Just before the game against South Korea the Nigerian National Team got together on the pitch and said a prayer. Before entering the changing room at the end of the first half they got together and said another prayer. Before the start of the second half they said another prayer. When the game ended and they out of the competition they didn't even bother to say another prayer

Nigeria losing to South Korea had nothing to do with prayers but with the way Nigeria performed on the pitch. The same thing can be said about our politicians religious leaders etc. The millions of nigerians who are praying for miracles and change in nigeria are just wasting thier time. Because prayers never achieve anything.

Prayer is nothing but superstition. Why don't you christians agree?

I noticed T.T. looking elsewhere when his team where praying before the Greece game.  Prayers and Players ought to be united that way they will play as a team and have the same goal.  Inspiration and perspiration ought to be congruent.

This is the real reason why we didn't qualify for the second round:

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Over dependence on miracles of prayers and too little belief in ourselves to get things done through the good old hardwork will always see us coming short at all sports, guaranteed. Na, "God go do am", dey kill us dey go so. We(nigerians) are nothing but a bunch of loudmouthed underachievers, and we are going to stay that way until we start making the proper changes to our attitudes soon.

singing,
Prayer is the MASTER KEY (3)
Jesus Started with prayer and ended with Prayer
Prayer is the Master KEY

That relligious tune is burned into my memory from years of Sunday school

hello,
   prayer is not superstition.it is only when you fail to understand what prayer is that makes you think it is superstitious.the bible makes it clear that  prayer works when you pray the way it should be.
    first you have to pray and have faith that your prayers would be answered, and work in faith without works is dead, so you have to work in accordance to what you have prayed for. you also have to make sure that there is nothing that you are engaging in that will hinder your prayers from being answered.
   just analyze these and you would just understand why the prayers of those you mentioned failed to be answered.
  prayer works, it is not superstitious in any way.
   luv,
   little man.

small man:

hello,
   prayer is not superstition.it is only when you fail to understand what prayer is that makes you think it is superstitious.the bible makes it clear that  prayer works when you pray the way it should be.
    first you have to pray and have faith that your prayers would be answered, and work in faith without works is dead, so you have to work in accordance to what you have prayed for. you also have to make sure that there is nothing that you are engaging in that will hinder your prayers from being answered.
   just analyze these and you would just understand why the prayers of those you mentioned failed to be answered.
  prayer works, it is not superstitious in any way.
   luv,
   little man. 

Excuses, excuses, excuses. It is amusing reading the word 'superstitious' as if a belief in the efficacy of prayer is not superstitious. What a pity, all those 'prayer-hours' in churches and mosques all over the land wasted on a regular hours.
Prayers do not work - as for having faith - pastors pray everyday for Nigeria to become a decent place for its citizens to live. It has not happened yet. I assume that those pastors do not have faith.
Get real and get out there and do something positive.

small man with small excuses i sometimes wonder why you guys are so blind that u can't even see that prayers don't work. Its people that have to work not words prayers and your imagination.

I didn't watch the eagles that much, though I saw them gathered together at the start of the 2nd half against S Korea. I'm not sure, but it didn't occur to me that they were praying. Sorry I didn't take good note but I think I recall Yakubu tying his bootlace and opening space to THE G.K who seemed to be addressing his teammates in what has become an hobby of our national representatives in sports. I stand to be corrected sha, but I don't think they were praying.
Another thing is that prayer has facets and conditions. It's more than waving the magic wand, it's communication. Who's communicating, and who's being communicated with?

^^^^^^^They always pray. They were even prayed during the nations cupgames back in january but it didn't help them win the nations cup

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So when any group gathers around in a circle, they must be praying. And it surely must be to the christian God. And He must answer their prayers or else . . . Are you for real or just seeking wack?

manmustwac,

enjoy your argument but it has no base. i dont think i should be arguing with you cos i see you do not know what prayer is at all. why dont you just try and consider what prayer is with a nuetral mind and see if you will be able to help yourself. i am sure you know you did not create yourself, unless you believe in evolution which is a myth. so just ask yourself who provides all the good things that comes to you. well the truth is if you say work and imagination then you believe prayer partially. if you want to prove a point , prove it in all ramifications.

luv,
small man.

All pray and no play . . .

small man:

manmustwac,
   
        enjoy your argument but it has no base. i dont think i should be arguing with you cos i see you do not know what prayer is at all. why dont you just try and consider what prayer is with a nuetral mind and see if you will be able to help yourself. i am sure you know you did not create yourself, unless you believe in evolution which is a myth. so just ask yourself who provides all the good things that comes to you. well the truth is if you say work and imagination then you believe prayer partially. if you want to prove a point , prove it in all ramifications.

luv,
small man.

Small man, small brains. "Evolution is a myth", unlike the fairy tales in the bible.
I presume that you are a creationist. Your ignorance and lack of intelligence is not surprising. God cannot handle intelligence.

"Pastor says 'let us pray'. Something happens immediately, he says 'praise the Lord.'
Pastor says 'let us pray'. Something happens next year, he says 'I told you God answers prayers eventually.'
Pastor says 'let us pray'. Nothing happens, he says 'oh ye of little faith, you are not praying hard enough.'"

;d ;d ;d ;d

Let us talk about the power of prayer. A woman I knew had cancer. She was one of those irritating born again types. Only books she read were the bible and those useless tomes from self-anointed pastors and 'Men of Dog God'. She went to church 4 or 5 times a week.
When she met with her doctors, they gave her 6 weeks to live.
As you can imagine, intensive prayer sessions began, 'prayer warriors' did whatever moronic things 'prayer warriors do. Pastors, in direct communication with the sky fairy, spoke in tongues. All this directed to curing this 40 year old woman.
After about 7 weeks, her condition seemingly improved. You can imagine how great God is. He proved the doctors wrong. (What do they know anyway? Only god can cure.)
2 months later her condition deteriorated, and she died.
Guess what ? Those people still claimed that god had answered their prayers, as the woman was given time to see her daughter's 10th birthday and reconcile with a friend she had fallen out with.
This is the extent to which those who desperately want to believe in the power of prayer deceive themselves on a daily basis.

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Thanks for sharing, but what has the news above got to do with the topic? Learn to keep your disgust where it belongs.

^^^The nigerian national team is a microsm of nigerian society that believes and put to much faith in prayers and not enough in work and actions. Imagine a whole team praying in front of the cameras as if that is enough to make them win the match, which like the woman who died of cancer who chose to believe {and even die by her} prayers rather than believe her doctors. Prayers are just killing nigeria.

How silly can you get. They must think that god watches football and is a super eagles supporter.
What if nigeria were playing brazil who pray just as hard to god before matches. Dont they realise that they are praying to the same god?
Do these believers seriously think they can convince thier god, the creator of heaven and earth, the universe and everything, to take sides in a game of football.
Where was god when Yakubu missed an open goal? Did he not pray hard enough, or forget to pay his tithe last month?

Prayers are a waste of time. Believe in yourself, practise your abilities, skills and teamwork. That is the way to win matches.

when you believe it will work for you,if united it will work.GOD allows fair play to all except few

i prayed but i still went ahead and stole the meat==wanted to eat the meat by force
i prayed but i still slept with her==i have been eyeing her with lust
i prayed but i was lucky i didnt come last==i have been lazy and havent prepared
you think that God is a lucky charm, if u like pray till tomorrow
principles can never be broken, whether in the moon or sun
principles will always be principles and even God will abide by it

manmustwac:

Just before the game against South Korea the Nigerian National Team got together on the pitch and said a prayer. Before entering the changing room at the end of the first half they got together and said another prayer. Before the start of the second half they said another prayer. When the game ended and they out of the competition they didn't even bother to say another prayer

Nigeria losing to South Korea had nothing to do with prayers but with the way Nigeria performed on the pitch. The same thing can be said about our politicians religious leaders etc. The millions of nigerians who are praying for miracles and change in nigeria are just wasting thier time. Because prayers never achieve anything.

Prayer is nothing but superstition. Why don't you christians agree?

First of all before you open your big mouth to say something, why don't you ask for the answer of something about which you have no clue rather than suggest an answer to us. According to Biblical principles, on which Christians believe, God did not mean that prayer be used in and of itself, but that Christians pray in conjunction with hard work and wise planning, such as it would be done by a wise man. According to Matthew 26:41, God has said "watch and pray" that ye not fall into temptation. Also, Proverbs, a Book that is replete with encouraging wise behavior, has repeatedly said that a wise man will plan ahead of harvest. For example, among many other quotations, Proverbs 6:6 provides that an unwise man should observe an ant, consider her prudent ways, and mimic that which is done by the ant in order to be wise.

Flowing from those doctrines, the Bible has made it clear that praying alone without adequate preparation, just like the Super Eagles have done, will lead to abject failure. An ant does not wait till the eleventh hour to gather his food; it plans ahead of time, and the Bible has encouraged foolish folks to learn from the ant. The principle derived from "watch and pray" also provides that Christians be vigilant while praying, for a unilateral act of praying, absent a watchful act and vigilance, will dilute the efficacy of the prayers.

And if you ask me, I believe the prayer helped the Super Eagles. If not for prayer, Argentina would have walloped the Super Eagles at least 5-0, but prayer saved us from the embarrassment that the Argentines would have inflicted upon us. But because Super Eagles prepared woefully for the competition, such as hiring an incompetent Amodu and hiring a new coach five months to the World Cup, prayer will only get them so far. And it did--it saved us from a national embarrassment.

hello,
  man mus wac you do not understand what prayer is so just stop arguing blindly that will help you a lot.

luv,
small man.

It will help a lot of humans accept things for what they truly are.

Prayer is simply a self-directed form of hypnosis, you say it long enough and you will start believing it.

Which is why Prayer is often unsuccessful at stopping Murders, genocides and the inevitable loss of the Supa Chickens at the World Cup

Trust in God but lock your car.

What is this all about?

TMemos:

Trust in God but lock your car.

FAITH WITH NO WORK IS DEAD

[ WORK VERY HARD AND PRAY VERY HARD: ]
THIS IS THE COMPATIBILITY TO ACHIEVING ONES GOAL, DESIRE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is always a price to pay for every prize. Our God is not a magician but a miracle worker, MIRACLES come by FAITH and faith without WORK is dead

I agree with the poster jare and with d guy that said all pray no play! Though the poster may be unfair seeing nothing helpful in prayer but the fact is that Nigerians rely too much on prayer with lil or no action toward acheiving it. Even if the Greeks worship the devil they'd still have beaten us!

^^^U'v said it all!. . . just 1 word for zodiac abi na zombie. . .MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU!