2 Bishop Macedo’s message I wanted to hang myself... Bishop Edir Macedo message How can you love someone you don’t know? “We had a seven-year-old son when my husband passed on. That was a tragedy for me because I was unemployed and the thought of raising two children alone paralysed me. It was the most difficult time of my life. I felt hopeless, lonely and I could not sleep at night. I had to depend on my mother for financial support,” she said. When her son was four months old, Kedibone found a job, but she still suffered from depression. “My salary was not enough to cover all our needs and I ended up swimming in debts. My situation became unbearable and I contemplated committing suicide. One day, I took a rope and went to a nearby railway station where I wanted to hang myself from a tree. The thought of depriving my children of the right to be raised by their mother stopped me from killing myself,” she said. Later that afternoon, Kedibone was invited to the Universal Church and she attended the services because she wanted God to change her life. “In the church, I received counselling and I was encouraged to trust God with my problems. I put the teachings of faith into practice and allowed God to work in me. Two years later, I found a wellpaying job and I was able to provide for my children. I was also able to pay my debts. Surrendering my life to God, healed me from depression and the loss of my husband. The presence of God gave me the comfort I needed. I now enjoy and appreciate every moment I spend with my children,” said Kedibone. H ow can you love someone you don’t know? Is it possible…? How can you love someone you don’t know? …follow and serve someone you don’t know? …have the Faith of the Spirit of Faith and not know Him in His fullness? The Spirit of God is the Lord Jesus’ substitute today. In the same way that Jesus guided, taught and protected His disciples, so His Spirit does today with His followers. There is no way to love Him, follow Him or serve Him when you don’t know Him! This is the work of the Spirit of God! Only He is able to REVEAL and INTRODUCE His Son Jesus. And now the question arises: What can I do to get the Holy Spirit to come and do this work in me? Do you want to know Him more than anything else in this world? That is what happened to Zacchaeus. He was a chief of thieves, greedy, selfish—not only was he very short, he was a very great sinner. But this didn’t stop him from meeting Jesus or having Him come to his house. Why not? Though Zacchaeus was full of sin, he was possessed with an enormous desire to know Him. This desire was enough for him to be called, chosen and to sit at the table with the Lord Jesus. “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” Revelation 19:9
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