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Bad market. Use the cash to bring in 5 units of Golf 3, it sells like pure water. Thank me later.

iceberylin:
Praises don't put food on tables..

Who don't you try it.
Give out all you have then
Sit at home all day and praise God.

Praising God doesn't mean you will not work to put food on the table. There is time for everything, a time to work and a time to pray and praise God. Working and praising God are not mutually exclusive, in fact they can go together. I think you didn't get my point, maybe you should read my write-up carefully to the end.

iceberylin:
When there is no food to feed my kids..money to handle their bills.
I walk out to hustle.then praise him when the hustle pays.

Then your praising him is conditional - unless He blesses, you will not praise. This is a wrong mindset. Praise God for who He is and not ONLY for what He gives.

Can you dare to praise God when there is absolutely no tangible reason to do so? Can you praise God when you are hungry and there is no food in house? Can you praise God when you can’t afford to pay your children’s school fees? Can you praise God when it seems you are behind your mates in your place of work? Can you praise God sincerely when you have been married for years without a child? Can you praise God when you’re still a tenant?


When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me! The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. Habakkuk 3:17-19



One of the undeniable traits of mature Christians is that they praise God in any situation they find themselves whether good or bad – “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” 1Thess 5:18.




Primarily, we did not become Christians because we want God to provide for our earthly needs, rather, we decided to follow Christ because we want to know God, love him, obey him, serve him and worship him with all of our heart unconditionally. The fallout of this total abandonment (surrender) in Him is the provision of our mundane (earthly) needs. – “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you” – Matt 6:33. The goodies of life shouldn’t be our primary objective for serving or praising God.




It is a light thing to sing God’s praises when everything is going well and life is good and fair. It is an easy spiritual exercise to praise God when we get that dream job, pass that professional exam that will catapult us to the league of erudite scholars, move to our own home, get that multi-million naira contract that will announce us to the world, get that appointment that makes us the envy of our contemporaries, acquire that property/assets that will elevate us to a so-called “privileged class” or get married to our heartthrob.

Favourable occurrences make us instant praise singers and while the events last, we are full of gratitude and appreciation to God for what He has done. We dance, worship and carry a happy countenance throughout the day because God has heard our supplications and given us our heart’s desires. We proclaim to whoever cares to listen, “come and see what God has done for me”, and bask in the euphoria of a favoured Christian. Is this right? Yes, it is very right.




It is good to praise God when he answers our prayers, blesses us and deliver us from our enemies.

Sometimes, in the moment of elation, we go overboard and rub it in the face of those seeking the same blessings from God. In our adulation we make others look unworthy to be “blessed” like us. This ought not to be. When praising God, it should be done with all sense of reverence and sobriety, and the glory should go to him alone. “I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else or the praise due me with idols” Isaiah 42:8




It is a natural consequence to make a joyful noise unto the Lord when we achieve the impossible and attain the unimaginable.




However, when there is famine in the land, nothing to eat in the house, mounting bills to pay, the bank account is in the red and death of a loved one, to lift up our hands and voices to praise God will become a daunting and “unreasonable” spiritual exercise. Praising God will be the farthest thing from our minds which if allowed to persist may eventually lead to ingratitude. Instead of worshiping and praising Him, we ask, “God, why me?”, “I have serve you wholeheartedly and remain faithful, why would you allow this to happen to me?”




At this vulnerable and precarious situation, the counsel of Job’s wife to “curse God and die” will appear as the only reasonable option. Even if we don’t verbally “curse God”, our attitude speaks volume. We become depressed and bitter towards the things of God. We can’t even appreciate God for the gift of life. We feel God has abandoned us and feel justified if we alienate ourselves from the people of God. This is a huge mistake. It is in difficult times like this that we don’t forsake the assembling of one another. We should be with people who can comfort, console and encourage us, and ginger us back to the presence of God.




How can we get out of this cesspool of depression?

The first thing to do if you find yourself in this state is to recall past blessings, victories and attainments God has bestowed on you. This will help to stabilize the troubled mind and jolt it from the depressive state. Like the songwriter sang, "Count your blessings name them one by one, count your blessings see what God has done, count your blessings name them one by one and it will surprise you what the Lord has done”




If God delivered you in the past he will deliver you from your present predicament and in future he will deliver you from whatever the enemy may throw at you, don’t despair – “Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us” – 2Cor 1:10




It defies logic to praise God in the face of difficulty; however, this is the panacea for quick recovery and restoration.




Why Praise God

We praise God because of who he is. He is the creator of heaven and earth, He is our creator.

We praise God because he demands that we praise him, which is the only sacrifice he accepts. “Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” Heb 13:15

Praising God when there is hunger, lack and deprivation, is akin to saying, “God, though I don’t have now, I know you’re working things out for me and soonest there shall be shout of abundance.

Praising God in difficult times is a show of faith and confidence that God has not forgotten you; instead he is working on your behalf to grant you your heart’s desires. Remember the cliché, “delay is not denial”.

Are you sick – Praise the Lord, not because you’re sick but because you know “by his stripes you’re healed” 1Peter 2:24. That sickness will not kill you.

Are you in Lack – Praise the Lord, not because you’re poor but because “Jesus, though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor that you through his poverty may become rich” 2Cor 8:9

Are you depressed? – Praise the Lord, not because you’re depressed but because He will give you Comfort, Garment of Praise and oil of Joy in place of your depression. Isaiah 61:1-3

Take the case of Paul and Silas in “Acts of the Apostles” – they prayed and sang praises to God when they were jailed for preaching the Gospel. Obviously, being jailed for doing the right can be very depressing but they took it in stride and made a deliberate effort to ignore the present and focus on the Almighty God.




Here lies the secret of surviving difficult times - remove your attention from the happenings around and focus your mind on the God of impossibilities. This is not a state of denial but a state of focusing on the problem-solver rather than the problem.

In good times praise the Lord, in bad times? Praise the Lord! This is the audacity we have for praising God no matter the situation because we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.

http://www.standtallstandout.com/2016/01/the-audacity-of-praising-god.html?m=1

Pls post pictures of the engine bay

There seems to be no end in sight. God will help us

sukkot:
[b]and to all you low expectation having fools on the thread, this school is a substandard school. it is your low expectations of yourself coupled with colonial mentality that makes you think it is a good school. what is in it ? a big screen tv and some chairs ? and you are all shouting like the school is great. its substandard compared to other countries. having said that you black motherfokaz deserve everything you get because you are all thieves. your friends are thieves, your mothers are thieves, your fathers are thieves, your politicians are thieves, your pastors are thieves. you are all thieves. if someone put a big screen tv in a school in nigeria the students will steal it and sell it. point being a cursed people are endowed with cursed environments. you all need personal introspection and let the change you want to see in nigeria start with you. look at this thread for example ? about 50 brain dead zombies co-signing an idi-ot who is abusing the skin color of the OP ? do you see the black race is a cursed race ? you are all cursed. but you can take that curse off you by moving closer to the creator and being a better and decent and loving human being to your fellow man. stop stealing from people. stop abusing people. and the curse will slowly leave you and your generation[/b]

Quite brash but you make sense

damton:
The western world are far off in terms of development than we can imagine

Nevertheless, it's not a mystery that requires exceptional powers.

Simply good leadership and quality governance.

A thousand likes. You hit the MACE on the head. Until we have good leadership, we ain't going nowhere.

There was a time in this country when pump price of petrol was less than N1 per litre and so readily available that it was taken for granted, in fact it could be compared to pure water.

But today its availability is epileptic and sells as high as N250-N400 per litre.

Trust businesses, they're cashing in to take advantage of the predicament of Nigerians.

FirstBank just sent me an email, promising to give me 1yr free fuel if I use their VISA card in TOTAL Filling Stations.
I believe this is a subtle indictment on the government of the day. Were fuel readily available and cheap, promising free fuel will be akin to promising free ice to an Eskimo.

Sound engine but no engine pix? Pls post engine pix

Where is the location of this car and when is ok to come for inspection?

Let's see the engine pix

Where is the location of this vehicle and what are the issues?

A very graceful & self confident look

mcnepow:
With your level of arrogance you will not go far in business.

You have zero marketing skills and will end up driving that car yourself!

DOA - Dead On Arrival. The Op just killed any deal he was hoping to get by his self-destruct marketing 'skills'. I guess a 12M car got into his head.

The car is clean but definitely not a 2002, more like a 2005 model.

I use Tecno Y4,

Pros:
Right price: 12-14K
Android OS: KitKat 4.4.2
Preloaded with useful apps
Internal Storage: 4G
Looks good at 4" screen size
Camera is averagely good

Cons:
Slow
Battery sucks, less than 6hrs of heavy use

Why are you afraid of posting external pictures and at that price.....? Anyway happy sales

For you to be taken serious, it will be nice to also post pictures.

No contact, no pictures, are you sure you want to sell?

Post engine pix

lalasticlala:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/2782170_cymera20150825150349_jpeg54724d60e222760c0d9d0ce1e25427df
https://mobile.twitter.com/MuhammadSageer/status/636172283044872192

Was he a governor cum car dealer?

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Ismaila50:
Sorry,Yes still want to sale, my run down.how much are you going to pay

You can reach me on 08093751555, lets talk

Your phone is switched off, are you still interested in selling?

His eye is on the Sparrow

I need a London used Q10, how much will it cost?

This htc One X not htc One, they are two different phones

The orgy of bomb blasts and gun fire that rocked the ancient city of Kano last Friday and also reared its ugly head in the wee hour of Sunday in Bauchi State has again brought to the fore the noticeable failure of intelligence pervading the nation’s security network. Unfortunately, for quite some time now, attention seems to have been concentrated only on the inability of the police to rise up to the internal security challenges confronting the nation.

With the recent ‘escape’ of a high-prized Boko Haram agent from police custody, nobody should be in doubt that the police has finally lost grip of the nation’s security, if it had any before. But we all know that the police alone cannot provide adequate security for the nation. That is why there are other sister agencies with clear-cut mandates. One of these agencies which have escaped public binoculars is the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA. It is, perhaps, one of the agencies that are in a better position to neutralise the current scourge of Boko Haram’s insurgency.

Regrettably today, the DIA is a shadow of itself. But how did it get to this sorry pass? With the redeployment of Major General Babagana Monguno from the agency to the Defence Headquarters a few months ago, many of its staff breathe the air of respite. Why was it so? Monguno was appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, in July 2009 but throughout his tenure, the agency retrogressed in terms of manpower development and relevance to national security. Monguno closed down all the offices of the agency in the states with the exception of Abuja and Lagos. Even at that, the agency’s office in Lagos operates with skeletal staff, most of whom are artisans.

One of the problems confronting the agency is a sort of military oligarchy that exists in the system. It is a kind of enthroned dictatorship that has been ravaging the place. DIA was established along with the State Security Service, SSS, and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, in 1986. The agency was supposed to be modelled after the American Defence Intelligence Agency, comprising 30 percent of serving military personnel and 70 percent civilians. A fundamental crisis erupted when the military started seeing the agency as a “welfare ground”. Those at the helm of affairs, therefore, started their own restructuring by posting military personnel to the agency indiscriminately without any recourse to the act establishing it. In no time, the agency became flooded with military personnel while the number of civilians there took a sharp nosedive. The CDI and deputy CDI have consistently been military officers.

What is happening at the agency is the promotion of military supremacy, as it has long become a custom for the military personnel posted to the agency to rub it on their civilian colleagues that they are “bloody civilians”. The irony of the whole scenario is that the military personnel are visibly idle even though they enjoy the luxury and privileges of being there, including training programmes abroad which have become their exclusive preserve while the “bloody civilians” are denied this opportunity. The foreign training is like “settlement” as they never come back to put their newly acquired knowledge to work, thus leaving vital security assignments that naturally fall within DIA’s orbit for other sister agencies to perform. No wonder the agency has literally been relegated to irrelevance in security matters in the country.

Not only this. Monguno’s era witnessed a gradual decapitation of the agency as the total staff strength fell from about 100,000 to a miserable 10,000. Mostly affected were civilian staff, many of whom were compulsorily retired without any gratuity. As a result of this, many of the victims have dragged the agency to court. Currently, the agency operates about 11 departments. Out of these, only two departments that are less consequential are allocated to civilians. This is breeding a lot of suspicion and animosity between the military and civilian staff of the agency.

Monguno’s tenure was an era of terror itself for an agency that could have easily fought the current wave of terrorism to a standstill. His professional background as an architect and someone who had no previous intelligence training must have robbed the agency of the required direction it needed during his tenure. In many instances, instead of a properly coordinated security duties, he usually resorted to ad hoc arrangements which exposed his naivety. During the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29, 2011, it was a fidgety Monguno who ordered the network providers to shut down Abuja networks for the duration of the ceremony out of fear of terrorists’ strike. He also ordered the closure of the entry routes into the city. The only respite was to allow those who wanted to leave the city to do so.

Imagine the security agencies in say United States closing down Washington for a President’s inauguration even after 9/11 episode. What you have there is total covert operations that have often yielded good results. Such covert operations are alien to the security agency like DIA, which is saddled with internal security network.

Monguno had the exclusive past time of putting fears in the minds of the staff, particularly the civilians, threatening and sacking them at the slightest opportunity. In addition to this, field officers were starved of funds while money was allocated for events that had no bearing with the job of the agency. For instance, during the wedding ceremony of the daughter of AVM Faloyin, his deputy, in 2011, the vault of the agency was thrown open as military officers allegedly flew Business Class to the occasion in the United States with estacodes while ordinary bulbs could not be replaced as money was not released for operations.

If we are to fight the current resurgence of terrorists activities in the country, the Presidency should take more than a passing look at the DIA as a whole so as to enable it to function as it ought to be. One way to do this is to make sure that professionalism is enthroned in the agency. It is good news that the new CDI, Major General S.Y Audu, is an intelligence officer who understands the terrain.

The tyrannical tenure of Monguno, an indigene of Borno State, may have compromised national security. This is because at the inception of Boko Haram insurgency, those who were apprehended were handled with kid gloves, as they were left in the agency’s visitors’ room instead of cells. This enabled them to move freely and even got to know that the agency had internal problems. It sounds unbelievable that the Boko Haram suspects were being served special meals from Mr. Biggs and others, while Monguno kept referring to them as “friends of the agency”.

What is needed at this stage is a total overhaul, re-organisation and restructuring of the agency to enable it to meet the exigency of the moment. The DIA should revert to the good old days when its operatives were everywhere. The greatest problem in the security network of the country at the moment seems to be inter and intra-agency rivalry. This may have been responsible for the constant failure of intelligence in the country’s security system.

The security apparatuses need to come together and work for the common good of the country. This can only be achieved through concerted efforts in the area of inter-agencies’ cooperation. The plethora of security agencies too must put their house in order by engaging in confidence building, training in modern crime prevention and detection as well as provision of good working conditions for their operatives so as to encourage them to offer their best for the country.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/columnist/wednesday/dele-agekameh/34414-dia-and-national-security.html

Poor picture quality don spoil your market. Don't blame the witch in your village.