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Ibrahim A. Isaac

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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..::Receive Jesus and Jesus will

release unto you::..

The truth is that we have it all according to Ephisians1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual

blessings in heavenlyplaces in Christ but not all

have received, all the Spiritual blessings are of no

value to us if we dont receive them.

Your Receiving is your acceptance, believe and

above all your faith. You need to have faith in the

true God, spiritual God, and Almighty God before

God can give to you.

The Word of God has no value to me until I have

received it, one cant even excel in Gods Love

unless he/she has learnt to receive.

Remember Zacchaeus, he climbed a tree to

receive (see Jesus Christ), and Jesus became

a guest in Zacchaeus house that day.

The blind Man cried out to Jesus to receive,and Jesus even said receive your sight,

The woman with the issue of blood did not

even ask, she said to herself that if only she

could touch the garment of HIS cloth, she

would be healed, she reached out, and she

received. She wasnt on Jesus agenda, Jesus


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was on her agenda. And when she touched

Jesus she received her healing, Jesus felt that

virtue came out of him and Jesus even said

who touched me while he was in the

midst of a crowd, her Faith healed her. This

tells us that God is always willing at anytime

of the day to give us what we desire.

Or even the faith of the roman officer who

received healing for a highly valued slave by

saying to Jesus just say the word from

where you are, and my servant will be

healed.Luke 7:1-10.

Even the Hand of God cannot release

power until you receive.

Everybody has a desire, people have so many

things they want God to do in their lives, they

pray and they dont see results, the truth is;

Everything youve ever wanted has

entered your life, but you

Dont know how to receive them.

Your miracles are either coming towards you

or going past you every day, people loose

thousands of miracles because they dont

know what they are looking for. Recognize


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Jesus went to Nazareth, Jesus was willing but

Jesus was not able to perform any miracle,

because of the peoples unbelief, they did not

receive Jesus in His home town, so Jesus

couldnt perform any miracle. This is to

confirm that even God cannot perform any

miracle in ones life without the person

receiving Him.


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..::Obtain more with little::..

Identify your gifts, we all have it, we all can do itthrough Christ who strengthens us, we shouldntcomplain because we walk by Faith and not by

Sight 2 Cor. 5:7. For David it was the sling when thearmor was heavy to wear, for Moses it was the Rodand his brother Aaron when he couldnt speak.Something you have can create your future; therehave never been a day in your life without youhaving something.1 kings 17:8-24 (The Widow at Zarephath)

Take a look at some Facts about the Widow at

Zarephath:

She was a widow with a son;

She was from Zarephath, a city in Zidon(about where Lebanon is today). She wouldnot have been one of the covenant children ofIsrael;

She was the mistress of a household (1 Kings17:17);

The Lord knew her, her situation, and thecondition of her heart. He had been preparingher to be an instrument in His hand;

She and her son were dying of starvation andwhen Elijah found her they had nothing left to


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eat but "a handful of meal in a barrel and alittle oil in cruse";

When Elijah asked her, she brought him waterand food, even though she knew that she andher son would have nothing to eat;

She prepared food for Elijah with the last ofher food, and trusted his words that her barrelwould not be empty;

The barrel and cruse did not fail and she andher house ate for many days;

Elijah lived in the widow's householdthroughout the famine;

After the famine is over her son got sick anddied but was brought back to life by Elijah.

It is important to know that she did not know who

Elijah was, and she did not know that there would be

more meal and oil left over after she had fed him.

She received and gave ALL she had and put her trust

in the Lord. She went to the very edge of her faith,

and God caught her and sustained her by his hand.

Often times God asks us to go to the very end of our

limits, the bottom of our barrel, calling upon all our

resources before he provides deliverance. He asks us

to sacrifice ALL that was having, in order to gain

much greater blessings.


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..::Unlock the Seed::..

You have a seed; we sow seeds to create Harvests.When you plant corn in the ground, corn grows up,

God planted a seed (Jesus Christ) and created a

Family of believers, a man puts a seed into the

womb of a woman and a baby is born, forgiveness is

the seed for relationship, tithing is the seed for

expectations Malachi 3:10, words are the seed for

feelings, honor is the seed for access, gratitude is

the seed for more.

Remember this--a farmer who plants only a few

seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants


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generously will get a generous crop. 2 Cor. 9:6

(NLT).

We all have seeds to sow, stop discussing what you

dont have and discuss on what you have. What you

keep is your harvest, what you give (sow) is your

seed.

If you insist on taking something God did not give

you, God will take back something He gave you.

God gave David the kingship of Israel but

David wanted Bathsheba so God took back the

favor of Israel. 2 Samuel 11:1-5.

God did not give Samson Delilah but Samson

wanted Delilah so God took back the Anointing

on Samson. Judges 16:4-20.

God gave us the 90% of our monthly income;

God did not give us the 10%. If we keep the

tithe He will take back the 90%.

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