Keys Keys Keys
This week we received another reminder that simple things aren’t always so simple here. On Friday we were getting ready to head to the conference when I discovered that our car key wouldn’t go all the way into the ignition! It turned out that it also wouldn’t go into the car door. It’s strange because the day before it had worked just fine. I figured it would just be a matter of getting a new key made but no – that is not the case.
Because it’s an electronic key, I can’t get it cut just anywhere. I ended up heading down to a car seller that is affiliated with Citroën (the make of our car). After an hour of getting passed from person to person I was finally told that it would cost about 120000 CFA ($240) in parts because they can’t just replace the keys. Apparently the keys, ignition, door lock and gas lock all have to be changed. I asked how much the labour would be and after talking to about 4 different people I was told that it would be about 100000 CFA ($200). It was adding up fast. I told the woman that had been helping us that it way too much money. In Senegal you can almost always negotiate! She gave me the name of one of the mechanics and I went to go see him. We chatted for a long time and then he offered to come to our house and do the work himself for a much smaller fee.
He arrived monday night and I opened the bag of parts. He groaned and told me that I had been given the wrong parts! It turns out that that the ones they gave me were for an older model Citroën. He said that he would exchange them and come back the following evening. He came back last night to say that they are out of stock of the parts we need, they won’t be in for about three weeks. He is taking the key today to a key shop where they will try and make it work at least temporarily until the new parts come in.
While I don’t mind taking taxis and such, it is much easier to travel with the boys in our own car. Pray that we will soon be able to get some keys that work so that we can again be traveling the roads of Dakar!
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A Prayer From Jesus
Jesus I brought this prayer to your people and they rejected it. So I added a comment on the importance of this prayer and your plan of Salvation, again no responses. Finally with fire and brimstone, mentioned their destination, it was as if they could not even hear.
Jesus am I to be a profit as unto Jeremiah or like unto Jonah. I fell like Jonah, no matter what I want to do, You all ways command me to do this small task, deliver Your prayer. Except the results are as unto Jermiah. When not one obeyed when You said, they will find safety out of the city.
Jesus, you created me as neither but one of power, in Jesus NAME. Devil in the NAME of JESUS I bind you in Jesus name. Release your hold on those who will be called, son’s of Jesus. I command you in JESUS NAME to be gone from all who read this post, in Jesus Name. For the glory is yours alone Jesus. I lift your Name up in Praise now, Lord Jesus. Open my eyes in Jesus Name and let me receive from You, this very hour in JESUS NAME.
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– A PRAYER FROM JESUS -
This prayer is from Jesus that we may hear from Him, that He may speak to our hearts. It only consist of three simple steps.
1, We need to read one scripture. This will focus us in the word that brings everlasting life.
2, Since this prayer is from Jesus we need to direct our prayer to Him personally. Too often Christian focuses they’re prayer’s to G_D or Father. Scripture proclaims, that Jesus should be the focus of our prayer.
3, The simplest part of this Prayer is to ask Jesus one question. Please, all that is required for this question is that it should be simple. Let Jesus Himself finish the question when He gives you that understanding through this prayer.
The PRAYER
A) The scripture that is the focus of this prayer is “ACTS 2:38″. It’s not necessary to do any study into this scripture. Jesus will give you the understanding that will resonate in your heart. Just read Acts 2:38, keep it in your heart and take this one scripture to prayer
B) The most important part of this prayer is that we need to direct our prayer directly to Jesus. If you normally would say Father in your prayer, change your focus from the Father to Jesus, by lifting Jesus name up every time you would normally use Father in your prayer.
C) Maybe the hardest part of this prayer is the question that we need to ask Jesus. For man is always trying to understand the question, instead of listening to the answer. The simplest question is all that is required.
Simply ask Jesus, ‘WHY’?
For those who are obedient
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