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Death to Death

We are] always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. (2 Corinthians 4:10)

Life and death are two great enemies, and my body is their battleground. They are both inside me, plotting the demise of one another. Only one can win for eternity.

Wars are won by a series of victorious battles, and triumph only comes to me as I choose life in the daily skirmishes. That sounds simple enough but death is a wily enemy. It flays living gifts and pulls on their skin to pose as life. Family, jobs, food—any day I concentrate on a gift more than on the Giver, then death has won.

The secret power to win this war is found in the death of Jesus.

Jesus’s death was not death to life, it was death to death. He died to defeat death at the final resurrection, and now in my person. I am to carry his death to death and apply it to whatever opposes God’s kingdom.

Pride will never make it into God’s presence, so if I humble myself now, then death dies and life lives.

No bitterness is permitted into the City of God, so by forgiving others now, death perishes and life rises.

Death to death equals real life.

How will I face today’s battle? Will I act like an entitled, self-absorbed vulture, or will I receive God’s gifts with the humility of a hand-fed dove?

Prayer: Jesus, help me carry your death to the things of death.

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Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. Psalms 42:7 (NIV)

Do you feel it too? God is calling us into the depths of himself. It’s a roar, a deluge, and it beckons irresistibly. What about you? Want to dive into the bottomless pools with me?

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There are “thin spots” in various locations around the globe. These are places where the Kingdom of God breaks through the veil of our temporal existence. Miracles happen, revivals begin, and whole communities, even nations, are transformed.

In 2001, I discovered one of these thin spots in Cross River State, Nigeria. I was there as a missionary trainee. The eruption had begun three years before in a village named Ekori. The stories I heard, and the thousands of celebrants I witnessed, combined to make my heart race with holy excitement.

Fervent prayers clashing against witchcraft, rich African colors, sounds, and traditions, everything pivoting on a handful of unwavering, humble Christians—all the elements of an epic story were right there in Ekori.

Over the last twenty years, the gospel explosion of Ekori Village has only increased, like circles growing from a great splash. When I returned to Nigeria in 2019, I knew without a doubt, it was time to speak the truth of what did, and is still happening, in Cross River State. Thus, it is my calling and privilege to record these events using the art form I love most, historical novels.

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As a missionary, I came into contact with a tribal group in Southern India that had been through the most amazing events in our times. With dreams and miracles, God rescued them from the caste system much like he delivered Israel from Egypt.

I heard many testimonies that corroborated the story and saw with my own eyes thousands of radically changed lives. The tribe’s name is Yanadi, meaning people without origin. At a time when the Yanadis were suffering abuse, starvation and disease, God reached out to this unclaimed tribe.

It’s exciting to know that he still reveals himself to humble children in all cultures. Though others have documented the Yanadis story before me, it has been my great privilege to create the first historical fiction novel.

I have re-told this compelling story before groups in many settings, often with wet eyes. Now I commit it to writen words for the enrichment of my readers.

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