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Proverbs 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.   Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. The first time i got to hear the word was when i was about 10 years old. My dad use to call my step mum Val. Then one day i felt i should make the correction and i asked hi,m why he calls her val because her name was victoria and it should be vicky not val. He chuckled and told me a little about valentine day: always in february and it is called lover's day and celebrated most part of the world, February 14  when lovers crack their brains on how to express their love in greetings and gifts. Bet you have been there when you are at a loss which cards best express your heartfelt feelings, which perfume will speak for you when she sprays it. Most times it is the men who does the giving those day, don't know if there is any change now. B...

Recently, Kaduna a state in Northern Nigeria, was a wash with the news of the capture of a would be church bomber at   Living Faith Church A.K.A  Winners' Chapel, situated at Sabon Tasha, Chikun Local Council of the state. This was an unusual capture and it has generated a lot of dusks since that fateful day. Winners as this denomination is fondly called, has Bishop David Oyedipo as the general overseer and is one of the fastest growing church in the whole of west Africa. It has a university, Covenant  university and one of the largest church auditorium with a sitting capacity of 50 thousands which is indeed, filled every sunday to the brim.  Dusk started rising when for the first time we heard that the suspected bomber is a christian! The police goes on to identify him as one Nathaniel samuel there was an identity on him, though,looks a fake I.D the police did not care to investigate, but believe who he says he was. Suddenly ...

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.  IT  sounds impossible and implausible that Netflix, A well known streaming with millions of subscribers, would choose to air a film about Jesus depicting him as a man who is a gay. This so called jesus is indeed, not the saviour nor does it portray the one that was aptly introduce by one of the greatest prophet John the baptist when he said  John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Whatever the intention of the streaming network, it lives all good and religious people in a bad taste. This smacks of sinister motive which is, to demystify the christian message that Jesus is not just a man neither was he fathered by a man like every other man. A careful going through the scriptures will make this clear to all those who desires to know the tru...

  Psalms 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. It was in the letter and spirit of the above passage that sister sweet and bro, Kayode found themselves till of recent.  Their cry was only for a moment and many critics may have seen as very very long and may never come with an answer. Many thought  alternatives exist and there should be no waiting as time was never on human side. Their case was when you do not give ears to the Devil he can not whisper his message of deceit into your ears .But God in His glorious ways prove again that with him time always stand still until He accomplish what he has promised in his word if only we take it, allow it to sink into our spirit man, live by it and rejoice like it has already come to pass. 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. There comes a time the faith of an individual...

1 Timothy 6:8-9  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and  into  many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. Hebrews 13:5  Let your  conversation  be  without covetousness;  and be  content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.   Luke 3:14  And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse  any  falsely; and be content with your wages. Fews weeks ago,the whole world woke up to the news of 80 Nigerians being indicted for Wire fraud. According to the FBI it was one sophisticated network that pry on the elderly, businesses and a whole lot more. You can read sordid story on the internet and of course, i will be underating your awareness if  i think you have not hear...

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: This is not the first time that youths in south Africa, especially a cross section of the them have decided to take up "clubs and cudgels", against other nationals  residing there.  But the rampant and wanton killings of  foreign nationals is gradually taking a new dimension: Started with pockets of protest then  fighting and schism, Lootings, then killings and now outright mayhem. The spate of bloodletting every now and then is becoming rampant and instantaneous. just at the beck and call of one disgruntled youth from one corner they can rise and let out another killing living behind cries of woes, plunging the foreign community into untold grief. What the world is witnessing in this centuries never stated here.  In    Genesis 26:18-22 We read    And Isaac digged again the well...

Matthew 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.  1 Thessalonians 4:13-14  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.  Philippians 3:10-11 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.  The power and pride of sin over us is its sting of dead. The holy sepulchre is the name of the traditional ground they buried our lord and saviour according to the book of John gospel, the tomb was also close to the place of his crucifixion. John 19:40-42 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now ...