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A Paradigm Shift on Perception of Money


1Titus 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
To say money is now being worshiped as “God” today is an understatement. Churches, Government, Corporate Organizations, Non- Profit Organizations, Families, individual’s acceptability of money is universal.
This is so very good for rapid economic development and even the spreading of Gospel. However, the role and place of money gradually is taking place of pride that it is now synonymous with VALUE. This where the problem started. The world began to assess the value of everything in money terms, including human soul.
Mark 8:36. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Money is a means, while value is the end. The duo has become inseparable today, hence the world cannot rest again from financial related crimes such as armed robberies, graft, theft, money rituals, lies, drug trafficking, among others.
As believers in the end times, we should be aware that we must not be caught in this dragnet of unlimited want of money. We must focus on the value rather than store house of value (money).This is the only way we can be god to money rather than the other way round.
Remember, in Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
The question today is why is our quest to acquire wealth always hang around having plenty money. Why is it not around the how much we know about the basis of wealth as stated in the scripture above? Why is it not about our dependence on God to give us innovation to solve nagging problem about our environment.
Little wonder the difference between the poor country today and the rich is the amount of attention they pay to understanding their environment.
Should the prayer of the church be more blessing in terms of money or more Knowledge, wisdom and power of God?
It will be good to go back to the basis and consider what God the Son-Christ, taught us about money.
Which one do you choose?-God the Son or god the money?


This guide provides us with a way to have an insight to what God wants us to know about our divine purpose in life vis-à-vis what the principal thing is. We can change the world by changing our perception of god the money.
The book provide answers to the what, how, why of the questions arising from world’s view of money today. It then went ahead to examine the problems and solutions of such problems. Meanwhile robust recommendations were offered to us as individuals, church, institutions and nations.

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l can see Nigerian experts at logger head here. All l know is that if you are good you are good also the converse is true. it is not in the bluff but in practice.

Adenle041:
Can u tell us more about the machine used in the production of the bricks, could u upload more pix of the machine. Thanks

I think there isnt anything so special about the machine. the whole idea is to generate vibration to compress the mixture of late rite and little cement.

For sometimes now we have been busy on site with this relatively not common building materials. Bricks is not new the country industry yet interlocking bonding with tong and groove edge is somewhat new. the idea of no mortal joint, no plaster, no paint may be a new sensation yet without its own side technical and strategic pitfalls. let me stop to allow you feed your eyes. I will continue to upload the picture as we proceed onsite God's willing until the commission stage. stay tuned. the site is situate and lying @ Ibadan.

BetterChurch:
This is a good example of 'when religion fails its children.' If I were the priest I would have ask you basic catechism like 'who made you?' What's purgatory? how many sacraments are there and name them etc, not forgetting that whatsoever I do 'to the least of the brethren' I do also to Christ. Hence that is going to be the criteria for separating the sheep from the goats on the last day according to the Christian bible and not if one was a priest or born again as many want to believe.

all these are blind excuses. If the priest had wanted to help there are so many other options.

Edybleketara:
All proofs indicate dat its impossible for such God to exist by itself. God is too complex to just come about by itself, same way d universe according to u is too complex to come about by itself.

do let us mix up things. Objective is to proof that God exists. Who created God is another field of study for another day.

chistev12:
An excerpt from "Mankind's Search For God" published by Jehovah's witnesses.

"If there was no creator, then life must have started spontaneously by chance. For life to have come about, somehow the right chemicals would have had to come together in the right quantities, under the right temperature and pressure and other controlling factors, and all would have had to be maintained for the correct length of time.
Furthermore, for life to have begun and been sustained on earth, these chance events would have had to be repeated thousands of times. But how likely is it for even one such event to t. Some 2000 different proteins are needed just for a cell to maintain its activity, and the chance that all of them will occur at random is 1 in 10^40000!
'If one is not prejudiced either by social beliefs or by a scientific training into the conviction that life originated [spontaneously] on the Earth, this simple calculation wipes the idea entirely out of court," says astronomer Fred Hoyle.

On the other hand, by studying the physical world, from the minute subatomic particles to the vast galaxies, scientists have discovered that all known natural phenomena appear to follow certain basic laws... They have discovered logic and order in everything that is taking place in the universe, and they have been able to express this logic and order in simple mathematical terms.
'Few scientists can fail to be impressed by the almost unreasonable simplicity and elegance of these laws,' writes a professor of physics, Paul Davies, in the magazine New Scientist.

A most intriguing fact about these laws... Is that there are certain factors whose values must be fixed precisely for the universe, as we know it, to exist... For example, Freeman Davies has pointed out that if the force between nucleons were only a few percent stronger, the universe would be devoid of hydrogen. Stars like the sun, not to mention water, could not exist. Life... As we know it, would be impossible. Brandon Carter has shown that very much smaller changes in (newton's universe constant of gravitation) would turn all stars into blue Giants or red dwarfs, with equally dire consequences for life. (Professor) Davies concludes: 'in this case it is conceivable that there might be only one possible universe. If that is so, it is remarkable thought that our own existence as conscious beings is an inescapable consequence of logic'

...if the universe is governed by laws then there must be an intelligent lawmaker who established the laws. Furthermore, since the laws governing the operation of the universe appear to be made in anticipation of life and conditions favorable to its sustenance, purpose is clearly involved. Design and purpose - these are not characteristics of blind chance; that are precisely what an intelligent creator would manifest.

... The brain, the eye, the ear, the hand shows design so intricate that modern science cannot fully explain it... The annual migration of certain birds over thousands of miles of land and sea... Photosynthesis... The development of one fertilized egg into a complex with millions of differentiated cells with specialized functions... Are all... Evidence of intelligent design...

The more we know about the world around us, the more evidence we have for the existence of an intelligent creator, God. Thus, with an open mind we can agree with the psalmist as he acknowledged: 'how many your works are, o Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made. The earth is full of your productions' - psalm 104:24 "

op I will second this with my usual citation in Psalm 19" the heavens declare the glory of God, the firmament shows his handiwork, day unto day utters speech, night unto night shows knowledge..."

chistev12:
An excerpt from "Mankind's Search For God" published by Jehovah's witnesses.

"If there was no creator, then life must have started spontaneously by chance. For life to have come about, somehow the right chemicals would have had to come together in the right quantities, under the right temperature and pressure and other controlling factors, and all would have had to be maintained for the correct length of time.
Furthermore, for life to have begun and been sustained on earth, these chance events would have had to be repeated thousands of times. But how likely is it for even one such event to take place?

Evolutionist admit that the probability of the right atoms and molecules falling into place to form just one simple protein molecule is 1 in 10^113, or 1 followed by 113 Zeros. That number is larger than the estimated total number of atoms in the universe! Mathematicians dismiss as never taking place anything that has a probability of occurring of less than 1 in 10^50. But far more than one simple protein molecule is needed for life. Some 2000 different proteins are needed just for a cell to maintain its activity, and the chance that all of them will occur at random is 1 in 10^40000!
'If one is not prejudiced either by social beliefs or by a scientific training into the conviction that life originated [spontaneously] on the Earth, this simple calculation wipes the idea entirely out of court," says astronomer Fred Hoyle.

On the other hand, by studying the physical world, from the minute subatomic particles to the vast galaxies, scientists have discovered that all known natural phenomena appear to follow certain basic laws... They have discovered logic and order in everything that is taking place in the universe, and they have been able to express this logic and order in simple mathematical terms.
'Few scientists can fail to be impressed by the almost unreasonable simplicity and elegance of these laws,' writes a professor of physics, Paul Davies, in the magazine New Scientist.

A most intriguing fact about these laws... Is that there are certain factors whose values must be fixed precisely for the universe, as we know it, to exist... For example, Freeman Davies has pointed out that if the force between nucleons were only a few percent stronger, the universe would be devoid of hydrogen. Stars like the sun, not to mention water, could not exist. Life... As we know it, would be impossible. Brandon Carter has shown that very much smaller changes in (newton's universe constant of gravitation) would turn all stars into blue Giants or red dwarfs, with equally dire consequences for life. (Professor) Davies concludes: 'in this case it is conceivable that there might be only one possible universe. If that is so, it is remarkable thought that our own existence as conscious beings is an inescapable consequence of logic'

...if the universe is governed by laws then there must be an intelligent lawmaker who established the laws. Furthermore, since the laws governing the operation of the universe appear to be made in anticipation of life and conditions favorable to its sustenance, purpose is clearly involved. Design and purpose - these are not characteristics of blind chance; that are precisely what an intelligent creator would manifest.

... The brain, the eye, the ear, the hand shows design so intricate that modern science cannot fully explain it... The annual migration of certain birds over thousands of miles of land and sea... Photosynthesis... The development of one fertilized egg into a complex with millions of differentiated cells with specialized functions... Are all... Evidence of intelligent design...

The more we know about the world around us, the more evidence we have for the existence of an intelligent creator, God. Thus, with an open mind we can agree with the psalmist as he acknowledged: 'how many your works are, o Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made. The earth is full of your productions' - psalm 104:24 "

op I will second this with my usual citation in Psalm 19" the heavens declare the glory of God, the firmament shows his handiwork, day unto day utters speech, night unto night shows knowledge..."

Edybleketara:
Do u see how u subtly eluded my questions and kept beating about d bush. I asked u a question, u claim d universe and life cant come about by itself due to d complexity and orderliness they possess. Dat also means God whose complexity is even greater than d universe couldn't have come about by itself. Conversely, if u believe something as complex as God can come about by itself, den u shuld also believe that d universe which is less complex than God can come about by itself unless ur being hypocrytical.

thats why I say if you reason from cause to effect you will never get God. The OP is humble enough to reason from effect to cause.

nuggybabe:
To God b d glory i got a teaching job through nairaland. I give God the glory, atleast half bread is better than none.

Congrats Bro. Yet I look forward to days getting job will no longer be a major miraculous breakthrough in Nigeria IJN.

Adminisher:
It is very pathetic for you guys to keep posting comments like this. Apart from the fact that it is getting stale it is also self pitying and futile. EFCC welcomes all sorts of petitions and whistle blowing and you should report APC cases of corruption to that body.

Its because most Nigerians like speculations which is a result of bad school sys.

It very important to resolve the floor level issues abinitio @ foundation, many of our local buiders take this 4 granted. It later becomes issue at floor finishing stage. Trying to fix this at Ibadan

GrizzlyBear:
Please elucidate further. I don't quite get you.

Beloved you have good heart. I was once in ur state of mind hence I am passionate about you. Pls the truth is Jesus. Go 4 it. One of d greatest trick of devil is Atheism and only Fools fall for it.

pressplay411:
Trying to merge science and religion is like trying to mix immiscible fluids, why bother?
Otherwise how did Jesus ascend into heaven (gravity or Bernolli's theorem) or turn water to wine, or the red sea split for moses, or the world supposedly was created in 6 days or Man made from dust or Eve made from a rib or Mary give birth without copulation?(artificial insemination?) I could go on and on.(that's talking Christianity alone not considering other phenomena in other Faiths/Religions)

Best to treat Science and Religion as mutually exclusive.

I disagree Sir. With the light of illumination from Holy Spirit and advancement in knowledge as prophesised by Daniel. The two can be harmonoiusly resolved. The gap is just KNOWLEDGE.

finalboss1:
lies

I sincerely hope that conclusion is after due diligence confirmation

promise101:
Do you know what's so STUPID about these atheists?

When they fall into an accidental problem, the same person who doesn't believe in God, will start shouting; "OMG!".

When they hear some robbery gun shots; these same atheist will be running around just like others, shouting "Oh my God, oh my God, what is happening?"

And at times when I hear them shout it, I ask them; Which God are you calling "MY"?


It looks so foolish!

You know, ehm you see its easy to be atheist only when things are rossy. Someone said that from experience.:p

Existence of spirit realm coexist with the physical realm. Matters in the physical realm are slow based on the frequency of their electron.
Hence, they either are opaque, reflect light and subject to gravity.Yet other entity coexist in the same realm and are not opaque, nor visible, occupy space etc. E.g. Air, energy like light, electromagnetic waves.etc

This explains coexistence of spirit, soul and body.
The word of God is alive, quick, and pierce to the division of spirit soul and body. Ultra-high Frequency, penetrating ability. Thus the word is the entity with ability to infinitestimaly increase its velocity.

Naijasinglegirl:
When I was in primary school, I use to think falling down under the anointing
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Out of fear, we all grabbed our different school bags and took to our heels.


Few years after, I attended a Christ Embassy branch close to my house with my kid brother and my 7 year old cousin. Towards the end of the service, the pastor called us out to receive the gift of tongues. He spent 10 minutes on me yet nothing happened. I felt like the
Just when I was about believing the Holy Ghost thing is not film tricks, my brother gave me the side eyes and smiled mischievously while he was still on the ground.
My cousin, on other hand dipped his hand into the pocket, produced the cabin biscuit he was served 1 hour earlier along new members and ate it right there.
I was like, “I am done!”

From then on, we became members of Christ Embassy. I use to dread prayer sessions in church. Each member would just burst into tongues and leave me stranded. I was the only one that couldn’t speak in tongues and I always felt like I was the one that crucified Jesus. Occasionally. I would count one to twenty repeatedly in my native language remixing it with a bit of French I learnt to make it sound like I was actually speaking in tongues.
I think the pastor noticed my plight and held a special session for me one month after.
The assistant pastor and 3 members of the prayer band surrounded me. They laid hands on my head, laid hands on my chest, blew me air, beat my head, and pushed my forehead in a futile attempt to make me fall.

Odeshi!

Then my brother was given the mantle to infuse the Holy Spirit in me.
I could not laugh abeg!
When he held my hands to pray, I reminded him in whispers of how he stole fish from the soup pot the previous night, how he insulted my sisters, how he cheated me in Ludo, how he told a lie a week ago, along with other sins he has committed. He was saying ‘xxxx, please stop now and allow me to concentrate.’
He got distracted and gave up on me.

Same could be said for my university days. I attended several churches and was a worker in my fellowship but I still never believed in this outer manifestation of The Holy Spirit.
But our God is patient. (2 Peter 3:9)

During my service year, I made a resolution to draw closer to God. It wasn’t easy at first, then a small tragedy happened to me that gave me no choice but to take shield in my c


http://www.naijasinglegirl.com/holy-spirit-gifts/

I am not surprised that your post may not get many attention. This is because many of those who even have been in Christ before you have not had your experience.
You see, knowing Christ is a wide subject and fundamentals of salvation is a bit complex. Yet I believe it can be grasp if properly presented.
Holy Ghost baptism is just one of the stages you must pass through in your journey in faith. Like a level in your university study. And there is a purpose for it. God is a God of purpose.
You need power. Act 1:8
you need coded communication method just like in real life warfare.
You need personal encounter so that you can have deep faith. All these and many more are the reasons detaire of the holy ghost baptism and its evidence is speaking in divers of tongues. Shalom.

cocoduck:
Look, this thing happened a long time ago, before even the birth of the deeper life Church, But I know somebody that was there when it happened, he is my best friend's father and the sister of that my friend is the one I am planning to marry, the man was in Lagos in the 70s when Kumuyi a was still JW, and they were in the same congregation, I was preaching with him one day, we were in a group with other JWs as we normarly do, then some brothers went to a particular house, before we knew what was happening the house holder started to shout at the person who went to knock at his door, which drew our attention so we went to calm him down, then we saw a sticker on his door which made us know he was a member of deeper life Church, then after, we all left, it was then I asked why they react soooooo wildly when ever they see JWs, then my best friend's dad whom I was working with by the way told me everything. And mind you that is not the first time a member of DL Church has behaved that way towards even me when I am preaching and happened to meet them.

Somebody narated how she liberated herself from deceit through due diligence and research for the Truth, you are there still wallowing in dark of according to my Dad's friend's Sister and brother.
Anyway, thats simply the difference bw developed and undeveloped mind.

dutchassenboy:
[size=16pt]Nigerian youths need a dose of common sense instilled in them. How can you compare GEJ goverment when oil was over $100 dollar a barrel to Buhari goverment when oil is selling for $30 dollar per barrel
GEJ goverment earned 3X what is coming to the coffers of the current goverment yet during his 6 year reign no refinery is working and power generation did'nt improve.[/size]

You are really right there. I think with this type of mindset now I know the future to some young Nigerians is visionless except something changes drastically. The bad educational sys. has turned out poor citizenship quality.

Melahou:
Those are signs that you may have a spiritual wife.

Follow these steps to overcome
1.Give or rededicate your life to Christ.
2. Get holyghost baptism
3. Undergo Deliverance session
4. Identify Gods purpose for your life and live the lifestyle.
And live happily ever after.
Guarranteed! God bless you.

ayoku777:
Matthew 6v7 -But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

What Jesus was talking about here is that we christians should not chant our prayers like the heathens do.

Some religions like budhism can chant the same word or phrase many times during their prayers and meditations. And I've listened to muslim prayers where they chant "laila illa la" continuously for long. And there are other religions like that.

Jesus said we should not do that when we pray. That the Father does not hear us because we chant a word or repeat a phrase many times when we pray but because we ask in faith.

Ofcourse, He doesn't mean that we cannot ask the same prayer request again and again whenever we come into God's presence. Persistence and importunity is allowed in prayers, but not repetitive chanting like the heathen.

Jesus Himself prayed the same request a few times when He went into the Father's presence.

Matthew 26v39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt

44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, SAYING THE SAME WORD.

Paul also besought for the same request a few times;

2Cor 12v8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

Also, in the parable that Jesus gave to teach us to keep asking until we receive, the widow kept coming to the judge and asking the same thing.

Luke 18v3 -And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.

So persistence is allowed in prayers but not repetitive chant like pagans.

Hope this helps.

Shalom

Flesh and Blood has not revealed that. Thanks and God Bless you

The make shift urinals structure has now been removed and replaced decent mobile toilet unit

Destined2win:
Lately, I have developed this keen interest in real estate, it is one sector that I'd love to see myself venture into and create affordable homes for millions.

Please where do I start? Gurus in the house!

the first thing you need is idea

MoneypassGod:
Dats y there is no 100% evidence dat God exist, he doesn't..

You can get a proof of Gods existence if you can reason posteriori and not a-priori. An example of posteriori reasoning is in Psalm 19.

Jesus is not what you think He is. May be the way He was presented to you was bad. Or the presenter themselves were bad.
Why not try Him yourself so that you will not guilty of IGNORANCE!

Tombilly:
Men of God are now selling the kingdom of God. If you don't have money and you don't know how to seek God personally then hell is staring right at you. Men of God now preach and sell their messages online a poor man can't but it. A porn star produces his/her own video(s) they'll display it for free. An average Human being only buys what is cheap and available not what is available but expensive. Some sells even with foreign currencies $,€, £ and so on. Ah! Ah! Jesus weeps the second time. What is the different between our men of God of today and the money changers in the temple?

Isaiah 55:1-2
55:1 Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money, come! Buy and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money, free!
55:2 Why spend money on what cannot nourish and your wages on what fails to satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will have good things to eat and rich food to enjoy.
Now the very foods are now sold to us online and offline. What a shame. Our men of God repent! If not Jesus will visit you soon and with his whip he will send you out of his temple. He says (God) freely I have given you and free shall you give to others.
Yet they have ignored that passage and are selling its ok. #JudgementDayIsClose
May God's peace be with you all. And Happy Sunday

what of those who are not into church ministry? They dont take tithes and offering. Some of them incurr cost of production.
They need money to continue in this ministry. If you buy it is a way of helping the ministry. If you check some of the materials they are not the ones meant for unbelivers but matured belivers as a guide for growth in faith.
Remember even the free Bible was paid for by someone.
You incurr cost in mordern information dissemination depending on the media be it print or electronic. Also some may depend on it for survival of their ministry, just like the gospel artist and drama ministry people. Shalom.

opinionsack:
Sometimes I feel like, IS GOD REAL ? That is when I stupidly forget that I have been in crazy situations and have called on him and he saved me, not by luck. God is real!
When I see "juju" at work I believe more then God is "realer" than I thought. Because if God is not real who would have saved us? God is real!
Several I sleep and see things and call on God and those things see greater things and run. God is real!
Some would say why would God not destroy evil people if he is real? GOD MOST MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS saw us when we fornicated, told lies, stole small things, thought about evil but he did not kill us? what of the bombers and shooters? They are as ignorant as us. God is real!
What of the earthquakes, land slides etc. God gave our first parents a place to live in they messed up and God drove them out(maybe they drove themselves out by their actions) and we are paying for it? Why is it that terrorists give birth to children and indoctrinated and the innocent children die for what they believe is a just course? Our choices! Not our parents choice nor the government's can bring us close to God.
I've found God through Jesus I'm not perfect yet, but when I become God's close friend I'll get back to you but you can choose to explore on your own because I believe we don't have all the time until we die. GOD IS REAL!

yea I have once posted here that the easiest way to know God is real is through the devil. He is readily available with no string attached,

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agbajesaid:
I just read a post on FP concerning masturbation. I now asked myself an honest question; isn't it better to masturbate than to fornicate. Its what everyone have experienced expecially at early stage of puberty. The urge for sex increases and we are far from marriage due to age, lack of fiancee, money etc. My religion advices fasting as an alternative to fornication and masturbation but for how long? Isn't it better to masturbate than to fornicate? Asides the immorality in masturbation, is anything bad in it healthwisely and religiously? Matured opinions needed.

both is bad, yet difficult to avoid. Hence, you need help. Many who comdemns those who do it do so because they dont have it as weakness. We all have our weaknesses, hence we all need help, which only comes from HOLY SPIRIT. You can overcome any weakness even drug addiction with power of Holy Spirit. GOODNEWS

ATERI:
I don`t know whether that has changed, but the private school system used to be very unpopular in The Netherlands. Everybody learns the same thing from nursery to secondary school. Countries that are good are not good for no reason.
America is not alone in this show of shame; their cousins in London imprison more people than any other countries in the EU
When we called them Apartheid society, it wasn`t an exaggeration. They are tough on crime rather than being tough on the causes of crime. The more unequal a society is, the higher its prison population. That is what democratic capitalism is all about.

has this hypothesis been confirmed by empirical studies?