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Devil got you on a guilt trip big time Lady!

Dear OP, people like you will not forgive yourselves when you screw up -and you will...megally.

Forgive me for this but I doubt you are forgiving of others trespasses too.

I thank God that you are not God.

Remember he said, I will have mercy and not sacrifice.

Well he may be YOUR GOD, but He is my Daddy!

I am his love child.

Yet there'll always be those who get uncomfortable when the walk looks too easy. Its d grace-walk, baby! Those folks are like the elder brother of the prodigal son -lets call him Prodigus.

He does all he is expected to do, but gets mad when his father celebrates prodigal.

Heavenll be full of discovery. Seeing the things you missed just cause you were too scared to ask.

Nuff said. Miss T, repent!

Tgirl4real: I would like to share this verses of scriptures with us today. I am not after whether it was written to Jews or gentiles or which ever dispensation as some would say. lol. It is the word of God and if you are a child of God it applies to you.


Revelations 3: 4-22

"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou were cold or hot.

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy unclothedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."

I got angry reading an old thread I contributed to this morning. The thread is about grace Vs obeying God's law. What is it with the gospel of grace that is unable to save anyone that we preach all around today? Why do we take one part and leave the other part that involves we living up to what we profess?

You claim God has saved...how do we know God has saved you if we don't see fruits of righteousness at work in you?

Reading scriptures this morning, I see a lot of contradictions between scriptures and what we preach out there. Many are expecting a Jesus that will rub their heads and give them bear hugs when he appears.

Hey! wake up! Judgement is at hand!

Don't let anyone deceive you. Search your heart and be true to what you believe.

James 4:17
"Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."

I just heard on CNN that the Empire State Building is up for sale at an asking price of $100 billion.

Now, while I am not personally inclined to bid for it, I must say that the news report got me thinking.

Here I am, a Nigerian -just like you all on Independence Day. My heart marvels at the outpouring of prayers of goodwill and sheer hope by Nigerians all over the world today.

On every medium, from Facebook, to Nairaland; on television and radio, on newspapers and blogs, my mind is electrified by this one discovery.

The very same Nigerians who complain daily on social media are yet filled with an inspiring and highly contagious hope. For one day in the year, the voices of the masses have drowned the conscience of the critic, the antagonist, the pessimist, and the terrorist.

You, the masses have risen in one voice, one mind, one soul to claim this wounded lion as not just your own, but as your jealous pride!

On every social media profile, a flag has flown at full mast in the acknowledgement of our common identity. Today, we have doused the much retweeted fury of “sages” who have denigrated us in describing Nigeria as “nothing but a mere geographic entity”.

Today, we told the world that we are proud of our rags – though rags, yet ours. We told them what we for so long have refused to tell ourselves. We displayed such pride as we never show when we leave the shores.

Komla Dumor is a journalist with BBC and presenter of Focus on Africa for BBC World News based in London. He had this to say on his twitter handle @bbckomladumor.
This captures the thoughts on the mind of every non-nigerian who for too long has seen Nigeria as a crippled nation. Mr Dumor illustrates the typical expectation of so many third parties who unconsciously expect us to revert to the infamous “sober reflection” that has become cliché in Nigeria today.

The world expects us to be downcast, complaining and whining about our challenges. But they are shocked today, when the average nigerian rose up with a smile on his face and a glow in his heart.

It is particularly interesting to note that one @basseyworld has a thought-provoking tweet about Nigeria at 53, in the light of the Shutdown in America.
Pic Below.


It tells you how miserable you become when you compare yourself with others. It is so easy to look down on your fatherland when u consider the 90 murdered university of agriculture students up north. It is so easy also, to forget that just about every quarter, a single fellow wakes up to murder tens of his fellow citizens who have no single ideological differences. He does it but it isn’t called terrorism. As though his victims just laughed to death.

Terror is not unique to any people on earth -and neither is corruption. We need to accept that as truth in order to move on.

If there was no corruption in the united states,
why will there ever be #OccupyWallstreet?
Why hasn’t the “Occupation” produced result?

What’s my point in all this?
Every nation has its own challenges. Simple.

The 102-storey Empire State Building project was begun in 1929 and concluded in 1931. Costing over $40million to build, with over 2 million square feet of rental space, this building was world’s tallest for 39 years.

You will only begin to appreciate these facts when you discover that this building was erected during the worst economic meltdown in American history.

So intense was this depression that if affected the entire world! In America, farmers were so impoverished that they couldn’t buy gasoline. Bankers became so unpopular that Bonny and Clyde became legends of bank robbery. Program after program set up by the then President Hoover failed. And guess what? America was 153 years old at the time!

Today, Nigeria is 53 and I want to encourage the spirit of hope and ambition so evident amongst us today.

Consider that an impoverished 1929 America, achieved a world record in the midst of their worst nightmare.
It wasn’t money that made it possible -it was RESOLVE. And I want to tell every nigerian today, that if they did it, we can too.

mplishment of little and big things. In the middle of the terror up north, we can (as we have) yet accomplish great things.

In the words of legendary billionaire John D. Rockefeller, who said
“These are days when many are discouraged. In the 93 years of my life, depressions have come and gone. Prosperity has always returned and will again.”

I also want to assure you that if you can keep the faith, to only believe, and silence your doubts by the positivity of your attitude and actions, prosperity will return -for the truest prosperity, is the prosperity of the soul.

Turn your ears from those who say it can’t be done. Turn aside from those who say hope is lost, or things are hard, or curse the government. For life is only as hard as you make it out to be.

Focus on your inner radius of control. Its been said that all the water in the ocean cannot sink a ship -until the water finds a way to get inside.

Nigeria will rise again. But while we wait, let us…no, YOU gather your resolve and build something, anything -your dream or passion, just as the men who built the Empire State Building did, right in the middle of their worst nightmare.

The end is not yet. Nigeria will rise.

Share this post if you believe.

Thank you.


Source: http://richwaju.com/blog/2013/10/02/without-excuse-state-of-the-nation-address-by-rich-waju/

Lol @ ASUU or NUT. Selah

owolabifunke14: Jezz,May God save us from unforeseen events. RIP gallant soldier

Unforseen blessings nkor?

wjxavier: BREAKING NEWS!!! SEN. McCain Writes Ekiti People. http://richwaju.com/blog/2013/09/21/mccain-writes-to-ekiti-people/
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DISCLAIMER: The author wishes to announce that the following treatise is entirely a work of fiction. Any allusions to similarities with real people and places are purely coincidental.

When RichWaju.com editor, Dmitry Constantonov, offered to publish my commentary, he referred to me as "an active anti-Fayemi politician for many years." I'm sure that isn't the first time Ekiti people have heard me characterized as their antagonist.

Since my purpose here is to dispel falsehoods used by Ekiti's rulers to perpetuate their power and excuse their corruption, let me begin with that untruth. I am not anti-Ekiti. I am pro-Ekiti, more pro-Ekiti than the regime that misrules you today.

I make that claim because I respect your dignity and your right to self-determination. I believe you should live according to the dictates of your conscience, not your government. I believe you deserve the opportunity to improve your lives in an economy that is built to last and benefits the many, not just the powerful few. You should be governed by a rule of law that is clear, consistently and impartially enforced and just. I make that claim because I believe the Ekiti people, no less than Americans, are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

An Ekiti citizen could not publish a testament like the one I just offered. Governor Fayemi and his associates do not believe in these values. They don't respect your dignity or accept your authority over them. They punish dissent and murder opponents. They rig your elections. They control your media. They harass, threaten, and banish organizations that defend your right to self-governance. To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorize and even assassinate decampers who try to expose their corruption.

They write laws to codify bigotry against people whose political orientation they condemn. They throw the members of a non-party coalition in jail for the crime of being proactive and coordinated and for having the audacity to have hope.


Ayo Jeje wasn't a human rights activist. He was an ordinary human being with an inalienable right to choose his political affiliation. He was an ordinary Ekiti man who did an extraordinary thing. He exposed the weakness, cracks and insecurity in the ruling party. He cared about the rule of law and believed no one should be above it. For his beliefs and his courage, he was beaten and shot dead by thugs loyal to Mr Fayemi. That wasn't only a crime against Ayo Jeje. It was a crime against the Ekiti people and your right to an honest government - a government worthy of Ayo Jeje and of you.

Governor Fayemi claims his purpose is to restore Ekiti to greatness at home and among the nations of the world. But by what measure has he restored your greatness? He has given you an economy that is based almost entirely on the civil service that will never have the freedom to dissent to his draconian policies. It is an economy that can never give liberty. And, if it does, it will be mostly to the benefit of the corrupt and powerful few.

Capital is fleeing Ekiti, which - lacking rule of law and a broad-based economy - is considered too risky for investment and entrepreneurism. He has given you a political system that is sustained by corruption and repression and isn't strong -or mature- enough to tolerate dissent.

How has he strengthened Ekiti's national stature? By allying Ekiti with some of the nation's most offensive and threatening tyrannies. By supporting an Amaechi regime that is battering it's own people to remain in power and by blocking the Governor's Forum from even condemning its atrocities.

By refusing to admit culpability for the murder of dissenters, the harassment of opposition groups, and the growing debt profile of the second poorest state. He is not enhancing Ekiti's local reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by states that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world.

Governor Fayemi doesn't believe in these values because he doesn't believe in you. He doesn't believe that human nature at liberty can rise above its poverty and build just, peaceful, prosperous societies. Or, at least, he doesn't believe Ekiti can. So he rules by exploiting that poverty, by corruption, repression and violence. He rules for himself, not you.

I do believe in you. I believe in your capacity for self-government and your desire for justice and opportunity. I believe in the greatness of the Russian people, who suffered enormously and fought bravely against terrible adversity to save your nation. I believe in your right to make a civilization worthy of your dreams and sacrifices. When I criticize your government, it is not because I am anti-Russian. It is because I believe you deserve a government that believes in you and answers to you. And, I long for the day when you have it.

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/19-09-2013/125705-McCain_for_pravda_ru-0/

BREAKING NEWS!!! SEN. McCain Writes Ekiti People. http://richwaju.com/blog/2013/09/21/mccain-writes-to-ekiti-people/
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I just want to say it is nice being back on Nairaland after 3 days.

MTN tried their best, but God pass them.

Seriously, you don't know what it has been like.

I can't even begin to say how ecstatic I am right now.

These MTN people are wicked, wicked people.

I am almost crying right now as I finally have access to the net. Esp nairaland.

3 days! No email. No pings. No nairaland. No lindaikeji. No richwaju.com?!

Kai! MTN God will judge all of you in Jesus name. Amen.

http://richwaju.com/blog/2013/09/18/ekiti2014-are-you-moving/

For some of us who are resident in Ekiti. We will not deny that Fayemi has some level of result. Yet didn't Hitler have results?
What about Mussolini, the Shah of Iran, Abacha, IBB, Mobutu, Mugabe, and even our very own GEJ.

Yes, Fayemi is working, but there are other issues besides Road projects that determine the people interest in a leader's 2nd term bid.

Fayemi has been ruling, rather than leading.

His policies are autocratic.

His projects are awarded to non-indigenes, thereby encouraging capital flight.

On any given Saturday, ill bet that you won't find 5 commissioners in town.

The contractors earn our money and go back to Lagos.

Fayemi has left a sour taste in the mouths of civil servants by his many draconian policies which are seen as an attempt to carry out massive layoffs so that he can appear to employ 10,000 more teachers and LG staff.

In Ekiti, when the civil servants are bitter with you, you are screwed. Just ask Ayo Fayose.

I don't hate Fayemi, or his erudition.

I just feel that he would be better under supervision.

He acts like a spoilt only child with his absolute irreverence for public opinion.

He has done virtually everything (and more) that he accused past administrations of doing.

He has alienated himself from the very hands that fed him.

While that may be a point, it isn't mine. I am just making mention.

My point is that MOB brings hope, and that is what this people whom Fayemi has rubbished need!

Want to win hearts?

Give people hope. Nobody embodies hope quite like the man, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele

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First, eh? Err...reno I like the sound of your name. sounds better than hell fire....oops, sorry el Rufai.

About the article, I've made up my mind to siddon look about all things Nigeria.

God dey.

Finally, this ain't end time stuffs.
Ain't over till its over.

Wow! I opened this thread on Monday (seven days ago) and was sad it didn't get attention.

I noticed the muddied pawsteps of a pack of hyenas that passed through the thread.

Thanks to the few that tried to make sense of it anyhow.

I was just curious -and on vacation.

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice the difference in the "mounds" .

Abeg, no vex o! Just an observation.

yorex2011: 12. THE VASE;
as a vase you will have -
Big Breasts,
Gently Curving longer waist,
Hip size equal to breast size,
Slim thighs and legs

KEY SHAPES: the wide, scooped neckline helps to balance your chest with the rest of the body. curvy girls need curvy shoes. the single button on the jacket will emphasize your narrowest area.

Kinda reminds me of that prophet "what's his name now?" who prophesied cr@p about him.

Lawd half Messi!

Last we heard, the Jagaban of Borgu just had a successful knee surgery.

However, feelers from "within the camp" say that this man is more than knee-deep (no pun) in a health crisis.

Investigations showed that he is actually in a UK hospital -and not US as his press secretary put it.

I hope he is fine, and I just want to know if any nairalander has seen him or heard from him lately.

Yours SeeingClearly,

W.J

Hey All, Greetings to you all.

As I'm off work today, I want to ask something I noticed about myself.

I observed that I don't always click the first newsfeed I see on nairaland.

I feel that it says a lot about a persons personality.

I generally click on the less important news first, leaving the best for the last.

It appears that it is a reflection of my tendency to procrastinate.

What about you?

How does your choice of first click reflect your personality?

Just for fun.

Lol. Must have been 69.

Babe2sure: It is called our chronotype ~ It determines our sleep/Alert pattern.There are 3 types:

THE LARK: They are also called(Morning people,Early bird or 'A' people)they sleep early at night at most 1Op.m and wake early in the morning say 6a.m.They are very alert and function better in the morning.They are not at their best in late afternoon or evening simply because they are Lark!!!

THE NIGHT OWL: They are (evening people or 'B' people)they go to bed late(past midnight),feel more energetic before they sleep at night,then wake up late in the morning.They are not at their best in the morning,but they are alert and function better in the evening.Since most companies in Nigeria work time is 8~6p.m,they got no choice but to resume at 8a.m,thus inadequate sleep result and when they do this for several month,they will break down simply because they are Owl!!!They tend to catch up on the lost sleep time at the weekend.Work schedule in Nigeriafavour the larks mostly.

THE HUMMINGBIRD: They have a more flexible sleeping pattern and they are a combination of the above.

I am an extreme lark,I sleep early, no matter how much I try to stay awake and wake up by 5a.m without alarm,(even if I don't have anywhere to go,I must wake at that time)then I would want to do whatever household chores I have pending(because I am most energetic at that time),I hate evening work.

Pals,which sleeping pattern do you fall to?

Without bothering to read, I just gotta say, I love owls.

Funny they used to call me a name in fgc idoani back then.
It was....
Lanre Òwìwí. .

Sh1t! We made front page!
Not that it affects the price of G2SO4 tho!

Its getting boring joor.

Let me sign off by informing those throwing flak at the OP (me) that I have a friend (two sef) who allege same thing.

So yes, it is true.

Funny nobody has alleged molestation. They all screwed with PB.

They have just been unable to handle their guilt.

Let me say again that we ought to fear guilt more than sin. I do.

In conclusion, my 3plus decades on earth have taught me that BEING OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S FAILURE WILL OFTEN BLIND YOU TO YOUR OWN.

IF YOU WANNA GET AHEAD, MIND YOUR BUSINESS.

PST B SHOULD B.S THE MATTER AND MOVE ON. ALL THIS #OCCUPYCOZA SHOULD STOP.

GO GET A LIFE Y'ALL!

AT LEAST, GO IRON YA CLOTHE FOR TOMORROW CHURCH.
*LAST LAUGH*

vicope: My Observations:

1. The OP is a member of COZA.

2. The OP is either a teenager or a youth still struggling with youthful exuberances.

3. The OP's choice of words shows that he is a coza-like christian and not a Jesus-like christian. His words reek of worldliness, uncouth and ungodly languages, and incoherent statements.

4. The concluding part where the OP would have made little sense stinks with pride and non-chalance. Jesus Christ was known for his humility, so if Biodun should come out to say he owes the church no apology or explanation because he has 'settled' with God, and walks away members who are now skeptical about him, not only has he created an opportunity for more members to backslide, but it will also show he feels no remorse whatsoever (which obviously he doesn't hithero).

5. The OP is just another attention-seeking lad. Since Biodun is your pastor, why not save your advice for him till Sunday when you see him in church? Has nairaland become an online branch of COZA?

Peace to us all!

At least we know that is ur opinion. Hmmm...

FYI I am not even based in abj. The few times I was in coza, I knew it wasn't my kind of church not because of doctrine but because it was imho "too flashy" for me.

As per my age, well I can only smile.

I shared my view, and now uve done yours. Chikena.

I hope u won't set up a blog to address my language as a sin too.

I choose my words for emphasis.

I choose em to show that I am also a man of like passions.

I also happen to be an ordained pastor.
I heard d tale of d pastor who was admonishing his sheep against "bad lang". At d end of d sermon, he raised his hand to shout hallelujah. But Oops! The fan above him chopped of his finger and he screamed "Shopona oooo!".

Moral: never assume you are above errors.

Thank you

Dantedasz: @OP,
You want Pastor Fatoyinbo to confess and apologise to the congregation,based on what? The words from a blackmailing attention seeking groupie like Ese Walter?
How do we know she is telling the truth,and here you are condeming him on the words from an unstable mind?
Pastor Fatoyinbo will speak at the appropriate time,when directed by God and not due to pressure from this chit of a girl and her supporters.
Come to think of it she can not even produce the non existent 'evidence' she claims to have.
Ese let us see your imaginary evidence!

I didn't say anything about apology. Maybe to his wife sha.

coogar: he's high on crack - who knows, he could be ese walter's senior brother.

Each time I read from idiots, I thank God that I have eyes to see, and a mind that can understand their poverty.

So I no go vex.

Used to get high though.

Dallas Cowgirl: Is the OP a Christian?

So much cursing

Sure I am! Just two words nah. For emphasis noni

Lying down. Lazy ba$tid. [color=#990000][/color]

I still drive my dad's 77 240D m benz once in a while.
Rugged as gibraltar.

Old man has sworn never to sell d car he bought spankin nu in d States as a fine boi then. Lol.

I've used Honda ala

Currently wreckin an 02 camry.

Open Letter to Pastor Biodun. #CozaNigeria.

Whew, Pastor! The flak that I have taken in your defence!!! *kicks away tear gas canister*. Its a Jungle out there.

First things first, this is a classic example of what we call a Bleep up. Yea, you did....big time!

You failed at least 100,000 people who love and respect you. You failed Pst modele, you failed your tiny tots... ugh!

Let's assume that you settled that account with God long time ago, but we humans are a cannibalistic lot, so like em I'm gonna ask you "What the hell were you thinking?"

All the devil needed do to get you was shovel loads of grimey guilt on what's her name now, Easey?


I'm not suggesting you choose more "mature" girls next time, nope! *waves index finger"


Let's cut to the chase, boss.


The real reason I defended you like the fcukin Alamo mehn, was that I know how those thoughts evolve in the mind.

I can imagine u flouted many red lights in your minds autobahn.

As in, Damn it mehn, those traffic light rules are so easy to break, afterall no body is watching but you -and God.

I also know that losing the congregation can be nothing like losing God's presence.

I know how you might have broken down in tears of penance after the tryst.

I know how it took God to get you to preach as your usual self after the event -afterall we are actually all accountable to him alone. #audienceofONE

I know how the devil sticks you up with a 9mm guilt gun everytime you stand to preach in church, or try to correct an erring congregant.

I know also how God's infra red guilt-seeking Bazooka scope burns your skull as
He says "Preach! Or I'll blow both you and the devil to hell."

The world will never understand that.

They will never grasp that you are just as human as they, and that if that there's a difference, it is called GRACE.

They keep seeing you almost like you don't fart.

And that is the reason some of them....will miss salvation.

Pastor, I know that a christian rarely "plans" to sin. How to escape your own conscience takes quite some spirit (Henny and Coke) Selah

Pastor, I know you don't look forward to ever knowing another Ese, but wtf if it happens again?

The faith I learned does not teach me to fear the future.

Most folks miss their redemption because they fear they might fail again.

Damn! I'm preaching at myself.

You serve an audience of one.

Guess what? If I were you, I'd show up in church tomorrow and say.

"Hey Church! I hereby confirm everything (well almost, thankfully) that's been making the rounds.

Yes, I did have an affair with Easey.

I am accountable first to God and we have settled that.

Now if any of you feels like they can't stand to watch me preach again, please leave quietly. I quite understand.

However, I must assure you that while I regret my actions, I do not owe anybody any apology.

If I had my way, I would never hold another mic to preach again as long as I live, but that decision is no longer up to me.

The day I signed up this commission, I signed never to look back -no matter what.

In God's kingdom, there is no legal framework or policy on regret -either for me as pastor, or Ese as church member.

The only secret is to get up and move on.

If Christ expects me to forgive my brother 490 times in a day, then I'm sure he expects me to be nicer to myself.

So, again, I say this clearly, authoritatively, and unequivocally:

If you feel for ANY REASON AT ALL, that I am undeserving of your spiritual leadership, please move on and find some place else to worship and to grow.

Your spiritual welfare remains my priority and as such, I understand that if your heart if offended here, you will never gain anything from my ministry.

We will always welcome you if you choose to visit us again.

For the rest of us that believe in the God of all grace, let us stand to worship him.

Choir...."

Peanuts. Aka groundnut, ekpa etc. I love eating it wt d shell when it boiled.
I believe the fibre/cellulose content gives my sh.t more substance.

Abeg. How much bros?

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OP no vex. No cuss me abeg. Just tryna help somebody out there.

"Ìwákùwá ni a máa nwá ñkan tí ó bá sonù".

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