By Pastor Oloruntimilehin Joshua Daramola

a member of my minisry one day, walked up to me, and wanted to know why I gave a gift to another member. I took  time to explain the rea-son, telling him that I would always recognise and encourage any person that find space in his or her heart to render help to the needy or contri-bute to the development and growth of the ministry of Jesus Christ.

•Pastor Daramola

While we were discuss-ing, another member join-ed us who incidentally acknowledged that the recepient deserved the gift because he had touched lives of several needy members.

It is imperative to talk and mention what people do and their positive con-tributions, so that others can learn and emulate them.

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I always implore people doing bad things to desist; if they refrain from doing evil, then they would definitely reap its reward. It is just like how every inventor is never for-gotten, whether a person does good or bad, he or she will be remembered in due time.

The Bible tells us about a woman who was very generous to the needy in her world. Act 9:36-42 says: “In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas); she was alw-ays doing good and help-ing the poor.

About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged, “Please come at once!”. “Peter went with them, and when he arriv-ed he was taken upstairs to the room. All the wi-dows stood around him crying and showing him the robes and other cloth-ing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed.

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Turning to-ward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up”. She opened her eyes, and see-ing Peter she sat up. He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them. This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. Dorcas was fill-ed with good deeds. But many people did not know she was doing good things.

So, as a minister of God, I will always recognise people who lend a helping hand to the less privileg-ed ones in the household of God. More so because the help rendered in house of God automati-cally means that they are helping me to make peo-ple stay in the church for God to glorify Himself in the peoples’ lives.

Brethren, we are creat-ed to help the needy among us. Whoever helps the needy does well and it won’t be out of place to acknowledge or recog-nise people who do well. I am imploring every pa-rent to teach their child-ren to have generous heart of giving to people they know require assist-ance.

I’m fulfilled for saving the lives of over 270 people— Abdul-Mutallib

The woman, Dorcas, was remembered both in life and death.

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