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Loving Is Giving. The Secret Of Abundance Is Reckless Abandoning<br />

Of Oneself In Service Of Another. True Significance-That Is Joy,<br />

Peace, Love, Rightousness And Riches With No Sorrow Comes When<br />

You Put God First In All Things Others Next And Yourself Last.<br />

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one<br />

day and said, “Lord, l would like to know what Heaven and<br />

Hell are like.”<br />

THE Lord led the holy man to two doors.<br />

He opened first door and the holy man looked in.<br />

In the middle of the room was a large round table.<br />

In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which<br />

smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water.<br />

The people sitting round the table were thin skinny and<br />

sickly.<br />

They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons<br />

with very long handles that were strapped to their arms<br />

and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and<br />

take a spoonful but because the handle was longer than<br />

their arms, they could not get the spoon back into their<br />

mouths.<br />

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and<br />

suffering.<br />

The Lord said, you have seen Hell on earth.<br />

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was<br />

exactly the same as the first one.<br />

There was the large round table with the large pot of stew<br />

which made the holy man’s mouth water too.<br />

The people were equipped with the same long-handled<br />

spoons, but here the people were well nourished and<br />

plump, laughing and talking.<br />

The holy man said l don’t understand.<br />

It is simple, said the Lord, it requires but one skill.<br />

You see, they have learned to feed each other.<br />

That is Heaven on earth<br />

The greedy think only of themselves.<br />

When Jesus died on the cross, He was thinking of you<br />

Adapted from emails received.<br />

Prayer Of Repentance And<br />

Accepting Jesus Christ As Lord And Saviour<br />

Lord Jesus Christ,<br />

I am sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life<br />

(please mean what you say from the bottom of your heart).<br />

Please forgive me.<br />

I now turn from everything which I know is wrong.<br />

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.<br />

Thank you that you now offer me this gift of forgiveness and your Holy Spirit.<br />

I now receive that gift.<br />

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me forever.<br />

Thank you, Lord Jesus.<br />

Amen.<br />

Adapted from The Alpha Course manual<br />

Folayemi Adesan<br />

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