Former Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike, has said she got God’s calling when she was still a teenager.
In a recent chat with Stella Dimoko Korkus, Tonto said her walk with God, this time around, is permanent.
She said, “I have always had this calling right from when I was a child, at 19. I was going to be a pastor until I just ran away for no reason, I have been in church since I left secondary school, so I had known God intimately, I had known God intensely for as long as I was a child and I have always known that I had this calling, if you watched what has happened in my life, it’s not ordinary, anybody that may have or may walk my shoes may not have survived, would not even survive because God called me for something and He needed me to go through all of these things to come out the fire brand that I am today. There is a reason I gave my life to Christ again but I will not really want to get into it, I don’t want the public brouhaha, that part of which we will just leave it between me and God.”
Regarding her new ministry, Tonto, who has a prayer channel, said she didn’t get into online ministry in order to make money.
“At this stage of my life, I’m just letting God lead, God asked me to start praying for people online and that is what I’m doing. He is the one taking me day by day. I don’t know about monetizing, my calling is not about money. I didn’t run to God because of money, I am already rich, I didn’t run to God to be famous, I am already the definition of being famous, I ran to God for survival because I wanted to live, I wanted to turn a new leaf because I wanted to step into the mandate, the Esther vessel mandate that He wanted me to step into.”
Shedding more light on why she made up with her ex husband, Tonto said it started from her son.
She said, ”The miracle was the prayer of a ten year-old, it started from my son’s faith, it started from my son’s love for God, it started from my son’s prayers to God and request to God. I don’t want to talk about my family as often as I used to, I have done that, I don’t think anybody needs or deserves more explanation than I have given, that’s my son father and we are just going to leave him out of the media and all of these things.”
When asked if there are plans to remarry she said, ”For now, I just want to follow Jesus, I want to know Him, I want to build an unshakable faith. Right now I’m content with where I am just knowing and pursuing God, my life is all about God let your will be done”.
