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MIRIAM - HER LIFE STORY !

  NAME MEANING : Bitterness. HER FEAT:  She played a key role in helping preserving Moses whom God used later to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. HER REGRET  : Miriam,with all her help in preserving the life of her brother, could not enter the promised land as she for her arrogance and insurbordination. HER STORY IN BRIEF : Miriam was the only daughter among Moses and Aeron. She would comport herself when her mum, Jechrobet, hid the baby Moses from Pharaoh and his executioning team for three months. When Moses was finally taken to the river Nile and hidden in a basket by her mum, Miriam would stay a little longer than her mum did, keeping her eyes on the basket to see if anyone would reach out for it. Fourty years later, God faithfully preserved Moses and brought the Israelites - including Miriam and Aeron, out of Egypt by him - Moses. After they successfully crossed the red sea, Miriam led in the celebration of that feat. But Miriam and Aeron later stood again...
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THE GRACE OF GIVING

  “…see that you also excel in this   GRACE OF GIVING .” 2 Corinthians 8:7. It’s an indisputable fact that our walk with God is strictly a walk of sacrifice or giving. We are either giving of our strength, possessions or money. But the seeds we sow, in the form of tithes, firstfruits, or thanksgiving often yield below the peak for some christians. Such are they that are advised by Apostle Paul to excel in The Grace of Giving. One may ask, “what extra Grace do we need for giving?” ; “aren’t we supposed to simply give and wait for results?” Emphatically, NO ! Giving is disciplined by principles. There’s the need for spiritual privilege – a reconditioning of The human Spirit so one can passionately, continuously and comprehensively offer of his or her own unto The Lord. And it’s only the Grace of Giving that positions us in this state. By this Grace, we first submit ourselves (our hearts ) to God; because our hearts are now governed by God, He alone – by His Spirit, determines ho...
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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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DORCAS

  HER CHARACTER:  An inhabitant of Joppa, a town on the Mediterranean coast, thirty-five miles northwest of Jerusalem, she belonged to one of the earliest Chris tian congrega-tions. She was a disciple known for her practical works of mercy. HER SORROW:  To have suffered a grave illness. HER JOY: To serve Jesus by serving the poor. STORY IN BRIEF: Dorcas, whose Hebrew is " Tabitha" or " Gazelle", was a disciple of The Lord Jesus - Dorcas learned of The Lord, and followed Him, forsaking her world, previous jobs and lifestyle. Dorcas was a kind - hearted lady who demonstrated her belief in Jesus by her generosity - she sewed to clothe the poor and baked to feed them. One day, she fell sick to death. So Peter's attention had been drawn to this. Peter had just healed a crippled in a city close by. Peter successfully prayed for Tabitha and she was revived.  REFERENCE SCRIPTURES: ACTS 9:36-43
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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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