospel music stars in Africa.

    He is known for his song ‘Nara’ in collaboration with Travis Greene, a record he founded.

    Godfrey is equally the manager and founder of a gospel band called “Tim Godfrey and the Xtreme”, a Christian musical group.

  • Love in the air: Popular gospel artist, Tim Godfrey engaged

    Love in the air: Popular gospel artist, Tim Godfrey engaged

    Obviously, the love season is yet to come to an end as popular gospel artist, Tim Godfrey has taken advantage of the season to engage his lover.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Tim Godfrey proposed to his heartthrob and shared of photo of the proposal via his official Instagram on Wednesday.

    However, Godfrey refused to give the identity of his fiancee away, referring to her only as EKJ.

    The Nara singer described EKJ as the best thing to have happened to him after giving his life to to Christ, and that meeting her changed his life.

    “Meeting you changed my life. Meeting you brought unending smiles. Most importantly, meeting you was and is my greatest reward from God.

    “Thank you for saying yes! I can’t imagine how I have lived without you all my life. But guess what? I would have waited forever till we cross part.

    “But thank God, this blissful and Heaven made journey has started. After giving my life to Christ, sharing life with you is the best thing that has happened to me.

    “No measure of time with you will be enough, but let’s start with forever. “EKJ” you are my still waters,” Tim Godfrey captioned the proposal photo he shared via Instagram.

  • I almost committed suicide, became a houseboy at 12 – Tim Godfrey

    I almost committed suicide, became a houseboy at 12 – Tim Godfrey

    ‘Na ra’ crooner, Tim Godfrey has shared his grass to grace story. The acclaimed musician and director of RoX Music noted that he once worked as a houseboy.

    According to him: “Working as a houseboy was not an embarrassing experience but a painful one. I was always beaten and abused. There was nothing fun about the experience. I was flogged until I bled. I never stole and was not disobedient but it was not a good experience. I remember one day I ran away from my master’s house and I almost committed suicide. I was like ‘this life is not worth it. If I go back to my parents, this man will come for me again, because that was about the fourth time I was running away from his house’. It was a nightmare staying with him. I couldn’t watch television, listen to radio or play around with friends. I was just there washing, cleaning and sweeping. I became a houseboy at the age of 12 due to crippling poverty, he told The Sun.

    On how he started music, Godfrey said his music voyage started in a Lagos church located in Oshodi

    “One day, when I was very hungry, I just barged into a church at Oshodi and told them I could handle their music and make it different. They did not answer me the first time, so I began to attend their rehearsals, and the third time they gave me a chance. Because I play five musical instruments including bass guitar, lead guitar and piano, I just mesmerised them; they were shocked! That was how they employed me and I remember my first salary was N3,000. I was very excited because I was hungry and broke. People don’t know all these stories. They think I just popped out of the blue and stumbled into success. And so, I was like ‘if one church can pay me N3,000, why not try another church and make N6,000?’ I started focusing more on music, that was how I got many churches to employ me and I was making N9,000 a month, before another church invited me and paid me N10,000 per month.

    “I was working my life out everyday. I was doing vigil after vigil. I did not even want to be an artiste, I just wanted to be a music director, train people vocally and stuff, but later, everything just changed. God kept expanding the dream and it is getting bigger everyday”

     

  • Fans slam gospel artiste, Tim Godfrey over controversial hairstyle

    Nigerian gospel artiste, Tim Godfrey fondly called Nigeria’s ‘Kirk Franklin’ has been slammed by his fans over a controversial hairstyle he just had.
    The singer whose song ‘Na ra’ is currently enjoying massive airplays took to his Instagram page on Wednesday to share the picture of himself on a tinted haircut .
     
     
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    Most of his fans were not quite pleased with the hairstyle, adding that it is unfitting for a gospel artiste.
     
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  • Gospel artistes need to get into the mainstream- Tim Godfrey

    Gospel artistes need to get into the mainstream- Tim Godfrey

    Gospel artistes need to get into the mainstream properly, Tim Godfrey of the ‘Agidigba’ fame has said.

     

    Godfrey, a gospel artiste and leader of the Rox Nation made the assertion when he spoke in an interview with TheNewsGuru

     

     

    TheNewsGuru reports that Tim Godfrey was one of the gospel artistes whom performed at the just concluded gospel music concert, The Experience.

     

    According to him: “Gospel artistes’ need to get into the mainstream properly because what we are doing is that we are shining as light in darkness. We are taking the light that we are into the dark areas of this world. There are a lot of things we are cooking right now that will shock the world. The most important thing is to be able to shine our light to the world.

     

     

    Recall that Tim Godfrey recently gifted brand new cars to longstanding members of his band, Speaking about the highpoints of 2017, he said: “God has been so good to me and my guys we have been so blessed with everything that happened this year especially fearless concert. We had over 30,000 people coming for it and it was huge. This just the beginning, 2018 will be absolutely unbelievable”.

     

    I almost committed suicide”- Tim Godfrey shares grass to grace tale

     

  • Fans locked out of Tim Godfrey Fearless Concert

    Not everyone who attended the much publicized, Tim Godfrey fearless concert featuring Kirk Franklin held on Sunday 13th of August has a sweet tale to tell.

     

    The Concert which was held at Rock Cathedral , Lekki Lagos was marred by congestion as the church auditorium was already filled to the brim even before the concert kicked off in the evening.

     

    TheNewsGuru gathered that celebrities like Yaw, MC Abbey, Ubi Franklin, Immaculate and others couldn’t gain access initially into the auditorium because of the enormous crowd.

    This reporter was outside for more over 2 hours before gaining entry into the auditorium.

    Days before the concert held, the convener Tim Godfrey, had warned attendees to get to the venue early in order to secure comfortable seats. Despite the online registration, some of the attendees had to go back home.

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  • America’s Kirk Franklin to headline gospel concert in Lagos

    America’s renowned gospel artiste, Kirk Franklin is set to headline a gospel musical concert scheduled to hold on August 13 in Lagos. The concert is tagged Fearless Worship. Franklin, who is also a choir director and author, is known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God’s Property and One Nation Crew (1NC), and has won multiple awards, including 12 Grammy Awards.

    The concert is put together by Nigeria’s multi-talented gospel artiste, Tim Godfrey and his Xtreme crew. It is schedule to hold at the Rock Cathedral of the House on the Rock in Lagos. Paul Adefarasin, the Senior Pastor of House On The Rock Churches said:“Tim Godfrey is a son and one of the icons raising the banner of Jesus using the tool of music. We are excited to be part of an historic concert hosting Kirk Franklin at The Rock Cathedral”.

     

    Godfrey, writer and producer of the popular song ‘Na You Be God,’ also went on to say, “We are built to be Fearless and this year is special for me personally because my music has mirrored Kirk Franklin’s. He is one of the biggest influences on my musical career. It is great honor to host the great gospel icon. I imagine that the city of Lagos and Nigeria will shake for Jesus and lives will be transformed. Fearless is a gospel musical concert borne out of the need to create a platform to celebrate the work of Jesus on the Cross and the victory it gives to believers. Fearless 2017 will be a concert with a difference and you surely do not want to miss out on this exhilarating time in God’s presence.’’

     

    The event is in collaboration with Rox Nation and House On The Rock Lagos.

     

     

     

  • Ewuro to spotlight violence against women

    Award winning music artiste, Tim Godfrey is gearing up for the second edition of his hit play, ‘Ewuro’ The Musical, an emotional stage presentation that captures the struggles of women in Nigeria, with a focus on discrimination and violence.

    ‘Ewuro’ is the Yoruba representation of the popular ‘bitter leaf’ (vernonia amygdalina). The play leads a movement that exists to address discrimination and violence against women. The play is centered around the abuse women in Nigeria face on a daily basis from rape, to battery, molestation and widow’s funeral rites.

    According to him: “Following last year’s edition, we’ve decided to make this edition even bigger,” says Godfrey, who is executive producer of the play. “’Ewuro’ The Musical highlights the challenges women in Nigeria go through on a daily basis. Audiences last year had a good laugh as the play went on, but more than that, they shed tears at stories that are popular, but which we have not really properly engaged as a nation.”

    The play is powered by Republic of Xtreme in partnership with Swift Think Limited and the Lagos State Government

    Performing at this year’s edition are Waje, Yaw, Tim Godfrey, Lepacious Bose, Segun Obe, Chinonso Young, Nedu, Micheal Ejoor, Gbolabo Gibbs, Gloria Young, Isaac Geralds, Amaka Iruobe, Chioma, and Xtreme.

    The play is slated for December 16th – 18th, 2016 at National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.