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THE MORE GLORIOUS WAYS OF GOD !

 With God , we SCATTER to GATHER. We LOSE to WIN. We DECREASE to INCREASE. That which we LET GO, we KEEP into eternity; by GIVING, we RECEIVE, even more. And when we go QUIET, then we’re HEARD. What a life! Indeed, GOD'S WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN THE WAYS OF MEN ! References: ( Isaiah 55:9, Proverbs 11:24 & Luke 17:33 )
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THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN

  She lived in Jezreel, specifically along a road that links Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Being a generous woman, she agreed with her husband and made a resting place on the top of their building for Elisha who mostly plied that road. One day, when the shunamite saw Elisha travelling the road again with his servant she invited them over into her house and showed her kindness so much to the Prophet's satisfaction. Thus, Elisha sought through his servant, Geharzi, to reward her gesture but the woman sharply objected to it. The Prophet then asked his servant if there was any favour he could use his influence with the King of Israel to offer her but the woman would still reject that offer. So he asked Geharzi to suggest a reward for the woman. When the servant mentioned that the woman had no child, Elisha declared that they would have one a year's time from then, which the Lord also fulfilled. When this child died some years later, the woman went laid him in Elisha's room. But God r...
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REAPING THE HARVEST

  To everything, there is a season - a time to sow, and a time to reap; the farmer ( sower ) certainly has his time of harvest but until he waters his seeds, rids the wheats of the tares and applies the fertilizer he is not guaranteed a good yield. So also is every other sower. Until harvest time comes, there is always something we must do in order to maximize our yield. Some of these are explained below: 1. Clear the weeds from your field “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”—Genesis 2:15, KJV The word translated keep in Hebrew means “to put a hedge of thorns around, to watch over; to guard, protect and safeguard.” When a farmer plants seed in a garden, he doesn’t just walk away and hope for the best. No! He has much to do to protect his crop. And so do you. What can choke your crop? Walking outside of love. This includes unforgiveness, bitterness and strife. So, keep a watch on your heart, pull the “weeds” out by the root...
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CAIN

  MEANING OF NAME:   Acquisition, fabrication or possessed.  STORY IN BRIEF: Eldest son of Adam and Eve, the first man to be born naturally, and founder of the family of Kenites (Kenite is called Kain in the Hebrew) The terrible story of Cain proves how quickly man’s fallen nature developed. Soon after that, he became desperately wicked; it was by him Polygamy started.  By calling Cain was an agriculturist, but he was not happy in his calling since he did not fear God. His heart became jealous as he witnessed the happiness of his brother Abel and his favor with God. Ultimately he yielded to his jealous feelings and slew Abel, just as the Jews for envy sought Christ’s death. Because Cain’s heart was destitute of love, his sacrifice had no heart in it and was therefore miserable, worthless and unacceptable to God. “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.” Cain was right in his desire to bring an offe...
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THE LAW OF ATTRACTION

  "...that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled,..." John 1:1 If you consider your circle now, you will conclude that friends with whom you have similar personality outnumber those with deferring personality. You should also notice that, often times, you suddenly meet with or receive calls from, those you strongly  think of and long to see. These are manifestations of the Law of Attraction ! " The heart is DEEP beyond all things... " Jeremiah 17:9 Brenton Septuagint Translation. And Psalm 42:7 says DEEP calleth unto DEEP. Equating the two scriptures will help us deduce that, HEART calls unto HEART.  SOUL calls unto SOUL. That is the Spirit of the law - Like attracts LIKE ! Our opening verse starts with HEARING or SEEING and ends with HANDLING. Until a man hears or sees, he cannot handle. Yet, what we finally touch is always LIKE what we already hear and see according to the Law of Attra...
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SPIRITUAL DISTANCE



 “… They honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me.” Isaiah 29:13

Why would a miniser’s relation be downtrodden while this same minister ably delivers others outside his family? Why would a virtual participant be positively touched while those in his physical presence are left unimpacted? Could it be that one’s faith is stronger than the other’s? If ” YES “, how possible is it that those that are rather physically far from God’s servant can have stronger faith than those present in his immediate circle?

Beloved, the simple reason for all these oddies lies in ” SPIRITUAL DISTANCE “. Whereas PHYSICAL DISTANCE has to do with the space between physical bodies, SPIRITUAL DISTANCE refers to the distance between Spirits. The two do not yield same profit(s). One that is physically close but Spiritually far accesses only physical benefits from the other; the person that is spiritually close, whether physically present or not, stakeholds all things from his or her partner.

Now, to be spiritually close to another means to have an opened, loving and believing heart towards that person. Regardless of our physical closeness, we cannot impact one another when we’re Spiritually apart. This is why The Lord Jesus could not do MIRACLES in his own home. And when your worship comes from a heart that is far from Him, your physical presence notwithstanding, The Lord may not accept it (see opening scripture).

Remember how Essau and Jacob would antagonise each other, even while in their mother's womb? They were physically together but their Spirits (hearts) were far from each other’s. Yet John, the baptist, though physically separate from Baby Jesus, would leap in his Elizabeth’s womb, wishing to join The Lord in Mary’s womb on hearing of Him ! These two were Spiritually close to each other, although physically far or seperated. So you see, SPIRITUAL DISTANCE does not always correlate with PHYSICAL DISTANCE !

There were many surrounding The Lord yet only the woman with the issue of blood could pull such a virtue from His Spirit; while others were just physically present with Jesus, this woman, with an opened, trusting and believing heart, joined her Spirit to that of The Lord, so she received. She was physically and Spiritually close to The Lord! ( Luke 8:43-48 ).

Hannah always prayed about her childlessness but until she finally opened her heart and desirously poured out her Spirit unto God, she did not receive; her deep called unto the deep of God ! Her physical closeness never yielded her expectations, but Spiritual closeness did ! ( 1 Samuel 1: 9-28 & Psalm 42:7 ).

The founder and President of SLN once made a remarkable discovery explaining that Jesus might delay in visiting the dying Lazarus because the latter was spiritually far from Him, the Lord, even though they were physically close – the Spirit of a living Lazarus would oppose the ministrations of the Lord so it was better The Lord went after his friend died ! Would any of us like to tread that course? Certainly, No !

Indeed, we can be physically close to God’s servants, but let us rather know them after the Spirit – not after the flesh.( 2 Corinthians 5:16 ). Even, James suggests that we draw near God, but he expects that we do so through the Spirit because God is a Spirit too – James 4:8.That way, we would constantly benefit from the spiritual !

Beloved, it’s time we maximised our benefits from our walk with God and His servants. This, we can achieve by opening up the channel of our Spirit , even our hearts. Glory to God !

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