₦airaland Forum

By Rachel Burchfield

Often people succumb to deceptions that
prevent them from accepting God’s
abundance for their lives. Here are four
primary lies.
Lie #1: God wants you poor. Why do people
fight so hard to be poor? Instead of craving
more to lavish on yourself, imagine how—if
you had more—you could do more to help
others. God’s covenant was to prosper His
people so extravagantly that it would be a
witness to the world. God takes pleasure in
the prosperity of His servants (see Ps.
35:27).
Lie #2: Prosperity is equivalent to monetary
wealth. Financial surplus is only one part of
God’s plan for abundance. Loving families,
fulfilling relationships, vibrant health and
purposeful lives are included in the abundant
life Jesus described in John 10:10.
Lie #3: You can’t afford to tithe. What a
deceptive lie. In truth, you can’t afford not to
tithe! The tithe isn’t yours to negotiate; it’s
God’s and it is holy. The Israelites paid their
tithe as a debt, but since Jesus paid our sin-
debt on Calvary, we tithe as an offering of
gratitude. People don’t argue over leaving a
waiter a 15-percent tip at a restaurant; why,
then, would we resent giving God a tithe?
What does it say about our priorities if we
honor Visa before God?
Lie #4: All the church wants is your money.
No, it doesn’t. It wants fruit added to your
heavenly account. It wants to expose
anything in your heart that will prevent God’s
blessings from overtaking you—things such
as selfishness, fear or greed. God’s financial
plan requires obedience, gratitude and
generosity. The truth is, generosity has
nothing to do with finances. Generosity
requires heart. It can be seen in a homeless
man sharing his blanket or a grieving widow
giving someone else a hug. You can give
without loving, but you can’t love without
giving.

On July 10 2014, Bishop David Oyedepo paid
a courtesy visit to Governor Rauf Aregbesola
of Osun State in Osogbo the State Capital.
Being a few weeks to the August 9 elections,
the media space was quickly put awash with
news of Bishop Oyedepo endorsing the
candidature of Aregbesola. The Living Faith
Bishop in his speech said, “ any governance
that is producing results and affecting the
lives of vast majority of the people, must be
deeply appreciated” ( http://
www.naij.com/69451.html ) . This sounded to
all supporters of Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola as a
direct endorsement of the candidature of their
Principal. I remember how most of my
Facebook friends began quickly sharing the
picture below:
How can one blame a servant of God for
saying in clear terms what he feels about the
administrative style of a Governor? Isn’t it the
role of Prophets to say the truth as they are
divinely inspired or as they may humanly feel?
It was personally painful to me at the time,
probably because I supported a different
candidate at that gubernatorial poll. Yet, I had
no divine right let alone human right to
castigate this very revered Prophet for
speaking his mind....or the mind of God as the
case may be.
At this time, I knew APC image makers to be
the likes of Semiu Okanlawon, Goke Butika
and their likes, Sulaiman Solarboy Adesola
was as well a good jingoist at the time (I pray
he reaps fruits of his tireless labour sha). I
never knew the likes of Kayode Ogundamisi
and Bunmi Awoyemi. At the time, they never
came out of whatever closet they were hiding
to commend the man of God for speaking the
kind of ‘truth’ they wanted to hear. I remember
Solarboy openly commended the Bishop;
kudos bro. It becomes shocking however,
when the likes of Ogundamisi and Awoyemi
are now coming out to condemn the man of
God for speaking the kind of ‘truth’ they do not
want to hear! The stand of these APC dogs on
the assertions of Bishop Oyedepo further
confirms my long-standing belief that truth is
true when it suits the APC but the same truth
becomes ‘untrue’ when it opposes their
beliefs. What hypocrisy!
A few days ago, Kayode Ogundamisi went
online to report a false version of the sermon
of Bishop Oyedepo and I quickly had to write
a rebuttal just as many other persons did who
keenly followed the events. Just as the dust
was settling on the Ogundamisi case, one
faceless Bunmi Awoyemi through the platform
of Sahara Reporters wrote another epistle of
lies, lunacy and falsehood. I fathom that these
dogs of the APC fold are bent on rubbishing
the personality of Bishop Oyedepo for the
purpose of helping their masters plunder his
flock. I ask them, where were they hiding
when Pastor Kalejaye of the RCCG came out
to spit fire on GEJ’s administration? Was
Pastor Kalejaye truthful because he spoke for
the APC? Were his utterances not gross
violations of the pulpit of Christ? Has Bishop
Oyedepo made any statement that could be
so clearly described as partisan as that of
Kalejaye? Oyedepo was their friend when he
spoke highly of Aregbesola, does he now
become their enemy when he has refused to
associate with Buhari and Osinbajo based on
obvious reasons?
These two unthinking writers labelled Bishop
Oyedepo an antagonist of Buhari, premised on
his belief that he (Buhari) will Islamize Nigeria.
This claim is a very close cousin of irreparable
madness. If Bishop Oyedepo could speak
highly of Ogbeni, which many regarded as
endorsement, why should anybody tag him
anti-Islam? Was Aregbesola also not accused
of planning to Islamize Osun State before
Bishop Oyedepo ‘endorsed’ him? Or is the
Bishop just beginning to acquire his anti-
Islam stance? In the Bishop’s speech, he
asked God to open the gates of hell on
whoever opposed the peace of Nigeria; he
claimed God had anointed him to lead a huge
battle against the Boko Haram sect and
encouraged Nigerian citizens to self-defend
themselves against terrorists. How do Boko
Haram terrorists translate into muslims? Have
the Nigerian Islamic community not constantly
distanced itself from these insurgents? Or are
the duo of Ogundamisi and Awoyemi trying to
tell Nigerians that Bishop Oyedepo’s
assertions are a threat to their paymasters
because they are indeed the sponsors of Boko
Haram?
Awoyemi in that folly-infested write-up
claimed Namadi Sambo told supporters in
Jigawa State that GEJ has been so good to
muslims that all the service chiefs under his
cabinet are muslims. Vice President Sambo
will either be joking to say this, or Bunmi
Awoyemi is completely insane or rather
suffering from some form of hallucination. Of a
truth, Nigerian Service Chiefs are four out of
which two are indeed practising Christians.
Infact, the Chief of Defence Staff AVM Alex
Badeh is a Christian. Indeed, falsehood has
turned APC and their Awoyemi-ish dogs into
lunatics.
As Awoyemi concluded that write-up, Section
95 (3) of the Electoral Act, states that “places
designated for religious worship, police station
and public offices shall not be used for
political campaigns, rallies and processions or
to promote, propagate or attack political
parties, candidates, their political ideologies or
programmes.” How exactly has Bishop
Oyedepo campaigned for GEJ? There are video
evidences to that Sunday Service, is there any
point in that service where Bishop Oyedepo
instructed the members of his congregation to
vote GEJ? Or is APC afraid his endorsement
might swing public opinion in GEJ’s favour?
Why go after a respected man of God who
never made any direct statements for or
against any of the major political institutions?
Why did they not instruct their attack dogs to
go after Pastor Enoch Adeboye for closely
relating with them days after the emergence of
Osinbajo? Must all who do not relate with APC
be wrong? This is the highest height of
political hypocrisy Nigeria has ever witnessed.
I sincerely ask Bunmi Awoyemi and Kayode
Ogundamisi and others who will seek to
propagate their writings of fallacy to tread
softly. Bishop Oyedepo’s prayers to God for
the opening of the gates of hell on all those
who oppose the peace of Nigeria will definitely
be made manifest, the duo will be better off
without such hell experience when the
manifestation begins. The utterances of
Bishop Oyedepo has no divisive tendencies,
Ogundamisi and his cohorts are the ones
seeking to pitch Christians against Muslims by
inferring that by Boko Haram, Bishop Oyedepo
meant all muslims. To watch a video of the
visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to
Canaan Land and clear all doubts, kindly click
here.
The gates of hell indeed need to be let loose.
Something has to rid our nation of this
coalition of liars and truth benders. As a quick
response to these enemies of peace, Bishop
Oyedepo wrote today:
"Every one reading this listen, I take no side
with any political party and i'm not
accountable to any politician and any political
party.... It's in the moment of your decision
and the choices you make next month in the
forth coming elections that the destiny of
Nigeria is going to be shaped for the future...
Destruction is coming upon those that has
been opposing and oppressing Nigeria, the
judgement of God is coming upon the wicked
in Nigeria very soon... I like you all not to get
me wrong, Whether you are for President
Jonathan or General Buhari, the choice is all
yours... For the information that has been
circulating that i said Hell will be let Lose on
those opposing the government of Jonathan;
yes that's for those who want to destroy
Nigeria and not for those who doesn't support
Jonathan re - election. You all have right to
your opinions and will- power, no one can
force any candidate on you. Listen i'm not
campaigning for Jonathan, and if he's your
preferred choice, then vote for him. And if
Buhari is your choice go ahead and vote for
him. Go ahead in the power given to you and
vote in your choice and i see God backing you
up.I'm not for any politician and i'm not for
any political party... God bless you all"

http://www.oderinuadedayo.co.uk/2015/01/bishop-oyedepo-and-apcs-lies-gates-of.html?m=1

I can't see sense in what she said

It does not matter, even if you sleep in different rooms under same roof, what you'll do you'll do. Its better you understand yourself, if you are the type that can not tame your mind, please don't try it, because you will wake her up eventually with any excuse u can think of.

Do not compare your self to others, we have different capabilities.

Happy Sunday!

Nice one Op, Proudly Yoruba.

Please correct this @Op
It is "Omo" which sounds "rere" and not "Ómó" which sounds "minmin" . . Thanks

Ádára fún e Lólá Olúwa

God save Nigeria. People keep dying everyday and those alive are in fear of uncertainty. And Yet our so call leaders keep using this as campaign point against each other. Why don't we fight a common enemy together, and then after we can face ourselves.

I hope the Job is not like OYES in Osun State, cos that is slavery, or what do u call a job that gives 8k to a degree holder to be sweeping high ways. Fake politicians deceiving Nigerian

Looking at all the top presidential aspirants, I still could not find a better option. I think we are supposed to be tired of this our attitude of choosing a better evil.
I am from the SW and I can tell you most people that will vote GMB will do so not because he is a right choice but because they are tired of GEJs government. Likewise those that will vote GEJ will do so just because the alternative is GMB who they would rather not gamble on. Must we have to chose between wrong choices every time?

Like a friends' BBM status states,
"I'd like "None of the above" option on ballot papers. Maybe if we could garner more "None of the above" votes we could make parties present better candidates"

I wish and pray we will come to a time when we will be choosing best out of good candidates and not choosing 'less wrong' out of wrong candidates.

God bless Nigeria!

After guiding the super eagles out of 2015 cup of nations, the outspoken coach actually opened our eyes. Just like a friend of mine stated on facebook, I'll sum the lessons up in 7 points:

1. Never at anytime think you're better than
others because you have better results to show
for your effort.

2. Energy for talking should be given to working
out results on the field of play.

3. Coveting and demanding for more than your
capacity can contain is invitation to self
destruction.

4. A trophy won only activates more difficult
challenge(s), so prepare, be more pragmatic,
tactical and build extra stamina.

5. Good leaders respect and look after their
team players, great leaders listen to their
complaints, welcome their suggestions and
accommodate their emotions.

6. Never take credit for success produced with
team effort.

7. The love of money leads to embarrassing
downfall.

8. Never believe what worked for somebody must work for you. Because Morinho criticizes his players and still win does not means it always work.

These and many more are the lessons the big boss dash us. What do you learn from his management?

Chinese women who are entering South
Korea seeking skilled plastic surgeons are
undergoing such transformative procedures
that they are now struggling to get past
airport security on their way home. The
extensive surgeries, which can include
reducing excess skin in the upper eyelid to
make the eyes appear bigger and more
‘Western’, are transforming some Chinese
women’s entire faces, rendering them
almost unrecognizable. To combat the issue,
some hospitals have resorted to handing out
‘plastic surgery certificates’ – which include
the patient’s passport number, the name of
the hospital they were treated at and the
length of their visit to South Korea – to
enable the women to re-enter China.
(Source: UK Daily Mail ).

Abuja – Stephen Keshi, Super Eagles’ Head
Coach, on Tuesday in Abuja said that the team
was focused and ready for its crucial make-or-
mar game against Congo Brazzaville in Pointe
Noire.
The Super Eagles have begun full training in
preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations
(AFCON) qualifier clash against the Red Devils
in Pointe Noire.
It was a full house as all 23 invited players
except Captain Vincent Enyeama and
Ikechukwu Uche were present for the training
which took place at the FIFA Goal Project pitch,
National Stadium.
Also Mikel Obi, Emmanuel Emenike and Emem
Uduok gave a good account of themselves as
they all scored in a warm-up game.
Keshi, who spoke to newsmen after the
training, expressed confidence in the ability of
the team, adding that he was positive about
their fitness and readiness for the clash.
“What I saw this evening is encouraging and I
just hope it continues that way.
“The boys are focused and of course they know
why they are here; it’s the business and so we
have to go and do what we need to do.
“We just have to be ready. This is African
football.
“ It is not European football and so I always tell
my players that once they leave Europe they
must switch from the European to African
mentality,’’ he said.
On the absence of Enyeama and Uche, Coach
Keshi said that they were expected to arrive in
camp later in the day.
The Super Eagles are expected to leave for
Pointe Noire on Thursday for Saturday’s game.
Nigeria has sealed four points from four
matches while Sudan is at the bottom of the
Group A table with three points.
South Africa is leading the group with eight
points followed by Congo with seven points.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/boys-ready-congo-clash-says-keshi/

YoursGEJ: All of you that are speculating on his tribe as the most important thing should close your worm-infested mouths and shove your comments up a place where sunlight does not get to. Why can't you ask about his agenda or plans? Forget corruption and bad leadership, I swear the masses constitute a majority of the problem this country is facing. Alright regarding previous occupants of that seat, I can bet that most of you cannot name a single thing that they contributed to the community or a bill they have sponsored in the house. But you'd rather let them continue unchallenged in their position. Why? Because both of their parents are Lagosians. Imagine that your car broke down and what is most important to you is whether the mechanic that is trying to fix it is from your village even though all the previous mechanics who have tried but failed to fix it were all from your village. This politics of tribalism has led Nigeria nowhere especially under this current democratic dispensation. When military regimes used administrators from other parts of the country to rule a state, Nigeria saw more development that indigenous politicians have never been able to replicate be it at the federal, state or local level.

You should all bow your heads in shame and look to change your ways because you are enemies of progress to this country

And by the way, if the constitution says he is eligible to contest for that seat, as can be ascertained by INEC, there is nothing you can do to stop him. So look for the nearest transformer and do this country a favour by doing the needful

Nigeria is a nation of many nations. We won't elect an outsider (as president or whatever) because we've bn having bad leaders. We'll rather find a way of electing better ones among us instead of putting ourselves under a colonial leader again.

As for Desmond, if he's truly a Lagosian and INEC clears him, then no cause for story, let voters decided his fate. #my opinion

chukxy44: If women could just sit at home and take care of the house, can't a man do the same. Is there anything wrong in dat?

You mean like ''Gbewudani''?

chukxy44: If women could just sit at home and take care of the house, can't a man do the same. Is there anything wrong in dat?

You mean like ''Gbewudani''?

The article shows she was never a Christian before, I was forced to do Islam too because my Dad is a muslim, but God gave me victory and yes I'm in Christ, even though my father is still alive. . May God open ours eye to see the truth!

Hmmmm, this man is so despirate. Only God knows what 2015 will offer us.