Truthwords: @ echepops . I just stumbled across your post even though its late. I can see the way your write up is being attacked, that's why I keep saying that Nigerians will be begging the antichrist for his mark because Nigerians love and cherish evil . Most of the youths on this forum are so insulting and toxic towards anything concerning the Bible and the truth. What you said concerning masturbation is the absolute TRUTH. Keep it up.
ochibuogwu5: RECEIVING THE NEW LIFE OF CHRIST JESUS CRUCIFIED *WILLINGLY AND SINCERELY* BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN HIM PUTS TO DEATH THIS OLD-SELF/FLESH AND REPLACES IT WITH THE LIFE OF CHRIST JESUS(GOD AND MAN INSEPARABLE) WHICH REVEALS HIS WORD/GOSPEL/HOLY BIBLE-SOUND TEACHINGS CONSISTENTLY TO YOU THEN GROWS YOU FROM BABY-CHRISTIAN TO YOUTH-CHRISTIAN TO ADULT/MATURED-CHRISTIAN WITHOUT SIN TILL ETERNITY. SIN DOES NOT END GRADUALLY AS YOU GROW IN BIBLE STUDIES RATHER *ONCE/INSTANTLY* WHEN YOU JESUS CHRIST ENTERS INTO YOUR MORTAL-BODY BASED UPON YOUR *100% SINCERITY AND WILLINGNESS IN BELIEVING THE GOSPEL*; IT IS THE HOLY AND NEW LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST WHICH GREW FROM CONCEPTION TILL ASCENSION WITHOUT SIN THAT IS GROWING INSIDE THE BELIEVER WHILE HE/SHE FACES TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS, PLEASURES, ENJOYMENTS, FAVORS, MIRACLES E.T.C. JUST LIKE JESUS CHRIST WHILE HE WAS INSIDE HIS OWN MORTAL-BODY IN THIS EARTH. IF THIS TRUTH IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD OR SINCERITY AND WILLINGNESS IN RECEIVING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED IS NOT INVOLVED THEN SUCH A PERSON CAN PRAY AND FAST AS WELL AS DECLARE ALL THESE PRAYERS AS WELL AS VIRGILS/CRUSADES/ANOINTING-SERVICES BUT WILL STILL GO BACK TO THIS VOMIT(SIN, SINFUL-LIVING & SINFUL APPEARANCES) GREAT GRACE!!!
Apple unveiled the iPhone 11, a new iPad and smartwatch models at a closely watched media event on Tuesday. The company unveiled a new seventh generation iPad at the event Tuesday, with a larger 10.2-inch retina display and a price tag starting at $329. The previous model had a 9.7-inch screen.
It also announced the Apple Watch Series 5, an updated version of its smartwatch with an always-on display. With this feature, the watch face is always visible, rather than requiring the user to raise his or her wrist. There will be watch models available in titanium and ceramic.
The Series 5 watch starts at $399, or $499 with cellular. The Series 3, an earlier version, will now retail for just $199.
Apple (AAPL) is expected to unveil its latest iPhone lineup at an event Tuesday, which is taking place in its Cupertino, California, headquarters. The new lineup will reportedly include the iPhone 11 Pro, the iPhone 11 Pro Max and the iPhone 11, replacing the XS, XS Max and XR models. None of these devices are expected to look radically different from those released last year.
Apple kicked the event by focusing on its premium subscription services, a product area it is increasingly betting on to grow revenue and offset sales declines in its core iPhone business.
Apple unveiled pricing and additional details for Apple Arcade, its gaming subscription product, and Apple TV+, a new streaming service for original shows and movies. Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ will each cost $4.99 a month.
At a time when some of its competitors are launching innovative but riskier concepts, such as Samsung's foldable smartphone and its two 5G devices, Apple is expected to stay the course. That, too, may be risky. The iPhone business — still Apple's single biggest moneymaker — has been lackluster at best of late. Revenue from iPhone sales has declined by double-digit percentages in recent quarters.
The iPhones won't be the only new products on display Tuesday. Apple could also announce updates to other hardware products, including the Apple Watch, iPad and MacBooks.
Nollyzonenews: The CIES Football Observatory algorithm have released the list of the most expensive football players in the World with forwards Kylian Mbappé(€252M), Mohammed Salah (€219M) and Raheem Sterling (€208M) in the top three positions.
Apart from strikers, the most expensive footballers per position are Alisson Becker (€107M) for goalkeepers, Trent Alexander-Arnold (€130M) for defenders and Paul Pogba (€125M) for midfielders.
Lovebirds & ex BBNaija housemates, Teddy A & Bambam are officially engaged. The announcement was made this morning. The lovebirds both posted a picture of the engagement ring on their Instagram pages.
Two new 'Pepper dem' housemates were introduced in Big Brother Nigeria, Nollywood actress & model, Venita Akpofure & Actor & Director, Elozonam Ogbolu.
Venita Akpofure, the actress from Delta describes her personality as big and promises to bring a blend of confusion, fun, heat and drama to the Pepper Dem House.
Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the gorgeous actress, Venita.
1. Venita Akpofure hails from Delta State, Nigeria but was born in England.
2. She was raised in Benin and attended her primary school at Our Lady of Apostles in Benin before going back to England.
3. She is the eldest of four children.
4. Her father is a half caste while her mother is a pure Nigerian.
5. She graduated from Kingston Hertfordshire University in United Kingdom with a degree in Accounting.
6. She later became the face of First City Monument Bank, Martini Rose and Mouka Foam.
7. She has been featured in a number of top Nigerian music videos like Naeto C’s single “Finish Work” and Timaya’s single “Shake Ur Bum Bum.
8. She is married to her handsome husband Terna Terka and they share a cute baby girl together.
9. She has worked with prominent entertainment stars like P-Square, Skales, Tuface and Ice Prince to mention a few.
10. She mentioned in an interview that being a mother has been a wonderful experience.
Elozonam Ogbolu is the second new "Pepper dem" housemate to get into the Big Brother house.
He describes himself as very goofy and playful and plans to bring that side of him to the house.
BafanaBafana: Whoever thought out that idea of making that one minute warning when you are on call needs to be flogged. Other networks will just give you a a faint beep on the background to warn you that you are running out of airtime, but mtn will take several seconds out of your call to tell you. That is just disrespectful. Yesterday, I was calling someone to set up how to meet him. This person is a VIP. And then he told me he was in the mosque, about to pray and then was about giving me instructions on what to do, them MTN interrupted with their one minute remaining! By the time they had finished their instruction, my oga had already finished and was ending the call. Now I didn't get the instruction and it wasn't appropriate to call back at that time, what do I do? I am appealing to mtn now, that one minute remaining warning is a nuisance. A big one for that matter. You can warn with a beep at the background. E don do me abeg.
lalasticlala (I wonder how you even came about that name) abeg help me publicize.
LMAOOOOO the ending of this article is craayyyyyyyy
PatEinstEin: Straight Talk About The Catholic Teaching on Masturbation
The full Catholic teaching on masturbation seems to be a secret to most people.
It is a challenging teaching.
But because this teaching calls us to live in a fully human way, it’s good news!
“Is masturbation wrong?”
Yes. The Catholic teaching on masturbation says that masturbation is always morally wrong.
Sex is intended to be both an expression of love for your spouse, and a beautiful means of procreation.
Sex is so special, powerful, and valuable that it is properly used only within marriage. If you’re not married, you should abstain from sexual activity.
I know: this is all very counter-cultural.
The truth sometimes is!
Sex is the ultimate gift husbands and wives can give: a total gift of self, body and soul. Sex is how you fulfill your wedding vows to love totally, freely, and completely. As long as you both shall live. The secret of life is hidden in that intimate sharing.
The Catholic teaching on masturbation says that masturbation denies every aspect of that promise of sex — of that promise of your vows!
Masturbation is:
- Focused on yourself - A withholding from your spouse - A statement that sex is only about pleasure — your own pleasure - Inherently sterile - Often accompanied by “adultery in your heart” through pornography and fantasy
Catholics don’t condemn masturbation just because of some lofty idea of what the natural purpose of sex is. We speak the truth about the harm it does to people.
That is the true reason for the Catholic teaching on masturbation: it denies the meaning of sex. It makes you less than fully human.
“But everyone else says masturbation is healthy!”
Yes, they do.
The world has a way of saying that a lot of disordered things are “good”.
Masturbation is radically self-centered, and radically un-Christian. That’s why the Catholic teaching on masturbation says it’s wrong. It turns us and our sexuality away from God and toward ourselves by:
- Training our sexuality in the habit of self-indulgence, not self-giving - Divorcing the pleasure of orgasm from union with the “other”, your spouse - Turning away from the risks of loving another - Refusing fertility & the full responsibility of sex
I know — many educators and health professionals seem to be having a love affair with self-centered, self-indulgent sexuality. Why that is, I don’t know.
They’re wrong. They’re not telling you the truth about sex, about yourself, or about life.
You and your sexuality are worth more than you can imagine.
The Catholic teaching on masturbation is centered on a virtue called chastity. It means giving sexuality its proper place in our lives. Not snuffing it out, but not giving it free reign. A proper place. Chastity is one of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. (See Catechism, 2337 - 2359)
The deep truth of the Catholic teaching on masturbation is confirmed by the enormous damage this so-called “private” act causes in people’s lives and marriages. Large numbers of men and women are starting to name their habit of masturbation for what it is: sexual addiction.
If we tell our teens that masturbation is normal and healthy, we’re setting them up with a habit that can yield a lifetime of difficulty. We’re telling them that self-indulgence and lack of self-control are positive things. This cannot form a strong foundation for mature, loving sexuality.
How is that either loving or healthy?
Freedom & responsibility
This talk of habit raises an important point: when is masturbation a sin? And how bad a sin is it?
The Catholic teaching on masturbation says that masturbation is a grave sin, what we call a mortal sin, by which we reject God’s offer of life.
However, Catholic morality also acknowledges that the force of habit can reduce or even eliminate our responsibility for our actions.
We have to freely consent in order to be fully responsible. If a habit makes something less than a free choice, it also reduces our responsibility for our actions. This does not give us free reign if we just call something a habit! Sinful actions still harm us greatly, even if we may not be fully charged with the guilt of committing them.
We have a responsibility to seek help and diligently strive to overcome our habits.
The Lord is patient & merciful. He desperately wants to free us from the slavery of sin. But we have to do our part, too.
If you think you’re trapped in the habit of masturbation or one of its close cousins (pornography, infidelity, prostitution, etc.), seek the competent help of a priest who supports the Church’s sexual morality, and specifically the Catholic teaching on masturbation. (Don’t be shy! They’ve heard it all before. Sadly, it’s quite common.)
“Does the Catholic teaching on masturbation say we should repress our sexuality?”
There’s a difference between repression and self-control.
Repression means to “stuff” those feelings down when they arise, denying them and wishing they weren’t there.
Repression doesn’t work. Many people try this route and fail.
Self-control is different. You don’t deny the reality of your sexual drive, but seek to control it according to your will. That’s called being free! If you’re a slave to your urges (sexual or otherwise), you’re not free.
“For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.” (Gal 5:13)
The key to this is to redeem our sexuality, not to repress it. Christopher West makes this point about the Catholic teaching on masturbation in Good News About Sex and Marriage:
"When sexual feelings, desires, and temptations present themselves, as they inevitably do, instead of trying to ignore them or “stuff” them by pushing them down and under, we need to bring them up and out. Not up and out in the sense of indulging them, but up and out and into the hands of Christ our Redeemer. You might simply say a prayer such as this: _Lord Jesus, I give you my sexual desires. Please undo in me what sin has done so that I might know freedom in this area and experience sexual desire as you intend. Amen._ The more we invite Christ into our passions and desires and allow him to purify them, the more we find we’re able to exercise proper control of them. And we begin more and more to experience our sexuality, not as the desire for selfish gratification but as the desire to give ourselves away in imitation of Christ. This is what redemption is all about. (_Good News About Sex and Marriage_, p.81)"
The Catholic teaching on masturbation reminds us that we need to redeem our self-centered, disordered desires.
It’s a matter of bringing our disorders to Christ, naming them for what they are, and letting Christ heal us. We experience that healing as the gradual increase of self-control.
It is possible.
You’re worth far too much to live according to a lie about yourself. For your freedom was bought at a great price: the price of the blood of Christ.
So go on: Let yourself be redeemed. Live in the “glorious freedom of the children of God” (Rom 8:21).
Don't let any one deceive you. Masturbation is sin. The Bible says in 1Corithians 6:18-20: Avoid immorality. Any other sin a man commits does not affect his body; but the man who is guilty of sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; 20 he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God's glory.
Those of you that are not married, fill your thoughts with things that are good. Before one masturbates, he or she's mind is always filled with bad thoughts which comes from hell. Having wet dreams is not ruled out as well, it's connected with the demons.
Beware spiritual wives and husbands are real. Beware of the Spirit of incubus & succubus. Very dangerous spirits. Their mission is to destroy souls. When one self-services it's like you having a sexual intercourse with a demon. It's not normal. One may think you have joy and satisfaction in self servicing yourself.
If anyone here is struggling with porn and masturbation. I'll advice you take these prayers for the next 9 days and see the results ..........................................................
Prayers aganist Sexual Sins (if you are addicted to any form of sexual sin, be it fornication, adultery, Masturbation, etc.,take this prayer seriously)
In the Mighty name of Jesus, I renounce all sexual sins that I have been involved with in the past, including fornication, masturbation, pornography, perversion, fantasy and adultery in the name of Jesus. O God release me from every curse afflicted on me as a result of adultery, perversion, fornication, lust, incest, rape, molestation, illegitimacy, harlotry, and polygamy in the name of Jesus.
I blind and command all spirits of lust and perversion to come out of my stomach, genitals, eyes, mind, mouth, hands, and blood in the name of Jesus.
According to the word of God, I present my body to the Lord as a living sacrifice unto you O my Lord.
I release the fire of God to burn out all unclean lust from my life in the name of Jesus.
I break all ungodly soul ties with former lovers and sexual partners in the name of Jesus.
I cast out all spirits of loneliness that makes me to engage in an ungodly sexual relationships in the name of Jesus.
By the authority in the name of Jesus, I command all spirits of hereditary lust from my ancestors to come out of me, go into the abyss and never come back again in the name of Jesus.
I command the spirit of lust injected into me by the spirit husband/ wife to be destroyed by the fire of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus.
I take authority over my thoughts and bind all spirits of fantasy and lustful thinking in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
I receive the spirit of holiness in my life to walk in sexual purity in the name of Jesus.
According to the word of God in 1st John 2:16, I loose myself from the spirit of the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. I overcome the world through the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ; because according to Romans. 6:6-12, I am crucified with Christ. I mortify my members, sin cannot reign in my body and I will not obey its lust. Amen.
iodineadamatine: Music itself is a universal language.you don't need to sing in a particular language to become Accepted . As long as what you make in itself is good music. It would be very to dumb of sinach, or anyone else to think her singing in English got her where she is.
The truth is bitter but it will definitely set you free.
Omudia11: You cannot compare sinach with those two. Sinach's way maker has 102 million views. No other African song by an African based musician can boast of such feat except Davido's fall. She regularly has more views than even wizkid and most of these circular musicians.
Look at our artists, most of their English songs always fare better than their yoruba only or igbo only songs and that's a fact.
Omudia11: That you prefer Top Alabi to Hillsong is not a pointer to the fact that she is doing better than Hillsong or Jesus Culture. If you're African or black then it is quite normal to vibe more with afro songs than pop or any other music genre associated with other races. So that is highly subjective and not objective.
Oghene doh cannot be said to be an "indigenous language" (for lack of a better word) song as it contains about 98% English and only about 2% urhobo.
Have you heard Frank Edwards Ka anyi bulie ft Don Moen? That song is a classic but it didn't do so well nationally and internationally despite the don moen feature simply because it is mostly in igbo. Ekueme is a banger but if that song was in English it obviously could have done marvelously well internationally. I'm not saying "other language" songs don't do exceedingly well but the probability of an English song by a Nigerian or African doing very well is much higher than that of another language.
It is no coincidence that Wizkid, Davido, Tekno, Runtown, Patoranking, etc have much more views consistently than Olamide, Phyno and Lil Kesh.
I think there's more to it than mere packaging sir but I can see that you were perhaps trying to propagate a self help/self actualization sort of vibe which you are entitled to. There are many Gospel artists who might have had better packaging, marketing or self belief but have still not attained the same heights as her.
Bilyonaire: Hmm... 100% sure, did you hear her say so? If not then I don't think it makes sense for you to bring up that number with such certainty. I've heard Sinach talk many times (both on stage and in an interview) and she credited Pastor Chris' teaching for her success. Same as the other BLW artists I mentioned.
that's it, it's all packaging as those in the world would call it. she packaged herself very well. she knew what she wanted, and she was packaged well to achieve it. lemme just stop here
Bilyonaire: Amen, sir. Though I don't think that her success has anything to do with the language she sings in. Frank Edwards sings in Igbo and he's a respected international act. You also have Tope Alabi who almost exclusively sings in Yoruba and has found great success. The secret isn't merely in language but it's in the Word. Sinach, Ada, Frank Edwards, Martin PK etc will tell you just as much.... That combined with hardwork can make a success out of anyone.
Smiles. This is how you understand it, and it's cool. Anyways, it's not good for believers to argue. Well I'm quite sure 100%, if you ask Sinach why she doesn't sing it Igbo language, she's probably tell you what I said. Let's all enjoy the gospel music. God bless you.
Sinach saw the big picture right from the onset. If you wanna learn anything from her, it should be that you should never limit yourself. In all her songs, you can't hear her sing in Igbo language. She didn't see herself as a local Nigerian gospel artiste. She's international! Never limit yourself. Explore the world & be great!
I do not believe that there is anything objectionable, morally speaking, about watching porn. As a matter of basic principle, I hold that nothing that happens with consent of all the parties involved can be morally wrong. Hence, if someone decides to be filmed while having sex, and someone else decides to watch this (presumably after remunerating the creators in a more or less direct way), it's absolutely fine and no business of anyone else.
Because in my humble opinion any act is permissible unless proven wrong, the best way to justify my claim is to address some of the common objections. (Of course, please feel free to raise these and similar ones in the answers, but then please address the counter-arguments given.)
1. Religious objections: Many (if not all) religious institutions are strongly opposed to porn. If their arguments are purely of the form "porn is wrong because god said so", then I don't think they are relevant to this conversation. If their arguments are of the form "god told us porn is wrong, and he wants only good for us so we'd be smart to listen to him" then it should be possible to reach the same conclusion without referencing religion.
2. Objections on the basis of harm to the actors: It is certainly true that many porn actors suffer as a result of the work that they do in various ways (the opposite side of the debate will surely be better suited to discuss this). However, they have made a free choice to engage in this line of work, and presumably they found that the rewards outweighed the downsides. It is not up to the consumers to judge the choices made by other people involved in the industry.
3. Objections on the basis of harm to the viewers: There are reportedly downsides to watching porn, such as the possibility of addiction and (some claim) worse sexual performance/decreased satisfaction. However, it seems to be within the rights of the viewer to inflict that on themselves. (For comparison, most people don't hold it immoral to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, despite similar considerations.)
These are some additional assumptions: Since what is wrong for one person is not necessarily wrong for another, let me specify that the viewer I have in mind is an adult (hence, the question of what impact porn has on teens is irrelevant to this thread) and is not in a situation where they are expected to avoid watching porn (e.g. they're not married to a person who finds porn objectionable). Assume also that porn is not obtained illegally, but feel free to assume it depicts whatever act you need for your argument to work (withing the boundaries of the law). I think the gender and orientation should be irrelevant, but just because of statistics I'm mostly interested in a heterosexual male viewer.
MhizMuna: Ghanaian actress, Efia Odo has stated that it is better to fornicate than to masturbate. According to her, both are still the same act of sin. She however stated that masturbation is more spiritually devouring and can be compared to suicide or murder because it is self-infliction.
Below is the gospel according to Efia Odo.
“It’s actually more spiritual damaging when you masturbate than fornicate. Yes they’re both the same act of “sin” but one is more spiritually devouring (masturbation). That’s self inflicting. Same thing like suicide and murder. To actually want to kill yourself! Self inflictions”, Efia Odo tweeted.
Wow, God bless you OP... Powerful prayer points you wrote there
God is the greatest. May he deliver us all. Please say this prayer. Locate me in your mercy O Lord Jesus Christ, don't leave me out when you are delivering others. Locate me in your favor O Lord Jesus Christ, don't leave me out when you are blessing others. Amen
Religion / Re: Are You Addicted To Masturbation? Read This by echepops(m): 11:40pm On Sep 24, 2019 
