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GIVING. PRAYING. FASTING
Over the years, this writer has had the privilege of meeting
powerful politicians, ‘A’ list actors, foreign dignitaries, dine at the
White House and even meet three Presidents of the United States
– yet very few have the ability to touch the soul in the way that
Kemi does. There is an ease about this great woman and when
one inquires about her regal persona she gives God all the glory. I
ask her “What’s your secret?” and the conversation
quickly elicits the answer of relationship with Jesus
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Christ. Intimacy with God over form and formula
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guides Kemi’s daily life. She compares relationship
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with Jesus like a marriage and says “I don’t need a
formula to go see my husband. I’ve lived 23 years
of marriage. I know him. I know what he can and
cannot do. I know his weakness and his strengths
and I know when he says ‘I will’ – I can take it to
the bank.” And so it is with Jesus. When He says He
will do a thing – you can count on it, according to
Kemi.
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But you don’t come to this effortless love relationship
by trying so hard; she says we need to cease from
our works and from begging God for things. Searcy
says it’s time out for lofty prayers like “Thou art the
God of Abraham….” Instead she reminds us that in
a love relationship you can simply go to your Father
who is waiting with open arms and when we learn
this we will flow naturally with the Holy Spirit. Yes, this takes time
to yield our desires and submit our will to Christ but then we will
develop sensitivity to the movements of God. Searcy says at this
point we will be like a glove and God will slide His hand inside of
us and use us as He wills.
Pastor Searcy reminds us that in order to have this intimacy
with God you MUST complete the first step of repentance. She
testifies that she was singing in the choir in Ghana, Africa on
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