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To all those complaining about the seed of faith. . . .

1. Have you ever been forced to sow a seed? It is always voluntary!

2. When will you learn that even though the pastor could ignite the sowing, but the agreement is between you and God? He knows how to pay you back.

3. Have you forgotten the poor woman in the bible that cooked her last meal of flour (semo) for Elijah to get God's abundance?
What about Abraham sacrificing his only child?

4. Though the miracle might not be instant. . .but God never forgets!


5. Instead of blaming others, why don't you give it a try by sowing the seed and holding unto God to play his part.


My Testimony

2 years ago, I went to a church where the pastor embraced us to sow a seed of faith. I gave out everything in my pocket, including my tfare (call it stupidity if you like"

After the service, I planned to trek home. . .but I saw a friend that took me home in his jolly ride. On getting home, a man has been waiting to give me a job. Through out the week, it was one payment or the other. I got times 200 of what I gave out!

I tried it over and over by not seeing the pastor but God as my partner in the seed and he has suprised me beyond what I could say.


As per the $240 and $100. . . I was in the service and the second day was even more . . .$1000.

It's voluntary, so no one looked down on any. I tried my best and am believing in God (not Ashimolowo) for a greater testimony. By the way, the money belongs to the church, not the guest pastor!

Please bookmark this thread as I would soon come back to give thanks to God!

Let shit catch you before you tell us you won't use it!

Male bankers are not stingy, Girls are just gold diggers and Oliver More Twist.

Huh

Its just difficult to know the father of a baby.

You can also check www.aloeslim.com.ng

Did you receive a credit alert from your bank today?

How much is a Cherokee liberty jeep toks (2002-2006) 6 cylinder

Dont let us behave like idiots. Did he videoshop photoshop the video? Hell No! These places are in Nigeria na.

what caused the pot belly in the first place?

Beer? Stop drinking.

Natural? Gym and Early morning strolling. You can even start by strolling to work.

Food? Watch what you eat and drink lot of water.

Some years ago, I made a 5 year plan that expired mid 2012. Career development, marital status, networking, assets etc. Thanks to God . . . . . I ticked everything DONE, except marriage. Getting ready for the next 5 years of my life and I pray the dream of retiring in the next 10 years is achievable.


@Jarus, congrats on the new job. . . .and by the way am getting close to you. Remember Sharafadeen told you about his friend on NL.?


@Netotse, long time o, when will you be in lag?

@Ajanlekoko, my Boss, it's being a while. When can I catch up with you?

By the way, you can read some of my guest posts on Entrepreneurship here http://www.ventures-africa.com/category/entrepreneurs/diary-of-an-under-30-ceo/

Very simple answer! The poor ends up giving his daily earnings to the rich for satisfaction. Do you know how many things you buy daily? Food, recharge card, transportation etc each service is provided by multi billion dollar company. So it's either you buy to satisfy or you sell to collect the little money others have. Read this http://www.ventures-africa.com/2012/03/diary-of-an-under-30-ceo-it-is-easier-to-make-money-here/

Got this email this morning. A bad Nigerian making us proud negatively.

Dear Sir,

My name is Kenneth Ike I hail from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am the admin manager of standard
security and services company limited Nigeria. I got the information concerning you during my search on
web for capable and credible hand to handle what am about to propose.After due consideration, I decided
to contact you,believing that by the grace of God, that you will not disappoint me over this deal. I have been working with this company for over ten years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African heads of state and government functionaries have been using standard security and services limited to move sums of money usd, pounds sterling, euros (cash) through their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as jewelleries, gold, diamonds,
precious stones, family treasures and documents etc. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, (dead), Mobutu Sese
Seco of Zaire (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote
d'ivore (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d' ivore (Abidjan), Mummar Gaddafi(libya) Charles Taylor,Liberia
sentenced for 50 years for war crimes and some of their officials. All these people have hundreds of
consignments deposited with my office.

Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying
here unclaimed for as much as eight years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the
certificate of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors hence most of them are dead.
Since the inception of the year 2001, our company's management has changed the procedure of claims of
consignment, as soon as you are able to produce the certificate of deposit of any consignment, it will be
released to you upon demand from our record, more than 160 consignments has been claimed in the past
one year and this is why am soliciting for your maximum co-operation and assistance. Consignments
deposited with several names and codes.64 has been claimed in the past six months. I have finalized every
arrangement for you to come and claim consignment no.z125, containing $26 million us. I will supply you with
all the information and documents and you will send it to the management of our company. The procedure is
simple; once I hear from you, I will get an affidavit of fact and that of claim which is what we need to secure a change of beneficiary of the consignment to your name. Then you will apply officially to the director of foreign operations of the company, requesting for the release of consignment no.z125. They will invite you to come and receive your consignments. I will use your name, address, passport number to change the original document in the file and every thing will be ok hence I am in charge.
In conclusion, I assure you that this business is risk free. (our mode of sharing is (50-50),

I wait to hear from you to direct you on what to do.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Ike

The ibos are known 4 spare parts ,d Hausas 4 cattle rearing and bureau de change, and the Yorubas . . . . #justthinking

She had 2 abortions for the guy and may be 8 for other guys. Making 10 abortions as at today. If you were a guy, will you go ahead to marry her? You can't have your cake and eat it! If she's not careful, she would even have more abortions before been shown the way out.

Sindodo

. . . and no go marry akata!

Is it true that a dog can impregnate a human?

Madam move on. The feelings he has for you is crocodile in nature. He only pretended to love you in order to have a piece of you. Btw, how many times did he shine the Congo?

Wow

Yea, its a question. Mind telling us how you met your partner here?

Happy couple. It's good to marry someone you love?

@ Jakumo, Chan looks simple to mean without any mean heart. They started dating when Mark was still a boy without a penny. American ladies are worse getting married to a billionaire.

Via Guardian.co.uk


The newly enriched Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has updated his status to "married". Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan wed at a small ceremony at his home in Palo Alto, California, on Saturday, capping a week during which the social network he founded listed on the share market for more than $100bn.

Zuckerberg took his company public in one of the most anticipated moves in Wall Street history on Friday. Chan graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, on Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28.

The couple met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years.

A company spokeswoman said Zuckerberg designed the ring featuring "a very simple ruby" himself.

The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, who all thought they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation.

Tens of thousands of people "liked" his status change, which was accompanied by a photo of the couple in wedding attire.

The 28-year-old multi-billionaire is also the chief executive of Facebook, which had an historic initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday

IPO on Friday, Marriage on Saturday. What a beautiful 2012, Mark Zuckerberg.

TRUE!

Nigeria is a consuming economy

Why won't you be the fastest growing when our doors are open to foreign investors to come scoop our money away

A poverty ridden person in Nigeria might not afford a 3 square meal, but can afford a small nokia phone or chinko. . .and regularly buys N100 airtime.

Nigeria has a potential to be the first if only we will embrace locally made products by using them and also exporting. Over reliance on oil is over.

. . . And the electricity ish continues

“The dream is not something you see in sleep, the
dream is the thing that doesn’t let you sleep” –
A.P.J Abdul Kalam
VENTURES AFRICA – It was 3:45pm on a sunny
afternoon. I rushed to the Bank to quickly get
some cash and jet off to a meeting on the Island.
The meeting was scheduled for 4:20pm, and a
glance at my wristwatch showed I was 50
minutes away from the venue.
“Man, I have just 2 minutes to spend in your
bank, please do make the transaction fast.” The
young man at the counter collected the slip from
me, punched some keys into his system and
softly said “ Sir, sorry you will have to wait till
4pm before I attend to you.” I insisted that he
answer me or I report him to his superior.
He moved closer and whispered, “I am tired of
this Job! I need to talk to a young man like you
who runs a successful business.”
My nerves relaxed. I gave him my call card but he
begged me to spend 10 minutes with him
because he had already made up his mind to
resign without any job offer or business
opportunities.
Unemployment in the country covers both the “I
–Have-No-Job” and the “I-Don’t-Like-My-Job.”
We have many graduates leaving home every
morning- all dressed up, only to return at night
with nothing to show for it, except more stress.
Most of them end up spending the meager salary
on transportation. The better part of their life is
either spent on 3rd mainland bridge traffic jam
(in Lagos) or at the office. Home is just a place to
take their bath and change clothes.
We no longer live in a world where the course you
study at the university dictates how successful
you are or how much you earn. I know a Doctor
who earned N15,000 monthly for one and half
years before he changed career. I also met a
Masters Degree holder working in a private
secondary school. His take home was N9,200
monthly.
The story is no longer go to school to become an
accountant, chemical engineer, doctor, lawyer or
xyz profession that will make you the talk of the
town. It is now a new world with a new way of life.
Get educated, Get smart and rule your world. I
chuckled when a banker friend told me last year
that there are 2 types of staff in the bank; the
Bankers and the Bank Workers- 85% are bank
workers.
Though we call it 9am – 5pm active day at work,
it is more than that! I call it 5am – 9pm. Workers
sometimes spend more time on the road and the
office than they do at home. The thought of
many, like the young man that stopped me at the
bank is that they need to start their own
business. Resign from this headache-giving job
and start something they can call their own.
Wake up anytime, Go golfing with their partner,
send the kids on vacation and call the accountant
to pay some tangible millions into their account.
Yes, it is possible . . . . But the truth is if you want
an initial freedom, being an employee is better
than starting your own business because you will
never do 9 -5 on your business. Business owners
spend every minute thinking and working on
their project. No weekends, No Xmas, No Easter.
Every day is a working day.
So before you resign from that job to start your
own business, you must know that
entrepreneurship is not for the faint
hearted . . . . . it could be more demanding than
the job you hate with so much passion.
Even if you are not truthful to everybody, it will
help you a lot if you can tell yourself the truth. Do
you think you have the courage to push your own
business? Many left their jobs, ventured into
business, failed and rushed back to the labour
market.
Before you turn in that resignation letter to
escape the 9 -5 syndromes, sit back and
answer these questions:
1.Why do I want to start my own business? Is it
because I hate the stipend I get from my
employer or I had this plan of being on my own a
long time ago?
2. Is my office environment; boss, co-workers,
infrastructure pushing me away?
3.Can I combine my 9 -5 with my business
tentatively?
4. Am I gaining any experience from this paid
job?
5. Will I miss anything if I resign now?
6. How much do I know about the business I
want to start?
7. How do I cope if I fail to breakeven in 2 years?
(Backup Plans)
8. Do I have a little money set aside that can take
care of me for 3 months?
9. Am I really ready for a change?
Resigning from a paid job to start a business is
not as easy as we think. Talking someone into it is
even more difficult. The best advice is to sit down
and talk to your mind. Whatever decision you
make now determines where you will be in
future. Remember, nothing ventured, nothing
gained!


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