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What is your worst personal experience with a Priest or Pastor?

All of them na scam.
The only thing they preach right is Jesus, perhaps to attract people.

Every other thing else they preach after that na scam.

Nevertheless, I still dey take my family to church as usual, because it is the right of the kids to know Jesus

They are just normal people like others but using their position to form saint Oliver

Very true. Some are real. Most are scammers.

essentialone:
Very true. Some are real. Most are scammers.

Stop lying! They are all frauds!

My relationship with Jesus is very personal. I'm never dependent on man. I know God through my faith in God and the words of the Bible

"But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
- 2 Corinthians 11:12-14 (KJV)

Kobojunkie:
Stop lying! They are all frauds!

I agree totally with you on this ooo

*Stop using prayer as a substitute for Planning and Taking Responsibility.*

Prayer without planning is wishful thinking. Planning without prayer is arrogance. The problem is when people swing so far into the “God will handle it” side that they don’t pick up their own role in the process.

*1. Why The Balance Matters*
*Planning is your responsibility.* It’s research, risk assessment, budgeting, learning the skill, setting the timeline, preparing for what can go wrong. That’s the work.
*Prayer is surrendering what you can’t control.* You can’t control the economy, policy shifts, or whether your investor shows up. That’s where faith comes in.

When you flip it — spending 3 hours praying for a business to succeed but zero hours doing market research — you’re not being spiritual, you’re being passive. And life doesn’t reward passivity.

*2. What It Looks Like In Real Life*
- *In business*: You pray for sales but haven’t defined your target customer or pricing. That’s sentimental. Strategic is building a marketing plan, testing the product, and tracking cashflow.
- *In career*: You pray for a better job but haven’t updated your CV or learned a new skill. That’s sentimental. Strategic is networking, applying consistently, and upskilling.
- *In relationships*: You pray for a good partner but haven’t worked on your own character or clarified what you want. That’s sentimental. Strategic is self-reflection and setting boundaries.

*3. The Nigerian Context Angle*
We have a culture that often spiritualizes everything. “It is well” becomes the answer to lack of preparation. But even in scripture, the principle is “faith without works is dead.” Noah didn’t just pray for rain — he built the ark for 100 years.

Planning doesn’t mean you don’t trust God. It means you’re respecting the process God gave you — intelligence, time, and free will — to act.

*4. The Practical Takeaway*
Use prayer for clarity, peace, and guidance. Use planning for execution.
If you’ve prayed about something for 30 days and you’re still stuck at the same point, that’s your cue to sit down and make a plan.

*Bottom line*: God gives the vision, but He expects you to draw the blueprint. If you don’t build, nothing gets built.