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feaworaoja007:
@ least i have a brain;Zombies got none...they only wanna feed on other people's brain to survive,no wonder you think my brain is "fried"....lol,humans eat "fried rice";Zombies eat "fried brain"...phaww!! *headshot,you dead Zombie

malvisguy212:
^^^ trash.
https://www.nairaland.com/2318252/reason-why-prayer-not-being

There has been times in my life when
I have been up and down, times when
prayer seems to come easy, and times
when prayer doesn't come easy at all.
There is something, I think, in man that
makes it hard to pray, but what is it? Why should anyone have difficulty in praying?
Is it because we think that God will not
hear us? That's a possibility. I've heard
people speak about getting on their
knees to pray and having the feeling that their prayers were bouncing off the
ceiling, going no higher than the ceiling,
that nobody was hearing it but them.
They don't think God is actually hearing
what they are saying.
They may feel that way because they
feel unworthy, or because they feel God
is down on them. They may feel that God has somehow shut them up and won't listen to them.
Is it because we don't think it will change anything? And if that's the case, is it because we just don't believe? Or that we believe that God is going to do what He's going to do regardless of what we ask? “What's the point in praying about this? I'm going to pray and I'm going to ask God to do this, but God already knows what's best, and He's going to do what's best, and I'm going to say 'Thy will be done,' and what's the
point in asking because His will is going
to be done anyway?” Maybe we don't
pray a lot because we think it isn't going
to change anything. God will just do what he's going to do whether we ask Him to do it or not.
SOLUTION;
Luke 11:1-2, "And it came to pass,
that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased,
one of his disciples said unto
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as
John also taught his disciples.
And he said unto them, When ye
pray, say…"
Now, most people can, without reading
their bible, can site what Jesus said
about how you are to pray. So, Jesus
gives what is called “the Lord's Prayer,”
but he continues, he's NOT THROUGH
TEACHING THEM HOW TO PRAY! The
“Lord's Prayer” is not all he said in
response to the question, “Lord, teach us to pray.”the Lord prayer was just like an idea on what to say when praying , the next verse gives us the right attitude continue;
Luke 11:5-7, "And he said unto them,
Which of you shall have a friend, and
shall go unto him at midnight, and say
unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
For a friend of mine in his journey is
come to me, and I have nothing to set
before him? And he from within shall
answer and say, Trouble me not: the
door is now shut, and my children are
with me in bed; I cannot rise and give
thee."
"Jesus' listeners would have considered
the response of the man who was in bed absolutely unconscionable"
Luke 11:8, "I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet BECAUSE OF HIS
IMPORTUNITY he will rise and give him
as many as he needeth."
What's going on here? Well the man's
not going to go away! He's going to
stay down there; he's going to keep
on knocking on the door. He's going to
say, “get up and get me some bread!
I'm not going to let you sleep until you
get up and come out here and give me
three loaves of bread.
The word for “importunity” in the Greek
literally means “SHAMLESNESS.” Without shame. I think that's absolutely
fascinating, because a modest man
would say, “Gee. I asked and he didn't
give me any bread. Well, I guess I better
go away now because I must be causing
him a lot of inconvenience.” No, he is
shameless!
THERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF
IMPORTUNITY;
EXAMPLE ONE
Luke 18:1-8, "And he spake a parable
unto them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint; Saying,
There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for
a while: but afterward he said within
himself, Though I fear not God, nor
regard man; YET BECAUSE THIS WIDOW
TROUBLETH ME,I WILL AVENGE HER , LEST BY HER CONTINUE COMING SHE WEARY ME. And the Lord said,
Hear what the unjust judge saith. And
shall not God avenge his own elect,
which cry day and night unto him,
though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily."
Here is a judge that was fearless, and
would not avenge this widow's
adversary. But she kept asking him
OVER and OVER and the judge finally
gave in to her requests, lest she
weary him by her continual coming.
EXAMPLE TWO:
Luke 18:35-39, "And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a
certain blind man sat by the way side
begging: And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And
they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth
passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus,
thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
And they which went before REBUKE
HIM, that he should HOLD his peace…"
They rebuked him. They told him to
shut up and be quiet! To stay out of
the way.BUT
Luke 18:39, "...but he cried so much the
more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on
me." What happens to this man if he shuts up? He's not healed. Yet, there were people there who were trying to talk him out of it, telling him to hush.He
didn't hush, he kept yelling. He cried
out!
Luke 18:40-43, "And Jesus stood, and
commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, Saying, What wilt thou that I
shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord,
that I may receive my sight. And Jesus
said unto him, Receive thy sight: THY
FAITH HATH SAVED THEE. And
immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God."What's faith? Is it a feeling? Is it a mood? An emotion? Faith is a
persistence, a boldness. It was his
boldness and persistence that got this
man his eyesight. It's not a mood, it's
not a feeling. Think about it. Jesus
said his bold, persistent, aggressive
faith has saved him!
EXAMPLE THREE:
Matthew 15:22, "And, behold, a woman
of Canaan came out of the same coasts,
and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy
on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my
daughter is grievously vexed with a
devil."
This is a Gentile woman, and Jesus
did not answer her a word. Didn't say
a thing to her, just ignored her! Actually,
strange women weren't supposed to be
talking to strange men like this. Jesus'
manners may seem rude to you, but they were the norm for this time.
Matthew 15:23-26, "But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, SEND HER AWAY;FOR SHE CRIETH AFTER US. But he
answered and said, I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel. Then came she and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, HELP ME. But he
answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to
cast it to dogs."
First he ignores her, and then he
insults her! “This is not for you, you
dog! This is for the children. You Gentiles are not in that category of God's children.BUT SHE KEEP ON PRESSING ON:
Matthew 15:27, "And she said, Truth,
Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
which fall from their masters' table."
This is similar to what happened to a
man named Jacob when he wrestled,
physically, with God, and who put
God in a hold and said, "...I will not
let thee go, except thou bless
me" (Genesis 32:24-30). He wrestled
all night long and said he would not let
him go until he blesses him! God even
put the hollow of Jacob's thigh out of
joint, and he still wouldn't let him go!
These people would stand up to God,
believe it or not. This woman continued
to persist in the argument. And what
happened?
Matthew 15:28, "Then Jesus answered
and said unto her, O woman, GREAT IS
THY FAITH : be it unto thee even as thou
wilt. And her daughter was made whole
from that very hour."
What's he talking about? He's talking
about her boldness, her persistence, her drive, her energy, her willingness
to hang in there and not give up on her
daughter's sake. Sometimes we can find
more faith for our children than we can
for ourselves. This woman certainly did.
Notice Jesus' response when he saw this
kind of faith, this kind of persistent
boldness. He said, “I'll give you anything
you want!” And her daughter was made
whole from that very hour. And Jesus
told her that her bold, persistent,
aggressive faith has saved her daughter.
Continue from the Lord prayer;
Luke 11:9-10, "And I say unto you, Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you. For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened."
One thing you can say for sure is that
a man who doesn't ask is not going to
get it, a man who isn't looking for it isn't
going to find it, and a man who doesn't
knock on the door will never get it open.
Luke 11:11-13, "If a son shall ask bread
of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he
shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"
You need to understand, the point that is being made here is not that God is a bad neighbor, the point is that if you expect to be heard of God you're going to have to knock and you're going to have to be persistent in what you do, and you are going to have to be shameless.
CONCLUSION;
Well, the scriptural doctrine of faith is an ACTIVE , persistent, bold approach to
God. We seem to think that faith is a
PASSIVE virtue; that it's a set of BELIEFS
or a way of THINKING , whereas in
scripture it's a way of acting!
That's where, possibly, the difference
may come in.

duwdu:
Sorry, but anyone who supported the removal of subsidy under Jonathan must have been a compound fo0l. And the reason any such person was a fo0l then is the same as it is now, and is simple: The man Jonathan would have simply wasted/squandered/misappropriated ALL of it (what could have been yanked from the masses,) and then some.

Nothing else could have come in better as evidence of the deduction above, than the events, revelations, and confessions, just within these immediate past couple of weeks, of mindless looting of our patrimony by those who were taking orders directly from President Jonathan.

And to think that the set of lootocracy that has so far been put in the public domain is just the tip of probably one of many icebergs!

These Jonathan apologists sef.

Well, Karma is always there...

P34c3
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The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has stated that he never knew that the railways means of transportation still existed in Nigeria.

Amaechi made this remark on Tuesday when he and other officials of the ministry toured facilities of the Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC, in Lagos.

He disclosed the intention of the Federal Government to concentrate on building standard gauge railway lines that would be beneficial to the country’s status as a developing economy.

His words: “In fact, I think we have a problem; most people don’t believe that the railway transport is functioning in Nigeria. I didn’t even know, until I started this tour, I never knew that the railway was functioning, it was even from his (MD’s) speech that I learnt that there are some coaches or services that go to Kano or Port Harcourt or elsewhere.

“The federal government will concentrate on standard gauge of the railways, because it is critical that Nigeria becomes one of the countries founded on standard gauge. The only time I had seen railways (trains) or the coaches was one or two days in Lagos, and I thought it started from the beginning of Lagos to the end of Lagos.

“So we need to make people become more aware that the narrow gauge is working, and that people can still use it to travel around that country. There was a joke somebody told me that it takes three days to reach Kano from Lagos on the narrow gauge, and when I asked the managing director of NRC, he said no, it takes one and half days; I said: ‘what’s the difference between three days and one and a half days?’ So that is why the government has to re-emphasize on the need for the construction of the standard gauge to help boost the economy,” the minister stated.

Demdem:

Ur comprehensive skills is near zero. Chew my arse.

RandomVic:
This country self don tire person. Now the whole world Is looking at Nigeria like just another backward mideval Muslim nation. What's has the Christians in Nigeria do to deserve all this bad rap?!

duni04:
Don't b stupîd please! If today anything happens to Obasanjos SUVs, the office of the NSA which is statutorily responsible for authorising the use and distribution of bullet proof vehicles in Nigeria will replace them. Why? because Obasanjos is a former head of state. It is his entitlement till he dies! I don't know how else to explain it to you! I would have translated to Igbo for u but I don't speak the language. Please don't b a dumb ass and pollute peoples minds with dumbness! Please!

omojeesu:
Security money to protect Ex-Head of State was included in the money voted to 'fight Boko Haram'.

I don't think everything of that money was only to buy arms. That's my understanding.

Corrupt people don't like the anti corruption posture of this or any government. Corrupt people believe that everyone is corrupt and are always trying to prove this.

Buhari is not a saint, but for now he appears cleaner than most.

Dasuki apparently spent a large part of the money not buying arms but laundered it to prosecute political campaign for the party in power and got some for himself also that was unofficial. That's the problem.

duni04:
Most of the people commenting on this topic are just silly naive people who have no clue. Twitter is full of them. All former heads of state are entitled to personal security from the DSS and Police,and also SUVs. Buharis SUV was destroyed by Boko haram thus the Federal government had to provide him with a new one.
Please where's the goat and the yam there? Stupîd folks on twitter just like to tweet like foolish birds and run their mouths. No substance in all the rubbish they're spewing. Obasanjo, IBB, Abdulsalami, Gowan, Shonekan all have personal security and SUVs.

omojeesu:
Funny people. There's nothing here about Buharigate! He received what was alloted to him as Ex-Head of State. Can't people be fair and analyse things objectively?

ZEN:
This man is a cold blooded animal.My hands are shaking as i type.My God,this man is heartless.On a new year's day.WHY?This man has shown that he is a liar,heartless,dull and insensitive.As i type on,I hear the voice of my baby in the background and I shake my head.I shake my head not because I will not be able to meet her needs;By God's Grace I will, but the millions of Nigerians out there who will be unable to meet their basic needs as a result of this unpopular move by this senseless and clueless man.

For God's sake is this man not a PHD holder.Must he take all he is adviced by I.M.F hook, line and sinker?Does he not know that the price of everything in the market will double-talk of common sense.Where will Nigerians get the money from?Not having implemented the meager 18,000naira minimum wage.This unpopular move will lead to an increase in corruption,poverty,arm robbery,vandalisation of our pipelines amongst other vices.

I have never been as angry as I am this year(lol).PLS LORD WHY DO WE GET SUCH "RULERS"?,WHY ARE WE UNLUCKY?

pokur:
Dude,u should really get off that shyte u are smoking.Ending govt regulation of the downstream sector(i don't believe there ever was true subsidy regime) will simply leave the citizenry at the mercy of sharks who can fleece us anyhow they want.
The only reasonable solution has always been local refining of the petroleum products we consume,not importation.
GEJ should first fix our refineries or sell them to competent firms before throwing us to the wolves

rabzy01:
This is history in the making. No Naija president ever cared to give Nigerians a priceless new year gift of fresh air like this. Nigerians are too rich to be enjoying subsidy, therefore remove all the subsidies. The the only subsidy that should be allowed to continue is the fresh air subsidy like the one blowing in Ebonyi and Madalla. Thank you Mr Fisherman from the creeks. More fresh air, less subsidy. NONESENSE

malele:
Jonathan is a heavy fool, am so ashamed for campaigning for this man. Yaradua with his sickness is better than this man. is jonathan trying to tell nigerians that yaradua that reduced the fuel price from 70 to 65 does not know what he did, the problem with us is that we believe in educated fools that don't know anything,how can ngozi bring up this stupid issue of subsidy removal? because she does not buy fuel,90% of fuel used in nigeria is used on generators, no roads, and some people write here because ghana removed there subsidy nigeria should do the same . It will be bad if nigerians accept this subsidy removal without protests or strikes.money that we are so sure that will be embezzled by politicians

Ehisod:
ha! GEJ. Which is stupid and inhumane presido we get sef? I am posting this with generator humming in the background. So now it will cost me twice the amount to supply myself electricity and water. While one useless man who does not buy fuel with his money wakes up one morning and deregulates/removes subsidy. We must resist this move until this son of a drunken fisherman brings out his power road map that he was waving at us prior to his election and let us see it come to fruition. Without that, then RESISTANCE SHOULD BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. Ghana can do without subsidy cos they don't supply themselves power with expensive deregulated fuel. RUBBISH!!!!

GenBuhari:
[size=18pt]The next round of our impoverishment and oppression has begun.

If you have any cash in the bank invest it by purchasing land, property, gold,diamonds or any asset that cannot be devalued.

The second stage would be a massive devaluation of Naira by as much as 50%


You have been  warned.!


I sincerely wish everyone a happy new year.[/size]

baralatie:
This is your comment in 2012

Demdem:
The retardeen simply wont seize to amaze me. The govs earlier supported based on the lies they were poisoned with from Ngozi, Madueke and Sanusi. they were told if they dont support it Nigeria will crash and no additional money to share from federation account.

The civil society stood up and gave the govs the antidotes to these poisons and after being cured they realized they were being foooled by the retardeen. They soon realized that one of the reason why they have few money to share monthly was because NNPC with the express permission from Madueke (retardeen's minister)has been involved in a lot of fraudulent practices as regards the federation account. The antidote is even so powerful that some are even doubting if there is subsidy at all.

The govs are much more enlighten now also with the help of the House of Rep. This explains why the Retardeen is currently Mad.

Firearm:
Keep waiting for links; It's on NTA and Channels as Breaking News
More Problems in this country. Now I believe Jonathan is really clueless and a wrong choice

egift:
The worm is looking for pity. Ain't giving any. He knows it was a bad policy, yet he agreed and now want some sympathy. Jona, everything ends on your table - you are a spineless leader. Always prostrating before your gang with policies against Nigerians.

And here, uncooked Kanda and his thugs will want us to believe Governors in opposition parties are the majority. How many PDP governors sided with the people against the horrible policy, I guess that will not matter - bunch of lepers - keep plaguing the place.

dayokanu:
I have never seen a more reetarded president on this earth who gives excuses and seeks to shift blame for every action

today its the governors who advised you remove subsidy?

What a Retardeeen

Sunnymatey:
The govt is like saying, if in 2015 Nigerians cried with their mouth, in 2016, we should get ready to cry with our anus.