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Syncan:
Today's First reading Acts 15:22-31

The apostles and elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with this. They chose Judas known as Barsabbas and Silas, both leading men in the brotherhood, and gave them this letter to take with them:
‘The apostles and elders, your brothers, send greetings to the brothers of pagan birth in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia. We hear that some of our members have disturbed you with their demands and have unsettled your minds. They acted without any authority from us; and so we have decided unanimously to elect delegates and to send them to you with Barnabas and Paul, men we highly respect who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accordingly we are sending you Judas and Silas, who will confirm by word of mouth what we have written in this letter. It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves not to saddle you with any burden beyond these essentials: you are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols; from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from fornication. Avoid these, and you will do what is right. Farewell.’
The party left and went down to Antioch, where they summoned the whole community and delivered the letter. The community read it and were delighted with the encouragement it gave them.


I just had to post the whole passage dear brethren so as to drive home the beauty of the message. Beloved, don't you often hear people claiming to have been anointed by God in the night and they start a "church" in the morning, and they tell you that their authority is the word of God. Hahaha, did we just read something different above or isn't this passage in their scripture? The apostles and elders said..."they acted without authority from us..." Ha, so authority was needed from men, na wa o. Can you imagine what they even wrote..."It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves..." what Impetus! What Audacity! Note that those who went without their authority were "some of our members", they were "born again" yet it didn't confer on them the authority to make doctrines. the authority lies with the apostles and elders, who Jesus had earlier told Peter to "feed my lambs"Jn 21:15-17 and to "strengthen the faith of your brothers" Lk 22:32. juzzybabe,that is why when the leaders of the church made the doctrine of no circumcision needed; in about 35AD, they said "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves". When their successors declared the doctrine of the Trinity in 325AD, Jnrbayano, they said "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves". When they canonized the books of the bible as scriptures as early as Hippo 393AD; Aizenosa, they said "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves". Papist, When they declared the blessed Virgin Mary "God bearer (Theotokus); in 430AD, they said "It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves". Frodobee, this is the authority of the One, Holy, Roman, Catholic, Church Instituted by Christ upon the rock "Peter" and which the gates of hell shall never overcome.

My faith! My pride!

Good day brethren, a splendid day ahead to all.

SalC:
Welcome Kamsified

chineloSA:
So are we only starting on the 10/05/15?

Syncan:
Wow! Do I really sound that young

SalC:
This is precision at its peak, you must be a prophetess to know Syncan was born in 1971

EddyBlingzz:
you sure have heard from me [quote]

Syncan:
Ok, I give up 12th for you my master.

Kamsified my new date is 14th May.


Good morning brethren, a splendid day ahead to all.

frodobee:
I will go with your pick too. I remember doing a St Rita's novena back in school and it was revealing. I request May 22nd. I appreciate this prayers- the prayers of the faithful, said with love.

Jennydoris:
Right behind you...
Am going with 27th.

Juzzybabe:
Hello. Guess you caught me viewing the thread at that our of the night right? Am a catholic but last night was my first time visiting the religion section of this forum.

SalC:
Goodnight all do wake up strong.

Aizenosa:
Gud night to u too and to everyone else

SalC:
Lol Kamsified if I hear say youngprofdguru is a newbie on this thread, make I no chop tonight

woky:
Na old man like me una wan swing like pendulum huh ??

SalC:
But you are already a swinging pendulum nah

woky:
Sure, you will.

Dont 4get to share.

SalC:
Abeg no use laff scatter my belle

SalC:
*falls from iroko tree*

SalC:
Kamsified sir? so you are indirectly saying my daughter-in-law is a man?

SalC:
God sees and knows our heart desire, he won't hesitate to answer when we call him and yours won't be an exception dear,

To be frank, regarding your question, I don't know as yet, I can't say am back now because I will probably get too engaged again from tomorrow, but I will try my possible best to come online any time I can spare.

Well one thing I can promise you is that I will keep offering prayers for you every other day henceforth, I have also taken note of your date and will do the needful that day even if I didn't come online.

All the best dearie

woky:
Wht is her name??

Aizenosa:
Caught in d act of peeping
Gud evening ma reporting for duty
yea my day was nice and hope urs too

Greetings to u all am everly loyal sirs and ma's

bluerange:
Please you are better off with our local dishes, l don't think you can deal with Kenyan meals o Can you take murenda (ewedu) prepared with fresh milk or ugali (corn meal which is like their swallow) with scrambled eggs! l have gotten used to their meals but always modify to suit my Nigerian taste and the East African Sisters always say it is too spicy but Sisters from Ghana and India always do love it.

lt didn't rain today but it would certainly before dawn.

woky:
Hmmm!! Where was I during the naming ceremony ??

woky:
Wht ar u trying to say??

woky:
Really??

SalC:
Nwannem o

You were as scarce as the American visa then its good to have you around. I see you are fine

woky:
Hmmmm.. I haff old o

SalC:
Thank God for your life.

Lol I don't think baby is one of the reasons for my absence, she's a big girl now nah

Kudos and God bless you and all who are organising this novena, I pray God grant everyone his/her heart desires which are not evil through the intercession of our blessed Mother.

hurricaneChris:
Day was moving fine till I remembered tomorrow is monday.

Hope u're fine too?