Iyanya & Yvonne Nelson Looking Hot On CompleteFashion Magazine Cover

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Yvonne Nelson is said to be one of hottest Ghanaian actress with her Sultry looks, tall and elegant frame. The Pop singer Iyanyna who recently acquired a 2012 Aston Martin DB9 is totally on another especially since he dropped his 2nd Album. He's managed to maintain a totally ripped body any dude could die for. Trust me, this pop singer is totally unstoppable!

EXPOSED!!!! Tee Billz, Tiwa Savage's Fiancé Taking a Loo

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Tee billz posted the picture above on his twitter handle with the caption ''shitting on the haters in Burj''. Tee billz proposed to Tiwa on her birthday last week. Before then there had been speculations that the 2 were dating which Tiwa denied on several occasions. Weel for those who don't know the origin of the 'burj', burj is the short form for Burj al arab, the only 7 star hotel in the world, were tiwa and teebillz lodged some weeks back.

Pope Benedict’s Full Resignation Statement

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Dear Brothers,   I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonisations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.   After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.   I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering.   However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me.   For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on April 19, 2005, in such a way, that as from February 28, 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.   Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff.   With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.

President Jonathan celebrating the victory of Super Eagles (With Photos)

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The Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Lady Patience Jonathan celebrates the AFCON yesterday's victory in a special way with other Nigerians in London last evening.

Breaking news: POPE BENEDICT XVI TO RESIGN SOON!

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Due to advanced age, the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI is to resign on the 28th Feb 2013. He became Pope in 2005, and will turn 86 by April 16th. History has it that the last pope to resign was pope Gregory XII n 1415.

Nigeria Police Going on Strike Soon Over Unpaid Salaries

Tweet For delaying the payment of their January salary, junior officers in the Nigeria Police have threatened to embark on strike. Most of the junior officers from the Lagos State Police Command said they are embarking on strike anytime next week to force the authorities to pay their salaries. “We are going to drop our guns and batons next week if the government fails to pay our salaries,” a junior officer at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID,said. The officer decried a situation where salaries of law enforcement officers will be delayed by the government knowing full well that they face a lot of temptations in the performance of their duties. Investigations revealed that the threat to embark on strike by junior officers did not start now but the police authorities have been managing the situation. “The situation is getting worse. Many of us are finding it difficult to pay our bills. We can’t pay our children’s school fees as a result of the delay in the payment of our salaries,” the junior officer lamented. Further investigations revealed that many of the officers have children in higher institutions and they have been putting pressure on their parents to pay their school fees. “Many of us have more than one wife and many children to cater for. Our children’s school fees have been increased and the salary remains the same. Do you know that some secondary schools are charging fees higher than some tertiary institutions? And for each child, I pay nothing less than N80,000 per term. I have five children in different private schools,” a deputy superintendent of police, DSP, at the Command’s headquarters on Oba Akinjobi Road, Ikeja, lamented. A junior officer at Oduduwa Crescent where MOPOL 20 is based, also lamented the late payment of salaries of policemen, saying it has the tendency of killing morale of policemen. “I have three children in the university, two are in private secondary schools preparing to write their senior secondary school certificate examination, SSCE. If my salary is not paid on time, where do I get the money to pay? I can’t go and rob,” he said. A police constable at the SARS, Ikeja also lamented: “I joined the police four years ago. I have two children schooling at the Police Staff Children School here in Ikeja with high school fees. I am the breadwinner of my family but now that my salary is not paid, how do I pay my children’s school fees? Also, there is a particular drug my mother is using and it is very costly. How do I buy this drug for her now that I don’t know when I will be paid? If the strike is real, I’m ready to join them. If the strike will make government pay our salaries, then I will join them,” he stated.

On what could be responsible for the delay in the payment of salaries of policemen, an Inspector at the Police Traffic Division in Agege volunteered: “Maybe they want to use our salaries to renovate the dilapidated Police College as exposed by a television station recently.” A police Sergeant at the same department blamed the authorities for the contempt with which an average policeman is held by the public: “They don’t want us to collect bribe and they are still holding on to our salaries, what do they want us to live on? We have been saving peoples’ lives but they are not taking care of us. This is a fight we must fight,” he said. When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP , said: “I’m not aware of any impending strike within the force.”

Lil Wayne Cuts his Dreads Off (Pictures)

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Many fans thought that Lil Wayne cut off his long dreads that he has been growing out for years. The rumor started when photos of Lil Wayne and Big Boi were posted through Instagram. In a report on bet.com, Lil Wayne fans were shocked that Tunechi cut off his signature dreads, a rumor fueled by a photo of Big Boi with Wayne at Thursday night’s Madden Bowl XIX event. Contrary to popular belief, his dreads are still intact. MTV reports that the photos looked like Wayne had cut off his locks. MTV News contributor Kelly Carter watched Tunechi perform at a pre-Super Bowl party in New Orleans and posed for a picture with the A Milli MC- she said Lil Wayne’s locks are still intact. “I’m pretty sure he still had his dreads and they were pulled back in a ponytail. In fact, I’m like 1,000 percent positive. I would’ve noticed that.” Carter also sent photos to MTV that she snapped to prove that there was no hair-cut.

Tiwa Savage Engaged On Her Birthday

Tweet The Sensational singer Tiwa Savage has been engaged by her boyfriend/manager Tunji ‘Tee Billz on the night she celebrated her 33rd birthday. Tiwa had no inkling that this was coming; she was shocked when in the heat of the party ‘Tee Billz went down on his knees in the presence of friends and colleagues and in a very emotional voice proposed to her. She said YES. The moment was witnessed by a few celebrity friends, including Tiwa’s Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy, Dr SID, Banky W, Beat FM Personality Toolz and several others. Tiwa in the past had repeatedly denied any romantic link with Tee Billz who on his own part made no comments either. It’s evident now that they’d both been living a lie. At some point it was rumoured that they had gotten married; Tiwa effortlessly stamped it out in her tweets. With this engagement, Tiwa can now heave a sigh of relief as a lot of the pressure from the media and fans will be off her. Big congratulations to them both.

Relationships Are like Trees

Tweet Have you ever been to any orchard? I am sure we all have seen at least a few of them like orange, mango, cashew, coconut, chiku and many more. Did you notice friends, how these trees are planted? There is always a gap between any two grown up trees. Every tree needs some space to grow properly. It needs the right amount of light, soil, water, mineral and loving hands of a farmer. When all these needs are being taken care of well then only the tree grows the way the farmer wants it to be. Similarly, all relationships too need some space to grow. They also need right amount of all ingredients including love and affection to take a proper shape, any relationship is like the four pillars of a temple. They are together, but they cant come very close to each other and if they do so, the walls of the temple would fall off, it would collapse. So friends, all relationships need a proper space to grow! A tree is planted today but bears fruits only after a particular period, when it reaches maturity. Similarly, our relationships also bear fruits at a later date. We shouldn't expect anything right from the beginning. Big trees give shelter to all passersby without any expectations. And I have noticed that true, matured relationships too provide mental, emotional and physical shelter (support) to all. Deeper the roots, stronger the hold of a tree. Similarly deeper the understanding, stronger the relationship. When the winds are blowing harsh, the trees sway in the direction of wind and only those who do so, survive. Others are uprooted. Similarly, there are occasions when we just need to overlook a few things, just let them go, just flow with the wind. Only such relationships pass the test of hard times and survive even in not so favorable conditions. Thus friends! Relationships are like trees, if nurtured with utmost love and care, will bear sweet fruits of love, compassion, strong emotional bonding and care.

Knowlodge Is Power

Tweet You are more likely to find the G Spot if the woman is already well aroused, and using fingers are generally more effective than a penis. 1. Ask her to lie on her belly, legs apart, and hips rotated slightly upwards. 2. Insert two fingers (palm down) and carefully explore the front wall of her vagina with a firm touch. 3. Reach under her body and place your other hand on her abdomen, just above the pubic hairline, and apply a soft, downward pressure. This often helps to stimulate her G-Spot. Position one Guide her on to her hands and knees, with her buttocks raised and her head down. Kneel behind her and grasp her by her waist. As you penetrate her vagina in this position the head of your penis will hit her G-Spot automatically. Position two Guide her on to her back, raising her buttocks and lower back. As you mount her, gently bend her legs so that her knees touch her breasts. Now lovingly thump her G-Spot until she is an orgasmic mess. Position three Lie on your back, with your legs extended. Have your lady straddle you, with her knees positioned outside your legs, she will be facing your feet with her back turned to you. In this unique position, your penis will easily hit her G-Spot.

Ghanian Actress, Yvonne Nelson - ‘I Will Marry Iyanya If He Proposes’

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According to Yes! Magazine, when asked if she would marry Iyanya if he proposed, Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson, who pointed out that she was single and searching, replied: "Maybe, yeah, maybe. You never know. Yeah. I will accept if he proposes. I mean, he’s good, a nice guy". Excerpts from the interview after the cut: Yes!: Have you found the right man? Yvonne: Not yet. I am still searching Yes!: Can you tell us about your alleged romance with Iyanya because he mentioned your name in one of his tracks Yvonne: He is a good friend of mine. I am his biggest fan. I love his music. He’s an amazing guy, special guy! That’s about it. Yes!: If he proposes to you today, would you say yes? Yvonne: Maybe, yeah, maybe. You never know. Yeah. I will accept if he proposes. I mean, he’s good, a nice guy.

NollyWood Actor Pete Eneh Passes On - RIP

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Veteran actor Pete Eneh has passed on. He died around 4 yesterday evening at Parklane Hospital, Enugu where he had been receiving treatment for over four months for a leg infection. The actor had one of his legs amputated on the 24th of October at the hospital due to serious infection he got after sustaining an injury that refused to heal because of his diabetic condition. He will be missed. May his soul rest in peace, amen!!

OMG!! Bible Student Rapes Spiritual Leader’s Wife: Records it… then kills her

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The Bible student who confessed to killing a spiritual leader’s wife revealed to a pastor he recorded the sexual assaults on his iPad, it emerged today, as the 23-year-old appeared in court. Micah Moore, of Kansas City, was charged on Saturday with first-degree murder in the death of Bethany Ann Deaton, which was made to look like a suicide after a bottle of pills and a note were left by her body. He appeared shackled in court today with his head bowed to hear the charges against him after he confessed to the October 30 murder on Friday. Moore told an International House Of Prayer pastor at the Grandview Police Department that he video recorded the sexual assaults on his iPad. Despite this, he has not been charged with any sexual assault. It is not yet clear if his iPad has been seized. IHOP released a statement today distancing themselves from the ‘cult’ saying they had no idea what kind of practices the students engaged in. The body of the 27-year-old woman was found in a van with a bag over her head with a suicide note that said: ‘My name is Bethany Deaton. I chose this evil thing. I did it because I wouldn’t be a real person and what is the point of living if it is too late for that? ‘I wish I had chosen differently a long time ago. I knew it all and refused to listen. Maybe Jesus will still save me.’ The statement, seen by The Kansas City Star, said that Moore admitted he was with Deaton at the lake and that he ‘placed a bag over her head and held it there until her body shook’. Moore was one of a number of roommates of Bethany Deaton and her husband Tyler, who was said to serve as ‘the spiritual leader of a community’. He said he was afraid that Deaton was going to tell her therapist about assaults that had occurred over the previous few months. Witnesses told detectives they were a part of a ‘religious community’ where they had sex with each other. Moore told police that he was told to kill Bethany Deaton by a person who said ‘he knew Micah had it in him to do it’. Another person who lived at their house told police Tyler had recently been ‘angry and frustrated’ and that in the weeks before Bethany’s death he revealed ‘he had had a dream that he killed his wife by suffocating her’. Moore is the only person to be charged in the case as yet but the police said they are still investigating. Bethany’s father released a statement on Monday about her death: ‘We are deeply grieving the loss of our beautiful and innocent daughter. We are shocked and horrified by the information now coming forth. ‘The betrayal, the subtle and increasing manipulation, and the brutal victimization which occurred is beyond tragic. We pray for the truth to be revealed. ‘While it is important to understand how Bethany died, it is even more important to understand how she lived. Because of the ongoing investigation, we do not have any further comment at this time.’ Source: UK Mail

Keri Hilson Lands In Abuja ….. Craves For Jollof Rice

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Grammy award winning artiste, Keri Hilson got into the country at about 5:20pm friday. In her entourage of about 15, were her bodyguards, aides, back-up dancers and singers. Keri is in Abuja as a guest star for the Face of Sofa (with Keri Hilson in concert) event, holding this weekend at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. The event also features popular Nigerian acts including, DJ Jimmy Jatt, W4, Omawunmi among others. Nollywood actress cum singer, Tonto Dike is also expected to perform… From her tweet below we sure know what she had as her first meal… Osshheey!! Its the #FaceOfSOFA with Keri Hilson, ICC Abuja !! Be There !!!!!!

60 Nigerians Deported From UK Over Marriage, Visa Scams

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At least 60 Nigerians in the United Kingdom have been deported because of various criminal offences. Some of the deportees had contravened immigration offences, while some were deported for their involvement in crimes such as molest, stealing, smoking and selling of hard drugs. Others used fake visa or engaged in fake marriages. Some of the deportees said at the airport that they had lived in the UK for long but could not get residence permit.

A woman who allegedly stabbed her husband said she did it after, “Jesus and Mary told me to kill him because he is Satan’s spawn!” according to a police report.

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Police in South Carolina released new details from the Nov. 9 attack, which landed 36-year-old Tammi Estep behind bars and her husband in the hospital, The Smoking Gun reports. Horry County Police deputies were called to Estep’s residence at approximately 6:45 a.m. on the day of the incident. When they arrived, Estep told officers that “She was sent to save the world,” according to a police report. Estep’s son told officers that his mother stabbed his father, 43, WPDE reports. Police transported Estep to the Seacoast MecLeod Hospital, where she was medically cleared to be transferred to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center. Estep remains in custody with no bail set, according to the county website. She is charged with attempted murder.

Monju Begum, a 40-year-old Bangladesh woman stopped an alleged rapist in his tracks when she reportedly cut off his p*****s and then took it to police as evidence.

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According to police, Begam’s neighbor, Mozammel Haq Mazi, forced his way into her shanty and began sexually assaulting her. Investigators say Begum stopped the attack by cutting off his p*****s She then placed the evidence into a polythene bag and took it into police as proof that Mazi had attempted to molest her. Begum, a married mother of three, told police that Mazi had been harassing her for the past six months. Mazi is reportedly also married and has five children. “It is quite an unusual incident. As far as I am aware, this is the first time that a woman has brought a severed p*****s to the police station as evidence,” said police spokesperson Abul Khaer. “We will arrest him once his condition gets better,” said Khaer. Mazi denied the allegations telling investigators that the two were having an affair. “Recently she suggested that both of us can go settle down in Dhaka,” said Mazi. “I refused and told her that I cannot leave my wife and children, so she took revenge on me.” Doctors say the man’s p*****s will not be re-attached..

Actress Uche Iwuji Marries Oil/Gas Big Boy In Lagos Court Yesterday

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Actress Uche Iwuji was among the crop of Nollywood actress that seemed poised for the lofty heights of Nollywood stardom. The actress’ career was on the rise when she decided to slow the pace. The actress who splits her time between Nigeria and the UK has embarked on a new journey today as she married Juwon Lawal, CEO of Oil Trading and Logistics company, ABD Fuel during a civil ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria today. Shortly before their wedding, the couple granted an interview to Nollywood Infotainment. Uche and Juwon shared their love story and plans for the future. How They Met Uche: While in London, one of my friend whom I hold in high esteem came for my birthday celebration and told me about one of her client’s that is still single who whould like to meet me. She knows him well as he has been a long standing client of hers. She is the owner of Giselle Home Ltd, a real estate outfit with it’s main office in Lekki, Lagos. Initially, I told her I was not interested in meeting anybody, but she insisted and told me this guy was a good person but that it will be nice for me to speak with him and know if he is my kind of person. She went further to say that he’s a kind, selfless God fearing man, and been that she’s someone I trust her judgement of people I agreed for him to call me, from there we got talking and the rest is history. Honestly, I can’t thank God enough because he’s given me my friend, husband, brother, everything that I’ve ever asked for in a man and more. Juwon: I met her through a friend who is more like a sister to me, she is a property consultant who runs a real estate company called Giselle Homes Ltd. My sweetheart has already given you the rest of the details, please I rather not repeat it. Feelings About their Union Uche: Waooooo, I’m the happiest girl. Today is the day the Lord has made and I shall be glad in it. I feel so blessed and loved because this is every truthful woman’s dream. I’m sure many people didn’t see this coming, but I know my God cannot lie to me. Cos if there’s a man to pray, there’s a God to answer. I’ve always prayed to God for my divine destiny husband, and today, he’s proven to me again that he’s not the God that lies.

"Initiative" Man converts an Okada into a Four-wheeled drive

A Funny picture i came across online, since Fashola's government stopped commercial Motor-bikes (Okadas) from operating on major high-ways in Lagos, this man (names not known) converts an Okada into a Four-wheeled drive! Nigerians are pretty creative with their initiative ideas..... Tweet

"Majority of Nigerian Churches has Lost It's Real Purpose"

Tweet There has been a lot of tittle-tattle lately as well as so many discordant tunes on the propriety or otherwise of jets and gifts to pastors and men of God.

The debates have been loud and raucous with so many people speaking from a position of little or no information. A lot of emotive vibes and outrage, for or against the perceived or real manipulations by men who supposedly have been given charge over the souls of millions, has become public fodder. Everyone appears to be venting their spleen wherever you turn. Hosea 4:7-9 New King James Version (NKJV) 7 “The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of My people; They set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds. But what exactly should we do or say? Supporters of ostentatious and obviously manipulative men of the cloak are quick to put the critics in check by quoting “touch not mine anointed” lines ostensibly to show that men of “God” are above reproach and as such “lesser” men have no right whatsoever to criticize or condemn perceived wrong doings of these high men of “God.” But is this the case? Are these men truly above reproach? Is it biblical for the “under shepherd” to feed fat on the flock while the flock groans and hopes for a better day? All these we shall examine in this piece. Let me appeal that this treatise may exceed the usual length allowed for articles on this blog as it comes laden with supporting Bible passages, but I assure you, it will be worth your while. Take a sip of water and follow me patiently. And plead with your boss at work to learn from it as well if he frowns at you. Who knows, your boss may have unwittingly contributed to purchasing a Limo, Hummer or Private Jet for his Pastor lately. Christianity was first brought to the shores of Nigeria by the European missionaries in the early 1800s. When they came, they built hospitals and schools. In fact, many Nigerians aged late thirties and above, were products of missionary schools, which were either free or came with negligible or paltry school fees. The early missionaries and churches in Nigeria were predicated on love and social services to their immediate communities. Many people in the age range I quoted above got quality education and even health care, courtesy of missionaries and churches. But fast forward to the present day. Church members are coerced to part with money they barely have, with either a promise of God blessing them in return or with stern warnings of perpetual poverty or even threatened with the danger of hell if they refuse to give “cheerfully”. God’s blessing in church today is now for sale and even your offering must be spoken to, so that it can bring forth plenty harvest. (remember our local priests “babalawo” have a culture of asking clients to rub their bodies with monies and ask for whatever they wish for). As a matter of fact, a particular church I know, a few years ago had a special offering called ‘dominion jet offering’, where adherents were made to donate towards the “ministry’s” jet only for the jet to be converted for the use of the self styled Bishop later. *My lips are sealed* In the course of my research, I discovered that a teacher’s son in a secondary school of one of these various prosperity promising centers, who lives in the church enclave, could not afford to send his son to the school, as a teacher and also amember of the church. His son was rather sent to school in a nearby town. The modern Nigerian church tasks it’s members to donate towards various projects such as universities and elitist secondary schools, but curiously, the poorer members of such prosperity centers can neither send their wards or kids to such schools, neither do the churches have a program to cater for the poor amongst their flock. Unlike the early missionaries who accommodated both the rich and poor in their schools, it is no longer business as usual for the poor. You either sow and get rich so that your children can also benefit from the schools built by the church you attend or find a lesser alternative, while hoping for a better day! The Church has become a class conscious body. The passage in Act 4:34-35 which Reads: “(34) Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, (35) and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.” has been totally ignored. In Nigeria’s contrivances of prosperity churches, it is survival of the fittest, elimination of the “poor” or unfit. How wonderful, won’t you say? No longer are we our brother’s keeper. Like 50 Cent, we have resolved in churches to get rich or die trying. We have been told that prosperity is a sign of God’s favor to his own people, but after reading and studying the lives of great men of God– men who brought great revivals in their time– I had to ask if Jonathan Edwards, a man who preached and thousands wept to the altar in one day, yet he wasn’t rich, or Smith Wiggleswort, a plumber whom God used to heal many sick and raised a lot of dead men, yet wasn’t stupendously rich, were missing a trick. Tozer, John Wesley etc were great men of God, who neither built castles nor owned the choicest properties in their time, but they made such differences in the body of Christ so much so that till this day, their works still speak for them. Unlike our spirito-christian magicians, these men lived simple lives, but turned many around towards righteous and holy living. Their time was termed the period of the great revival in history. Severally we have been reprimanded to “touch not mine anointed” but is this the correct application of this scripture? In which context was this phrase used? It is found in Psalm 105:15 and was repeated in 1Chronicles 16:22. That passage was written to praise the works of God when he took out Israel out of Egypt and saved them from harm, even though they were few. It was never about a pastor or a leader, it was written to praise God in taking care of a called out people. Anointed vessels are men who allow God to do his bidding through them. Note that those people who must do his bidding must be “called out” and what is the “church”? It simply means “the called out ones”. Therefore that Passage can also mean “touch not the church”. Do NOT be deceived, it was never written to protect or immune “penterascality” or ‘pastopreneurs’ from criticism. It was written as a mark or seal of God’s protection upon his chosen ones. The concept of giving and speaking to your money to work for you is another strange doctrine that has been introduced to make unsuspecting and unlearned Christians to part with their money without question. Several times they have called this subtle extortion mechanism: ‘seed’, claiming the passage of seed time and harvest in Genesis 8:22. But God was not using seed figuratively. It was a definite and correct use. In fact he said; the summer, winter etc shall not cease. You don’t pay for God’s blessings. Obed edom was blessed in 2 Samuel 6:10-12 not because he paid God aspecial seed but because the presence of God dwelt within him and his household. Unlike the short-cut pay and receive theology of our modern day pastors, God’s blessings dwell securely in his presence. It is better to live holy and have God on your side, than give plenty, while continuing in sin. There is nothing wrong in showering your pastors with gifts, but let’s look at some biblical examples of men that God used mightily. Were they louts, who busied themselves with soliciting gifts or were they men who had reasonable sources of income? Amos was a great prophet but hear him in Amos 7:14-15: 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and agatherer of sycomore fruit: 15 And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, ‘Go, prophesy unto my people Israel’. And let’s look at Paul, one of the greatest apostles who ever lived. Acts 18:1-3: 18 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. He was a tent maker. He HAD A JOB. He was no lout neither was he a beggar or a manipulator. His hands provided for his needs. I wish to bring a few scriptures to light in Philippians 3:18-19 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) and 2 Timothy 3:1-2 3: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. It is very clear that we are approaching the last days and like Jesus said, “shall I find faith on earth”? It a question we all should ponder on. Ask yourself, what is the purpose of your Christian faith? Is it to serve God or marmon? Is amassing worldly cash and acquiring worldly goods the reason Christ died on the cross? Do not get me wrong, being prosperous in not a sin, but it is written in 2Timothy 2:4: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And in Colosians 2:9, we read: For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily. If God is genuinely sought, he will be found. Having the presence of God dwelling in you is a guarantee of his fulness. The rate at which wrong doctrines are taught and imbibed is alarming and this is a pointer to alarming biblical illiteracy levels among Christians. As God said, ‘like people like priests’. 1Peter 4:17 17: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”. What is the gospel of God? I doubt if it means amassing wealth or accumulating worldly goods. Pastors must be careful in fleecing the flock as it is written that The souls of those in their care will be required of them. Our peculiar situation shows clearly that there are fundamental flaws in the teachings of the church as written in our opening scripture. Hosea, as quoted above, suggests that as the priests (pastors, bishops, archbishops, General overseers etc) are increasing, so is iniquity and sin on the rise. Looking at Nigeria today, we have a church in almost every corner, yet the crime and immorality rates are rising exponentially. It is time for the men of GOD to face their true calling which is preaching the gospel. But if they persist in milking the flock, God said he will use even stones, to achieve his aims, if men refuse to do his bidding. Study the scriptures and be diligent. Do not let a man created in ‘like-passions’ pull a wool over your eyes in the name of God. A lie can travel very fast in time, but in one swift moment, the truth will pursue, overtake and annihilate it. There is too much hot air emanating from our pulpits, but where is the fire of revival?