Sarah’s Corner
Volume 85-18, July 2018
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WHAT TO DO with a
LOUD VOICE PASTOR CHARLES OMOFOMAH
I am excited about this article because I believe that the
passage we read, I want to show you the smartest things to
truths I am going to share here will bless you greatly. All you
do with your loud voice.
need to do is to apply them in your life and expect an abundant harvest of testimonies, in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Articulate Your Desire In verse 12 of our text we see what looks like a contradiction.
11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He
The Bible says that these lepers met Jesus, but they were afar
passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
off. One would have thought that if they met Jesus they were
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him
in close proximity with Him. Remember that lepers in those
ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
days were outcasts. The law required that they must neither
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went,
be seen in public nor in a crowd. They were to maintain at least a hundred yards distance. These lepers were at least hundred yards away from Jesus, but they met Him by faith. They could not come close because of the law. However, with
they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed,
a loud voice, they articulated their desire. That was how they
returned, and with a loud voice gloriRied God.
met Jesus. When you articulate your desire, you don’t focus
Luke 17:11-15
on your need; you focus on, and say the end result, which is the mercy of God. The lepers asked for mercy because they
The word “loud” means sound quality being strong, having
knew that mercy was a powerful force that can take away
exceptional volume or intensity; making, emitting, or uttering
from you what you deserve and give you what you did not
sounds strongly audible. An example is talking with a loud
qualify for.
voice. A lot of people do the wrong thing with their loud voice: gossip, murmur and complain. The children of Israel
Desire is not desire until you’re ready to give up everything
were known for complaining and murmuring in the
else to get it. 1 Corinthians 14:10 tells us that there are many
wilderness with their loud voice (Numbers 14:1-4). From the
voices in the world and none of them is without signification
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