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Op you are very silly!

This picture is from this news: https://www.withinnigeria.news/man-dies-erection-taking-sex-enhancing-drug-delta/

All for front page, una go dey lie. Smh!

Besides, this already made front page earlier in the day, so sorry for you.

elderhimself:
NO, its from the Torah...............or rather, the seven books of Moses

acenazt:
I For Like Say SANCTIMONIOUS but OAF will SUFFICE because my brain is in a MALADIOUS phase where what i say is but COUNTERINTUITIVE

Na like this, e dey start.

Formication

soberdrunk:
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS

Was Everett Smith, the man who invented this word, high ni?

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whiteagbada:
Someone go date one person twice these days smh

This almost happened to someone I know.

MadCow1:
R.I.P

Amen.

Na you kill am?

In Yoruba, we wee say "Eleyi Gidi gan o"

This one is strong. O koja agbara mi!

soberdrunk:
Isaiah 4:1

Yinmu

Kini fight tree? Auto-correct no nice.



"Yes, that's the only thing I noticed."

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Matthew 11:16-30

2. Accept the invitation to walk with Jesus

The teaching of Jesus is fascinating. In the first section of today’s passage he seems to be saying, ‘You can’t win.’ On the one hand, John the Baptist was an ascetic and was accused of being demonised. On the other hand, Jesus went to parties with all kinds of people and made friends with those who were regarded as unsavoury characters. He was accused of being a glutton and a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and sinners (v.18).

Whatever you do may be misinterpreted. Yet Jesus adds, ‘But wisdom is proved right by her actions’ (v.19). I take this to mean that all we can do is the right thing and not worry about what anybody else thinks. ‘Opinion polls don’t count for much, do they? The proof of the pudding is in the eating’ (v.19, MSG).

Jesus then denounces the cities that he has visited and performed miracles in, where people have neither repented nor believed. He suggests that their sin is worse than the sin of Sodom (v.24). The sin of unbelief is perhaps the most serious of all.

Jesus goes on to teach in such a way that it is clear that he believed in both predestination (that God has already determined everything that will happen) and free will. He teaches both alongside one another. It is a paradox. The two seemingly contradictory things are both true at the same time.

It is not 50% ‘predestination’ and 50% ‘free will’. Jesus says we are 100% predestined and we have 100% free will. This may seem impossible, but God is able to transcend and yet not distort human freedom. We ultimately see this in the incarnation: Jesus is 100% God and 100% human; he is fully God and fully human.

Predestination
‘All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him’ (v.27).

Why God chooses to reveal himself to some and not to others is a mystery. It is certainly not based on wisdom and learning. Sometimes the great intellectuals simply cannot see it: ‘you have hidden these things from the wise and learned’ (v.25). And yet sometimes people of little or no education, or those who are very young (‘little children’, v.25), seem to have a very profound understanding of Jesus. ‘You’ve concealed your way from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people’ (v.25, MSG).
Free will
Jesus says, ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest’ (v.28). The invitation to come to Jesus is for everyone. No one is excluded. We are all invited. We all have a choice whether to accept the invitation of Jesus or to refuse it.
I find it difficult to get my mind around this paradox. However, I have found the following illustration helpful. Imagine a room with an arched doorway. The outside of the arch is inscribed with the words, ‘Come to me, all you…’ (v.28). In other words everyone is invited into the room. When you get into the room, on the inside of the same arch is written, ‘No one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him’ (v.27b).

In other words, free will is a doctrine for everyone. No one can say, ‘I am not going to become a Christian because I have not been chosen.’ The invitation is to all. On the other hand, predestination is a doctrine of assurance for those who are Christians. Once you have accepted the invitation and entered, you can know that God has chosen you and therefore he will not let you go.

I love the words of Jesus in verse 28. In a stressful world where so many are ‘weary and burdened’, Jesus promises you rest. He offers to take your burdens and replace them with his own.

The yoke (something that Jesus would have made in the carpenter's shop) was a wooden frame joining two animals (usually oxen) at the neck, enabling them to pull a plough or wagon together. The function of the yoke is to make burdens easier to carry. I love this image of walking in step with Jesus, sharing our burdens, making the trials to be endured and the battles to be faced ‘easy’ and ‘light’ by comparison.

Jesus is not a slave driver. When you pursue his agenda for your life you carry a burden but it is ‘not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant’ (v.30, AMP). When you do what Jesus asks you to do, he gives you the strength and wisdom to do it and you carry his burden with him. There will, of course, be many challenges and difficulties, but there will also be a lightness and ease.

Jesus says to you: ‘Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly’ (vv.28–29, MSG). Just relax and let God be God.

Prayer:

"Lord, thank you that you promise me rest for my soul. Thank you that I can come to you today. I give to you my burdens…"

Congratulations to them. God Bless their Home.

She looks like Funke Akindele AKA Suliat kan, Jennifa kan, Aiyetoro kan.

Happy Birthday. Wish you all the beautiful things of life!

MrAce:
I intend to apply for study visa to Canada very soon , I am a very good programmer (java, Php) what are my chances of getting a good programming part time job as a student in Canada

thanks

Where in Canada?
Anyways, I believe irrespective of the location, getting a part time job as a programmer will be pretty easy. Especially if youre very good at what you do. Just settle in first.

You may also get a part time internship or full time internship during the Summer break.
All the best!

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Just Relax and Let God Be God

Joyce Meyer tweeted, ‘Just relax and let God be God.’ It is a great comfort to know that a loving God is ultimately in control of everything that happens.

Bishop Sandy Millar often says in the face of some tragedy or when things had gone badly wrong: ‘The Lord reigns.’

Many times throughout the Bible, God is referred to as the Sovereign Lord. Both Joyce Meyer and Sandy Millar are expressing, in different ways, absolute confidence in the sovereignty of God.

If God is sovereign and ultimately in control, does that mean that you are absolved of responsibility for your actions? Does it mean that you do not have ‘free will’? As we see in our New Testament passage, the Bible teaches both – the ultimate sovereignty of God at the same time as human responsibility and free will.

Psalm 9:7-12

1. Confidently trust in the sovereign Lord

God is in ultimate control of the universe: ‘the Lord reigns’ (v.7). God ‘will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness’ (v.8, AMP). This knowledge is an enormous comfort. We may never know in this life why God allows some horrendous things to happen.

Trust in the sovereignty of God and keep on believing that he will never forsake you: ‘And they who know Your name will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You’ (v.10, AMP).

In the meantime keep doing three things:

Praising
‘Sing the praises of the Lord’ (v.11a).
Proclaiming
‘Proclaim among the nations what he has done’ (v.11b).
Praying
‘The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble’ (v.9); ‘He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted’ (v.12b).

Prayer:

"Lord, thank you that you do not ignore my cries and that I can confidently trust in you. Thank you that I can relax and let you be God."

Topestbilly:
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Nairaland benefiters, congrats!

You ladies should better follow her footstep, if you like keep ignoring pm's but true true werey guys plenty here

Thank God sey you talk true at the end.

soberdrunk:
Congrats!!!

To the single ladies--- Matthew 11:12"

To the Bachelors--- Ephesians 5:31

Hmmmmmm!

#5 $5 Can buy one 1.7L of Minute Maid Juice.

Yusfunoble:
Good for them.

lmao!!! These 2 brands well so?

Dreyl:
your uncle seun egbengben

Smh!

Dreyl:
nonsense country.

Who vex you? Who steal your biscuit?

Tani Georgina, tani Kemi, Tani Enitan?

Here in Israel, we dont know these people

Jesus Christ! Why is the heart of man desperately wicked?

olaxx:
Nigerians are better united against common enemies

I'm telling you.

We go dey insult ourselves o. But when person insult us, we go join head together insult the person.

Naija my country

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Genesis 27:1-28:22

3. Enjoy the challenge

Matthew 11:1–15; Genesis 27:1–28:22

If we want to see acceleration in the advancement of the kingdom of God, Jesus says it will need forceful people (Matthew 11:12). (Some translations use the word ‘violent’ instead of ‘forceful’. However, most commentators prefer this translation and positive interpretation.) These are people who are not put off by opposition or the need for sacrifice. In fact, they enjoy the challenge.

As we look back in church history there are many examples of men and women who inspire us by their passionate, dynamic and proactive lives. They have been used to change the world. Throughout history, the kingdom of heaven has been advancing as forceful, Spirit-filled people lay hold of it.

Jesus says, ‘From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful people lay hold of it’ (Matthew 11:12). The context of these words is that John the Baptist, in prison, is asking if Jesus is the one prophesied about. In effect, Jesus replies by saying, ‘Look at the evidence’ (vv.4–5).

Jesus goes on to say that John the Baptist was the greatest person who ever lived before Jesus and his church (v.11). John the Baptist was the last of the old covenant prophets (v.13). We see many examples in the Old Testament of the forceful men and women mentioned in verse 12.

Jacob was a forceful man. Later we will read of how he was forceful in a good way, determined to know God’s blessing (see Genesis 32:22–32). However, in this passage, we see how his forceful nature led him into wrongdoing. He was absolutely determined to get his father’s blessing. He knew how important it was, so he ended up using deception in order to get it (chapter 27).

Jacob’s mother, Rebekah, was also a forceful woman. Not only did she show favouritism to Jacob, but she was also involved in the conspiracy to deceive Isaac. The end result is a spectacular family feud, the consequences of which lasted for centuries.

It is a fairly unedifying tale and we can be left wondering what to make of it – it certainly does not present itself as a good example to follow!

Despite everything, God’s plans and purposes continue to be worked out. His promises to Abraham and his descendants continue. They are passed on to Jacob (28:13–15), exactly as God had promised before the brothers were born (25:23). If everyone had acted openly and honourably a lot of grief and heartache might have been avoided.

Almost everything about these stories and these people is flawed – and yet God still manages to work through them. I find it such a relief to know that a perfect God can use imperfect people.

God blessed Jacob. His father, Isaac, gave him his blessing (28:3–4). Later on God spoke to Jacob in a dream. He sees a ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, with the angels of God ascending and descending it (v.12). There is an open way between heaven and earth for all of us. God tells him, ‘All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go’ (vv.14b–15a).

God used these forceful men and women: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachel. But Jesus says none of them were as great as John the Baptist. And John the Baptist is not as great as the least of the followers of Jesus in the days of the kingdom of heaven – and that includes you!

Prayer:
"Lord, thank you that you are with me and watch over me wherever I go. Help me to be counted amongst those forceful people enjoying the exhilaration, excitement and challenge of a life spent following Jesus."

pyyxxaro:
Make there just pluck e two eyes comot

But make dem leave the hand, so that e fit use am de chop Eba and incase e marry e fit use d hand de touch e Wife faffles

If they cut this hand, when the guy won marry were dere go come put the wedding ring

Maybe his nose or head

What are you saying?

Na Rehab sure pass o.

Na "werenity" be this one, no be ordinary.

See that Police man o.