and GOD said no

I asked God to take away my habit.   God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.            
I  asked God to make my handicapped child whole.   God said, No.  
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary  
I asked God to grant me patience.    God said, No.  
Patience is a by-product of tribulations;
it isn't granted, it is learned.  
I asked God to give me happiness.   God said, No.           I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.  
I asked God to spare me pain.    God said, No.  
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
and brings you closer to me.  

    I asked God to make my spirit grow.    
God said, No.     You must grow on your own, but I will   prune you to make you fruitful.  
                                                                                                               
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.  
God said, No.                              
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.  
I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.                                        
God said   ,       Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.  

If you love God, send this to ten people and back to the person that sent it.  

THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY                  
May God Bless You .
"To the world you might be one person, but  to one
person you just might be the world"  
[/b][b]

Beautiful story, makes you understand that things happen for a reason
The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned

to their first ministry, to reopen a church

in suburban Brooklyn , arrived in early October


excited about their opportunities When they saw

their church, it was very run down and needed

much work. They set a goal to have everything

done in time to have their first service

on Christmas Eve.
T hey worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls,

painting, etc, and on December 18

were ahead of schedule and just about finished.

On December 19 a terrible tempest - a driving

rainstorm hit the area and lasted for two days.
O n the 21st, the pastor went over to the church.

His heart sank when he saw that the roof had

leaked, causing a large area of plaster about

20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the

sanctuary just behind the pulpit, beginning about

head high.
T he pastor cleaned up the mess on the floor,

and not knowing what else to do but postpone

the Christmas Eve service, headed home.

On the way he noticed that a local business was

having a flea market type sale for charity so he

stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful,

handmade, ivory colored, crocheted tablecloth

with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross

embroidered right in the center. It was just

the right size to cover up the hole in the front

wall. He bought it and headed back to the church.
B y this time it had started to snow. An older

woman running from the opposite direction was

trying to catch the bus, She missed it. The pastor

invited her to wait in the warm church for

the next bus 45 minutes later.



She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor

while he got a ladder, hangers, etc., to put

up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor

could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and

it covered up the entire problem area.

T hen he noticed the woman walking down the center

aisle. Her face was like a sheet, "Pastor,"

she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth?"

The pastor explained. The woman asked him to check

the lower right corner to see if the initials, EBG were crocheted into

it there. They were. These were the initials of the woman, and she had

made this tablecloth 35 years before, in Austria
T he woman could hardly believe it as the pastor

told how he had just gotten the Tablecloth. The

woman explained that before the war she and

her husband were well-to-do people in Austria .


When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave.

Her husband was going to follow her the next week.

He was captured, sent to prison and never saw her

husband or her home again.
T he pastor wanted to give her the tablecloth;

but she made the pastor keep it for the church.

The pastor insisted on driving her home, that

was the least he could do, She lived on the other

side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn


for the day for a housecleaning job.
W hat a wonderful service they had on Christmas

Eve. The church was almost full. The music and the

spirit were great. At the end of the service, the

pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door

and many said that they would return.

One older man, whom the pastor recognized

from the neighborhood continued to sit in one of the

pews and stare, and the pastor wondered why he

wasn't leaving.
T he man asked him where he got the tablecloth on

the front wall because it was identical to one

that his wife had made years ago when

they lived in Austria before the war and how


could there be two tablecloths so much alike.
H e told the pastor how the Nazis came, how he

forced his wife to flee for her safety and he was

supposed to follow her, but he was arrested and

put in a prison, He never saw his wife or his home

again all the 35 years in between.
T he pastor asked him if he would allow him to

take him for a little ride. They drove to Staten

Island and to the same house where the pastor

had taken the woman three days earlier.
H e helped the man climb the three flights of

stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on

the door and he saw the greatest Christmas

reunion he could ever imagine.
T rue Story - submitted by Pastor Rob Reid

Who says God does not work in mysterious ways,

I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for

you today, to guide you and protect you as you go

along your way. His love is always with you, His

promises are true, and when we give Him all our

cares you know He will see us through.
S o when the road you're traveling on seems

difficult at best, Just remember I'm here

praying and God will do the rest. Pass this on

to those you want God to bless and don't forget

to send it back to the one who asked God to bless

you first.
W hen there is nothing left but God, that is when

you find out that God is all you need. Take 60

seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply

say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this.
F ather, God, bless all my friends and family in what

ever it is that You know they may be needing this

day! May their life be full of your peace,

prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a

closer relationship with you. Amen.


T hen send it on to five other people, including the

one who sent it to you. Within hours five people have

prayed for you and you caused a multitude of people

to pray for other people. Then sit back and watch the

power of God work in your life.



P. S. Five is good, but more is better.

This is a Reality check for Real!


CELL PHONE vs. BIBLE


I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to Kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we travelled?

What if we used it in case of emergency?

This is something to make you go, hmm. Where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry

about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.

Makes you stop and think "where are my priorities?"

NO REJECTED calls!
NO FLAT BATTERY !!!!
NO "pls call me later" coz He will call on you ALL THE TIME!!!!


P.S. DO WHAT YOU THINK GOD WOULD WANT YOU TO DO WITH THIS POST.

AS YOU READ THE FOLLOWING, I DESIRE THAT THE GRACE AND
BURDEN OF PRAYER FOR YOUR NATIONS WILL COME ON YOU AND
THAT YOU WILL PROPER INFORMATION TO PRAY
WITH, LET US PRAY, FOR OUR NATIONS!!

LET US PRAY,
Thought you might enjoy this interesting Prayer given
in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It
seems Prayer still upsets some people. When Minister
Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the
Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual
generalities, but this is what they heard:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your
forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil
good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have
lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our
values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and
called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called
it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and called it freedom of ___expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our
forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse
us from every sin and set us free.
Amen!"

The response was immediate. A number of legislators
walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short
weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is
pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only
47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is
now receiving international requests for copies of
this prayer from India , Africa and Korea .

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio
program, "The Rest of the Story," and received a
larger response to this program than any other he has
ever aired. With the Lord's help! , may this prayer
sweep over our nation and whole heartedly become our
desire so that we again can be called "one nation
Under God."

If possible, please pass this prayer on to your
friends. "If you don't stand for something, you will
fall for everything."

Think about this: If you forward this prayer to
everyone on your e-mail List, in less than 30 days it
would be heard by the world. How many People in your
address book will not receive this prayer, do you
have the guts to pass it on?
"OUTSTANDING PEOPLE HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON:AN
ABSOLUTE SENSE OF MISSION "

when revealing your past to ur partner it should be during love, don't just sit up one day and while he was less emotional u just start telling him about ur Mess up wit your formal guys, how ur aborted innocent babies, how many time u hard sex before a week runs out, and how many guys(mugu) you will keeping.

understand you partner very well before going into such a discussion

wanna put on White Campala with White Palm sandal

O'di ok

boys don finish for ur area?

you write up does not make any sense

what did u mean by CFA

almondjoy:

Come oh! You this girl. What other names have you used on Nairaland in the past?

Now you are making me feel bad. But don't you think that if someone had this kind of a problem the person should go to a specialist instead of coming to Nairaland. By the way where are all the "spiritualists" on Nairaland when we need them the most?

Hope your feelings are not hurt. Just take care of yourself and stay blessed.

Thanks alot never meant to come accross this set/group of people who talk before thinking.

good

Ciaralover:

I agree!!!!But George Opone Wiah is a legend!!!!

Okocha is also a Legend!!!!!

while Nigeria Super Eg. is the best team for now, because in Africa FiFa ranking Nigeria is No. 1 (one)

No Ronaldinho is not going to chelsea, His contract with Barca remains till 2010.

almondjoy:

It is okay? Please do not turn into some kind of "Haywire" of Prison Break. Goodluck!

Just post this to get suggestions from others don't mean something else.

Please don't understand ur point, can we meet at Yahoo Messenger pls want to hear from u more. mine is senatoruwem

thanks alot am happi for all ur sugestion it is OK

what kind of SLAP i think the slap must be a sign of love, she can't slap somebody she is not close to, and probably someone she doesn't lvu.

so her slapping u is for love pls.

Mourinho to coach England?

Am ok

u mean guardian are on break for almost 2 months

men chew a hand ful of pawpaw seed it works within 24hrs of intake

Jose Mourinho has ruled himself out of the running to be Steve McClaren's successor.
The former Chelsea manager said the job would have been "fantastic" but he had decided to remove himself from the list of candidates "after deep and serious thinking".

It is understood Mourinho is in line for the coach's job at one of the leading continental club sides, but his decision leaves the Football Association with something of a headache to decide who to pursue from the four remaining candidates - Fabio Capello, Marcello Lippi, Martin O'Neill and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Mourinho had been the clear favourite to become the next England manager and had held initial talks with FA executives Brian Barwick and Sir Trevor Brooking.

The 44-year-old's commitment to taking the job was always in question though, something that was confirmed.
Mourinho said in a statement: "After Steve McClaren left the England football team, my representatives maintained contact with the FA.
"In that sense, I had myself useful discussions with Brian Barwick and Trevor where we exchanged ideas to evaluate the entire situation about the England squad and set the goals in case of real invitation being addressed to me.

"After deep and serious thinking, I decided to exclude myself from being England manager despite it being a fantastic position for me.
"I'm sure FA will hire a great manager, one able to place the team back where it belongs.
"I reiterate my respect for English football and, after three good years in England, I firmly believe that the England squad will soon be back to their usual great results."

Dear friends what did u think about the listing is it ok?

Super Eagles manager, Berti Vogts, has finally released his long-awaited 22-man provisional squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations as exclusively reported by SoccerStar.

NFA bigwigs gave their blessing to the list on Monday after a marathon meeting held by Vogts and the Technical Department of the football ruling body.

SoccerStar scooped that those expected to be unveiled by noon today, by the German-born coach, barring any last minute change, include new first choice goalkeeper: Austin Ejide, Dele Aiyenugba, Vincent Enyeama, Joseph Yobo, Taye Taiwo, Daniel Shittu and Ifeanyi Emeaghara.

Others are Obinna Nwaneri, Mikel John Obi, Seyi Olofinjana, Yusuf Ayila, Obafemi Martins, John Utaka, Nwankwo Kanu, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Osaze Odemwingie and Dickson Etuhu.
Also shortlisted are Ishiaku Manasseh, Obinna Victor Nsofor, Onyekachi Okonkwo, Ike Uche, Rabiu Afolabi and Ayo Makinwa.

The Eagles’ camp will open on January 4, 2008, in Malaga, Spain.
The team have been scheduled to play a series of friendly games with top German Bundesliga side, including Sudan before jetting out to their group venue in Sekondi on January 15.

Nigeria are in Group B tagged Group of Death alongside Nations Cup favourites, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and tiny West Africa neighbours, Benin Republic.

men change ur mind because NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

There is this girl, who just develop hate me for no reason, She sees me in the morning woun't greet, if she is talking with others and the friends just talk about me she will be come angry, she does not like hearing any thing good about me, don't know what to do, she is a big girl finished her secondary school dis year, have never one day approach her for friendship or any thing , but she keep on developing hatread on me. pls advise what will i do, because don't want to have any enemy with me to the year 2008

Hi every one in the house, there is this co-neighbour of mine he room is no 3 from mine. she cook and give some to me, each time am back from work she will be very happy, she talks with me lively and play with me, each time am not back from work on time she will be looking for me, she is not my tribe, i keep woundering why and what kind of love is dis, she doesn't give me money and i don't want it from her because she is a divorcee, the husband ran away form her to meet another woman, this woman her first son is older than i (25yrs), i don't think she has a lust on me, How will i show her that i love her too (not lust), pls i need ur advise

ok please sorri about that

MY favourite gal is Angelina Jolie infact as of now she is the most Beautiful Actress america have ever recorded

Pat Attah

this is a village Dear

None

thanks alot for ur contribution