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Make Your Life Count For God

Mon, 8 Feb 2021

‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.’

In Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas, you’ll find several large gravestones erected by John Milburn Davis. Davis began his working life as a lowly hired hand and managed to amass a considerable fortune. In the process, he didn’t make many friends. Nor was he close to his wife’s family, since they thought she had married beneath herself. Embittered, he vowed not to leave them a cent. When his wife died, Davis erected an elaborate statue depicting her sitting with him on opposite sides of a love seat.

He was so pleased with it that he planned a second monument, showing his wife kneeling to place a wreath at his future graveside. Then he had a sculptor place a set of wings on her back. One idea led to another, until he had spent a quarter-of-a-million dollars on tributes to his wife and himself. When people asked him to contribute to the local hospital, or a swimming pool for children, the old miser would say, ‘What’s this town ever done for me?’ Davis spent his life’s fortune on statues and died at ninety-two as a lonely, grim-faced resident of the workhouse.

And what happened to his monuments? Each and every one of them is slowly sinking into the Kansas soil—victims of time, vandalism, and neglect; memorials to spite and self-centred living. There’s a certain poetic justice in the fact that, within a few years, they’ll all be gone. Only one person attended farmer Davis’ funeral—Horace England, the tombstone salesman!

Don’t let a similar thing happen to you—make your life count for God!

Karlovic:
This thief will always find enticing tales to tell his sheep that will make them part away with their hard earned money so as to fund his flamboyant lifestyle.

be careful the way you attack God's anointed. If you don't know what to say better to keep your mute.

Protect Your Mind

Sun, 7 Feb 2021

‘Your minds may somehow be led astray.’ 2 Corinthians 11:3

Paul writes, ‘I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray.’ Temptation always begins in your mind, and in order to protect it, you need to dwell on God’s Word. It was Satan who planted the idea in Eve’s mind to eat the forbidden fruit. Eve wasn’t standing around trying to figure out how to disobey God.

So remember when you’re tempted, it’s not God speaking to you. The new nature you have from God doesn’t think that way. The devil studies you in the same way an experienced coach studies the game videos of the opposing team. And because he does, he knows your weak spots and which temptations have the best chance of success.

How many times have you said, ‘I promised myself I would never do that again’? Yet you did it. That’s because Satan knows what works on you. But you don’t have to go around feeling defenceless and discouraged. The Bible says: ‘No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.’ (1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV)

Satan waits until your defences are down before he strikes, but God always provides ‘a way out’. For every temptation you’ll ever face, God has an escape hatch. That means while you’ll never be exempt from temptation, you can be victorious over it. And once Satan discovers his tactics no longer work, he goes looking elsewhere.

Explorers:
The second face be like...I've seen terrible things

as in war no be moinmoin.

TreasureHuntNG:
It looks beautiful!!!

it is beautiful.

datola:
4 . Cryptocurrency has been banned in Nigeria, China, Bolivia, Nepal , Bangladesh, Ecuador, Morocco and Iran.

The bolded speaks volume.

especially China.

Like say I care.

Werey re oooo

Vanity that has level.......

Lobatan!

.....we dey tell them oooo ( our governments), but they say our mouth dey smell.

Why now my sister from the ....... ?

Do we really need this money now? .....with all these APC vultures in the corridors of power?

Try To Make Restitution

Sat, 6 Feb 2021

‘If I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.’ Luke 19:8

If you’ve defrauded someone, God expects you to make restitution. Don’t sweep it under the rug and try to save face. Zacchaeus was a first-century con artist who worked for the Romans collecting taxes from his own people, the Jews. He fleeced everything that walked. The Bible says he was rich (Luke 19:2). Filthy rich!

But after spending a night with Jesus, he was radically changed. How do we know this? Because he said: ‘Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.’ Jesus taught, ‘Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.’ (Matthew 3:8 NIV) But sometimes it’s not possible to make amends to the person you’ve hurt. What if they’re dead? What if you had an affair with someone else’s spouse? Should you go back and tell their husband or wife about it so you can feel less guilty? No, you’d break their heart and maybe destroy their home.

So what should you do? Pray and receive God’s forgiveness (see 1 John 1:7–9). And if you still feel troubled about it, talk to your pastor, or a Christian counsellor, or a mature friend who can handle it. James writes, ‘Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.’ (James 5:16 NIV)

The point is, you must be willing to make amends when it’s possible, and willing to incur the cost to make things right. If you do that, God will bless you and you can live with a clear conscience concerning it.

The former is better than the latter I think.

Law of diminishing returns.

.......this Mallam sense don dey come back to normal small small.

Forgive Because You’ve Been Forgiven

Fri, 5 Feb 2021

‘Shouldn’t you have mercy?’ Matthew 18:33
Jesus said:

‘The Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt. But the man fell down before his master and begged him, “Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.” Then his master was filled with pity for him, and… forgave his debt. But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. His fellow servant… begged for a little more time. “Be patient with me, and I will pay it,” he pleaded. But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full… the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, “You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?” Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt. That’s what My heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.’ (Matthew 18:23–35 NLT)

If you are harbouring resentment and refusing to forgive someone, read this story again.It’s the word for you today!

netsurfer01:
What are we supposed to do with this information Mr Lala?

fry beans. or turn beans to akara and fry.

Anyway, congratulations to him jare!

Oniranu professor....

........who send him history?

ORIENTATION101:
Sunday igboho has offended all 201 dieties of Yorubaland , Cos that's what ooni represent.since he cant learn how to speak to elders, he will be taught a bitter lesson.
Any masquerade that sees himself like a God will be stripped Naked in the market place

Yinmu.











........truly, he got carried away. And he had since sincerely apologize.

Ooni & other Yoruba leaders insulted should please "jebure" so that we can forge ahead. They should not allow the Fulani herdsmen make fun out of this.

decatalyst:
There was a country.


It seems people wey normal for this country no reach 15 again.

No thanks to bubu

they pass 15, but they no reach 20.

......here we go again. Haba! This people should just relax abeg.

Sustaining Grace

Wed, 3 Feb 2021

‘My grace is sufficient for you.’ 2 Corinthians 12:9

There are two kinds of grace:

(1) Saving grace. The moment you place your trust in Christ, God expunges the entire record of your sin.

(2) Sustaining grace. Paul writes: ‘I was given a thorn in my flesh… Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”’ (2 Corinthians 12:7–9 NIV)

Such vivid imagery! A thorn pierces the soft skin and lodges beneath the surface. Every step is a reminder of it: The child in the rehab centre. The red ink on the ledger. The criminal offence on the record. The craving for alcohol in the middle of the day. The tears in the middle of the night. ‘Lord, take it away…’ But what you hear is this: ‘My grace is sufficient for you.’ Sustaining grace promises us not the absence of struggle, but the strengthening presence of God.

John Newton, the Anglican clergyman and former slave-trader who wrote ‘Amazing Grace’, found that God’s grace was sufficient. On the day his beloved wife, Mary, died, he found the strength to preach a Sunday sermon. The next day he visited church members, and later on officiated at her funeral. Looking back he wrote: ‘The Bank of England is too poor to compensate for such a loss as mine. But the Lord, all-sufficient God, speaks, and it is done. Let those who know Him, and trust Him, be of good courage. He can give them strength according to their day. He can increase their strength as their trials increase… And what He can do, He has promised He will do.’

Why will Aisha speak this way? On whose side is she? Killer herdsmen or the innocent victims been harassed on their soil?

Truly, you can't understand women sometimes.

Kriss216:
12 wives


I'm very sure 75% of those kids are not his by-product.

a bi?

Whao!

.....this is really hot.

Strength Through Sharing

Tue, 2 Feb 2021

‘Many of the believers began to confess openly.’ Acts 19:18

Speaking about the church at Ephesus, Paul writes: ‘Many of the believers began to confess openly and tell all the evil things they had done… So in a powerful way the Word of the Lord kept spreading and growing.’ (Acts 19:18–20 NCV) Spiritual healing happens in churches like this one. So if you find yourself trapped in a pattern of repeated sin and failure, seek out mature, committed Christians who aren’t shocked by your problem, who won’t divulge your confidence, and who know how to pray for you and with you.

Jesus gave His followers the authority to hear confessions and proclaim grace. ‘If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ (John 20:23 NKJV) A spiritual cleansing is released when someone looks you in the face and says, ‘God forgives you, I forgive you, now forgive yourself and walk in God’s forgiveness!’ Forgiveness is such a powerful force that it can actually facilitate healing.

James writes: ‘Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.’ (James 5:14–16 NIV) And if you’re not sure who you should talk to, or who you can trust, start with your pastor or a good counsellor.

Impressive

What?

I mean, it is understandable at the reception, main entrance, lobby, corridors, and all the sides of the hotel. Why in the inner chamber?

WHY?

.......and yet the SW is burning in Oyo state.

Ooni:
of what use is tinubu to us?

he's of no use to us. they can have him @ Arewa.

Ewedu alasepo with lebu.......... . Man cannot kill himself now.

Inception.