{"id":90815,"date":"2023-06-07T10:12:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T09:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodexng.com\/?p=90815"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:12:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T09:12:14","slug":"awoniyi-gives-testimony-in-church-after-nottingham-forests-relegation-survival-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodexng.com\/2023\/06\/awoniyi-gives-testimony-in-church-after-nottingham-forests-relegation-survival-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Awoniyi gives testimony in church after Nottingham Forest\u2019s relegation survival (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p>Taiwo Awoniyi, Super Eagles striker, says he prayed on \u201cmy knees from 6 am to 12noon\u201d the day he scored a brace against Southampton in the just concluded English Premier League (EPL) season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awoniyi spoke while giving testimony during a recent church service tagged Koinonia and organised by the Eternity Network International (ENI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old had scored his first EPL brace in a 4-3 victory over Southampton on May 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He would follow the performance with another brace against Chelsea the following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd7aTaiwo Awoniyi is such a shy guy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDgofDA8Yd\">pic.twitter.com\/MDgofDA8Yd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83d\udc2c @\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf7\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude06 (@OneJoblessBoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneJoblessBoy\/status\/1666101495987855361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He also netted the vital goal that guaranteed Forest another season in the EPL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awoniyi scored 11 goals in all competitions for the club despite a few months of injury layoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nottingham Forest Striker, Taiwo Awoniyi testifies in church after his team survived relegation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qd96gSJn9N\">pic.twitter.com\/Qd96gSJn9N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; YabaLeftOnline (@yabaleftonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yabaleftonline\/status\/1666130079880040450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While testifying in the church, the Ilorin-born striker acknowledged that the early stage of his move to the English side was \u201creally tough\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the situation changed when Taiwo Jesudun, his wife, nudged him about his reluctant attitude towards prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI moved to England with my family. The beginning was really tough. I had no idea what was going on. My wife said to me, \u2018You\u2019ve stopped praying. You don\u2019t pray the way you used to do anymore.\u2019 And that was true,\u201d Awoniyi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, on May 7, I think, Daddy was preaching about the ways of God. The first statement that I heard was that \u2018everyone should return to the pattern that they used to praise God.\u2019 That Monday, we had a game in the night. I was on my knees from 6 am to 12 noon. That night, that was the easiest game that I have played in my life. And I scored twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy club, which was really struggling for relegation, moved from that zone and stayed in the league. 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