joshnes: I admire your knowledge base, and I can see that your issue is not the jet but that the money should have been used for the needy. You seem to be a good researcher, have you researched on Pastor Chris & Christ Embassy's efforts to reach out to the needy? Let's leave that aside, you said the money should be used to meet the needy ones, let me ask you how many needy ones have you met their needs? With your little income, how many people's lives have you touched? How many people can point at you and say "this guy has been a blessing to my life" not because of the relationship that exists between you guys but because of your impact. It is easy to point fingers at people, but you, what have you done with the little you have? which needy have you helped? Your moaning reminds me of one of Jesus' disciple who was against a gift given to Jesus. His reason; the gift should have been sold and given to the poor. Sounds familiar? I earnestly desire that you do not end like he did.
Wetin dis one dey talk?
If you see a thief, call a thief a thief.
If the op is helping people, he won't boast about it. That's what the Bible says. Your right hand should not allow the left to see that its doing.
ipafricaStaff: Philanthropist Laments State Of The Nation, Unveils Financial Aids For Start-ups
Disturbed by the current state of the nation, Philanthropist and Chairman of the New Minds Initiative, Terrence Benjamin Chukwu, has staged a protest against failure of governance in the country.
In a four-minute heartrending video released on his social media handles, @TheNewMinds1 on Twitter and @TheNewMinds on Facebook, Terrence calls for true patriotism.
Terrence who had earlier organised a #TheNewMindInitiative street protest in Lagos said that each time he wakes in the morning, all he sees is mourning in the streets, pains of hard work with no gain. “When I look around the street, all I see is anger, hunger, frustration, dehumanization, insurgency, tribal and religious crises, among others. We need to change our mindsets if Nigeria must grow,” said the motivational speaker and thought leadership coach.
To demonstrate its support to a viable nation for all, #TheNewMindInitiative has unveiled a business grant for SMEs in need of capital to start-up. To stand a chance to win a N200,000 grant monthly, visit www.thenewminds.org and share your new Nigerian dream.
FlirtyKaren: Singer Teni Entertainer, has been slammed for revealing that she wrote Davido's single 'Like dat' which dropped today. Teni who made the revelation Twitter, tweeted;
A song I wrote for @iam_Davido drops tommorow!! S/O to OBO for giving young writers like my self a chance!! I can’t wait for y’all to hear “Like Dat” Another Monster Hit
However Nigerians slammed her, saying she should allowed Davido to make the announcement because she was paid for her services. Here's their exchange below;
But my question is, why are all these tithe receiving pastors all fighting back? If they really are collecting tithes for God and they believe God can defend himself, they should handover the opposers to God nar?
These defenses is now more than the attack. Something is fishy!
WAWUUuuu Still those paying you tithe for years can't afford to send their children to your schools sir. Where are their blessings? And where in the Bible did it say tithing secure your destiny?
Chaiiiiii, God is sooooo patient.
Many are so blinded by this unscrupulous slash unscriptural teachings.
hardasan: I just refuse to keep quiet while Christians are brainwashed by anybody.
I want to quote Malachi Ch 3 v 7 - 12 while highlighting verse 10
Malachi 3:7-12King James Version (KJV)
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
Here the bible plainly said in verse 8: " Yet ye have robbed me, But ye say where in. Have we robbed thee? " The bible answered : "In tithes and offerings"
Verse 9 says: Ye are cursed for ye have robbed me. It didn't say ye are cursed for not eating your tithe or ye are cursed for paying to a pastor and not into heaven's bank account directly from the earth.
Verse 10 gives a direct instruction: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse. It didn't say eat ye all the tithes in front of the storehouse or give ye all the tithes to the poor and widows. In the biblical days, payments could be by precious stones or commodities. That's why trade by barter markets existed in the days of my grandparents before currencies became the order of the day. Now, 99.9% of people earn currencies not livestock or commodities, so it's normal that we pay tithe in cash.
Verse 11 is a promise by God to bless anyone who obeys this instruction of tithing
John ch 12 talks about Jesus being anointed for his burial with a very expensive ointment, Judas asked why the costly ointment wasn't sold and given to the poor instead of " wasting it" Jesus said in verse 8: For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye have not always
Matthew ch 10 vs 40 - 41, Jesus promised to. Reward those who are kind or who gives as little as a cup of cold water to his servants
Ever wondered why Jesus picked out the widow in Mark ch 12 vs 42 for giving her all since he doesn't care about our offering ?
Or why the Holy Ghost killed Ananias and Sapphira for keeping part of the money gotten from the sales of their own land in Acts ch 5 vs 1 - 11 if God doesn't care about our tithes and offerings.
Take heed that no wolf in sheep's clothing deceives you. God commanded tithing and offerings. If you want to pay yours when you get to heaven, that's your business, but don't go about stumbling people Christ died for cus it will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for you.
(Modification) Please try to read through the thread, a lot of questions have been answered which are not mentioned in this initial post. God bless the contributors and the sincere readers
Someone also need to open your eyes to see clearly.
When God was sharing the land to the tribes of Israel, he didn't give anything to the Levites. Theirs was to work in the temple and they are the only ones God allowed to receive tithe. What do they do with the tithe? They feed from it, they give 10% of whatever they collect as tithe from the other tribes of Israel to the priest in the temple, the priests are to take that 10% into the storehouse. Storehouse not bank ooo. See what your Bible says here "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, [/b]and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it"
Meat are items for sacrifice. The Priests has nothing to do with money. The priests also eat from what the Levites collect initially which is meant for taking care of the temple's needs.
You said [b]"the Holy Ghost killed Ananias and Sapphira for keeping part of the money gotten from the sales of their own land" First of all, there's nothing like holy ghost. What we have is holy spirit. A ghost and a spirit is not the same. The Bible never teach anything like ghosts. The belief that a dead person is somehow still alive in a form is what a ghost is. The Bible didn't teach that.
Ananias and Sapphira didn't pay any tithe. They wanted to deceive the apostles to believing that they are ranked first when it comes to offering. And they lied that what they brought as offering all the got from the sale of their land. If they had said the truth that ahhhhh we sold our land oooo and we brought part of it as offering, they wouldn't have died.
The question now is:
Those your pastors collecting tithe, are they ordained by God to collect it? Are they Levites? Jesus desciples didn't collect tithe because they have no right to collect. Jesus didn't collect because he's not a Levite.
In Christianity today, we shouldn't even be talking about tithe or how tithes collected are being spent. We should be talking about offerings and how it's being spent. The apostles talked more of offering from the heart. They have their own handiworks, Paul even said he won't put his own wahala on the congregation, he'd rather use his money to help the congregation.
Paul appointed capable hands in different countries, he would waste funds traveling round the world week i week out.
There is fraud in the Christiandom. Different churches fighting to be the best and the richest. Is that what Jesus taught? Money money money is what these your churches preach. If you don't pay tithe you won't enjoy God's blessing that has been given us free through the precious blood of Jesus.
Why will one useless and fake asss man who says he's a pastor curse a man for asking questions about tithing?
Any Pastor collecting tithe is a thief. A scam, a fraud. If God wants to collect tithe and we say we rather give the money to the poor on the street, of pay for people hospital bills or provide free education for the poor, you think God will kill us?
Many pay tithes today cos your pastor have scared the shiiiit out of them.
You build schools that these tithers can't send their children to. You have sitting arrangement inside your church. The high class, the middle class and the lower class. If I'm lying pls shame me. Why dyu have special seats in the house of God? Are we not equal in his sight?
Why will you have your pictures and that of your wife on your church adverts? Who owns the church, you or Jesus?
You tell your stupid followers that God has the power to protect them, yet you move about in bulletproof cars with military men carrying guns to protect you..... Ahhhhh may God punish anyone using the name of God to defraud innocent Christians.
Why will some fools be kissing and bowing down to an empty seat of a certain Daddy GO? Why? Ordinary chair? Are we that stupid? John wanted to bow down to an angel and the angel cautioned him... He said come guy... You and I are slaves to the almighty ooo. So why will someone bow down to you a pastor and you will be touching their heads as if you're God. Are you mad? Is that what the Bible teaches?
Christianity is fraud! Especially here in Naija.
Early Monday morning that people are hustling, you have some idiots going to church praying that God should bless them. What is God blessing when you're stupid and lazy? What hurts most is that, that jobless pastor will be there calling and waiting for them in church on Monday morning.
Growingboi: Thank you for this advice. I like this company and I wanted to work in the company. I my concern is, it seems they don't even bother to go through my application at all Cox of i submit application today, before same time next day they will just send the regret message. I over pass all the requirement. what could be the issue, what am I getting wrong in the application or does someone mean me among the recruiter there? I keep asking myself
Polish your grammar too. It may be the reason they've been rejecting you.
It's the most wicked thing to do. People who reply with K are killers, heartless. They hate you. You're only forcing yourself on them. The only reason they are still close to you is just because of what they are getting from you. You irritate and annoys them.
If you are chatting with someone and they reply with K..... Delete the person's contact on your phone.
Laveda: The couple who got married in August 2013 and have a daughter, were recently seen together at Femi Otedola's daughter's album music show case in October and just a few days ago, they took their daughter out, despite the fact that they have been having issues.
They've been having issues for a very long time. it got so bad that Simi has had to move out of the house a couple of times' a very highly placed source told us.
In a 2016 interview with Sunday Spice, Dr Sid was quoted to have said, 'I remember us quarrelling two days before our wedding and even threatening to pull out. But, our love for each other has kept us going. Right now, our marriage is on autopilot and we are just cruising because we understand each other absolutely'.
At the moment, Simi no longer wears her ring (she posted this pic above without the ring 3 days ago) and they no longer follow eachother on Instagram. She has also deleted the wedding anniversary post she made on Instagram back in August along with all her wedding photos.
They have both unfollowed each other on instagram.
Dr Sid is really trying to make it work but Simi already has her mind made up' the source said. 'Sid even made sure to attend the Nickolodeon festival this past weekend so he could spend time with his daugther but Simi was giving him the cold shoulder all through'.
The couple tied the knot at the Ikoyi Baptist Church, Lagos in August 2014 with a grand, celebrity-studded reception held at the Oriental Hotels in Lekki.
sarrki: Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, has alleged that former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani-Alison Madueke, forced ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to sack her.
She made the claim in an upcoming book, ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’, written by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, who also served under Jonathan.
According to Oduah, Jonathan called her to explain herself after the news about the $1.6million BMW armoured cars bought for her by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) was reported.
She revealed that Alison-Madueke and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, were present at the meeting.
“I thought she had my back. I did not know at the time that she was actually fuelling it and orchestrating all the media attacks,” she told Abdullahi.
“I knew all along that Diezani could not deal with having another female around who had the kind of access I had to the president. But she went too far.
“She thought I was the one who leaked the issue of private jet that put her into trouble with the House of Representatives (Diezani was accused of spending N10 billion on chartered jets). For her it was payback time.”
“Diezani was paying people to keep the story alive. At the same time, she was whispering in [the president’s] ears that he had to take action,” Oduah said
NaijaCelebrity: The police have paraded Burnaboy's manager alongside the other men allegedly involved in robbing Mr 2Kay at Eko Hotels. Burna Boy is also wanted for his alleged involvement in the attack.
Acting Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal yesterday said investigations conducted and confessions from some of the suspects arrested showed that Burna Boy contracted them to teach 2Kay a lesson.
Abiye was attacked by four armed men inside his room 847, at Eko Hotels, Victoria Island on October 22. The singer, who was beaten and tied up by the armed men, allegedly lost his Audemais Piquet (AP), automatic gold wristwatch worth $25,000, gold jewellery valued at N1.5million, mobile phones, a pair of Adidas shoes, cash and perfumes to the thieves who posed as hotel workers.
The suspects are Balogun Ademola, 23, Obinna Igwe, 20 and Omotore Tunmise, 27.
Ademola and Igwe are said to be students of the University of Lagos. Tunmise is an artisan.
“The gang confessed that Burna Boy, through his road manager, Joel Kantiock, paid them to rob Abiye, according to them, to teach the victim a lesson. Kantiock confessed that his boss Ogiulu instructed him to look for armed men that can rob Abiye to teach him a lesson. He mobilised the gang with an initial cash sum of N50,000 and a subsequent N50,000 when the job was completed.” Kantiock however, denied knowing any of the suspects. But the gang leader, Omotore, said Kantiock invited him to deal with Mr. 2Kay on the orders of his boss.
He said,
“Kantiock called me on the telephone and said Mr. 2Kay had to be beaten up. He said Mr. 2Kay had issues with Burna Boy. On getting to the hotel, he gave me the room number where Mr. 2Kay was. He led me and three others, including one Sunny, to the elevator and told a security man to open the elevator for us. We posed as room service officials, entered his room and beat him up. We tied him up and collected his phones, a wristwatch and some other things. I was paid N50,000.” According to Igwe:
“Omotore contacted me. He said Burna Boy told his road manager that he was having a misunderstanding with Mr. 2Kay.”
Kolababe: .The beautiful actress displayed her eye-popping cleavage in a sexy but classy lovely dress...( or it it blouse and wrapper?) she wore to the much-talked about wedding of BankyW and Adesua Etomi...
Muckross1122: Nigerian singer "Wizkid" has reportedly welcome a new born baby boy and the mother is his manager, "Jada Pollock".
According to reports, she gave birth, weeks ago, in London, but has been keeping it under wraps. The duo are said to have been having a romantic affair for over a year now.
BankyW and his groomsmen have stepped out for his traditional wedding taking place in Victoria Island, Lagos this afternoon.
Segun and Tunde Demerum, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Temi and Funmi Wellington, Olamide Adedeji, Do2dtun and others are part of the groomsmen prostrating with the groom before the Etomi family.
Explorers: Serena Williams' stunning wedding dress has finally been revealed in a series of photos taken during and after her Thursday-night ceremony with Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.
Emmalez: As Nabila, wife to singer Oritsefemi shared along with an unfiltered photo of herself that she said was taken after exercising with him this morning.
'The police officer, an escort to one pastor (former ikpoba okha chairman.Itohan's husband) who almost kill edstma officials at ikpokpan round about at sapele road. Because they asked him not to drive against traffic. Imagine the humiliation edstma officials gets from policemen n other weapon carrying officers. Please share so as to allow it get to the appropriate authority for justice sake'
"Train up a child the way to grow, for he/she will not depart from it when grown up"
My almost 13 years old first Son- Edosa Daniel Ugbo, yesterday (16/11/2017) asked me to withdraw certain amount of money from his school bank account to give to the ice cream seller that normally come to his school to sell ice cream and I asked him why? Do you know the man before? And he answered and said "Daddy, I don't need to know him bcoz I have seen you severally helping and fighting for people you don't know" I was shocked at his response and I was like "Our children are watching us".
My prayer for you my Son......
"There are so many devices in a man's heart, nevertheless the counsel of the lord that shall stand. Your life will never follow the plans of your enemies. You shall add values to your generation. In Jesus mighty name. Amen!!!."
"What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and loss his soul" We didn't come to this world with anything and when we die nothing will be buried with us but our good name and deeds will be remembered.
What will you be remembered for
Politicians get some sense!!!
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State recently used billions of naira to build the statue of some Africa Leaders in the State Capital Owerri when he could have used the money to build a State owned plastic industry or any other industry that will create employment for his people and that will put food on their table.
I am Curtis Eghosa Ugbo and I just want a better Oredo LGA cum Edo State cum Nigeria for the masses of the people.
You're not teaching this boy write. When you give, it should be between you and God. You don't take pictures and post on social media. No blessing is coming from that anymore
Gulderbottle85: Long story short.....I have a friend who lives with his 13 yrs old daughter...... Recently a female friend who is a neighbor called me and told me the little girl confided in her that the father is harassing her sexually.
I was shocked but sometimes I stay in there home I used to notice some funny moves but I couldn't place my finger on it cos it all seems to me like Father and daughter love.
I couldn't ask the little girl cos I wanted to have a proof. Recently I came visiting and he started that rough play as usual but because I was already tipped as a result I was at Alert. I quickly told him I was going to the shop.....But I didn't go anywhere I came back immediately and went straight to the window. I saw him bouncing untop of her. The expression on her face broke my heart she is not happy.
I called that female neighbor and told her what I saw.....we told a friend we all questioned the little girl she confirmed it to be true.
Now what do we do? We planned to confront the father is this the best step to take?
As reported earlier today, Oritsefemi surprised his wife, Nabila by paying for their pre-wedding photos to be displayed on the Lekki-Ikoyi toll bridge electronic billboard.
Reacting to harsh comments she supposedly got from some ladies over the extravangaza, Nabila revisited the billboard and shared a video on Insta stories mocking them.
*Bitches saying rubbish, what has your man done for you," she asked while laughing.
barnyolix: Meanwhile DMW has been having a lot of clash lately, we still getting over one of it own, Dammy Krane, who joined Shatta Wale to diss Wizkid, but that doesn’t means they are calling of work, Davido has announced a Perruzi an official rapper for DMW and he is coming with a song soon featuring davido soon.
The dmw boss took to his twitter account to share the good news
All these small small Boiz shaaa. What is that senseless thing Davido is doing with his hand. What have violence got to do with signing an artiste. Grow up sir.
Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's Private Jet: 9 Reasons It's Not A Gift - Aroms Aigbehi by Maximus85(m): 11:33pm On Nov 25, 2017
" We didn't come to this world with anything and when we die nothing will be buried with us but our good name and deeds will be remembered.