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- Don't Let Worry Deny You Your Right To Happiness
- Photos: Two Nigerian Sisters Who Are Pilots
- "Why We Can’t Deliver On Our Promises" – Osinbajo
- Best Graduating Student Shed Tears As Governor Okorocha Gifts Him N13.7m
| Don't Let Worry Deny You Your Right To Happiness Posted: 16 Feb 2018 03:56 AM PST  If you do, you're not alone. There's an endless supply of things to worry about, both in world affairs and in our personal lives. It can consume us and distract us from living in the moment and from being in tune with God's voice in our lives. Have you ever stopped in the midst of all your worrying, (it's hard to do!) and considered how obsessive worry impacts your relationship with God and His will for your life? While you wrestle with anxiety-filled thoughts, you are consumed and robbed of the gift to live in the present moment. And it's in the present moment that God does His work — and that's where He intends you to be. When your worry super-imposes the "future" on the "present," it empties today of its strength. Worry Produces Fear and Anxiety Worriers often live in a continuous cycle of fear and anxiety — the paralyzing by-products of worry. This continuous cycle is like running on a hamster wheel. You can't get off even though you're completely exhausted! This kind of worry goes well beyond healthy concern and places you in a constant state of painful uneasiness. The anxiety disturbs your mind and there is complete turmoil in your thinking. Thoughts become obsessive to the point where you cannot function or even think about anything else. Is Worry a Spiritual Battle? Scripture says that God has not given you the spirit of fear. He has not given you this obsession to worry, this fear, this terror… somebody else has: the devil. He would like nothing more than to distract you from God and who God wants you to be. Many are tempted to worry, but when you fall into that temptation and continually worry, then you sin. Worry is sin! Recognizing that obsessive worry is a spiritual battle makes all the difference. First, it reminds you that you won't win the war on worry in your own strength. As a believer, you have Christ. He never worries, and He asks you to bring all your worries to Him. Philippians 4:6-7 says: "Don't be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God, and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Thankfully, God has provided a way out of obsessive worry — it is through Jesus and through prayer. When you turn your worries into prayers, it's not that your worries go away, but they are transformed from "destructive worry" to "constructive concern." You've now handed over your heavy worry load to the Lord, and He has control over everything. Prayer Settling into a worrisome situation and an anxious state of mind, and deciding that it's "comfortable" because it's what you've been doing for so long, renders you ineffective to others and to the Lord. Scripture encourages you to "be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" (Joshua 1:9). Take your worries to the Lord in prayer and leave them there. Don't pick them back up, but allow the Lord to deal with the burden. And pray all day long, every day, celebrate God, revel in Him, shape your worries into prayers, then "the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds." It will take practice, and you might find yourself falling to your knees in prayer many times throughout the day. You can't do this alone. But be resolved to ask the Holy Spirit to help you obey God's command in Philippians and Joshua. It will take courage, but in the end, courage is worry, fear, and anxiety that has said its prayers. Lord, there is certainly enough in our fallen world to worry about. [written by Jill Briscoe]  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Photos: Two Nigerian Sisters Who Are Pilots Posted: 16 Feb 2018 03:56 AM PST    culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| "Why We Can’t Deliver On Our Promises" – Osinbajo Posted: 16 Feb 2018 03:06 AM PST  He also expressed frustrations at the inability of anti-graft agencies to secure convictions for the many suspects brought before the courts for corruption due to the manipulative tendencies of the elite class. Osinbajo spoke as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Fr. Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, said the problems plaguing the nation's democracy will not disappear with the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari from office. The duo made their separate remarks at a public lecture organised by The Kukah Centre in Abuja yesterday, with the theme: "How to make Democracy Work for Africa." Osinbajo, who noted that people expected those charged with governance to deliver on their promises, including delivering social goods, ensuring that the growing youth population got jobs, ensuring the rule of law and security, lamented that despite several suspects charged with corruption by anti-graft agencies in the country, convictions are yet to be secured. According to him, convictions have not been achieved due to the manipulation of suspects who are mainly elites. Osinbajo said people could be put on trial but the trials could go on forever because the system enables people to employ diverse legal tactics to delay conviction. Accordingly, he said the elite preferred the status quo which set the lowest bar for political advancement, being "identity politics" of where one comes from or which religion one belongs. He said the elite follow the path of such division to analyse real development issues, thus diminishing the real issues concerning the people such as good governance, job creation, poverty alleviation, peace and security. The African problem The Vice President said: "That is the Africa story; democracy, yes; election yes. These are issues that remain very prominent everywhere in Africa. "It is often threatened because we simply have not invested enough in the institutions that make this possible. So, ensuring security, problems of weak policing are some of the issues that we experience. "The perception of people on the efficiency and fairness of the justice system is affected always by the slow pace of trials and manipulation of the system by those who can afford superior legal representation. "Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely on account of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts. "But the question of the capacity of the state to deliver on its most important role of security, justice and rule of law is often threatened because we have not invested enough in institutions that make it possible," Osinbajo said. Buhari's exit not the solution — Kukah In his remarks, Bishop Mathew Kukah, said the problems plaguing the nation's democracy will not disappear with the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari from office. According to him, establishing a 'Third Force' coalition to merely produce a replacement for President Buhari in 2019 will not fix the inefficiencies of government unless the entire political class see power as a trust given to them by the people. Kukah said: "Since 1999, when we returned to democracy, we had prayerfully hoped that by now, we would have covered a lot of mileage but almost 20 years later, it seems to be quite a bit of tragedy. "Building a nation is like staying in marriage or pursuing any vocation in life that requires lots and lots of patience and hard work. "On the issue of 2019 and the third force coalition, I reiterate that if every time you have problem in your marriage, you go ahead to marry a new wife, how many wives will you end up marrying? "The solution to bad marriage is not a new marriage. I am talking as a Catholic priest. The problem with the APC is that it is a coalition and that is why it is falling apart. "The major limitation in Nigeria is that the people in power feel it is them against the rest of Nigerians. Democracy has opened up a space, and as such, anybody who holds power holds that power in custody and in trust for the people. "People's right across our country are frustrated with democracy; they are frustrated because it has not been able to offer them the hope they had dreamt about. But we still have to convince our people that it is still probable for democracy to work. "Nations of the world have tried theocracy, which is the government by Priests or Imams and have found those systems wanting. They have tried tyranny, apartheid and so on. At the end, everybody has agreed that democracy is the best system that approximates the tool we require to manage diversity, especially for a country like Nigeria. "Democracy is not what politicians can offer to us, it is not what the President can give to us, and it is not what governors or senators can do on part time basis. Democracy is a process which each and every one of us imbibe, adopt certain ingredients that regulate our lives."  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Best Graduating Student Shed Tears As Governor Okorocha Gifts Him N13.7m Posted: 16 Feb 2018 12:06 AM PST  Ekenze who lost his father shortly after gaining admission to study Optometry in Imo State University was threatened to withdraw for lack of funding as his mother's vegetable trade could not sponsor his education. After becoming governor in 2011, Rochas Okorocha declared free and compulsory education from primary to university and that would rekindle the spark of greatness in the young doctor to soar to greatness.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
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