No one knows what kind of fruit-tree was in the garden which Satan tempted Eve with. We know however, that it was a special tree, the tree whose fruit opened the eyes of Adam and Eve to know the difference between good and evil. The Bible only mentions it to be “The fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden.” Satan, the father of lies, presented the temptation to Eve by means of a question doubting God’s command: Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden? Eve, then corrected the devil saying, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden, except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it lest you die was Eve’s answer (Gen. 3:1-3). This dialog resulted in the fall of mankind. It changed everything that man represented at his creation. Had Eve walked away, perhaps sin would not have entered into the world or into the soul of man, for when Eve and Adam ate the prohibited fruit, they lost the image of God and received the image of sin and their DNA was corrupted. The sin of rebellion shown through their disobedience penetrated into their DNA and into their soul, carrying to all generations after them. This is the reason why we became sinners and our tendency is to fall into sin. Man’s soul is directedly connected with its sinful nature. The mind, the will and the emotion are vehicles to cause the body to sin. Temptation started in the level of the soul. Our thoughts, our desires and emotions are all connected to perform evil. Sin is manifested through the flesh. It expresses anger in a hurtful and physical way, when one is angry; it expresses vengeance when one is emotionally hurt; when the mind of man is evil, it expresses corruption in the form of sexual perversion and other means. Without the renewal of the soul, we are lost and condemned to perish forever.
Author: Jacinta da Cruz Rodgers
I have been committed to teaching the truth of the Word of God beginning with Trans World Radio on Bonaire, N.A and Swaziland, Africa (1969-1980), then through churches in the United States in both English and Portuguese and then through ministry in Israel (2005-2006). This ministry continues through local Bible studies and outreach to the world via the internet.
I have written a book about my life from that of an orphan in Brazil to missionary in 5 countries. You can find out more on the "Book" page of our blog site.
Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Should Be Preached
The Resurrected Savior won the battle against Satan once and for all, when He arose from the grave victoriously, bringing salvation to the world. It was a beautiful morning that day! Choirs of angels sung the song of victory, celebrating the salvation of mankind! They sung the song of victory, celebrating our Savior’s resurrection from the dead! The earth understood when YAHSHUA died, as it trembled with quaking and rumbling with fire in the form of lightning, with tears expressed by rain. Nature went through a time of chaos, seemly forever on those three days that our Savior was buried. At that time, He descended into hell and made a proclamation to the souls of those who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. (I Peter 3:18-19). The power of sin over mankind was defeated that day and Satan suffered the blow of condemnation; he was bruised and his head treaded underfoot (Gen. 3:15a). And the song of Romans 8:1 is sung: Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation for those who are in Christ YAHSHUA… Forgiveness was released that day to those who will repent of their sins in order to receive forgiveness.
After it all was over, two of His disciples went home with heavy hearts, as they hopelessly discussed the happenings of the day. It was as if they had never heard about YAHSHUA’S soon coming death and resurrection. They were startled, not understanding why, because they were politically motivated, hoping that YAHSHUA was the One to free them from Rome’s control. Joining them, after a while, YAHSHUA asked the question, “What is this discussion that you are exchanging between yourselves as you walk along? They stood still, looking sad and downcast. Then of them named Cleopas, answered Him, Do You alone dwell as a stranger in Jerusalem and not know the things that have occurred there in these days? (they asked). And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, about YAHSHUA of Nazareth, Who was a Prophet mighty in work and word before God and all the people; and now our chief priests and rulers gave Him up to be sentenced to death and crucified Him. But we were hoping that it was He Who would redeem and set Israel free.” (Luke24:13-21). That was a hopeless day for those disciples, for their eyes were blinded to the reality right before their eyes. Instead of joy, their hearts were sad with grief. Seeing the extent of their unbelief, YAHSHUA rebuked them for their lack of faith to believe all the prophecies written about Him through Moses, the Psalms and the Prophets. As they arrived home, they invited Him to stay with them, for it was the end of the day. That was the opportune time for those disciples to reconcile with the fact that YAHSHUA had come not to free them from Rome, but to save them from eternal condemnation. At the breaking of bread, when YAHSHUA prayed, praised and thanked God, their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. That day, seemly gloomy and sad, with all hope gone, was turned into a joyous day, filled with hope and celebration. He was alive! Not being able to contain their excitement about it, they returned to Jerusalem, seven miles from where they were, to find the eleven apostles gathered together. In their excitement, they told them all that had happened on the road home. While they were still talking, YAHSHUA stood among them saying, Peace, be to you! Oh, what a joy for all the apostles present at that place! YAHSHUA’S peace, filled their hearts with hope! Still not sure of what they were seeing, YAHSHUA said to them, Have you anything to eat? And there in their presence, He ate a piece of broiled fish. Their eyes were opened at the words of YAHSHUA, reminding them of what had been written about Him in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets and the Psalms, just as He told the two disciples. That was imperative for them to believe in Him, so that they could be what YAHSHUA had called them to be: His witnesses of what they had seen and His Messengers of the Good News of the Gospel, which is the message of repentance for forgiveness in the name of YAHSHUA to the nations, starting from Jerusalem was (Luke 24). The true message of the Gospel is that of repentance for forgiveness. That’s the good news the Gospel of our Lord YAHSHUA represents.
JESUS, Looking Upon Him, Loved Him
This is a story of a man who deeply touched the heart of our Savior, for his spiritual hunger, but unwillingness to take the right step to satisfy his spiritual need. He was a prisoner of his own riches. Although, enjoying a life style few were able to, yet, he was not satisfied. Follower of the Law, he did not find satisfaction when it came to the hope and assurance of his salvation. He decided to look for an answer somewhere else. “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” A direct and honest question which flowed from his heart in hope to learn how. However, the answer was going to cost him the things that he treasured most, and for that, he was not ready to do. YAHSHUA then, “looking upon him loved him.” The love of our Savior, Who had come to give him eternal life, was expressed at that moment of his desire to know how to be saved. However, his rejection of the truth YAHSHUA offered, closed the door he was looking for to be saved. It was the truth that would set him free, as YAHSHUA said in another time: “You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.” Everything he needed to satisfy his hunger was right before Him. He only had to accept the truth. There, was the life giver, God incarnate, offering the solution for his dilemma- YAHSHUA, the Source of eternal life. Only through Him was salvation available, for He is the Way to heaven, He is the Truth that sets us free, and the eternal Life which the rich man was looking for. He had come to the right person, with a compelling question that touched the heart of YAHSHUA. He must have known who YAHSHUA was, to have come to Him and courageously pouring his heart’s desire to be saved, while humbling himself by kneeling before YAHSHUA in the presence of the crowd.
Salt, a Mineral with a Spiritual Application
Salt is an essential mineral for the body; it is essential for sustaining the hydration levels of the body and it is vital in order to maintain the electrolyte balance -sodium, calcium, magnesium, potassium. These minerals help maintain the balance of fluids. When we sweat, we lose water and electrolyte. The importance of salt in our body is extremely important for the body to function properly. It cures iron deficiency, treatment of diabetes control, muscle cramps; it improves circulation health and it determines the blood pressure of the body and has an impact on cardiovascular health; salt if essential for sustaining the hydration levels of the body; it is extremely vital to maintain the electrolyte balance for the smooth functioning of the organs (Organic facts). The minerals found in electrolytes are, sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. The misinformation concerning salt has led us to go the direction of dehydration of the cells. Certain diseases are the results of low sodium. The body craves salt when there is a need for it. One can die of heart attack or stroke for lack of minerals. Salt is a mineral; and as a mineral it has its place and function in our body. There are several kinds of salt, as Himalaya salt, Celtic salt, table salt, sea salt, black salt. The body cannot function without the essential for life- salt. The benefits of salt in the body are many. It is a reason for concerning when we are told not to eat salt. The problem of imbalance of minerals in the body will lead it to many diseases in relationship with the circulation, kidneys and heart.
The uses of salt are many, too. It serves as a food preservative, seasoning of food; it makes it to taste delicious, for it enhances the taste of food. Without it, food would be tasteless. Insipid foods are not well tolerated. The digestion system is happier when there is salt in the food. Salt is also a cleaner and an odor controller. Salt can be medicinal in soar throats in case of colds. There are many other uses of salt, confirming the need for our consumption of salts. There are several types of salt: table salt- refined salt; kosher salt; sea salt evaporated from sea water; Black salt from volcanic rock, rich in a variety of minerals as in calcium, magnesium and iron; Celtic salt. Salts are a fountain of wellbeing inside out. It cleans and preserves. YAHSHUA said, You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltness be restores? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men (Matt. 5:13). He said that after teaching about the beatitude: Blessed are the poor in spirit; blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted; blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth; blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied; blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy! Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God; blessed are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God; blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account. Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (Matt. 5:3-12).
Psalm Ninety
Psalm ninety is a prayer that Moses uttered, registered in the pages of psalms. It is a review of his experiences in the desert, as the leader of the nation of Israel on their route to the Promised Land. In this psalm, he acknowledges God as the eternal God, the Creator, the sovereign and powerful God; man’s brevity of life and his fallen nature. Moses, a man of God, whom He considered humble and worth of respect, a man to whom God spoke face to face and defended against those who rebelled against him as in the case of Moses’ brother Aaron and sister, Miriam. In Numbers 12: 5-9 reads: When the Lord came down to deal with them, He said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make Myself known to him in a vision and speak to him in a dream. But not so with My servant Moses; he is entrusted and faithful in all My house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly and not in dark speeches; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses? And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them and He departed. There has never been a man on the face of this earth who has had such deep relationship with God. Even, in his death, it was God who buried him. Perhaps angels witnessed Moses’ funeral.
Moses expresses this beautiful prayer from his heart with honest desire to acquire a heart of wisdom. He addresses the Psalm to the Lord, saying, Lord, You have been our dwelling place and our refuge in all generations (verse 1). When Moses shines the light on the fact of whom God is, man, in his natural estate, is nothing but dust, lasting as long as a weed of the field. He can never be compared to God in his sinful condition, although created in the image of God. Moses dealt with Israel for forty years. He came to see his people for what they were: rebellious and of hardened heart. He suffered much under their scrutiny of criticism. As an intercessor, he prayed for them in times when God was angry and ready to give up on those people. In this psalm, he writes, Who knows the power of Your anger? And Your wrath, who connects it with the reverent and worshipful fear that is due You? (verse11). We see His power displayed in the early years of Israel’s pilgrimage, when God descended to Mount Sinai to covenant with them; Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, for He descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like that of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. (Exodus 19:18). The writer to the letter to the Hebrews describes how Moses felt at that time when God descended to Mount Sinai saying, In fact, so awful and terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am terrified (Heb. 12:21).
Psalm 90, more than any other psalm, (in my opinion), truly testifies the reality of God as a result of Moses have physically experienced Him. When I read this psalm, I sense the deep relationship between God and Moses. Defending Moses, God told Aaron and his sister, Miriam, “I speak to Moses mouth to mouth and he beholds the form of the Lord.” Twice, He spent forty days and forty nights on the mountain in the presence of God. His death happened in the presence of the Lord and He buried him there. He heard the voice of the Lord audibly and not in a dream or vision. So, when Moses wrote this psalm, he was reliving those days in the desert with its challenges and victories. He was well acquainted with God’s wrath and anger in His judgment toward Israel. So, his prayer was one of intercession for them when he said, Who knows the power of Your anger and Your wrath? So teach us to number our days that we may get us a heart of wisdom; Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]! How long-? Revoke Your sentence and be compassionate and at ease toward Your servants. O satisfy us with Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days; make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us and to the years in which we have suffered evil; let Your work be revealed to Your servants and Your majesty to their children; and let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands- Yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it (Ps. 90:11-17).
One Out Of Ninety-nine
The love of the heavenly Father is unmeasurable. He values one of us as much as ninety-nine of us. One percent equals 99 percent. We are considered as sheep in YAHSHUA’S teachings, as He considers Himself as our shepherd. The lost sheep of the parable of Matthews 18:12-14 gives us an example of how He cares for all of us, not wanting any of us to be lost. The Prophet Isaiah describes our spiritual condition as “like sheep.” Yes, like sheep, we have gone stray; we have turned everyone to his own way. (Isaiah 53:6a). YAHSHUA, looking at the crowd, perceived them as sheep without a shepherd. A picture of the helpless crowds touched the heart of our Shepherd, YAHSHUA. When He saw them, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd (Matt. 9:36). Our Lord compared humans to sheep, because we like sheep, are prone to wander away from the truth. We are independent, stubborn, rebellious, we refuse to follow our Shepherd’s directions. Always getting lost for rejecting His way. However, the love of our Shepherd is like a staff, which He uses to bring us back to Him. “My sheep hear my voice; I give them eternal life.” That’s what life is all about in relationship with the Lord as our Shepherd. His coming to this world to be our Savior was His priority. He said, I am the good Shepherd and I know My sheep (John 10:14). That translates a relationship between Him and His sheep. “He knows them and they know His voice.” It is our Shepherd’s ultimate desire that we, His sheep, walk close to Him, so that we will not stray from the way through all kinds of doctrines and religions, which will lead us to Satan’s hard and rough, dark and gloomy territory. Our Shepherd never loses focus of His sheep. When one gets lost, He goes after it, to save and restore to His fold.
The Redemption of the Soul
The soul comprises of the intellect, will and emotion. Without it we would have no personality. Created from dust, we are nothing more than just that, a condition in which we will return after we die. What will happen to the soul of man after his death? Which is eternal, the spirit or the soul? Which one is life? Are they both eternal? One has to know that the spirit is not one with the soul as it has been taught. Man is spirit, soul and body. Each one has a specific function in the plan God had when He created man. The soul is sinful; the spirit is our conscience, which guide us to do what is right and convicts us when the soul does not listen to it. We communicate with God through the spirit; when the soul listens to the spirit, it does not sin. But when it doesn’t, the body or the flesh falls into soulish act, which means fleshly or carnal. When YAHSHUA died the redemptive death, it was to redeem the soul. A Christian, who follows the Lord’s teachings, he is guided by the Holy Spirit, Who lives in his spirit. That’s where we receive life eternal, for the spirit never dies. The two destinations presented to him, heaven and hell are two places where the spirit will end up at the end of his life, depending on what decision he has made while alive – to accept the gift of salvation or to reject it. The mind, the control center of the body, has much to do with our actions. The mind that is not renewed by the Holy Spirit, will lead the body to sin through the thoughts – she thought that it was good, then she desired to eat it. The flesh, in harmony with the soul, served as an instrument by which the sinful action took place. Eve, after being tempted, desired the prohibited fruit. Her emotion followed the path of her thought and will- it felt good to her even before trying it, just by looking at it- the lust of the eyes- flesh.
Her spirit accused her of wrong doing, when she told Satan that they were not allowed to eat that fruit. The soul, however, overcame the spirit and Eve sinned. The Bible says, “The soul that sins will die.” Man died the moment he ate the fruit. His death was physical and also spiritual. His spirit which is his life was then condemned to hell. When man dies, his soul ceases to act. The soul is motivated to act through the body’s functions of the heart, which works to circulate the blood through the body. The blood is the physical life of man. The functions of the body will work, even when the soul becomes inert, that is without power to move. So, it is that man is spirit, personality, and flesh. One cannot work independently, for man to act as God created him. The Bible says that as man thinks, so he is. Man thinks with the mind. The mind constitutes a battlefield for Satan to control man. When Adam and Eve sinned, their desires and emotions became dictated by their fallen mind, which influenced their behaviors.
Valleys, Places of Reflection
Solitude, the master of a valley, predominates the silence of the place. No outside voices, noises, only the mind working the past and dreaming the future. It is the place to get near our God. In prayer and anguish of the soul, we very much depend on Him to alleviate the heavy burden that took us over there. However, it is transient or impermanent as we must go through it to reach our final destination. Many of us give up, without the strength to go on, because our spiritual and mental situations are rachitic and in need of help from above, where our help comes from. But it is precisely in the valley that we receive our strength. It is there that we are broken and more willing to listen. If you and I want to know our God, the valley is a good place to be.
When David was in the wilderness of Judah, he wrote Psalm 63, which reads, God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is… My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me… (verses 1,8). Many of David’s psalms are based on his experiences in the wilderness or valley. Painful as it was, he never forsook God. His beliefs were firmed on his faith that God existed and that He answers prayers. He understood the benefits of suffering, as he reflected while facing the wilderness or valley. He said, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statute; before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep (Ps. 119:67,71). He used the challenges before him to acknowledge God’s faithfulness and love. His life was a testimony of endurance in his faith in all the psalms we read. God’s purpose for every believer in suffering is to equip each of us to get to know Him. Without the valleys and wildernesses of life, we would not know our God’s faithfulness, His compassion, and all that that His attributes denote. It is said, “No pain, no gain.” A Christian that has had all without going through deserts and valleys, it is a Christian that does not know God. Or better yet, he is not a Christian at all. The valleys have their twists and uncertainties, they have a way to change and break us; it is in the valley that we are molded, fulfilling God’s purpose for our life.
But He Opened Not His Mouth
Accusations after accusations against Him, but He did not open His mouth. Surrounded by enemies who desired Him dead, but He did not open His mouth; scourged beyond facial recognition, broken bones and out of joints bones, but He did not open His mouth. His inner strength secured by the ultimate purpose did not fail Him. Tempted by the devil in His hardest hour on earth, but He did not open His mouth, just a prayer to His heavenly Father, releasing forgiveness to those who were nailing Him to the cross, an utterance heard by all. Salvation sprung forth from that prayer and the centurion and his soldiers confessed that YAHSHUA is the Son of God. Under severe pain while they scourged Him over six hundred times, but He remained calm and did not open his mouth. No, the Son of God did not suffer as God, but as a human, with all the extension of pain we suffer. He could never suffer as God, for He is sinless and sin has no hold on Him. He was a man of sorrow, acquainted with grief; He was despised, rejected by man, but did not claim His right of being God. That was the time for Him to fulfill the plan of salvation planned by God and fulfilled by Him to all who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated by the Spirit to obedience to YAHSHUA the Messiah and to be sprinkled with [His] blood (I Peter 1:2).
YAHSHUA demonstrated His submission by not opening His mouth during His six unfair trials is a testimony of His perfect and complete obedience “to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!” Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ YAHSHUA, Who although being essentially one with God, and in the form of God [possessing the fulness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained, but stripped Himself so as to assume the guise of a servant, in that He became like men and was born a human being (Phi. 2:5-7). Such a sacrifice He performed to save sinners unworthy of Him! Who am I Lord, and what is my house (asked David) that You have brought me this far? (2 Sam.7:17); and what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him? (Ps. 8:4). A humble man, You O Lord will not abandon. YAHSHUA was spat on, they pluck out hair from His beard and used abusive words to humiliate Him, for men had only hatred for Him. However, when the time came, He opened not His mouth to defend Himself. His silence spoke millions of words, but no one heard. His silence, a gesture that indicated Whom He was, communicated with His Father, agreeing to go through the plan to save mankind. His silence spoke louder than the scream of the crowd; for it rested on Him the peace and the certainty of the fulfillment of prophecy for that time through Him. Surrounded by evil and angry men and a chaotic crowd, YAHSHUA stayed tuned with the Father whose plan was to reconciliate men to Himself. No one noticed the extent of His suffering in the agony of His soul. Only His Father knew, but it was His will for Him to suffer; it was the will of the Father to bruise Him and to put Him to grief and make Him sick (Isaiah 53:10a). And yet, He didn’t open His mouth. At His friend, Lazarus’ funeral, when there were only two weeks left for His own, He felt discomforted and sighed repletely. He knew what was coming next for Him. John reports that He sighing repeatedly and deeply disquieted, approached the tomb. (John 11:38). The thought of His soon coming suffering weighted down on Him. While going to the tomb, again sighing repeatedly and deeply, disquieted, YAHSHUA approached the tomb. It was a cave and a boulder lay against it (John 11:38). No one knew what was in the Savior’s heart. His heart hurt for the people there who were sobbing for Lazarus hopelessly. But there stood One Who could give them hope, if only they would believe in Him! In just a few days He Himself would become the Lamb of God on the altar of His ultimate sacrifice to save men from hopelessness and hell.
Wake up, Get up, and Pray
The hour had come when our Lord YAHSHUA was to fulfill the will of the Father. Nothing was going to impede Him from accomplishing the most difficult task He had come to fulfill. After partaking of that last supper with His disciples, He knew that His sufferings and death were going to take place in the cruelest way. The shadow of death surrounded Him in an agony of His Spirit and soul in the Gethsemane Garden. He confessed to His disciples the extent of His pain. Arriving at the garden, He took with Him Peter, James and John, and began to be struck with terror and amazement and troubled and depressed. And He said to them, My soul is exceedingly and sad so that it almost kills Me! Remain here and keep awaked and be watching; and going a little farther, He fell on the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from Him (Mark 14:33-35). In the midst of all He was contemplating to suffer, He gave the disciples emphasis on praying. “Pray so that you may not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matt. 26:41b). Three things were important at that hour for the disciples to do: Keep awake, watch and pray. They were to keep awake with the Lord, YAHSHUA in His hour of temptation. But the time of the day called them to sleep, for it was very late. The three times He had called the attention of His disciples to pray, it was definitely to warn them of the presence of the evil one, who had come to temp Him. That was for him the “opportune time.” Satan has a way to visit us at the point of our weakness; he tried this tactic with the Lord.
Suffering as a human being, YAHSHUA was subject to Satan’s temptation at that hour. But the power he thought to have to crush the Lord’s plan failed big time. For in spite of the Lord’s weakness, He never gave up His position of Son of God. And as Son of God, He had greater power than the evil one. However, the disciples were exposed to Satan’s temptation and for them to be victorious, they had to do these three things: Stay awake, watch and pray. The warning was directed specially to Peter. He said to him: Simon, are you asleep? Have you not the strength to keep awake and [watch with me for] one hour? (Mark 14:37). The Lord had warned Peter earlier that before a cock shall crow this day, you will three times deny that you know Me (Luke 22:34). Peter, being warned earlier, still did not connect the Lord’s words directed to him at the garden. Remaining sleeping kept him off guard and weak to fight the temptation. Few hours later, Peter was found denying the Lord, as He had warned him. One cannot sleep, watch and pray. It is impossible to fight the devil while sleeping. There are many people- Christians and non-Christians suffering alone because we are asleep; we are falling into temptation of all kinds, because we are drunk with the things of the world and not able to wake up from it to help the helpless. YAHSHUA asked the question, “Have you not the strength to keep awake and watch [with Me for] one hour?” One hour out of twenty-four hours in the day is very minimal to invest in the life of one who is suffering.
Light from the Word 