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FOR YOUR INSPIRATION It's Mine by Jennifer Workman I hope and pray this article will be enlight- ening and thought-provoking for every reader. I pray that everyone as a result of reading this article, will be mindful of the ways in which we deal with each other and know that God has gifted, anointed and blessed all of us to make a contribution to the world and we don’t need to manipulate one another, deceive one another or pow- er-posture to have anything in life because what God intends for us to have, we will have it, for the “Lord promised that he would supply all of our needs according to his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19, NLT).” First of all, before I proceed any further, I wanted to ask to the question, how many of you have children? If you like 6  HimPower November 2017 myself have one child or even ten children, you are aware that children are born with a selfish nature. Parents spend countless years teaching children the importance of sharing with others and although that is the case, their children still wrestle with each other for toys and possessions, as they artic- ulate to each other boisterously “you can’t have it the toy is mine.” Although it may be humorous to witness children reacting that way, it isn’t funny to see two adults acting in like manner for the Bible tells us “when I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things (I Corinthians 13:11, NLT).” I recently had the opportunity to read “Daily Devotional: The Word For You