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‘The thing
that convinced Richard Ngidi that the Lord was with him in a special way was
an instance that occurred when he went home for a weekend visit. |
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He used to
go out into an open field to pray. As he was kneeling down praying and
dedicating his life to the Lord, a poisonous snake found its way to the place
where he was. Richard felt his body cringing because he could hear the
movement and the hissing of the snake, but, he did not open his eyes. He
continued to call upon the name of the Lord. |
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Suddenly
he felt something hitting his clean shaven head and when he opened his eyes,
he found a big snake writhing on the ground. Ngidi touched his head where he
felt the blow and he was amazed that there was no blood coming out and no
wound at all. The greater surprise was when he saw the snake dying in front
of his eyes without him having done anything to it. |
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This moved
Richard deeply. He had seen the power of God in a very special way. His faith
in God’s power to heal and to make whole was powerfully boosted. This
inspired Richard to hunger more for God and His word. Later on Ngidi
discovered in God’s word the promises of Christ to the church that His
disciples would ‘take up snakes’ without being hurt. |
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From the
third chapter of the book titled What a
giant of faith, written by Agrippa Khathide, Gospel Publishers, |