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Word For Today: How To Give Him Glory

How To Give Him Glory · Friday, November 29th · 

Pastor Chris

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him (John 2:11).

Many believe they’re giving God glory when they merely say, "Lord, I give you the glory." If truly they’re giving Him glory that way, then where is the glory? There has to be something to show for it. It’s like going to church, and saying, "Lord, I give you the offering," and you don’t put anything in the offering basket. If you picked an item in a shop and told the shopkeeper, "I give you the money," will the shopkeeper let you go just because you said, "I give you the money?" Certainly not! He’d ask you for the money. You’ll have to back up your statement with paying the required amount for the purchased item.

In the same way, much more than saying it, the way to give God glory is by doing what He asked you to do and showing the results: declaring that they were done in the Name of Jesus, according to His Word. Let’s take the Lord Jesus for an example; when He turned water into wine, the Bible says, He manifested forth His glory.

When He commanded the paralytic to rise up and walk and it happened, the people glorified God when they saw the miracle (Luke 5:26). Likewise, in the city called Nain, when He raised the only son of a widow back to life, the Bible says, "And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people" (Luke 7:16). Whenever you act on God’s Word, and it produces result, and then you go ahead to praise Him for it, or others see it and praise Him, the Lord is glorified.

That’s why He delights in answering our prayers. He loves to see us actualize our hopes and dreams, and then praise Him for it. Some people don’t know this, so they pray "religiously," not expecting to receive answers. If only they knew that the glory of God lies in answering our prayers! Have the audacity of faith to expect answers when you pray, because the Lord derives glory from answering your prayers. It brings to mind the words of Jesus in John 15:8, "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples." His joy is for you to have a fruitful, productive, and effective walk in righteousness.

Prayer  

Dear Father, I thank you that my life is for your glory, and I show forth your virtues, excellence, perfections and beauty today. I’m prospering and making progress on all sides because you’ve ordained me to an excellent life of fruitfulness and productivity, in Jesus’ Name. Amen!

f u r t h e r s t u d y: Matthew 5:16; John 15:7-8

Daily Scripture Reading

1 Year Reading Plan : 2 Peter 3, Ezekiel 5-7

2 Year Reading Plan : John 16:1-11 1 Chronicles 29

Why I Joined The APC – Governor Amaechi

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) with the overall interest to protect Rivers people.

Amaechi also said that Rivers State has suffered neglect under the Jonathan administration, and that part of the decision to join the APC was because the issues raised by G7 governors were not resolved by President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP.

Amaechi spoke with journalists at the Port Harcourt International Airport shortly on arrival from Abuja, Tuesday

He said: “Yes, we have joined APC after the meeting we had with Buhari, Tinubu and the interim Chairman of APC.”

“The governors met on Monday and decided that we must meet with the APC leadership and when we met with the APC leadership, it was important we took a position and the position we took is for the good of our democracy and ensure that Nigeria moves forward. We can’t continue the way we are, where we are.

“The picture painted by the PDP was as if we were begging to come back to PDP and issues were not being looked into, issues were not being resolved and it’s important that we resolve it one way or the other”.

“I think that what has happened is that what was then new PDP decided that it’s important that we move into APC and position ourselves for the next election”.

“Rivers State must know that for me to have taken that decision, I had looked at the general interests of Rivers people. I was not elected to lead Nigeria, I was elected to lead Rivers State and I had looked at the interests of Rivers people and have seen that these interests were not protected in PDP. I have seen the fact that we are losing our oil wells in Etche, in the Kalabari areas and that the more they continue to pilfer these oil wells, the more we will continue to lose our wealth”, he said.

Despite his defection to the APC, Amaechi said he still holds President Jonathan in high esteem and has no personal quarrel with him.

“The President and I have no personal quarrel, it’s important we put that in perspective. All the issues were issues that affect Rivers people, were issues that affect Nigerians and I am a Nigerian, I have to address those issues…he is my President and I respect him. I respect his office, respect him as a person, respect the fact that he’s older but then as the elected governor of Rivers State, I have the responsibility to lead Rivers State”.

"If you look at what is going on, the federal government is not able to fund the states anymore. They say oil theft but oil theft is not enough reason for which we cannot fund ourselves.”

He drew the attention to the Port Harcourt International Airport, which the Federal Government had long abandoned because of its inability to fund the project.

“As per development in Rivers State, we are about to commission about 300 primary schools, we are about to commission another 70 health centres to add to the 60 we commissioned before. We are about to commission the Kelsey Harrison hospital at Emenike Street, there is a new one inside Rivers State University of Science and Technology Campus, there is a partnership between us and NDDC for which we have paid NDDC about N960 million for the mother and child hospital and NDDC is expected to bring about N900 million to make it N1.8 billion for the hospital. The stadium is about to be completed, so development is actually going on. We are working”.

Copule Alert: BBA 8 Contestants Beverly Osu and Bimp Mabesh Reportedly Dating...

Well, this is supposedly the latest on Beverly and Bimp...

I used the word 'supposedly' because I haven't confirmed it. But according to Linda Ikeji, it's for real... (See how she reported it below:

"This is not hearsay or rumour o...it's fact! BBA The Chase contestants Beverly Osu and Bimp from Ethiopia are dating. They currently live together at a temporary place in Lekki. Bimp is planning to stay in Nigeria for good if all his plans go well. He will return to Ethiopia tomorrow while Beverly goes to South Africa for the Channel O awards but as soon as she returns to Nigeria, Bimp will return to his love. I hear they are totally mad for each other! Bev! This is a hotter catch than Angelo! "

Good for them... life goes on anyway. 
See another photo of them at the Channel O 16th Anniversary party...

They look far better together than Bev and Angelo ever looked.

PS: Dear VMB readers, I'm so sorry for my irregularities in blogging... Service has been very poor in the past weeks and I'm making effort to get an alternative medium for blogging. Please bear with me. Thanks for your understanding...

~Vivian Michael

Love Like No Other! Nadia Buari & Jim Iyke [LOOK]

I really couldnt' help but talk about this!  

So Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari and boo #BFF Jim Iyke are on a short jamboree ... Madrid, Frankfurt, Zurich, Barcelona and "Yaa! Bk soon" to mark her birthday which was yesterday, November 21st.

Jim Iyke hasn't ceased with updates on their activities. Pictured above is 

Nadia and Jim yesterday, at the private dinner (organised by him) with #Spanish Mariachi serenading his #Bff. According to him, "She cried all thru"

They say when a guy really loves a girl he wants the world to know yeah? 

If this isn't love, I wonder what is!

Jim Iyke went all in on this one. He didn't stop at arranging a private dinner. He also went on to get a pink limo because pink is her favourite colour. (See other photos below)

Oyibo sef dey trip! lol

Honestly, they look so good together. I just hope he pops the $1m question already. #fingerscrossed

Happy Belated Birthday Nadia... God's blessings.

PHOTOS: Massive Protest in Anambra State As Women Sleep & Roll on The Road

Massive protest on Monday hits various cities across Anambra as several women groups came out to express their displeasure over the Independent National Electoral Commission’s stance on the gubernatorial election that took place in the state on Saturday November 16th, 2013.

The electoral commission had on Monday declared the election as inconclusive and thus, could not declare the perceived winner, APGA’s Willie Obiano as the ‘governor-elect’ of the state.

See more photos from the protest below:

Chocolate City’s Victoria Kimani Show Off New Tattoos On Her Upper Body [Photos]

Well... Hot or Not?

Teebillz, Tiwa Savage’s Fiance, Share Photos Of His Son & Daughter + A Word For Haters [LOOK]

Tiwa’s Fiance yesterday took to social media to share photos of his son and daughter from his previous marriage and also posted a photo of his daughter’s report card. 

His kids are so pretty, they make one's eyes water! He must be a proud dad!

He captioned the photo of his daughter's report card “I'm Not A Perfect Father But I Promise You Will Never Lack Anything in Life even When I'm 6ft Down. Just Keep The Good Grades Coming and Always Be Good Girl. I Love My lil Angel "Sheree Olabisi Balogun" #VeryProudFather"

He also went further to say: 

“It’s funny how Mofos don’t know me and wanna talk s**t! I’m more of a father than most of these Press ppl’s Fathers. God will Destroy your family if you try to bring your evil to mine”...

Well well well... I guess he was referring to critiques who called him out for his upcoming wedding to Tiwa, after fathering 2 kids with his former wife.

Interestingly, he's taken down the photos of the kids (I really can't say why).

Here's wishing them love & happiness in their upcoming nuptials. 

LASU Student Arrested For Sending Godogodo’s Gang After His Father’s N61m

Godogodo

Remember Godogodo (pictured above)? He is the very notorious criminal who was caught some months ago and who the police referred to as bigger than Shina Rambo (Another very notorious criminal).

Godogodo after his capture, confessed to being a part of the biggest robbery operation this year at the MMIA. 

Well, there is another twist to the story as a particular Kabiru Mohammed has confessed to being the informant, who notified Godogodo and his gang about the deal.

Kabiru Mohammed, the son of a bureau de change operator at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport has been arrested by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikeja. Kabiru, a student of the Lagos State University, was arrested for his involvement with a robbery gang whom he hired to steal $383,000 or N61 million from his father.

The suspect confessed to hiring a notorious armed robber, Abiodun Ogunjobi aka Godogodo to rob his father of the sum of money. Mohammed is in the custody of the Special Anti Robbery Squad in Ikeja.

He said, “My father is a bureau de change operator at the airport. I am the one who arranged a seven-man armed robbery gang led by Godogodo to rob my older brother, Ibrahim who was carrying my father’s money amounting to $383,000.

“I told the gang that my father had dollars. The first operation was when Ibrahim wanted to convey money from local airport to international airport, I called Godogodo and gave him the car number plate and the colour of the car. I told them not to kill my brother, but to shoot into the air. I knew my brother would release the money because my father told us not to drag money with armed robbers. They collected $350,000 and gave me only two bundles which is $20,000

“In the second operation they stopped my brother in front of Air Force Bus Stop and collected $33,000 and they gave me $8,000.”

Kabiru Mohammed confessed to being a member of the gang and follows them on some operations.

“I am a member of the robbery gang. My role is to find targets and also information which I give to the gang. That is why they call me ‘Target man’.”

He said he spent his share of the loot on building a mosque in Kano and buying 17 rams for the less privileged.

~See achievements! Mtscheeew. 
So he actually stole and 'probably killed people' to build a mosque and buy Rams for the less privileged? He must have been very privileged indeed!

Beautifully Pregnant Annie Idibia Shares New Photos of Her Beautiful Self... [LOOK]

I think Nigerian ladies have finally accepted the fact that pregnancy is not a curse/disease... but a blessing.

Despite the obvious discomfort that come with pregnancies, our 9ja celebs are doing their best to make it seem easy.

Annie Idibia is not one to be left out! She's really rocking her pregnancy and is looking more fabulous each passing day!

Check out another photo below:

I just love her footies!

Black Day In Lagos As 'Lord’s Chosen' Truck Kills Pregnant Woman, 8 Others And Injures 11 In Oshodi

Tragedy struck in the Oshodi area of Lagos State on Tuesday after a truck belonging to the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Church lost control, killing and injuring many people.

Many eyewitnesses at the scene gave conflicting reports of the number of people killed and wounded in the accident.

The number of the dead ranged between 12 and 20. But police authority confirmed that only six people died, while five people were wounded.

However, the News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Oshodi Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Samuel Ogundayo, said 19 people were involved in the accident, adding that eight of them died.

It was learnt that among the dead was an unidentified pregnant woman, whose foetus was also crushed in the accident

PUNCH Metro learnt that the truck, which was laden with sand, was heading towards Mile 2 area when it experienced a brake failure.

A newspaper vendor on the Oshodi Oke Bridge, Michael Okafor, told our correspondent that the truck ran into bystanders at the Oshodi Motor Park.

Okafor said, “Around 11.30am, many people were standing at the part of the motor park, where Mile 2 buses park when the truck just ran into them. The truck also ran into some of the vehicles there. So many people were crushed and blood was all over the place.

“The driver immediately ran away, but he was later arrested by policemen from Makinde Police Station.”

The incident was said to have caused traffic congestion on the Mile 2 bound lane as bystanders and motorists rushed to the scene to assist the victims.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said the driver, Lawrence Nwaodu, had been arrested and the vehicle had been impounded.

Braide said the victims had been rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where they were responding to treatment.

Braide warned motorists, especially truck drivers, to always check their vehicles before driving on the expressway as cases of truck accidents had risen in recent times.

She said, “At exactly 12pm, a fatal motor accident occurred at Oshodi, Motor Park. When police officers from Makinde Division led by the Divisional Police Officer arrived at the scene, they discovered that it was caused by a tipper, which was carrying sand, along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, inward Mile 2 service lane.

“The tipper, with number plate, JJJ824XD, owned by the Lords chosen Church, lost control due to a brake failure and ran into three stationary vehicles in the park. In the process, all the vehicles got damaged while five yet-to-be identified female pedestrians lost their lives.

“One of the deceased was a pregnant woman, whose foetus also gushed out, bringing the casualty figure to six in number. About five people were also injured and they are currently receiving treatment at LASUTH.

“We have apprehended the driver of the truck, whose name is Lawrence Nwaodu, 45 years. The four vehicles involved have been taken to LASTMA office, while calm has also returned in the area.”

Very sad indeed.

May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

CRIME IN CHURCH: Couple, In-law Steal 13m from Church In Oyo [Pictured]

A suspect, Pius Edward; his wife, Fausat; and her mother, have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the theft of N13m from Bishop’s Court, an Anglican church in Bodija area of Ibadan.

Edward, a security man at the church was said to have broken into an office where the money was kept and made away with it.

It was alleged that he woke his wife the following morning and told her to prepare for a journey with the children.

After the theft was reported by one of the reverends in the church, the police were, however, able to trace his movement and nabbed him at Idi-Iroko, Ogun State, where he had gone to buy two cars with part of his loot.

He was also said to be planning to relocate his family to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndabawa, said Edwards’ in-law’s involvement was attempting to help the family disappear from Nigeria by facilitating the procurement of their travel documents.

He said, “On November 9, at about 9am, an accountant attached to Bishop’s Court, Bodija, Ibadan, reported to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office that on November 8, at 11.55pm, Edward broke into the office and made away with N13m which belongs to the church.

Investigation revealed that the suspect was hiding in a hotel at Odeda in Ogun State. With the help of immigration office, Ogun State Command, the suspect and his family were assisted in procuring travelling document to Dubai without letting him know that he was being lured out of his hiding place. He was arrested thereafter at Idi-Iroko, Ogun State with two unregistered car he had purchased with part of the money.”

Also recovered from him were N656,000 and $2,300, while Edward said he tore a N7m cheque belonging to the church for fear of being arrested while attempting to cash it.

Edward confessed to the crime while speaking with our correspondent, adding that he only stole N2.5m and that he purchased N1.8m cars from the loot.

“I pushed my wife into the crime. My mother in-law was involved because she introduced me to the immigration officer that helped us procure the travelling document,” he said.

Fausat said she did not know that her husband had stolen the money.

“He threatened to leave me with the children if I did not follow him.

“So I followed him. He did not tell me that he stole money from the church,” she said"

TheParadigm

Governor Orji sacks Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants... Says 'No Condition Is Permanent'

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has dissolved the body of Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants.

The governor who announced the dissolution on Tuesday during a banquet at the Government House, Umuahia, thanked the former aides for their diligence and support to his government.

The governor who said that he meant well by his decision to dissolve the body of Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants, implored them to see the development as normal in politics.

” We want to reengineer by appointing new people, and those who have done well will be brought back. I don’t want any of you to be like the typical politician who are not disciplined, and don’t start to romance with the opposition. This is a normal thing that happens in politics just to allow other people to come in. No condition is permanent.

“I want to thank you sincerely for your diligence and support to the government. Government means well for all of us. Any success achieved by this government is attributable to you. You have been dependable pillars to our government, please don’t fight this government.”

Former chairman of the body of advisers, Chief Isaac Ogbonna, thanked the governor for giving them the opportunity to serve the state in different capacities. He described Governor Orji as “a good man.”

DailyPost

3.4 Million Nigerians Are Living With HIV; 58% Are Women - NACA

The Managing Director, National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko, has said 3.4 million Nigerians are living with HIV of which 58 per cent are women.

Idoko gave the figure at the end of a two-day Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum on Tuesday in Abuja.

He was represented at the occasion by Dr. Morenike Ukpong, Coordinator, New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society.

Idoko said there was a need for biomedical prevention technologies because the decline in new infections was much slower in adults than in children.

He said that an estimate of 388, 864 people became newly-infected by HIV in 2011, and that 217,148 people died from AIDS-related causes in 2011.

He said that donor funding accounted for 75 per cent of the expenditure in 2011.

According to him, there is prediction that new cases may rise in Nigeria from rapid population growth because of the recent increase in Mozambique and Tanzania.INV-AIDS

“To keep pace with current spending, 30 billion U.S. dollars is required by 2031. Where is that money going to come from?”

He said that nationwide prevalence stabilised around four per cent but 12 states carried higher burden and Nigeria was behind target in several important indicators.

Mr. Bright Ekweremadu, the Country Director, Society for Family Health, an NGO, said that establishing priority populations to be targeted and identifying appropriate intervention strategies were among the primary mandate for HIV prevention funding.

According to him, intervention to promote accelerated antiretroviral therapy (ART) remained one of the most important scientific advances in HIV programme intervention.

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