WHAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME OF THIS MEETING???

Yesterday, Nikky Laoye, Joe Praise and Frank Edwards had a studio session @coast2coast studio. Frank edwards tweeted about the meeting and ended the tweet with "watch out for the outcome of this holy meeting" Your guess is as good as mine! If it is what am thinking this would definitely be a huge collaboration.

RELATIONSHIP TALKS'. an article by Paula White Ministries

No man is complete by himself. Every man needs companionship. To meet this need, God ordained marriage and provided Adam with a wife. Marriage is the closest form of companionship possible between two people. In fact so close, that the two actually becomeone. From the beginning, the Bible reveals 7 principles about marriage, all of which still apply today: 1.God Himself initiated marriage at the beginning of human history. Adam had no part in planning it. Without divine revelation, man cannot understand it, much less make it a part of his experience. 2.The decision that man was to marry proceeded from God, not from the man. 3.God knew the kind of helper that the man needed. The man did not 4.God prepared the woman for the man 5.God presented the woman to the man. The man did not have to go in search for her 6.God ordained the nature of their life together. It’s end purpose was unity 7.Jesus upheld God’s original plan of marriage as binding on all who would become his disciples. It is still in force today. In his letter to Ephesians, Paul calls marriage amystery. In the Song of Solomon, Solomon compares it to alocked garden. God alone holds the key. Within the context of marriage, we grow and are able to meet each other’s needs intimately as no other relationship. We become something sacred and holy to God! The first thing to do inpreparationis to surrender yourself fully: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Rom 12:1-2 NIV To offer yourself to God in this way means that you no longer claim ownership or control! You yield your decisions over to God in alignment with His Word. Paul shows us how this unfolding of God’s plan to your renewed mind will be progressive. He uses three words:good, pleasing, perfect! Remember that God gives His best to those who leave the choice to him! Once you offer yourself to the Lord as a living sacrifice, the results are that your body is made holy by the blood of Jesus. Then, as your mind is being renewed by the Holy Spirit, you are in a position to go! Next, your attitudes and actions are a focus as God conforms you into the image of His Son. This was the main emphasis of Jesus in the Sermon in the Mount. The Law of Moses focused largely on outward acts, while Jesus emphasized internal attitudes. Right actions inevitably flow from right attitudes. All behavior comes from belief; that’s why Jesus dealt with our hearts. Our attitudes and how we perceive things cause our actions. There are 4 specific areas of attitude that are laid out for us to cultivate as we desire to enter into God’s plan for marriage: 1.Your attitude towards marriage; 2.Your attitude towards yourself; 3.Your attitude towards others; and 4.Your attitude towards your parents The two biblical requirements for marriage are reverence and humility. Are you prepared to approach marriage with the reverence that it demands? Do you see it as a sacred mystery, formed from eternity in the mind of God, and revealed to man for his measureless blessing and benefit? (Eph 5:25-33 NIV) “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery — but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” Do you see what Paul is saying here? Human marriage is an earthly counterpart of the relationship between Christ and His Church. The union a man enjoys with his wife prefigures the union Christ will have with His Church – a union in which God, the Creator, and man the creature, will be joined together in an intimate, perfect, eternal oneness. This can only be done by supernatural grace. A sense of self-worth is one of the most important elements in you making a success of your life, not least in your marriage. Through the new birth, you become a new creation (2 Cor 5:17). But, you can’t really love others if you cannot love yourself I have come to realize the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, money or power, but self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then we look for power, money, success, people as attractive solutions. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us “His Beloved”. Being the “beloved” expresses the core truth of our existence. When I accept this, now I am able to love others as I love myself. Wholeness is needed for your marriage!

BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS RETURNS WAEC RESULTS FOR IMPERSONATION

On page 43 of Punch Newspaper today is an advert by West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, where candidates, now born-again & seeking restitution, confessed to hiring people to sit exams for them. Not only did they confess, they also returned their certificates to the exam body! In all, 178 people were involved.

WATCHDOG GROUP SUE FOR THE REMOVAL OF TV SHOW "SEX BOX"

A television watchdog group is calling for the cancellation of a TV show that features couples (both gay and straight) who have sex in an enclosed box and then walk out in front of a live studio audience to discuss their sexual likes, dislikes and relationship issues with a three-person panel. The Parents Television Council has created a petition calling for the WE cable network to cancel the "Sex Box" TV show, which is scheduled to debut on Friday, Feb. 27. "This new reality show far exceeds the limits of decency when its participants enter a soundproof box on stage, have sex, and then discuss their 'intimacy issues' with a panel of so-called experts," reads the petition. In a statement shared with The Christian Post, PTC President Tim Winter said, "Families don't have to watch 'Sex Box' to know that this live sex show isn't something they want coming into their homes." "The problem is that every single PTC member — and, in fact, every American — who wants to watch any cable programming is also forced to pay for this live sex show that masquerades as 'therapy' whether they want it or not," Winter continued. "That is an outrage, and it demonstrates just how broken the cable programming marketplace has become. ..." Slated to debut next week, "Sex Box" is the American version of a similar program that debuted in the United Kingdom in 2013. In an episode a couple will enter a sound-proof and windowless box to have sexual intercourse and then when finished will exit and talk with a panel about their relationship issues. In the British version gay couples were featured on episodes and judging by the WE trailer the same is expected for the TV show in the United States. Mariella Frostrup, host of the British version, told the UK Daily Mail back in 2013 that "Sex Box" was not meant to be pornographic. "I think it was a really, really mature — surprisingly for television — look at a subject we've allowed to proliferate in its worst manifestations and refuse to confront," said Frostrup. "The sex we see on screen, in magazines and increasingly online bears little relation to the real experiences of real people — this will be a frank conversation about an essential element in all our lives."

HOUSE ON THE ROCK TO HOST SINGING DUO 'MARY MARY'

American gospel singers, Mary Mary consisting of sisters, Erica Atkins-Campbell and Trecina Tina Atkins-Campbell, will be coming to Nigeria this week for the 2015 edition of  ‘The African Praise Experience’.
'The African Praise Experience’, an annual praise night hosted by House on the Rock pastor, Paul Adefarasin is billed to hold at The Rock Cathedral on Friday, February 27, 2015, with the duo scheduled to deliver an intriguing performance at the praise night.
  It sure would be a  wonderful time in HIS presence!!!!

PASTOR'S WIFE GETS PREGNANT FOR AN 'OKADAMAN'

An Igando Customary Grade A Court has officially dissolved the 18-year-old marriage of Pastor Chris Onyekachi-Madu and his estranged wife, Augusta, after she got pregnant for anOkadaman, while still living with him. Court president, Rasaq Ishola-Adeyeri, said in his judgment that from the cumulative evidence before the court, it had been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant had hit the rocks, since all efforts to settle both parties had proved abortive. He said the defendant had refused to show up in court after she had been served court summons on three occasions. Adeyeri said: “It is, therefore, assumed that she too is no longer interested in the union again; the plaintiff also maintained his stand to part ways peacefully with the respondent.” The President also said that based on the pronouncement of the plaintiff, the court had no option than to separate them. He said: “The motion, therefore, succeeds and order is, hereby, given that the marriage between Chris Onyekachi and Augusta Madu is officially dissolved from today January 28. “The custody of the two children is, hereby, referred to the family court within Lagos Judicial Division, who has executive right to hear and determine matters involving children under 18 years.”

I GO FOR CONFESSION AFTER EACH OPERATION!

29-year David Chineye was among eight suspected members of a trans-border robbery gang arrested by the Lagos State Police Command last week. The Imo State-born suspect who claimed to be married to a Benin Republic-based Togolese, gave a startling confession on the gang’s operation in Benin and Mali, during an exclusive interview with Crime Guard. Chineye who admitted to be the gang’s informant, revealed that his union with his wife, made it easy for him to study the terrain in Cotonou, Benin Republic, thereby facilitating the gang’s entry into the country. Members of his gang reportedly stormed a micro finance bank in Porto Novo, Benin Republic, last November, from where they carted away the equivalent of N100 million. Chineye who gave his operational name as Ishola, said he masterminded the robbery operation at the financial institute, adding that it took him two days to study the terrain before inviting other members of the gang over. He further told Crime Guard that the gang was planning to extend its operations to Togo when they were arrested. I go for confession after each operation The father of one who was full of remorse said that his pastor and members of his church, whose name he gave as Christ Ascension Church, Benin Republic branch, would be shocked beyond imagination when news of his arrest reach them. According to him: “ I am a dedicated church worker. Nobody knew I was an armed robber. Every time I returned from any operation, my conscience would prick me. Thereafter, I would go to church for confession but would never disclose the exact sin I committed. My wife didn’t know I was a robber either. This is because I stay in Benin Republic where she is permanently based for two months, before returning to Nigeria, where she believed I was working. I usually visited Benin Republic when we wanted to rob and would leave after investing my loot. This is to allow me get hints on the outcome of the operation, in terms of Police investigation.” Frustration led me into robbery At a point, he burst into tears, begging for his wife’s forgiveness when she hears about his involvement in crime. He stated that he never envisaged to go into robbery but that frustration forced him into it. “It all started after my apprenticeship in a pharmaceutical store, back in Owerri, the Imo state capital. My master refused to pay me off. Rather, he claimed that the money he ought to have settled me with was spent on the treatment of my ailing brother few months back. I left in anger and worked as a bus conductor until the engine of the bus got knocked. I was idle for some months, during which I met my wife who was visiting Nigeria for the first time. I went to Benin Republic with her, where I met some friends who introduced me into robbery. I started by breaking into peoples’ apartments, but it was not lucrative because at times, I won’t get anything from the houses”. I graduated into Trans- border robbery In his desperation to eke a living, he returned back to Nigeria last year, where he reportedly met members of another robbery gang. He confessed that he went on operation twice with the new gang but only got between N20,000 and N50,000 , an amount he said was not enough to meet his needs. Continuing, he said : “During one of our meetings, I told my members that we should step up by going to operate in Benin Republic, since their Police were not as effective as ours. The first operation was in a filling station in Benin Republic. It took me two days to survey the place before I invited members of the gang. At the end of the operation, we lodged in a hotel there for two days, shared the loot before others left,while I stayed back. Three weeks later, as I was driving around Porto Novo, I saw a micro-finance bank. I studied the terrain that day and came back the next day to continue. I observed that policemen were not stationed there and that only unarmed private guards were there. Quickly, I came to Nigeria to inform my members and left back for Benin Republic. Three days later, we struck at the bank and made away with N100 million equivalent. During operation, we don’t use our real names. For instance, my operational name is Ishola. We have names like Mensah, Koffi, Messiah, master, etc. This is to give our victims the impression that we were from Benin Republic. Premonition “ Joining a robbery gang is the worst mistake of my life. Had I known, I would have listened to my wife. Three days before I was nabbed, she told me she dreamed that I was arrested alongside other people for robbery and that I was killed in the process. Since then, she has been fasting and praying against sudden death. But I assured her all was well and that I was not into any dirty deal. If I had known I would have returned to Benin Republic , instead of remaining here in Nigeria.” I lost everything Another suspected member of the gang, Ifeanacho Igwe (35), told Crime Guard that he was forced into robbery by one Nnamdi, whom he said invited him over after he requested financial assistance from him. The invitation according to Igwe, turned out to be his worst nightmare. According to him: “ As a commercial motorcyclist, Nnamdi invited me to take him to a location, promising to give me some money I earlier requested for. That was in 2011 But on reaching the location at Alakija bus-stop, it turned out to be a robbery operation scene. I couldn’t turn back because it was late and I was afraid they could kill me. I had no option than to play along. They succeeded in collecting N85 million from a victim and at the end I got N25 million. Since then, I cut off totally from them. I lost everything I used that money on; I bought a new truck for N14 million and a commercial bus , including a sports utility vehicle for my personal use. I used the rest to renovate my mother’s house and support my siblings’ education. Since that robbery operation my entire life has gone from bad to worse. I gave the truck out to a driver to use for transportation purpose. While on a business trip to the eastern part of the country, it rammed over someone before it somersaulted into a river, with goods worth several millions of naira. As if that was not enough, I am in the police net for a crime committed four years ago. My past sins have caught up with me,” he stated in an emotion- laden voice.

WINNERS CHAPEL DENIES RUMOURED PROPHETIC DECLATIONS

The media team of Winners Chapel recently released a press statement to deny rumoured prophetic decleration(s) by Bishop David Oyedepo. Read the statement below;
   Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the President and founder of the Living Faith Church worldwide, also Known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, which has gone viral. He was reported to have made the statement last Sunday when the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan came to worship at Faith Tabernacle, which is the headquarters of the ministry. The falsehood that is being spread around by mischief makers is that the Bishop, while praying for the President, said, “I will open the gates of hell to anyone who oppose you.” A little later, some others who in an attempt to “defend” the Bishop, came up with another quote purportedly said by Dr. Oyedepo, which is: “I will open the gates of hell to those who oppose the peace of this nation.” Well, let’s set the records straight: The Press and Publicity Unit of the church, publishers of Faith Tabernacle News, was at the 3rd service and recorded (on tape), the President’s 6-minute speech, the congregational prayer for him and the Bishop’s blessing on the President. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who is also the presidential candidate of the ruling party – the PDP, came to the church as the President of this country, not as a candidate in the forthcoming elections. And Bishop Oyedepo prayed for him, as instructed in the Bible book of 1 Timothy 2:1-2, as the President of Nigeria not as a PDP standard-bearer. HOW THE BISHOP AND THE CONGREGATION PRAYED FOR THE PRESIDENT Even though we have published it on this platform, for those who are yet to read it, these were the exact words spoken by the Bishop while he was leading the congregational prayers for the President. As always, he took his bearing from the Word of God: “1st Timothy 2:1-2: I exhort you therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers and intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men.” Then on the priority list is “For kings and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” “I only had an idea of the President’s visit just yesterday. It wasn’t there last Friday when we had the One Night with The king. So we are going to be praying for our President. Let prayers and supplications and intercessions be made for all men; first of all, for kings, and for them that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. And after that I will do what the priests are asked to do. It says “Speak to Aaron, that after this manner shall ye bless.” Proclaim blessings as a priest of God over our President, and the blessings will answer, in the name of Jesus Christ. In Numbers 6:23-26, The Lord said to Moses and the children of Israel saying “On this wise shall ye bless the children of Israel saying: The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; The Lord lift His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.” When that blessing comes to stay, something happens. You see, the generation of the Old Testament knew the value of blessings; they would even cry for it. Every blessing proclaimed upon you today must answer on your life. I like us to be on our feet and lift the President up to God. Whatever you desire to see God bring about in his life; bring about in our nation, begin to pray that prayer right now. Father, release your grace upon the President to manage the demands of his office. Release unusual grace in increasing dimensions, to manage the demands of his office. Cause your face to shine upon him. Lord, grant the desires of his heart. Grant Nigeria peace. Under him, grant Nigeria greater advancement. Thank you father, in Jesus’ name we pray.” THEN THE BISHOP ALONE PRAYED FOR THE PRESIDENT “This entire church proclaims the President blessed today Blessed with divine wisdom to manage the demands of his office Blessed with keys to see the miraculous in his life Blessed with grace that will advance His cause in our nation Every time we pray here, God hears. The Bible says “Wherever 2 or 3 are gathered, I’m there in their midst, and if we agree concerning anything, it’s done for us.” Therefore, in the name of Jesus, our President is declared blessed. His going out is blessed, his coming in is blessed. The will of God is blessed in his life. Thank you father, blessed be your name, in Jesus precious name.” And the whole congregation shouted “Amen.” That was it! NOTE: 1. There was no mention of “hell” in the prayer 2. There was no mention of “the gates of hell” in the prayer 3. There was no mention of “opposition” or “oppose” in that prayer 4. It is very clear that these mischief makers where waiting for an opportunity, which presented itself in President Jonathan’s visit to the church in the heat of the campaigns. And with what we have seen, most politicians can do just anything to whip up sentiments and score cheap political points. 5. The church has never been involved in partisan politics but has been prayerfully active in ensuring that the Nigerian ship doesn’t sink 6. The church has always obeyed the biblical injunction to pray for those in authority and the “peace of Jerusalem.” 7. This is not an attempt to defend the church or Bishop Oyedepo, as we already know that no matter how far a lie has travelled, the truth will definitely overtake it. 8. This is also not an attempt to defend God, because the Almighty God is more than able to defend himself. 9. As you read this, no one has even called to confirm from the ministry the veracity of this claim and a video recording of the service which is equally online has been labeled “doctored” by those who are bent on dragging the name of the church into partisan politics. 10. For the record, this is exactly what happened; whatever is being peddled was obviously created by those who want to benefit politically from the controversy; and promoted by bloggers who want to drive traffic to their sites; and spread by those who already think they have an axe to grind with their perceived lifestyle of Bishop Oyedepo.

HAPPY NEW MONTH TO MY BLOG VISITORS

   I pray as we begin a new month today that it will be the beginning of miracles in your life and that of your family.
    Also wish to say a big THANKS to everyone that visits this blog may God bless you all!!!

PASTOR TUNDE BAKARE REJECTS ROLLS ROYCE GIFT

        Latter Rain Assembly founder Pastor Tunde Bakare has declared that he earnestly yearns for a better Nigeria where good governace, equal distribution of the nation’s resources amongst others for all citizens. The former running mate of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) made this remarks while ministering during the inauguration and commissioning of Grace and Glory Chapel in Ikeja, Lagos, while giving reasons why he rejected a car gift for his 60th birthday. Pastor Bakare said he was not interested in becoming a local champion in a city of the blind, recalling that, some persons brought him a 2015 model of Rolls Royce during his 60th birthday which, he said, he out rightly rejected, adding that he was not in need of such exotic car while majority of Nigerians are wallowing in poverty. “I want to see good governance. I want to see discipline. I want to see equitable distribution of resources. I want to see the poor being educated. I want to see a nation that works,” Bakare said. Continuing, he said: “I don’t want to be a local champion in a city of the blind. I am not in need of a 2015 model of Rolls-Royce which was presented to me as a gift. “I was sitting at home one day and they brought in a brand new 2015 Rolls-Royce into my house. My 60th birthday was coming. I looked at it, kai! This is awkward. When you open your car, your door goes this way, its own door goes that way. It clears the way so that there is nothing blocking your way. “I saw a button. They said: it is an umbrella sir. It is on every door in case it is raining, you just push it and the umbrella comes out. I said: Na wa o. Then I said: Oya, leave this place. “Where is the road that I will ride it upon? My heart is not in things like this. I asked my son to take a photograph of the brand new car as a proof,” the controversial pastor noted. Bakare also averred that poverty has made most Nigerians to believe that anybody without a jet has not arrived, adding that majority of those who bought jets can no longer maintain such jets and are busy leasing them out.
source:vanguard