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A girl was very proud of her boyfriend, she always told her friends how good her boyfriend is.
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On the day of her birthday, she invited all her friends including her boyfriend who happens to be the special guest of honour.
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Everybody brought their gifts to the girl and was waiting for the arrival of the girl’s boyfriend who promised to bring a very nice gift for his girl.
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As everybody was waiting,
Behold! The boy was coming with a gift which was inside a poly bag.
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The girl was very happy at the arrival of her boyfriend and was ready to see the gift that he brought to her.
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Do you know what happened????
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The boy just opened the poly bag in front of all the guest’s and invitees.
And he brought out a loaf of bread.
And said to the girl..
“Take this bread, that’s what i brought for you as your birthday gift”
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The girl got angry immediately and was highly disappointed at her boyfriend.
She grabbed the bread and threw it away in anger.
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The boyfriend also got disappointed and he rushed to pick up the bread.
He opened the bread in front of his girlfriend,
Behold!!!….
There was a car key and an engagement ring inside the bread.
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When the girl noticed that She began to beg,
but then it was too late for her.
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Moral: Always learn how to appriciate things wheather Big or Small.
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Prayer: i Pray that your Mistake will never take away your Favour.
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Before the end of the year God will surely surprise you with a Miracle.
MUST READ ARTICLE. Heart Touching Story
I was 15 years when i started my love with Sarah. She was 14 years by that time. I felt attracted to her and loved her and in return she paid me her love in full.
We could go together at school, but at home our parents did not want our relationship because first of all we were young and again our families had conflicts. But we promised each other never to be apart.
We never had sex that’s why i tell young girls that someone who loves you should be patient but not forcing you.
We kept our love for one more year and due to increasing wars in our country their family went to a refugee camp from Mogadishu to Northern Kenya.
She came to me and told me they are leaving,
I reminded her of what she promised that she’ll never leave me.
She replied me that this is beyond her control but promised me again she’ll be back.
We hugged each other, kissed each other as we cried saying goodbye.
But we both had hope of meeting each other again.
Soon after their departure, in the news, the two cars carrying refugees were hit by a bombs and no one survived.
When i heard that Sarah was dead, all my hope was gone.
I cried and cried remembered her last kiss and hug i thought i had nothing good to live for.
My parents tried to give me counseling but failed. I couldn’t eat or sleep and when i’d feel am about to die i would take a cup of milk or water and kept my life though this happened for like two weeks
.We fear Jinnes (ghosts) but i wished she could come as a ghost and say the last word to me.I wished that at-least if i had left Somalia and gone with her you never know i’d have done something to save her.
I never fell in love again because of her memories i prayed to Allah (God) to remove her from my mind but it failed.
After my Education by that time i was 20 years i left for a job in Nairobi Kenya, i worked for days, weeks and months.
After one and a half years, i was at my workshop and saw someone passing on the road.
She was someone i knew but i lost my senses to know who she’s cos to me Sarah was dead.
I kept looking at her went outside and reached near her but feared to say something to her.
She then looked at someone starring at her and turned around when she saw me i saw joy covering her face.
I couldn’t wait her to reach me but went running to meet her, hold her and let her inside where i worked.
Everybody wondered how happy i was that day cos i was never ever happy since the last five years.
I asked her: we were told you died in a bomb blast
.Sarah: we were in three trucks and ours was spared the bombs hit the other two.
Then me: why didn’t you come back as you promised?
Sarah: my dad after six months got a job in Nairobi and i had no transport to take me back and as you know he can’t give it to me cos he is not interested in our love but i knew one day we will meet that’s why i kept ur heart.
I asked her: whats next now.
Sarah: Tomorrow come at home and i show you to my parents again and we plan our wedding.
The following day i dressed up like a man ready to take someones daughter, went with my friend and she waited for us on the junction.
We reached at their home and they gave us a welcome.My friend told them that we want their daughter in marriage.
Her dad started speaking: i never wanted my daughter to be married to you before because of our conflicts between families.
But may God forgive me, it seems that’s how it was meant to be.
May God bless ur Marriage.
As we said Amen, the next step was going to Somalia where my parents were and we do our wedding.
I went with her and my friend together with her brother as we left for Somalia. Soon as we had left Nairobi, a bus that was coming towards us lost control.
When i woke up in the hospital ward, my friend was lying next to me as doctors were preparing his body to mortuary.
Sarah for her she died on spot as soon as the vehicle we were in crashed with the bus.
Sarah’s brother’s leg was cut and he is now moving with one leg and supporters Sarah’s dad told me as he found me in the hospital “be brave my son, everything goes as it was meant to be.
Don’t be discouraged, that’s life” his words did something in my heart.
I was 21 years then now am 26 years but since then i have never fallen in love with any girl neither do i feel like marrying again
Originally posted on David:
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS YOU WILL MAKE IT JOSEPH WAS A PRISONER YET HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER DANIEL WAS A CAPTIVE YET HE BECAME A GOVERNOR ESTHER WAS A SLAVE GIRL YET SHE BECAME A QUEEN GOD WILL USE YOUR STORY FOR HIS GLORY IN JESUS NAME FIND US…
A big question posed to me daily on the street
Many want to know the reason why
I am a rastaman
Many people see I, many people ask I
Why am i a rastaman?
Many people see I, many people ask
Why am i a rastaman?
It’s because of the Babylon and the situation
It’s because of the Babylon and the situation
When I was a boy about 8 years old
There was a certain rastaman
And he love all the childen
And he treated us like a man
Even the little children that no one cares for
He called up everyone
And he gave us fruit and treated everyone
With a special love
Many people see I, many people ask I
Why am I a rastaman?
For he taught I the love
To give to everyone
Many people see I, many people ask I
Why am I a rastaman?
There is no better way to express my love
To each and everyone
One Saturday morning
A special thing happened to this man
Here come Mr Babylon,
He take away the rastaman
To the root of Him herb and the meat of Him fruit
And throw it in a van
And straight up brother for a trillion years
I never see the rastaman
They took him to general penitentiary
And then send him back as a valid man
But that could not change him his mind was not in prison
Was only his body man
Many people see I, many people ask I
Why am I a rastaman?
No matter what the battle be,
I still have Jah in my hand
Many people see I, many people ask I
Why am I a rastaman?
How sweet the name of Jah Jah sound
To every righteous rastaman
And the same old rastaman
Told me pounds, shillings and things
Would come out of circulation
And we would use a true bird, man
And i have seen, seven years after that
It was no use man
Donkey, horses and cross keeper
Trodding upon he a penny man
Everyone see I
Everyone ask I
Why am I a Rastaman?
I’m here to prove and to testify about prophecy
Everyone who see I, Everyone ask I
Why am I a Rastaman?
John the Baptist, Marcus Garvey and Christ –
They was a Rastaman
Everyone see I,
Everyone ask I
Why am I a Rastaman?
I vowed the vow of a Nazarite and I can´t be no otherwise man
Everyone see I,
Everyone ask I
Why am I a Rastaman?
I love my brothers and I sisters and I can not give up a tall man
Brother Brown, brother Chris, brother John, brothers stand up Man
I use to hear them beat the drums and sing
there in the forest land.
Everyone see I
Everyone ask I
Why am I a Rastaman?
I love the beat of the Nyahbinghi that call the creation
Everyone see
I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You
Psalm 2:7 (NASB)
Thoughts on Today’s Verse
The Lord Jesus Christ is portrayed as the unique Son of God, Who was chosen before the foundation of the world, to be the sinner’s Saviour. He offered His life as the sacrifice for sin, and died to pay the price for the sin of the whole world. And by His resurrection from the dead, the only begotten Son of God received His Father’s stamp of approval, and was given complete authority, in heaven and on earth.
This verse indicates that the Son of God, Himself, is speaking these words in Psalm 2, for we read: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.. and on three further occasions these exact words were quoted in the New Testament – ‘You are My Son. Today I have begotten You, demonstrating the significance of this authoritative title.
There are a number of ways that Christ can be identified as the unique, Son of God. Being the third member of the Trinity, the Son of God has been with the Father from all eternity, and His incarnation at Bethlehem was that historic point, when the Son of God was dressed in mortal flesh and became the Son of Man – the Word made flesh – the incarnate God.
In various passages, the Son of God is trumpeted as the first-born from the dead, and because He lives, we.. who have trusted His name, for the forgiveness of sins, will also rise to life immortal. And in the near future, this same Son of God, will be crowned as King of kings and Lord of lords, when He comes to rule and reign, in His future, millennial kingdom.
In this verse, God the Father is proclaiming that Christ is His chosen, anointed King. God’s promise to David, that a Man would sit upon his throne forever, is realised in the Person of Christ, through His sacrificial work on the cross and His glorious resurrection from the dead. Indeed, the Father’s promise to the Son continues:- Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.
At Christ’s first coming He called Israel to repentance, He preached the gospel of the kingdom and He reiterated the sovereign decree.. that the Almighty Father declared to the Son of His love: You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. During His life, Christ only did those things that His Fher told Him to do, and He only said the Words, which He heard from above.. but they rejected Him, and crucified Him. Those HE came to save screamed:– we will not let this Man rule over us. His blood be upon us and on our children’s children.
His sacrificial blood is indeed, on ALL who believe in Christ for salvation and trust His Word. And for a time.. the kingdom of God, which was promised to Israel, has had to be postponed, while the Lord called out of the Gentiles a people for His name – who would proclaim the gospel of grace, far and wide, and make disciples of every nation.
But the title, the name, the ministry, the sacrificial work and the decree of the LORD, which was given to the unique Son of God, stands fast for ever and ever:– You are My Son. Today I have begotten You.. for He was chosen before the foundation of the world to be the sinner’s Saviour. Christ offered His life as the sacrifice for the sin of the whole world, and died to pay the price for your transgressions and for mine. And by faith in His name, we too will rise from the dead – and will live with Him forever – praise His holy name,
My Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You that You purposed to redeem mankind, through the sacrifice of a Kinsman-Redeemer – and decreed that the eternal Son of God would be born into the human race as the perfect Son of Man. Thank You that He took the punishment for our sins, so that by faith in Him, we also might be adopted into Your family and become sons of the living God. Thank You that the day is coming when He will be proclaimed King of kings and Lord of Lords, in His everlasting kingdom. Thank You that I am part of Your eternal family and that Christ is my Saviour – in Whose name I pray, AMEN
THE NAKED TRUTH OF LIFE
There was a man with four wives. He loved his fourth wife the most and took great care of her and gave her the best.
He also loved his third wife and always wanted to show her off to his friends. However, he always had a fear that she might runaway with some other man.
He loved his second wife too. Whenever he faced some problems, he always turned to his second wife and she would always help him out.
He did not love his first wife though she loved him deeply, was very loyal to him and took great care of him.
One day the man fell very ill and knew that he is going to die soon. He told himself, “I have four wives. I will take one of them along with me when I die to keep me company in my death.”
Thus, he asked the fourth wife to die along with him and keep him company. “No way!” she replied and walked away without another word.
He asked his third wife. She said “Life is so good over here. I’m going to remarry when you die”
He then asked his second wife. She said “I’m Sorry. I can’t help you this time around. At the most I can only accompany you till your grave.”
By now his heart sank and he turned cold. Then a voice called out: “I’ll go with you. I’ll follow you no matter where you go.”
The man looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the man said, “I should have taken much better care of you while I could have!”
Actually, we all have four wives in our lives.
a. The fourth wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it’ll leave us when we die.
b. The third wife is our possession, status and wealth. When we die, they go to others.
c. The second wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we’re alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.
d. The first wife is our soul, neglected in our pursuit of material wealth and pleasure. It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go.
Always take care of your soul.
One of the best messages I have received
Pass it on…..
Beautiful message.
Most of us have read enough and been through enough to know the signs to look out for that indicate a relationship’s gone toxic.
We pretty instinctively recognize a dating red flag when it pops up on the first meeting with someone, and consciously try to avoid the codependency that comes with losing our identity to our partner.
But how do we know if our relationship is, well, just actually working? They say when you know, you know – but sometimes it’s nice to have reassurance you’re on the right track.
Read on for 11 signs you’re actually in a really healthy adult relationship — and some tips on how to keep it that way…
1. You like doing things together
This might seem obvious, but if you’re in a relationship with someone, you should actually enjoy being with each other. You don’t have to like all the same things, but having shared interests is essential. Whether it’s watching sports, hiking, or just sitting next to each other reading quietly, you genuinely like hanging out together.
2. You can relax with each other
You don’t have to let it all hang out all the time, never dressing up or trying to make a good impression, but you’re not always on your best behavior either, constantly trying to look perfect and say the right thing, all the while wondering if your partner is silently judging you. You’re secure enough to be yourself, and you know your S.O. loves you just as you are.
3. You know how to fight fair
Fights are part of any healthy relationship; the key is knowing how to fight. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work author, Dr. John Gottman says it’s all about how you approach those inevitable conflicts when they arise.
According to Gottman, the first three minutes of a fight are crucial, as they set the tone for how the rest of the discussion will go, and should ideally be a ‘soft startup,’ which means you don’t begin an argument by attacking your partner.
Fighting can feel upsetting and awful, but if you and your partner are able to have constructive arguments that end with both of you feeling heard and loved, you’re doing great. And wouldn’t it be sad if neither of you cared enough to fight about anything, ever?
4. You both admit when you’re wrong — and say you’re sorry
Love definitely does mean having to say you’re sorry. Part of knowing how to fight is being able to admit when you screwed up — and apologize for it.
After a fight, both partners should be willing to own up and accept their share of responsibility for what happened. It shouldn’t always be the same person apologizing. No one is right all the time, or wrong all the time. (Besides, most of the time fights aren’t about right or wrong anyway.)
Couples who aren’t afraid to say, “I messed up, and I’m sorry” after the dust has settled on an argument are doing something right.
5. Three words: lots of sex
Let’s just admit it: if you’re not doing it, it’s not working. And if it’s not good, why bother? Therapist and author of The Sex-Starved Marriage, Michele Weiner-Davis, says good sex “offers couples opportunities to give and receive physical pleasure, to connect emotionally and spiritually. It builds closeness, intimacy and a sense of partnership. It defines their relationship as different from all others. In short, sex is a powerful tie that binds.”
The definition of ‘lots’ will vary from couple to couple, but here’s something to keep in mind: therapists define a sexless marriage as one in which couples have sex less than 10 times a year, which is slightly less than once a month.
6. You celebrate each other’s successes
Sure, you’re there for each other when things go wrong — but how do you respond when things are going great for your partner? Experts say that’s often more important to a relationship.
UC Santa Barbara associate professor of psychology, Dr. Shelly Gable conducted an experiment in which she asked couples to talk about negative and positive things that had happened to them recently, then categorized their partner’s response on a scale of most destructive to most helpful. Gable found praise for positive things made the most impact on people, even more than sympathy for sad stuff. The worst reaction was passivity, no matter what people were responding to.
Being happy and enthusiastic about your partner’s success is a recipe for a healthy, happy relationship.
7. You laugh together
Have you ever fallen in love with someone who didn’t make you laugh? Nope? There’s a reason for that. Getting each other’s sense of humor, cracking each other up, being playful together — all these things are clues that your relationship is firing on all cylinders. Plus, having a sense of humor makes life a lot more fun, and sharing it with your partner is key.
When the laughter starts to die out of your relationship, it’s a surefire sign the spark has faded.
8. You can have comfortable silences
When you can be quiet together and neither of you is simmering with resentment or desperately wondering how to break the silence, it’s a beautiful thing.
You don’t have to talk all the time when you’re in a healthy relationship. You can let conversation ebb and flow, work or read side by side comfortably, and not get scared that something is wrong.
9. You spend time apart and are really okay with it
In a healthy relationship, both partners have their own interests and strong independent friendships outside the relationship. You’re not attached at the hip, going everywhere together and replacing all of each others’ friends. You don’t even have to live together.
Out of sight isn’t out of mind, necessarily — or at least, not for long. Rather, a little bit of absence really can make the heart go fonder. Plus, when you come back together again, you’ll have more to talk about (see #11, below).
10. You’re not worried about the future
We’ve all had those relationships where we’re constantly trying to figure out where we stand and where the relationship is headed. But in a healthy relationship, you’re not always wondering what’s coming next.
That doesn’t mean you never think about the future, but you’re content to be in the moment, not worrying whether you should break up with your partner or whether you’re meant to be together forever.
11. And you can still surprise each other
Relationships can get boring after a while if you don’t continue to actively work on them; you’ve heard all each other’s stories 37 times before, know what your S.O. likes to do on a Friday night after work, can reliably get each other off in bed and still squeeze in a chapter of your book before you go to sleep.
But the best relationships still have that element of surprise, and that keeps things interesting.
Psychologist and marriage counselor Esther Perel says introducing new and unexpected elements into your relationship not only infuses it with passion but also triggers the same rush of feelings you had when you were first falling in love, which is why that ‘in love’ feeling never completely goes away in the healthiest relationships.
You might think you don’t matter in this world, but because of you someone has a favorite mug to drink their tea out of that you bought them. Someone hears a song on the radio and it reminds them of you. Someone had read a book you recommended to them and gotten lost in its pages. Someone’s remembered a joke you told them and smiled to themselves on the Poda Poda. Never think you don’t have an impact. Your fingerprints can’t be wiped away from the little marks of kindness that you’ve left behind May our good Lord keep showering you with His blessings
http://bit.ly/2tLcBun “>Luke 8:42-48
As Jesus was on his way the crowds almost crushed him And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years but no one could heal her
She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak and immediately her bleeding stopped
Who touched me? Jesus asked When they all denied it Peter said Master the people are crowding and pressing against you But Jesus said Someone touched me I know that power has gone out from me
Then the woman seeing that she could not go unnoticed came trembling and fell at his feet
In the presence of all the people she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed
Then he said to her Daughter your faith has healed you Go in peace
Mark 5:27-28
When she heard about Jesus
She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak because she thought
If I just touch his clothes I will be healed
As I spent time meditating on the recount of the women with the issue of blood in the above passages in light of the fact that I truly do believe that God is doing a new thing I was encouraged by her story
Not only for myself but many others I know who have been hindered on their journey of life by experiences of there past or even events in their
1.What’s your issue?
And How long have you been dealing with it?Luke 8:43
Let’s face it we all have issues some more obvious than others
12 years is how long our character had been dealing with her issue Our versus open by mentioning there was a women with an issue of blood
It is important to note that in that day and issue of blood was usually caused from promiscuous and inappropriate sexual behavior
Modern day vernacular could be interpreted as an STD
Our issues may not be so obvious; they may be molestation or abuse in our
Childhood
Divorce
Infidelity in our marriages
Poor business decisions
Losing our families trying to play God because we won’t relinquish control
2. What has it cost you
Our issues have a price She had spent all her living trying to find a cure
Mark 5:31 She suffered many things of many physicians and spent all she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse
She spent all her living not just her liveli-hood but her life
Many times in an effort to take care of ourselves we neglect to run to God 1st but instead as a last resort
In other cases we try to run from the problem live in denial by relying on other things
These things may be materialism drugs, alcohol, manipulation or human relationships to fix us
And yet in all of our human efforts it seems that things are not getting better only worse
Only to find that in the end it has cost
Peace
Joy
Families
Friends
Ministries
Finances
Business
We end up as she did physically financially relationally emotionally bankrupt
So again what has your issue cost you
3. What do you have to press through?
Remember the Beatles or Elvis in their hay day Ok that’s thronged, hard to get near crowded with society
However the crowd was not her only obstacles
No in fact she knew before she began that if she had been caught in public with an issue of blood they could have would have stoned her in public
She knew that she had to press through the shame that had caused her to be in that state in the first place and yet she pressed
So my question to you today is what do you have to press through to touch Him Disappointment
Hopelessness
Shame
Unbelief
Pride or the crowd?
I would encourage you that whatever your hindrances or reservations press
Press because He is not a respecter of persons
Press because He is the same yesterday today and forever
Press because you will experience the same result she did
Power 4
Power went out of Him because she touched Him with not only her fingers but even more so with her faith
You know what is interesting to me in this recount?
I wonder how many other people must have touched him that day and didn’t get healed
People who were doing it because it was the religious thing to do the popular thing the in thing for the day and yet only one got healed
That one was the one who touched Him with her faith
Not a casual encounter but a committed conscientious effort to reach out to Him
It is important that you know He has never stopped reaching to you from his outstretched arms on the cross
Christian or non Christian he took the shame and the burden of His cross so that we would not be crushed by the weight of ours
Isaiah 59:1 His ear is not deaf to hear our cry and His hand is not too short to reach down and save
As Jesus was on his way the crowds almost crushed him And a woman was there who had been to bleeding for twelve years but no one could heal her
She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak and immediately her bleeding stopped
Who touched me? Jesus asked When they all denied it Peter said Master the people are crowding and pressing against you But Jesus said Someone touched me I know that power has gone out from me
Then the woman seeing that she could not go unnoticed came trembling and fell at his feet
In the presence of all the people she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed
Then he said to her Daughter your faith has healed you Go in peace
When she heard about Jesus
She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak because she thought
If I just touch his clothes I will be healed
As I spent time meditating on the recount of the women with the issue of blood in the above passages in light of the fact that I truly do believe that God is doing a new thing I was encouraged by her story
Not only for myself but many others I know who have been hindered on their journey of life by experiences of there past or even events in their
1.What’s your issue?
And How long have you been dealing with it?Luke 8:43
Let’s face it we all have issues some more obvious than others
12 years is how long our character had been dealing with her issue Our versus open by mentioning there was a women with an issue of blood
It is important to note that in that day and issue of blood was usually caused from promiscuous and inappropriate sexual behavior
Modern day vernacular could be interpreted as an STD
Our issues may not be so obvious; they may be molestation or abuse in our
Childhood
Divorce
Infidelity in our marriages
Poor business decisions
Losing our families trying to play God because we won’t relinquish control
2. What has it cost you
Our issues have a price She had spent all her living trying to find a cure
Mark 5:31 She suffered many things of many physicians and spent all she had and was nothing bettered but rather grew worse
She spent all her living not just her livelihood but her life
Many times in an effort to take care of ourselves we neglect to run to God 1st but instead as a last resort
In other cases we try to run from the problem live in denial by relying on other things
These things may be materialism drugs, alcohol, manipulation or human relationships to fix us
And yet in all of our human efforts it seems that things are not getting better only worse
Only to find that in the end it has cost
Peace
Joy
Families
Friends
Ministries
Finances
Business
We end up as she did physically financially relationally emotionally bankrupt
So again what has your issue cost you
3. What do you have to press through?
Remember the Beatles or Elvis in their hay day Ok that’s thronged, hard to get near crowded with society
However the crowd was not her only obstacles
No in fact she knew before she began that if she had been caught in public with an issue of blood they could have would have stoned her in public
She knew that she had to press through the shame that had caused her to be in that state in the first place and yet she pressed
So my question to you today is what do you have to press through to touch Him Disappointment
Hopelessness
Shame
Unbelief
Pride or the crowd?
I would encourage you that whatever your hindrances or reservations press
Press because He is not a respecter of persons
Press because He is the same yesterday today and forever
Press because you will experience the same result she did
Power 4
Power went out of Him because she touched Him with not only her fingers but even more so with her faith
You know what is interesting to me in this recount?
I wonder how many other people must have touched him that day and didn’t get healed
People who were doing it because it was the religious thing to do the popular thing the in thing for the day and yet only one got healed
That one was the one who touched Him with her faith
Not a casual encounter but a committed conscientious effort to reach out to Him
It is important that you know He has never stopped reaching to you from his outstretched arms on the cross
Christian or non Christian he took the shame and the burden of His cross so that we would not be crushed by the weight of ours
Isaiah 59:1 His ear is not deaf to hear our cry and His hand is not too short to reach down and save
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