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You see that kind confirm food, you dey complain.

I remember when I visited china. These were the foods I was served.. I no fit eat am sha, but I snap am

The first one looks like giant fleas trapped inside IZAL
While the second is just a maggot culture. Nothing dey waste for that side sha o!

hOW MUCH?

850K?

850k?

850k?

800k cash?

800k?

Science tries to explore and perhaps simulate nature. It will be o.k if such explorations go along with responsibilities otherwise some generations are bound be guinea pigs should such impetuous and "oven-hot" explorations hit the market without appropriate clinical test/trials; and sadly enough though, guinea pigs don't eat pigs! Just hope it's hamburger we have and not a "Harmburger" for suicide can be lots cheaper than this!

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At what point would they impose the tax? Is it @ d point of purchase of those party materials or @ d venue?
How do you define "Owambe"?
Are all merriments qualified to be called "owambe"?
They would def. rake in some money 4rm "d few" high income earners whose "spending decisions" are not based much on economic consideratn.
But for the lower income earners who r in d majority & whose decision to spend depend a lot on economic consdratn, I hope this would not be a disincentive cos corruptn can make d tax bigger thn wat it shld be @ d end of d day and in situatn where people have alternatives, the softdrinks, canopy business e.t.c in neighbourng state might be in for a boom at d expense of Lagos. They need to get their facts right.

When I was a child, I had this special object as paraphernalia in what I can call my “magic box” – a place where I keep special items. Their qualifying property into “my box” was that they can attract metallic objects like nails by being just close enough. Furthermore, I find it more interesting that whenever anyone of them is broken into smaller pieces, each piece still has the same property, capable of doing the same thing as the “master”. Now you probably know what I’m talking about- MAGNET. The basic unit of all machines!

“These object must have come from mother nature” I thought also considering the fact that the colour of the common magnet from household appliances is dark greyish then perhaps they were mined from the rocks? Another gift of nature!
Well, as often said, time and perhaps development solve a lot of mysteries this is because as I continued to grow older reading science books and holy bible, I not only understood how magnet came into being but also discovered some startling similarities between them and a Christian.

Were magnets special? May be yes as not all materials can become magnets only a “chosen” few!
Then the question, were magnets “born” so by “mother nature”? May be not, the magnets I adore and play with were actually products of some deliberate manufacturing process. Wonderful! So my magical and enigmatic magnet was actually made!!!

Actually, it is not that magnets don’t exist naturally as I later found out; it’s just that naturally occurring magnets otherwise called magnetite are too weak for practical applications.
Now as I study my bible, I discovered that we Christians were saved by grace and not by works and not many men who were wise according to this world have been called to be Christians (1st Cor1:26-28) just as not all metals/minerals can be made into magnets. I also found out that just as magnetite, men in their most natural form are not useful for God and that even Christians who have yet to separate themselves for the right “processing” by God are far too raw for any divine purpose or application.

Now a mystery yet remained unsolved. What is this manufacturing process that magnets were subjected to that gives them unseen power to lift another object that are at times larger than themselves?, sure the answers was found in my science books and not the scriptures this time around.
It was then that I learnt that even the magnetizable materials, just like other ones that are not magnetizable are composed of tiny particles each in energy levels and are continuously bouncing off one another. Maybe they want to be free but all they could do was to move in disoriented fashion as a result of which the work done is zero.
All the manufacturer now needs to do is bring a steady stream of electric current so as to align these disoriented tiny, tiny particles and how long this stream of current is sustained in these materials decides whether they would be soft (temporary) magnet or hard (permanent) magnet. This will later determine how long the magnetic property lasts when the stream is eventually turned off. Heavy hammering or persistent heating however may make soft magnet lose its property but this is very difficult for a well formed hard magnets. This “hardness” also determines how much weight they can lift.

Alas! Useful magnet was not born! It is only those materials that remained in the process that became one!
The steady stream of current reminded me of what The Master said “abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it remained in the vine…” (John15:4)
The only available option to allowing the steady stream of Master’s current of instruction to flow through us for fruit-bearing is to continue in our disoriented state or worse still be half-formed like the temporary magnets.

One fact you should bear in mind is that as all magnets were made to perform work, every branch in the Lord is expected out there in the field representing Him as ambassadors. They shall also be tested, for the rain will fall, the wind will blow and the flood shall come in various forms (Matt7:24-27). A magnet cannot remain in the shelf and still be a machine at the same time, additionally, manufacturer do not make use of an untested magnet because even the work it is going to perform is a test on its own; likewise the followership or abiding in Jesus will be at some expense and involves a lifetime of denial which happens “off the shelf”. What will now become of temporary magnets when the bellows of enemy’s hammer begins to fall on them in various forms of persecutions and temptations? It is a question for Christians who will not allow The Master’s instructions to take root in certain aspects of their lives.
But for those who will take their time and open the door of their heart to The Master’s instruction in their marriage, finances, education, professional practice and so on and will not keep any part away from The Master’s touch, nor get tired of The Master Himself, then their patience shall be rewarded with enough strength to bear fruit and weather the storms however boisterous.

So if I must be a material Lord please do not make me a plain slab of metal living in complete disorientation, seeking for freedom that can only be given!
Lord! Do not also make me a temporary magnet because it would have been better not to have been magnetized at all!
A permanent magnet? It is well magnetized. But Lord “well” has different depth hence it is a relative term.
Rather Lord make me “permanently a magnet” for you and by that I will be abiding by living on the current of your instructions forever! Amen!

At Ago Palaceway where I stay, "the men in black" now issue numbers which serve as passcode for d comm motorcycle & tricycle riders. As long as those @ d helm of affair kp paying lip-service attn to d canker of corruptn, opportunist like police shl keep inventing all manners of "technologies" and all that d naive government dat cannot deal with pension & subsidy thieves do is go back to d "drawing board" which has either bn kidnapped or bombed.

TOPIC: WHY WE MUST WATCH

TEXT: MARK 13: 31-37

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray[/i]: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch[i].
35 Watch[/i] ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping[i].
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch[/i].

INTRODUCTION
The slogan ‘watch and pray[i]’ has become so popular that it has cut across all walks of life and all religious beliefs and as such has become a household slogan just like Coca-Cola has become a household product. I knew the slogan long ago before I gave my life to Jesus Christ, not knowing what it meant, as many people still don’t know till today.
But as popuplar as this slogan is, it is perhaps one of the most disobeyed and wrongly understood quotations of the bible. To make matters worse, many Christians don’t know where to find these quotation in the bible not to talk of understanding what to watch and yet the fact that a Christian may be raptured when the trumpet sounds may be tied to his level of watchfulness (alert).
We are not trying to say that a Christian may not be raptured if he is not watching but that majority of those Christian who may miss rapture may miss it because they are not watching.
If we don’t want to fall into the category of those that will wrongly understand this command or disobey it by failing to watch or worst still miss the glorious rapture because we are not watching, then, we must seek to understand this all-important command.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WATCH?
Prior to the arrest, the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ, He gave prophecies of how He would come back to take the saint (rapture), the great tribulation that will follow, and the eventual end of the world. He prophesied a lot of events that would begin to happen when the time had come. He gave these prophecies on the Mount of Olives and as such the Prophecies are known as Olivetti sermon or Olivetti Prophecies. (Please read Mathew 24, mark 13 and Luke 21 for the Olivetti sermons).

For summary of the Olivetti sermon, Jesus said the following:
1 No man, no angel, not even himself, knows the day He will come to rapture the true believers except His Father alone.
2 Prior to His coming (rapture), a lot of events will begin to happen across the world.
3 Of all the events that Jesus said will begin to happen, the only event He kept repeating is ‘deception’ (see Mathew 24:5, 11, 23-26). He did not repeat wars, earthquakes, diseases and others.
4 Of all the warnings Jesus gave us, the only one He kept repeating for us is to watch. (see mark 13: 33, 35, 36, 37).
5 Lastly, all the events He prophesied must all begin to happen at the same time. (Mathew 24:33)
Even though, we don’t know the day of rapture, we can know that the time of rapture has come if we see all the events Jesus prophesied happening simultaneously. I think He has tried enough for us with these prophecies. But how shall we know the events are happening if we don’t watch.
So to watch means to pay serious attention to what are happening around the world by listening to news, observing what are happening in churches, observing what are happening in the societies, observing what is happening to Israel, observing what is happening in the whole world, reading the bible, being spiritually alert, with a view to ascertaining or discerning that what Jesus said, as well as what God said through His prophets concerning end-times are happening.

Most of the end-time prophecies given in the bible that we are to watch concern three main entities. These are the church, Israel (particularly Jerusalem), and the world at large.

• Watch what is happening in the Church: are believers falling away? are pastors teaching heresies?, are false prophets/miracles on the rise?, are pastors commercializing gospels?, is church becoming worldly and so on, all as prophesied in the bible.

• Watch what is happening in Israel: Is there any effort to divide Jerusalem as prophesied in the bible?, are some arab nations conspiring to exterminate (wipe out) Israel? Is Israeli government planning to build the 3rd temple on the temple? Is there any attempt to negotiate peace with Israel? and so on as prophesied in the bible.

• Watch what is happening in the world: are disasters happening? Are the people becoming rebellious to God? Are governments looting funds? Is homosexuality on the rise? Are there persecutions and attacks on Christians (especially Christians being attacked right inside the church) and so on, all as prophesied in the bible?

For bible verses where all these things are prophesied, see our teaching on 50 SIGNS OF RAPTURE/END-TIME on https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs posted on religion section of www.nairaland.com or send an email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com to request it.
Those who are not watching are sleeping (mark 13: 16). These Christians belong to the lukewarm church or the foolish virgins and JESUS will come to them as a thief because they are not watching.

WHY MUST WE WATCH?
1 OBEDIENCE. Since our Lord, Jesus Christ, commanded us to watch, then we must watch, even if for only obedience.

2 PREPARATION. Rapture is a very serious event that must be prepared for, by constant repentance, prayer, fasting, watching, holy and righteous living. Remember, He is coming for a bride without spot, blemish and wrinkles. Even a single stain will disqualify a person (Ephesians 5:27). If we don’t watch, how can we know that time is up. Instead of praying and fasting to be accounted worthy to make rapture when the trumpet sounds, we may be praying for prosperity.

3 SPECIAL REWARD. There is a special reward for those who watch and long for His appearing (2 Timothy 4: . Those who did not watch but make the rapture may not get this reward.

4 MAKING RAPTURE. Let’s assume that consistently, the weather is cloudy, lightnings are striking, sun hardly shines, temperature is dropping and it is windy. We can conveniently say that rainy season has arrived because of those signs. So, we can begin to get an umbrella, mend the roof of our house, clear drainages and prepare for rain, though, we don’t know the exact day/time that the rain will fall. The rain will not meet us unprepared because we paid attention to the signs that rain was coming and we prepared. If the rain did not fall eventually, we will still not have anything to lose. Making Rapture can be compared to this phenomenon. Watching is a key to making rapture. Even, if we don’t know the day, we will know how close it is and begin to prepare and rapture will not happen suddenly to us because we are watching, preparing and ready. (revelation 3:3)

DON’T WATCH; JUST BE READY AT ALL TIMES. HOW TRUE?
Some Christians believe that it is not necessary to watch. They often say that they just have to be ready at all times, without watching. How true is this? In my opinion, they are right to the extent that we have to be ready at all times. But they are wrong in that they overlook the issue of watching.
Before the rapture happens, it is going to be a time of thick spiritual darkness and deception to such extent that those who are watching and are firm in the Lord might be deceived, if care is not taken (Mathew 24:24). How much less those that are not watching. Brethren, satan is more deceptive than we think. Before they know, deception may enter unto them right inside the church.
This is why the Lord Jesus Christ emphasized the issue of deception and watching even more than earthquakes and other disasters. So, if it is not necessary to watch, the Lord Jesus would not emphasize it.
Lastly compare, the issue of watching to what Apostle Peter wrote in 1 Peter: 5: 8 and 1 Peter: 4:18
1 Peter: 5 :8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
We can paraphrase the words of Apostle Peter above as ‘whoever is not vigilant (watchful), the devil might devour him’.
And Lastly 1 Peter 4:18
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
If those who are watching and are ready at all times scarcely make it, how much less those who are not watching?
We must watch.

ACTIONS
• begin to watch and pray as He said in Luke 21:36 to be able to escape all the things that will soon happen to earth (great tribulation). What is happening now is child’s play. What will happen to those that miss the rapture will be terrible. We shall look into those things later. Repent of all sins, forgive people, fast, pray, watch, drop all worldliness.
PRAYERS
• Repent of all SINs and pray that He cleanse and sanctify you with His blood. Please do this as many times as possible daily.
• O Lord, open my spiritual eyes to see the signs of your coming as mentioned in your word.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of watchfulness and readiness for your coming.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of the 5 wise virgins.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com and please tell others to join us. We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play. Shalom

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I totally agree with Obinoscopy and I don't have to be a statistician to do so. The research must have been a product of impatient subjective generalization. When looked at the long run effect, technology as a whole is synonymous with sedentariness because what it sells is CONVENIENCE and the more of it each "upgrade" and "version" offers the better the sales.
Any life you live that does not allow you to "pump it" will yield the same result because man was not made to enjoy convenience at the expense of exertion. There has to be balance between the two otherwise Cardiovascular Disorder (CD) will play its tragic movie on your life's telly, that's what you are watching already. lol.
Bottom line: Exert yourself, "pump it"!

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Scholastica,
Evaristus,
Syraccus,
Kudus,
Mukaila.

[img]http://whoever took this pictures for her needs to learn the art of photography. she has a leopard skin outfit, how does dat relate with an abandoned car, she should take the shots probably in an environment with many plants around her, somewhere loepards can be identified with, or on a plain background.

our celebrities need to start being professional with things, especially if its not personal, cause the public is watching.[/img]

Or preferably in a leopard's den

@ jmaine:
Has Nigeria Population quadrupled?
Ans = No  (As a mater of fact our Annual Population Growth rate is about 3%)

Does everyone has four cars each?
Ans = No

Do people with more than one car drive them all at the same time?
Ans = No
So, it still boils down to population.

Has exchange rate to dollar quadrupled
Ans = No (In fact has only risen by just 6.7% since November 2010 http://www.exchangerates.org.uk/USD-NGN-26_11_2010-exchange-rate-history.html)

Did the price of crude oil increase
Ans = Do we buy crude oil?

Will all this increase the amount of subsidy being paid?
Ans = By what amount?

@ efisher:
An average Nigerian still lives on less than $2 a day. Believe it or not, with 2 SUVs, you are not an average Nigerian.
Does every Nigerian now uses 4 SUVs ? (Remember you only have 2)
Have those with SUVs one year ago quadrupled the number?
ANS = NO! NO!

Do SUVs consume x4 amount of fuel?
ANS = NO

@ Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
Has "increased consumption (of petrol) for powering generators" quadrupled?
Do we now use 4 generators at the same time to power what we had hitherto powered by 1 generator a year ago?
Once again has our population quadrupled?
ANS = NO! NO! NO!

Change they say is the only constant thing, what I could have agreed as the cause (if any at all) of bigger subsidy bill would have been:
1. Population- by 3% and
2. Exchange rate -<7%.
So everything shouldn't have been more than 10% increment in light of the reason adduced for the phantom subsidy increase. Tell me you now pay N330 Billion & you would have made more sense. I just guess Mrs Iweala was smart by listing the REAL CAUSE AS last so as to give herself a soft landing on the burning issue. All the same, Nigerians are wiser.
Thank you all for your contribution, I'm getting enlightened!

I am also interested. iesusluvz@gmail.com

Enough of Unsolicited sermons by Sultan and CAN President. If the Monarch is actually interested in the continued existence of this country, then a pragmatic and communal approach rather than lip service attention would help restore the almost-lost trust in Christian living in North and prevent the Boko Haram from achieving their aim of dividing the Nation along religious boundaries.
There was a bomb factory at Yobe state and nobody is claiming knowledge of such an evil enterprise. A concerted vigilante effort made up of credible Christian and Moslem leaders and especially led by Moslem leaders (for the sake of the rather endangered Xtians) can help frustrate or at least slow down the rampaging onslaught of the Bokos and forestall a likely break down of trust from southerners living in North.
Enough of sermonising abeg!

Interesting.
@ Mobinga How did you do that.
@ Mobinga How did you do that. Pls mail me iesusluvz@gmail.com

@slim1739. The number u gave is incomplete. Tnx anyway

Please can somebody hook me up with anybody doing affordable hall decoration with chair cloth.
I need to know the cost. Thanks.