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ManirBK:
on which position bro?

51east

nocera:
1. OFFERINGS: there are different kinds of offering and different ways a Christian can give an offering. They're as follows;
a. There is the regular weekly offering called the Freewill offering – 1Corinthians 16:1-2.

b. There is the offering raised for a particular cause or project. This can be in form of donations – Acts 11:29-30. Ezra 2:68-69. Exodus 35:5-29.

c. There is another kind of offering - not involving money but solemn verbal oblation, a kind of worship and thanksgiving made by word of mouth. Psalms 119:108.

"What is the church offerings used for"?

...it is used to maintain the church, take care of the widows, orphans and buy equipment and necessary materials used for worship services. Acts 6:1-3. Leviticus 24:2. Numbers 4:9. Exodus 35:5-29.

2. TITHE: a controversial subject but still very much a relevant aspect of the believer's obligations to the divine government of Christ. The tithe is a tenth of the increase (income) of the believer given in the local church where the Christian receives spiritual nourishment.

This command is not imposed on anyone as this teaching can only be received by committed and faithful believers. Malachi 3:10. Matthew 23:23. Hebrew 7:1-25.

*Should my tithe be given to the poor?
No. Your tithe should be given in your local Church. Deuteronomy 12:11.

* Who receive my tithe? ...Your Pastor. Numbers 18:24.

* What is the tithes used for? ...The tithe is used to compensate the Preacher and his assistants, the ushers, the music department and other church workers. Nehemiah 13:5.

3. VOW: A vow is a solemn promise made to the Lord, in the presence of a priest, to perform a particular act of appreciation if the Lord grants an urgent request. It is much like an agreement, a contract whereby God grants a present need and gets a "reward." Ecclesiastes 5:4. 2 Samuel 15:8. Judges 11:30-40.

4. FAITH SEED: As the term implies, this is an act of sowing spiritual seeds – in the form of money or any thing of value, with expectations of a harvest. Psalms 126:5-6.
This seeds can be sown in a person's life – to receive a particular grace one desires in the life of that individual. It can be sown in a Church, workplace, school etc. This is by no means trying to buy spiritual gifts with money, rather it follows the Scriptures that admonishes; "Give, and it shall be given unto you. Good measure..." Therefore, one gives a "seed" in faith expecting GOOD MEASURE. Luke 6:38. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and 6.

5. FIRSTFRUITS: This is the giving of the first of the Christian's harvest (income) or initial profits from a contract or business venture within the year. Nehemiah 10:35.

Now, this subject is also controversial as people – including believers, reason that, "why should they give ALL their income – especially that of "tough" January, to the church, do they want us to starve!? Honestly, I was even more curious than those believers.

However, I did a thorough Biblical research on this subject and found the answer, at last. Firstfruits was first mentioned by Moses, on the instructions of the Lord, in Exodus 23:16-19, but was stated more clearly in Leviticus 23:10, saying; "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring A SHEAF of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priests..."
Notice the phrase A SHEAF (bundle). The SHEAF is a bundle, eg of yams, maize, wheat etc. In this connection, it is therefore obvious and reasonable to declare that the Lord wasn't asking for ALL the first yields of their harvest (income) but a fraction ( a PART) of it. I challenge anybody to prove me wrong – with Scriptures of course.

6. HONORARIUM (PROPHET'S OFFERING) : This is an act of honour given as cash or gifts to a man of God. A Christian is not advised to host or visit a man of God with empty hands. The Bible says that there is a reward for honouring a man of God. Matthew 10:41. 1 Samuel 9:7. 2 Kings 5:3-16.

7. SACRIFICE: This is the act of giving or offering something very dear, or of very high value to God. It can mean that a Christian give away ALL that he has by the inspiration or instruction of The Lord.
This is the highest form of giving by a Christian.
Where did God command one to give his ALL in the Bible?
1. Abraham and Isaac: Genesis 22:2.
2.The rich young man: Luke 18:22-23.
3. Even God gave His ONLY SON: John 3:16.
I usually tell believers that if The Lord demands YOUR ALL, He wants to give you HIS ALL.

***Giving to the poor, however, is and should be a daily work of charity by every believer and shouldn't be seen as something too special, although it is by no means lesser than the aforementioned as the Bible says that those who give to the poor lends to God. Meaning, you make God indebted to you anytime you give to the poor! _ Proverbs 19:17.

Shalom.

There are only 4 kinds of giving

1. Offering (Sacrifice, seed etc comes here)
2. Tithe (different from offering, cos after tithe, you'll still give offering)
3. Honorarium (only when visiting ministers comes and not all the time. It's only when there's special program)
4. First Fruits (once a year and different from 1 to 3 above)

https://fij.ng/article/vfs-global-violates-own-policy-fails-to-refund-customers-n34994-visa-appointment-fee/

VFS Global Violates Own Policy, Fails to Refund Customer’s N34,994 Visa Appointment Fee

tivta:
Hello all,what satellites currently stream all MBC channels?

Nig com still does same over the years

Angelsarerare25:
Hello everyone thanks for this information.


Please can my 13years old girl accompany me for a business/conference Visa If yes what will she apply as? And Please what documents will I need for conference visa

Or can we apply for tourist visa with virgin passport I don't mind paying for our voucher.

She really wants to visit France but traveling experience

Is she a student?

If yes, get a letter from her school, take evidence that she's your daughter, show evidence of paying school fees

What's the conference about?

CGODMADE101:
Nope I didn't but I actually do read stuffs from Nairaland but I had to register just because of you so I can comment for you not to lose hope, according to what tls agent told me when I tried to call when it was taking so much time, she said they process according to travel date at times.

I clicked on your profile and saw that you just registered in November, 2022 that's why I asked the question .

The form we filled had travel date of 23rd December, which was taken to the embassy

Blue3k:
Lol don't be silly he couldn't even call out that girl's killers. He won't touch this story either because it's too politically and religiously controversial. Give credit to Aminu abd his lawyers if the win.

Atiku failed on the Sokoto girl's killing.

He needed the votes of the killers, hence he kept mute and deleted an earlier post

isArray:
Sent, don't want to rely on just email

Give it a try

isArray:
As in! I'll go to the embassy next week to withdraw it

Send an email

Kemz0019:
hello GUYS,

I Captured in vfS lekki on Tuesday, but yet to get any update from them. when I tried tracking i see "Application is under processing at VISA application center, Please contact visa application center for more details. ". please is the tracking reliable.

Please does it take long before it is sent to France embassy?

It should have been sent next day.

They may have failed to update their platform

isArray:
Thanks, how long does it take to get it back?

I don't know about Spain but for France and Italy within 3 days after initiation.

The issue for me is that if you know you're not giving visa, deny the person on time, then return the passport, not keeping passport for several weeks

isArray:
After a month, my status is still "Processing at mission" I can retrieve my passport without issues right? I need it urgently

You'll have to send an email to the embassy directly for passport withdrawal

SLTV/Metro Digital is back after their court case against DSTV.

You'll need to get their official decoders, but you'll watch all the games and everything else you want by subscribing.

For those who want to enjoy the WC matches, consider any of the following:

CRTV (16e, watched the Cameroon game on it)
Startimes (NTA)
Gotv
DSTV
Canal Sports
IPTV
4meters dish upward

CGODMADE101:
I submitted on the 17th of october and I got it on the 23rd of november 2022.

Wow.

Just 2 days ago.

Congratulations �

Did you post about it on this thread or elsewhere?

I hope mine too would be positive

CGODMADE101:
@davodyguy be calm .... I guess mine used 27 or 28 working days as well and it was issued with multiple entries eventhough all I requested for was just 10days but mind you this will be my third visa italy

Wow.

When was this?

Blackfinegirl:
I went to tls abuja this week and I asked someone there that why does italy visa application take time and france issues within 3 days, He said the french like blacks and he also said italy application is minimum of 3 weeks and it could take 1 to 2 months as well.

I think they dont like blacks cus alot of blacks there seek asylum

France benefits from Tourism

I said it earlier that If you applied for France, your visa would be out in 5 days max

pufframmy:
SOmeone just beep me that it will takes 28-30days before you get response back
so i think it not yet upto that date

Now you can see that it is same as the story I shared about my Friend that got rejected on the 28th day after submission

It appears that it is now a trend

|We shall deny this application, but wait till it is 30 days

Did the person get a visa grant?

pufframmy:
have you contacted them

Nope.

I'll do If no response by 28th of November

pufframmy:
wow na so italy visa dey take time now

I'm yet to see anyone with this kind of delay that got granted visa.

May be mine would be different.

We're waiting

Your application has been sent to the Consulate General in Lagos on 28 Oct 2022 at 10:10

since 28th October to 23rd November, 2022

Almost 30 days, no show yet

Tk4all:
FTA TV stations are showing most of the matches. why should i go and subscribe premium dstv to watch the world cup? dstv are maad, that gotv is mader, just imagine gotv showing only fans during live matches, is that normal?

Lol.

If there's competition, this will not happen.

Watch out for SLTV.

When they come on board, he go be for DSTV.

With ₦2500 a month, watch everything.

Before December 1st, they'll be on board

god2baski:
The ds.. and go.. subscribers are still lamenting same even with their subscriptions except of course for the premium package

Ita easy for DSTV to make select matches available because of lack of competition.

This is the most expensive WC and TV rights also went up, with DSTV acquiring all rights to the 64 matches.

Startimes doesn't have the right at all. Meaning in Nigeria, you're left to DSTV.

DSTV then moved all to premium package.

If Startimes of ₦3000 had rights, Gotv will show all the matches.

When you have no competition, you dictate what people watch

INDOMIE9090:
population of SOUTHEAST is around 22m and 10m are living with in poverty
That means 50% of the population are poor

Also to remind him that most people in the south east are actually of Igbo extraction. Whereas in the southwest, its a mixure of all the tribes.

Hence, the population of poor Yoruba, is the lowest among the 3 major tribes

Your application has been sent to the Consulate General in Lagos on 28 Oct 2022 at 10:10

since 28th October to 22nd November, 2022

Almost 30 days, no show yet

Inability to watch all 64 matches of the WC further exposes FTA channels as unrealiable. hence, people should have back up

peacefull:
Wow!!
Too much different price!
I will check it how much is Naira to Yen.

I hope you will enjoy your trip when you visit to Japan!

Anyway, I'm sorry about late reply.

Thanks

You and Mooroker are doing a good job here

fasho01:
You're simply confused sir

How?

Which Religion are they practicing in China?

AkinwaleJJ:
Foolish man!

Why?

Despite not worshiping any deity or go to Church or mosque, have you achieved what he has achieved?

This man is close to 90 years on earth. He is yet to die, meaning he is living a long life

I can bet, Seun pushed this to home page

few crowd

Blackfinegirl:
Italy rejects Visa Whats wrong with them?

Anyways, don't judge your own case based on someone's scenerio.

Please what travel insurance did you use for your application, i heard Italy does not accept axa mansard.

AIICO

Joebayo217:
shut up idiot ! Na game I wan watch useless Link

The guy is a fool.

They just joke with everything