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[size=18pt]Nigerian Receives Patent for Cancer, Diabetes[/size]
From Constance Ikokwu in Washington, D.C., 06.10.2009

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A Nigerian born Professor of Biology, Ernest Izevbigie, has been given two patents for bitter leaf-based anti-diabetic and cancer medication in the United States, THISDAY can report.His product may also benefit HIV/AIDS patients, it was learnt.
Izvebigie, a Professor in the area of vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) research at Jackson State University, Mississippi, received the first patent Phytochemotherapy for Cancer U.S. Patent 6,713,098 in 2004 and the second 6,848,604 in 2005.
He founded Edobotanics, a company that uses technology at the university to process, extract and standardize compounds from bitter leaf.
Edobotanics now produces nutritional supplements called edoTIDEplus that promotes gastrointestinal, breast and prostate health, THISDAY gathered.
“We found that in using the plant material, some compounds from the extracts were able to inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells,” said the professor.
“Later through collaborative research, we found they were also effective in other tumor cells,” he added.
Although, the formulations are not optimized for diabetes, they provide some health benefits to diabetes patients, he explained.
His research focus is cancer biology and pharmacognosy.
As for HIV/AIDS patients, Izevbigie explained that evidence from cell culture and animal studies research and reports from individuals reveal that bitter leaf formulary supplementation may abate or improve their health conditions or symptoms which include abrosia (wasting away), nausea and vomiting, compromised immune systems etc.
“Since immune suppression and abrosia represent some of the key features of HIV/AIDS pathogenesis, bitter leaf supplement-induced stimulation of the immune system could benefit HIV/AIDS patients,” he stated.
The professor further explained that available data shows that bitter leaf extracts may be effective against Kaposi sarcomas (KS), a tumour caused by Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8).
He said that although KS infection occurs in the general population, the frequency of occurrence among HIV/AIDS patients is higher.
An estimated, 40 per cent of HIV/AIDS sufferers are said to develop KS, which is noted to be more progressive and less responsive to therapy in HIV-positive individuals compared to HIV-negative patients.
Recently, Edobotanics won second place in the University division of the Mississippi Technology Alliance’s Mississippi Business Plan competition.
The competition included 27 companies who presented their plan to some entrepreneurs and investors in the state.
Edobotanics presented a plan for producing and marketing dietary supplements that promote health and wellness.
According to the CEO of the company, Mr. Bruce Deer, “this product supports general health and well being. It is a combination of science and nature for optimum health.”
Izevbigie came to the US from Nigeria in 1982.
His interest in bitter leaf dates back to his childhood days in Nigeria.
He said he watched his grandmother who practised herbal/alternative medicine use bitter leaf to cure patients.
Narrating his research work, he said upon receiving his Ph.D degree in Michigan State University, he pursued a post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
There, he developed a passion to apply modern scientific techniques to investigate the health benefits of some Nigerian botanical or herbal medicines.
Izevbigie says other researchers have joined his research team since receiving two patents from his exclusive and original work.
Asked about the availability of bitter leaf in the US for his product, he says there is a possibility the plant will be grown outside Nigeria.
The company can also rely on Nigerian contractors, he said.
Jackson State University is a historically black school founded in 1877.
It is located in Jackson, the capital city of the State of Mississippi.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=145712

Ikomi:
@Osisi

I think you have joined the ranks of the hate and lie spreading machine. I just dont know the head of the team, either you or Davidylan, but Yeswecan is a true follower.

Ur link does'nt even work, and if it does, point to a book that has some reasonable authority to confirm this your claims.

Anyone could write nonsence on the Internet this days, just like you have chossen to do.

Ikomi:
@Osisi

I think you have joined the ranks of the hate and lie spreading machine. I just dont know the head of the team, either you or Davidylan, but Yeswecan is a true follower.

Ur link does'nt even work, and if it does, point to a book that has some reasonable authority to confirm this your claims.

Anyone could write nonsence on the Internet this days, just like you have chossen to do.

u be wahhabi too? wetin ijaw man abi na itsekiri ikomi dey do for wahabi?  that name self resemble wahala.  any way God dey come for una. no hiding place soon. enjoy this news while you wait.

[size=18pt] Underground Church Growing in Muslim-Dominated Indonesia[/size]
Monday, 08 June 2009 13:05 Julian Lukins News - Featured News
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Pentecostals on the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia are experiencing a wave of conversions and healings.

In the strongly Muslim Aceh province of northern Sumatra—where 167,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami—the underground church movement is growing, with Pentecostal congregations thriving.


Indonesia has an official policy of religious tolerance, but in Muslim-dominated areas Christians face open hostility and persecution. In Aceh province, churches must register with the authorities and are not permitted to evangelize. Many Christians choose to meet in unregistered—or underground—churches.


Sumatra is one of the least evangelized places on earth, according to Operation World. But since the tsunami—which wiped out 15 percent of the population of Aceh's provincial capital Banda Aceh—numerous underground churches have put down roots.


Pastor Nico (full name withheld for security reasons) started an underground Pentecostal church four years ago with only six members. Today 90 people from the neighborhood make up the Spirit-filled congregation. They endure persecution for their faith. One church family had rocks thrown through the windows of their home, and another family was forced to relocate because of threats.


"It's very difficult for the Muslims to accept us here," the 34-year-old pastor told Charisma. "If the authorities knew where we meet, they would close us down."
Despite the risks, the congregation is mission minded. "We'd like to go to the homes in this area, to the marketplace, to share about Jesus and start another church," Pastor Nico explained. "We love God, but we also have to love people—even those who don't love us."


One of the church members, Novi (full name withheld), grew up in a Buddhist home, burning offerings of money and incense at her family shrine. Two years ago, a traumatic experience set the 24-year-old Novi on a spiritual quest that led to healing and faith in Christ.


Whenever Novi was close to her husband, she felt a peculiar sensation, which she described as worms wriggling under her skin. "You could actually see something moving under the skin," recalled her husband Fumin.


Deeply distressed, the couple sought help from various sources, including witchdoctors, traditional healers and their Buddhist idols. But Novi's condition worsened, leaving her on the verge of a breakdown. "I thought: 'I'm going to go crazy and die,"' she recalled. "I couldn't sleep. ,  I felt an overwhelming sense of fear."


Novi became convinced the affliction was a spiritual attack. A relative suggested the couple cross the sea in order to "leave the evil behind." In desperation, they flew to another island, but the attacks intensified.


At her wit's end, Novi listened to her sister who had become a Christian. "My sister told me that I should go to the Highest Power for healing—that is, Jesus," Novi told Charisma. "I thought: If Jesus can heal me, I will follow Him forever."


As they prayed together in Jesus' name, Novi felt a "cleansing surge" through her body. A few days later, she felt another attack and cried out to Jesus. Since then, she has never suffered a recurrence. Now her husband is a leader in the church, and their testimony has drawn others to Christ, including his parents, brother and sister-in-law.


The new converts in Aceh's growing underground church include former Muslims like Ernawati (full name withheld). As a little girl growing up in a devoutly Muslim home, Ernawati visited the mosque with her parents and knelt to pray five times a day.

However, she often asked herself: Who is God? Does He really hear my prayers? Her curiosity grew when she saw the crucifixion scene on The Jesus Film, an evangelistic movie produced by Campus Crusade for Christ. "I wanted to know more about this Jesus," she said.


Shortly before Christmas 2004, 30-year-old Ernawati was at home when a man wearing a white robe appeared and said to her: "Do not be afraid."
"Naturally, I was very afraid," Ernawati recalled. "I didn't know who he was ,  and then he disappeared."


Just days later, the tsunami struck. Submerged by the wave, Ernawati cried out: "Jesus ,  save me!" Although she could not swim, she suddenly found herself above water and scrambled to safety.


Thousands drowned that day but she was one of the miraculous survivors. Ernawati gave her life to Jesus and joined the underground church. "Now I know the Truth, and the Truth has set me free," she testifies. -Julian Lukins in Sumatra, Indonesia

http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/22219-underground-church-growing-in-muslim-dominated-indonesia?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Charisma+News+Online+06-09-09

THE NEXT BEST THING TO DO


"For every one that asketh receiveth." Luke 11:10

There is nothing more difficult than to ask. We will long and desire and crave and suffer, but not until we are at the extreme limit will we ask. A sense of unreality makes us ask. Have you ever asked out of the depths of moral poverty? "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God . . . but be sure that you do lack wisdom. You cannot bring yourself up against Reality when you like. The next best thing to do if you are not spiritually real, is to ask God for the Holy Spirit on the word of Jesus Christ (see Luke 11:13). The Holy Spirit is the One Who makes real in you all that Jesus did for you.

"For every one that asketh receiveth." This does not mean you will not get if you do not ask (cf. Matt. 5:45), but until you get to the point of asking you won't receive from God. To receive means you have come into the relationship of a child of God, and now you perceive with intelligent and moral appreciation and spiritual understanding that these things come from God.

"If any of you lack wisdom . . ." If you realize you are lacking, it is because you have come in contact with spiritual reality; do not put your reasonable blinkers on again. People say - Preach us the simple gospel: don't tell us we have to be holy, because that produces a sense of abject poverty, and it is not nice to feel abjectly poor. "Ask" means beg. Some people are poor enough to be interested in their poverty, and some of us are like that spiritually. We will never receive if we ask with an end in view; if we ask, not out of our poverty but out of our lust. A pauper does not ask from any other reason than the abject panging condition of his poverty, he is not ashamed to beg. - Blessed are the paupers in spirit.

THE NEXT BEST THING TO DO


"Seek, and ye shall find." Luke 11:9

"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss." If you ask for things from life instead of from God, you ask amiss, i.e., you ask from a desire for self-realization. The more you realize yourself the less will you seek God. "Seek, and ye shall find." Get to work, narrow your interests to this one. Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you only given a languid cry to Him after a twinge of moral neuralgia? Seek, concentrate, and you will find.

"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters." Are you thirsty, or smugly indifferent - so satisfied with your experience that you want nothing more of God? Experience is a gateway, not an end. Beware of building your faith on experience, the metallic note will come in at once, the censorious note. You can never give another person that which you have found, but you can make him homesick for what you have.

"Knock, and it shall be opened unto you." "Draw nigh to God." Knock - the door is closed, and you suffer from palpitation as you knock. "Cleanse your hands" - knock a bit louder, you begin to find you are dirty. "Purify your heart" - this is more personal still, you are desperately in earnest now - you will do anything. "Be afflicted" - have you ever been afflicted before God at the state of your inner life? There is no strand of self-pity left, but a heartbreaking affliction of amazement to find you are the kind of person that you are. "Humble yourself" - it is a humbling business to knock at God's door - you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened." http://www.myutmost.org/06/0609.html

praise God for this good news. same wild fire is sweeping through china too

Underground Church Growing in Muslim-Dominated Indonesia
Monday, 08 June 2009 13:05 Julian Lukins News - Featured News
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Pentecostals on the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia are experiencing a wave of conversions and healings.

In the strongly Muslim Aceh province of northern Sumatra—where 167,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami—the underground church movement is growing, with Pentecostal congregations thriving.


Indonesia has an official policy of religious tolerance, but in Muslim-dominated areas Christians face open hostility and persecution. In Aceh province, churches must register with the authorities and are not permitted to evangelize. Many Christians choose to meet in unregistered—or underground—churches.


Sumatra is one of the least evangelized places on earth, according to Operation World. But since the tsunami—which wiped out 15 percent of the population of Aceh's provincial capital Banda Aceh—numerous underground churches have put down roots.


Pastor Nico (full name withheld for security reasons) started an underground Pentecostal church four years ago with only six members. Today 90 people from the neighborhood make up the Spirit-filled congregation. They endure persecution for their faith. One church family had rocks thrown through the windows of their home, and another family was forced to relocate because of threats.


"It's very difficult for the Muslims to accept us here," the 34-year-old pastor told Charisma. "If the authorities knew where we meet, they would close us down."
Despite the risks, the congregation is mission minded. "We'd like to go to the homes in this area, to the marketplace, to share about Jesus and start another church," Pastor Nico explained. "We love God, but we also have to love people—even those who don't love us."


One of the church members, Novi (full name withheld), grew up in a Buddhist home, burning offerings of money and incense at her family shrine. Two years ago, a traumatic experience set the 24-year-old Novi on a spiritual quest that led to healing and faith in Christ.


Whenever Novi was close to her husband, she felt a peculiar sensation, which she described as worms wriggling under her skin. "You could actually see something moving under the skin," recalled her husband Fumin.


Deeply distressed, the couple sought help from various sources, including witchdoctors, traditional healers and their Buddhist idols. But Novi's condition worsened, leaving her on the verge of a breakdown. "I thought: 'I'm going to go crazy and die,"' she recalled. "I couldn't sleep. , I felt an overwhelming sense of fear."


Novi became convinced the affliction was a spiritual attack. A relative suggested the couple cross the sea in order to "leave the evil behind." In desperation, they flew to another island, but the attacks intensified.


At her wit's end, Novi listened to her sister who had become a Christian. "My sister told me that I should go to the Highest Power for healing—that is, Jesus," Novi told Charisma. "I thought: If Jesus can heal me, I will follow Him forever."


As they prayed together in Jesus' name, Novi felt a "cleansing surge" through her body. A few days later, she felt another attack and cried out to Jesus. Since then, she has never suffered a recurrence. Now her husband is a leader in the church, and their testimony has drawn others to Christ, including his parents, brother and sister-in-law.


The new converts in Aceh's growing underground church include former Muslims like Ernawati (full name withheld). As a little girl growing up in a devoutly Muslim home, Ernawati visited the mosque with her parents and knelt to pray five times a day.

However, she often asked herself: Who is God? Does He really hear my prayers? Her curiosity grew when she saw the crucifixion scene on The Jesus Film, an evangelistic movie produced by Campus Crusade for Christ. "I wanted to know more about this Jesus," she said.


Shortly before Christmas 2004, 30-year-old Ernawati was at home when a man wearing a white robe appeared and said to her: "Do not be afraid."
"Naturally, I was very afraid," Ernawati recalled. "I didn't know who he was , and then he disappeared."


Just days later, the tsunami struck. Submerged by the wave, Ernawati cried out: "Jesus , save me!" Although she could not swim, she suddenly found herself above water and scrambled to safety.


Thousands drowned that day but she was one of the miraculous survivors. Ernawati gave her life to Jesus and joined the underground church. "Now I know the Truth, and the Truth has set me free," she testifies. -Julian Lukins in Sumatra, Indonesia

http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/22219-underground-church-growing-in-muslim-dominated-indonesia?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Charisma+News+Online+06-09-09

[size=18pt]Underground Church Growing in Muslim-Dominated Indonesia[/size]
Monday, 08 June 2009 13:05 Julian Lukins News - Featured News
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Pentecostals on the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia are experiencing a wave of conversions and healings.

In the strongly Muslim Aceh province of northern Sumatra—where 167,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami—the underground church movement is growing, with Pentecostal congregations thriving.


Indonesia has an official policy of religious tolerance, but in Muslim-dominated areas Christians face open hostility and persecution. In Aceh province, churches must register with the authorities and are not permitted to evangelize. Many Christians choose to meet in unregistered—or underground—churches.


Sumatra is one of the least evangelized places on earth, according to Operation World. But since the tsunami—which wiped out 15 percent of the population of Aceh's provincial capital Banda Aceh—numerous underground churches have put down roots.


Pastor Nico (full name withheld for security reasons) started an underground Pentecostal church four years ago with only six members. Today 90 people from the neighborhood make up the Spirit-filled congregation. They endure persecution for their faith. One church family had rocks thrown through the windows of their home, and another family was forced to relocate because of threats.


"It's very difficult for the Muslims to accept us here," the 34-year-old pastor told Charisma. "If the authorities knew where we meet, they would close us down."
Despite the risks, the congregation is mission minded. "We'd like to go to the homes in this area, to the marketplace, to share about Jesus and start another church," Pastor Nico explained. "We love God, but we also have to love people—even those who don't love us."


One of the church members, Novi (full name withheld), grew up in a Buddhist home, burning offerings of money and incense at her family shrine. Two years ago, a traumatic experience set the 24-year-old Novi on a spiritual quest that led to healing and faith in Christ.


Whenever Novi was close to her husband, she felt a peculiar sensation, which she described as worms wriggling under her skin. "You could actually see something moving under the skin," recalled her husband Fumin.


Deeply distressed, the couple sought help from various sources, including witchdoctors, traditional healers and their Buddhist idols. But Novi's condition worsened, leaving her on the verge of a breakdown. "I thought: 'I'm going to go crazy and die,"' she recalled. "I couldn't sleep. , I felt an overwhelming sense of fear."


Novi became convinced the affliction was a spiritual attack. A relative suggested the couple cross the sea in order to "leave the evil behind." In desperation, they flew to another island, but the attacks intensified.


At her wit's end, Novi listened to her sister who had become a Christian. "My sister told me that I should go to the Highest Power for healing—that is, Jesus," Novi told Charisma. "I thought: If Jesus can heal me, I will follow Him forever."


As they prayed together in Jesus' name, Novi felt a "cleansing surge" through her body. A few days later, she felt another attack and cried out to Jesus. Since then, she has never suffered a recurrence. Now her husband is a leader in the church, and their testimony has drawn others to Christ, including his parents, brother and sister-in-law.


The new converts in Aceh's growing underground church include former Muslims like Ernawati (full name withheld). As a little girl growing up in a devoutly Muslim home, Ernawati visited the mosque with her parents and knelt to pray five times a day.

However, she often asked herself: Who is God? Does He really hear my prayers? Her curiosity grew when she saw the crucifixion scene on The Jesus Film, an evangelistic movie produced by Campus Crusade for Christ. "I wanted to know more about this Jesus," she said.


Shortly before Christmas 2004, 30-year-old Ernawati was at home when a man wearing a white robe appeared and said to her: "Do not be afraid."
"Naturally, I was very afraid," Ernawati recalled. "I didn't know who he was , and then he disappeared."


Just days later, the tsunami struck. Submerged by the wave, Ernawati cried out: "Jesus , save me!" Although she could not swim, she suddenly found herself above water and scrambled to safety.


Thousands drowned that day but she was one of the miraculous survivors. Ernawati gave her life to Jesus and joined the underground church. "Now I know the Truth, and the Truth has set me free," she testifies. -Julian Lukins in Sumatra, Indonesia

http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/22219-underground-church-growing-in-muslim-dominated-indonesia?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Charisma+News+Online+06-09-09

seaman104:
What do you think i should do? should i keep going with this new relationship or go back to my ex-girl that is willing to come back 4 real? there is a proverb that said the devil that you have knew b4 is better than the one you just want to meet. or should i keep two relationship at ago?

luxoire:
it's up to you - no point dating a new girl when you till love another - either take your ex back and hope she has changed for the better - or keep away an give yourself time to heal before you move into the next r/ship

luxoire:
it's up to you - no point dating a new girl when you till love another - either take your ex back and hope she has changed for the better - or keep away an give yourself time to heal before you move into the next r/ship

luxoire:
it's up to you - no point dating a new girl when you till love another - either take your ex back and hope she has changed for the better - or keep away an give yourself time to heal before you move into the next r/ship

go with this lady advice. anything from her is almost always right.
you self u just dey jump from one relationship to another like say na pure water. why not settle down and discover yourself before you get messed up big time. have a relationship with yourself and plan your future you may begin to like you. it is hard work but well worth it.

minister for rebrand don approve?
u try sha

seaman104:
How should i start my story, but let me put it in a short way, i have this girl that i really love she is beautiful no man that will see her will not fel for her cos her beauty is very tempting. but to me not about beauty out but the beauty inside is the most important thing she was loving, caring and anything you can dream about a future wife .But later things turn upside down . She is the reason why the relationship die down. i did all what i could do to make sure that the relationship never failed, but to me it seems she was fed up of this relationship. [/color][b][/i]

But i later decided to build courage and 4get her side, it really take me time b4 i can 4get little about her cos the trust i invented in her was so strong b4 she betary it. i'm a man with my own destiny we do talk on phone at time but the words of feeling is out of it. but after eight month of departure she is willing to come back. but i still have feelings 4 her [/b][color=#770077]


I now have another girl now, she was caring, loving and she has a bright future. but i was confused now cos we just started dating not up to 2month now, she was just 22yrs and in her final yr studies in the university. i don't know if she is pretending 4 now, cos i don't want to loose my self so easyly to her. and 4 my former girl what should i do?[b][i][color=#006600][/color]

whar exactly is your point?

tiniyata:
After thorough cross examination of ur case and reply from people based on your holder girlfriend,i tick u kan koklude that u can discharge and acquitt ur 'holder' babe honourably before it 'migrate' into a case where it will be u that would be dumped dishonourable. Shebi u have hear,and make sure u go to school immediately ok.

mmmm older or younger check yourself

Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.

Refrain

O deeper yet, I pray,
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessèd Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.

Deeper, deeper, blessèd Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.

Refrain

Deeper, deeper! though it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.

Refrain

Deeper, higher, every day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqu’ror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.

Refrain

Deeper, deeper in the faith of Jesus,
Holy faith and true;
In His pow’r and soul exulting wisdom
Let me peace pursue.

Refrain

http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/e/deeper.htm

did they use the opportunity  to start allowing fathers travell with their kids without mothers consent letters?  nigeria nad useless laws.  never knew they had this foolishness in the book until recently

buy now pay later

ADUNOKIKI:
I meet this guy somehow, we became very close along the line and eventually i fell in love with him, although he had some problem with his girl friend that she was unfaithful and called off the relationship, but the parent of the lady beged him. He claims he is no more in love with the girl. I have never felt like this for a guy before what should i do pls nairalands. I might die without his love.

dont die. it is not worth it.

is it possible you guys give £ rates too or do we create a thread for that

Abuzola:
ALLAHU AKBAR, Islam in the white house, the promise of ALLAH has come true, Inspiring story for our women to emulate

Abuzola:
ALLAHU AKBAR, Islam in the white house, the promise of ALLAH has come true, Inspiring story for our women to emulate

lets hope she doesnt plant a bomb there. by the way why dont you fornicating men get a hijab?

ILOCHUDI:
Discover Magazine has shown that "Two of the most convincing studies have proved conclusively that sexual orientation in men has a genetic cause."

New Scientist has shown that "geneticists may have explained how genes apparently linked to male homosexuality survive" and "Mothers' genetic skew linked to gay sons."

LiveScience has shown that "The arrangement of a mother's genes could affect the sexual orientation of her son, according to a new study."

Scientific American has shown that "Having Older Brothers Increases a Man's Odds of Being Gay."

WebMD has shown that magnetic resonance imaging studies reveal key differences in the brains of gay and straight men and women that could add to the understanding of the biology of homosexuality.

Dr. Francis Collins of the Human Genome Project said "The evidence we have at present strongly supports the proposition that there are hereditary factors in male homosexuality — the observation that an identical twin of a male homosexual has approximately a 20% likelihood of also being gay points to this conclusion, since that is 10 times the population incidence." as well as "No one has yet identified an actual gene that contributes to the hereditary component, but it is likely that such genes will be found in the next few years."
       Source(s):
       http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/bor,
       http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn65,
       http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?i,
       http://www.livescience.com/health/060224,
       http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=havi,
       http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20080616,

are you for real or the homo gene eats up intelligence too? what next having a father increases your chance of being gay. NL gay brigade and their indulgence

Matthew 21:31 (New Living Translation)
Then Jesus explained his meaning: “[size=15pt]I tell you the truth, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do. 32 For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sin[/size]s.

Luke 18:9-14 (New Living Translation)

Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector
9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else. For I don’t cheat, I don’t sin, and I don’t commit adultery. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ 14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14 — "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: For every one that exalteth himself, shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."

Abuzola:
jesus being a god was asking for help from another god to change his destiny after he feard been crucified. hahahaha god

at least depending on a mighty and compassionate God is better than asking your mujahadin followers to fight for and wish you peace on every rememberance of you.

He didnt ask His followers to fight for Him unlike your mustapha or is it mohommed now.

you and your likes are so stupid you have no respect for other persons feelings/opinion and you have the audacity to come brandishing your stupid NL fatwahs.

i first noticed olabs whom i tot should know better using he for Christ last week here you are a follower of violent polygamist unoeaceful man insulting Christ in the name of what.

i wanted to say may your allah and mustafah forsake you but i know they are being tormented in hll with their 70 brides in hell so you be a curse on yourself stupid religious fool. you guys come here like only know God let cant show any form of respect for people cos you feel that gives you passage to your hellish virgins

iyaegbe:
Thanks for all your contributions. I think I will have to stop it since the majority said it is bad. My husband is not seeing anything bad in though. He even calls on me when the guy comes online (when at home). We seat together to reply his chats atimes, its fun. Though he has forbidden me to let him see my picture of give him any number if he asks. After reading all your comments, I have decided to put a stop to it.

Once again, thanks to you all.

good your husband needs some canning.

dgreatrock:
@JJYOU
Yes i am happily married for almost ten years!

may that happiness continue. there is more to a good, happy and blessed marriage than sex sir.

Generica:
Mamamia18, your story is really pathetic and I fully sympathize with you. However you seem to have been a victim of spiritual ignorance and an apparent prisoner of unfounded fear which the devil and heartless people exploit. You may call me for a firm instruction,please. God bless you. My number is 07039308817.

what other instructions does she need in private?

mamamia18:
dear all
i would like to discuss about Pastor Chris. I have been attending his church 4 about 6 months and i will not lie, attending there has changed my life. However, i am slightly confused about some issues. firstly, from what i have noticed people in his church seem to "worship him" alot. I have never seen anything like this before. Also his material WHICH IS FIRST CLASS costs a lot of money. From other people i can get a dvd and a book for the price of one of his audio cds. it seems that he is a very good business man. Also i have noticed that people in the church only marry people from the church, that is also very strange. in addition to this, i once went to a friends church and my cell leader told me i was not allowed to go to another persons church, unless they have something going on. finally, my church told me that if you do not give money to the church that you could die, as god is looking for a seed offering. in addition to this, i women, who i would say is a big women of god (as she is an evangelist and a propestest) has on 4 occassions asked me for money. on the first she asked to borrow 150 pounds, which i told her dont worry about. i fort that was the last time she would ask me for money. however, the next time she told me a sin that i had committed - which was true and then the next day asked me for 40 pounds because her tyre on her car was flat. the next day she said that her tyre on her car had been slit and she needed an extra 70 pounds which again i gave to her as i was told seeds could be the difference between life or death. The day after that - well she asked me for a amount which i will not disclose which again i gave to her as she said she needed to pay some debt off. please bear in mind that i am a student and the money which i gave her is out of my late fathers money which he left for my school fees.

i am not trying to diss the church or anybody in it, i just want peoples opinions on what i have said as i do not know whether or not the devil is trying to mislead me,

sorry if anybody is offended by this post

Lord have mercy on that woman. i bet she is another greedy nigerian not bold enough to get a gun or send out her agents using God and the devils weapon of fear. you owe yourself a duty of running from her. [quote author=pilgrim.1 link=topic=280730.msg3986840#msg3986840 date=1244299107]@mamamia18,

Some of the problems you'd pointed out are not peculiar to only one church - many churches have this thing about affinity and loyalty, so they frown at their members marrying members of other churches, or participating in their activities (worship, Bible studies, evangelism, etc).

However, if anyone is asking you for money and claiming all sorts of things thereby, please know that such tendencies are ungodly. It's not my style to resort to castigations or aspersions of people, but as a believer grows there's a maturity that opens one's eyes to these things. Giving is good, we know there are blessings attached to our giving; but giving under duress with claims of "death" upon one's life is not the Gospel of Christ at all. It does not matter whatever spiritual gift or office anyone may claim - prophet/prophetess, healing evangelists, etc - using one's gift to twist your arm to give is an indication that something is fundamentally wrong and you need to face up to it.

Abuses of this nature come through several routes and means. In your case, it was labelled as "seed offering". Nothing wrong in seed offering itself, and the Bible affirms that aspect of our giving. However, when someone takes what is actually true in itself and applies it to false motives and ends, it is time to close the door against such abuses in your life. Even though giving in church is healthy and part of our lifestyle as Christians, you were not raised to be responsible for paying any prophetess' debts or bills. If they are in need, they can declare openly in church through appropriate means so that their needs might be met; but to go behind and begin to task you is an indication of an abuse that God does not sanction.

Be bold and do not be afraid to put an end to such leaks in your life. Such occurences should not discourage your giving in a healthy manner, even if you are led to give seed offering or 'sow' in a healthy way in your stewardship in church. Remember, a curse that you do not deserve will never set upon your life - never! Proverbs 26:2 - "As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come."

God give you wisdom and bless your walk in Jesus' Name.[/quote]God bless you for this. it is good to know you have a sound mind body and spirit. well done. there are many enemies of the gospel of Jesus Christ about.

[quote author=Ex-BoyFRND link=topic=281263.msg3994159#msg3994159 date=1244460737]Was I too harsh?


Hello Bleep,

Good morning. Good you think you 'left' and not the other way around. Kindly note that you were engineered to 'leave'. It took approximately 2 weeks to work - your typhoid prolonged it, it would have been sooner. I most certainly could have gotten you back sooner without even breaking a sweat. 20 missed calls before I'll pick, zero text messages, calls from 3 times daily to zero. Did I touch you the last time you slept in my house? I ignored you into nothingness.


You see, my problem with you is not really trust - it's more about respect. You began losing it bit-by-bit when I regularly caught you in all those stupid lies you told. The first time you hit a record low was when you descended to the gutter to steal from me (I don't even know the other ones I didn't find out - did you know that I was always hiding money anytime you came around?).


Eventually, you lost all of it when I learnt you also steal things in school and that you sleep with all kinds of people for money.


Believe me, if your most attractive attribute is being a cheap lay, then no guy will dig you for the long term. I scored you in less than a week, Obinna in a couple of days or less and then the infamous Chief Ikemba in less than an hour. What does this say about you??


I don't even know the "access" records of: Chidiebere (I know he kissed you on the first day you met), Victor (the one you saved in your phone with Vivian Eke), the Owerri guy that came to visit you in my house, the Masscom guy, the other guy you slept with in Abia Hotels, your lesbian girlfriend, the Miss Lawsan guys who definitely had a piece of you before giving you an unmerited award plus the host of other people that I don't even know about]. Let's take a bet, in six months time you'd have gone 'International'.


You misguidedly think that you're above average attractive. What you really are is easy. You know yourself better than I do, give or take 2 days from now, a new random dude is already shining your conga and you'll foolishly think you're hot! Well, who doesn't like awuff? Know this: Once you're cheap, no matter how ugly you are, there are always guys that will score and dump you. Can't you just stay a single week without a guy? Are you possessed? Don't you know your life is still very much ahead of you??


Guys are attracted to easy lays because they are just that, easy. You get sex from them faster. Once we're serious though, we know the kind of people we want - don't ever forget that. I knew girls like you back then in FUTO, they really felt tight with themselves in year one through year two, then GBAM! They lost. Everybody now took them for granted - they were treated like other guys. They lost the Lady-Treatment pass - we just took them like cheap whores. Now, why would one treat a girl like a lady when you know she has slept with half the dudes in school for: food, petty amounts of money and from itchy privates?? Not to talk of a shitload of other people outside school. I know you've already created a growing reputation for yourself in your school for being lascivious and excessively loose. Consequently, you must have lost a lot of respect and will continue to lose more - from the direction you are moving, you've not even started. You've still got plenty more stories scandalous stories ahead of you. Shey you told me that people now look at you somehow - it's just beginning.


In the end, you will see that the girls you look at as being foolish right now will win. If you don't eventually change that is.


May God preserve girls with the kind of character that Uzoma has. Am really just saddened by the grim fact that she'll probably lose most of it by associating with morally bankrupt persons like you. Don't worry though, I won't date her. Yes, I adore her and I miss her a lot too. But I wouldn't act on it because I am not like you and it wouldn't be fair of me - you'd most likely kill yourself if I do.


You will never know how deeply you hurt her by sleeping with Obinna her first-ever boyfriend. Of course you lack the capacity for understanding in that regard. Do you know that I think there's nothing you presently can't do - no matter how base and unnacceptable? You really do lack the tiniest shred of moral restraint. It's only God that can save you now.


I strongly wish you'd re-evaluate yourself and maybe adopt some much needed sanity into your life.


It is said that it's easier to fight a known and declared enemy than an unknown one and that a problem known is half solved. In one word the problem with your life is GREED. Grotesque, pulsating-green-eyed greed. A good example is Uzoma's Obinna. Did you have to sleep with him? Why didn't you try someone else instead of your best-friend's boyfreind? BTW, do you think obinna said he didn't want commitment from you because he doesn't want a steady girlfriend? Obviously, you meant only cheap sex to him. He certainly knew you have Zero Long Term Value and so didn't want you.


Finally, pray to God you eventually find a guy who would respect and adore you as I initially did. Wouldn't really matter though cos if you continue as you are, he'll most definitely leave you too. Sad fact is, guys like me come along once in a very long time. Keyphrase: Very long time.


All the best though. Hope you learn from your life so far. Wish you a beautiful, splendid & sun-filled life.


Your Ex. Bleep.


NOTE: You really rilled me up by saying you left me. I would have let sleeping dogs lie, I would have given you what you deserved: SILENCE.[/quote]oma seooooooooooooo

dgreatrock:
Brainwashed and ignorant you seem to be, Bro!

How can you say marriage is meant for the WORK?

Which WORK are you referring to here?

Is sex not a major issue in marriage?

I am very sad at how you have allowed error to overwhelm your sense of judgment. Very sad.

are u married?

olopaole09:
It looks like the Judiciary is not immuned from serious corruption. I saw this petition online and hope it isn't true http://anticorruption.faithweb.com Is anyone in the Judiciary in this forum who can confirm this. This people are the last hope of the common man. They shouldn't be takking bribes

whyy do things like these surprise any one?

wbb

archangel1:
THANKS I-FY FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. THE CHURCH CANNOT COMPROMISE ON THIS LIBERALISTIC-SUPPORTED SOCIAL VICES.I HEARD THAT SOME HEALTH WORKERS IN NAIJA ARE SUP[b][/b]PORTING ABORTION SECRTETLY.

openly cos it is big business

[quote author=Tùdor link=topic=281019.msg3992632#msg3992632 date=1244430460]Casinos don't promise you divine wealth,health and success from a man in the clouds. Doing so constitutes fraud.[/quote]i wonder why you hate the guy so much.

Abuzola:
He stated this on sunday in unilag hall in a convention

source or just another bashing and image tarnishing business