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God took me to Holy Ghost school in 2003 and there He opened my eyes wonderfully to begin to know Him in a closer, more intimate and powerful way. My relationship with Him became so steady and sweet that He gave me some messages by revelation, and asked me to publish them. That was how I wrote my first book; "The Journey Into The Wealthy Place".After I had written that book, I sincerely thought that I had actually "arrived!" But little did I know that it was only the beginning of the journey for me. Which journey? The journey to the place of peace, joy and spiritual rest in Christ, in this life.The journey to the perfect will of God; the journey to the place of abundant life which Christ promised us; the journey to the realms of Christlikeness and life in the Spirit. And so, I thought I had arrived, not knowing that I had only started! I did not know that I had an over value of myself. My spiritual life was still very far from what God had intended it to be, yet I knew it not. I was therefore operating in pride, for high-thought of oneself is pride.I was in this state of pride, ignorance and self-praise until the next thing happened which nearly took my life and the life of my daughter. The Lord visited me suddenly, dramatically and nearly consumed me, like a hungry lion would consume a prey! (Hosea 5:14-15). He visited me to take me into the next stage of my journey with Him. And what was the next stage? "Submission!" "submission to my own husband!"¿¿Yes, He came to personally take me into this one thing that I hated so much, which was submission to my husband. The Lord knew that this was one topic I hated so much and which no man or woman could bring me into. He knew I wasn't willing to give it a second thought any day. Yet He knew that was the next thing I must get, else He would drop me from His end-time army! And so He came to personally take me through it.Sincerely speaking, I had never known how serious the issue of submission to husband is to God until He visited me in 2005. I had been a 'pastor' and a woman leader, and had interacted with men and women of God at high levels, yet never had I got the least impression that God could indeed even kill a wife today, in this modern time, for not submitting to her husband! Yes, I knew the story of Lot's wife and I knew that Jesus warned us to "remember Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32), but then, it never really dawned on me that God can do it in our time. I never knew it can be as serious today as it was in those days of Lot!And so the lion came to eat me up because of my lack of submission to my husband, but His mercy finally saved me.Hosea 5:14-15 says:For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him. I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me early.

Dear fellow believer in Christ, how has it been with you? How far are you progressing in your spiritual life, which is your journey to the wealthy place? Some have even forgotten that they are on a journey, that their Christian life is a journey. Yes, it is a journey, for it has a starting point and a destination as well.So, how are you getting on in your journey to the wealthy place? To the place of abundant life in Christ.Has it been hectic and dreary? Have things turned upside down beyond every human control? Do you feel like giving up your Christian faith? Are you frustrated already? Remember, you are on a journey!A passenger in transit does not stop midway on his journey nor cease to move on his journey simply because the roads are bad or because it is raining or for whatever reasons. The person is determined to get to his destination and to fulfill whatever obligation or assignment he has to accomplish, no matter the pains, difficulties and uncomfortable experiences he might have on the way.Naturally, we deem it fit to overlook, or rather, endure with great hope when for instance our promotion in the office is delayed. We join the queue when there is much traffic, for we can't fly over it. In the hospitals, we wait patiently for the doctor to diagnose us very well and proper medications given.Now, why is it that we refuse to endure afflictions, persecutions, trials, chastisement and of course hard times, with great hope too, when it comes to our Christian journey? This is more especially when we know that these things are allowed by God for our ultimate maturity. This is food for thought. He that has ears should listen to what the Spirit of God is saying.The truth is that we all want the accomplishment of God's promises in our lives but refrain from the sacrifices required! For instance, how would you explain this - you are asking and believing God for material blessings and all of a sudden you receive a letter from your director in the office saying that you have been fired! What a paradox! Isn't it? It does not look like what a good God will permit to befall His child, one may say. But then, on our journey to the wealthy land, such instruments of purging (afflictions, disappointments, trials, etc.) are bound to come. They are "necessary evils" that the Holy Spirit takes a believer through, to season and prove him or her, so as to make them ready for the Master's use.For in-depth revelation, proper understanding and a deeper relationship with God, you may have to pause now and ask the Holy Spirit to take you through the pages of this book by HIMSELF. Ngozi Favour AnyaoraDecember 2004