₦airaland Forum

Odingo1:
Yes, it is transferred to the descendant of the person

even till this 21st century?

CreepyBlackpool:
Before anyone starts abusing the woman, let's not neglect to ask the most important question here,


did the man cheat or not

.....as in the punishment for cheating is death? a bi?

Odingo1:
For those asking what is Osu cast system

Two things can make someone an Osu in Igbo land in the olden days.

1. If someone commit a crime that is regarded as an abomination and it is required that the person should be stoned to death and the person did not present himself to be killed but run inside the Oracle shrine to seek protection, the people that want to kill him will not enter the shrine to bring him out for killing because an Oracle shrine is a sacred place,but after that the person is own by that oracle and become an Osu.

2. If a person is a migrant that committed abomination in another place and run and seek refuse in another place, the community that granted him asylum and protection will regard him as Osu.

....and should that be the same for their offsprings?

while the whole world is moving forward in the 21st century, you and your family are moving backward. What's an Osu? We are all equal in the presence of God, and no man should be label otherwise in this new century.

Please wake up.

Seek His Help Today

Sun, 24 Nov 2019

‘The Spirit also helps our weakness.’ Romans 8:26 NASB

Paul writes: ‘The Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.’ (Romans 8:26–27 NASB) So what is this ‘weakness’ in prayer that we are subject to? It’s that sometimes we don’t know how to express the depth of our desires and feelings, nor do we even realise what we need. Sometimes we’re so exhausted in spirit, mind, and body, that we can hardly muster the energy to open our mouths. There are instances when discouragement has taken such a strong hold of your heart that you can’t imagine a way out of your circumstances. That’s when you need to ask for the Holy Spirit’s help! When you are a believer, the Holy Spirit supplies you with the two things you can’t live without:

(1) The ability to know what God is saying to you. Sometimes you can’t trust your own wisdom or the advice of those closest to you.

(2) How to have an intimate relationship with God. One of the most wonderful things Jesus said was, ‘I have called you friends.’ (John 15:15 KJV) But friendships aren’t built on a hit-and-run basis; they take time and communication. Jesus described His relationship with the Father like this: ‘The Father loves the Son and shows Him everything.’ (John 5:20 NLT)

And not only does the Holy Spirit show you what to do, He empowers you to do it. So seek His help today.

qualityovenbake:
Reminds me of that India movie late 80s "Snake Girl".

Najin

this Lagos naa waa.

efex01:
The lady in question should be Igbo or Delta

meaning?

lomprico:
we are heading nowhere. rice is still been smuggled in drones. customs officials are cashing in big.
is that pic by the OP the rice mills that are springing up? pathetic.

if you have any evidence of that, please expose them.

...slowly, but surely we will get there.

The Holy Spirit Is Your ‘Helper’

Sat, 23 Nov 2019

‘The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things.’ John 14:26 ESV

Jesus said, ‘The Helper, the Holy Spirit… will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.’ So the Holy Spirit has these two functions:

(1) He teaches you how to walk with God.

(2) He reminds you to do it each day. As redeemed children of God, we constantly need to be taught how to walk with Him, and to be reminded of the blessings that await us when we do and the trouble we get into when we don’t. If you’ve raised kids, you know the routine. They have to be taught their ABCs so they can read and write; then they have to be reminded until they master it. They have to be taught to walk, and falling down hundreds of times is just part of growing up.

The Bible says, ‘A righteous man may fall seven times and rise again.’ (Proverbs 24:16 NKJV) Just as you don’t tell your child, ‘Forget it, you’re never going to learn to walk,’ your heavenly Father doesn’t give up on you either. Your child had to be taught personal hygiene and cleanliness. Likewise, the Holy Spirit will remind you of the importance of reading God’s Word each day.

Jesus said, ‘You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.’ (John 15:3 NIV) And the psalmist wrote, ‘How can a young person [and an older one too] stay on the path of purity? By living according to Your word.’ (Psalm 119:9 NIV)

If you’re wise, you’ll start each day by praying, ‘Holy Spirit, teach me what I need to know, and remind me of it throughout this day.’

Have they finish the case against the idiot called Senator Abe?

He had better go and run the DNA test on all those kids to be sure those kids are his.

Know Who’s Guiding You

Fri, 22 Nov 2019

‘Let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.’ Galatians 5:16 NLT

Dr Charles Stanley says: ‘During a photographic trip my group had been travelling up a trail for almost three hours, and I began to have a funny feeling that we were going in the wrong direction. I asked the guide about it and he assured me everything was fine. Not wanting to be presumptuous, I kept walking. After a few minutes, I noticed that my sense of uneasiness persisted; in fact, it was growing stronger. I pulled out my compass and looked at the map. Sure enough, we were headed away from our intended destination. It took us close to an hour and a half to return to where we’d taken the incorrect turn. Sadly, this meant by the time we got to the site, our window for taking photographs was cut short. The event helped me realise two valuable lessons. First, when we sense an internal witness encouraging us to take a certain course of action, we should listen. Second, when you and I choose people to guide us, we must be certain they know the path ahead better than we do. Have you ever felt something alerting you to pay attention or pulling you in a particular direction? Perhaps you were listening to a sermon and you sensed God telling you to follow Him in obedience. Or maybe you walked into a restaurant and were filled with dread, as if you should leave quickly. If you’re a believer, most likely these feelings were the promptings of the Holy Spirit speaking to your heart, warning you about danger, and encouraging you to submit to God’s purposes.’

Today—let the Holy Spirit guide your life.

Timing koo, Efunroye nii.

age gracefully maa.

what about prices of accommodation in Eket?

Finishing Strong In Ministry (4)

Thu, 21 Nov 2019

‘Appoint leaders for the churches in each town.’ Titus 1:5 CEV

The fourth issue you find among leaders who leave the ministry is this: they teach others how to build strong families without necessarily knowing how to build one themselves. Or they’re not willing to pay the price to do it and eventually it becomes a problem.

The greatest lesson you’ll ever teach is at home! Leaders’ wives can slip into despair and depression because they feel like the ministry robs them of all their husband’s time and attention. Their neglected children get tired of hearing, ‘I’m doing this for the Lord,’ so they rebel against God and the church, and act out in ways that embarrass the parent who has no time for them.

Your spouse and children should always be able to reach you. If the church takes up seven days out of your week, it’s not the church’s fault—it’s yours! You need to start making changes! And if you think this is a phenomenon of living in the 21st century, think again. Read the stories of leaders like David and Samuel, and you discover it’s possible to succeed on the job, yet fail miserably on the home front. Too many leaders value the approval of their peers more than the love and respect of their families. Bear in mind that you won’t always be the leader, but you will always be the partner of your spouse and the parent of your children. So be there when they need you—and they’ll be there when you need them.

statusquoante:
What's the difference between Nyekachi and Onyekachi

they are both Kachi I supposed.

why not next year? How do they want to control those people at Idumota/Idumagbo water side?

chenzen:
Oops! maybe the accident was caused by her village people.

haba!.... kilode teyin araiye buru bayi? Does it means widows/widowers cannot re-marry or have any relationship again? Oga ooo.

why Kia products? why not Innoson cars?

okeyglm:
both Goodluck and Dickson should be equally punish for allowing enemy into our territory

are you sure Jonathan will not cross soon too?

....but Mr. Jonathan is very humble ooo.

Finishing Strong In Ministry (3)

Wed, 20 Nov 2019

‘Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock.’ Acts 20:28 NKJV

Another issue leaders often grapple with is: knowing how to feed others spiritually, but not themselves. Before leaving the church at Ephesus for the last time, Paul gathered its leaders together and said, ‘Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.’

Before you attempt to take care of others, learn to take care of yourself. Before God builds the ministry, He builds the minister; otherwise, you become an easy target for the Enemy. When the administrative side of church threatened to rob the apostles of their daily prayer and Bible study time, they called ‘time out’, saying, ‘We will give ourselves continually to prayer and… the word.’ (Acts 6:4 NKJV)

Leader, don’t just focus on preparing your lesson, keep your soul prepared! And don’t just set boundaries for your people, set them for yourself. Believing you can cut corners spiritually opens you to wrong relationships and destructive habits. As a result, you end up living on two levels—public service and private struggle. When that happens, you live with the fear of exposure, feel like a hypocrite, and forfeit the confidence necessary for God to use you (see 1 John 3:21, 22). Consequently the church gets robbed spiritually and suffers.

So… what do struggling servants of God need? Spiritual fathers! Paul writes, ‘You might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers.’ (1 Corinthians 4:15 NKJV) Find a mature, seasoned friend in ministry and reach for help before your problem gets out of control. This isn’t just a good idea—your survival in ministry may depend on it!

point 8 & 9 is technically the same.

Finishing Strong In Ministry (1)

Mon, 18 Nov 2019

‘I have finished the race.’ 2 Timothy 4:7 NKJV

Did you know that over half of those who enter the ministry leave before retirement? Why? There are lots of reasons—here is one of them: They discover that great revelation is accompanied by a ‘thorn’. The apostle Paul, who wrote half the New Testament, says: ‘To keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 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.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.’ (2 Corinthians 12:7–10 NIV)

There are 168 hours in your week. The hour you spend in ministry preaching a sermon, teaching Sunday school or leading a small group showcases you in the areas of your gifting and strength. So your challenge will always be to remember that it is God’s Word and God’s power, not yours, that changes lives and gets the job done. Notice what Paul said: ‘To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh.’ Paul’s thorn came in the form of ‘weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties.’ What’s your thorn? You can only stand strong before people if you discipline yourself to spend time before God in prayer and Bible study. That’s how to stay effective and finish strong in ministry!

sometime the way this man dressed too ehen!

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord , hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Psalms 86:17 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.86.17.KJV

Do we really need this senators again sha?