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Something keeps telling me that Buhari will cruise to an easy victory come 2019. The man still has a vast army of zombies who are more than willing to vote for their master. These people are even more dangerous than Buhari himself, and we should be wary of them.

Haganah:
Lols.
See two of the guys you quoted down here.

Lol. Who and who are those, please?

Josephamstrong1:
You don't know her yet you saved her with Blessing... lol.
Sex workers don't have time for long chat like this. They prefer calls. Except this is her side business.
Now you should have authenticated this by blurring her number.

The guy might have saved her number at the end of the conversation, to hide her number.

How much do you know about forgiveness? You can't tell until you are done reading these five truths about this important Christian virtue. This post is a bit lengthy, but definitely worth reading. Let's go.

1. Forgiveness is a command for all Christians. And this command is from no one other than the Master Himself (Matthew 5:43-48). Forgiveness is never optional; it is ever mandatory. Forgiving those who have wronged us is not something we do some of the time; it is something we do all of the time. We have to practice forgiveness regardless of whether it is convenient for us or not.

Jesus hit Simon Peter with this same truth in Matthew 18:21-22. Peter went up to the Lord and asked Him how many times must his brother sin against him and he forgave him. He then quickly suggested as many as seven times. But Jesus told him without mincing words, `I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.` Jesus then went further to tell a story which profoundly illustrates the importance of forgiveness in the life of a Christian.

Here is what Jesus was telling Peter (and is still telling us today): `I want you to learn to be endlessly forgiving towards others, just as I have always been towards you.` Jesus Himself laid a fine example for us to follow when He forgave His enemies while still hanging on the cross (Luke 23:34a). Christians have been commanded to forgive because it was God who, through Christ, first forgave us, cleansing us from all our sins.

`And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you` (Ephesians 4:32; see also Colossians 3:13).

2. Forgiveness changes the forgiver, not the forgiven. Forgiveness is about us. We are only helping one person when we forgive, and that is us.

Refusal to forgive hurts not the person we are denying forgiveness but us. Holding grudges against those who hurt us is the quickest way of damaging our health. When we refuse to forgive, we let others determine our happiness. We give them the power to control us. Unforgiving attitude makes prisoners of us.

Forgiveness is a call from the bondage of resentment, bitterness and hatred into a victorious life. Christina Puchalski, M. D., wrote on the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine Web site:

`There have been many studies looking at the role of forgiveness in health. Unforgiving persons have increased anxiety symptoms, increased paranoia, increased narcissism, increased frequency of psycho-somatic complications, increased incidence of heart disease and less resistance to physical illness . . . The act of forgiveness can result in less anxiety and depression, better health outcomes, increased coping with stress, and increased closeness to God and others.`

3. Forgiveness is supposed to be unconditional. We do not have to wait until the wrongdoer apologises or returns the stolen item before we forgive. No matter how long we wait, some people will just not come right the wrong done to us. It is either they have deliberately chosen not to repent or do not see the need for repentance. In fact, they may even falsely believe that it is us who need to come beg them for forgiveness. Obviously, insisting that such persons come reeconcile with us is an exercise in futility. That is why it is important that we learn to forgive readily, graciously, and unconditionally.

4. Forgiveness is a heart thing, not a mouth thing. When we fail to practice genuine forgiveness, we lock our offenders up behind the brazen bars of our hearts. They remain there as prisoners, unable to escape. And the longer we keep them in our hearts the more they mess us up. The more they pollute our hearts and alienate us from God. If you don't know, your heart is either a prison or the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.

Telling someone we forgive them a million times changes nothing when it doesn't come from the heart. Forgiveness must flow from the heart through the mouth. The person needing our forgiveness must first be set free where we lock them up in our hearts. Until we do this, we have not truly forgiven.

5. Forgiveness doesn't render the law useless. It doesn't mean we should let others trample on our rights and civil liberties at will. It doesn't mean someone can defame us and go scot free (Ibiyeomie vs Olunloyo comes to mind). The command to forgive doesn't make it a sin for us to seek legal redress in a court of law. Yes, I believe Christians can go to court for the right reasons.

Sadly, many so-called enlightened Christians are ignorant of these self-evident truths. They have out of sheer ignorance literally become a refuse site and take all sort of rubbish from every Tom, Dick and Harry. No matter what evil or injustice they suffer from others, they must look away and pretend as though nothing has happened. Such mentality only promotes a culture of lawlessness and impunity.

A speeding truck hurtles off the roadway and collides head on with an oncoming car, killing all occupants of the car. Police blame the crash on drunk driving on the part of the truck driver and charge him for culpable homicide. Church members and the pastor go to commiserate with the devastated father who lost his family in the nasty crash. The pastor encourages him to be strong in the Lord and also forgive the truck driver. He tells him frankly that he must persuade the police to release the man or else he will risk going to hell. After all, letting the man rot in jail will not bring back the dead.


This is not the message Jesus preached while on earth. God is not the author of confusion. He hates chaos, disorder, evil and lawlessness. His love of mercy and compassion certainly does not negate His sense of justice. Forgiving lawbreakers doesn't mean we should let them go without facing the consequences of their lawless deeds. It only means we set them free from the prison of our hearts. It means we do not harbour even an atom of bitterness against them who have hurt us.

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Freemanan:
I find network go there bro...
It's terrible down here..

You're making me laugh in Spanish.

Freemanan:

I DON LAUGH DIE OOOO

FALLS OFF ETISALAT MAST...


ROTFL WITH ALL MY INJURIES...

No be you alone. I dey follow you laugh, but I no follow you fall from Etisalat mast. Wetin you find go on top of mast sef?

Lol

possibilita:
Evrybody in this thread r idiots,d guy asked a question on what he observed bcoz he saw dat most fone especially d old chinko touch screens responds to anything even water but d latest ones don't except fingers and u guys starts typing rubish.if u don't know jst write "I was here,first to comment,jst passing,seen,etc." And leave not show y ur brain responds foolishly to good questions.

True talk jor. They think others must know what they know. Some of them don't even know the answer.

collinsVP:
Truth be told, disgusting is an understatement. The guy couldn't contain it. It so unnatural and unimaginable. #Gayworst#

Thank you jare. Your head is very correct jor.

bbdd:
Like Eze the foolish driver like you....
Don't blame him. He's coming back to Nigeria empty handed.
Wisdom

Can't you comment without resorting to insult? I know who you are.......... a disgusting gay like those in the story. By their comments you shall know them.

I'm not going to blame the Nigerian driver. The passengers truly were disgusting.

I thought the op was referring to the conventional telegram. Lol

Congrats to them.

By contrast Nigeria doesn't have enough prisons for her criminals.

vivalavida:
Buhari seems to be the new David Moyes. Shattering all the records left right and center

Buhari the new David Moyes? That got me laughing.

DrGroove:
Hahahaha! so it's only women that vow that? what of the men? do they keep to the simplest vow? abeg make I hear word jo.as if he wouldn't have dumped d woman for a new wife if she was the victim

You're trying to justify the woman's action, right? You tried.

Now that he's dead, how're they gonna collect the electricity bill? Now they're in a serious trouble and have lost their properties. I hope justice will take its course.

kestolove95:
wowen ar same yestadae,today and 2maro

Thank God you admit this fact. I can't stop laughing about your location on your profile.

Really? I thought he was going to give an account of his experience in the world of the dead. Sad story, though. Your wife's betrayal personified. What happened to the 'till death do us part' part of the marital vow?

Sad. It's true that no place is like home. But wait a minute, isn't home even worse?

emmyskies: They have ears but do not hear, they have eyes but do not see. They have minds but cannot understand. The wise will read and make corrections, discern and seek GOD more. Others will read and curse. Some will read and look for excuses. The god of this world has truely blinded the mind of many-2 Corinthians 4:4.
LET THEM THAT HAVE EAR, LET THEM HEAR

Then the OP shouldn't have bothered to share this with those whose minds have been blinded.

Oh my God! Is this poster high on something? What makes you think that the phone or computer you're using to spread your confusion isn't a design from the kingdom of darkness? How are you certain that your your pastor isn't one of Satan's minions? Let your understanding open man.

Hurray! Welcome to the New Year 2014! Let me also use this medium to wish you a happy belated Christmas. I hope you had great moments commemorating the birth of the Saviour? As for me, I had a low-key Christmas. I spent the Yuletide season all alone in my hostel. No, I didn’t have to be in my hostel; I just decided to remain there for a reason.

As I grow up, I’ve come to realize that celebrating Christmas is pointless when Christ, the Reason for the season, is missing in our lives. What is there to rejoice about when we still revel in the passing pleasures of sin? Why celebrate the birth of someone we’ve not acknowledged in our lives? Reflecting on my failure to offer up, with careless abandon, my preciousness unto He who died for my sake, I deemed it fit to forgo celebration and merriment. That’s a little digression anyway.

Looking back, God had been so good to you and me in the year 2013. Through life’s ups and downs and through the stormy waves and dark hours of last year, the Most High did hide us in His shadow. He cared for you and me like a shepherd does his lambs. Truly, the Almighty has been faithfully faithful to His promise to “never leave [us] nor forsake [us]” (Hebrews 13:5).

In order to have a fruitful year, you and I need to walk the more with God. We need to rely sole on Him for help, guidance, provision and protection. The journey will be rough and tough, but with the Most High on our side we’ll scale through. Meanwhile, here are 3 F’s to think about as we journey through 2014.

Forget the Past
The human brain has been designed to forget, so that we don’t have hurtful memories indelibly etched on our minds. Don’t cling to last year’s failure, mistakes, disappointments and regrets. Let go of them and face the New Year with great expectations. Life is meant to be travelled forwards and not backwards, and you travel backwards whenever you hold on tightly to the past. Why worry over something you can’t change? Dwelling on past mistakes doesn’t change anything about the mistakes but robs you of today’s blessings.

You definitely can’t travel back in time to correct last year’s mistakes, but God is giving you another chance in 2014. He no longer remembers how bad you screwed up in 2013, for He’d wiped the slate clean on 31 December. It’s a New Year, new beginning, new hope. I can see the Potter fashioning out a glorious life for you in 2014 from the pieces of your shattered life in 2013. I can see Him making a wonderful future from the ashes of your sordid past. I can see Him working through your hurts and pains. Only do one thing: forget the past and move on. That’s when you can receive what God has in store for you.

Listen to God’s assuring voice in your heart:

“Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.”
—Isaiah 43:18-19

Forgive Yourself—and Others
No matter how careful you are this year, you sure will disappoint yourself. You’ll make mistakes, but it’s okay. Everyone makes mistakes; it’s what makes us humans. You’ll also cross paths with unpleasant people who will put your love nature to test. Either wittingly or unwittingly, people will annoy and abuse and hurt you. They will lie against you and treat you unjustly. What are you supposed to do? Forgive yourself and others.

Forgiveness is about you. You’re only helping one person when you forgive, and that’s you. Refusal to forgive hurts not the person you’re denying forgiveness but you. Holding grudges against those who hurt you is the quickest way of damaging your health. When you refuse to forgive, you let others determine your happiness. Christina Puchalski, M. D., wrote on the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine Web site:
“There have been many studies looking at the role of forgiveness in health. Unforgiving persons have increased anxiety symptoms, increased paranoia, increased narcissism, increased frequency of psycho-somatic complications, increased incidence of heart disease and less resistance to physical illness . . . The act of forgiveness can result in less anxiety and depression, better health outcomes, increased coping with stress, and increased closeness to God and others.”

You have to forgive because Christ has commanded us to (Matthew 5:43-48). Forgiveness isn’t optional; it’s mandatory. The Master Himself laid for us a good example when He forgave His enemies (Luke 23:34a). Each time you refuse to forgive you shut the door of divine pardon against yourself (Matthew 18:23-35). Forgiveness is a call from the bondage of resentment, bitterness and hatred into a victorious life. We become like Jesus each time we truly forgive, for it was He who first forgave us our sins, cleansing us from them all. “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32; see also Colossians 3:13).


Forsake
Have you wondered why God has kept you alive to this very hour? Tragic incidents—accident, bombing, crime, natural disasters, and violence— claimed numerous lives in 2013. Why weren’t you a victim? It would be delusional to believe that your church attendance, alms giving and prayerfulness are what have brought you this far. Perhaps God is sparing your life so you can repent of your sinful ways. Maybe you and I are alive today because Jesus is advocating for us before the Father. He loves us, and doesn’t want us to end up in damnation.

This year, God is calling us to total and genuine repentance. He wants you and me to settle once and for all the sin issue in our lives. He wants us to break loose from sin’s dread sway and offer up, with careless abandon, our lives to Him as a living sacrifice. God doesn’t expect us to remain baby Christians, tossed to and fro by the sleight of men. He does want us to justify His gift of life to us by living every second of our lives for Him. We can’t afford to turn deaf ears to the divine call, for there won’t always be room for repentance. We don’t know when will be our last chance at salvation. Do we?

Do have a prosperous year.

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Dear poster, if you do love your girlfriend, I suggest you take her see a doctor as soon as possible. Discharge from the bosom when a woman isn't pregnant could be a warning signal that something's wrong with the woman. You will never ignore my advice if you love your girlfriend.

Nogen: I have two SIM cards- MTN and yeye AIRTEL which I just got barely two months ago. I am so tired of Airtel's unending calls and SMS . Airtel frustrates the hell out of me and I am considering dumping the sim card in the bin or sue them.

Are you going to stop owning a phone altogether? If you switch over to Etisalat or GLO you'll discover to your dismay that they are as worse as MTN and Airtel. Perhaps Nairalanders can find a way of ending this madness.

opskie: There's no end to their madness especially glo, you block one of their spam numbers right now, within the next hour they call you with another new one..you block their SMS they reply you with 500 calls instead! Na by force nii? Can't a bruva just use his phone with a peace of mind? and what makes it more annoying is when you have a phone where you can't easily block em off nor install a call/SMS blocker app.
Call blocking on android however works Ok cos by default it offers the option to add unwanted numbers to spam, so anytime they come up with new number, one will just have to keep adding them to spam..
That's the only solution for now...

That's not even the perfect solution. We should remember that some people are using low-end phones that can't browse not to talk of downloading a call blocker. The truth is NCC is either incompetent or is receiving monthly 'ishakoles' from the networks.

I guess the op and those useless networks have one thing in common: they exploit people. The topic of this thread is intentionally misleading. I thought I'd found solution to a barrage of useless text messages and calls from MTN.
*Fuming with anger*