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ENLARGE MY TERRITORY?
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Jeremiah 32:17 - 20
"Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory!"
Jeremiah 4 : 10 (N.K.J.V.)
"You have to be joking!" That was my response to the challenge issued by my on-line Writers' Group
to apply for a scholarship for a Christian Writers' Conference in the United States of America. I
couldn't afford to fly from my home in Cape Town, South Africa to Johannesburg, two hours away, to
visit my sons. Fly to America? No way!
As I led a group through a study on 'The Prayer of Jabez' I prayed the words from First Chronicles
each day. "Lord, bless me, and enlarge my territory". Each day I deleted all emails mentioning
conferences. One day I sensed the Lord say to me, "Make up your mind! Do you want me to enlarge
your territory or not?"
In September 2004, I set out on the adventure of my lifetime. You can read about it by clicking on
the button "Sandy Cove". My circumstances had not changed. I still couldn't afford to fly to
Johannesburg, but I had a ticket to America, half way across the world. God heard my prayer, and
expanded my territory.
I wonder how often I have talked myself out of some blessing, because I decided that God was not
able to do it.
Jer 32:17-20 (GNB)
"Sovereign Lord, You made the earth and the sky by your great power and might; nothing is too
difficult for you. Thank You that I can call you my Lord and my Saviour. Thank You that you still
perform miracles today. Increase my faith, Lord.
Amen
©Shirley M. Corder
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