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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

I'm doing crossover in my house with me, myself and my Lord Jesus Christ.
This time last year I was in church singing Way Maker, over and over with men and brethren
But today I dey my house,
Wisdom is profitable to instruct.
I'm at peace,
There's light,
I'm grateful to God
I overcame in 2020
I'm in health
I'm debt free
I'm a recipient of grace
I'm privileged to receive God's mercy

Oh boy 2021 is good already
I'll sing into it and sing out 100 zillion times better

Thank You Jesus

Heaven's Grocery Store

A two minute read.......
Read this story, and follow the
recommendation at the end......

As I was walking down life's highway
many years ago
I came upon a sign that read
Heavens Grocery Store.

When I got a little closer
the doors swung open wide
And when I came to myself
I was standing inside.

I saw a host of angels.
They were standing everywhere
One handed me a basket
and said "My child shop with care."

Everything a human needed
was in that grocery store
And what you could not carry
you could come back for more

First I got some Patience.
Love was in that same row.
Further down was Understanding,
you need that everywhere you go.

I got a box or two of Wisdom
and Faith a bag or two.
And Charity of course
I would need some of that too.

I couldn't miss the Holy Ghost
It was all over the place.
And then some Strength
and Courage to help me run this race.

My basket was getting full
but I remembered I needed Grace,
And then I chose Salvation for
Salvation was for free
I tried to get enough of that to do
for you and me.

Then I started to the counter
to pay my grocery bill,
For I thought I had everything
to do the Master's will.

As I went up the aisle
I saw Prayer and put that in,
I took a lot of OBEDIENCE
For I knew when I stepped outside
I would run into sin.

Peace and Joy were plentiful,
the last things on the shelf.
Song and Praise and Worship were hanging near
so I just helped myself.

Then I said to the angel
"Now how much do I owe?"
He smiled and said
"Just take them everywhere you go."

Again I asked "Really now,
How much do I owe?"
"My child" he said, "God paid your bill
a long long time ago."

This poem has been sent to you
with love and blessings.

Mixed reactions
But what's clear is that I've no plans to listen...
I'd rather watch Frozen part 2 I just collected from a friend.

Respect the government

The Suitcase. . .

A man died and when he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in His Hand. The following conversation ensued between them:

God - Alright son, it's time to go.
Surprised, the man responded:
Now? So soon? I had a lot of plans...
God - I'm sorry but it's time to go.
Man - What do you have in that suitcase?
God - Your belongings.
Man - My belongings? You mean my things, my clothes, my money?
God - Those things were not yours; they belonged to the earth.
Man - Is it my memories?
God - Those never belonged to you; they belonged to Time
Man - Is it my talents?
God - Those were never yours; they belonged to the circumstances of your life.
Man - Is it my friends and family?
God - I'm sorry; they were never yours. They belonged to the path.
Man - Is it my wife and children?
God - They were never yours; they belonged to your heart.
Man - Is it my body?
God - That was never yours; it belonged to the dust.
Man - Is it my soul?
God - No that is mine.

Full of fear, the man took the suitcase from God and opened it. . . just to find out the suitcase was empty.

With a tear coming down his cheek, the man said:
Man - I never had anything
God - That is correct. Every moment you lived were the only belongings you had.

This is a great lesson. Life is just a moment - a moment that belongs to only you. For this reason, enjoy your time and use it wisely while you have it. Don't let any material thing that you think you own or that you are struggling to acquire stop you from doing so.

- Live Now!

Wonders
Will it ever end?
If it won't, it should soft pedal

Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He won acclaims and appreciations from many.

After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said "You're Captain Vishal ! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Vishal.

"I packed your parachute," the man smiled and replied.
Vishal gasped in surprise and gratitude and thought if parachute hadn't worked, I wouldn’t be here today.

Vishal couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. He wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, he was a fighter pilot and that person was just a safety worker"

So friends, who is packing your parachute?
Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day.

We need many kinds of parachutes when our plane is shot down – we need the physical parachute, the mental parachute, the emotional parachute, the spiritual parachute & the Financial Parachute.We call on all these supports before reaching safety.Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.

We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

As you go through this week, the rest of this month and year, recognize the people who pack your parachute.

I thank everyone who packed my parachute this year in one way or the other through your words, deeds and prayers.

The person I blame is the one who goes to celebrities personal social media handles and copy their stories and blow them.
Why should Don Jazzy's mimicking be relevant to us, the public?

Suleman walked over to his aeroplane. He was the pilot for the morning flight to the capital city. With his mechanic Bimal, they checked that all the controls were working. "All is good," called Bimal. When it was time to leave, Suleman pressed the starter switches for the two engines.

The propellers turned, but the engines would not start. After trying 10 times, Suleman climbed out of the plane and he and Abara checked all electrical connections. Still they could not find the problem. Finally, they checked the fuel. "Look at that!" said Bimal. "There is water in it." They had been sold bad fuel by a corrupt dealer.

It took them two hours to drain all the fuel from the tanks. Two more hours to find new clean fuel. Then they found that the engines had been damaged by the water. After the repairs, they finally took off for the capital city at 5 o'clock that afternoon. All this time, the passengers were waiting in the heat.

WE CAN'T FLY?
Our lives are often like an aeroplane that cannot fly. We know there is something wrong, but we are not sure what it is. We know that we should be able to 'fly' and be the person we want to be. But we have so many hurts, worries, and problems, we never 'take off'. Maybe we are trying to use the wrong 'fuel' to give us power.

God wants to heal every part of our lives. There is the shame we feel from bad things that other people have done to us. Sometimes these are things we cannot tell anyone about. There is guilt about things we have done. Often we pretend to ourselves that these things did not happen. Then there is the pain of losing friends and family to HIV-AIDS, accidents, or other reasons for death. We can fear other people, or evil spirits, or the future. Why is life so hard?

God understands and feels our pain and worry. He knows the things that hurt us, that no-one else knows. He does not want us to struggle on our own any more. He sent Jesus to show us the way to God. Jesus died to pay the price for the things we have done wrong, and to bring healing into our lives. Then he wants us to be his friends, and to use his strength instead of our own, to live new lives. It really is like flying!

This is good news.
Sadly my friend lost her phone to window thieves and she doesn't even want to retrieve the line.
The process is stressful.

Our world is full of dangers. Some things we cannot control, like the Asian
tsunami, or road accidents. But there are also times when we choose
things which put us in danger. "Do not open the mouth of a snake to see its teeth" is a proverb from the Basotho people of southern Africa. In other words, do not put yourself into a dangerous place. If you have sex with someone you are not married to, you are falling into many dangers including HIV-AIDS. The first time you choose a cigarette or take a dangerous drug, you are going down into a hole that will be very hard to climb out of. These things can take away your health, money, friends or your freedom.
Pressure by friends:
Very often we do these things, not because we really want to, but
because of 'peer pressure' - we do something because we are afraid of what
friends think about us. "My friends would light a cigarette and tempt me to
smoke, to prove I was a man," It was twelve years before he found a way to stop. In a dangerous world, we need God's help: not only for protection from
outside dangers, but also from our own wrong choices. Proverbs says that God's wisdom can "give people the ability to make good decisions." God can also give us the power to say 'no' to things that will hurt us.
"PEACE INSIDE ME, NO MATTER WHAT TROUBLES"
We do not need to live our lives alone any more - Jesus offers to help
us and be like a best friend or a loving parent to us. "God is so alive
and real to me. With him in control of my life, I have a peace inside me,
no matter what troubles I have," We can receive these things from God when we believe that Jesus has already paid the price for us to become his children. Living with Jesus is the best safe place to be. Proverbs 8.says, God, you
are a hiding place for me. You protect me from my troubles. You surround me
and protect me. So I sing about the way you saved me." Psalm 32:7

A lot
I thank God

I also survived many things by God's grace and mercy.

I also thank those God used to help me accomplish all I did

God bless them all.