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ibechris:
Big drug user.my brother.

Instead of them to protest against hunger na addict them dey protest for.

Misplaced priority.

You can organise your own protest

Benfaco:
The love of God for us


John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.


When Adam sinned, he lost the direct access he initially had with God. (Genesis 3) God decided to send his only begotten son (Jesus) to pay the price for our sins on the cross of calvary because of his love for us. When Christ resurrected, he restored all privileges that we once had and brought redemption to us all. All we need is to believe that he died for our sin and has once again granted us direct access with God. No longer through an intermediary! (Mathew 27:50-53).

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

If our earthly parents care so much for us, how much more our father in heaven! (Luke 11:11-13). God’s love for us is infinite. He has promised to supply all our needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philipians 4:19).


Prayer of Salvation

Lord Jesus, I accept and acknowledge you as my personal lord and savior. I sincerely ask that you forgive my sins. Come into my life and pour out your spirit on me. By faith, I receive the promise of the father, which is the holy spirit. (John 14:16) I thank you for the price that you paid for me on the cross of calvary. Thank you for my redemption. I pray that your power, grace and favor will abide with me now and forever more. Amen.

Physician, heal thyself.

BACK TO DIVINITY: LIBERATING YOUR AUTHENTIC ESSENCES

If Sango, Ogun, Ọ̀ṣun, Èṣù, Obatala hadn't been demonized, the people would appreciate their essences and more than that, the people will KNOW that they carry these essences in them.

Inside each and everyone of us are lodged these divine essences. In each of us, one of these divine energies is most dominant. We are the incarnate of these divine essences. This is because like we agreed to the law of physics, energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another. This means that the primordial energies transform and in this time and age they live and act through us.

The goal of the Babaláwo is to educate you into proper knowledge of your divine essence to prepare you for manifestation. Without this education, we can't liberate our true geniuses, especially those of us on the African continent who have this true spirituality with us.

For instance, Ògún is the divine essence for technology and engineering. It means that people who are born with the Ògún essence most dominant in them will have lodged in their spirit the technological and engineering innovations that a particular age needs. Much equally necessary as the dog sacrifice and painting in blue or the wearing of palm fronds that characterize Ògún festivals is the education on the cosmic and social position of Ògún as it is relevant in 21st century. With every Ògún festival is supposed to come a symposium that is meant to intimate the literate (modernized) mind to understand what Ògún is.
Many of us who have been "tushed" up in the classrooms don't find the Ògún festival attractive because it is usually characterized by some form of thuggery, which is far from what Ògún symbolizes.

It is important for us as Africans to be taught how to tap into our geniuses through our spirituality so that we individually can function in the area of our authentic essence, only then can all of us enjoy the earth. The idea that Africans should wait for one man or woman in government elections that will save us can't work. All that we need is for each individual to find its true essence and start to play their rightful part in the maintenance of cosmic and social order. Our society needs Babaláwos for this - for Ìtẹfá and education into the manifestation of the essences.

Do not forget that the colonial masters don't want your geniuses developed so that you can depend on them for all that you need, that is the MAJOR reason why the African spirituality was demonized and they will continue to do so with all that they can - because they know that the key to liberating your genius is in it. To replace the spirituality, they gave a pseudospirituality called Religion. Ever wondered why the religion seeks to normalize suffering, docility for you here in return for an heavenly streets of gold after you die, provided you obey the rules and regulations given to you by the government's religion? Ever thought of it?

It's the Dawn of Truth. It is clear in front of you. Are you ready to get to meet your true self? Are you interested in liberating your authentic essence in a refreshing journey with Ifá? Then let's talk.

Good morning.

LikeAking:
You are confused..

What ever it represents doesnt mata..

1, 2,3 Gods no mata..

the most important thing na e dey work?

LOL. Confirm. That is the most important.. Does it work? Does it have the ability to change one's realities?
Definitely it does. it's a journey I invite people to take on.

Kobojunkie:
Ifajournal , what exactly is wrong with polytheism? There are thousands of deities out there so why compare your yoruba deities in any way to those you refer to as foreign deities? Why not just ignore those who you don't agree with while you focus on making your deities known to the world?

This is a brilliant question:: the post is used to address the idea that Yoruba have several deities without recognizing and acknowledging a single one that takes preeminence upon all others. While it is enough to just talk about the individual deities and showcase them to the world, the writer is obliged to address any and every misinformation that is attached to the belief system of the Yoruba.
There is nothing wrong with Polytheism, just that it is not accurate to label Ifa polytheism in the context of recognizing many Supreme beings or not having a knowledge of a most Supreme being.

One of the areas of confusion or contention for those that have embraced foreign religions is the thought that ancient Africans worship more than one God and so they can be said to be worshiping false gods.

It is really important to correct this notion.

First, the idea of a "false god" is not one to be given much consideration. On what basis will a mortal claim to know what a false god is or what a true god is? The worshipers of the gods are to be left to worship their gods in peace without the need to seek to guilt trip them into converting them. To each his own faith.

The second is the idea of polytheism. This idea was not well articulated in the books of the early missionaries who came to Africa. Unfortunately, their books happen to be the knowledge that majority of the people in the western world got exposed to. It also served as the literature used in schools to teach even African Children. This act has estranged many Africans from their true root.

The idea that African religion worship many gods is one which has to be put in context.
The first thing to note is that Africa is a very large continent that plays home to diverse tribes with each tribe having their own tongue and culture.
One of the largest original African tribes is the Yoruba people. Their religion is Ifá.
In Ifá, there is only one being who is regarded as GOD, he goes by the name Olódùmarè or Elédùmarè. He is surrounded by a host of Òrìṣàs (Divinities) which he created as Co-administrators of the cosmos and he made them leaders over mortals. He established it so that each mortal will look up to their guardian Òrìṣàs for what they need and the Òrìṣàs will dispense to them (the mortal) what they need according to the Authority that he (Olódùmarè) has given to the Òrìṣàs.

The Òrìṣàs were first sent down from heaven to create the earth and make physical habitation possible, after which the mortals came. The Òrìṣàs existed physically with the mortals and they went back to Ọ̀run (Heaven) when their work was done, leaving their mortal servants to continue the creative work on earth while they guide them from the invisible realm of the heavens.

This is the belief/practice of the Yoruba people that foreigners who are either impatient to develop a full understanding or are on an outright mission to disorganize the people's belief system refer to as Polytheism.

The followers of each Òrìṣà pray through their Òrìṣàs to Olódùmarè for favor, protection, provision and guidance. During their rituals, they sing the praise songs of their Òrìṣàs. The Oríkì (praise songs) could be likened to Psalms that are sung from the depth of the soul of one who knows his Òrìṣà deeply and is grateful for the goodness that his Òrìṣà has delivered to him or her.

The traditional worshipers never refer to their Òrìṣàs as Olódùmarè (God).
The concept of a small letter "g" God is a foreign invention.
Yorubas have only one God and a host of Òrìṣàs which he set over men as their protectors, guardians, rulers and teachers, while he himself rule over the Òrìṣàs.
In other words, he created the Òrìṣàs to serve him (in ordering the cosmos together with him) and he created the mortals to serve the Òrìṣàs.

While the mortals activities are restricted to their time on earth, the activities of the Òrìṣàs cut throughout the entire universe and all its solar systems.

This is the simple explanation of the Yoruba religion. It is not Polytheism. It doesn't recognize many Gods or gods as the foreigners claimed or perceived, it recognizes only ONE God (Olódùmarè) and the Òrìṣàs.

Ire o.