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I wish Our President good health!

j1mmy:
prayer is 419
religion is 419
pastors are 419

anyone who believes in religion and prayer is a 419 mugu!

Use your brain! What's your business with what people believe in?

megareal:
May we never birth children who will kill us tomorrow.

At 51, he couldn't make his own money but had to kill for his sister's own. Where was he when the sister was making her own money?

Amen!

I just tire o. Mehn, the heart of man is indeed desperately wicked.

May her soul find eternal rest.

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Proverbs 1:20-33

1. No fear of harm

This passage gives you the key to avoiding ‘terror and panic’ (v.26, AMP) and living ‘without fear or dread of evil’ (v.33, AMP).

The idea of the ‘Fear of the Lord’ is one of the key themes of Proverbs and appears twenty-one times throughout the book. It is a choice that you make. If you are wise, you will ‘choose to fear the Lord’ (v.29) and ‘listen’ to him. He promises that you ‘will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm’ (v.33).

Wisdom is personified in the book of Proverbs (v.20). As we read it through the lens of the New Testament, we know that it is Jesus who is ‘the wisdom of God’ (1 Corinthians 1:24).

This passage (Proverbs 1:20–32) is a warning against ignoring the Lord’s voice and following a path of ‘waywardness’ and ‘complacency’ (v.32).

Instead, choose to fear God, listen to him and repent when he corrects you. If you do, God will reveal to you more than you could ever imagine. ‘I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you’ (v.23a, AMP). He will reveal to you the hidden treasures of wisdom in his words. Choose this fear of God and you will be ‘in good hands’ (v.33, MSG) and can be free from the fear of harm.


Prayer:

"Lord, I choose to fear you – to live a life in reverence and awe of your power, majesty and holiness. Help me to live life fearing you alone."

bhouze:
hmmm nothing is in this life RIP to the dead

That's what happens when you don't read before commenting.

No one died!

I wish them quick recovery.

Onila Again!

Handsomecole:
It's so beautiful, but I'm I the only one seeing that the girl has "yam" leg.

You're the only one seeing that!

This is serious. What's wrong with our army?

Reminds me of the first time I wanted to get a camouflage, I was scared and asked the store if it was legal for civilians to put on Camo.

The lady just laughed. She said if it wasnt they wouldn't be selling it. The first day I wore it, I was really scared, until I saw that people also wear it and nothing happens.

I don't understand our Nigeria army o.

Culled from Holy Bible App.

How to Fight Fear

At one level, fear is healthy. ‘Fear’ is an emotion induced by a perceived threat. It is a natural human emotion. It is God-given. It is a basic survival mechanism. It keeps us alive. It protects us from danger.

However, there is also such a thing as unhealthy fear. The Greek word commonly used in the New Testament is phobos – from which we get the word ‘phobia’. This is unhealthy fear. It is disproportionate to the danger posed. It is ‘False Evidence Appearing Real’. It is when I catastrophise – overestimating the danger and underestimating my ability to cope.

Common phobias include fears in relation to health, finances, failure, growing old, death, loneliness, rejection, messing up, public speaking, flying, heights, snakes and spiders. They also include things such as, what is now called, FOMO – the fear of missing out, the fear of not being special.

In my own life I have experienced many fears – from a fear of heights to panic attacks and other irrational fears, fears about preaching and a fear of doing anything that might bring dishonour to the name of Jesus.

Whereas the Spirit of God does not produce negative fear, there is a kind of healthy fear – the fear of God. This does not mean being frightened of God. In fact, it means the opposite. It is an understanding of who God is in relation to us. It means respect, reverence, awe, honour, adoration and worship; and it could even be translated as love for God. It recognises the power, majesty and holiness of God Almighty. It leads to a healthy respect of God and is the antidote to all other fears and phobias we experience in life. Fear God and you need not fear anything else or anyone else.

It is no coincidence that as the fear of God has decreased in our society, all the other fears have increased. We need to return to a right relationship with God.


The expression ‘do not be afraid’ is one of the most frequent commands in the Bible. Four of the occurrences are in our passages for today.

wHyyyyyyyyyY:
Vickyrotex aburo mi where will you go based on this map?

Tani aburo e?

ipobarecriminals:
vickyrotex bia

eleko1! I know sey na you get this moniker.

Thank you Jesus! Wonderful declaration by Veronica on her birthday!

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Genesis 24:1-67

3. Pray for success in guidance

Abraham’s servant was not embarrassed to pray for success. He prayed a prayer that we can all emulate: ‘Give me success today’ (v.12). It was not a selfish prayer. It was a prayer that God would bless someone else, ‘show kindness to my master Abraham’ (v.12). He asked to be guided by God.

This is one of the most remarkable stories of God’s guidance. On Alpha, we talk about five ways in which God guides us, under the heading of ‘the five CSs’. In this passage we can see an example of all these working together and especially the fifth one, ‘Circumstantial Signs’.

Commanding Scripture
Obviously, Abraham did not have the Scriptures that we have – but he did have the commands of God that later became part of the Scriptures. God commanded his people to only marry other believers in him. Abraham told his servant he must not get a wife for his son from the Canaanites, but from his own people (vv.3–4).
Compelling Spirit
The Holy Spirit leads us as we pray. Although the words ‘Holy Spirit’ are not used in this passage, it is clear that all the participants are in a position to be guided by God, listening to him and being led by the Spirit. Abraham’s servant prayed from his heart (vv.12,45), Rebekah appeared ‘before he had finished praying’ (v.15), and when Rebekah appeared, Isaac was out in the field where he had gone to meditate (v.63).
Common Sense
The choice of Rebekah made sense. She was clearly someone who was appropriate for Isaac. It so happened that she was ‘very beautiful’ (v.16). She was also ‘a virgin; no man had ever lain with her’ (v.16). Most importantly, she was clearly generous, gracious and kind. Her immediate response to the request for water was not only to offer it, but also to say, ‘I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking’ (v.19).
Counsel of the Saints
One of the ways in which God guides us is through godly advice (‘saints’ is used here in the New Testament sense to describe all God’s people). Although Isaac and Rebekah’s marriage was very different from the modern western marriage in that it involved a large element of arrangement, there was also an element of choice. Rebekah was asked, ‘“Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied’ (v.57). Isaac chose to marry her and ‘loved her’ (v.67). They were following the counsel of the saints in the sense that everyone around, especially their parents, recognised, ‘This is from the Lord’ (v.50).
Circumstantial Signs
This is one of the clearest cases in the Bible of God guiding through circumstantial signs. The servant asks for a sign and was given exactly what he asked for (vv.12–26). However, as we have seen, the sign was not random. It was a test of Rebekah’s character, which she fulfilled.
As a result of being guided by God, not only was their meeting a great success, but more importantly, so was their marriage.

Prayer:

"Lord, I pray that you would multiply this wonderful example of successful guidance in our community and in the church generally. May there be more and more examples of couples coming together and being able to say, ‘This is from the Lord’ (v.50)."

Study to understand, don't just study to pass!

NLSniper:
Was he planning to join us?
Isaac Boro Park,PH tomorrow!!!
Abeg PH people make Una commout, make only me no go dey there!!

You never know anything. Na only you go dey there, dey sing "We no go gree o, we no go gree".

She's beautiful! Safe delivery Mama!

babfet:
Eleyi gidi gan ooo

Ogidi gan o! Wetin I no go see for this life eh?

It's well! I dont even know what to say.

Honestly, when I saw the news earlier of His plan to return today instead of tomorrow, I thought that story may probably change to "leave extended" later in the day. But atleast, I never thought it will be with an indefinite number of days.

This breaks my heart, because it was just thrown at the nation, without the President addressing the people who put him in office.
I mean I understand, he may not be feeling well, but common GCFR, a little proof to dispel the rumor will do.


Except he plans to come in like a thief in the night, and address the nation tomorrow.

Anyways, as for me, I will Keep Hope Alive, and wish the President safe recovery.

God Bless the President!
God Bless Nigeria!

Get well soon Baba!

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Matthew 9:14-38

2. Pursue success modelled on Jesus

Jesus redefines success. If we want to know what true success is, we have to look at the model of Jesus – his vision, life and teaching. It is the kind of success that is not universally recognised as such.

Jesus was both admired and hated. Success does not necessarily mean popularity. Some admired him: ‘There’s never been anything like this’ (v.33, MSG). Others hated him: the Pharisees said, ‘It’s nothing but hocus-pocus. He’s probably made a pact with the Devil’ (v.34, MSG).

As followers of Jesus, you also may be both admired and hated. For example, because of his campaign to end the slave trade, it was said of William Wilberforce that he was the most admired and the most hated man in England.

In his Gospel, Matthew sets out the success of Jesus’ ministry (ch.5–9). He summarises, ‘Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and illness’ (9:35).

In word and action Jesus ushered in the kingdom of God, bringing the reality of God’s rule and presence into the lives of those around him. This is what Jesus-style success looks like and this is what you and I are called to emulate.

To achieve Jesus-style success you, like the twelve disciples, need to model your life on Jesus and share his vision:

The need is urgent
Jesus saw that ‘they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd’ (v.36). Today, we see millions who don’t know Jesus and are spiritually lost. In addition, we see millions who are starving, homeless, suffering from preventable diseases and without even the most basic education.
The motive is love
Jesus had compassion (v.36). This is the strongest word for love in the Greek language (derived from the Greek word for ‘guts’). It is used only of Jesus. It could be translated ‘he was gutted’ – his heart broke.

Jesus was unconcerned about worldly categories of importance or success. Here we see him helping two very different classes of people – an important ‘ruler’ (v.18) and a woman whose menstrual bleeding would have made her unclean and left her on the fringes of society (v.20). Yet Jesus had compassion on them both.
The trigger is prayer
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field’ (v.38). Pray for more people to be raised up who will follow Jesus and reap the harvest.
The potential is vast
Jesus said, ‘The harvest is plentiful’ (v.37). Jesus has modelled what success looks like – proclaiming the kingdom and demonstrating its in-breaking into history. Now he calls you to follow his model – to share in his mission, multiplying its reach.


Prayer:

"Lord, there is so much need in our world yet it seems that the workers are few. I pray that you would raise up and send out more workers to go out into the harvest field and change the world."

Kaxmytex:
Ahhhhh......

2face omo idibia, o ti gba owo abi?

ah...aye mi, ti mo ra aso ati bata..
owo ti wo gbo o.


dis Nigeria e yaf corrupting finally

lmaooo!

martynz50:
me too, I won't say anything b4 someone will say I called ibori senior thief

lol. You just did!

Chuvin22:
11. Causes serious midnight hunger wen taken for dinner..

You're very right about this!

IYANGBALI:
This country is doomed. This is the only country that celebrates mediocrity,crime and criminals. Some of us are not surprised to see this,we saw it coming. Don't be surprised to see him in the senate in 2019. Shame shame shame to all those that brought us to this level.
Ajepako vickyrotex fabfunmi aminat508 osusumustflow freeglobe funjosh juliaann eleko1 enemyofpeace and rokiatu una see una country? Thank God I have relocated to Spain.

Anytime Iyangbali writes like this, I dey always feel sey dem don steal im phone. So you get smalll sense like this?

I hope sey dem no go deport you come back sha? Joor remain there o.

Funjosh:
Toor Spain ku alejo o

Won ku Alejo fa!

EVILFOREST:
She doesn't look so because she is just getting MARRIED naaa.

After MARRIAGE , ladies normally blow out of proportion

Are you for real? Who's even talking about her size? Smh!

Imagine! They purnished him for us. And they will also return what he stole from Naija back to Naija!

This is serious o. Beautiful Nonsense!