₦airaland Forum

starlingleanets:
Will they accept correction? I only did this online and i got all the comment of been carnally minded now what do you think of doing this in real life i bet it they will roast me alive

The manner you did it here is not ok. I correct my Pastor sometimes, albeit very respectfully and lovingly. The bible has a rule of thumb for this.
I once went to my Pastor, a much older man, better educated and way much richer than me. I can't match him in anyway, except that he answered calls during bible study and that distracted me a lot - I always switched off mine.
I walked to him one day, alone in his office, and said, after exchanging pleasantries:
"Please Sir, with all due respect, I have something that bothers me"
His ears stood, he was waiting to start a counseling session for me, and thus urged me on.
"When we have meetings and you answer calls, it weighs down my spirit, it affects me" I said with an air of helplessness.
He was taken aback as he fell into speechlessness momentarily.
"I would prefer you switch off your phone and avoid taking calls during meetings" I suggested.
He started explaining that he did that for important calls, and that his phone was always on silence. He also cleared that he most times just told his callers that he was in church
I then urged him to always go out to take the calls. I reminded him the "switch off your phone" sign hanging on one corner of the auditorium and averred it would encourage others to keep their phone on during services, which no one may be able to control when to silence the call or let it ring out, as was seen once in a while.
He smile and thanked me. He took the correction.
You could approach an elder to help you do that. But for me, the things you listed there are not worth complaining about in Church, my opinion.

starlingleanets:
Like play like play these things are becoming unbecoming and more like an outbreak among the pastors in Nigeria. Well as a young scientist i'm born into a world of observation and as an observer i pay attention to minute things. But much more as a Christain it seems good to put into light some bad habit exhibited by pastors of various churches in Nigeria. Below are some of them:
1. Shout Hallelujah: the Pastor will just climb the pulpit and as soon as he does he tells the church "Let somebody shout Hallelujah" and the church will shout Hallelujah though the church don't know why they are shouting hallelujah so to them it has become a routine. For a sermon of 15 minutes the pastor go don give hallelujah order like 30 times

1. Halleluya means "Praise the Lord", simples. So, it should be shouted anywhere, and everywhere, just keep praising God, no tiring.

2. Amen: Pastor sees the congregation is not interested in his formulated sermon so hm go say "Amen somebody" the church go reply Amen like he has just said a prayer.

2. Is it good for the members to sleep or be uninterested? Why did they go there in the first place, to sleep of listen to the word of God?Let him fire them up with that if it would work.

3. Praise the Lord: while there is nothing wrong in praising the Lord yet everything is wrong on how you call the Holy name of the Lord. The pastor may see a sister sleeping so to wake her up he says "praise the Lord" for the fun of it. You think God will be happy with you ba?

3. See no. 1 above. Let God be praise anytime, no dulling, it is not calling his name in vain. David said, may his tongue cling to the roof of his mouth if he ever ceases to praise God.

4. I can't hear You: He just said a prayer like this "Before the end of this month you are going to smile to the bank" and so the people respond with a loud Amen, though he heard them he will still say "i can't hear you". Una dey lie for pulpit ba?

4. His ears operate in the 'supersonic' realm then so your small shout was not enough to be heard the way he wanted it.

5. Wiping of Face: Still under Air condition pastor go still dey wipe face. Picking up and dropping the white handkerchief every minutes and that happens when he is on pulpit only.

5. So he shouldn't wipe his face again if he perspires? Please cut them some slack.

If you have some you can drop it Pastors must learn.

Nothing to add, don't criticize your spiritual leaders, pray for them and walk up to them and correct them in love when you feel the need to. Stop criticizing your spiritual leaders!
You know what? We criticize others when we have not taken their place. If you are a pastor tomorrow, you'll do those things you're complaining above more than 100 times your pastor. You'll sweat a river. Encourage them abeg.

OyinboPrincess:
@Lionize - na pure English they b ooo - na me pure Britico bred

Correct girl, welcome to naija. I love your vibe.

This girl, you mean say your papa and mama no from 9ja?

Demdem:
The reduction in price was just a political jimmick.
As at this morning here in Ph, cement is 2000 per bag.

Political nonsense indeed. This country!

What subsidy is he talking about?
Crude price had gone down, is it not natural that the price of refined products go down as well?

samoht:
Its quite obvious that rugby is not that appreciated here in this part of the globe, but am glad to have found someone who's in love with this game, Guess am much in love with it than you , hit me up am based in Port Harcourt too.

I'm glad to read this. Let's hope we'll get more intereted people, counting on you.

Nobody with the stomach here?

I so love this game. I decided that anytime I find myself in any country where the game is played, I wouldn't miss out.
But, recently I heard the game is in Nigeria, Abuja.
Now, I seek like minded men resident in Port Harcourt who would are interested in this game so we can flock together. I hope I find some here.
Cheers!

Akpaife:
Na only God will save us 4 ds country d kind lie wey piple dey lie na be small tin
Price of cement 1000 bt go where them r sellIng it d price still remain d same 1800 who is fooling who?

Too bad. I am wondering what they aim to achieve by that.

First, permit me to post this on this section, for my intention of posting it to Business section was not welcome. Moderators are free to move it to the right section.

So much fuss about the reduction in cement price.
I want to ask the following questions:
1. Is there a reduction in quality of the cement produced? (users will confirm to us)
2. Are the manufacturers still making profit?

If the answer to question 1 above is yes, then we shouldn’t rejoice yet.
And, if the answer to question 1 is No, and 2 is yes, then we need to ask other questions.
1. Does it mean these manufacturers were making more that 100% profit before now?
2. What actually prompted the reduction now?

Not long ago, I understood the price of different brands of cement varied by a little fraction.

People lamented that Dangote was monopolizing the market, but, in my opinion, little was actually done to break this monopoly.

Remember when NITEL told us it wasn’t possible to acquire a telephone line as urgently as needed? it became possible when other telecom companies came on-board and told a different story.

Remember when MTN told us per second billing was not possible? It became possible after Glo told us otherwise.

Remember when, after their mathematics, telecom companies told us calls cannot fall below N12/minute? Well, not too long afterwards, now we make calls at N6/minute and less. And on and on.

My point:
For some years, even after Goodluck stated that the price of cement would fall, the price of cement soared. Now, Dangote has taken the lead, and others are trailing. Why couldn’t these other companies have taken the lead, at least as a means of competing with Dangote.

Some people have an attachment to people who make things reachable to them, sometimes. For instance, Dangote cement would become a preferred brand to some Nigerians, just because they feel he lowered the price of cement first.

In summary, I’m of the opinion that: when doing business, be careful what you make people believe initially because it may backfire.
Imagine one of these companies having said earlier that it was not POSSIBLE to reduce the price of cement, and now the same company has reduced the price.
Nigeria must be a better place to inhabit.

First, permit me to post this on this section, for my intention of posting it to Business section was not welcome. Moderators are free to move it to the right section.

So much fuss about the reduction in cement price.
I want to ask the following questions:
1. Is there a reduction in quality of the cement produced? (users will confirm to us)
2. Are the manufacturers still making profit?
If the answer to question 1 above is yes, then we shouldn’t rejoice yet.
And, if the answer to question 1 is No, and 2 is yes, then we need to ask other questions.
1. Does it mean these manufacturers were making more that 100% profit before now?
2. What actually prompted the reduction now?
Not long ago, I understood the price of different brands of cement varied by a little fraction.
People lamented that Dangote was monopolizing the market, but, in my opinion, little was actually done to break this monopoly.
Remember when NITEL told us it wasn’t possible to acquire a telephone line as urgently as needed? it became possible when other telecom companies came onboard and told a different story.
Remember when MTN told us per second billing was not possible? It became possible after Glo told us otherwise.
Remember when, after their mathematics, told us calls cannot fall below N12/minute? Well, not too long afterwards, we make calls at N6/minute and less.
And on and on.
My point:
For some years, even after Goodluck stated that the price of cement would fall, the price of cement soared. Now, Dangote has taken the lead, and others are trailing. Why couldn’t these other companies have taken the lead, at least as a means of competing with Dangote.
Some people have an attachment to people who make things reachable to them, sometimes. For instance, Dangote cement would become a preferred brand to some Nigerians, just because they feel he lowered the price of cement first.
In summary, I’m of the opinion that: when doing business, be careful what you make people believe initially because it may backfire.
Imagine one of these companies having said earlier that it was not POSSIBLE to reduce the price of cement, and now the same company has reduced the price.
Nigeria must be a better place to inhabit.