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SMALL THINGS AFFECT PEOPLE OF SMALL MINDS!

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  Written By Alexander Wisdom SMALL THINGS AFFECT PEOPLE OF SMALL MINDS! A man was standing in the queue, waiting his turn to withdraw some money from the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). After it got to his turn to withdraw, suddenly, the machine brought out a notification that reads: 'temporarily unable to dispense cash' Gbam!!! this man angrily slammed some of the operating buttons of the machine. Everybody was shocked at his lack of self-control. Some fellow started rebuking him for his inattitude, but he never showed any sign of remorse.  Interestingly, one of the security personnel walked up to the ATM area to observe the extent of the damage. After thorough examination of the machine it was observed that some key buttons had been rendered inoperative. At long last, we were all advised to leave and use other banks. Funnily enough, it was only this bank that was stationed in that busy commercial area. Sadly, after spending about 3 hours queuing, we were all brought into thi

DON'T BE A FAMILIAR FRIEND, BE A CLOSE FRIEND!

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  Written By Mowete Kevin DON'T BE A FAMILIAR FRIEND, BE A CLOSE FRIEND! "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me." (Psalm 41:9) It wasn't really Judas that betrayed Jesus, it was the familiarity in him that betrayed Jesus. Familiarity is a function of betrayal. The Word of God can betray your worth in Christ if built upon the template of familiarity. So, Jesus called His disciples friends because they had access to His deep secrets, only Judas among them was a familiar friend which was excommunicated from the group and was denied access to the deep things of God.  Even if you have a close friend as a mentor to you, don't build familiarity otherwise you will deny yourself of the portraits of the wisdom and shortchange yourself from the nuggets that proceeds out from the loins. There are levels of encounters that you'll never acquire personally because you're too acquainted with the ves