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To protest or not to protest
To join or not to join

What is the question
What is the answer

Most governments are insensitive and tyrannical
No respect to human dignity
Money, cows and legacies, historical monuments and edifices are of more value than that guy sleeping on the road or that graduate looking for work or that freedom fighter wanting a better state and country.

Where is government when people are being kidnapped, raped, plundered and attacked by Herdsmen (mind you 99.9% herders are from a tribe who says it's their culture it's not me saying it) or attacked by boko haram and "bandits"?

But see as government is prepared ahead
Here they are proactive, battle ready, charged and financially motivated to KILL the unarmed, educated, enlightened, justified and tax paying sane members of the society.

I don't support destruction and riot. Whether politician's properties or fraudulently acquired properties but
NEVER SHUN, SILENCE OR PREVENT a peaceful protest or an honest airing of another's or one's mind, thoughts and ideas.

I stand with justice, peace and truth

PS: there are many countries with development, structures, money and all but they suppress freedom, liberty and freewill eg China, Russia, Arab Countries and Morocco, Rwanda, old Libya, among others.
There are those just like with development, structures, money and all but promote vile, evil and implosion eg USA, UK, Canada, France.

Nigeria is like a combination of both but without development and structure, while the money is in a large number of money-miss-roads and few number of good managers with milk of human kindness.

I'd rather a country free from oppression, abnormalities and ungodliness with thriving development
Than a concrete city with chaos, anarchy and doom.

Weep not child

It's like evil is prowling looking for whom to devour.

My people do not stay empty and unoccupied

Be filled with the Holy Spirit of God.

If your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (not familiar or kundalini spirits) you won't be an easy prey or body host to the devil and his demons and dark forces.

Go figure, we are light and there is darkness
Life and death
Choose life, choose God

May they rest in peace
May justice be done

Op put the source or link to your information

Mays he rest in peace

He left a lasting legacy

Are you like me who likes to be by self most of the time to reflect, read, refresh and rest?
I met someone recently who stayed near me in the late 90s. He said he used to refer to me as the one who walks alone on the road!

Inasmuch as people can't define who you,
"Man know thyself!"

Are you gradually drifting into isolation?
It doesn't necessarily mean depression or suicidal tendencies.
It doesn't necessarily make you a snub or one with inferiority complex.

For me, my faith in Jesus Christ keeps me going in whatever situation.
In many occasions I've fallen in my flat with no one to help.
In one occasion I'd to send a text to my brother who stayed closest to me among my family members. Do you know it was the following day I saw "message delivered."
In another occasion I'd a domestic accident that was near fatal. Lying on the floor, I started discussing with my God, my Creator. I first thought of my mother then I told God that I've legion of family and friends who'd be willing to break my metal door and come to my rescue, BUT AS I LIE HERE, THEY DON'T KNOW.
I prayed to God to give me the enablement to rise, open my door, get my phone and call, the rest is history.

Fast forward to today. I'm currently in a training and I was getting bored so I decided to just check my Facebook which I hardly do. Really who uses Facebook nowadays? Insecurity and interest are major reasons. Anyways, I came across a post from someone which made me go deeper and read about this story below. I'm in a multiple air conditioned space but the cold that went through me after reading this story was more than Russian winter and Canadian autumn.

Kindly take time out and read this TRUE LIFE story below and have a review of your life and sensitivity.
I urge us all to be sensible, sensitive and loving.
Just yesterday I called my neighbour cause I didn't see her in our Full Gospel fellowship. I know she stays alone, she's retired. I could sense that gratitude in her voice that I called. Last week I called an 81 year old widow who used to be in my parish, just to wish her happy birthday, she was surprised I remembered and was grateful.
And on and on.

We can be sensible and allow people help us.
We can be sensitive and reach out to people, even strangers.
We can be loving and care for those in need; they may have money and lots of friends and families, but many are in need of real love, care and attention (remember that a thread that graced front page on Nairaland was about a man who willed his money and company to his maid and not his wife, because that maid 'saw him' 'cared for him' 'loved him purely' 'was there for him till the end in bad and good times'

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Read please-
Joyce Carol Vincent (15 October 1965 – 21 December 2003) was a British woman whose death went unnoticed for more than two years as her corpse lay undiscovered in her north London bedsit.

Prior to her death, Vincent had cut off nearly all contact with those who knew her. She resigned from her job in 2001, and moved into a shelter for victims of domestic abuse. Around the same time, she began to reduce contact with friends and family. She died in her bedsit 21 December 2003 with neither family, co-workers, nor neighbours taking notice. Her remains were discovered on 25 January 2006, with the cause of death believed to be either an asthma attack or complications from a recent peptic ulcer.

She was in a relationship and there was a history of domestic violence.

Neighbours had assumed the flat was unoccupied, and the odour of decomposing body tissue was attributed to nearby waste bins. The flat's windows did not allow direct sight into the accommodation. It was a noisy building which may explain why no one questioned the constant noise from the television, which remained turned on until she was discovered. 

Half of her rent was being automatically paid to Metropolitan Housing Trust by benefits agencies, leading officials to believe that she was still alive. However, over two years, £2,400 in unpaid rent accrued, and housing officials decided to repossess the property.

Her corpse was discovered on 25 January 2006 when bailiffs had forced entry into the flat. The television and heating were still running due to her bills being continually paid for by automatic debit payments and debt forgiveness.

The Trust also said that no concerns were raised by neighbours or visitors at any time during the two years between her death and discovery of the body. Vincent's remains were too badly decomposed to conduct a full post-mortem, and she had to be identified from dental records.

Police ruled death by natural causes as there was nothing to suggest foul play: the front door was double locked and there was no sign of a break-in.

At the time of her death she had a boyfriend, but the police were unable to trace him. Her sisters had hired a private detective to look for her and contacted the Salvation Army, but these attempts proved unsuccessful. The detective found the house where Vincent was living, and the family wrote letters to her. But as she was already dead by this time, they received no response, and the family assumed that she had deliberately broken ties with them.

The Glasgow Herald reported,

"...her friends noted her as someone who fled at signs of trouble, who walked out of jobs if she clashed with a colleague, and who moved from one flat to the next all over London. She didn't answer the phone to her sister and didn't appear to have her own circle of friends, instead relying on the company of relative strangers who came with the package of a new boyfriend, a colleague, or flatmate."
Interviewed people who had known Vincent described her as a beautiful, intelligent, socially active woman, "upwardly mobile" and "a high flyer", whom they assumed "was off somewhere having a better life than they were". 

During her life, she met figures such as Nelson Mandela, Ben E. King, Gil Scott-Heron, and Betty Wright, and had also been to dinner with Stevie Wonder.

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If only Seun and his mods can create a way to check on the over 1 million Nairalanders!

In memory of Hungerbad and other Nairalanders who have gone.
Also in memory of Nairalanders we have not heard from in a long time, may they be alive and fine.

Stay well
Stay safe

IME1

Read more from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Vincent?fbclid=IwAR1xrg2QCcYFtipl5T9VRrA6rLbCVzPAlt7akE4TdpUM8doJU7Pz0S8ta4E

men and brethren...

Holy Spirit direct and counsel me and bring to my remembrance all that Jesus Christ has instructed, amen.

For who were neck deep in the world and immersed in secular music right from cradle and by the mercy and grace of God we are now born again, born anew, new creations,
It is easier to see things from the way of the world and the way of the world.

Everything is from God but not all things are of God.
God made angels, one of whom was Lucifer, he was gifted with music, as Michael is gifted with valour, but Lucifer fell. When he fell he dragged one third of the host with him. God gives without repenting (that is, once blessed with a talent, it's yours to do as you wish. It's for you to now use for evil or for God's glory, just like being blessed with children, money, wisdom, drawing or singing and others).

Lucifer became angry. Man was created, Lucifer became jealous and envious.
You that feeling you get when you were once on a high horse, toasted and celebrated with applause and adulation and another person rises and overtakes you? You feel forgotten and invisible?
Lucifer became the devil and made it his mission to destroy and counter all God was doing and going to do through His new creation- the world, man (covering both men, women and did children, all humanity)

Devil is never at par or a match for the power and authority and sovereignty of God. Devil cannot even stand God's arch angels and now we His new creation, who He has made more than conquerors. Devil wanted to use words to overpower Jesus during His temptation. He knew he couldn't fight Jesus. Devil was promising Jesus riches and glory that were already Jesus'. Devil knew was soon going to be Jesus' footstool and by extension ours for we who have received Jesus as Saviour and Christ have become co-heirs with Him.

The devil has been made our footstool. By the name of Jesus, that roaring lion can be chased away with his tail between his legs. If you don't believe, ask Daniel, Paul, Mary, Timothy, Abraham and even your friends who are now new creations. Once you know the power that is at work in you, the same power that raised Jesus from the grave, you will know that you can withstand the Devil.

The battle is finished at Calvary. All we face are daily and per second huddles and bumps on our pilgrim journey.
PLEASE READ OR WATCH PILGRIMS PROGRESS

The Devil whose time is so short wants to gather as many as he can deceive with words, actions, thoughts and situations into eternal separation from God and death. He doesn't care about Dolu, Musa, Cynthia, Ebi, Ifeanyi or Tewase. All he wants is numbers, vast numbers blindly walking the broad way to damnation, to his he'll which was originally only made for him and those one third angels who joined him.

Hell no. Never hell yeah.

Now Devil waters down many, in fact all of God's instructions and expectations.
He mocks, uses mirages, fake reports, high sounding words and teachings which are empty, shadows, semblance of the real deal, tainted holiness which denies the power of God, multiplicity of faiths and religion, hardships and all sorts to draw people from believing in Jesus.

For us in this times, the Devil uses the common ones-
'Who are you to judge'
'What makes you think you are the correct one'
'Where you there with Jesus over 2000 years ago? Have you been to heaven or hell'
'Religion is the opium of man'
'Christianity and the Bible are man-made and filled with contradictions'
'Even the people who brought Christianity have left it'
'Where has your faith taken you in this life'
'How are you better than...'
'Jesus said remove the log in your eye first' and all other ways they quote the Bible out of context and blaspheme the holiness of God like saying -
'David loved Jonathan even more than women, so God doesn't frown at same sex'
'Solomon had many wives and concubines and God made him the wisest man'
'Abraham was super rich so God makes money a sign of His presence in you'
'If pre- or extra-marital s.ex is bad why did God make sex'
'God created the weed and cocaine and all the substances people smoke and abuse, so it's ok'

Wow! Really?

Even music?

If you have not dealt with your old nature, the fallen Adamic nature of sin and taken up the new nature God gives in Jesus, you will not only battle with issues of secular music, silhouette challenge, drugs or alcohol, love for money, lust, unnatural urges, demonic passions, laziness, depression, disregard for life, violence and blasphemy of the Almighty God,
you will not have the Holy Spirit to direct you per time.
You will require human teachers, doctrines, dogmas and rulings on this and that for every big and little thing which your spirit and human nature and wisdom can not always answer or direct properly.

You need Jesus, I do and I have received Him.
We need the Holy Spirit, I too and I have received the Holy Spirit.
Hallelujah we are not left alone.
We are not candles in the wind, exposed to quenching or be blown here and there.
We know love for money gives root to all forms of evil.
We know music that doesn't edify us and glorify God is not for us.
We know suicide and murder are wrong.
We know s.ex is made for the man and his wife sipmpliciter.
We know we are not to abuse food, alcohol, drugs, sleep or humans and animals or God's Word.
We know the devil is a liar and he causes every evil by his temptations.
We know Jesus came to destroy the works of the Devil.
We know Jesus has accomplished our total work of salvation.
We know we are one by the blood of Jesus and love abides in us and removes hate, vulgarity and malice

Sadly not really.

My TV only comes on for news in the evening for about 30 minutes which is not even every day.
Then I still manage to watch news line on some Sundays.

Sad, I don't even bother with subscription and getting movies in my flash drive.
I think this is the case of those around me even.

The children around me are encouraged not to spend too much time in front of the TV.
They now have bikes, swings, books, tabs and other things to engage them.

TV sha
I was a TV shild I grew up in front of TV from creche to SSS3 then I said goodbye.
From the time of waiting for 4pm to the time of watching cable and satellite.

Evolution lol

Aug28th:
Yeah, I was born in August 28th

Wow nice

Mide3367:
Na them... Small yahoo guys into yahoo plus... Instructions of babalawo.. It will end it premium tears for them

Maximum tears

Aug28th:
Ilorin (Kwara State) is in North Central

You are right, it's not North West, even Niger is not north West. They are all central just like Nasarawa, Benue, Taraba and Kogi and even Plateau

Meanwhile where you born on Aug 28th e get why I dey ask

Ilorin sha
What I like is the low level of crime
Reasonable cost of living and manageable roads
I usually walk home around 8pm without stress, though dark, no street lights.
I remember back in the days when I stayed around sanrab
It's always a nice time sitting in front of sanrab taking oranges or water melon or fried sweet potatoes and pepper stew...
Peaceful times
Going to shop rite is usually my highlight cause make we talk true, asides item 7 and other hanging out places, where person fit go relax or spend time

Op you no mention pipeline, Gaa Akanbi, sawmill, our new flyover, and other places
Ilorin dey try
E dey im dey


I beg Lagos, Ibadan, Akure and other cities no come dey drag with Ilorin here oh,
This is not a comparison thread, op is just sharing his experience.

If you rep any other city in Nigeria avoid the temptation to shalaye

May God protect us from covid19 and all other deadly diseases and Illnesses
In Jesus name, amen

why are we always made to believe that government can not run any successful enterprise or business?
Whether the national stadia all over the country oh or the national theatre oh, or a national air carrier oh, or even this train that is trying to be revamped?

These same government officials- politicians and civil servants,
Have thriving businesses they don't mess with or employ lackadaisical attitudes towards!

What is wrong with us Nigerians always with the mind that na government property?

See the Lagos stadium see the national stadium
See Ibom Air see Nigerian Air Ways
See National Arts Theatre see Deepend Cinema and other film houses
See national museum see Terra Kulture and Nike Art Gallery and others
See bar beach of yesteryear and see private owned beaches
See government schools, hospitals, housing estates and private ones
See government workers and see private ones
See Government owned business transport and see the private ones...

Poor maintenance culture, I don't care attitude, wickedness and lack of stewardship, loyalty and faithfulness is what will destroy any enterprise and sadly that is what most government establishments and enterprises are soaked in.

I believe government can run a successful enterprise yes with government workers and for government's profit.
Just right attitude, commitment, drive and dedication mixed with entrepreneurial and business mind...

Well shebi we are capitalist and not socialist na

HANDBOOK FOR 2021
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2011 (10 years ago).
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control... Instead invest your energy in
the positive present moment.
13. Don't overdo. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does..
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend timewith people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Happy Sunday and new week.
Remember you are not yours
You have been bought with a price
The precious blood of Christ
Flee from sin in your life and body
Pray for grace against all sexua.l sins
Pray for each other as we pray for ourselves to overcome.

Did they mull to shut it down

That 2 people sang a song together or the song was a love song doesn't mean they had a fling behind the scenes.
Same with acting.

It's a terrible culture to abuse the personalities of entertainers because the industry is partly corrupt and immoral.

It is a bad stereotype.

Just like bad stereotypes against doctors, market women, danfo drivers, northern traders, accountants or teachers.

The same stereotype against tribe and religion.

Please stop this.
Onyeka Onwenu is a human being, a mother and a Nigerian with her right to dignity and respect to person.

You, yes you,
You won't like if someone who saw you with your neighbour or friend's spouse and conclude something went down or is going to get down.

It's pitiable and immoral and a distorted thinking pattern

Guestlander:
Why are some of you so hateful? I sometimes don't understand where the hostility in many of you comes from. I am pretty sure you have some old people in your family.

I logged in just to like your post.
You spoke the mind of many sane people.
Some comments here on Nl reek of deep seated issues the commentators need to address about their lives, psychic, psychology and mental health.

Some are so bitter.
Extending their bitterness, poor social skills and upbringing (not necessarily home training cause some parents are really trying their best and making attempts to teach ethics, courtesy, sound mindedness and love) to people who don't know them, never will or care to.

Back to the thread-

Onyeka Onwenu made a good decision.
Those women who eyed her were also eyed when they too were entering the harem.
I guess this Fela's pant issue encouraged sagging (not necessarily the US prison uniform with no belt story)
Also his smoking pride instituted smoking and illicit drugs among entertainers and media people.
You see in the sports industry if not for testing, that part of the entertainment world would also have been wrecked by drugs, smoking and all.

Say no to nudity- male and female, Fela's lyrics might have spoken to power but his lifestyle, rebellion and family structure was appalling and should never be excused or put aside. You can't really separate a man from his lifestyle.
If Fela spoke against the institution of corruption in IBB's regime and evils of other governments he too had a case to answer in his own home, household abi harem.
He who goes to equity must go with clean hands.
Charity begins at home.
Remove the speck in your eyes before removing the log in ITT's eye.

Your house cannot be dirty and you complain of dirty gutters in Ketu.
You can't have small potholes in your own compound and complain of what the Federal government is doing.
You can't be sleeping with underage girls and spit against rape. That sleeping is statutory rape whether the 17 or 15 year old girl consented or took your money or even asked for it

Too much stuff

042

Congrats to him

Lead them to Christ
By training them in the way they should go
So when they depart from his house
They will not depart from the way.

I know children who had sound education but went astray,
Couldn't hold down jobs, marriages, businesses or exhibit good social skills.

What happened to all their "good" education which usually translates to formal education?

What I've seen as the best gift is to know God.
When your earthly parents say goodbye you won't be left desolate or stranded

There is no punishment MrHighSea

It's all about gratification - delayed gratification

For example I hardly pinch from my food while cooking, almost never.
I have the ability to finish, settle down and eat.
Also salaries, I never borrow on the premise that when I'm paid I'll repay
I wait till I'm paid then get what I need with the money (when I was in salaried employment)
I fast, when I'm fasting I've the duty to suppress hunger even when there's food, until the time set to break the fast.
Married couples, when they have the urge to have se.x if it's in a place they are unable to like on a road trip with public transport, in a hospital, church, market or elsewhere,
They have to suppress their legitimate urge and wait (there are even laws which forbid such PDAs)

It's all about pummelling your body, take control, after all its your body.
Just like you take charge of many other things in your body,
Take charge of your urges, especially se.x.

Whether you like it or not or admit or not or realise it or not
Se.x has brought down many great men, destroyed many homes, wrecked many women and afflicted many children.

The key is letting the Holy Spirit take charge of its Temple - your body

What many proponents, addicts and mischievous people of se.x don't admit is that there is no total satisfaction

If there was many won't have multiple partners and still rape, chase more, engage in po.rn, matu.rbate or try out ill fantasies such as beastiality, LGBT, BDSM, Se.x dolls, gadgets, orgies, or adultery.

Yeah!

Check it...
There are those who stay faithful to one partner (spouse)
Some stay Virgins till death or till marriage
Some never engage with prostitutes, se.x chat rooms or sites
AND THERE ARE SATISFIED, HAPPY, CONTENT AND COMPLETE!

many who talk, eat, breathe, sing, watch, advocate, work, promote and idolise se.x in all forms need to check it...
It's not normal.
The same goes for all other addictions, even
Food, religion, money, violence, politics, sports

Anything that occupies your every waking moment that is not from God simpliciter is an addiction you need to ask the Holy Spirit to help you break from.

I talk true

So long as it is wise and instructed by God's Spirit, go to church. There are still churches where devouring lions and wolves keep off. Find one and never neglect the gathering of brethren.

God uses preachers and various other encounters to reach His elect, just stay watchful and prayerful.
I pray for everyone not yet born again,
"May you have a divine encounter, conviction of the Word and surrender to Jesus Christ the only Son of God, amen."

Your story, His glory.

A display of His glory, that’s what the story of your life, is.
Like a tapestry, woven by a master weaver,
Like a piece of sculpture crafted by the finest of artisans,
Like a book written by the most talented of authors,
Like masterpiece composed by the most gifted of composers,
This is the very way the Father appreciates you
And by His estimation, your life is beautiful in every way.
Because when He looks inside you, to the innermost part of your being,
When He looks outwards to the part most people see and hate or love,
When He remembers your name or the number of hairs on your head,
He remembers the purpose that required your creation.
The reasons why not just planet earth, but your tribe in particular, cried for a son.
Why you had to be born at the time and place you where born.
Why you had to grow up the way you did,
What He has done so far and why you are still a work in progress
He knows how far you have come, He also knows how far you are yet to go
Like a book, He’s read you from start to finish
And because the days of your life are spread out before Him thus,
Because He set the plot, He knows the sequence, down to the minutest details
Every detail; woven, crafted, composed and written by His very hands,
When it seems life is a puzzle and you are merely fumbling through the motions,
He nods in approval, like a connoisseur tasting fine wine.
His heart leaps when things go according to His original blue print for your life
But His heart breaks when you stray from His plot of this beautiful story called your life.
However, because He is your maker, He knows the details of your design.
And because He loves you, He‘d fit the pieces of the puzzle together
Every experience, every encounter, is piece,
Either sent by the enemy to mar you
Or by the Father to make you the man He always knew you’d become
In the end, let His grandest scheme be achieved in your life, let your story be His glory.

There was a preacher all right.
Romans says, how can the people hear if there is no preacher to preach the good news?

He preached for about 18 months consistently
Then I joined a fellowship he invited me and he eventually left
Then in the 3rd year after our encounter
In my room all by myself
A day before my birthday
I knelt down by my bed and surrendered my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour

The best decision anyone and everyone can make is to be born again
Born of the water, Spirit and blood

Thank God I'm born again
And I won't turn back

Happy birthday to her and others celebrating today

Let it go for 2021
There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you,
loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying
attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you let them walk.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they
came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us.
For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not
joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go. And it doesn't mean
that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is
over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so
that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's
dead. You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've
got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.
It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God
means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I
don't need it.
Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was
never intended for your life, then you need to ...LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ..LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth......LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you ... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge ... LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction ... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents... LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude...LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better... LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves...LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed .... LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to... LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new
thing for 2021!!! LET IT GO!!!
Get Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then LET IT GO!!!
"The Battle is the Lord's!"

my new born nephew


E get why

He defied 3 major odds and came out hale, hearty and healthy

He will grow old, successful, happy and in God.
I saw his beginning may I never see his end in Jesus name, amen

What do we expect from their new year messages?

Until they put words to action, it remains promises upon promises... the way of politicians

Seriously

Congrats to them

As an alumnus of UI, and keen follower of Edo politics I feel sad with the way they are dragging prestigious institutions

With the presentation of the original BA certificate, WASSCE abi na WAEC and others, can we rest now?

Imagine Courts functioning 31st December and even adjourned to 4th January which is a public holiday?

The lawyers are spending their holidays without their families and keeping the court officials at work
All because of political chess and 2023 alignment

I shake my head for whoever losses in this legal battle

A Christmas To Remember

This is a first-person account from a mother about her family as they ate dinner on Christmas Day in a small restaurant many miles from their home. Nancy, the mother, relates:

We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and said, "Hi there." He pounded his fat baby hands on the high-chair tray. His eyes were wide with excitement and his mouth was bared in a toothless grin. He wriggled and giggled with merriment.

I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man with a tattered rag of a coat; dirty, greasy and worn. His pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His shirt was dirty and his hair was uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and nose was so varicose it looked like a road map.

We were too far from him to smell, but I was sure he smelled. His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists. "Hi there, baby; hi there, big boy. I see ya, buster," the man said to Erik.

My husband and I exchanged looks, "What do we do?" Erik continued to laugh and answer, ""Hi, hi there." Everyone in the restaurant noticed and looked at us and then at the man. The old geezer was creating a nuisance with my beautiful baby.

Our meal came and the man began shouting from across the room, "Do ya know patty cake? Do you know peek-a-boo? Hey, look, he knows peek-a-boo."

Nobody thought he old man was cute. He was obviously drunk. My husband and I were embarrassed. We ate in silence; all except for Erik, who was running through his repertoire for the admiring skid-row bum, who in turn, reciprocated with his cute comments.

We finally got through the meal and headed for the door. My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat poised between me and the door. "Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Erik," I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to side-step him and avoid any air he might be breathing. As I did, Erik leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby's pick-me-up, position. Before I could stop him, Erik had propelled himself from my arms to the man's.

Suddenly a very old smelly man and a very young baby consummated their love relationship. Erik in an act of total trust, love and submission laid his tiny head upon the man's ragged shoulder. The man's eyes closed, and I saw tears hover beneath his lashes. His aged hands full of grime, pain and hard labor - gently, so gently cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back.

No two beings have ever loved so deeply for so short a time. I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Erik in his arms for a moment, and then his eyes opened and set squarely on mine. He said in a firm commanding voice, "You take care of this baby." Somehow I managed, "I will," from a throat that contained a stone. He pried Erik from his chest unwillingly, longingly, as though he were in pain. I received my baby, and the man said, "God bless you ma'am, you've given me my Christmas gift."

I said nothing more than a muttered thanks. With Erik in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Erik so tightly, and why I was saying, "My God, my God, forgive me." I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgment; a child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes.

I was a Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not. I felt it was God asking --"Are you willing to share your son for a moment?", when He shared His son for all eternity.

The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me, "To enter the Kingdom of God, we must become as little children."

Security to and fro is a major concern in anything crossover
Another is the issue of encountering drunk drivers and entitled vigilantes and security persons
Some can't drive at night and there's the risk of entering one chance...
Finally, as you leave your house empty, it's also not always safe

Jesus is Emmanuel,
He is everywhere
Those unfortunately on admission or taking care of someone on admission,
What choice do they have?

Remember most of April to June this year there was no physical church gathering,
So is that not enough lesson to learn that the church is us collectively and not a brick and block building
We are God's Temple and our homes are our first gathering unto the Lord.

Those of us staying alone (at least for now and hopefully lastly this 2020, as we pray for our own families by this time next year), we can still praise, pray and plan into the new year.
Remember Jesus spent many nights physically alone on the mountains praying to our Father.

Salvation is bliss

Leave human dogmas and traditions of men in this 2020 I beg

THE BEST GIFT TO GIVE.
-To your friend - loyalty
-To your enemy - forgiveness
-To your boss - service
-To a child - a good example
-To your parent - gratitude & devotion
-To your mate - love&faithfulness
-To all mankind - charity
-To God - your life
so let that gift be in you and give it out to all.God bless you.
keep being urself that you are. I love you.

God

Is


Enough