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......again, what's killing people around David?

It will get dirtier soon ...,... What a waste of life for some ungrateful politicians, who sees this guys as cannon.

Anyway, you kill by gun, you die by gun. The evil that men do, lives after them.

shawante:
This life no balance. Someone might have everything they wished for and yet feel empty and unfulfilled while another might have close to nothing and yet be extremely happy... Finally only God can give you true fulfillment

Exactly. Only God give you true happiness. I've always believed that you can't make others happy, except you are genuinely happy within yourself. May the Lord Almighty truly give us joy & happiness within in Jesus name.

Amen.

Good morning my brother.

Fishing lessons (1)

Sat, 10 Jul 2021

‘He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s.’ Luke 5:3

Lesson one: Invite Jesus into your boat. That’s the starting point! Always! Nothing has greater influence on your personal success than whether or not you have Jesus Christ in your life. By himself, Peter fished all night and caught nothing. But when he brought Jesus on board, he caught more fish than he had ever caught before.

Now, Jesus never performed a miracle without a purpose. He always used His miracles to illustrate principles. So this incident teaches you what to do when you’ve failed, or when your best is not good enough. For Peter, his boat represented his livelihood. When you’re a fisherman, your boat is your business! It’s significant that Peter invited Jesus into his business, and Jesus used it as a platform for His ministry. Are you willing to do what Peter did? If you are, the Lord will bless your business. Indeed, He’ll bless anything you give Him. Why stop at a boat? Why not acknowledge that God gave you everything in the first place?

Here’s another thought: having Jesus in your boat eliminates the fear of failure and reduces your worries about the results. When Peter made Jesus his fishing partner, the results were incredible. But don’t miss the sequence. First, Peter allowed his boat to be used for Jesus’ purposes. Then Jesus blessed Peter’s boat and used it to take care of all Peter’s needs. Jesus said, ‘Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.’ (Matthew 6:33 NLT) Did you get that? ‘Everything you need.’

Nothing wrong with the place. This shouldn't be a yard stick to measure love.

.........result of sharing a country with backwards people.

Are you successful but unfulfilled?

Fri, 9 Jul 2021

‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart.’ Proverbs 3:5

In 1987 the Minnesota Twins baseball star Kirby Puckett saw a childhood dream come true when he led his team to a World Series Championship. Greg Gagne, the Twins’ shortstop, described the scene in the clubhouse after their win. He related the hugging, the shouting, the laughing, the obligatory dousing of champagne over the players’ heads, and the presentation of the trophy. But the memory that would stick with him forever, he said, took place ten minutes into the celebration when he noticed the normally cheerful Puckett sitting silently on a stool away from everyone else. Gagne wove his way through the media, players and coaches, sat down beside Puckett and asked him what he was thinking about. With deep sadness in his eyes, Puckett said, ‘If this is all there is to it, life is pretty empty.’

Can you relate? You may have a great job, an excellent salary, a fine house, a wonderful family, good health, and even a low golf handicap—but no real peace. If so, you’re not alone. There are multitudes of people out there just like you. King Solomon’s fame spread throughout the world. In his day he had more wealth and power than Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk combined. Yet he wrote, ‘When I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless.’ (Ecclesiastes 2:11 NIV)

What answer did Solomon come up with? ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.’ (Proverbs 3:5–6 NKJV)

Nbotee:
Was there a ban? Is it still effective? Last tym I checked everyone was still tweeting fine including the govt officials

beeni oooo.......lol.

I just finish hammering Malami on twitter now self.

God, naa only YOU know why I was created in Nigeria ooo!

Otar:
When I see some of these photos I want to ask why I was born a Nigerian. But then I remember that God NEVER makes mistakes neither is he a God of favoritism. There's a reason he made me to be born here and even pass through some experiences. Those experiences are meant to equip me for some things that I'll do later in life.
The boy born into a wealthy family in London did not offer any bribe to get preferential treatment different from the boy born in Mushin. But they were both born into those opposite worlds each for his own reason. The day the Mushin guy discovers his reason for existence is the day he stops envying the London guy, because true fulfilment in life is fulfilling purpose, not living in London. Afterall there are wealthy londoners who are living in depression. Peace

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Don’t be a know-it-all

Thu, 8 Jul 2021

‘The wise don’t make a show of their knowledge.’ Proverbs 12:23,

Do you have a hard time refraining from offering unsolicited advice? Do you routinely use expressions like ‘You should’, or ‘You shouldn’t’? People tend to resent someone who always assumes that they know what’s best for them. Even when you feel like you’ve earned the right to speak into someone’s life, proceed with caution. Saying ‘Have you considered?’ sounds a lot less controlling, and will be more readily received, than telling somebody ‘You must’, or ‘You mustn’t.’

Deborah Pegues writes: ‘Even if you have knowledge and insight into a certain situation, sometimes it’s prudent to keep silent and give another the joy and fulfilment of explaining it.’ Being an ‘expert’ on almost every topic is a sure indication of pride, and it’s repulsive to God and man. Even if you’re brilliant but humble, your very presence can cause those with low self-esteem to feel uncomfortable and inferior. Displaying intellectual superiority simply alienates people, and can cause them to look for areas of weakness in your life in order to cut you down to size.

If you tend to be a know-it-all, you may need to do some honest soul-searching. Is your display of knowledge a disguise for insecurity? Do you long for attention or appreciation from others because you’re not getting it from the source you desire? Try this: listen attentively, ask for ideas, resist correcting and disputing, and limit your opinion to one or two points. You’ll be surprised how quickly your relationships will start to improve. People enjoy a dialogue, not a monologue, so live by this time-tested Scriptural principle: ‘The wise don’t make a show of their knowledge.’

How to stay on course

Wed, 7 Jul 2021

‘I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.’ Psalm 119:11

Senator Bill Nelson trained for and flew on a six-day space shuttle mission aboard the Columbia just prior to the Challenger disaster. In his book Mission he explains how difficult it is to maintain a proper orbit in space. There’s no resistance in space, so an astronaut can literally turn that huge orbiter over by himself. To maintain a proper orbit, the onboard computers constantly make course and altitude corrections by firing small rockets which make minute adjustments, while larger jets burn fuel to make major adjustments. These rockets are critical, for if they don’t consistently fire at the right time, the space vehicle can veer from its orbit and go tumbling into outer space or crashing into Earth’s atmosphere.

There’s an important lesson here for each of us. Left to ourselves, we tend to veer out of our spiritual orbit into lukewarmness and indifference. Or worse—we end up in sin and rebellion. That’s when the rockets of prayer and Bible study, ‘fired’ on a continuous and consistent basis, help us to keep our course correct, and prevent our lives from spinning out of spiritual control. Bible study and prayer go together. You should pray before you read the Bible to ask God to help you understand it. And you should pray after you read it to ask God to help you apply what He has told you. Like a faraway lover, God’s love letter to you is the Bible, and prayer is the phone you pick up to talk back to Him. That’s why it’s crucial to maintain your daily prayer and Bible study.

Mutemenot:
our governors are scam, you 'll them on national TVs speaking grammars as if they know their primary duties ....

Meanwhile my Abia boys reading this news in a confused state

Dapo doesn't even know how to speak grammar.

Monitor your children’s close friends

Tue, 6 Jul 2021

‘My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!’ Proverbs 1:10

If you have children, you’ll never have a more important job in life than being a parent. And as long as your children are under your roof, you are responsible to God for them. With that in mind, do the following:

(1) See who influences your child most. Your child will gravitate towards certain friends for a variety of reasons. They ‘hang out’, text, talk with them on the phone, invite them home, sit with them in church, and so on. You can’t monitor every relationship your child has, but you need to know the ones who influence them most.

(2) Get to know their close friends. Notice the way they talk, dress, show respect or a lack of it, and how they play and interact with your family. Don’t be afraid to ask them questions about their parents, the church they attend and, if they’re old enough, their relationship with Christ.

(3) Check your child’s overnight stays. If your child is invited to a friend’s house, talk with the parents and become aware of any activity that might be planned outside the home. Make sure they have adequate supervision. Tell your children you expect them to show courtesy and respect, and ask them to inform you if there’s a problem of any kind.

(4) Look out for warning signs. When your child is running with the wrong crowd, chances are you’ll observe signs like indifference towards spiritual things, an openly defiant spirit, and an attraction to music, dress, and entertainment you don’t necessarily approve of.

‘Isn’t that very demanding?’ you ask. Yes, and it’s also very loving and protective!

Quick recovery in Jesus name K1.

How to help hurting people

Mon, 5 Jul 2021

‘Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious.’ Ecclesiastes 10:12

Are you are easily hurt? Do you hurt other people without intending to? Three things cause that:

(1) We speak out of our own hurt. German poet Hermann Hesse wrote: ‘If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.’ It helps to remember that people often lash out in response to what’s happening inside themselves.

(2) When we’re hurting, we get touchy. Let’s say you ignore a splinter in your finger, and it gets infected. Someone brushes up against it, and you howl with pain, ‘You hurt me!’ However, the real problem is the splinter you neglected to address. Hurting people overreact, over-exaggerate, and overprotect. They also over-influence. Counsellors who deal with couples in crisis say that emotionally one spouse ‘throws up’, and the other ‘cleans up’. Usually the one with the most pain does the most damage.

(3) Getting over our hurt takes time. Quick fixes don’t work. The kindest thing you can do when someone’s hurting is to show them you care. And if they’re willing, to help them work through their issues and get beyond the pain. Good things can come from bad situations. A cleaning company working on a sewer line under a city street found sixty-one diamond rings, numerous vintage coins, and silverware. It was an unpleasant job—but the workers were allowed to keep the valuables they found. You may have to deal with some pretty nasty stuff but, in the process, you may discover some treasures you didn’t know existed and, after all your hard work, end up with a great relationship.

Try to be tactful

Sunday 4th July 2021

‘Let your conversation be gracious and attractive.’ Colossians 4:6 NLT

If you habitually put your foot in your mouth, there’s a Scriptural remedy. ‘Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.’ (Colossians 4:6 NLT) Notice this: to speak effectively requires you to be ‘gracious’ in your dealings with others. And while honesty is always the best policy, it’s not a licence to say whatever you want.

One of the most important skills you can develop is the ability to deal with others tactfully and with sensitivity when you find yourself in a difficult situation. You would think exhibiting graciousness would come easily to those who claim to be filled with the Spirit of God, but the evidence shows otherwise. We tend to perpetuate the communication style of the family we grew up in. You say, ‘But sometimes you need to be brutally honest!’ Extending grace and being truthful are not mutually exclusive. You can learn to tell the truth tactfully.

The Bible says, ‘For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.’ (John 1:17 NIV) Jesus never allowed courtesy and kindness to prevent Him from telling the truth, but He never did it in a mean-spirited way. Nor should you. Sometimes we claim to be ‘speaking the truth in love’ (Ephesians 4:15), when the truth is that anger, frustration, disappointment, and retaliation are what’s truly in our hearts.

What’s the remedy? Before you speak, take a moment to review the words in your mind, and try to evaluate their impact. Then choose to yield to the Holy Spirit’s leading. Doing that will help you develop the emotional discipline necessary for stifling tactless remarks.

DoggoneDogg:
Worse fate awaits Sunday Igboho when able men of the DSS led by our gallant female commander apprehends him.

The bastard will be shot on sight!

in your dream.

thebosstrevor1:
These are the things i love.

These AGITATORS are breaking the law.

Section 2(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as Amended states that Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state. This clearly means that Nigeria is a sovereign state that cannot be split or divided into parts neither can any part of or group of people in Nigeria seced from Nigeria.

...continue making yourself happy. When the time come, the do will do. And nothing will happen.

DaOriginalCEO:
FG better learn how to handle situations with care and not gra-gra. This is how they force people in picking up ammunitions.

This guys came to Ekiti, did their rally peacefully and left peacefully....even under few hours and the venue was cleared. In fact, no body noticed if any rally happened there like an hour later.

Let them do their stuff and leave...

Everything is not force!

it has even been cancelled. Don't mind them.

"Won fii ete sile, won npa lapalapa"

joe54:

The capture of these commanders and their revelations will make Kanu spend a very long time in prison. MNK indeed is mentally unstable like shekau. If he had the opportunity he would have killed as much as shekau. Cold blood, unstable mental animal now in a cage. 10 innocent girls for sacrifice and 2000 heads. He has a very very long time in prison.

don't you think all this are script to nail him down?

Being ready

Sat, 3 Jul 2021

‘It did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.’ Matthew 7:25

Did you know that before it snows, certain fir trees retract their branches so that the weight of the snow they’ll have to bear will be reduced? This withdrawal response is programmed into their branches. God has enabled these trees to anticipate the problem before it occurs, thereby reducing the risk that they will break in a storm. And you need to do the same thing in your relationships. You can’t avoid problems and crises, but you can prepare for their arrival. Most of the stress points in our families are common, and therefore predictable.

Christian psychologist Doctor James Dobson writes: ‘One of my good friends spent a considerable amount of time with his wife, preparing for the moment when their grown kids would move out of the house. They talked often about the empty nest, and discussed ways their friends had coped with it. They read books about that phase of life, and applied what they had heard to themselves. As a result, their transition to the empty nest was smooth. Into every marriage, a little snow will fall. Blizzards will blow, and storms will howl. But an effort to anticipate these times will help you and your mate stand up under the weight of the winter storm.’

Here are three ways in which you can be ready:

(1) Sharing goals beyond parenting to which you’re both committed.

(2) Sharing feelings and needs, and having them validated.

(3) Sharing in prayer together each day.

Did you know that 90% of all Christian couples don’t pray together? Be sure and make it your goal to be part of the 10% who do.

Bearing spiritual fruit (2)

Fri, 2 Jul 2021

‘Abide in Me, and I in you.’ John 15:4

A branch doesn’t bear fruit by trying, working, or straining. It bears fruit by simply ‘abiding’. What does this mean? How do you abide in Jesus? Let’s illustrate it this way: when you put a tea bag in a cup of hot water, something happens. As the tea bag abides in the water, the tea begins to flavour the water until it takes on the taste of the tea bag. And the longer the tea bag abides in the water, the stronger the colour and flavour of the tea. That’s what happens when you abide in Christ and He abides in you. The longer you abide in Him and the deeper you go with Him, the more His presence will begin to permeate your life.

The branch doesn’t produce the fruit; it bears the fruit. It’s the vine that produces the fruit. And Jesus said, ‘I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.’ (John 15:5 NKJV) Without the vine, the strongest branch is as defenceless as the weakest branch. So what does it mean to abide in Christ?

(1) Studying His Word. ‘If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you.’ (John 15:7 NKJV) As you study God’s Word, you are changed by His Spirit.

(2) Obeying His will. ‘If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love.’ (John 15:10 NKJV) The closer you get to God, the more you’ll want to do what He says. And when you do what He says, you’ll begin to walk in His blessing.

..... government of the people for the people indeed.



......but Gumi & others are in the north romancing the Boko boys and the bandits frequently.

God no go shame us.

Where is Ogun State on this list?

Nope.
.....your time is approaching soon. Just believe & work towards it too. And don't be lazy, cease any opportunity that come your way too.

Good luck.

.......here we go again.
Awon werey!

Why won't Toyota snubbed Nigeria for Ghana? While Nigerians themselves are snubbing Nigeria for other better places in the world? Must one continue to suffer to leave in Nigeria because we are Nigerians? "Who no like better thing?" Me too will soon snub Nigeria for......it might not be Ghana anyway , but any better place instead of this slum call Nigeria, where all her leaders are vision less. The only thing our NASS knows how to do best is milking the multinationals at the detriment of her citizens. Talk of DSTV, MTN and other come to mind. Nigeria leaders will trade the citizens off for anything that will bring dollar ($) into their pockets. Ask Ganduje of Kano if you think I am lying.
I wish Ghana all the best. Maybe someday, we will wake up from our slumber.

Bearing spiritual fruit (1)

Thu, 1 Jul 2021

‘No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.’ John 15:4

Jesus said: ‘My Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch… that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me… If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.’ (John 15:1–5 NIV)

What does God want from you today? Spiritual fruit! And He will do two things to produce it in your life. First, He will show you the habits, relationships, and activities that make it impossible for you to bear spiritual fruit, and then begin to cut them off. But He can only do that if you let Him. Second, He will reveal to you the things that drain you spiritually and keep you from bearing more fruit. And His favourite pruning knife is His Word, which is ‘sharper than any double-edged sword.’ (Hebrews 4:12 NIV)

As you read God’s Word, He cuts away the bad so that it doesn’t impede the good. Then He prunes the good so that it doesn’t obstruct the best. This explains why He allows difficult times to come into our lives. As James Merritt puts it: ‘Trials may simply be pruning shears in the hands of the divine Gardener—tools He uses to cut away dead wood, fruitless branches, and sap-sucking shoots so that we might bear more fruit.’

Happy New Month!

.......what is killing his friends?

Where is Soludo?