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To the pure, all things are pure . . . people see what they want to see.
All I see is the picture of a Governor shaking hands with an appointee. Shikena

There was nothing false in what he said . . . unfortunately

So, OP. You want make I click those .dat links abi? Oya, dey wait for me. I dey come

★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ Family Worship Centre (FWC)
Wuye, Abuja
2nd Sunday Service
8th May, 2016

☆ SERMON
* Speaker: Pastor Sarah Omakwu
* Topic: Love indeed is the Greatest
* Theme: Walking in Love
* Text: 1 John 3:10-18
★ 1 John 4:7-19
★ 1 Timothy 1:5

* NOTE: As a child of God, you are here on the earth as God's ambassador of love, peace and grace

★ 2 Timothy 2:2 →"And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also."

* God expects that you love others as the has loved you

* People are supposed to encounter God's love when they come to Church (or personally interact with believers)

★ John 13:34 →''A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

☆ Question: Why did Jesus give a new commandment?
→ He needed to raise the standard of demonstrating love

★ Leviticus 19:18 →"You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD."
→ NOTE: this was the old standard
→ The old standard required that the benchmark for showing love to others was 'YOURSELF'.

→ Even in the old commandment, a child of God had no right to revenge or to be evil towards another person
☆ Before you take any action, always consider: What will Jesus do to this person in this circumstance as regards to love?

* NOTE: The new standard of love is JESUS' LOVE, not yours anymore!
→ You are now required to look at everyone through the eyes of Jesus, not your own.

★ John 17:11

* You must not relate to any person based on their TRIBE in order to discriminate against them
→ 'Tribe' came about as a result of sin.
→ As a Christian, the 'tribe' ofa person must not be your benchmark for relating with anyone.

* 'Like' has nothing to do with whether you love another person or not
→ Love is greater than like
→ Jesus expects you to love everyone regardless of whether you like them or not!

* Christ did not choose any tribe to die for:
→ He loved us all inspite of ourselves and our tribe

* There must not be any form of disunity or discrimination within the body of Christ as a result of our inherent differences in tribe, gender, etc

* There are 'Christians' who hate and hold grudges against members of their immediate (biological) family - eg: siblings, parents and other close relatives
→ As a child of God, you must make every effort to keep the bond of love with members of your family of origin
→ Your family was (given to you as) God's way of showing you love. Do not despise them!

* It was the failure of the family of origin that caused God to establish the Church (so that believers may take care of one another)

*NOTE: It is not good to keep a grudge against your (biological) brothers and sisters

★ 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

* It is impossible to walk in love, unless you are mature
→ Maturity is to show love (to even those who do not deserve it)

* Love is greater than:
→ Prayer
→ Evangelism
→ Speaking in tongues

★ 1 Corinthians 13:1 →''Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal."

* Without love, your acheivements (no matter how great & spirituality uplifting) are useless!

* You cannot light a lamp and put it under a stand (Luke 11:33)

* NOTE. There is no reward for serving God with a wicked heart

* Love is all that matters

* Love is the greatest:
→ every other thing is secondary

* When your achievements are weighed on the scale of love and you are lacking, you are nothing in the sight of God

* Every Christian's desire must be to pursue love
★ Philippians 3:10 → "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death."

* You must not engage in a venture that equals to nothing before God

* Only love is on the heart of God and it is the only thing that matters to him when all is said and done

* When Christians (everywhere) demonstrate God's love, there will be an explosion of people in the Kingdom of God (which will generate joy in heaven)

* The world is in dire need of God's love

* You need to remember how God loved you (while you were still in your sins), and demonstrate the same measure of love & grace to those who need it around you

* NOTE: If you do not practice love, you do not qualify to be a Christian

* The two people you must not judge in your life are your parents - regardless of how much you feel they had hurt you

* You must make sacrifices for the brethren
→ You must not spiritualize the needs of others (eg by praying about it) when you can meet that need in a practical way

* The Gospel of Christ has not advanced, because Christians had consistently failed to show love to those in need

* NOTE: You are the answer to someone's prayer, but you must not shut your heart when you are required to reach out in love

* NOTE: The mark of a Christian is love, not our crosses or long prayer

* Whenever you express love to somebody, that is when you resemble God the most

* Make it your goal to be the most generous & loving person alive!

* If parents live up to their responsibility, the rate of truancy, waywardness in young people will be reduced to the barest minimum

* There is no greater glory than to make others what/who you have become

* Let love be your ambition, your vision, your pursuit, your first thought, and your last thought

★ Quotes on Love:
☆ "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
→ Mother Theresa

☆ "The hunger for love is more difficult to remove than the hunger for food."
→ Mother Theresa

☆ "The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved."
→ Mother Theresa

☆ "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love."
→ Mother Theresa

☆ "Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. what we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
→ Mother Theresa

☆ "It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving."
→ Mother Theresa

☆ "I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die, and it comes time for God to judge us, He will not asK how, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather He will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?"
→ Mother Theresa

☆"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
→ Mother Theresa

★ Prayer:
"Father, help me to be the most loving person on earth."

This article is one more reason I never bother reading Dailymail. I used to like them till I discovered they are generally biased towards Africa and Africans and that the HATE NIGERIA WITH A DEADLY PASSION.

I repeat: DAILYMAIL HATES NIGERIA AND NIGERIAS WITH A DEADLY PASSION

femmy2010:
It shall always be well with Nigeria

Amen!

Just curious. I have noticed that anytime a person sneezes, people [un]consciously say "bless you" to the person sneezing. I have never heard anyone 'blessing' those who cough, blurb, blow their nose, or hiccup. Why the discrimination? Is there something special about sneezing?

Newspapers fabricate stories everyday . . . and they get away with most of it!

I want to buy handout

My dad still drives his 504 he bought in 1980. No one is permitted to drive it in the family - we could drive other cars in the house, but not that one! He does not trust anyone with his 504 (except his mechanic). I think he has a sentimental attachment to it

Nice one OP!

In 2005, my [female] cousin who attends the same school with my then girlfriend advised me to pay a surprise visit to my girl. She did not tell me why, and i did not insist on knowing why. For about two weeks, I formed a pattern of asking about her daily itinerary. I would call everyday and after the usual pleasantries, I asked:
"So, how is your day going to be like?"

One day, she told me she would spend the day at home [her place off campus] doing laundry. She lives in a different town. Within 15 or so minutes [of serious reckless speed] I was at her place. True to her words, she was outside her house washing clothes. There was no incentive to lie, since I usually asked her the same question everyday for two weeks.

She ushered me into her room. I was right behind her. Then I saw it!

A large frame with another guy's picture in the middle of her room, with her own little pix lovingly tucked at the bottom left corner of the frame.

I spent about three (3) hours in the room maintaining my normal cheerful & loving self - without making direct or indirect reference to the 'strange' picture. She was uncomfortable and I was happy she was. Her friends that saw my car outside came in to greet me and as soon as they came in, they froze on seeing the large frame still in its place - and me not loosing my cool. lol!

After that, the relationship started having 'k-leg' but I continued to give in my very best. In fact, I increased my love quotient towards her. Hehehehe [It was a great emotional torment for her. I knew the relationship was on its way to its grave, but I wanted to give her enough reason to regret leaving me for the rest of her life. lol!]

A year latter, the [shameless] girl used that incidence as one of the grounds to break off with me. She said if I really loved her, I would have shown signs of envy and jealousy when I saw another guy's picture frame in her room - can you imagine?

She eventually got married to one 'broke ass' [I sincerely apologise for using such derogatory phrase. I could not find a suitable one to apply to the sentence]. I still keep in touch with her family, so she will know what she missed. I know its not a Christian thing to do, but a little revenge won't hurt right? Everytime I buy a new car [I change cars annually], I pay her elder sister a visit, and I ensure that I leave a generous 'gift'. I am aware that the walls have ears . . .

Haters will only make him more popular

I agree with those who said 96, even though I do not understand how thet arrived at the answer

. . . I thought Jesus said "come as you are"?
*The Church should be a hospital for the sick, not a club for the arrogant

Thanks for this enlightening piece.

*Honestly, i have many friends that always abolutely make mistake on stuff like this

lordhugo:
God will restore that peace to them IJN.





...we have to have unity of purpose as a nation to defeat boko Haram.

AMEN

Abayor7:
I see nothing wrong with it tho. . Am sure it's well wedge, on gear and the truck can sure transport it. Peeps can get easily scared paaaaaaaaah.
Lest I forget, the op is ain't brave a bit thinking it will fall on him. Took that picture out of fear

Not out of fear. Out of concern. I am very sure in a saner clime, the truck driver will pay dearly for this recklessness. We must get to the point we choose to do things right

I saw this truck plying the Airport Road, Abuja this evening. Is it safe? I don't know such things but there is something strange about how this Caterpillar was wedged on the truck with just stones!

It passed right in front of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) who were controlling traffic at the City Gate - unchallenged

Thanks!

Cool!

issokay

Dem try sha!

See Al-Mustapha, baddest gee!!!

gonaij:
these bugs could be noted and fixed at bbs.infinixmobility.com

Thanks

Make I help una, as OP no gree itemize:

1. You'll never sleep soundly again. From the moment you leave the delivery room with your baby into the post natal ward, you start to worry about what to do next and what to do after that and after that. Doctor visits, going early for immunizations, checking tiny heartbeats, checking even while baby is sleeping soundly, worrying bath water might choke baby, soap might hurt baby's tender eyes and so on. Sleep is gone out the window, even if the baby is a deep sleeper, I still cannot sleep. All through the years of my raising these kids, sleep deprivation has really dealt with me I won't lie. The sign is clearly written on my dark eye circles, but now, thanks to good Foundations and concealers, una for run when una see my dark eye pishures.

2. Mummy brain, I don't know if this too is caused by lack of sleep. Forgetfulness, keeping or hiding things and forgetting completely about them or unable to remember where stuff was hidden.

3. I wish I knew it's OK to make mistakes and not be too hard on myself while raising these kids and being too hard and stiff with the kids. Especially my first, she suffered small sha o, the others came when I had gained experience and known that being too strict on kids is not the way to raise good children.

4. Wish I knew not to compare my child with anyone, not even a sibling. Wish I knew not to worry silently about my child's inability to crawl yet, while her age mates are running around kicking balls.

5. That I have natural maternal instincts. Yes! They are in each one of us and if we only can listen. Trust your instincts mom.

6. It's ok when someone is watching my baby, whether they be my mom or mother-in-law. If they could care for and raise me and hubby, why shouldn't they be trusted to watch the new born baby? To let them care for their grandchild the way that they want and know how to, after all they raised me and hubby OR didn't they?

7. The laundry room will be my best friend, the laundry never ends especially on Saturdays. But now, all thanks to washing machines that have come to save us Nigerian women, our Saturdays can now be better spent instead of sitting on a stool all morning washing kids clothes while more continue to fill the just emptied laundry baskets.

8. To care for myself, to take some time for myself and that it's fine to be selfish sometimes and treat self first like have my bath and take care of me first before attending to kids.

9. To be kind to myself and from time to time do things that I enjoy like read a book, play outdoors, jog on weekends, start and complete an interesting movie, manicure/pedicure.

10. That taking care of myself makes me a happy woman, a better wife and mum.

I have an Infinix Hot Note.
1. The phone usually gets hot. i downloaded some apps to keep that in check
2. Loading contacts when making calls or sms is frustrating (I have close to 4,000 contacts)
3. Anytime I restart the phone, some of my personal settings are lost. I have to always remember to reset them everytime
4. Some app icons disappear mysteriously from my widgets. i wonder why

definately, won't stick with this phone for too long

Congratulations!
N - Now
Y - Your
S - Success
C - Commences

Op, respect yourself. A word is enough for the wise . . .

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Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No No No No No No
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No No No No No No No No No
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No No No No No No No No No

Abeg, what was the question again?

TedBaker:
Tnx a lot 4 the lies. Panam Percy Paul is from Adamawa state. Do ur homework well

Panam is from Adamawa true, but his base is Jos right from the 80s. Anyone close to his family will tell you. Nuff said

Op, add Psquare and Mikel Obi to the list