my son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother
: Proverbs 1:8


The Bible teaches that children have mandatory responsibilities to their parents. As a matter of fact, Children owe their parents certain important duties that include the obligation to respect honour and obey them. Children are the heritage of the Lord and God has a special interest in their well-being. Meanwhile God is a disciplinarian as revealed in Revelation 3:19 “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”

God has decided to commit the discipline of children to their parents as caretakers for Him; therefore, children must cooperate with their parents to make easy for their own benefit. Obedience in this respect attracts long life and prosperity.

If you invested so much in your children, but have retired and they are gainfully employed, yet they ignore you, will you be happy with them? Some fathers have placed curses on their children for neglecting them. A righteous child will not neglect his parents at any time. He will make sure that those of them that are not saved are led to Jesus. After all, that is the greatest gift he can give them. Besides that, he will ensure that they have a roof over their heads and their needs are met in the area of feeding, clothing, healthcare, etc.  God has joined children to their parents as partners in progress. for two people to work in agreement, they must see and mind the same thing. They must be focused on the same goal.

God’s focus is that children have parents that will be godly examples to them, while making efforts to bring them up in the way of the Lord. God wants parents that will introduce their children to Him at very tender ages, so that they may learn to obey God and become familiar with His commandments, worship and fellowship. Children should be careful not to be a source of sorrow and pain to their parents. Proverbs 17:25 says: “A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”

I pray that God in His mercy will visit every Christian home and intervene in the life of every wayward child today in the Name of Jesus.


PRAYER
Father, please help me to always accept correction joyfully in Jesus' name.



by: Pastor E.A. Adeboye

I chose to take my time to really understand what is happening regarding Mohbad's death and it's so painful that majority of us only listen to beats and sounds in music but never pay attention to the lyrics.

Lyrics is what makes the music not just the sound and the beat. Those are just supporting team.

However, I listen to another version of his songs this morning title "Sorry" where he narrated the stories surrounding his life, saying...

This kind life e tire me
Daddy no get salary
Ten years I no see money
Step mother no care
Landlord e dey worry
my brothers are hungry
Daddy gather money make I go poly
I go poly but I no go class daddy I am sorry

The first part of the song talked about the hardship his parents are facing, the maltreatment of his step mother, the landlord threats, his brothers staying all days without food.

Trust me, all these are more than enough for anyone to be mislead and get involved in anything just to change the cause of their lives and that was exactly what Mohbad did.

In the second verse of the Lyrics, he went on to say that...

I don dey do Yahoo
I don dey chop banku
Omo pastor ti wonu aye

He just made it clear that even though he is a Pastor's son; all that is no longer matter as he had decided to be part of anything that can bring in money and eradicate poverty out of his family.

The third version of the lyrics hit hard on his parents and their failure as parents; saying

Mummy just dey pray
Daddy just dey pray for me
Make e better for me
Me I no go school
Only thing I fit do
Music me I choose

Some parents are nothing but total disgrace to humanity. And if you are a parent and you cannot pay closer attention to your children and be sure of the kind of friends they keep and the things they do, then you are nothing but a disgrace.

Praying for your children is never enough, wisdom demands that you get fully involves in their lives and be sure of what they are doing that requires your prayers, so that you don't end up praying for them doing the wrong things.

The last part of the song talks about he giving up on life and his total confusion of what life has in stock for him, saying...

This kind life e tire me
Eshi biri biri ke bo mi o
Iwaju loloko yi wa mi'lo
eyin sa loloko yí wa mi'lo
Mi o mo

Eshi biri biri ke bo mi o
Iwaju loloko yi wa mi'lo
eyin sa loloko yí wa mi'lo
Mi o mo

A confusing state of mind is a dead zone, a place of delusional and depression. A state where all the wrong things seems right even when you are so sure that whatever is flying through your mind is never the right thing.

I'd heard both parents talking about he giving them money, they'd never talked about he telling them or discussing with them of his challenges, fears, plans and future; that speaks volumes.

I'm sorry to say this, but his lyrics on this song, speaks more of his parents failing him big time. And if you are a parent, please pay attention to your children and be their closest friend.

Not all the children that have the mental capacity to say no to what they believe is not right for them. Some of us are strong enough to walk away from anything and anyone we considered unhealthy to our wellbeing. Some don't know how to.

Either way, parents, pay attention to your children, question their source of income and find out what the plans regarding their life is. It's important.

It is well with us all.

Mohbad on my mind...

The Story of the Epic Battle Between King Sunny Ade and Chief Bolarinwa Abioro

It was in 1974 that the news broke. Chief Bolarinwa Abioro, the Balogun of Ipokia, the Chairman of African Songs Limited, had taken his star musician to court! Everyone who knew KSA knew Abioro. Everyone who knew Abioro knew Sunday Adeniyi. Sunny was the son. Abioro was the father. What could have gone wrong between father and son?

KSA was the second artiste to be signed on to the stable of African Songs Limited. Ayinde Bakare was the first. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister was the third. Like most creative people, young Sunny Ade was more concern about his passion and less concern about the business aspect of music. His passion was to play music and to excel as a musician.

It was enough that Abioro – one of the biggest men in the music industry at the time – was ready to promote him. They brought documents for Sunny and his band boys to sign. They called it a contract. It could have been called any other name for all that KSA cared. Won ni ko wa je saara, o ni ojo ti wonu ju. Se ata ni won ni ko mu wa ni, abi iyo. You are invited to a free feast, you are complaining about the short notice, are they asking you to bring salt or pepper? Sunny Ade and his boys didn’t hesitate. It is doubtful if any of them read what the contract said. The most important thing was that they were going to become recording artistes. Sunny signed. His band boys signed. Everybody was happy.

The contract was for 5 years. However before its expiration, KSA had become a household name. His album, Challenge Cup, sold in excess of 500,000 copies. It was certain that King Sunny Ade was going to dominate the music scene for a very long time to come. African Songs Ltd knew a good product when it saw one. The management of the company didn’t wait for the first contract to expire before they brought a new contract.

The new agreement was carefully worded. KSA and his band boys agreed to perform and record exclusively for ASL for a period of five years. ASL had full copyrights to all compositions and recordings of Sunny Ade. ASL was entitled to the sole right of production, reproduction, and use of King Sunny Ade’s performance throughout the world. That was not all. During the period of the agreement, KSA was prohibited from rendering any performance whatsoever to himself, any company or group of persons. The contract also stipulated that ASL had the option to renew the agreement at its expiration for a further term of two years or for any longer period. Sunny Ade had no such right.
That was not all. On the sale of every album which price was then fixed at N6.00, KSA and his boys were entitled to a princely sum of 20 kobo. Yes, you read that right. African Songs would go home with the remaining N5. 80 kobo. Onigegewura’s mathematics has never been good. He is just an amateur historian. You can do the sum yourself.

Still basking in the euphoria of his growing fame, Sunny gratefully signed again. His band boys signed. 20 kobo was still something. Orogun iya re da sokoto fun o, o ni ko bale, melo ni iya to bi o da fun o? You are complaining that the trousers made for you by your step-mother was not long enough, where is the one your own mother made for you? They were expecting their 20 kobo royalty on every album. Well, when the time came for actual payment, it was then discovered that mathematically and arithmetically, it was not supposed to be 20 kobo. They had not factored the cost of publicity and promotion! And since it was the artiste that was being promoted, he must be the one to bear the cost! After the addition and subtraction, Sunny was given 15 kobo per album.

KSA was not Chike Obi, the mathematician. But he knew that 20 kobo and 15 kobo were not the same thing. Compared with his contemporaries in the music industry, KSA realized that he was holding the short end of the stick. His colleague, Baba Commander, Chief Ebenezer Obey was earning as high as 70 kobo per album. Others were earning between 35 kobo and 60 kobo.

That was when Sunny decided to ask Chief Abioro for a raise of the royalty payment. The chairman listened patiently to KSA and his colleagues. He was nodding as they canvassed one reason after another why a raise was in order. When they finished, Chief Abioro flipped open a file he had on his table. He brought out a bundle of documents. Even from where he was seated across the table, Sunny saw that it was a copy of the contract he signed. “An agreement is an agreement. It is a binding contract!” The chief informed them. “This is what you signed. This is what you are entitled to! No more, No less.” He returned the documents to the file. Case dismissed.

But Sunny was not done. “Chief, this is not about contract. You are our father. Our request is for adequate compensation! Let’s leave the contract aside.” Chief Abioro looked at the young star the way a parent looks at a child asking for another candy. “Leave the contract aside? We should leave the contract aside?” The chairman asked incredulously. “You know, it would be nice to leave the contract aside. But you know what? That would be illegal!”
Haba! Illegality ke! . It was then that someone brought up the idea of requesting some of his friends to plead their case. Sunny agreed. After all, Eni ti o mo oju Ogun, ni pa obi ni ‘re. It is the person who is conversant with Ogun, the god of iron, that is usually given the duty to administer its rites. They went to meet Prince Okunade Sijuwade who would later become the Ooni of Ife. They also met with Chief Afolabi Joseph. Even Chief Ebenezer Obey was also requested to intervene as well as Chief Nurudeen Alowonle.

The eminent persons appeared in the court of the Balogun of Ipokia as ‘amici curiae’ on behalf of the musicians. Amici curiae are lawyers invited by the judge(s) to assist in filling briefs that may be helpful to the court in deciding a case. Our eminent persons argued their case like experienced advocates. They cited relevant sections of the unwritten Yoruba constitution. They cited Yoruba proverbs. They made reference to the story of Oduduwa. The presiding chairman listened to their submissions and summarily dismissed the case. Contract is contract!

Chief did not only dismiss the request for a raise. He opened another file on his table and brought out a new set of documents. Your guess is right! A new five-year contract! By now, Sunny Ade had learnt enough law. He had become a professional mathematician. He had obtained his Master of Business Administration from practical experience. He knew the implication of putting pen to paper. He applied for an adjournment.

The King of African Beats found himself in a quandary. His new songs were ready but Chief had threatened not to release any new album until he signed the new contract. And KSA was not ready to sign any new contract until the issue of royalty was resolved.

KSA remembered his grandmother’s proverb. Ti abiku ba gbon ogbon ati ku ni igba erun, iya abiku a gbon ogbon ati sin oku e si etido. If an abiku decided to die during the dry season when he knew that the ground would be hard to dig, his parents would also decide to bury him by the riverside where the ground would not be hard to dig.

Sunny Ade decided to release his record with another company. His plan was to use the album to bargain for a better deal with African Songs. Instead of the measly 20 kobo, he was confident that the chairman would be ready to pay him at least N1.00 per copy. The album was recorded in Nigeria but taken to London for mixing. What Sunny Ade did not know was that Chief Abioro was a master at the game. Before Sunny could get a copy of his own album, Chief Abioro was already in possession of the new record.

Baba Ibeji was composing fresh materials at home when the court bailiffs arrived. They served him with an order of interim injunction! The court order was as comprehensive as it was broad. Sunny Ade was prohibited from sale, distribution, marketing, dealing, etc. etc. of the record. He read the order again. Even without being a lawyer, he knew the implication of the document he was holding.

With palpable emotion, his mind went back to how he came to Lagos from Abeokuta with only one shilling and eighteen pence! He remembered his years with Baba Sala. He recalled how he got stranded with Baba Sala’s travelling theatre in Jebba and Kano. How he did not see his mother for two years whilst he suffered to make it as a musician. He recalled how his first album sold only 13 copies. Now when he was at the threshold of success, this court order! With grim determination, he knew he couldn’t afford to quit.

He remembered his first day at Oshodi when he missed his way trying to locate Moses Olaiya’s house and how he was directed instead to Dr. Victor Olaiya at Tinubu. He recalled how he knelt down in the dust of Oshodi to pray. Immediately he knew what he must do. Sunny went down on his knees and with an emotional voice, he prayed and prayed. It was not the Sunday Adeniyi that knelt down to pray that stood up. He had become empowered. He had become emboldened. That same evening, he established his own label.
Sunny Alade Records was born! He didn’t bother to sit down again. He remembered the threat of Chief Abioro to bring him down at all cost. He needed a lawyer who knew his law and who would be prepared to fight his cause against the Magnate. He went off in search of Gani Fawehinmi.

Gani collected the court papers and looked at the claims. He looked at his client. He looked again at the claims. Chief Abioro was not leaving anything to chance. He knew what he wanted from the court. His lawyer had read the agreement between African Songs Limited and Sunday Adeniyi.

Chief Abioro wanted only four things from the court: a declaration that the agreement between ASL and Sunday Adeniyi and his boys was still subsisting; an injunction restraining Sunny Ade from distributing or selling the record; an account of all sales of the record; and N1 million for breach of contract.
I hope you are not sneering at the N1 million as being ‘chicken change’. Remember this was in 1974. The price of a brand new Volkswagen Beetle car was about N500 at that time. N1 million in 1974 was a princely sum!

On the day of the trial, the court was filled to capacity. Gani Fawehinmi was armed with every conceivable legal authority. The law books he brought to the court were more than enough to open a library. There were books on Contract. There were books on Human Rights. There were volumes on Intellectual Property. Gani even brought some books on Slave Trade.

The first application Gani brought before the court was for an order to compel African Songs to produce its statement of account over the preceding three years. The court granted the order. It was discovered that the company was making almost N900,000 every year from the sale of Sunny Ade Records. It was also discovered that the total sum that KSA received was N62,000 in the almost ten years he was with the company. How can you be asking me what is 900,000 divided by 62,000? I have told you that I’m not a mathematician. Please don’t ask me about percentages or fractions.

Gani did not forget to raise the issue of how 20kobo became 15 kobo. He also cross examined Chief Abioro at length on the onerous terms contained in the contract. Gani put it to the chief that the contract was in restraint of trade and that it was therefore null and void as it amounted to colonization of King Sunny Ade, a free citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a citizen of the Commonwealth!

my Lord Justice L. J. Dosunmu listened patiently to the parties. His Lordship also asked the witnesses some probing cases. The court thereafter adjourned the matter to February 14, 1975 for judgment. It did not even occur to the King of African Beats that the day was St. Valentine’s Day. His only preoccupation was to find out the direction in which the pendulum of justice was going to swing.

On February 14, people started arriving at the court as early as 7am. The court officials had hectic time controlling the mammoth crowd that had come to court to witness the historic decision. In His Lordship’s judgment, Justice Dosunmu held that although some of the terms of the contract were stringent, that was not a ground for holding the contract invalid. In effect, the contract between ASL and KSA was therefore valid. As the court pronounced on the validity of the contract, Sunny looked at his lawyer. Gani signaled to him to be calm, the court had only resolved one issue out of four.

With regard to the second claim, the court held that since the records in question had been distributed all over Nigeria, there was no way the court could order them to be recalled. The court therefore refused to restrain Sunny Ade and his marketer, M. Ola Kazim from distributing the album. A tiny smile crossed Sunny’s face.

You recall that Chief Abioro was asking for N1,000,000 as damages for breach of contract. The court ruled that for recording with another company during the subsistence of the contract, Sunny Ade was liable. He was asked to pay N300! Yes, Three Hundred Naira! From N1,000,000 to N300! Sunny smiled for the first time.

The court having found that the contract was still subsisting, KSA was ordered not to release another album pending the expiration of the contract with Chief Abioro’s company, which was due in six months. Six months! What am I going to be eating? Sunny thought. Apparently, this was the only part of the judgment that Anti Wura, Buroda Alani’s third wife must have heard, and heard wrongly too! As if reading Sunny Ade’s mind, Justice Dosunmu said he realized that Sunny Ade would need to eat and feed his family in the six months that the contract had to run. His Lordship therefore held that the injunction was limited to only recording of albums and that Sunny Ade was free to do live performances for fees. His Lordship said that this was in order to avoid a situation where the King of Music would starve or be compelled to go back to Chief Abioro.

The Judge had hardly risen before King Sunny Ade jumped up to hug his counsel. He was free! He gave Gani a bear hug. He had learnt his lesson. Creativity and Business must go hand in hand. Years later, the King of Music recalled: “The lesson I learnt from the episode is that if an artiste is churning out hit records, he needs to keep an eye on the business side of things. If not, he would be in a mess.

(c) Written and copyrighted by Onigegewura

Obaseki, Namibian envoy applaud Esama of Benin for contributions to Nigeria, Africa’s devt

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Namibia Ambassador to Nigeria, Humphrey Geiseb, have lauded the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Sir (Chief) Dr. Osawaru Gabriel Igbinedion, for his contributions to the progress and development of Nigeria and Africa continent.

Obaseki, who received the Ambassador and his wife, Lena, at the Government House, in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said the Esama of Benin, who recently celebrated his 89th birthday, exploits across various sectors has created new frontiers that opened limitless opportunities for Edo people, Nigerians and Africans.

Commending the envoy for honouring the illustrious Benin son, Obaseki noted, “We thank you and your beautiful wife for honouring our illustrious son, the Esama of Benin Kingdom on the occasion of his 89th birthday celebration.

“We thank and appreciate you and also acknowledge that personalities can also drive our diplomacy as this is what Chief Igbinedion is helping us to do in this continent and Country in particular. We pray God gives him good health and long life, and next year as we celebrate him at 90, you will be here to celebrate with him.”

The Namibian Ambassador, on his part, commended the governor for creating a business friendly environment for investors in the State, noting that the Country will partner with the State to drive growth and development in both regions.

He said, “We are looking forward to returning again and again given that there is more connectivity between Abuja and Benin City.”

Geiseb said the visit to the State, apart from strengthening the relationship between Edo State and Namibia and sharing free ideas where opportunities exist for investments, is to attend the 89th Birthday celebration of the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Gabriel Igbinedion.

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God-- Deuteronomy 8:3 , Luke 4:4
These words came out of the mouths of the two most meekest men that once lived on earth. To be meek means you are teachable. To be teachable means you believe and accept the Word to be above you. To believe and accept the Word to be above you means you believe and accept the Word to be God. for the Bible says in the beginning is the Word...and the Word is God--- John 1:1.
If you are not living by every word of God then you are living by some words from satan. for examples : the Word of God says love your enemy and rejoice always but you hate your enemy and sorrow when things go wrong then you are still living by some words from satan.
If you do not know that Bible is the place where you can seek God then its because the Word is not a God to you yet. And if so then you have not believe the Word is above you and you are not meek. If you are not meek which is one of the fruits of Spirit means you are not walking in the Spirit of light but walking in the spirit of darkness.
As earthly father teaches his son/daughter through words so he can become like him. So does heavenly Father teaches His son/daughter through Words to be like Him. And the first readily available place where you can get the Words of your Father is the Bible.
The Bible is not an ordinary book. If its an ordinary book to you then its because you are living an ordinary life.
Bible is the source of Life that is awaiting you to tap into it.
If you want to live a higher spiritual life the Bible is your guide.
The Bible is the only book that has words that can form Christ in you. Galatians 4:19- " ...until Christ be formed in you".
As you begin to walk in the light , darkness will automatically be dispelled from you.

With God all things are possible so it is possible for you to know the Word is God and is above you.

Those living the victorious life are forming Jesus in them through the Word.

Prayer point: Always pray for the grace to read your Bible and to do it. ( since only those that do it will be blessed--- James 1:25).

Accept Jesus or the Word you read or hear today and be saved.

Live a spiritually blessed week.
Good morning.

From:
The Gathering Ministry.
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Olugbami Olushola

Introduction
As you read this piece of testimony about the bandits who attacked the Priests FRS Emmanuel Okolo and Noah Monday, serving the Parish of St Raphael Fadan Kamanton, Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria, the 25 year old Seminarian who did not survive the gruesome attack, Brother Na’aman Ngofe Stephen was buried yesterday 12th September, 2023. The Funeral Mass was held in the beautiful Church beside the charred remains of the Priests residence. As the choir rehearsed for the funeral Mass inside the Church, the grave was being dug in front of the old Church building by the youths.

The mood in the parish was mixed. There was joy for the miracle which is what the survival of FRS Emmanuel and Noah is but, sadness at the painful killing of Brother Na’aman. The initial assumption is that he got trapped and burnt to death in the fire set on the house by the bandits but, the body was discovered to bear gun shot holes at the abdomen which suggests that the bandits already shot him dead in the early stages of the attack as they forced their evil ways into the Fathers house. His hair and most of his body was intact from the hot blazes. I saw his knapsack bag, slippers sandals still in his room, partially burnt laptop and wallet.

I was received by Fr Emma himself sitting under the trees enjoying their shade, cheerfully, brave and unfazed. Not looking at all like the story of what happened. He showed me and other concerned parishioners round the charred remains of the house, recounting the vivid and bloody details of the attacks. The beautiful Parish house and Church edifice were donated by an illustrious son of the village. The value of lost at the attack includes a young life, a car, a motorcycle, four Mass boxes, and every other books, certificates and furniture; 3 laptops and 3 TV sets. Everything, except the boxers inner wears on them actually. Overall the loss stands at about N70m.

How The Miracle Happened
Fr Emma did not hide nor run away from the attackers. Fr Noah hid himself somewhere within the house. The seminarian was in the bathroom where he was probably shot and left to die in the pool of his blood. Fr alone fought the 11 bandits to a standstill and caused them major casualties. They all had guns of different makes including about 7 AK-47 rifles with which they shot at him furiously and repeatedly but to no effect. He told me he taught they shot him 7 times but Fr Noah said he heard more than 30 gun shots; non did him harm. He joked to me that if he had a shirt or a singlet inner wear on him he would have suspected that some juju was done on the shirt or singlet. He described the feeling of bullets on his bare skin as ‘ice touching him and falling off; he did not even get to wear a shirt, except his boxers when they barged in. A few among the 11 member gang did not go back as they came, they fell to the ground and did not live to tell the story. The fate they unleashed fell on them first. It was a gruesome day and God proved himself faithful.

At their frustration and bewilderment, one of the Bandits probably a member of his church said “in the name of Jesus we must kill you, and you must die”. At this point Fr Emma had had enough and yelled in rebuke at the bandit: “which Jesus are you talking about, is it the same Jesus I worship abi the Jesus na your mate?” After some more shooting without success, the Leader said in Hausa “ku zo mu tafi, wannan ba mutum ba ne” meaning (come let us go, this one is not a human being”. They left the house hurriedly in fear and trembling carrying their fallen comrades.

The coordination and knowledge of their way around the house could not have been coincidental. Someone who knew Father’s and the house very well led them to the attack. They knew their ways around the house.

The Burning Down Of The Rectory
As the bandits left the scene in total confusion and daze, the Fathers called out to each other in the parlor to take stock of survivors. That was when Brother Na’aman did not show up. They checked his room and did not see him. They presumed he had escaped probably. Alas he was dead!

The bandits did not go far but came back in anger and retaliation before escaping to the bushes, to set the house ablaze, hoping they might kill the Priests or at least harm them through the means of fire since the barrel and barrage of guns and bullets had failed. The burning down of the Rectory was therefore an after thought from a vindictive, bruised and defeated set of Bandits who used that to cut their loses.

The Fathers themselves used the same door the Bandits used to run away and escape the raging fire. Fr Noah not convinced, wanted to go back a second time for Brother Na’aman but, Fr Emma stopped him because the fire was already full swing and he would die in it. They literally crawled out of the fire due to the heat coming from the flames.

Most of the encounter and conversation that Fr Emma had with the bandits, 11 of them right in his bedroom all by himself and his God has been corroborated by Fr Noah who was hiding within the house on that fateful day. They spoke eye ball to eye ball like man to man with bandits.

Interestingly this operation lasted between 8:13pm and 9:30pm. A whooping 1hr 12mins. I saw the soldiers checkpoint that was about 500 meters away from the Church where the attack happened. I kid you not, I was there and saw for myself. The entire viallge was awake due to the jolting sounds of gun fire. How nobody came to help in any way, both soldiers and villagers is also part of the mystery and miracle. Some especially those neighboring the church confessed to have seen the bandits filing out and fleeing but, had no matching or superior weapons to attempt any efforts. God alone took the glory! But why would the soldiers on security duty nearby less than a kilometer not respond?

Anyways the Fathers were on ground by the morning to celebrated the daily Mass with the people in thanksgiving to God and for the eternal repose of the soul of Brother Na’aman Ngofe Stephen. May his gentle soul rest in peace with the Lord. Amen.

…As Usual

To peter out their incompetence and irresponsibility, the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State Dr Hadiza Balarabe Usman visited the Priests and Parishioners, the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Division of the Army under whose watch Southern Kaduna and the not so effective security outfit Operation Safe Haven falls also visited. Indeed Nuhu Ribadu the National Security Adviser called Fr Emma. His interest was if Father thought the attack was religiously motivated. Of course there are so called Christians who are collaborators.

Soldiers on ground are really suffering lack and deprivation of basic needs. So they cannot be effective. After 26 years in the army and battle tested in theatres including Liberia, Sierra Leone and Boko Haram and now Bandits, a Sergeant I spoke with told me he earns N72,000. He earns no allowances even on special duty. He has an aged mother, a wife and four kids to look after. He said his family cannot afford rice again or tea and bread. They buy their kids and fatigue with a meagre sum of N25,000. And I asked which Army would have it’s soldiers personally buy their own fatigue anyways? Meanwhile this man is in custody of a weapon that costs more than a million Naira in the open markets and works as a security for human beings.

Meanwhile Government promised to rebuild the house and warned Father to inflate the cost in many folds because that is standard government procedure and practice. How? Why? They threatened that if he does it the church and Jesus way he will be on his own because the money will be cut down.

Conclusion
Fr Emma told me that God prepared him for this attack before it happened and that God wrought the miracle of his survival so that He will remind us that He God still exists. Fr said “let no one deceive and cheat you by convincing you to believe with them that God does not exist.” He had just returned from a weeklong travel on Monday, had his sacrament of penance (confession of his sins to another Priest) on Tuesday, he went to Kafanchan town which is the regional HQ, to get a few groceries on Thursday. The informant obviously saw him and tipped the gang of bandits who came that very fateful Thursday evening.

Going forward, we should pray and believe harder in God than we do now. His survival was pure miracle. Like Jesus his Lord and Master, he saw death but did not die, he is alive. He said the Bishop was so worried he called check on him throughout the night. We saw the letter of solidarity and consolation he wrote. We should also prepare both spiritually and physically for any eventualities always.

Finally after all the display of original Odeshi by the Master Jesus himself, pray for the Fathers. He told me that after everything, looking back and the reality of what happened dawning on him, trauma is setting in for him.

Happy survival Fathers. May more Fathers survive and Nigerians survive bad governance, hunger and insecurity.

To God be the Glory forever and forever. Amen. The Lord Jesus reigns forever.

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In Psalm 40:1, David said God inclined unto him and heard his cry – not his whisper, but his cry. A cry in this context is a prayer made with violence. Matthew 11:12 says, “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”

You must therefore be violent in your dealings with things of the Kingdom of heaven. In Mark 10:46-52, the kind of prayer that Bartimeous prayed is what we call a cry. There was a multitude there just like there are multitudes calling on God every minute, but in the midst of that multitude, one man cried and God inclined His ear to Him.

When you cry to God and He inclines His ear to you, He lifts you out of the miry clay. Miry clay simply means a situation so bad that unless help comes from outside, you are done for. The more a person in quicksand struggles, the deeper he or she would go into it. It is a situation where there is nothing you can do on your own to be free. When in that kind of situation, you don’t whisper, you cry. There is a practical example in Mark 2:1-12, where a man paralysed from the neck down was brought to Jesus. Every part of his body was dead except the neck upwards. There was nothing any doctor could do for him, but thank God for Jesus Christ. When Jesus saw him, He said, “Arise” and he came out of the miry clay. In the name that is above every other, you will come out of the miry clay.

Another example is in 2 Kings 4:1-7, where the widow of the son of the prophet was so badly in debt, the creditors said they would sell her children within 24 hours if she didn’t pay. She didn’t whisper, she cried to the man of God. Before the 24 hours were up, she had more than enough to pay her debt. I pray God will incline His ears to you today as you cry out to Him, in Jesus’ name.

Whenever people cried unto the Lord again and again, He would eventually turn and attend to them. Let that be your disposition when you go to God in prayer. Don’t pray like a gentleman or lady, with finesse. Cry to Him with all your strength, and He will incline His ear to you.
Written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

RE ANAMBRA COMMUNITY DEMANDS TO SEE THEIR KIDNAPPED son ALIVE

RE: HOW MAN WAS KIDNAPPED WHILE EATING NOODLES WITH A FRIEND.

my attention has been drawn to social media publications making the rounds where my family and I are carefully maligned and defamed through a craftly woven syllogism by one Izunna Okafor in a post made on August 17, 2023 across various online platforms and shared in various social media handles.

I use this opportunity to set the records straight.

my name is Mr. Ndubuisi Morah, the MD Fut-King Oil and Gas Filling Station one of which is situate at Otoko, Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area by Igbariam School Road. I am an investor and my interests span from oil and gas into real estate. I am a successful business man with verifiable sources of incomes and my entire Ukpo Community can attest to this. I have been in business for a long time without any blemish until this present blackmail which I defend thus.

Mr. Onyeka Nnakwue has been a friend and we got acquainted during my apprenticeship in Lagos. Our friendship lasted up until I left Lagos State to establish in Anambra State especially at Awkuzu.

It was at my Fut-King Oil and Gas Filling Station along Igbariam School Road that Onyeka ran into me one day and our friendship was reignited.

He was now based in Anambra State and even though he introduced himself to me as a very successful business man, I have never been able to pinpoint which area of business he now specializes in. He is still unmarried at over 45 years of age and he often blamed this on his poor economic standing.

Most times, he relies on me for his upkeep while making promises that he cannot fulfill. Once in a while, I have to fuel his car and even provide for his daily meals. for me, friendship is about sacrifices and sharing of each other's burdens.

I have never been perturbed by this overdependence; after all, it will be uncharitable for me to claim that there is no way I benefit from his companionship and acquaintance.

Yes. We have often shared moments of camaraderie but on that fateful day of June 29th, 2023, I never invited him to share "a jollof noodles meal" with me as speculated in the malicious trending stories. He came on his own as usual but this time, it was to collect some electrical items kept with me for safe keeping.

Two days before we were Kidnapped, exactly on the 29th day of June, 2023, my friend, Onyeka had arrived my Petrol Station with some electrical appliances for safe keeping. He complained that he had a vehicle breakdown and his mechanics could not fix the vehicle instantly. But on that fateful day, he arrived with the same vehicle to pick up those items.

I did not make any calls to him neither did I in any correspondence or format extend any invitation to him within that time frame to come and join me in my jallof indomie as the petitioners alleged. This is 21st century and these claims are easily verifiable using modern ICT methodologies to check my call logs on MTN.

We were already exchanging pleasantries when the men of the underworld struck. We were both whisked away and bundled into their vehicle booth.

At their detention camp, we initially were kept together but got separated after a few days. I was blindfolded most of the time and tortured without mercy.

The kidnappers requested a Ransome of =N=100 Million Naira initially and demanded to know how they would get the money or they would kill me. May I at this point remind them that they did not take us with our phones. I told them that my younger brother, Mr. Nonso can be contacted to raise whatever demand they make.

I was aware that they were in constant negotiations with my younger brother. I am also aware that their negotiations dropped from initial One Hundred Million Naira (=N=100,000,000.00) to Fifteen Million Naira (=N=15,000,000.00).

I was later to discover that my brother mistakenly believed that the negotiations were for both of us, my friend, Mr. Onyeka Nnakwue and I.

I was so traumatized during my captivity that at anytime I was given opportunity, I only focused on what they wanted me to do.

my brother paid the =N=15,000,000 ransom on the 8th day of July, 2023 in Bitcoin with the following particulars:

*TZ3Js5cMmswG2Rb46JsZi1q6RSrTkCKvhT*

*The network is Trc20*

I was released from captivity on the 14th day of July, 2023; that was six days after payment of the N15,000,000 ransom.

I wondered how a yet to be identified man can claim to have sighted me within that time frame that I was under captive as bogusly claimed by my friends relatives in their online narratives.

Part of the correspondences between my brother and those kidnappers are not hidden. my friend's family can deploy technology and collaborate with our GSM providers for our call logs and contact tracing and tracking and stop the unwarranted blackmail on my person and that of my younger brother - Nonso Morah as well.

my call logs and correspondences as well as the transactions made with my handset within the period of my captivity should be within MTN's domain. As such, both my Network Providers and that of their brother's network will clear some of their suspicion since both phones were collected from my Filling Station by my younger brother; who equally informed me that he was making correspondences with both phones. He informed me that it was my manager who relayed our kidnap incidence to him.

my brother equally informed me that one of the persons he interacted during fund raising was
Rev. Arinze Nnakwue, my friend's relative but he bluntly told him that their family cannot raise any money and that he was personally been owed arrears of two months by his church. my brother never interacted with him again over same issue neither did he or any member of my friends relative contact my brother until after my release.

I wondered how the petitioners will misconstrue such gruesome experience to mean "childish stage-managed kidnap."

The position of the petitioners is an attempt to subject me into another round of psychological trauma and it is both regrettable, saddening and unbearable to me. I have had enough torture and trauma. my harrowing experience is not something anybody can wish even his worst enemy.

for emphasis.

I was kidnapped together with my friend who visited me. We were taken to the kidnappers camp and later separated. I was physically assaulted most of the time. When I told the kidnappers that my brother runs a Bet9ja Shop, they assaulted me more claiming that I was not sincere with them. They told me that Onyeka had already informed them that my brother, Nonso was equally into Oil and Gas business like myself.

I, told them it was a misunderstanding, that my brother operates a Manual Cooking Gas Refilling business and that he ventured into the business new through my empowerment.

Meanwhile, my ransom was raised from family members and close associates through my brother Nonso.

On my release, I was on blindfold when some items were placed on my palms by my abductors who ordered me to put them in my pockets. I was later to discover that those were my friend's items.

On my release, I was dropped at the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway some kilometers away from Ukpo junction. I found my way to the construction site in that Junction area where I rested for a while before making it home.

Few days after my release, I was whisked away again together with my younger brother by men of the Special Anti-Kidnap Squad, Awkuzu on trumped up allegations from my friend's family claiming that I had kidnapped their brother and my friend. The experience that my brother and I had there at Anti Kidnap Squad, Awkuzu is better imagined, it was horrible, life threatening and dehumanizing.

At the end of these ordeals, we were later released with apologies. But the scars of the torturous experience we had are still visible on our bodies.

It is disheartening that relatives will not rally for their loved one in the kind of debilitating situation that we found ourselves. We all know that kidnapping is usually for ransom and one of the victims saving grace was ones ability to settle his captives.

I make bold to inform the general public that my friend, Onyeka cannot be kidnapped by anybody who knows him. In fact, he has no kidnapping value. Consequently by my own assessment, it was a coincidence that resulted in the abduction of both of us leading to gruesome experience that we shared.

I sincerely do not know the whereabout of my friend currently and there is no way I can get in touch with our abductors. One would have expected that the monies wasted in witch-hunting and scapegoating my brother and I should be better deployed into tracking, tracing and further investigations.

I am pained that my friend is not yet released. I sympathize with the family and I am willing to collaborate with them in any meaningful measures that will lead to the successful discovery and safe release and or arrival of their brother who is also a friend.

for now, I am both traumatized, devastated and broken. And I need rest not further trauma.

my final wish is for my friend to gain freedom the same way I gained mine. I pray for his release or his whereabouts discovered.

I join my friend's family in praying the police for a discreet and thorough investigation into all these happenstances in order to unravel the mysteries behind our kidnap and indeed all kidnappings for ransom in this state. I equally place our help in the hands of the almighty God who is the author and finisher of our life.

Amen!

Luke 9:1-2, Mark 14:10–11, John 12:4-6, John 13:27–30, Ezekiel 33:14–16, Luke 22:1–6 and Acts 1:20–25.

From all of our Bible readings today, we will be able to figure out what kind of person Judas is. This is meant to make you think about yourself and to help you choose and be careful about who you hang out with. Most importantly, for anyone who has done wrong to turn around and be saved from what happened to Judas.

Who exactly is this Judas?

Judas means "praise" in Hebrew, but no one wants to give their child that name because of how he died.
When Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was on earth, he had 12 followers, and Judas Iscariot was one of them. He was picked to be in the Lord's inner circle. Once he was saved, he quit his job and went to follow Jesus Christ, just like the other eleven. He worked with Christ in his ministry and was given spiritual gifts and power. He helped Jesus Christ spread the Good News, did miracles, healed the sick, and cast devils away. He went to the place Master Jesus told him to go. He was in charge of the group's money, which is a job that would only have gone to someone who was trusted. This means that our Lord Jesus Christ probably put his trust in Judas. Alas! Judas betrayed Jesus.

Where did Judas go wrong?

Something went wrong with Judas, who was trusted and liked by everyone. One of his flaws destroyed him. He didn't do anything about his weakness, so it ate away at him until it was too late. He was a thief!

Judas was a thief, and this one flaw made him have many other flaws and bad traits. He went from being loyal to not being loyal. He got money so that he could betray Jesus and give his Master to the people who would kill Him. He had a great start with the Lord, but he ended badly. He did something that made heaven sad.

Signs You Are A Judas

1. You know you're backsliding, but you still use your Christian title because you want to be seen as unique.

Judas thought that the fruit of the Spirit was the same thing as the gifts of the Spirit. He really was blessed by God. He and the other disciples were given power, did miracles, and drove out demons. His spiritual life was tiring, though. He was turning away from the Lord, but he couldn't accept it because he had a big job and a big title among the friends of Christ. Maybe the signs and miracles he was still doing led him to think he was still standing, even though he had already fallen. The devil got into him because he liked money, and he did something bad. He went from being good to being bad.

We must be very careful so that the devil doesn't get us, in the name of Jesus Christ. Devil is not sleeping and just waiting for the right time to attack Christian. Just because you're a worker in a church doesn't mean you will go to heaven. Salvation is an individual thing. After being reborn, you need to work out your salvation by letting the fruit of the Spirit do its full work until Christ's image is made in you. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray that the Lord will keep us safe from the devil. Amen!

2. You care so much about money.

You can't have two bosses at the same time; you have to pick one. The Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil. Mammon is the love of money.
Money is good, and God wants us to have a lot of it so we can live well and even do what we came to the world to do. Poverty is a sin, and you should never want to be poor. God wants us to be richly blessed, and He told us that would happen. The Lord says, "Silver and gold are mine." However, if you think badly about money, you might end up like Judas. Sad to say, many Christians today will do anything to make money, even if it goes against their beliefs. It's for their own good and selfish gain but not God's Kingdom. Judas sold his Master, Jesus Christ, for 30 pieces of silver, money that he never got to spend. He loved money more than he loved Christ.

3. Choosing to make a bad prophecy come true in your life.

No name was given, but it was said that someone would be a "son of perdition" to Jesus Christ. Judas wasn't meant to be that son of destruction, but he chose to make that prophecy come true.

Even if someone tells you something bad will happen, you can and must pray it out of your life and future. Some people in the Bible rejected bad prophecies by asking God to take them out of their lives.
Because of a prophecy, Jabez had to go through pain, poverty, and sadness because of his name. But because he prayed hard to God, God changed the way his life was going (1 Chronicles 4:10). If you want to, you can do the same thing. Jacob didn't bless Esau, but he did say that Esau would always have to beg from his brother Jacob. One might have thought Esau begged Jacob his whole life, but that wasn't the case. He didn't let fate happen to him. Instead, he worked hard to change his fate. Genesis 33:8–9 makes this clear: "He also said. What do you mean by all this chaos I've seen? And he said, "There is to find favour in my lord's eyes." Esau replied, "I already have enough, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself." Another person who was supposed to die but didn't because he prayed to the Lord was King Hezekiah. The Lord changed the promise and gave him fifteen more years.

No matter how spiritual the person who told you the bad or negative prophecy was, you don't have to fulfil. What can't be changed by prayers doesn't exist! Once you decide you don't want anything bad or evil, you can get on your knees and ask God for help to change your life.

4. Giving the devil a place to start by committing sin.

Through his unconfessed sin, Judas gave the devil a place in his life. As the treasurer, he was still in charge of Jesus' and the disciples' money. He did something bad that he didn't want anyone to find out. He would have told Jesus and the other followers what he had done and asked for their help so that they could pray with him to save him. He tried to hide his sin, fought his fight alone, and died in the end. Beloved, don't forget that the Bible says that a person who tries to hide their sin will not do well. Don't let the devil have a place to start in your life. Now is the time to admit your mistakes and change your mind. Jesus Christ will indeed set you free.

5. Giving up on yourself quickly.

Even when he had the chance, Judas never thought about changing his mind. This is because God knows how weak we are. You can always change your mind, but Judas gave up on Jesus Christ and killed himself. Beloved, there is no sin that God can't forgive, and no matter how far you've fallen in life, God can bring you back. If Judas had changed his mind and gone back to Christ, he would have probably been saved. Nothing in this world should make a Christian want to end his or her life. Suicide is not a choice; only fools, idiots, and people without faith do it. Don't think it's too stupid or embarrassing to go up to the Throne of Grace. God will always be ready to forgive you. Don't listen to the voice of the devil. I pray that the devil doesn't get us, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! Amen!

If you want to give your life to Christ, just say this short prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You now. Come into my life, take control of my life, and change my world. I tell the devil goodbye and enter the Kingdom of Light. Thank you, Jesus! I pray in Jesus' name, amen!

Congratulation!!!

Peace!


Also read Mountain Top Life Daliy Devotional by Dr. D.K. Olukoya, Vol. 8, 9–15 September 2023.

An open letter to Gov Uba Sani of Kaduna state.
By:
Ishaq Alhassan Qauranmata.

Your Excellency,
I pray this letter meets you well and in
high spirits.

The first 100 days of any administration in Nigeria has since become a period of review and assessment of progress, as well as a yardstick to gauge the government's ability and preparedness to meet up with expectations.
Your excellency, You and your close allies my not agree with me but a majority of the people are convinced that your first 100 days in office leave much to be desired!
First, you appointed commissioners and other lieutenants after some delay. Unfortunately, much similar to Ex-President Buhari, your nominations didn't come with anything spectacular as to justify the delay.
Second, you commendably responded to one of the key issues in your campaign promises; reversing El-Rufai's anti- poor policies that made him the most hated governor in the history of Nigeria. You reduced the unreasonably high school fees in our tertiary institutions.
Your excellency, praise singers and hangers-on around government may praise you to high heavens, but the fact remains that the objective of that reduction, which is making education available to the "children of the poor" is far from being attained.
Your excellency sir, let's review the scenario:
The "common man" was barely managing to pay between #30,000 to #50,000 as school fees to keep his child in school when someone (for whom the common is nothing more than a fawn on a chase board) emerged. He rode to power on the shoulders of the common man with a slogan, " the poor man's son must have access to qualitative and affordable education" and once in power, promptly shot the fees far beyond the reach of the "poor man"!
Then you came around with a promise to review the situation, if given the chance. As far as the common man, or any discerning person is concerned, reviewing the situation simply means making it possible for the poor man to send his child to school! Anything short of that amounts to a second betrayal.
As things stand your excellency:
1 - students of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, College of Education Gidan Waya and co who were paying between #30,000 to #50,000 before the crazy hike to #150,000 are now required to pay #75,000 at 50% reduction.
2 - KASU students paying the same range of #30,000 to #50,000 before it was shot up to #150,000 and above for Arts/Humanities and #300,000 and above for Sciences/Engineering are now to pay #105,000 and above for Arts/Humanities and #210,000 and above for Sciences/Engineering at 30% reduction.
Your excellency, the bitter truth that Yesmen (and women) around you will not tell you is that this "reduction" CANNOT achieve he desired objective, assuming the objective is to make it possible for the common man's child to return to school!
Your excellency, even if this reduction had preceded the fuel subsidy removal, #75,000 per session for diploma and NCE and #105,000 or #210,000 per session for degree are still way beyond the majority of those who either voted for you or looked the other way while INEC officials and APC stalwarts "helped" you, in the hope that you will keep your promise. And we are only talking about those with one child. I leave you to do the calculation for a family with 3 or 4school age children! Unfortunately, coming as it did on the heels of subsidy removal, with its attendant devastating effects on life and living renders the gesture "dead on arrival"!

Your excellency, no one can accuse you of disappearing, in the last 100 days. The truth is you have been very visible in both the conventional media as well as the social media. Whoever cared to follow would have seen that you made critical appointments, ensured the emergence of a leadership you want in the state assembly, paid courtesy calls, signed MOUs, "reduced" school fees, etc.
However, I think it is pertinent to tarry a bit and review situations. Your excellency, you inherited a very badly battered state.
well over a hundred thousand people have been removed from government payroll, mostly unjustifiably. More than 90% of those have not been paid their entitlements. Several hundreds of thousands more who were hitherto not only self employed but actually employers of labour have had their businesses and/or capital destroyed. Marketers had their shop areas taken and allocated to private developers who have invested their money to build "modern markets" and are now selling to the highest bidder.
Your excellency, MOUs and other efforts to attract some foreign governments to come and build houses may be good in the long term but in the immediate, what the people expect to see is cogent steps to redress the inhumanity of the immediate past.
Not a few people expected that within these first 100 days in office, you would have set in motion a machinery to:
1 - establish a comprehensive data bank of all laid off and retired civil servants and the total amount of entitlements due to them so that payment can commence within the state's financial realities.
2 - produce comprehensive data bank of marketers whose places of business the past government gave out and who cannot afford to buy the new ones built, with a view to assisting them.
3 - come up with some definite measures to address the security issues that have crippled economic activities and agriculture.
4 - address the issue of abandoned projects, especially those causing untold hardship to people such as the Kofan Doka, Agoro roundabouts and similar projects elsewhere.
Your excellency, these and similar actions were our expectations of you in your first 100 days in office.
Finally, let me remind you sir, that several years ago, one of your predecessors Arch. Namadi Sambo tried a similar housing scheme around NNPC, Zaria. Nearly thirty years on, the houses are on an advanced level of dilapidation without ever being occupied!
What usually happens, your excellency is that the so-called Low-cost houses are beyond the reach of the common man, they are mostly built without regard to the taste of potential owners and, more often than not are poorly built by contractors. In the end, they simply add to the many white elephant projects around!

Thank you Sir.

In the book of Acts chapter nine, Ananias was led spectacularly by the Lord to pray for Saul, who later was called Paul. The Lord said Ananias in a night vision, that is, a dream of the night, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
This spectacular kind of leading is called the word of knowledge and the word of wisdom. It is the combination of knowledge and its application thereof. You see, Ananias was told at what street to look, the name of that street, the very house in that street, the owner of that house, the name of the very person to enquire of, the place the man of whom he enquires hailed from, what to do when he eventually meets the man, and the plan of God concerning the life of that man.
Acts 9:15-17
15. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.
16. for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
17. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house, and putting his hands on him, said, brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest hath sent me, that thou mightiest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

I remember one certain time I had an experience not so remotely different from that which Ananias had. At that time, I was staying in my uncle’s house. It happened that one day I was sitting in a chair outside the house minding my own business, when suddenly I hear a voice, now this voice couldn’t be any more audible because if it were, others would have heard it. The voice said to me, stand up, take off your slippers and tip-toe down the back of the house and you will see what your little cousin is doing there.
Now I wasn’t expecting to see what I saw than I was the first man to land on the moon yesterday. So as that voice had instructed, I took off my slippers and tip-toed down the back of the house; and as I took a sneak peep standing behind a wall, I saw my little cousin doing some awful things, which I’d better not utter in a word in this book, and I told it his father to reprimand and call him to order.
Although, I was not led spectacularly by a vision or an angel but by the inward witness. Notwithstanding, in my spirit, I was told what to do, where to look, and what I will find upon looking therein.
The prophet Ezekiel narrated how the hand of the Lord God led him to see the abominable things the elders of the house of Israel were doing in secret.
Ezekiel 8:1;5-12
1. And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
5. Then said he unto me, son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6. He said further unto me, son of man, seest thou what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But turn yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7. And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
8. Then said he unto me, son of man, dig now in the wall; and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9. And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10. So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
11. And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12. Then said he unto me, son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
13. He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14. Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

Ezekiel saw the elders of the house of Israel burning incense to idols and the women weeping to the Mesopotamian deity of fertility, Tammuz that it may hear them and grant their petitions. These acts the Lord God called the abominations of the house of Israel because they provoked Him to anger.

The Roman Centurion Cornelius was a devout man who feared God and gave much arms to the poor. However, his salvation came when the angel of the Lord appeared to him and led him to call for Simon Peter, who shall tell him words whereby he and his family shall be saved.
Acts 11:13-15
13. And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter,
14. Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
15. And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

Cornelius’ salvation was spectacular. Noticed how the angel of the Lord led him to be saved. First, the angel recognized Cornelius’ authority as a Roman soldier of the band called the Italian band. The angel did not command Cornelius to go and find Peter himself, rather he said Cornelius should send men to go fetch Peter. Now that is respect. The angel respected Cornelius’ office as a centurion of an army of soldiers. Second, Cornelius was told what city to send men to. Third, Cornelius was told the very name of the person to fetch in that city. Fourth, Cornelius was told the place where the man lodged. Fifth, Cornelius was told the exact location of the lodge. Now if this is not spectacular I wonder what is.

In the Bible, scores of people were led spectacularly by a pillar of fire, a pillar of cloud, a vision, an angel, a star. But these were the exception not the rule. If you expect spectacular guidance, you may or may not experience it. But one thing is certain, the leading of the Holy Spirit is for a life time. “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever” (John 14:16).
Oddly enough, concerning spectacular guidance, Scripture teaches that the manifestations of the Spirit is as the Lord wills not as we will. The Lord may will to lead you in a spectacular way, but do not seek the spectacular: because many who did wound up in a spiritual junk heap. You see, satan is the God of this world, if you seek to be led by the spectacular the devil might deceive you through fallen angels or something supernatural that seem godly but is not of God.


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The man on the pulpit said you must pray God's will for your prayers to be answered.

my question is, if I make a request based on what you want to give me is that really what I want or what you want for me?

Then why not just give it to me, why wait for me to ask for it?

pray that your joy may be full, due to the answers, then would one be happy if they get what they asked for or something else they are expected to believe is better for them?


How am I supposed to know what you want from me for me to ask you for it?

Is prayer really making a request or me just collecting what you have for me?

Is this pray God's will, an excuse when God doesn't answer prayers, they say you didn't pray God's will?

Is praying in God's will different from praying God's will?

Now does it mean if I want anything I shouldn't pray but first check what God's will is for me?

What if I want something that I do not know whether it is God's will or not?


Now when I look through scriptures I read things like and God did it because his servant asked or because his servant spoke. God honoured the words of his servant. If you are willing make me whole and he was made whole.

Does God want to give you whatever you ask of him in prayer? I know God won't answer sinners and those who seek to do evil or pray for things for their own selfish pleasure and interests.

God does answer prayers but forgive me, does he answer all prayers?

God gave a man a blank cheque to ask whatever he desires. I can't imagine going to my father and asking for something I truly want, forget needs now, I want this and he tells me he won't. Jesus said, I thank you because you always hear me.

Jesus said what father would give his son stone or snake instead of bread or fish he asked for. If I ask for healing and I am still sick, maybe I am not a child of God? If I ask for provision and I still lack, maybe he doesn't hear me? Is it selfish to ask your father for something you want.

Blessed are those who ask and receive from the Creator, Abba Father. 😊

for various reasons, a lot of people keep doubting the existence of true love, since what is prominent in our world is lust, selfishness, deceit, hypocrisy, and the likes. However, from the scriptures, there have been proofs upon proofs that true love exists.

First of all, remember that God, the Supreme Creator is All-powerful and can do anything and everything. However, one of the most prominent expressions of God is Love. In fact, God is Love personified. Yes, God is Love. And since it is true that God exists, then it is true that Love exists. The existence of the True God is the existence of True Love.

A vivid proof that God has been showing, and will keep showing true love, can be found in John 3:16 -

"for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

God so loved the world (which includes you) way before you were born. God knows you before you were born, and He has been showing you love even before you were born. An expression of His love revolves around how He safeguarded you while you were in your mother's womb, and has blessed you with the gift of life to remain alive till today.

So, you are not loveless. You might have passed through different incidents that have made you doubt the existence of true love (hated, being deceived, taken for granted, jilted, betrayed, etc.). But I want you to know that even till this moment, God, your Creator is vehemently in love with you.

What is the proof of love? What is love without giving?

"for God so loved the world that He GAVE His only begotten son..."

So, God put His Love for you into action by giving you the best Gift ever: He gave you Himself in Christ Jesus.

Wow!

Since humankind has embraced sin and death, God proved He didn't hate us by still deciding to come into the flesh to die for our sins! Wow!

True Love is when Jesus Christ decides to die for undeserving folks like you and me. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans chapter five verse eight)

So, how should you respond to this love being shown you by God? Accept His Gift!

"...that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

Simply accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, and your life will never remain the same again. You must be determined to forsake anything sinful, and simply pray:

"LORD JESUS, I believe in my heart that You died for me and You raised on the third day for my justification. And so I confess with my mouth that You are my Lord and Savior. From today, I belong to the family of God. Thank You for giving me eternal life."

https://www.sundayakanni.com/2023/09/a-good-proof-that-true-love-exists.html?m=1

That's what Christianity does to people. If I was Christian and studied philosophy too,I probably would have been atheist if I hadn't known Islam. Bible and Christianity is full of loopholes and lies that would make a reasonable person think there is no God. How can you tell me a woman got pregnant and gave birth to God and son of God at the same time. Now,that God ate,slept,did everything human does,even once got to a tree he wanted to pluck from and didn't know if there were fruits from which he was expected to know if he was God or God lives in him. That same God reached age 33 and he was held like a criminal and he couldn't rescue himself. Until he was crucified and killed,a whole God that created trillions upon trillions of stars in one galaxy out of uncountable galaxies and a star being bigger than the sun which is 1.3million times bigger than the earth can't save himself from people he created?
He was in Jesus and can't save himself from those people? If I question it,you would tell me I need holy spirit to understand. Anything that is difficult to understand or not straight forward is fake. Whoever wrote this rubbish in bible should be arrested for blasphemy. Christianity is based on blasphemy.
If you claim Prophet Jesus is God's son,can you sacrifice your son to wipe away the sins of some people? Does God need anybody's blood to forgive? God isn't a ritualist, that's blasphemy. The writers of bible stuck the mindset of Idol worship in their brains.
Chief Tele of a prominent town in Nigeria here is sent to carry sacrifice that may be human beings to a forest to wipe away the sins of the people of the community because they're Idol worshippers and that's what they believe in.
There are many Muslim sociologists,philosophers and scientists that stronger in their Islamic faith because there are so many facts in Quran that correlate with science,also Prophet. Muhammad ﷺ 's hadiths and science and numerous numerical miracles in Quran that would make you realize Islam is the only way and make you 100% sure there is God and that's why Islam is world's fastest growing religion.
I don't blame these guys,they would rather stay at home than go to some churches some pastors would collect large part of their hard earned money and they claim it's like that in bible,meaning that business oriented people wrote bible. Now,pastors own Private Jets,Rolls Royces. I've never seen any Imam with Private Jet.
These philosophers don't know what to read out of the very many versions of bible. Christians worship the man they idolize which makes it Idol worship and they would still claim Idol worship is bad,Buddha was a good man like Christ and Buddhism was formed and named after him just like Christianity was named after Christ,it's totally man made and Idol worship. Buddha,Ogun,Jesus,Sango,Ganesha,Krishna worshippers have their statues and pictures they pray to because they're idol worshippers,the others admit they're idol worshippers but Christians fail to accept and instead package their faith,that's hypocrisy. Change christians,Jesus was a Prophet of God and not God,he was Muslim because he worshipped one God and never told anybody to call him God,stop reading lies some humans wrote,all major prophets have extraordinary miracles. In fact,Prophet Muhammad ﷺ did more miracles than Prophet Jesus and yet said any body that dares call him God like they did Prophet Jesus is going straight to hell. These are some of his miracles https://islamhashtag.com/15-miracles-of-prophet-muhammad/
Even during the birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ,more than 10 great miracles occured that have never been seen.
Christians,change!!!
God Punished Judas by giving him Jesus'appearance because you can't betray God's messenger and go scott-free. Judas was the one that was arrested and crucified,not Jesus. If Shina Rambo and armed robbers can take form of other people,how can't God who owns all the power do that?
Prophet Jesus was never crucified or killed, Allah's great Prophet would never be killed like a chicken like that,God took him to heaven,Prophet Muhammad ﷺ saw Prophet Jesus in heaven when he ascended to heaven to meet God during his Miraj. He even discribed Prophet Jesus' appearance on his return,that's a story for another day.
Muslims even like Prophet Jesus more than Christians do,If you live someone,you act and dress like him,If a Muslim is going to mosque,he would put on Jalabia like Prophet Jesus,a Christian would never wear Jalabia to Church. Muslims wash themselves with water and touch their head on the ground to one God and bow to one God like Prophet Jesus because Prophet Jesus was muslim. Muslims grow their beards like Prophet Jesus,christians would shave it,Muslim women wear hijab like Prophet Jesus'mother but a christian woman would never wear hijab to Church trying to look like Prophet Jesus'mother,all they want from Prophet Jesus' is use him to get to Paradise after so many sins. Lazy people that can't serve God by Praying 5 times a day want shortcut,easy way out. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went to God and collected 5 daily prayers and God sent Angel Gabriel to him when he got to back to earth to teach him properly and make it more defined and organized than the way previous prophets used to pray it. Christians,try to pray it,be humble,stop singing and dancing and clapping to God,put your heads on the floor for God
God never told anybody to sing and dance because music is devil's instrument,that's why christian women dance with their boobs and ass shaking,giving men erection,God would never be part of that or have anything to do with devil's instrument. You even worship without washing your body,urinate without washing and still pray?God may accept your prayers because he said it in Suratul Fathia. Even wishes of atheists get granted by God. Everything non-muslims do in this world,they would get the rewards in this world,they may get healings,wealth and all that but not in the afterlife.
And yet upon that,Muslims are the richest in history with no much stress because of our powerful Quranic verses. Mensah Musa is the richest man of all time and was Muslim. Prophet Solomon worshipped one God which makes him Muslim. Saudi Royal family are richer than Elon Musk,MBS is richer than Musk,they're muslims. Aliko Dangote is a Muslim,Al-Hassan Dantata was a Muslim.
The Golf Arab countries are the richest regions in the world because they're the places Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was born and spent his life. His blessed self was born in Saudi Arabia,Saudi has Aramco,world's richest company. He stepped his blessed feet around Golf Arabian deserts,his blessings went through to neghboring countries like Dubai,Kuwait,Abu Dhabi,Qatar,Bahrain,Oman,etc
Your worship style and human worship is totally invalid,you're just wasting your money on pastors instead of you to give directly to people as God instructed in Quran. God sent Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to all you human worshippers,Krishna,Buddha,Ogun,Jesus,Sango,etc worshippers to worship only one God. Repent now and stop implicating Jesus before God by calling him God because in Quran,Jesus will get asked by God "Did you tell them to worship you and your mother? and he would say no and deny christians like bad market. If you say Jesus isn't God but you're still a christian,just convert to Islam and pray five times a day to God because that's what Islam is based on,believing there is only one God and Jesus was just a prophet. God said his punishment is very tough and human worshippers are going to hell 🔥🔥🔥🔥,there reward is in this world and their prayers can only get answered in this world because God does that to create a balance. Even atheists get blessed in this world which is very short. But hereafter,God's punishment is severe to human worshippers.
Don't tell me about terrorism and all that. In Islam,If you intentionally kill a human being of any religion,the sin is equal to that of killing the all human beings. All religions have terrorists,Hitler,Napoleon,Josef Stalin,etc were Christians and the biggest terrorists ever.
Don't tell me about Prophet Muhammad ﷺ marrying a lady so young,bring a verse that says that in Quran which is the only scripture of Islam. Hadith writers are humans,there are many incorrect accounts of hadiths and even if Prophet Muhammad ﷺ married a young lady,it's Common in those days for men to marry young ladies and those ladies grew way more mature than ladies of now and even prophet didn't have anything with her,he left her to mature enough before anything. Mary had Jesus at age 12.
Most christian teenage girls are on family planning already today and already turned to harlots before age 15 because they marry late. The Chrisland girl is just 10 years and from a good Christian home.
*Islam is world's fastest growing religion according to google.
*Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was named as the most influential and greatest man to ever exist according to google and several christian authors.
*Prophet Muhammad can solve all the problems of this world while just drinking a cup of coffee.
*Prophet Muhammad's name is mentioned billions of times daily and he's prayed for by billions of people worldwide daily. If you're hating in him,deal with it, someone who is the greatest is the greatest

That's what Christianity does to people. If I was Christian and studied philosophy too,I probably would have been atheist if I hadn't known Islam. Bible and Christianity is full of loopholes and lies that would make a reasonable person think there is no God. How can you tell me a woman got pregnant and gave birth to God and son of God at the same time. Now,that God ate,slept,did everything human does,even once got to a tree he wanted to pluck from and didn't know if there were fruits from which he was expected to know if he was God or God lives in him. That same God reached age 33 and he was held like a criminal and he couldn't rescue himself. Until he was crucified and killed,a whole God that created trillions upon trillions of stars in one galaxy out of uncountable galaxies and a star being bigger than the sun which is 1.3million times bigger than the earth can't save himself from people he created?
He was in Jesus and can't save himself from those people? If I question it,you would tell me I need holy spirit to understand. Anything that is difficult to understand or not straight forward is fake. Whoever wrote this rubbish in bible should be arrested for blasphemy. Christianity is based on blasphemy.
If you claim Prophet Jesus is God's son,can you sacrifice your son to wipe away the sins of some people? Does God need anybody's blood to forgive? God isn't a ritualist, that's blasphemy. The writers of bible stuck the mindset of Idol worship in their brains.
Chief Tele of a prominent town in Nigeria here is sent to carry sacrifice that may be human beings to a forest to wipe away the sins of the people of the community because they're Idol worshippers and that's what they believe in.
There are many Muslim sociologists,philosophers and scientists that stronger in their Islamic faith because there are so many facts in Quran that correlate with science,also Prophet. Muhammad ﷺ 's hadiths and science and numerous numerical miracles in Quran that would make you realize Islam is the only way and make you 100% sure there is God and that's why Islam is world's fastest growing religion.
I don't blame these guys,they would rather stay at home than go to some churches some pastors would collect large part of their hard earned money and they claim it's like that in bible,meaning that business oriented people wrote bible. Now,pastors own Private Jets,Rolls Royces. I've never seen any Imam with Private Jet.
These philosophers don't know what to read out of the very many versions of bible. Christians worship the man they idolize which makes it Idol worship and they would still claim Idol worship is bad,Buddha was a good man like Christ and Buddhism was formed and named after him just like Christianity was named after Christ,it's totally man made and Idol worship. Buddha,Ogun,Jesus,Sango,Ganesha,Krishna worshippers have their statues and pictures they pray to because they're idol worshippers,the others admit they're idol worshippers but Christians fail to accept and instead package their faith,that's hypocrisy. Change christians,Jesus was a Prophet of God and not God,he was Muslim because he worshipped one God and never told anybody to call him God,stop reading lies some humans wrote,all major prophets have extraordinary miracles. In fact,Prophet Muhammad ﷺ did more miracles than Prophet Jesus and yet said any body that dares call him God like they did Prophet Jesus is going straight to hell. These are some of his miracles https://islamhashtag.com/15-miracles-of-prophet-muhammad/
Even during the birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ,more than 10 great miracles occured that have never been seen.
Christians,change!!!
God Punished Judas by giving him Jesus'appearance because you can't betray God's messenger and go scott-free. Judas was the one that was arrested and crucified,not Jesus. If Shina Rambo and armed robbers can take form of other people,how can't God who owns all the power do that?
Prophet Jesus was never crucified or killed, Allah's great Prophet would never be killed like a chicken like that,God took him to heaven,Prophet Muhammad ﷺ saw Prophet Jesus in heaven when he ascended to heaven to meet God during his Miraj. He even discribed Prophet Jesus' appearance on his return,that's a story for another day.
Muslims even like Prophet Jesus more than Christians do,If you live someone,you act and dress like him,If a Muslim is going to mosque,he would put on Jalabia like Prophet Jesus,a Christian would never wear Jalabia to Church. Muslims wash themselves with water and touch their head on the ground to one God and bow to one God like Prophet Jesus because Prophet Jesus was muslim. Muslims grow their beards like Prophet Jesus,christians would shave it,Muslim women wear hijab like Prophet Jesus'mother but a christian woman would never wear hijab to Church trying to look like Prophet Jesus'mother,all they want from Prophet Jesus' is use him to get to Paradise after so many sins. Lazy people that can't serve God by Praying 5 times a day want shortcut,easy way out. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went to God and collected 5 daily prayers and God sent Angel Gabriel to him when he got to back to earth to teach him properly and make it more defined and organized than the way previous prophets used to pray it. Christians,try to pray it,be humble,stop singing and dancing and clapping to God,put your heads on the floor for God
God never told anybody to sing and dance because music is devil's instrument,that's why christian women dance with their boobs and ass shaking,giving men erection,God would never be part of that or have anything to do with devil's instrument. You even worship without washing your body,urinate without washing and still pray?God may accept your prayers because he said it in Suratul Fathia. Even wishes of atheists get granted by God. Everything non-muslims do in this world,they would get the rewards in this world,they may get healings,wealth and all that but not in the afterlife.
And yet upon that,Muslims are the richest in history with no much stress because of our powerful Quranic verses. Mensah Musa is the richest man of all time and was Muslim. Prophet Solomon worshipped one God which makes him Muslim. Saudi Royal family are richer than Elon Musk,MBS is richer than Musk,they're muslims. Aliko Dangote is a Muslim,Al-Hassan Dantata was a Muslim.
The Golf Arab countries are the richest regions in the world because they're the places Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was born and spent his life. His blessed self was born in Saudi Arabia,Saudi has Aramco,world's richest company. He stepped his blessed feet around Golf Arabian deserts,his blessings went through to neghboring countries like Dubai,Kuwait,Abu Dhabi,Qatar,Bahrain,Oman,etc
Your worship style and human worship is totally invalid,you're just wasting your money on pastors instead of you to give directly to people as God instructed in Quran. God sent Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to all you human worshippers,Krishna,Buddha,Ogun,Jesus,Sango,etc worshippers to worship only one God. Repent now and stop implicating Jesus before God by calling him God because in Quran,Jesus will get asked by God "Did you tell them to worship you and your mother? and he would say no and deny christians like bad market. If you say Jesus isn't God but you're still a christian,just convert to Islam and pray five times a day to God because that's what Islam is based on,believing there is only one God and Jesus was just a prophet. God said his punishment is very tough and human worshippers are going to hell 🔥🔥🔥🔥,there reward is in this world and their prayers can only get answered in this world because God does that to create a balance. Even atheists get blessed in this world which is very short. But hereafter,God's punishment is severe to human worshippers.
Don't tell me about terrorism and all that. In Islam,If you intentionally kill a human being of any religion,the sin is equal to that of killing the all human beings. All religions have terrorists,Hitler,Napoleon,Josef Stalin,etc were Christians and the biggest terrorists ever.
Don't tell me about Prophet Muhammad ﷺ marrying a lady so young,bring a verse that says that in Quran which is the only scripture of Islam. Hadith writers are humans,there are many incorrect accounts of hadiths and even if Prophet Muhammad ﷺ married a young lady,it's Common in those days for men to marry young ladies and those ladies grew way more mature than ladies of now and even prophet didn't have anything with her,he left her to mature enough before anything. Mary had Jesus at age 12.
Most christian teenage girls are on family planning already today and already turned to harlots before age 15 because they marry late. The Chrisland girl is just 10 years and from a good Christian home.
*Islam is world's fastest growing religion according to google.
*Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was named as the most influential and greatest man to ever exist according to google and several christian authors.
*Prophet Muhammad can solve all the problems of this world while just drinking a cup of coffee.
*Prophet Muhammad's name is mentioned billions of times daily and he's prayed for by billions of people worldwide daily. If you're hating in him,deal with it, someone who is the greatest is the greatest

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Wishing you another exciting and lovely weekend ahead

Nothing happens outside God's Will.

Definition of Will (Noun):
1. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.

2. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.

3. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.

4. Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
Synonyms: determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolve.

5. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

There is the Good Will of God and what happens outside God's Good Will which we can call Bad will.
Which is why it is said that Life and Death he has placed before us, it is by our choices/will that we decide if we will be in His Good Will or Bad Will. Deuterononmy 30:15-20

Let me try to walk us through the history of our choices as Nigerians and how we incurred God's bad Will and hopefully how we are realigning back into His Good Will.

1. As a former pagan nation, Nigeria was naturally in God's Bad will, due to the original sin of Adam and Eve. If and how God saves before the Gospel comes to a land is known to God.

2. Christianity came and we received Grace for God's Good will. Because Salvation is of the Jews. John 4:22
As common with every new convert, Nigerians experienced God's Goodness and Favor. However we became proud, fell from Grace and incured God's wrath.
Naturally when demons are cast out of a person or a land, the demons try to find a new place but if unfound, they come back with more wicked demons and if the person or land is not standing well in Christ, the former state of the person or land would be worse than their life before Christ. Matthew 12:43-45

3. This has been the story of Nigeria since Independence till date.
We were good Christians, Nigerians then had the fear of God, excellent spirit and love. Today, clearly these values have nearly become extinct. Nigerians are notoriously infamous for lack of fear of God, lazy spirit and hatred. I speak of the majority. But God always keeps a remnant. Our excellent spirit is unfortunately perverted and re-routed into destructive ventures such as fraud and immoralities.

4. However, God is not wicked. Just like Adam and Eve, just like the Israelites in Egypt, just like the prodigal son, God does not abandon His people/children. Yes, he leaves us to suffer the consequences of our sin but provides a means to redeem us once again. Which is why he raises out of his remnant those who will preserve themselves, intercede for his people and faithfully align with His Divine plan. Such as Moses, such as Isaiah, such as David, such as Elijah, such as John the Baptist, such as the Early Apostles. Most times, these men/women will not be known. Because true disciples of Christ and men of God are not seeking worldliness like most of those we call men of God today. Their focus is to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness- that His Kingdom Come and His Wiill Be Done on Earth as it is In Heaven. These ones are after Redemption of Souls and Destruction of the works of Sin, Satan, Grave and Death.
Some typical examples of such whom I have found today are Apostle Joshua Selman, Nathaniel Bassey, Victoria Orenze, Dunsin Oyekan ana some others. They have some thing Profound in common, these ones. They Carry a Burden of Christ and they Move circumspectly by the Power of the Holy Spirit like the vision of Ezekiel 1:4-21.

5. I laid this foundation so that we will know that just as God revealed to Daniel in a vision, nothing happens- past, present or future that God has not declared and revealed to His prophets. Our Will/Choices simply determine which character/role we will play in God's Will/Plan.
Will you be an Anti-Christt or Disciple of Christ? Will you be aligned with the Kingdom of Satan or the Kingdom of God?

6. The last election saw majority if not all Nigerians fulfill the condition for God's redemption. If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and repent. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Nigerians have never prayed, not ever before, the way we prayed in the last election. And as promised God answered according to His faithfulness.
However it is God who knows what is Good/Best for us, for we know not how we out to pray, which is why the best prayer a person can pray is speaking in spirit/tongues Romans 8:26.
Just as a demographic prayed for PO, another prayed for Tinubu, another prayed for Atiku, another prayed for kwankwanso, etc. Yet we all had one thing in common- that God should save us and give us Prosperity.
No man can save or deliver Nigeria except by God's Grace. PO, Tinubu, Atiku and Kwankwanso can't. Only God can.

7. In His Mercy and according to His set time, we have found Favour in His sight. Psalm 102:13
It is no coincidence and any one who is truly honest will know that all odds were stacked against Tinubu in the last election by his own party APC and the former President Buhari and also Emefiele. They did every thing within their power and political prowess to frustrate Tinubu's chances of winning the election- they even went as far as devising and implementing the satanic Cashless Policy, without regard to the lives that would suffer and die just to make sure Tinubu's finance could not buy votes and influence the elections. I said that to say this- that God himself elected Tinubu.
It is a vain thing to fight God's elect. BAT's God-given name is Ahmed, which means God's Elect or Praiseworthy.

8. Tinubu has fought faithfully for Democratic rule since 1993 along side NADECO. And 30 years after God i His faithfulness has honored Tinubu's faithfulness (commitment to democracy) by making him the President in this time whom he will restore the Glory of His church and the economy of Nigeria and by extension Africa. Not because of Tinubu's righteousness because no one's righteousness can earn God's mercy and favor. All we have is the Grace and Mercy of God. He simply honors His Word in the life of whomsoever he has imputed His righteousness and whose heart aligns with His Will and who is faithful. Our righteousness is as a filthy rag before God when we are outside His will. It is when we are in His will that our righteousness is respected by God.
The Holy Spirit helps us distinguish between God's righteouss (Kinddkm-oriented) and man's righteousness (religiousity). The Holy Spirit imputed God's righteousness in us so that we can begin to walk in true righteousness bearing the Gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit.

9. All indications show that Tinubu God's chosen vessel to rule Nigeria is this season of her restoration. Every one who meets him is convinced that this is not a man after his selfish ambition, he has already achieved all this. He is someone God has put the burden of establish democratic rule in Nigeria that Nigeria may truly enjoy the dividends of Good governance.
His Administration has only just begun to work. The Ministers have been carefully selected barely 2 weeks ago and we are already seeing results and more will come.
PO, ATIKU and their supporters are not wrong to exercise their civic rights to contest the conduct of the election. Because truly it was not a free and fair election. However, whatever it is they are accusing Tinubu for, they are equally guilty of. Nigeria only had a free and fair election in 1993. The PEPC has given them the chance to present their cases and evidences which they did.
However they failed to prove and validate their allegations within the ambit of the Nigerian constitution which is the Authroritive Law of Nigeria. Hence Tinubu has been affirmed the Rightly President of Nigeria.
It is also not wrong for PO and Atiku to seek further redress and present their case to the Apex court- Supreme Court.
Hopefully when the Supreme Court gives the final verdict, this opposition will come to rest and all will know that God Himself has elected President BAT.

10. It is however wrong how PO and Atiku and their followers have continued to defile the authorities and everyone who supports Tinubu. It is a faithful saying that when you're God's elect- Blessed is every one who blesses you and cursed is everyone who curses you, and in you all families will be blessed. Genesis 12:3.
Everyone should be careful how they go about expressing their dissatisfaction and grievances because God is watching every thing we say and do and his judgment is already here- Blessing for who he meets in His will and Punishment for who he meets outside His will. Selah.

Rejoice!
God's Good Will be done In Nigeria and To Us Nigerians and to all who wish her well in Jesus name. Amen

To God Almighty belongs all the Glory, Honor, Wisdom, Dominion and Majesty for Ever and Ever. Amen

RULES OF LIVING WITH PEOPLE

1. When you meet young people - *INSPIRE THEM.*

2. When you meet children - *EDUCATE THEM.*

3. When you meet old people - *HELP THEM.*

4. When you meet wise people - *STUDY THEM.*

5. When you meet leaders - *HONOUR THEM.*

6. When you meet foolish people - *AVOID THEM.*

7. When you meet humble people - *TREASURE THEM.*

8. When you meet arrogant people - *IGNORE THEM.*

9. When you meet gracious people - *EMULATE THEM* .

10. When you meet aspirational people - *ELEVATE THEM.*

11. When you meet strong people - *SUPPORT THEM.*

12. When you meet godly people - *BLESS THEM.*

13. When you meet elderly people - *RESPECT THEM.*

14. When you meet weak people - *STRENGTHEN THEM.*

15. When you meet hardworking people - *ENCOURAGE THEM.*

16. When you meet kind people - *ESTEEM THEM.*

17. When you meet Honest people -
*PROMOTE THEM.*

18. When you meet virtuous people - *REWARD THEM.*

19. When you meety evil people - *EVADE THEM.*

20. And in all situation “ *Watch, pray and wish everyone well.*

1. *Dr. Ben Carson said,* "I struggled academically throughout elementary school yet became the best neurosurgeon in the world in 1987."

*LESSON:* Struggling is a sign that you are on a verge of success. Don't quit yet.

2. *Bill Gates said,* "I didn't even complete my university education but became the world's richest man."

*LESSON:* School does not make you rich. School is only supposed to polish what will make you rich, not make you rich.

3. *Christiano Ronaldo said,* "I told my father that we would be very rich but he couldn't believe me. I made it a reality."

*LESSON:* Your words rule your life. If you mean what you have said, each word will come to pass. You get what you say.

4. *Hear Lionel Messi!,* "I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training and still became one of the world's best footballers."

*LESSON:* Believe in your dream. Don't let your pain tell you how your future will look like.

5. *Steve Jobs penned,* "I used to sleep on the floor in my friends' rooms, returning coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple, I later on founded Apple Company."

*LESSON:* That you are small today doesn't mean you will be small tomorrow. Keep trusting God.

6. *Former British PM, Tony Blair said & I quote,* "my teachers used to call me a failure, but I became a Prime Minister."

*LESSON:* Don't let someone else's opinions of you become your reality.

7. *Bishop David Oyedepo said,* "I started Living Faith Church from a lawn tennis court with three members only & preached prosperity. Many of my friends criticised me, but today we have the largest church auditorium in the world & two world-class universities."

*LESSON:* Believe in yourself even if no one does & never think of quitting.

8. *Nelson Mandela said,* "I was in prison for 27 years & still became president."

*LESSON:* You can be anything you want to be no matter where you have been or what you have been through.

*9.REECE* "I drove a taxi to finance my university education but today I'm a billionaire."

*LESSON:* Don't let your past decide the kind of future you need to have.

10. *Harland Sanders, Founder of KFC said,* "I was on the verge of suicide when an Idea of opening a restaurant hit me after I retired as a cook in the Navy."

*LESSON:* Nothing is ever too late. "Too late" is a language of failures. Your future can begin at any age. Don't ever let AGE limit you.

11. *Aliko Dangote said,* "I worked for my uncle since I was a small boy, people looked down on me. I later on took a loan from my uncle to open a tiny shop. I worked hard to make ends meet. Now I am the richest Man in Africa.

*LESSON:* Failures or limitations of the past have no control over the greatness in you. To him that believes, all things are possible.

12. *Barack Hussein Obama said,* I am a son of a black immigrant from Kenya, I graduated from Harvard and later on became a Senator in Chicago. I was also the President of the most powerful nation on Earth.

*LESSON:* Never design your life like a garden where anyone can walk in and out. Design it like the sky where everyone aspires to reach!

13. *Arnold Swarzzenegger said,* I traveled to America in search of financial independence when I was 15yrs old. I became the world's strongest man 7 times and Mr Universe. I then got my Economics degree, then I became one of Hollywood's best actors before I was voted twice as governor of California."

*LESSON:* Don't wait for everybody to believe in your ability and dreams.

Beloved endeavour to be good to people you meet everyday,,fear God and live peacefully with all men knowing full well that if we don't meet to part, we will part to meet one day.

1. Right from when she was about three years old, she would always pray for me to make it so she can come stay with me.

2. Been married for like 7 years and we have 3 kids. my wife was on my neck to bring my niece to come stay with us so she can assist with helping to look after the kids once they all return from school.

3. Because I know how many ladies treat children that aren't theirs, I refused to bring my niece over. So after much pressure from my wife, I approached my sister and her husband and pleaded to allow me train her as she'd always prayed.

4. Weeks after her arrival, my wife started complaining about her attitude and stuff. I refused to yield to my wife's suggestions that I take my niece back. It almost caused quarrel between us.

I felt it was too early to judge her. She's just 12 years old.

Her Attitudes:

A. She would fold and keep pants stained with my 1 year old poop in the laundry basket until it starts bringing out maggots, then we would search the whole house for the source of the foul smell until we find it and throw away affected clothes, disinfect the house and all.

B. She, yesterday wiped my 6 years old son with iron buckle on the belt and his head nearly burst open. He complained of severe headache and we are still treating him.

C. Final straw was, while we were in the office today, my 6 years old started to throw up. He was sick. This girl just laid on the couch and instructed a 6 years old to go fetch the broom, mopping stick and packer to clean the mess.

my son was very weak, but he went to fetch these items and cleaning the vomit. Because he was very sick, he kept on throwing up and cleaning at the same time. All these while, this girl laid there relaxing until my wife came home and washed my son up and cleaned the floor.

When I came back this evening and learnt about the stuff, I quietly asked her why she'd behaved like that and she said it was nothing.

I really don't know whether to let her stay while I try to coach her or take her back to her parents.

I seriously need advice.

Sorry for the long epistle.

Scripture Text: Proverbs 3:5-6

I've heard God's voice so clearly so many times that I learned to trust what He told me, and it always came true.

But I also know what it's like to not understand what He's saying. There have been a lot of times when I thought I heard the Lord's voice, but nothing ever happened. It didn't work out.

Many people who follow God have been through what I'm talking about. Other voices come from inside us to confuse us. These voices are so clear and sweet, but they say nothing. You may have thought that the Lord told you certain things about people, events, and situations, but they didn't turn out the way you thought they would.

In fact, you may have been frustrated and confused for a while because so many things didn't work out. Maybe you went through a hard time when it came to hearing God's words, and you wondered if you had ever heard it at all.
Many people have prayed to Him:

"Lord, why am I hearing so many wrong voices? Why can't I hear You clearly? I was so sure it was Your voice, but it wasn't! In fact, often things have turned out the exact opposite of what I thought You'd told me. After walking all these years so sure, I don't think I know Your voice anymore. What's going on?"

In fact, this is happening to me right now, and the Holy Spirit was kind enough to tell me that I have let my own thoughts and plans take over. He told me in a whisper that though this is not where God wants me to stop, He wants me to learn something out of this situation to make my life more beautiful. He plans something better for me, and I need to let Him take me there. God can never be wrong! The Holy Spirit told me to talk about this subject, and I'm glad He led me to the right source.

The Bible says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. Honour Him in everything you do, and He will guide your steps" (Proverbs 3:5).
The Lord knows that our own way of thinking is wrong, that we are selfish and only care about ourselves. It doesn't matter that we've been reborn and had the blood of Christ put on our hearts. Our thinking is still not good!
God has said, "my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9).

Some of the dangers of relying on your own knowledge—World Challenge Org.

1. Most of the confusion about hearing God's voice comes from putting our trust in our own understanding.
There is a lot of confusion in the church about how to hear and know God's words. People say "The Lord told me..." and "The Lord said..." everywhere you go, but very little of what they say is really from God.
Many Christians do something I think is very dangerous: they want quick answers, but they don't know that getting to know God's words takes a lot of time and getting close to Him. It takes honest soul-searching so that God's will is the only thing on your mind. But they don't want to spend time alone with God and let go of themselves.

Instead, they spend time thinking. They clear their minds, putting them in neutral, and become passive. And that empty, passive mind is easy for the flesh and the devil to control. Satan can come in and say anything he wants there.

When these lazy Christians hear something, they don't put it to the test with God's Spirit or His Word. They haven't learned how to recognise His voice, so they think that anything that comes to mind is from God.

Our knowledge of the world can come to us as a clear-speaking angel of light. But it is our flesh, which pretends to be God.

In 2 Kings 7, when Elisha was in a place called Samaria that was suffering from a famine, the Lord sent him a message. There was no more food or water. Things had gotten so bad that two mothers had become cannibals and agreed to eat each other's children!

Elisha then stood up and spoke a prophecy in front of the king and the people:
"A measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel tomorrow around this time, and two measures of barley will be sold for a shekel in the gate of Samaria" (2 Kings 7:1).



That was God speaking! But the word was too offensive for the officer of the royal court who was in charge of the city gate. Barley and flour that don't cost much? Were these to appear overnight, when there was nothing else in sight, not even a cup of grain?
The gatekeeper's common sense kicked in, and he said, "Look, if the Lord were to put windows in heaven, could this be?" (v. 2). In other words, "for this prophecy to come true, God would have to open the heavens and make it rain grain on us. That's impossible!"
Often, when God speaks to us, what He says is so wonderful, amazing, and life-saving that we can't take it all in! So our flesh—our human understanding—rises up and starts to speak. Instead of resting and putting our trust in what He says, we start to rely on what we think. We ask, "How could this ever happen? It's not possible from a human point of view!" Suddenly, we've set limits for God and hemmed Him in on all sides.

Beloved, our human understanding of God will always be limited! God told Sarah, who was an old woman, that she would have a child and become the mother of many countries. What a wonderful, amazing word! But Sarah's common sense told her, "I can't be a mother at 100. my womb is dead, and my husband is old. It's impossible!" She laughed at the idea.


Has God ever told you something that didn't make sense? Did you believe Him and trust that He would do what was best? Or did you laugh at the idea and rely on what you knew and what was going on around you instead of His Word?


Dear saint, you need to believe what God has told you again. You shouldn't forget what He told you, because it once gave you life. God is even bigger than the promise He gave you. He is smarter than everything you've heard so far!


In fact, it makes Him happy to let His saints into heaven. He is in the business of sending wonders and making things happen that can't be done. "Test me now with this," says Malachi 3:10, "and see if I won't open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing so great that there won't be enough room to hold it."

2. When we rely on what we think we know, we make bad judgements about other Christians.
Paul said, "We are sure that God's judgement against those who do such things is true" (Romans 2:2).
God judges based on what's in a person's heart, but people judge based on what they see and their own flawed, human knowledge. And Christians are so quick to judge other Christians wrong. Most of it is cruel, bad, and totally pointless.

Many have done this before. A young woman came to a pastor's office for help a few years ago. Her eyes were full of darkness. Her voice was quiet and flat. The pastor's first thought was, "She's a lesbian. Her eyes look evil and ominous. He'd seen this look before. She must have done something very wrong to have this look!"
But this pastor started was crying inside within five minutes because he realised how wrong he had been about her. He had been judging her by how she looked, but her dark eyes showed that she had been through a lot of hard times. She was a prayer warrior who believed in God and had never done anything sexual. Christ was her husband. He felt so embarrassed!

A young woman preached about Jesus to a man who take dangerous drugs. As she was praying for him the Holy Spirit told her that the man had only few days to live. Meanwhile, this man already had a dream that his family members were attending his funeral. He was so desperate when  he got home that he fell on the floor of his living room and cried out, "Oh God, I'm helpless against this hellish crack. It's overwhelming me! If You're real and what she says is true, You have to show Yourself to me. Please help me!"
Suddenly, there was a lot of light in the room. He knew it was out of this world! He could feel God's presence all around him. When the light went out, he knew he had to go back to his room, but he didn't want to see those burning strange symbols anymore. So, he chose to hang pictures on the walls where the symbols had been.
He took a nail in each hand and picked up a hammer. When he looked down at the nail holes in his palms, he heard Jesus say, "my nail-scarred hands give you power over your addiction. Trust Me; it's no longer your battle, because I've already won it at the Cross. You can be free!"
His urge to use crack was taken away right away. And for the past two years, that young man has been growing in his faith by going to our church. What an amazing thing to say about God!
A few months later, this same man was walking by a pub without a roof when he felt a strong urge to go in. But it wasn't a desire for something physical. He told me, "I knew it wasn't the devil, so I went in. I thought, "What am I doing here? God can't be like this!"'
A young performer sat down next to him and said, "You don't look like you fit here. They started talking because she said, "You're different." He set up a time to meet the lady performer outside, and they went for a walk. He told her about how Jesus had set him free from crack, and they talked for a while. The lady "I hate what I'm broke down and confessed she didn't enjoy her job at the pub but took the job because she was broke and had no other way to make a living. She did quit, and she gave her heart to the Lord. Soon after, she and the young man got married, and now they go to church and are on fire for God.

One could relate the story of this young man to prophet Hosea's:
"The Lord told Hosea, 'Go, take a wife of adultery and children of adultery.'" "Love a woman who is loved by her friend but is an adulteress" (Hosea 1:1, 3:1). In other words, God was telling him to go find a harlot and marry her."This girl wasn't a harlot, but she was in a place where harlotry is common. There went my whole opinion!

How true it is that God's ways are higher than ours and that we can't figure out what they are.

Paul tells us, "Why do you pass judgement on your brother? or, why do you ignore your brother? Because we will all stand before Christ's judgement seat... So, each of us will have to answer to God for who we are" (Romans 14:10, 12).
Paul is telling them, "It's hard enough for you to judge your own heart. Stop thinking about everyone else's problems!"
I don't want to stand before Christ's judgement seat and cringe as I see people I misjudged being called to Him as His chosen. I have thought of many saints, "There's something about his spirit that doesn't witness with me. I don't feel comfortable around her!"But when God opens the books and judges me, what will He say about the fact that I trusted my own judgements, which were based on human fears and wrong conclusions.

The Scribes and Pharisees got everything wrong about Jesus.

They said that the son of God liked to drink a lot of wine and go to parties, and that he was working with the devil.



Christ knew how blinding this kind of judging could be, so He said, "Judge not by what you see, but by what is right" (John 7:24).



We are to judge with righteous judgement, not the thought of our flesh. When God shows us something, we are to think about it in our hearts and pray about it.



God does give some people a strong sense of insight. Those who are close to Jesus know by His Spirit, "when evil is present in someone, it registers in their spiritual mind."



But the gift of discernment should never be used to tell others about their sin or ruin their image. Doing so makes the one with the gift a worse sinner than the one with an evil spirit!

"All women have a natural intuition," I've heard. A woman once told me, "I'm never wrong! When I'm around a fake, I always feel like an alarm is going off.
I'm sorry, but I don't buy that. The Bible says, "Don't trust it; it's just your own human understanding!""

Jesus asked, "Does our law judge anyone before it hears what he does?" (John 7:51) This means that we shouldn't judge someone before we get to know them, talk to them, and find out what they're about.

"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. " This is another warning from Jesus that really gets to me. for the way you judge will be the way you are judged, and the way you measure will be the way it is measured back to you" (Matthew 7:1-2).

When you question someone else's faith and sincerity, someone else will do the same to you. You can be sure that you'll get what you give out.

3. When we rely on our own understanding, we get a wrong idea of how God works in our lives.

Right now, a lot of God's best workers are going through very hard tests and trials. Maybe you're one of them, and you're being overwhelmed by sudden troubles, fiery trials, and incredibly stressful times. Your trial could be spiritual, financial, or emotional.

Maybe as you've been reading this message, you've come to believe that you're under God's anger and rod of correction. You keep thinking, "You're going through this because you've failed God!" You're in the fire of trouble because He gave you to the devil to teach you a lesson."

Beloved, you shouldn't trust your own understanding when you're going through fire or water. You can't reason your way out of hard times. Your own thoughts about your tests will trick you.
What does God's Word say about the problems you're facing right now?

The writer of Psalm 66 said, "This is all God's doing! He has a reason for putting you through this trial. This is not the work of the devil; God is testing you."


No matter what you're going through, you can be sure that the Lord is behind it—He's testing you. He's testing you to bring out something beautiful in you—a complete trust in His trustworthiness.

But then the psalmist says, "Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidt affliction on our loins" (verse 11). He says that God led you into the net and put this heavy burden on you. He is the one who weighed you down.

"Thou hast made men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water" (v. 12). God let people walk over you and take advantage of you. The Lord let you go through fire and water. It's all God working in you.

Our logic tells us, "The devil is trying to kill me! He has made me suffer and given me a lot to do. He is trying to sink my ship."

But from cover to cover, the Bible makes it clear that all of our purgings and tests come from the Father and not from Satan. "And I will turn my hand on you and purely purge away all of your dross and take away all of your tin" (Isaiah 1:25).

 God tells us, "Do not think it strange about the fiery trial that is to try you, as if something strange had happened to you, but rejoice" (1 Peter 4:12-13).

Dear saint, stop trying to figure out why you have to go through hard times. Stop asking God, "Why do I have to go through this?""Leave your human thoughts behind and rest in this: "God is doing something in me. God is at work here!"

You may not like the testing you're going through, and it may seem overwhelming. But God has never left you alone in your testing, even when you feel like you've failed Him.

The person who wrote Psalm 66:9 said, "He holds our soul in life and doesn't let our feet move." He meant, "God is holding my soul in His life!" He won't let me lose my balance. He is keeping me steady until this is all over."



He came out of his trial with a strong faith and said, "Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I'll tell you what He's done for my life" (v. 16). This means, "Gather around! I've been saved in a great way. I want to talk about how great God has been to me."

"Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [fruitful] place" (verse 12) is the testimony of those who don't panic but believe God through it all.

Beloved, don't listen to what your fears tell you. Stop trying to figure out what's going on and just stand still, trust, and watch God work.

He'll get you out of it and put you in an excellent place, and you'll be on fire with praise for how true your God is! Hallelujah!

If you would like to give your life to Christ just say this short prayer:

"Lord Jesus Christ I come to You now, forgive me my sins, come into my life, take control of my life and change my world. I say bye-bye to the devil, I enter into the Kingdom of Light. Thank You Jesus, in Jesus name I pray, amen!

Congratulations!!!

God bless you!

Peace!!!

Also read https://www.worldchallenge.org/danger-leaning-your-own-understanding#:~:text=The%20Lord%20knows%20that%20our,my%20ways%2C%20saith%20the%20Lord.

Your son who is 17 years of age left the house and told you he was going to "hustle", that you should pray for him.

You ask a few questions and you give him your blessings to go and "hustle".

Within three months of hustling, he sends you 1.4million. 400k to buy stuff for the house and 1m to save for him.

You don't care. You don't bother to ask how the money came about.

Within a few weeks, he sends 2m to you. Says you should save 1.5 and use 500k for the household.

You become your 17 year old son's account manager.

Before 19, he buys a small car and comes to show the family.

for the first time, in two years, you're seeing your son. Looking like a high way robber. Dreads, black lips, red eyes... His innocence is gone.

He changes all the appliances in the house. Opens a small store for you. Of course, he's the one responsible for all his siblings.

As a matter of fact, you're waiting for one of your son to finish secondary school, so he can go and join him to "hustle".

By 21, he comes back with a bigger car and gives you the smaller one to be using.

You still don't know your son's whereabout or where he lives.

All you do is to tell your neighbors that God has blessed your son.

At 23, your son comes and tells you he wants to renovate the family house.

Within 1 year, he completes the building and you invite your pastor to come and pray for the house.

When anyone who cares to know, asks what gave your son money, you tell them;

"Clypto".

Shame on you, Papa and Mama Pablo! Shame on you!

Good day dear Nlders.,

Please I plead with you all to read this thread very carefully. This could save someone or contribute positively to u or your loved ones.

The distance between EVERYONE and death is just like a 1% phone (Anything can happen!)
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL!

I just got back home from an impromptu trip, tired and exhausted; I fell asleep , waking up with lots of missed calls. I called one of them ( my nigga in my neighbourhood) this Nigga shocked with the sad news of the DEATH OF ONE OF OUR FELLOW YOUNG PROMISING NIGGA, Very pathetic!
This late guy was my close pal, we were taking bottles together some few nights ago, discussing and laughing.

***I have and will keep telling our youths to be very, very careful because this is not the same life I was living joyful in my childhood and teen days-----

-----CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH------
1. This guy has 3 littles kids (The last is just few weeks old)
2. This guy was learning how to drive heavy duty vehicles before he switched to abandoning his dream and started staying with a younger YAHOO BOY (H.K/Office).
__The said Yahoo Boy this late nigga was staying with; is just in his 30's but very wealthy, with good houses, cars, trucks, lands and a very large agriculture farm etc, He buys cars like boxers!
I know him very well. Infact; He is perfect example of chop life gang.
Rumour has it that; as rich as this Nigga (has a lot of houses in different cities), his mom still lives in a rented apartment.
3. A lot of people will feel and think that he was used for rituals because he wasn't sick (He slept and didn't wake up yesterday; THEY MAY NOT BE FAR FROM THE TRUTH THOUGH!

------ my VERDICT ON THIS ISSUE--------
I don't jump into foolish conclusions without a first hand strong evidence, it's ONLY a fool that does that.
While the supposed rumour that the YAHOO BOY used him MAY be right but that doesn't change the fact that; I BLAME THE LATE GUY 100%!

Leaving your good handwork that will help you in the long run to join people in shattering people's life in the name of Yahoo, was a very foolish move and to think of the fact that, the guy he moved in with made overnight wealth and a lot of Yahoo boys now use different diabolic means to up their games (Even if it takes sacrificing their own blood) and the guy still fell for the trap, is not reasonable.
LOOK @ THE SORRY STATE HE LEFT HIS FAMILY, WIFE AND CHILDREN.


-------my MESSAGE----------
Please my Nlders, Always strive on Earth to make your hands as clean as possible, if you value yourself and your offspring. I learnt this from my dad a long time ago and it has and will forever be useful and applicable to EVERYONE.
2022 /2023 taught me a great lesson I wouldn't have known till I die, Sometimes pray that you fall in order for u to know the true snakes you have been taking VERY close to yourself as friends.

There is nothing in Life that is and can EVER be by your power, smartness or hard work. God has clearly said it that; All things on Earth belongs to him and He alone has the power to give to whoever He wishes ;whenever,and however He wants.
I remember some years ago when I was always busy chasing money, my father called me telling me that; "son you don't chase money; rather, you position yourself in a place and money will start chasing you" (This is something ONLY the wise would understand).

Life is 100% God's timing, is only a fool that thinks He has any power of to alter things.
The only way to scale through life smoothly is; TO BE EXTREMELY PATIENT and under that; Inside this life; there is another new life that modernization is constantly creating (SOCIETAL TRENDS).
This trends is what any sensible person should and must desist from (It leads to nowhere but agony and generational bondages).

Whether anyone agree or not; God created this life PERFECTLY and there is nothing you have and will ever do that will not have a result or consequences. YOU / YOUR OFFSPRING MUST PAY THE PRICE NOW OR LATER. I remember our old neighbour when I was still a child, will always say: "If you do good, you do for yourself; if you do bad, you do for yourself, R.I.P Papa, your words still fresh in my memory.

One mistake people constantly make is; The mistake of thinking that because Me. A is doing it and it's working for him, that will automatically make it work for me (FOOLISH THINKING)
OR because Everyone is doing it, automatically makes a bad thing correct. EVERYONE IS DOING IT, CAN NEVER MAKE A BAD THING RIGHT.
Different faces, different timing and destiny.

One thing I Love about my life is that; Whenever I do any evil, be it cheating or any bad sin, I RECEIVE my KARMA IN A VERY SHORT TIME, Unlike a lot that will pass theirs to their generations. I love my unborn child too much and I can never make her suffer for what she knows nothing about; hence, the reason I desist for evils as much as possible.

The menace of Yahoo is a place I have a surface coaching on, a long time ago (Thanks to my ex that warned me to quit and focus on an honest life) because she stated that she had dated a lot of them and she had seen what the end looks like.--- God bless you wherever you are dear.

When we talk about the fact that Yahoo is bad, it doesn't mean anyone is coming out to claim being perfect but the fact that; When you make someone cry, tears must always follow you.

Even the fornication I constantly engage in and other sins I commit sometimes; I am still not happy with myself. (It always haunt me in my heart) not to talk of going about making others go through pain and taking lives. HUMANS ARE REALLY TERRIBLE!


Let me put my WARNINGS TO THE YOUTH AS FOLLOWS:

1. NEVER under rate yourself, we were all made from sand and to there we are all returning.
2. No one is bigger or better than you.
3. With patient ANYONE can get ANYTHING done but without it; NOTHING can be done.
4. Defrauding someone can NEVER take you to where you ought to be, rather; it will send you and your generation to the pool of regret sooner or later.
5. Never play with the power of time and patience while you work to get to your dream.
6. True happiness lies in self assertion that you have inner peace.
7. Nothing good comes easy.
8. Think of when you prayed to passed pry. 6 exams, God did it, Think of when you prayed to pass WAEC, God did it, Think of when you prayed and studied to graduate, God did it.
He is still with you and will continuously do it for you if you can be patient and work with ONLY faith as you have been doing during those times.
9. One secret to get faster to God's blessings is through a very strong provocative FAITH in him irrespective of your circumstances.
10. Nothing is too late to change when there is life and remember; we are all sinners striving to get it right.

Finally, it's only a fool that will tell you that money or flashy life is not good but when it comes @ the expense of illicit things, it means automatic signing for a life long regrets. BE WISE!
Money is good but if u have it, you will understand that nothing beats PEACE OF MIND.

I LOVE GOD,
I LOVE my LIFE,
I LOVE my FAMILY,
I LOVE NAIRALAND,
I LOVE YOU ALL.

******R.I.P MARO***********

Good day dear Nlders.,

Please I plead with you all to read this thread very carefully. This could save someone or contribute positively to u or your loved ones.

The distance between EVERYONE and death is just like a 1% phone (Anything can happen!)
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL!

I just got back home from an impromptu trip, tired and exhausted; I fell asleep , waking up with lots of missed calls. I called one of them ( my nigga in my neighbourhood) this Nigga shocked with the sad news of the DEATH OF ONE OF OUR FELLOW YOUNG PROMISING NIGGA, Very pathetic!
This late guy was my close pal, we were taking bottles together some few nights ago, discussing and laughing.

***I have and will keep telling our youths to be very, very careful because this is not the same life I was living joyful in my childhood and teen days-----

-----CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH------
1. This guy has 3 littles kids (The last is just few weeks old)
2. This guy was learning how to drive heavy duty vehicles before he switched to abandoning his dream and started staying with a younger YAHOO BOY (H.K/Office).
__The said Yahoo Boy this late nigga was staying with; is just in his 30's but very wealthy, with good houses, cars, trucks, lands and a very large agriculture farm etc, He buys cars like boxers!
I know him very well. Infact; He is perfect example of chop life gang.
Rumour has it that; as rich as this Nigga (has a lot of houses in different cities), his mom still lives in a rented apartment.
3. A lot of people will feel and think that he was used for rituals because he wasn't sick (He slept and didn't wake up yesterday; THEY MAY NOT BE FAR FROM THE TRUTH THOUGH!

------ my VERDICT ON THIS ISSUE--------
I don't jump into foolish conclusions without a first hand strong evidence, it's ONLY a fool that does that.
While the supposed rumour that the YAHOO BOY used him MAY be right but that doesn't change the fact that; I BLAME THE LATE GUY 100%!

Leaving your good handwork that will help you in the long run to join people in shattering people's life in the name of Yahoo, was a very foolish move and to think of the fact that, the guy he moved in with made overnight wealth and a lot of Yahoo boys now use different diabolic means to up their games (Even if it takes sacrificing their own blood) and the guy still fell for the trap, is not reasonable.
LOOK @ THE SORRY STATE HE LEFT HIS FAMILY, WIFE AND CHILDREN.


-------my MESSAGE----------
Please my Nlders, Always strive on Earth to make your hands as clean as possible, if you value yourself and your offspring. I learnt this from my dad a long time ago and it has and will forever be useful and applicable to EVERYONE.
2022 /2023 taught me a great lesson I wouldn't have known till I die, Sometimes pray that you fall in order for u to know the true snakes you have been taking VERY close to yourself as friends.

There is nothing in Life that is and can EVER be by your power, smartness or hard work. God has clearly said it that; All things on Earth belongs to him and He alone has the power to give to whoever He wishes ;whenever,and however He wants.
I remember some years ago when I was always busy chasing money, my father called me telling me that; "son you don't chase money; rather, you position yourself in a place and money will start chasing you" (This is something ONLY the wise would understand).

Life is 100% God's timing, is only a fool that thinks He has any power of to alter things.
The only way to scale through life smoothly is; TO BE EXTREMELY PATIENT and under that; Inside this life; there is another new life that modernization is constantly creating (SOCIETAL TRENDS).
This trends is what any sensible person should and must desist from (It leads to nowhere but agony and generational bondages).

Whether anyone agree or not; God created this life PERFECTLY and there is nothing you have and will ever do that will not have a result or consequences. YOU / YOUR OFFSPRING MUST PAY THE PRICE NOW OR LATER. I remember our old neighbour when I was still a child, will always say: "If you do good, you do for yourself; if you do bad, you do for yourself, R.I.P Papa, your words still fresh in my memory.

One mistake people constantly make is; The mistake of thinking that because Me. A is doing it and it's working for him, that will automatically make it work for me (FOOLISH THINKING)
OR because Everyone is doing it, automatically makes a bad thing correct. EVERYONE IS DOING IT, CAN NEVER MAKE A BAD THING RIGHT.
Different faces, different timing and destiny.

One thing I Love about my life is that; Whenever I do any evil, be it cheating or any bad sin, I RECEIVE my KARMA IN A VERY SHORT TIME, Unlike a lot that will pass theirs to their generations. I love my unborn child too much and I can never make her suffer for what she knows nothing about; hence, the reason I desist for evils as much as possible.

The menace of Yahoo is a place I have a surface coaching on, a long time ago (Thanks to my ex that warned me to quit and focus on an honest life) because she stated that she had dated a lot of them and she had seen what the end looks like.--- God bless you wherever you are dear.

When we talk about the fact that Yahoo is bad, it doesn't mean anyone is coming out to claim being perfect but the fact that; When you make someone cry, tears must always follow you.

Even the fornication I constantly engage in and other sins I commit sometimes; I am still not happy with myself. (It always haunt me in my heart) not to talk of going about making others go through pain and taking lives. HUMANS ARE REALLY TERRIBLE!


Let me put my WARNINGS TO THE YOUTH AS FOLLOWS:

1. NEVER under rate yourself, we were all made from sand and to there we are all returning.
2. No one is bigger or better than you.
3. With patient ANYONE can get ANYTHING done but without it; NOTHING can be done.
4. Defrauding someone can NEVER take you to where you ought to be, rather; it will send you and your generation to the pool of regret sooner or later.
5. Never play with the power of time and patience while you work to get to your dream.
6. True happiness lies in self assertion that you have inner peace.
7. Nothing good comes easy.
8. Think of when you prayed to passed pry. 6 exams, God did it, Think of when you prayed to pass WAEC, God did it, Think of when you prayed and studied to graduate, God did it.
He is still with you and will continuously do it for you if you can be patient and work with ONLY faith as you have been doing during those times.
9. One secret to get faster to God's blessings is through a very strong provocative FAITH in him irrespective of your circumstances.
10. Nothing is too late to change when there is life and remember; we are all sinners striving to get it right.

Finally, it's only a fool that will tell you that money or flashy life is not good but when it comes @ the expense of illicit things, it means automatic signing for a life long regrets. BE WISE!
Money is good but if u have it, you will understand that nothing beats PEACE OF MIND.

I LOVE GOD,
I LOVE my LIFE,
I LOVE my FAMILY,
I LOVE NAIRALAND,
I LOVE YOU ALL.

******R.I.P MARO***********

God has sent me to warn you of the dangers ahead if you refuse to repent of your sins and murderous acts. You have put many Nigerians into sorrow through your actions and inaction. Many people have suffered of sins they did not contribute towards. God is warning, He said if you refuse to change and amend your ways now, He himself will take over charge of things and free His people and choose a leader of His choice that will deliver the people of this nation from oppression.

He has chosen me as His prophet to sound this warning message to those who have the ears to listen.

He said in Ezekiel 34:2, “son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel” (Leaders of Nigeria, politicians, false prophets and false teachers). He said, “Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn’t shepherds feed their sheep?”

You have enriched yourselves with the resources which the Lord Almighty has endowed His nation with, resources meant for the masses has been taken over by a few of you leaders leaving the poor suffering and dying.

“You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve. You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the injured. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with harshness and cruelty” Ezekiel 34: 4

Because of your wicked ruling, many people have run away from their destined nation to be peasants and beggars in other people’s nation. Nations that ordinarily Nigeria would have been able to feed because of our great mineral resources.

“So, my sheep (my people, Nigerians) have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal. (Yes, we have been wandering about in desperation, hunger and starvation, not knowing where the next meal will come from. Yet you spend billions on yourselves and families). They have wandered through all the mountains and all the hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them” Ezekiel 34: 5-6

“Therefore, you shepherds (leaders, now particularly false and fake pastors), hear the word of the Lord: As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn’t search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve. Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord” Ezekiel 34:7-9

While Nigerians suffered through the looting of its leaders, pastors, prophets pretend as if everything is fine. They keep preaching prosperity gospel, no one is doing what prophet Elijah did, what Ezekiel did, what Jeremiah did, taking God’s message to the leaders to warn them of the disaster ahead. All they do is preach prosperity, fattening their pockets and flying in jets around.

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey” Ezekiel 34: 10

This means that Nigerians will eventually be free from these stealing, looting and lying leaders at the helms of its affairs.

“I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes- feed them justice!” Ezekiel 34: 16

So, God’s judgment is at your door, it will happen sooner than you can imagine. The only way out now is true repentance. Not going to meet one prophet who doesn’t tell you the truth to pray for you. It will not yield any result because the punishment of God is coming, and His words are true forever. All you can do now is to repent.

“And as for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to his people: I will judge between one animal of the flock and another, separating the sheep from the goats. Isn’t it enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Isn’t it enough for you to drink clear water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? Ezekiel 34: 17 18

God is now saying that He will judge even all Nigerians, not just the leaders alone. He says he will separate the good people from the bad ones; he will separate those who out of what they are going through decide to become fraudsters, prostitutes, money ritualists, instead of waiting on Him.

Now to the leaders God is asking you, is it not enough that you have big houses, companies, large fleet of cars, with armed bodyguards? You are enjoying yourselves, controlling millions of dollars is that not enough? Will you also take the small left for the other millions of people to use so that they have nothing at all? The little electricity they are enjoying, you want to also take that away. The petroleum resources which made you people so rich, you again make the masses suffer before they can have little of it, when you have access to so much?

He said, “Why must my flock (my people) eat what you have trampled down and drink water you have fouled? Ezekiel 34: 19

Now listen to this and listen very carefully, any leader that is reading this; “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep. for you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded my sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands” Ezekiel 34: 20-21

“So, I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another. And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them. And I, the Lord, will be their God and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken! Ezekiel 34: 22- 24

So, listen carefully, God will choose a new leader that will free Nigerians from this slavery if these present leaders refuse to change their ways of leading as a matter of urgency. Look, I am not talking about the future, I am talking about now. Nobody is indispensable; God can deal with anyone the way He chooses.


If He can deal with Nebuchadnezzar and he became a beast and was rejected, if He was able to deal with Pharaoh one of the most powerful leaders in the world those days, then He surely can deal with any Nigerian leader who refuse to repent now.

That is what the Lord has sent me to inform you Nigerian leaders. Sit amongst yourselves today; hold an urgent meeting on the way forward for this country. Enough of the milking of resources, the spirit of many suffering people is crying to the Lord and the Lord is about to take vengeance by Himself.

If you are wise enough, instead of being bothered about this writer, you will quickly start calling all your truly wise men together, I don’t mean those also looking for every avenue to milk resources, I mean honest men who will tell you the truth and the way to go.

That was what usually happen in the days of the children of Israel, when they have gone astray, the leaders run to a true prophet of God who will seek the face of God to get an answer, now is the time to search for that person or else the Lord will choose the person by himself.

God bless Nigeria!

CITY Pastor

Source: https://www.ackcitynews.com/2023/09/warning-to-nigerian-leaders.html

for some couple of years now, somethings have not been sitting right with me anymore concerning the practices of the modern day pentecostal church and it's practices. When I sit down in the gathering and I hear the pastor speak, I cringe.

I questioned myself many times , if truly we are on the right path as a people and if there are truly elects of God, it means they might be few and are protected by God from the common practices of today's church.


Most of these practices cannot be traced to the apostles or the early church believers. I discovered most of these practises sprang up not less than 150years ago even after several reformations.


Jesus spoke about the narrow path that leads to life, and there be few that find it , and broad is the way that leads to death and there be many that walk in it.

Many of such concerns that have haunted me as touching practices of our modern way of worship is as follows:

1. Numerous church denominations, characterised by their differences in doctrine due to personal interpretations of scriptures


2. Chanting the name of Jesus and the Holy ghost as a mantra many times In the similitude of occultic people .

3. [b]Name it claim it gospel i.e issuing command and decrees to God and angels and aslo word affirmations . Meanwhile Jesus taught his disciples how to approach God and pray to God as father In a humble manner

4. Random speaking In tongues which seem like a perversion. (Even I, still do this occasionally and subconsciously)

5. Perversion of God's word ; over emphasizing on things that cannot save us from our sins or bring us to the knowledge of the son of God

6.Emphasis on the Use of other material medium to access God's power and blessings e.g oil, handkerchief, mantles, water, sand, fruits/herbs, monetary seed, honour than Faith in Jesus


7. Dancing and singing loudly in our sins like pagans, whereas it doesn't have any impact on salvation or the Kingdom Jesus brings . I feel it's deception as a result of adoption of paganism and the world system.

Most lyrical content lack description of The true Christ , rather it speaks of self and prosperity as God's true blessings other than Christ the true blessing which God promised Abraham.

8. Exaltation and deifying of men of God above others whereas It's the same Holy spirit God gave to all but different operations.

9. Emphasis on prosperity(physical wellness, financial abundance etc) as the essence of Christ's death on the cross, whereas Christ never promised to save us from any plague of this world but was rather sent to save us from Our sins so we can seek God's kingdom , after which other blessings shall follow .(Matthew 6:33-36)

In addition to this, many have become false Saviours and Christ's that are sent to liberate people from their poverty, marriage problems, sicknesses so they can live comfortably in this present world rather than hope for the coming of Christ and his government which shall restore all things and eliminate our present plague and tribulations in the new world.

I know for a Fact, this was the reason Jesus never healed all the sick and all the physically handicapped in israel. He never identified himsef with riches like most men of God do. Rather he said it was difficult for a rich man to enter Int God's kingdom and a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of his possession.

But one thing I know for sure was he sought to save all men from their sins. And In his reign and government we shall all be perfect as he is.

if you're doubting and cannot see these errors in the body, you might have been marked for damnation because of your knowledge, lust and pride.

These are antics of the Anti-Christ. He is the one that shall claim to seek for the peace and prosperity of this present world . The anti Christ will present himself as a saviour to save many from the trials of this present age and many will accept him.

He will try to save you from your death through technological advancement, he will seek to alleviate poverty and sicknesses such that you won't need the true Christ to come.

That same spirit has infiltrated the church and adulterated the true gospel of salvation.

I'm not negating the place of deliverance and good living, but these are signs that authenticate the harbinger of Christ's salvation and not the center of the Gospel.


If there are truly Elects as scriptures says , they will almost be deceived but not for too long.

There is a strong delusion in the body , and many have heeded to seducing doctrines of devils and have departed from the faith by heaping up false teachers for themselves ,because they have itching ears to hear of a gospel that will enrich their body and soul.

May God save us all and open our eyes to the TRUTH which sets free.

Shalom!

Revelation 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

In continuation on this important topic in Christianity, let us examine through the written word of God the other prayer that God desires to hear from the saints who have access to his throne. There are two salient points that are worth noting as we round up this topic. One, God can not compromise, for if he does, then he is not a holy God. He can not also condone nor entertain sin otherwise, he would be a sinner, too; He would not be holy at that point in time. I found a scene to buttress this. During the agony of our lord Jesus, when he was paying, the ultimate sacrifice requires for man to be admitted to God. Read Matthew 27:46, And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Jesus was the epitome of sin at that point, and God had to let go of him, for he was carrying the sins of you and me. Jesus was more than an intercessor here. He paid the price. Therefore, as God can not compromise, he is more than willing to hear the prayers of the saints interceding on the sinner’s behalf.

Therefore, the best prayer with the sweetest aroma before God is the prayer of intercession.Read,Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. None, because we are busy asking God to give us that car he gave brother B. We are busy asking God for a similar house sister A just bought, claiming all by faith and intense prayers. We own it a duty to pray for others to be saved, whether in chains or sick bed. God desires all to be saved. Read John 3:17, for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. The duty for all saved ones is to intercede for others. You are enjoying the goodness and mercies of this God. you want others to enjoy with you too; Read 2 Corinthians 2:11, Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. You are now aware of the strategy of the devil and want to deliver others from his trap. Not the intense prayers for wealth and victory over a perceived enemy or enemies. God has already taken care of that for you, for you are dwelling in His secret place where their radar can not find you. Neither should you be afraid of thier arrow, for you sit in heavenly place with Christ, no arrow can reach there. That many engaged in loud prayers or visit a church where prayer and fasting are going on does not show faith, but fear. Faith makes you still and calm, not jumping from pillar to post. No wonder many are praying amiss, thinking God is not answering them because they do not engage in 30 days dry fasting.

May the grace of God bring you to a place where you realise that all those prayers you heap on yourselves are unnecessary. Rather, pray for others is the best way to get your need met.

Pastor ABEL DAMINA is a Nigerian pastor that have been spreading false messages. Below are some og those false messages and bible verses that prove him wrong.

1. ABEL DAMINA: [/b]God is not in heaven. Anywhere God was before he created heaven, he is.
[b]BIBLE: [/b]After this manner therefore pray ye: OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, Hallowed be thy name.

[b]Matthew 6:9 KJV
But OUR GOD IS IN THE HEAVENS: He hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Psalm 115:3 KJV
and said, Behold, I SEE the heavens opened, and the son of man STANDING on the right HAND OF GOD.

Acts 7:56 KJV
Thus saith the LORD, The HEAVEN IS my THRONE, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Isaiah 66:1 KJV

2. ABEL DAMINA: Forget about Abraham's faith, it was a drama. Abraham knew he couldn't kill his son.

BIBLE: [/b]BY FAITH ABRAHAM, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN son, accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead(HE BELIEVED THAT IF HE KILLED HIM, GOD COULD RAISE HIM, JUST AS WE BELIEVE); from whence also he received him in a figure.
Hebrews 11:17‭, ‬19 KJV

[b]3. ABEL DAMINA: God didn't command Noah to make an ark as I understand Heb 11.

BIBLE: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis 6:14 KJV

4. ABEL DAMINA: Jesus is not the lion of the tribe of Judah, only unbelievers said he is. Lion is dangerous and he cannot have the character of Jesus.

BIBLE: [/b]And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: BEHOLD, THE LION OF the TRIBE of JUDA, the Root of David, hath PREVAILED TO OPEN THE BOOK, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Revelation 5:5 KJV

=Metaphor: Lion is the king of all animals in the jungle, Jesus is the king of Kings and all people on Earth. Jesus being lion is a metaphorical language, it means he is the king of us, just as lion is the king of animals.

[b]TO FOLLOWERS OF ABEL DAMINA: Yes, you must have holy Spirit to understand Abel Damina🤣🤣🤣🤪

Drinking poison because the Father prepared it?

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God’s amazing love for you

Thu, 31 Aug 2023

‘May you have the power to understand … how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.’ Ephesians 3:18

Paul writes: ‘I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand … how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete ...’ (Ephesians 3:16-19 NLT). In spite of our best intentions, we still sin. As a result, we feel bad about ourselves. And Satan uses our feelings of guilt and condemnation to make us doubt God’s love for us. But if God loved you enough to send His son to die on your behalf while you were a full-blown sinner, you can be sure He won’t change His mind about you when you’re His redeemed but struggling child. Feeling bad about sin is actually proof that you truly are God’s child. When you were born again, you became a regenerated spirit living in an unregenerated body. So when you permit sin to enter your life, your regenerated spirit rises up and says, ‘Get that out of here. It’s incompatible with who I am.’ It’s not that God doesn’t love you when you sin, but that sin is an unwelcome guest that makes you feel bad about yourself and robs you of confidence towards God. So if you have sinned, repent, receive God’s forgiveness, and move forwards stronger and wiser.

1 John chapter 5
King James Version

1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the son of God?
6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his son.
10He that believeth on the son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his son. 12He that hath the son hath life; and he that hath not the son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the son of God.
14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 16If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20And we know that the son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. James 5:4




Apostasy in Christendom refers to religious rebellion. It is the withdrawal of loyalty or a breaking away from the leadership or authority of God. An apostate is a practicing Christian that once pledge allegiance to God and the Bible doctrines, then afterwards turned back to live contrary to his avowed belief and declaration of faith. On the other hand, a reformer refers to a person that is making efforts to bring back those that strayed from godly commitments, to the proper form of Christian life. A reformer would do everything possible to instruct apostates, Christians and unbelievers, in the complete renewal of biblical instructions of Christianity.

Apostasy occurred in several places in the Bible, and each occurrence reveals God’s displeasure and terrible anger against apostates and anyone that incites the people to rebel against Him. I have frequently shared stories of several individuals who came to accept Jesus at the peak of their troubles when their situations were hopeless, and later decided to abandon God after they had received divine solutions to their problems through Jesus. Some years ago, when we tried to follow-up on one of such people, he said that a hospitalised fellow is usually allowed to go home after a successful medical treatment. He viewed the Church as a hospital and though he didn’t have any business with God whatsoever after being healed. The end of such ungrateful and rebellious people is always worse than their beginning. I pray that you will not be overcome by the spirit of apostasy in Jesus’ name. Hebrew 6:4-6 says:

“for it is possible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”

It is important to note that apostasy is not a casual sin but a voluntary rejection of God’s will. It is a conscious departure from the Fatherhood of God, and a deliberate walk away from Jesus Christ and everything He stands for. This is the reason why the above Bible passage presents apostasy as a terrible error that is virtually impossible to remediate. May the Lord deliver anyone that is in any form of backsliding today in Jesus’ name.

On the other hand, the main assignment of a reformer is to call the Church of God and His people into genuine repentance and a careful reconciliation between contemporary Christian practice and Bible doctrines. The body of Christ must be delivered from end-time lukewarmness, modernism, and the doctrine of relativity that is presently holding it in captivity. May we yield ourselves to be used as the Lord raises reformers that will re-ignite the fire of revival in the body of Christ today in Jesus’ name.  

PRAYER
Father, please set me on fire and use me as an instrument of reformation in Your Church in Jesus Name.





by: Pastor E.A. Adeboye