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It Is A Terrible Thing For One¡¦s Destiny To Be ...
Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 21, 2009 (message contributor)
It is a terrible thing for one¡¦s destiny to be truncated. This is a true story. There were two pastors driving on one of the roads in Lagos, Nigeria. One is a Nigerian, the other a foreigner. They got to a point under a bridge, where the people that we called "area boys" were begging for money and suddenly the foreign pastor started to cry and was pointing to one of the boys begging. God opened his eyes to see who He originally created the boy to be. He saw by his side, his original; dressed in an immaculate suit, someone was behind him carrying apparently his suitcase, they were waiting for an elevator in a 15 story building in the heart of New York city and a lot of CEOs were waiting for him on the 1oth floor of that same building for a very important and decisive meeting. From the foundation of the world, that was the plan of God for his life, a CEO, owner of multinational companies, international businessman, but he was under the bridge in Lagos begging for bread to survive, why? Because the enemy has struck and has taken away what originally God gave to him and replaced it with another one.
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Back In The Fifteenth Century, In A Tiny Village ... PRO
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. To keep food on the table the father, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood. Despite their ...read more
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My Resolve For This Vision Is Reflected In The ... PRO
Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 23, 2003
My resolve for this vision is reflected in the prayer below: More than anything else in heaven or on earth, I pray for the power to love my fellow person, to break through the condemning bigotry, the crippling prejudice, the stifling self-centeredness that smothers God’s Spirit within ...read more
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The Army Of Alexander The Great Was Advancing On ...
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 8, 2005
The army of Alexander the Great was advancing on Persia. At one critical point, it appeared that his troops might be defeated. The soldiers had taken so much plunder from their previous campaigns that they had become weighted down and were losing their effectiveness in combat. Alexander commanded ...read more
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A Television Executive Called The Pastor Of A ...
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 25, 2004
A television executive called the pastor of a metropolitan church in another city, and told the pastor: "I think that my son is in your city, involved in the drug culture." He then asked the preacher if he would try to find the boy and do something with him. About four months later the boy was ...read more
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General Ulysses S. Grant Had A Man Who Was A True ...
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
General Ulysses S. Grant had a man who was a true friend to him like this. His name was John A. Rawlins. He was the General’s chief of staff. It was to Rawlins that Grant gave his pledge that he would abstain from alcohol. When he broke his pledge, Rawlins went to Grant and with great ...read more
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