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abitex577:
@Op, please don't just quote a verse of the scripture and draw up a conclusion, I advise even that particular scripture you should refer to other versions of Bible like New Living Translation, NIV, Message etc and above all ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding. Mathew 11 shows how John the Baptist was put in prision for correcting Herod, and Christ actually testified of the personality of who John was and also reflected how the Kingdom of God is being attacked violently and only the violent/resolute/aggressive christian can make impact (John 11:12)

You do pitifully err

abitex577:
Have asked yourself why on the eve of Christ arrest and crucifixion while he was praying in the garden of Gethsemane, His sweat was like blood?

You need to get acquainted with the why, instead of suggesting others asking themselves why Jesus was praying in the garden of Gethsemane, and His sweat was like blood
Mind you it's not really about transfiguration
but rather He was there, apart from praying, for the act or an instance of transferring
and He had three of his inner caucus (i.e. Peter, James and John) to witness the act or an instance of transferring in the garden of Gethsemane

kunlegboye:
Pls, as to reference to praying violently i dont see anytin wrong with that cos JESUS did that at a point in the garden of geseman... He must have prayed agonizingly that his sweet were like the drops of blood...

Read the response below to abitex577

kunlegboye:
On the other hand i dont think that the statement ws refering to prayer as well but rather the seriousness to be mindful of the things of heaven, like reading the Bible constantly, praying without season, not forsaking the assembly of the other believers and staying away from SIN etc....
these things really need alot of determination which Jesus ws probably refering to as being violent!

Determination as to have the will power, strength of character, single-mindedness, sense of purpose, firmness of purpose, strength of will, doggedness to want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven via the ''narrow gate''
(i.e. as the gate is narrow, so you'll have to force your way in, you have no alternative that to force or press your way in)

Funpeter:
Brother of life.......
Remember when Christ was praying at Gethsemane, pardon the spelling please, the Bible says His sweat where like blood.
Am just curious can someone be praying jeleke prayer on top of the mountain where you have free wind and be sweating?
Note: Have never taught of this before on seeing this topic thats what came to my mind.

Read the response below to abitex577

abitex577:
Do you think, someone praying quietly will be sweating and His sweat will be like blood?

Dont you think so?
Sure of course, someone praying quietly will be sweating and His sweat will be like blood

Especially if it was dreading the cruelty of man He was about to face, undergo and experiece that triggered the hematohidrosis (i.e. sweating blood)

It is the replaying in the mind, the intense mental action of looking thoughtfully for a long period of time at the ''reception party'' man has drawn up for Jesus, that caused the blood sweats, which medically is called or known as hematohidrosis.

BustScam:
When I see young people claim to be atheists or something of sort,
I do not blame them but blame those preachers who have decided to be teaching is heresy and nothing more

Well... this is lamentable

BustScam:
As I was reading through Nairaland beginning from 1:20pm on my newly acquired Tecno Phantom 5, I observed that many people have misrepresented the scriptures as penned down in Mathew 11:12

We along with you, thank God for small mercies such as the newly acquired Tecno Phantom 5

BustScam:
Let's see what the scriptures indeed say about it.

Mathew 11:12 KJV:
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

The truth about this verse is simple; it does talk about aggressiveness or violence but it does not in any way talk about it in prayers as we have been told by most preachers

True, it doesnt in any way or have anything to do with prayers, as some, by most preachers are led to believe

BustScam:
The verse talks about how many from time past have been violent in preaching the message of the Kingdom of God and not even of Heaven o as some may conclude! The verse talks about how we as CHRISTIANS are supposed to be spread the message of living in the Kingdom of God where Jesus is the King in charge of all affairs

Unfortunately this whole statement is inaccurate,
as it isnt about spreading the message of living in the Kingdom of God where Jesus is the King in charge of all affairs
but rather has more to do about/with, how some, upon hearing the good news of the kingdom of God, are forcibly entering the Kingdom of Heaven

Forcibly entering the Kingdom of Heaven, as in or because the gate is narrow (i.e. Matthew 7:13-14)

¹³"You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate.
The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.
¹⁴But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it
- Matthew 7:13-14

BustScam:
The verse has been so misquoted that it is the first thing preachers use when they want to tell you to SHOUT, SCREAM, ROAR with NOISE before God hears you meanwhile the Bible has already stated why God doesn't hear people at times (SIN)

Though you have good intentions in bringing attention to the misinterpreted verse
and highlighting the eisegesis perpetrated with this verse by ignorant and/or unscrupulous preachers, pastors etcetera,
you too have slipped on the banana skin and fallen victim to misinterpreting the verse

BustScam:
It is therefore imperative that we come to terms about God not being influenced by anyone's loud prayers or screams or shouts PR aggressiveness during prayers!

Very disrespectul isnt it?
Apart from babies, would an earthly father/mother be swayed or influenced by loud talk, screams, shouts, display of militant aggressiveness etcetera when having conversations, dialogues, exchanges, discussions or mitigations with his/her kid(s)?

BustScam:
It is unscriptural just like paying tithes to a pastor is for members of the Kingdom of God

The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD was the death of tithing and the destruction of the temple put the last nail in the tithing coffin.
Obligatory tithing, resurrected tithing, tithing-under-any-form-of-disguise is tantamount to extortion

BustScam:
Let me stop writing here while I listen to those I read some comments from on my clean an clear Tecno Phantom 5 mobike phone and birth this Holy Spirit inspired rhema: MizMyColi, tosyne2much, YourMain, chibwike, DonChippy, TedBaker, Rukkydelta, precious91, sunnyclif and others :-)

Let me end with providing the witness scripture (i.e. Luke 16:16) that not only backs Mathew 11:12 up
but also puts Mathew 11:12 into perspective (i.e. Luke 16:16 makes the gist in Mathew 11:12 clearer)

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence,
and the violent take it by force.
- Mathew 11:12

"Moses' Teachings and the Prophets were [in force] until the time of John.
Since that time, people have been telling the Good News about the kingdom of God,
and everyone is trying to force their way into it
- Luke 16:16

"Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides.
But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in
- Luke 16:16

''Suffereth'' in Mathew 11:12 means tolerated, allowed, permitted
and the ''violence'' in Mathew 11:12 DOES NOT mean behaviour involving physical force with intention to hurt, damage, kill or be destructive
but rather eagerness to push in, to press in etcetera through the ''narrow gate'' in order to gain access into entering the Kingdom of Heaven

vooks:
Understood you loud and clear sir.
The skeptics would have you believe that your faith or prayer or even the name Jesus Christ are placebo
and I felt you were coming from this angle

Oh no. Shudders. Far from that. Quite the opposite

vooks:
I hold a different opinion on oil; I think it did more than placebo

We are talking different dispensations here, and different uses
On one hand, oil used for consecrating individuals with power for service
and on the other hand, oil used for anointing individuals for healing

vooks:
Oil had a long history in Judaism going back to Moses and from the YHWH Himself

Oil was symbol for empowerment,
a symbol used as/for initation for service, for God's work etcetera

Saying it differently, oil was used for anointing in Biblical times, (e.g. Aaron, Saul, David etcetera)

It predated the flames or tongues of fire that symbolised the holy spirit

Remember Jesus told the disciples to wait to be endued with power from on high

"And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised.
But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven."
- Luke 24:49

vooks:
I think after prayers it is potent in and of itself

Some of us need a helping hand with faith
and that's where the oil as a placebo effect or placebo response comes in

vooks:
Am calling it what you did

Of course you're calling it what I did

vooks:
placebo which means the healing had nothing to do with Jesus Christ and His name, just belief in whatever was thrown at the sick

Placebo effect or placebo response means the healing had nothing to do with the substance taken
(i.e. in this case the oil) but it however will sometimes help in recovery or obtaining healing
because the person has the expectation of healing when/after using the substance

vooks:
You still stand by this?

Without fidgeting, stand by it 110%

You read - James 5:14 saying: ...anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord

God is Jehovah Rapha. God that heals
It is God that heals. Not the tablet, not the medication, not the doctor, not the oil, not etcetera

It's like saying: I am arresting you in the name of the law.
Just as the law is the authority allowing the rest,
so is God the authority under which healing is given/obtained

The underlying healing power is off and from God, and not off or from the substance

vooks:
The apostle advocated mind games, right?

You can call it whatever you like, mind games or whatnot.
At least they didnt make merchandise of the oil

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
- James 5:14

And they cast out many demons
and healed many sick people, anointing them with olive oil.
- Mark 6:13

omakay:
The problem is not even with the oil and the hankeys.

The problem is with the Christians who are idolizing these items.

Its quite funny
but most of them do carry this scary belief that once a Man of God does not above items as part of his ministrations, he is not a true M.O.G.

What the Apostles subscribed was to call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over whom concerned, anointing whom concerned with oil in the name of the Lord

But obviously, ekklesia as become the ''church''
elders have transformed into head honcho
and the sheeple are preyed upon, skinned and gutted with total disregard of this morally wrong method of lining one's purse

vooks:
Did Jesus and the Apostles employ placebo?

I was just addressing this question in responding to omakay
I dont think the former did,
but the latter to some extent surely did advocate and use the pacebo effect

vooks:
There is one woman of God and evangelist I have known for over 2 decades.
God led her to use oil. She'd pray for the sick and for those representing the sick
she'd give them oil to go and anoint the sick and they would get healed

Placebo effect and also otherwise known as the placebo response

vooks:
One lady who had nightmares used to sleep with the oil under her pillow.
She confessed this to the evangelist and ever since that time she stopped using it.

All that glitters is not gold

vooks:
It is very easy to idolize what we can see hence the warning against graven images.
I'd say from your description that your parents are doing this.

Let's stop making idols out of hydrocarbons

Languishing and perpetuating ignorance. They are miseducated and preyed upon

Market dey. SMH

Mindfulness:
@bold

This is rubbish. I am sorry

No need to be apologetic over an opinion
The rubbish bit is even worse when it's like innocently, playing Russian Roulette with it,
and worst without knowing which chamber has the fatal bullet in it

MizMyColi:
@Muttleylaff
Is anything wrong with New Age religion?

Put it this way, it's like handing a loaded firearm to a non Health and Safety conscious person that's wrong

Another thing is, just as you've showed in some of your posts, this whole thing is about relationships and not religion
New Age religion or movement however doesnt share your sentiments of this
God, to adherent of this movement, among of things, is impersonal.

What do you know of Eckhart Tolle? Care to share (i.e. the good, the bad and the ugly)

Lastly, you should be familiar of this ''grain and straw'' or '''chicken/fish and bone'' message to Eve:
''You surely will not die!''
Is this message, an absolute truth or a pseudo truth statement?

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
- Matthew 10:16

Aint that an interesting coincidence of the actor in Genesis 3:4 and Matthew 10:16

MizMyColi:
There seems to be an apathy for new age in Christian circles

Depends on which side of Christian circles you're refering to
Some are ignorant or oblivious of it
Some are subtly practising it
Some are appalled at it

menesheh:
Another silly altitude is that you always shrimp my comment so that people going through it will not see the apt rebattle to a silly reply but i gat no problems with that anymore.

And stop spamming me. I hope we don't follow each other here.

vooks:
There is no need posting all you have posted which is right above me,
especially if it is a mishmash of nonsense and intellectual atrocity.
Civilized Negroes think differently. Hang around me long enough and you will learn

vooks:
Am I supposed to comment when invited Negro?
This is a public forum and when you pour your brains(or lack of it) you can't control who responds and who doesn't

menesheh:
Your mum is the negro and if you meant that to be an insult.

vooks:
You are right, all my descendants and ancestors are Negroes

https://s21.postimg.org/kjfwrp3ir/applause.gifvooks, by not rising to the bait, you took out the sting of his modus operandi provocative ''your mum''.
I was overjoyed at how you effortlessly parried the insult. Welldone

krusdamax:
@MizMyColi Before embracing Eckhart Tolle's teachings, consider this :


http://www.gotquestions.org/new-earth-Eckhart-Tolle-Oprah.html

MuttleyLaff:
https://s22.postimg.org/letjnrfot/Loaded.jpg
Issorite. Eckhart Tolle, yeah? Eckhart Tolle, another Oprah's favourites, like TD Jakes?

The fact & truth is, Eckhart Tolle is like toying with a loaded arm pointed to the head
In a safe hand, no problem, if the safe hand has sense enough not to pull the trigger whilst arm is pointed to head.

Eckhart Tolle is slick as they come, as he uses all the right words,
and whatever right words he doesnt want to use, he gives the excuse that the word has become ''empty of meaning'' or has been misused.

MizMyColi, to the trained eye, Eckhart Tolle would be an Eve Déjà vu
- sorry for the ''trained eye''-''Eve Déjà'' vu'' pun there,
- couldnt resist not seizing the chance to use it

Nothing personal but at the end of the day, Eckhart Tolle is no better than or different to the average Pastorpreneurs

The pseudo truth in ''The Power of Now?'' is like a few pearls mixed in with a lot of worthless faux pearls.
It has lots of New Age etcetera stuff in it that if you'll be eating it you'll have to be prepared for spitting out the throat prickly bones in it.

By the way, I found the unconsciousness issue raised by mnwankwo very interesting, he even de-toured a bit into bacteria, LOL
(i.e. he said:
... to "define" what consciousnesses is and ascertain if there are gradations of consciousnesses or if consciousnesses is one and the same)
though you ducked definining your ''different level of consciousness'' response was equally interesting

mnwankwo further went on to state:
''Are all consciousnesses eternal or are there gradations of it that began at point? These questions are important if an inference''

Let me ask both of you what your takes are on consciousnesses in the realm of the dead and land of the living
1) What is consciousnesses in the realm of the dead and in land of the living?
2) Is consciousnesses in the realm of the dead and land of the living criss crossed?
3) Are the dead consciousnesses of happenings in the land of the living and vice versa?
4) Are those in the realm of the dead consciousnesses of happenings in there just as those in the land of the living are consciousnesses of happenings in there surroundings?
5) What is the correlation between unconsciousnesses and ''sleeping'' for the dead or those in the realm of the dead?

Sorry didnt go into the bacteria unconsciousnesses

Mind you, I've read Eckhart Tolle's ''The Power of Now?'' so am able and willing to address any questions on any of the claims in the book

https://www.nairaland.com/2500091/power-now-eckhart-tolle-book/2#37488335

And consider the earlier above on page 2

MizMyColi, though Mindfulness has stepped in on my behalf to respond to the ''anger'' post you submitted
- thanks Mindfulness, you very nearly spoke my mind and all I was planning to write
I still intend to respond to it asap, happens that I've got a lot going on at the moment, so I am managing time and putting things in the priority queue

1feness:
This a cool thread

Yeah its a kewl one

1feness:
I think some Christians are confusing the their religious idol (yahweh) with the conscious energy which is in everyone of us

God is not an idol, please do not twist the truth.
God is relationship-centric.
In the beginning God has always been about fellowship, relationship and communion

God has come full circle to relationship.
Now, the only religion God approves now, is found in James 1:27

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father
means caring for orphans and widows in their distress
and refusing to let the world corrupt you
- James 1:27

1feness:
We are all made of source energy, which some people call God

You actually mean, we are made of dust and become animated via God's breath of life

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul
- Genesis 2:7

"The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life
- Job 33:4

as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils
- Job 27:3

1feness:
The God (source energy) that never judges or interferes in human affairs

God never interferring with the human will, doesnt mean man will not give account of all his/her affairs, escapades or whatnots

So man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment
(i.e. to state his/her case and justify all thoughts, actions, deeds etcetera carried out or why not carried out)

1feness:
It gives no laws, rule and regulations or wants anything from anyone. I am talking about the Eternal energy field that is our essence

It is appalling naivety to come to the conclusion God gives no laws, rule and regulations or wants anything from anyone.
Try jumping off a plane in mid air without a parachute, and report back of the absence of any law

1feness:
This energy is us split in billions of ways, experiencing itself in different form. The best way to enjoy this energy field is to live in the NOW as the OP has rightly said

The best way to enjoy life, is to live it to the best of one's ability, live it to the fullest and live in the Now for a good eternal

As the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear God speak today, don't be stubborn
- Hebrews 3:7

For he says, "At the right time I heard you, and on a day of salvation I helped you."
Listen, now is really the "right time"!
Now is the "day of salvation"!
- 2 Corinthians 6:2

Mindfulness:
I was more like referring to semantics

Semantics or no semantics, God's word is truth

Mindfulness:
I am glad you said 'of course' because this open-ness is where the fun is

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter
and the glory of kings to investigate a matter
- Proverbs 25:2

Mindfulness:
What does the tree of knowledge stand for?

Before answering this, lets get the record straight.
Are you agreeing, that God's word about guaranteed death from eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is true?

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is a trope (i.e. a figure of speech) or metonymy, if you prefer the latter.
The higher the altitude you're standing on, the better the viewpoint with more to see what it stood for
e.g. personification, intimacy, experience, Pandora's box

Mindfulness:
These are the Bible passages that make me feel like too many people spoiled the essence of it all

Please expatiate
Who are the ''too many cooks spoiled the broth''
and what's their impact on the bible passages aforementioned?

Mindfulness:
Words are often polysemous

God's word(s) isnt polysemous
I think you wrote that ontologically speaking

Mindfulness:
is the truth also open to interpretation?

Of course, it is. Why not

Explain this word of God (i.e. truth) in Genesis 2:17, you may use Proverbs 19:23 for leverage

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Genesis 2:17

The fear of the LORD leads to life; whoever is satisfied with it will rest, untouched by evil
- Proverbs 19:23

Mindfulness:
And don't you just love these states of clarity in which you receive perfect answers?

All I want or need are answers, if perfect its a bonus then
Enquiry minds, tending to seek answers, information, learn or develop etcetera will always question to a void

Mindfulness:
How do you define truth?

Theologically and simplistically put, God's word is truth.

MizMyColi:
I guess this has more to do with years of conditioning

No not conditioning
but more to do with the fruit of the Spirit
which is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

MizMyColi:
The belief that we are meant to be happy go lucky always and never sad

Am not sure how you came to this conclusion. Note the bolded ''angry'' and ''sad'' in Mark 3:5 below

He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts.
Then he said to the man,
"Hold out your hand." So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!
- Mark 3:5

MizMyColi:
That aside, being a peacemaker by default, it just naturally upsets me when I get angry.
I think of it as something unhealthy, like a virus that should be expelled by any and all means necessary.

I guess I've come to a time in my journey where I must embrace the so called "ugly side"
Make peace with it. Accept it as part and parcel of just being

Anger is part and parcel of man's makeup.
It's an essential or integral component of man. Dont fight it, just learn how to understand it.
What you learn of and/or about it, makes it easy to handle, manage or control
What you learn about it, makes it easy not to abnormally use anger, not to abuse anger

We get angry when we are annoyed,
like when something bothers or disturbs us, in a way that displeases or irritates us

With the above in mind, here are two examples of anger
(e.g. Esau's unrighteous anger and Jesus' righteous anger)

⁴³"Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!
⁴⁴"Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury subsides,
⁴⁵until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him.
Then I will send and get you from there
- Genesis 27:43-45

¹⁴He found those who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons in the temple courtyard. He also found moneychangers sitting there.
¹⁵He made a whip from small ropes and threw everyone with their sheep and cattle out of the temple courtyard.
He dumped the moneychangers' coins and knocked over their tables.
¹⁶He told those who sold pigeons, "Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"
¹⁷His disciples remembered that Scripture said, "Devotion for your house will consume me."
John 2:14-17

MizMyColi:
Sometimes, on this journey, progress could mean 3 steps backward

Stepping back could also mean mustering up strength
''Agutan to tadi mehin, lo mu agbara wa ni''
loosely translated means:
''The ram that takes a few steps back, gains extra momentum which leads to more strength or power when head butting''

MizMyColi:
Loolz, @enjoying anger
grin grin grin grin grin

I'll try that

Please enjoy anger, enjoy it the right way.
I enjoy muttering idiot at drivers under my breath, when their cars cut in ahead of me or when they do other bad driving habits
It's releasing, it's therapeutic
Loolz, grin grin grin grin grin

Mindfulness:
What does progress mean in this context?

Progress, ought to mean moving forward
a position emanated from constantly questioning, especially questioning to a void
and continuously learning from answered questions

Mindfulness:
What do you want to achieve?

Debunking myths. Dispelling falsism (i.e. dismiss supposed truths)

MizMyColi:
I was passively taught to think of it as something to be eschewed.
Like it's a sin

Be angry without sinning. Don't go to bed angry
- Ephesians 4:26

What is sin? Sin is missing the mark
Certainly, it was ''passively taught'' that way because it is easy to miss the mark with anger

Rebecca observed Esau is seething with anger, he's ready on sight to kill his brother Jacob
Anger can lead to sin (i.e. lead to missing the mark),
Anger is like a loaded firearm that needs to be carefully and safely handled, else there could be a homicide, repercussions etcetera

Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be preoccupied. It only leads to evil.
- Psalm 37:8

Psalm 37:8 is an advice on how to manage the frame or state of the mind and the emotion anger

It implies, dont be angry for long.
Without being late, turn from it, before it escalates into a rage (i.e. violent uncontrollable anger)
Keep temper in check, have a fit, have a temper but dont lose the temper.
Don't be angry busy or busy angry, don't let anger eat you up
Don't allow anger, lead you, to cause harm or do evil

Mindfulness:
I like what MuttleyLaff said about anger. I share this view.
Anger is important. It is not an "ugly side".
I will say more about it when I feel less tired.

Keenly waiting to read it
and so here is Isaiah 40:29 for you

He gives strength to those who are tired;
to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy
- Isaiah 40:29

MizMyColi:
Phew! Phew!

How do you get yourself to completely dissociate from anger at certain people?

Anger isn't necessarily negative, anger can be right, can be healthy, can be "holy"

MizMyColi:
Okay, this morning, I was angry. The pain body took over. I couldn't get self to dissociate from it.
I tried.
I was uncomfortable with being surrounded with such negative energy early in the morning

Ephesians 4:26?

MizMyColi:
So while in the bus on my way to work.
I made peace.
I made peace with my emotions.
I stopped fighting it.
I admitted that I was angry. I told myself that I know I shouldn't be, but I am. I accepted it, without holding a grudge at myself for doing so

Anger is one of the emotions created for man. We are allowed to be angry. God has been recorded at one time or the other to be filled with anger. That aside, God, as God the Son, further demonstrated this emotion in a temple

MizMyColi:
In that moment, I felt peace.
I could feel an excitement, coursing through my body. I felt it most on my legs.
I felt like reaching out to a partial cause of the anger and saying "Hey, I wish you well, have a nice day"...

Righteous anger can be therapeutic. Bottled up anger, anger which is not released can be self harming or eat one up

MizMyColi:
I enjoy being self-possesed and relishing in quiet strength.

As I write now, I feel put back together, Lolz.

So...
I mentioned you two so you could just talk with me...
Maybe give tips on how not to ever identify with such emotions anymore...
Maybe tap from your energies too

Why would you want to curb a bona fide energy-in-motion.
It will be a crime to give you tips on how not to ever identify with such energy-in-motion

If done controllably, if done right, if done and forgotten about, as in not letting the sun go down with the wrath, you have no cause to worry.

AAinEqGuinea:
makes sense.

Airforce1 has to fix metadata for both file and upload site:
https://i.imgur.com/wOGSoea.jpg

Although you can hear it in the song he actually also mentioned on a thread somewhere that the tune is titled "Such a Diva" and not "Search a Diva"

Another thing is you have balls stepping on that site, as I wouldn't touch that download site with a barge pole.

If he can't upload it to soundcloud, reverbnation, YouTube or the likes, as in any other reputable sites, he can listen to it less one.

MizMyColi:
This has depth.
Perchance, was it meant for me?

I dont know.
I deffo dont have any no ''word of knowledge'' about that (i.e. was it meant for you)
Orrrr maybe, just maybe, I'm putting this out there sic

MizMyColi:
I would appreciate if you explained further.
Thank you.

Without trying to make a meal out of this,
everyone who is anyone, has some measure of a fly in the ointment to contend with

AAinEqGuinea:
Hey Airforce1,

I listened to one of your singles: Search Your Diva

The single is titled ''Such a Diva''

AAinEqGuinea:
You are an artist and not everyone is, I like what you're doing. I like the melody and your flow for this track; vocals and instrumental carries the pleasantry of the song

Lyrically will give it 7/10

AAinEqGuinea:
Regrettably the production is horrible

I cant agree more to this remark

AAinEqGuinea:
a singular factor that ruins a track (or entire album) for me. Your vocals and instrumental levels are to loud with endless hot peaks throughout the track, often referred to as hard limits. Limits (and other factors) have to be managed by a conjunction of factors: the ambiance of the studio, your mic, your headphones, mixer, and software all have to calibrated to ensure the intended sound is delivered. This is why many reputable studios have engineers dedicated to mastering audio, yet many artists mistakenly believe they should also do their own engineering or they have the wrong person mastering their audio.

The beat(s) is/are a complete letdown.
Beat wise it didnt do it for me at all, couldnt even bop my head along with the tune
Intro (i.e. the gra-gra, efizzy demon etcetera) matters a lot, the first few seconds usually determines whether or not to hit the stop button

AAinEqGuinea:
You're not Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Don Jazzy, or Timbaland (yet) who can be both engineer and artist
Please reconsider how your production is handled, investing similar effort in mastering your audio as you've done with your creativity

Your vocals will give it 7/10

The production will give it 6/10
and said earlier, lyrically will give it 7/10

AAinEqGuinea:
Looking forward to hearing more.

Yeah me too
and one day, one day, ''wa de be''
meanwhile listen to these for tips regarding intro ideas, for beat composition ideas, lyrics flow ideas, etcetera
''Wa de be'' - Material
''My Woman, My Everything'' Patoranking feat. Wande Coal #thumbs up for this one
''Bami Jo Baby'' - Mr. Flint aka 9ja Diddy feat. Edrino The Don
''Yi wo soun'' - Material feat. Magnum, AY
''Dodo ati Ewa'' - Magnum

Dont settle for less, always insist on what and how you need your creativity to turn out like, how it needs to sound.
Its a tough competition out there, and you will be losing out on lots of admirers with only average quality or not very good music

Nina4u:
guy is a musician and he is really trying tooo .. It takes time befor u get lot of fans/gigs but im sure u get there ... My guys there..and climbing ...Just have faith ..stay humble and pray . Of cause u gonna feel nervous if ppl go love it ..Just try relax and wait for the prase/critic..then try eaven harder with the next ...and aim for a perfect clubb banger...after ppl go feel your other tracks ..May i ask ..r u on reverbnation or soundcloud?

Airforce1:
Thanks

No i'm not on reverb and suncloud

# eye roll, SMH so you arent yet registered on reverbration and soundcloud?
That's one of the first steps, wannabe or not wannabe, that any serious music aficionado does.

Airforce1:
*Downloading suncloud right now*

Whats ''suncloud''? Whats to download?
You dont download ''suncloud'' sic, but join via free registration

You only register on the site(s), this just like registering on YouTube, allows you to upload your creativity(ies) or material(s),
in order to share with others for fans listening pleasures, fans free downloading, get new fans, get fan feedback/remarks, sell your music etcetera

Lastly its soundcloud and ''suncloud'' sic

Everyone who is anyone, with Him, is given a thorn in the flesh
that he might buffet such, so that such should not become conceited.
And if one time, two times or three times, such begs of the Lord concerning this, to remove it from one.
Each time He'll say:
"My grace is all you need: for My power works best in weakness.

B4113y:
People say God's love is unconditional, he even killed his son (who was really himself) for us to all be forgiven?

MuttleyLaff:
Yes, God's love is agape, unconditional.
His Son (incidentally who really is Him, God) died for us. His Son was set up and killed by men but not killed by God

MizMyColi:
I have come to the realization that love is deep.

Which of the loves?
(i.e. is it: agape philia, storge, pragma, eros, tough, philautia or ludus)

MizMyColi:
Now I understand why people say that Love is an acquired taste and that it doesn't exist

Again, which of the loves?
(i.e. are you here, talking of: agape, philia, storge, pragma, eros, tough, philautia or ludus)

MizMyColi:
For to truly love unconditionally, we must give up all sense of separatism and realize our oneness and consciousness with all life forms

Love given unconditionally is the essence of agape

MizMyColi:
To truly love, we must connect to our higher selves

As...
if I have a faith that can move mountains,
^2bbut do not have love (i.e. Agape), I am nothing.
³If I give all I possess to the poor
and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,
but do not have love (i.e. Agape), I gain nothing.
⁴Love (i.e. Agape) is patient, love (i.e. Agape) is kind. It does not envy,
it does not boast, it is not proud.
⁵It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
⁶Love (i.e. Agape) does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
⁸Love (i.e. Agape) never fails
‎

MizMyColi:
Now this couldn't possibly happen in a day, especially given years and years of indoctrination based of cynicism and "self love"

''self love'', as in philautia or is this good ol' narcissism?

MizMyColi:
It requires that we die daily to self, that we die daily to ego. It requires giving in every sense of the word.
Putting the best interests of others ahead of our ego and need to be seen as the best, always correct, holier than them all...etc etc

Love (i.e. Agape) doesn't sing its own praises. It isn't arrogant etcetera

MizMyColi:
Now that I think of it, it is near impossible to love.
I'm trying to convince myself otherwise by actually trying to practice love in it's truest and purest form.

Not so sure I'm doing excellently well at it, but hey, I'm on a mission. If it's conceivable, it's possible.
Who knows?!
That might just be my life's inner purpose

7Beloved, let us love one another, because LOVE (i.e. Agape) IS FROM GOD,
and everyone who loves has been FATHERED by God and knows God.
8The person who does not love does not know God, because GOD IS LOVE (i.e. God is Agape)
- 1 John 4:7-8

MizMyColi:
I mean, there'll be times and days when I would choose selfish love over selfless love, there'll be those days when I'll scream..."Damn Love Menh!"

No one has ever seen God.
But if we love each other, God lives in us,
and his love is brought to full expression in us
- 1 John 4:12

MizMyColi:
But this is a heart yearning...
I want to Love...y'know...TO LOVE!!

A new commandment I give to you,
that you love (i.e. agapate) one another:
just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another
- John 13:34

MizMyColi:
Not just this guy or a select few, but humanity, all of it.

Yeah. Agape and not mere pragma or philia?

MizMyColi:
Did I just hear a voice in my head tell me "You're Crazy"?
Oh well, I just might be.

If told: ''You're Crazy'', you arent the first (e.g. Jesus et al) and certainly wont be the last

MizMyColi:
Errmmm, I shouldn't be sharing opinions like this where it'd be dissected and diminished with contrary opinions....

Sharing is caring

MizMyColi:
But here's me hoping that this will stir someone too who's been having this aching to do right and noble by all men that they're not alone.
Heck, I got tears streaming down a corner of my face. That's how passionate I am about this...

John 11:35

MizMyColi:
Orrrr maybe, just maybe, I'm putting this out there, so someone can mention or call me and say, hey...you're not crazy, and I defo understand what it's like to be you right now

Someone, anyone...
What the heck! Ah feck it, everyone, everybody...

Truly, truly, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone;
but if it dies, it bears much fruit
- John 12:24

Bottom line, the greatest and highest form of love is agape

CaroLyner:
thought orezi sang the original version

No, he didn't

d33jy85:
Don't Mind Yoruba and their Fraudulent behavior dats the only thing their good @

SMH at this remark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77JoiY9MCQI

https://www.nairaland.com/2742313/missy-elliot-tweets-lil-kesh/1#40106657

https://s13.postimg.org/pbohxj2yf/Comfort_Ms_Elliott.jpg
Lil Kesh, the Nigerian rapper is commonly attributed to making the "Shoki" dance famous,
but he didn't originate the dance move as most people are led to believe,
an artist in Agege, going by the stage name, Dre San, did (i.e. in 2013, with his Skoky video track)

Comfort OGHENERURO Fedoke repping Naija
She introduced Missy Elliott to Shoki
It's a fact, Lil Kesh should be owing Dre San copyright dues for the Skoky/Shoki dance Movement

akksplendor:
Yesterday we told you that US rapper Missy Elliot just released a new single in 7 years.
In the video of the single titled "Where They From?" (WTF), the veteran rapper danced Shoki. She went online to give a shout out to Nigeria.

But we actually just noticed that she also gave a shout out to Lil Kesh, the Nigerian rapper who is among those that made the "Shoki" dance famous, but Lil Kesh didn't originate the dance as most people believe, a musician in Agege did and his name is Dre San.
Watch Missy elliot dance Shoki below.. The dance is at the 2:33 mark

https://s13.postimg.org/pbohxj2yf/Comfort_Ms_Elliott.jpg
Comfort OGHENERURO Fedoke repping Naija
She introduced Missy Elliott to Shoki
It's true Lil Kesh should be owing Dre San copyright dues for the Skoky/Shoki dance Movement

menix:
Same way Dangote founded Dangote group with 100naira he borrowed from his uncle..

Make una they blow lie they give us just to be a motivational speaker..

U also borrowed 20k from Stella obasanjo to pay staff..

Very soon Seun go say him borrow 50k from his junior brother(Lalasticlala) to found Nairaland..

Seun actually as a matter of fact received a loan of 100K from his Dad to launch Nairaland

vooks:
Highcuerayte,
One thing you NEVER do with when engaging me is making silly and baseless claims because I will call you out.

You first claimed FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK was not in the original manuscript. I countered that by educating you on interpolation. Only the word DAY is interpolated. Then you claimed FIRST as well was not in the 'original manuscripts'. I ably prove you wrong from Mounce. You whined that interlinears are translations of English into Greek or something and are thus unreliable. I demolished this nonsense by demonstrating that FIRST is in the Greek text by quoting two different Greek NT. You made another wild and extremely silly claim; NT was written in Aramaic and then translated into Greek, and that FIRST was not in Aramaic. I asked for the names of these Aramaic manuscripts. You have none.

Listen buddy, I engage in idle banter when am extremely idle. This is why I gave you my time.
I can tell you are just making up claims to avoid learning. I can't help you with that, but am mighty entertained by your gimmicks

LOL, what I guess, which is a fact, is that Highcuerayte is saying Jesus's teachings & preachings were done in Aramaic
The ''Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani'' utterance on the cross was left intact when translating to Greek in making the NT though

Highcuerayte:
This is no digression, it is common sense challenging the validity of the Gospels being written in Greek. That a supposed white man (Scholar) said something doesn't mean it is true and that can't be challenge.

So i ask again, what language did Jesus speak? Since the Gospels were firsthand knowledge of those who walk and listen to him.

He asked for scholarly proof, how you managed to twist that into skin color is baffling

Highcuerayte:
Stop ranting and discuss.

He isnt ranting,
he hinted about a sloppiness and was advising you to be more careful next time as he easily can catch you out
I'll heed to that warning if I were you

vooks:
Drive safely and let scriptures speak to you; FOUR DAYS AGO. Memorize and recite verse 30 as you drive around

To help you along, assume Cornelius had the vision on Monday, which day of the week did he utter 'FOUR DAYS AGO'?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
E. I don't know
F. None of the above

https://i57.tinypic.com/34sp9j4.gif
You're so funny.
When last have I been tested with the E & F type multiple choice answers
Let me get back to base first.