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<DIV><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#525330 size=3><STRONG><EM>Chiokwe, John. K</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#525330 size=3><EM>08036682269-</EM></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#525330 size=3><EM>Great is the Mystery of Godliness.</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 3/15/09, Bayo Afolaranmi <I><spiritualdigest@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Bayo Afolaranmi <spiritualdigest@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: [Spiritual Digest] WHEN IT SEEMS THERE NO MORE HOPE<BR>To: spiritualdigest2003@yahoogroups.com, TheWordThrutheNet@yahoogroups.com<BR>Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 8:33 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Dearly Beloved,
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<DIV>WHEN IT SEEMS THERE NO MORE HOPE
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<DIV>"While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ they said. ‘Why bother the teacher any more?’ Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, ‘Don't be afraid; just believe’" (Mark 5:35-36 NIV).
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<DIV>The daughter of a synagogue ruler was dying. The man came to Jesus Christ and pleaded that Jesus should come and heal her. Jesus responded immediately to the distressed call and followed the man to his home. However, there was an interruption on the way: another woman tapped a healing from Jesus Christ by mere touching His clothes. As Jesus was apparently pointing out the miracle to people that were following Him, some men came from the synagogue ruler’s house to tell him the sad news: his daughter was dead, and there was no need of bothering Jesus to come and heal her. To those men, there was no more hope for the daughter and her father. Nevertheless, Jesus encouraged the ruler, and went with him to his house to do the unexpected: raising the daughter from the dead!
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<DIV>At times, many people have found themselves in similar situations. They might have been praying to God for a particular thing. It seemed that He was about to answer their prayers, and alas, the unexpected happened. It seemed that there was no more hope. In fact, such people might have lost hope in the situation. Such situation might have led such people to be angry with God or even deny His existence. Why would He allow the situation to become hopeless? Why could He not act fast and demonstrate His power to save the situation?
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<DIV>Well, as Jesus did not focus on the seemingly hopeless situation of the synagogue ruler, but rather encouraged him not to be afraid but to believe in God, such people ought not to focus on their seemingly hopeless situation, but on God who is able to do all things. Jesus told Martha (another woman in a similar situation), "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" (John 11:40 NIV).
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<DIV>Are you in similar situation? Does it seem that there is no more hope for you? Have people around you written you off? Jesus is telling you today, "Don’t be afraid; just believe." He can turn that seemingly hopeless situation to a testimony. When it seems there no more hope, just believe in Him and you will see the glory of God. You will indeed testify to His goodness over that situation in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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<DIV>In His service,
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<DIV>Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).</DIV><BR><BR>Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).<BR>+234 805 515 9591<BR>http://www.thewordt hruthenet. org/<BR>http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/spirituald igest2003/<BR>Visit and become a follower of http://thewordthrut henet.blogspot. com/<BR><BR>I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will<BR>have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted<BR>in my body, whether by life or by death. FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST<BR>AND TO DIE IS GAIN (Philippians 1:20-21, NIV).</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></DIV></DIV><!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~-->
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