You know what shook me when I was Muslim?
The story of Hosea: In it, God tells a prophet to marry a woman He KNOWS will betray him.
She does. She runs to other men. She ends up enslaved, sold, and used up. Essentially, she is worthless to the world.
Then, God tells Hosea to go BUY HER BACK, to pay money for his own wife who cheated on him, and love her again. (Hosea 3)
I thought it was the most humiliating command in the Bible. Bro, why would any man do that!?
Then I realized I was exactly like the wife.
I gave my heart to everything but God. I chased other masters and I sold myself cheap. In a way, I made myself worthless.
But, God looked at me, the betrayer, and didn’t say “you’re not worth it.” Instead, He said, “Name the price. I’m buying her back.”
What's beautiful about this is, that’s the entire Gospel. God doesn’t wait for the unfaithful to come crawling back clean.
He pays to redeem them while they’re still dirty.
Islam told me to make myself WORTHY of God.
Hosea showed me an amazing, present God who pays to redeem the unworthy. The cross was Him naming the price.
Praise the Lord!
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From the accident, she has fractures in her hand, leg, and pelvic region. The doctor said the surgery will cost about ₦5 million. It is extensive and will be done in two phases.
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It has been a painful experience. We have already spent so much on drugs and medications just to keep her stable this far. The pain is still there every day.
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@Gadgets_Bobo It hurts but it's the truth. Most important piece is how fast will the vendor resell it, it's simply a gamble, if it's so easy to resell, then go sell it yourself. Anything can also happen to the phone while it's with the vendor
Elisha died of sickness and his bone was performing miracles long after his death.
The anointing still in his bone couldn’t heal him when he was alive and sick.
A man of God is not God and therefore the will of God overrides all forms of prayer.