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During the time of Prophet Haggai, God Almighty sent the prophet to the Israelites to warn them of their sins and the need for them to repent, the same way He is sending me to you today to warn you about your sins.

He told the prophet that the Israelites are sinning and because of their sins, He has caused them so much hardship.

The same way the Lord is telling us, Nigerians today that He is punishing us because of our sins, sins of adultery, fornication, and stealing, cheating, lying and fraudulent transactions.


He is telling us as a nation, then as individuals that the stagnation we are experiencing is due to our sins. You are suffering because you have cheated too many people that is why you are not making progress in your career, in your businesses. You have lied to too many people; you have cheated too many girls, that is why your marriage is not working out. You have committed too many abortions, that is why you are not getting pregnant again!

The prophet asked the Israelites this question: “If one of you is carrying some meat for a holy sacrifice in his robes and his robe happens to brush against some bread or stew, wine or olive oil, or any other kind of food, will it also become holy” And the Israelites said, No!

Take for instance, an anointed man of God, a miracle working child of God who mistakenly brushes his body on that of a prostitute in a large crowd. Does that make the prostitute holy, or does that defile the prophet? The answer is No!

Then Haggai asked, “If someone becomes ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person and then touches any of these foods, will the food be defiled? And the priests answered, “Yes” Haggai 2:13

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I was sitting on the executive chair, facing two large windows, covered with a transparent curtain, from there you can see the beauty of the sky, sometimes with closer noise of aircraft as the fly by. If you stay by the window you can easily look into the city, faraway from where the company was located.

I was feeling very tired and there was the sour feeling somewhere in my right knee. I only hoped it wasn’t malaria. Malaria is one illness I had too often and it terrifies me, I am usually scared of the the kind of attacks I get from malaria, I pray it doesn't kill me someday. If you've ever been down with malaria, you will probably understand what I am saying.

I can’t remember the number of times I have asked God for a last chance to live when I have malaria. Each time the illness resurfaces I often think it was worse than the last time.


I stole a quick look at the family photograph on the wall, we took that picture at the beach during the previous Christmas.

“So what are you up to?’ She asked, cutting off my thoughts. I think I had been quiet, almost forgetting I was on a call.

“I just finished a meeting, and sitting down to plan for the rest of the day”

“Ok" She didn't sound like her usual self.

"Are you okay?" I asked, hoping there was nothing wrong with her job. There were too many job loses and no one is sure about their jobs anymore.

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A family friend’s son was celebrating his tenth year birthday. As usual my kids attend their birthday parties just like their kids attend my kid’s.

It was a Saturday and I was busy doing some house chores and so when Olaolu came to seek permission for them to attend the birthday party I was glad for them to go, at least that will enable me to finish the works before they came back.

After some hours I went with my husband to pick the boys from our family friend’s residence in an estate beside ours. As we approached the building, my older son Olaolu rushed and opened the car’s door, crying

“Mummy it’s Teni, its Teni oh”.



The first thing that came to my mind was that Teni had been kidnapped. I rushed to the house and what I was told surprising.

My younger son, Teni slept on a double bunk bed that was so close to the ceiling and while the others chanted and play he stayed there watching them. Teni is usually very quiet and reserved unlike his elder brother who was more of an extrovert.

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Back to the present. We wake as early as 4:30am everyday to get the kids prepared for school, at the most by 6:30 am I was usually out of the house for the day's work.

Even on days I don't go to the office I still wake at the same time.

The driver had already been instructed to pick them up by 6:30. Ordinarily I preferred doing that chore by myself, I mean I find it a difficult task trusting anyone with the safety of the kids, not even Ann.


But this morning, was one of my my very busy mornings, I think Ann would not be having the time too, so I had made a quick arrangement with the family driver to drop them at school that day.

That morning, while I was bathing for Peter, I remember we talked about his new class teacher, I think, he said she is Aunty Bola, she complained about his rough hair. I use to have a stubborn hair while in secondary school, I remember having very serious issues with one of the school teachers then, she used to think I deliberately left my hair rough, until she became my friend and discovered otherwise.

She taught me how to carry a comb in my pocket while in school and comb at intervals.

Peter is becoming a big boy now, even though it was just like yesterday when he was born
Ann was the one driving this morning, she would be taking the car to her place of work.

We were both putting on black suit, hers was a trouser suit, it looked so fitting on her, it was our first wedding anniversary suit, we used it during the church thanksgiving service. We discussed about our different schedules for the day. I was getting tired of my clothes and needed to get new clothes. For clothes and some other not-so-important things, we used a joint family account for such purchases, so I needed her consent to withdraw some money.

Just then, a car zoomed by as we approached the last road leading to my company building. The driver was over-speeding and dangerously too; I didn't understand where he was running to on a road with warning signs allover, showing that the road was being maintained. There are too many careless and reckless drivers.
It is a long entrance into the company, and you see different security personnel, and traffic officers representing the company, at the road to warn drivers to drive safely and to ensure safety and security into the company.

Some of the workers recognized us as we drove in and they waved us in. The company is built on very large acres of land. It was a computer hardware and system manufacturing company, with the largest company site and highest number of workers in the whole city. Even oil company workers envied the salaries paid to our staffs.


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The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and wrath. He takes revenge on all who oppose Him and continues to rage against His enemies!” Nahum 1: 2

That is to say God does not accept idolatry in any form. He is jealous and will harm those who worship any other god(s) apart from Him.

Why is He angry? He is angry because He is the Creator of you and He demands that you worship Him and only Him and no other god(s).

“The Lord is slow to get angry, but His power is great and He never lets the guilty go unpunished. He displays His power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath His feet”

Read more >>http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/who-is-god.html

We continued seeing but I deliberately didn’t mention anything about dating to her anymore, overtime I met her friends, most of them were beautiful, and had been anxious to meet me probably because of the things she told them about me. You know how the female hostel is!

They wanted to know the guy that kept their friend away from them. It’s funny though because we had not started dating at this time. I remember Juliet one of her roommates who even without meeting me was already in love with me. I guess hers was a big infatuation, which could have led to a terrible situation for me, if I had been a womanizer. I mean how do a woman fall in love with her roommate's boyfriend, who she had not even met?


The first day she met me I went to Ann’s hostel and they had both come into the common room to meet me.

“Hi Dan” Juliet came and hugged me, I felt embarrassed because we had never met, though Ann had mentioned her and her infatuations of me. I was watching to see Ann’s reaction all the while, but she didn’t show if she was angry or not, she was just smiling all through.

“Do you play basketball?” She asked again before I could even answer her greeting. Judging by her appearance, Juliet was finer than Ann, but she wasn’t my kind of girl, she was too forward and lousy. Almost all the time we were in the common room she was the one that talked all through. I know she only wanted my relationship with Ann to end somehow, hoping that I could date her, but things don’t work for me that way, I mean I could be bad in anyway, but I wasn’t cut out for cheating on my girl, and besides Ann hadn’t even agreed to be my girlfriend yet.


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“Really” she asks. I think she was as much as I was shy.
“Yes” I nodded, not sure if I was saying or doing the right thing.

“Is that why you are sitting there?”

“Yes, so I can watch you as I talk to you”

“Okay”, she shrugs

I adjusted a button on my shirt suddenly feeling very hot. Call it "tension"

“Why, are you hot?” she asked.


“Yes, I am”, I replied very nervous. I think she noticed this and was probably trying to make me feel calm. It wasn’t the first time I would talk to a girl but it seemed like a very difficult task. One of the things I don’t find easy doing is asking a girl for a date. Well maybe it has helped me, because I probably would have been a bad womanizer if I knew how to talk to women. Especially with the way woman liked me!

A drop of sweat went down my face and I used a hanky to wipe it off. I quickly looked around to be sure no one was watching but everyone seemed to be occupied in their own activities and no one seemed to notice us.

“Ann”, I tottered trying to look her straight in the eyes, I remember reading somewhere before that when you talk to a woman intimately you need to look her straight in the eyes. I guess some of those talks’ works some times, but sometimes it doesn’t.

She nods, obviously knowing that I was nervous, but somehow I think she didn’t mind that I was, I guess she probably likes my being naive, maybe it gave her the confidence that I was going to be a good guy! Well that was just my thought.

I finally put myself together and started, “See Ann, I am not so good at talking to ladies. I guess you have to bear with me. I will do my best to pass my message the best way I can, maybe not the way other guys do it”.
I paused wondering if I was saying and doing the right thing or not.


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“What can we bring to the Lord? What kind of offerings should we give Him? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves? Should we offer Him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?” Micah 6:6-7

Some people are quick to think they can go to church on Sunday and bribe God with their offerings of money and gifts to take away their sins. They see God like a being who is happy when gifts are brought before Him. How funny, because God is the maker of all things so He can as well get whatever He needs if He needs them.


“No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what He requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” Micah 6: 8

Be humble before the Lord Almighty. Do what is good, shun what is evil. He says that is the only offering He requires of you- doing good and shunning evil.

“Fear the Lord if you are wise! His voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem (Nigeria) “The armies of destruction are coming; the Lord is sending them. What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled with treasures gained by cheating? What about the disgusting practice of measuring grain with dishonest measures?” Micah 6:9-10

Read more >>http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/god-does-not-need-your-offering-but.html

Like many of us, I have been miserable a lot of time. I have been miserable at countless number of times in my life. I have been sorrowful, sad, despair and thought life was meaningless. Just like the writer of Micah who said in Micah 7:1

“How miserable I am! I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest who can find nothing to eat. Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig can be found to satisfy my hunger” Micah 7:1

What can be as bad as what Micah describes in this verse? It’s a total hopeless situation and yet he puts his trust in God that after all is said and done, God will come to his rescue and save him.



He said in Micah 7:7-10, “As for me, I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me. Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. I will be patient as the Lord punishes me, for I have sinned against Him. But after that, He will take up my case and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies. The Lord will bring me into the light, and I will see His righteousness”

So instead of continuously sorrowing and feeling rejected and dejected, always allow God’s word to stand firm instead. He says, God will bring you into light, and you will see his righteousness (Read Micah 7:8-9)

“Then my enemies will see that the Lord is on my side. They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying, “So where is the Lord- that God of yours?” With my own eyes I will see their downfall; they will be trampled like mud in the streets” Micah 7: 10


So shall it be for all your enemies from today in Jesus name. You will no longer know sorrow and hardship in your life but you will rejoice in the Lord your God in Jesus name, amen.

Note: All quotes are from the New Living Translation of the Holy Bible except otherwise stated


Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/how-god-can-tun-your-misery-into-hope.html

Even after twelve years I am still unable to forget the first night. That first night for years remain tied somewhere in my memory and refused to leave. It's like a file copied on a flash, if the file is not deleted or becomes corrupt, it remains on the flash for even twenty years.


That was the first night that Ann slept in my room back then while we were in the university.

It was our second year in school, that was the same year I met Ann. I was in Computer Science while she was in Microbiology. We had an elective course in Biological sciences department, that was where we met.


As soon as I stepped into the lecture room, I could almost immediately notice the fair complexioned girl, sitting all by herself at a corner of the lecture room; she looked new, though it’s not like I know everyone that took the elective course but I would have known her if she had been in that class before! She wasn’t someone you can miss out in a crowd. Beauty is an understatement!

You know, I am this very smart kind of a guy, very fast to calculate and analyze situations around me, without really giving myself off, unless I want to, and the only reason why I would, is because I want you to notice me.

The class was rowdy as usual.

Some students can really behave like kids, moving around from one place to the other like they were in a primary school class.

One of my major dislikes is disorderliness and untidiness. Disorderliness brings about ugliness and ugliness is repulsive and distracting but beauty radiates and attracts.

Have you ever wondered why beauty seems to attract everyone that comes around them, because beauty attracts.

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O Lord, protect Your people with Your shepherd’s staff; lead your flock, your special possession. Though they live alone in a thicket on the heights of Mount Carmel, let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead as they did long ago.

God’s response, “Yes”, says the Lord, “I will do mighty miracles for you, like those I did when I rescued you from slavery in Egypt” Micah 7: 15-16

So when you cry out to the Lord, He will answer you and do miraculous things in Jesus name, amen.

http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/prayer-for-protection.html

The next day was our wedding anniversary but I didn’t remember it until up till when I received a congratulatory e-mail from the bank where we run a joint account.
I wasn’t sure that Ann forgot the date too, though the chances are that because she is angry with me she probably decided not to mention it.

It’s not unusual for her to remind me dates in the past because I am usually a forgetful person when it comes to dates. At a time I had to put all birthdays, wedding ceremonies and different anniversaries on my phone alarm to remind of an upcoming event.
Immediately I called Ann.



“Hello” She answered in a very low voice; you can easily read the anger in it.
“Hello sweetheart” she answered

Somehow I think she wasn’t expecting me to call. For a while now she complains about me not giving her surprise calls like I was used to doing when we just newly married and even while we were dating.




Truly I hadn’t been a good husband for a while; I told her this imagining how she was taking it. “You know Ann sometimes I get so carried away with my problems and I am kind of selfish”


“Why did you say that?” She asked quietly.

“You know I am guilty of many things including my distance from you for a while now”

I was working on my laptop while we spoke, I am kind of fund of doing many things at the same time. I copied an e-mail of a company with my laptop’s mouse.

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“O Lord, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me. Put on Your armor, and take up Your shield. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid. Lift up Your spear and javelin against those who pursue me.Let me hear you say, “I will give you victory!”

Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me; turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.

Blow them away like chaff in the wind- a wind sent by the angel of the Lord. Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.

So let sudden ruin come upon them! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.

Then I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be glad because He rescues me. With every bone in my body I will praise Him: “Lord, who can compare with You? Who else rescues the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”

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In the Book of Jonah, God sent Jonah to Nineveh to preach to the people about the dangers of not honoring Him and keeping His commandments.

Jonah instead of going to Nineveh ran away in the opposite direction to Tarshish.

While in the ship going to Tarshish, the ship encountered great turbulence due to harsh storm that took over the sea.

The sailors later discovered that Jonah was responsible for this turbulence and storm on the sea.

And so they cast him out of the ship into the sea where God allowed a fish to swallow him.

While in the belly of the fish, Jonah repented and asked God for forgiveness.


God forgave Jonah and still sent him to Nineveh, when Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh they repented of their sins and God forgave them and did not destroy the city of Nineveh.

Praise God! Endeavor to tell someone about God today, it may help them to stay alive if they repent.

Note: All quotes are from the New Living Translation of the Holy Bible except otherwise stated.

Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/why-you-need-to-teach-people-about-god.html

Many of us murmur and complain too much and too often.

Instead of thanking God for our situations we would stay and grumble and complain all the much that we can.

God hates our complaining and grumbling. He is displeased with our continuous ingratitude.

In Exodus He punished the Israelites severally for their complaining and grumbling in the wilderness and they spent 40 years traveling for a journey that should last only 40 days. How awesome!

In the book of Jonah 3 and 4. After Jonah had preached to the people of Nineveh and they repented, God decided not to punish and destroy them has He initially planned to.


Read more: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/murmuring-and-complaining.html

Many rich and wealthy people are wicked and insincere in their dealings with people particularly the poor and needy.

I have seen neighbors that just because they bought a second-hand car become very arrogant to the extent that they oppress their other neighbors who have no car.

The bible has this to say about such people, “What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so” Micah 2:1

Read more >>http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/gods-judgment-against-rich-oppressors.html

Don’t say such things”, the people respond. “Don’t prophesy like that. Such disaster will never come our way!”

When you preach the true word of God to them, telling them the curses of God on prostitutes, God’s judgment on wicked people, murderers and other sinners, they will tell you that it is not true, that such cannot happen to them even though they continue in their evil ways and deeds.

God is asking, “Should you take talk that way, family of Israel? Will the Lord’s Spirit have patience with such behavior? If you would do what is right, you would find my words comforting” Micah 2:7

Yes if you are doing the right thing and I preach to you about pending disasters that God is warning you of, you won’t be afraid and you won’t feel offended but you will be glad at receiving the message of God. But if you are doing evil you will be displeased when the message of God is brought to you. You will argue that is not for you even when you are as guilty as guilt!

Your sins that God is talking about includes, opposing the commandments of the Most High God, stealing from and oppressing the poor, people who puts their trust in you, people who entrusted you with their resources, widows, orphans and others. And you prefer the prophets that are full of lies that will tell you contrary things to the word of God (Read Micah 3:8-11)

God is telling you to desist from these behaviors today. Don’t think because you have been doing it for years, decades and nothing has happened then you believe nothing will happen. Sorry, God is only delaying your judgment day with the hope that you will repent. But if you refuse to repent and continue your murderous acts, God’s punishment will come upon you sooner than you can imagine!
Ask God for pardon today; ask Him to forgive you of your sins, your murdering, prostituting, adultery, idolatry and fornicating.

Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/gods-warning-for-people-who-patronize.html

You wicked leaders the only time you remember God is when you are seeking elections into political offices. Then, you run after men of God seeking their prayers to God to help you win.



The truth is that an anointed man of God can pray for anyone and they will receive answer from God what he asks for, but what will sustain that blessing is you keeping the commandments of God. Obeying His instructions and doing what is right.



God says, “Listen you leaders of Israel! (Nigerian leaders) you are supposed to know right from wrong, but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones” Micah 3: 1-2



Yes the word of God is very true, the leaders have the constitution, and they know the laws of the land more than the ordinary people. They know what is wrong from right; they know that it is wrong for them to steal, kill and defraud the nation; they also know that it is right for them to provide good roads, jobs and education for the people but they love evil more than they love good. It is not only the word of God that condemns corruption, even the country’s constitution condemns it, yet it is the same leaders that are corrupt. They steal billions of naira belonging to the people, they kill people and make hard policies deliberately to make the people suffer!



“Yes, you eat my people’s flesh (steal away the natural resources meant for everyone), strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot” Micah 3:3



After doing all these wickedness, you now go to the house of God to pray and expect God to do wonder when you suddenly become very ill and at the point of your death, but God will not answer your prayer.



Micah 3: 4 says, “Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you”



Because you hate justice and twist all that is right. You are building the nation on a foundation of murder and corruption. You are building the nation on a foundation of murder and corruption. You make decisions based on bribes (Read Micah 3: 9-10) and God is going to punish you for this.



It is save for you to repent now if you wait until when God’s hands fall upon you, He will not forgive you then because you have caused the death of many, caused many homes to be hungry and killed innocent people.



Repent now leaders of Nigeria stop your corruption and killing, God is not pleased with you. I pray God will open your eyes to understand what He is saying before it will be too late for you.



The steps to quickly take now is to declare a total war against corruption and corrupt leaders, if you are in a cabinet of corrupt people and you cannot influence the policies, then run away as fast as you can now because it will affect you all when God’s war starts. Remember God’s words are yea and amen and it must surely come to pass.



Note: All quotes are from the New Living Translation of the Holy Bible except otherwise stated

Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/judgment-for-wicked-leaders.html

They are not just brothers by fate, they are brothers in faith.

Faith Brothers, the fast-rising gospel and inspirational music duo. This pair of identical twins are always responsible for music you can identify with and it's no surprise that their new single video MA GBAGBE MI (Oh Lord don't forget me), is a song of prayer that will humble you in adoration to receive God's sure promises.

The song was produced by Tope OlaOpa

And video, which features legendary Mike Abdul's cameo appearance who played a fatherly role, was directed by T Fash




Download Audio here ⏩http://ackcitymusic..com.ng/2017/02/magbagbe-mi-by-faith-brothers-pictures.html

This is what the Lord says: “you false prophets are leading my people astray! You promise peace for those who give you food, but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you” Micah 3:5

Yes you Nigerian pastors are leading the people astray, you confuse the people with your false prophesy, they are not following God’s commandment because of your vague promises you make to them.

Have you noticed that anywhere in the bible where God is warning leaders, He also warns the pastors and false prophets? Sometimes I wonder if these pastors and Bible researchers notice this parts of the bible at all or if they do and just ignore it.

You pray and prophesy when people buy cars, houses for you and give you large amounts of money but you treat others like piece of trash and of no significance.

Listen to the warnings of the Lord: “Now the night will close around you, cutting off all your visions. Darkness will cover you, putting an end to your predictions. The sun will set for you prophets, and your day will come to an end” Micah 3:6

God is going to embarrass you and bring disgrace on you because you have failed in your duties and responsibilities to Him; your duties of telling the people the truth about the word of God, warning them of the impending dangers of refusing to obey the commandments of God.

Earlier in the Old Testament the function of the prophet was to bring the message of God to the people particularly when things are going wrong in the nation, the prophets will tell the people what God is saying and what they should do. Look at Nigeria today, and all that is happening, is any of the great pastors telling our leaders anything?

God is displeased with the prophets and pastors, He says, “Then you seers will be put shame, and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced. And you will cover your faces because there is no answer from God” Micah 3:7

God will no longer honor your requests because you have failed Him in your deeds. He says, “You priests teach God’s laws only for a price, you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord” Micah 3: 11B


Sometimes I truly wonder at so many men of God. Before they can go to preach about God or do the work of God, they charge fees; not just fees but exorbitant fees at that matter. They go in fleet of cars and they are treated almost like God that is if those who treat them like that don’t even see them above God!

I have not heard any preacher teaching God’s warnings of false prophesy, fake pastors and the punishment for corrupt pastors and leaders. All I hear is prosperity teaching here and there.

See more: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/message-for-false-prophets.html

“Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!” The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by His holiness: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook!” Amos 4: 1-2 (NLT)

Women, listen and obey the voice of the Lord. Your women liberation has blinded most of you. I truly don’t know anyway what this “women liberation” thing is all about, as if you were slaves before! Now because of your so-called liberation, your husbands have become your servants and houseboys because you earn more.

Yet you go to church, pay tithe and claim to know God. Yet you don’t even know what the laws of the Lord nor what the Lord Almighty is saying.

“Listen you fat cows, women who oppresses the poor”, you believe you are all in all, nobody can talk to you. You cannot be corrected and yet you chose to marry, knowing very well that the Bible has made your husband head over you.

From the day you took the oath to be his wife, from that day you are bind to obey and honor him. Inasmuch as he doesn’t contravene the laws and commandments of the Almighty God, you are subject to your husband.

If you refuse to change your dishonoring ways, just because you have amass to yourself some wealth, God says he will take away your prosperity!

Be careful; don’t allow the wrath of God on you. Respect your husband, your husband is not to be treated like your servant or like you would treat your brother or a colleague in the office or better still your servant. Your husband is your head, so says the word of God. Inasmuch as you remain his wife, if he places a curse on you, the curse will follow you all the days of your life.

And even when your husband does not curse you, God already has curses for you. Read Amos 4: 3 (NLT), “You will be led out through the ruins of the wall; you will be thrown from your fortresses,” says the Lord.

Search for an easy to read bible that you can read with understanding. I pray that God will open your eyes to understand what He is saying to you.

Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/why-woman-should-not-disrespect-her.html

After oppressing the poor and crushing those in need, people still have the heart to go to the house of God to give offerings and offer sacrifices. Isn’t that a waste of precious time and resources?

Okay, you want to know if it is a waste of time or not, then read Amos 4: 4-5 (NLT)

“Go ahead and offer sacrifices at Gilgal (at your church, your places of worship). Offer sacrifices each morning and bring your tithes every three days- present your bread made with yeast as an offering of thanksgiving. Then give your extra voluntary offerings so you can brag about it everywhere! This is the kind of thing you Israelites (you Christians) love to do, “says the Sovereign Lord”

This offerings you give does not move God, your tithes makes no meaning to Him. They are only acceptable if you are obeying His commandments and instructions; if not all you are doing is just religious exercises.

What will make your offerings and sacrifices acceptable to God is your obedience to His commandments. Abstaining from the things He commands you should not do and do the things He has commanded you to do. Then you will obtain mercy and favor from Him.

Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/why-you-should-not-oppress-poor-and.html

“I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me” says the Lord. “I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fall on one field, while another field withered away. People staggered from town to town looking for water, but there was never enough. But still you would not return to me,” Says the Lord. Amos 4:6-8 (NLT)

Oh unrepentant sinner, murderers, jealous and envious neighbors, liars, cheats, prostitutes, how much more signs do you need from God for you to change from your sinful ways of life. He said He has punished you with disease, set-backs, and many bad things of life but you would not change.

Amos 4:9 (NLT), “I struck your farms and vineyards with blight mildew. Locusts devoured all your figs and olive trees (your houses burnt, your cars had accident, you lost your jobs), but still you would not return to me” says the Lord. (With all of these punishments and disasters that the Lord has brought upon you, you still refuse to be repentant, you refuse to acknowledge the Almighty God”

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Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammadu II have advised that mosques be used as schools for learning to eliminate inadequate infrastructure in schools. He said this will giving an appreciation speech to the governor of Kano State at the graduation of 2000 in service trained teachers in Kano State.

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“Can horses gallop over boulders? Can oxen be used to plow them? But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison and sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness. And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar. You boast, “Didn’t we take Karnaim by our strength? But all the sinners will die by the sword- all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us” Amos 6:12, 9:10 (NLT)

Can you keep on sinning and expect grace to abound? Can you keep on cheating people and expect that things will continually be good for you? Repent of your sins now, God is calling you to repentance that is the only way out for you.

“Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel: “Come back to me and live! Come back to the Lord and live! Otherwise, He will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel won’t be able to quench the flames” Amos 5:4,5-6 (NLT)


God is giving you another chance today to repent from your sins; He says you should come to Him now that you have the chance, tomorrow maybe late. Your corruptly earned wealth will not save you from His judgment. Your political position cannot save you from the wrath of God. Your “juju” charms cannot save you from the Lord!

So many people slept last night but are no longer alive today. You are alive not because you are better than they are but because of the mercies of God. He is therefore calling you to repent today.

Though your sins may have been as black as coal, but He can make you as white as snow. But if you keep cheating the poor and oppressing the righteous, you will not find salvation. “You twist justice, making it bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt” Amos 5:7 (NLT)

Meanwhile you have no rights to treat anyone badly, you have no rights to treat the creatures of God the way it pleases you negatively, because, “It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is His name! With blinding speed and power He destroys the strong, crushing all their defenses.” Amos 5:8-9 (NLT)

It is therefore only God that has the right to pass judgment, and if you are a judge you must judge with the fear of God. You must not judge based on the bribe that you have been given, you must be fair.

If you are a police officer you must pass judgment with fairness; if you arrest an innocent man because his neighbor came to bribe you and lie to you about him and you fail to investigate and arrest this man unjustly, God will not spare you.

And for the powerful and rich, you must not hate the fair judge who passes fair judgment. Stop oppressing the poor or else the Lord Himself will avenge their rights by Himself, the word of God says, “How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth! You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore though you build beautiful stone house, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them. For I know the vast numbers of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts” Amos 5:10-12 (NLT)

Have you ever wondered why some people invest their ill-earned money in massive mansions, buy luxury cars but never live in the properties nor use those cars? It is because the words of the Lord must come to pass. They have gotten the money by oppressing the poor, using the blood of the innocent for money-making rituals and God will punish them for their sins.


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Believe it or not there is reward for being arrogant and proud. The Lord says to Edom, “I will cut you down to size among the nations; you will be greatly despised. You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. ‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’ you ask boastfully” Obadiah 2 (NLT)

So many people are often too proud because of their material possession, position and influence that they see themselves as extra-ordinary people and become very boastful. They say they are untouchable, they are invincible, and they in fact almost compare themselves to God Almighty in their boastful and arrogance pride!

They forget that there is a creator who made the heavens and earth and everything that is in it including them and those who have placed them in that position where they feel they are now infallible.


Some people out of the pride become very wicked to people particularly their close ones, their relatives and family members. Obadiah 10 says, “Because of the violence you did to your close relatives in Israel (your family members), you will be filled with shame and destroyed forever”

You hate your own blood brother such that you refuse to neither show him mercy nor render him help when he is in need of your help. “When they were invaded you stood aloof, refusing to help them. Foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem, but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies” Obadiah 11

You rejoice at the fall of your brother, instead of having pity on him when he lost his job, you laughed at his downfall.

“You should not have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You should not have rejoiced when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune. You should not have spoken arrogantly in that terrible time of trouble. You should not have plundered the land of Israel when they were suffering such calamity. You should not have gloated over their wealth when they were suffering such calamity. You should not have stood at the crossroads, killing those who tried to escape. You should not have captured the survivors and handed over in their terrible time of trouble” Obadiah 12-13

The word of God says, “But even if you soared as high as eagles and built your nest among the stars, I would bring you crushing down, “says the Lord. Obadiah 4

The punishment for the proud is disastrous, the word of God says the punishment for the proud is total, He says, “If thieves came at night and robbed you (what a disaster awaits you!), they would not take everything. Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor. But your enemies will wipe you out completely! All you allies will turn against you. They will promise you peace while plotting to deceive and destroy you. Your trusted friends will set traps for you, and you won’t even know about it” Obadiah 5, 7

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The companies we keep can either help us through life to achieve success or can put us in serious troubles and danger and can set us back in life.

Places we go to and people we interact with can put us in serious problems both spiritually and physically.

Let me tell you a little story before I continue the subject of this message: In the Old Testament God used several prophets and ordinary people to carry out His work. Some of these people and prophets went through great ordeals to deliver the work of God.

For instance, Jeremiah was severally arrested by the people and sometimes thrown into well and jail because he was sent by God to deliver His judgment to the people of Israel. Attempt was made severally on His life but he obeyed God all through.

Ezekiel was tied down in his room for days because God did not want him to speak a word to anyone. There was also an instance where he ate excrete because God told him.

Hosea was made to marry a prostitute because God wanted to make Israel understand the curse of prostituting and idolatry. The man suffered the pains of marrying a famous prostitute and partakes in what he did not directly cause.



Many others went through ordeals just to serve God and deliver His judgment and message to the people.

Maybe this is why Jonah became afraid to do the work of God when he was sent by God to deliver His message to the people of Nineveh. In the Book of Jonah 1; God sent Jonah to the city of Nineveh, He said, “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are” Jonah 1:2 (NLT)

“But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish” Jonah 1:3 (NLT)

The same way we meet our friends we hadn’t seen in years, we don’t know if he is running away from the law. We don’t know if he had committed a crime somewhere and he is running away. We don’t know if he just killed a man and police is looking for him. That is why you need to be careful of the company you keep.

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So many people deliberately refuse to acknowledge God, they respect the devil and his antiques because of the fear of the evil he can do to them. They fail to realize that devil is unable to do anything to a child of God except if God permits it.

As it is, devil is unable to act independently on a child of God without the knowledge of God. Sometimes, God permits the devil to tempt His child to test him to see if he would deny Him, backslide and follow the devil.


Take a look at Job in the bible, look at Christ and others that were tempted by the devil. God permitted the devil to tempt them. Look at all the bad things that happened to Job (he lost all his children in one day, lost his business empire and properties in one day). The bible described Job as a blameless man who pleased God in all his doings. And yet God permitted all these to happen to him.

You must know that devil is always angry at the privileges that God has given us as His children; he sought permission from God to make bad things happen to Job and see if Job would not curse God. Job knowing the tricks of the devil did not submit himself to the will of the devil but to the will of the Almighty God.

So God is aware of all things happening to you and He is watching you. But we humans are so foolish in our thinking, we prefer to believe the devil rather than take the words of God and act upon them.
Amos 3:5 says, “When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has planned?

So God is aware of whatever is happening to you, He knows what will happen and when it will happen. However He reveals it to some of His prophets so that they can warn the people beforehand. He used several prophets in the bible like Noah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Joel to warn the people of impending dangers, just like I am saying to you today; God is angry about your continuous sins, He is angry with the country and the church for many sins committed by the people and the leaders.

“Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until He reveals His plan to His servants the prophets. The lion has roared- so who isn’t frightened? The Sovereign Lord has spoken- so can refuse to proclaim His message?” Amos 3:7-8

This is the message from God: “My people have forgotten how to do right, says the Lord. “Their fortresses (bank accounts) are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence (wealth gotten through stealing, corruption, money-rituals, armed robbery etc) Amos 3:10

His punishment for these murderous sinners is in Amos 3:11-12C, “Therefore,” says the Sovereign Lord, “an enemy is coming! He will surround them and shatter their defenses. Then He will plunder all their fortresses” (God is sending disaster upon all ill-gotten monies, whether in the bank or invested in businesses and properties)


No matter how much you try to make the money clean through laundering and investment, God will trace all ill-gotten money and those who tries to get it or save it will be able to get maybe just a percentage of the ill-gotten wealth by the time God finish dealing with them.

“A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion’s mouth will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear (that should amount to just a percentage or two of the entire sheep) so it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds, and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches.”

May God’s word find relevance in our lives, amen.

Source: http://citofgod..com.ng/2017/02/why-people-fail-to-know-god.html

Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Heineken Lokpobiri flagged off the 2016/2017 dry season Growth Enhancement Scheme in Chiromawa Redemption Centre, Garun Malam Local government area in the the outskirts of Kano state.

In his speech, Governor Ganduje welcomed the minister and his entourage to Kano state, and thanked them for selecting the state to be the location for the flag off of Dry Season Growth enhancement scheme. The governor told his audience that his administration had invested a lot in agriculture but mostly with the input of the farmers in the state, he reiterated that the state doesn't deal with middlemen but directly with farmers which he said has yielded some positive development.

The Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Heineken Lokpobiri thanked the governor for agreeing to host the programme in Kano despite the short notice, and went on to commend Ganduje for the successes recorded under his leadership in the sector in the State.

He also said that the federal government is committed to continuing the GES programme despite the challenges being faced. He added that similar schemes that will expand the sector will be introduced by the ministry.

In their goodwill messages, the Chairman of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and his counterpart in the green chamber House Committee on Agriculture represented by Hon Manniru Babba Danagundi both emphasized Federal government's dedication to the advancement of Agriculture in the country, adding that Kano State has a significant role to play. They thanked Governor Ganduje for his immense contribution to agriculture and for hosting the flagging off of the programme.

The event was well attended by several stakeholders from the agriculture sector both from the federal and state levels as well as ordinary farmers who have benefited from the GES scheme.

Source: http://www.ackcitynews.com/2017/02/gov-ganduje-and-minister-of-state-for.html

The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his counterpart from Jigawa State, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar with the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri commissioned AF & C Nagari Fertilizer Blending Company, a multi million fertilizer mega factory in Madobi Local Government in the outskirts of Kano State with a capacity to produce 50 trucks per day.


Governor Ganduje said that the establishment of this mega factory is timely considering the efforts of the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to boost agriculture in the country. He emphasized the need to increase value addition to agriculture which is key in developing the sector into a profitable one.

Ganduje also commended the owner of the fertilizer company for its establishment and commended Federal government's efforts in providing the enabling environment for companies like this to be established. He added that the Kano State own fertilizer company has been added to the list of companies that will be receiving raw materials from Morocco in order to meet the target of 1million tons of fertilizer by the end of this year's farming season.

In his remarks Governor Badaru of Jigawa State said that in the actualization of the federal government's commitment to the improvement of Agriculture in the country and one of the key factors in doing this is the provision of affordable fertilizer which is why President Muhammadu Buhari signed a landmark agreement with Morocco for the supply of the main ingredient for the production of fertilizer.

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On 26th of June 2012 I was studying the word of God. I regularly teach people about what God says in the bible. And so I was studying Hosea 2 about the curses of God on prostitutes; while still studying the chapter, the word of God came to me about a prostitute I use to know long ago.

The spirit of the Lord led me to send Hosea 2 to her. I think God wants to save her from an impending danger which she will likely fall into if she fails to stop prostituting.

I sent the chapter of Hosea to her and the next day she replied with text asking to know who I am. I didn’t not reply her messages. She called several times but I did not pick her calls. I was not instructed by God to speak with but to send her the message.

Three days after, that is on Friday 27th 2012. I finished my day’s work at about past six in the evening and I noticed two missed calls on my phone. I called back and a voice I did not recognize spoke to me, asking who I was. I told the person I was only returning a missed call on my phone.

Then the man who later introduced himself as a prophet of a white garment church in Lagos asked me why I sent the message to his sister. I asked who his sister was and he told me about Hosea 2 I sent to the prostitute.

I told him to ask his sister some questions about her life and he said the prostitute was not actually his sister but a member of his church he oversees as a prophet.

He said he noticed the prostitute came to the church rather very quiet and worried and was reading her bible. He said he had never seen her like that before and so when he got close he saw the chapter she was reading, he said he took the bible from her and for the first time saw the curses of God on prostitutes and when he asked her who gave her that chapter she said she didn’t know, but that my number sent the message and so he called me.

I told him that I am a pastor and servant of God sent to the prostitute with that message, she doesn’t need to know who I am but I prayed that God’s mercy founds her, that she would be able to change from her prostituting ways with that message from God.

Both the prophet and the prostitute called me after but I didn’t pick their calls, then the prostitute sent me a text warning me never to send her any message again.

On Monday I fasted as usual and did my day’s work. In the night at around 3 AM, I woke up feeling uncomfortable, I tried to open my eyes but only the right one could open, my left eyes was shut with sharp pains inside like I was being continuously injected with pin and as if I carried clouds inside the eye. I couldn’t sleep; I had pains all over my body. I woke up and told God I don’t want to go blind and I don’t want to die.

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Anyone can be used by God for his miracles, you don't have to be a registered pastor or prophet for God to use you for his miracles, all you need is believe and faith in God.

Some time last two months ago, my younger brother called me to inform me that my mom’s state of health was very bad, that she was very sick and her health was deteriorating.

As soon as he told me I was afraid, I didn’t want any of my family members to die. I started praying in my heart that nothing happens to her.

Before this time I haven’t prayed physically for any adult for healing, yes I do pray in my closet and God answers me instantly but not for anyone who was sick.

And so, I called my mom’s phone, she sounded very weak and her voice shook. I asked my mom, “Mummy do you still believe in God?” she said yes, I asked her if she believes that God can heal her and she said she believes. And I said, “Mummy in the name of Jesus, receive your healing now” she said amen. I said,

“Mummy you will not die in Jesus name” she said amen. i told her it is well with her, she should go and sleep and worry about nothing.

The next morning I called her and she was already playing with my brother’s daughter. All neck stiffness, pains and sight problems were gone.

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