NO REASON TO BE POWERLESS

Christians have a powerful tool- The word of God. Unfortunately, not many christians know this, some who know do not study it, and most others who study it do not even believe in it ( by their actions it's easy to tell they have no faith in the word of God).

The Word of God is powerful! You can tap into this power only if you make time to study your bible. Its not enough to know how to pray and "kabash" and speak in tongues. If you do not know the Word, you are a powerless Christian.
Most of the answers we run from pillar to post seeking, are in the Word. The difference between you and that man of God you run to is that He/She takes time to study the word and so knows just how to apply it to your circumstance.

The word of God is miraculous. No matter your situation, no matter your prayer request, there is an answer in the word. The confidence I get from God's word is priceless. It brings me an unusual calmness, even when things do not go as I had wished. For I know His plans for me are of good and not of evil, to give me an expected end. Halleluyah!

God is in every circumstance, you just need to pause and acknowledge His presence and you would be amazed at how fast he would come through for you. He said " when thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt..." (Is 43:2). Brethren, no be lie!!! I have seen it and I am living it. God is in that storm. He permitted it for purpose. When you choose to respond to that storm with the consciousness of God's good will for you and his presence in your situation, the end will surely be for your good. But when you rebel against God at your trying time and loose focus, you are on your own!

Stop running from pastor to pastor, church to church. Instead, study from King James Version to New Living Translation to MSG to every other bible translation you can get. Your solution is there.

I cannot exhaust all I have in my heart in one post, definitely not. The revelations I have received from bible study is awesome, the miracles are jaw breaking. My close friends can testify to this.  I cannot keep this insight to myself and so I want to encourage you this morning to make time to study God's word. Pray for grace to be consistent with bible study, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. Study it and live it, and watch your joy overflow.

Have a good weekend.

[Source: #chukwunomnso.
-Helen Nonso Odega]

STILL DOUBTING CRYPTOCURRENCY? READ THIS

A lot of people haven't woken up to the reality of cryptocurrency. While the early birds have taken position and some have made remarkable​ profits in some time, others are watching to key in.
Some persons have become silent millionaires​ in cryptocurrency and by next year, more millionaires and some Billionaires will be birthed. Whichever country you may be residing, please position yourself, learn about it and take action. The Nigerian CBN is even now waking up to reality.
Read the article below from one the nation's newspapers, THE PUNCH and you will be amazed.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) is now waking up to reality. They have held meeting with leaders of Crypto currencies in Nigeria. Don’t be left out.
Blockchain technology transforming retails payment — CBN
Published May 23, 2017

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele
Ozioma Ubabukoh
The Central Bank of Nigeria says that the introduction of Blockchain technology in the global banking sector is already transforming the retail payment systems across the banks.
Blockchain is the world’s leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, it uses a new technology to build a radical financial system.
According to the CBN, the transformation involves new guidelines on third party cheque encashment across the counter, a drive for adoption in both traditional and alternative payment channels and the utilisation of convenient platforms that emphasise the use of virtual currencies in doing payment transactions.
“Several things have happened within the last one year, which have impacted on the payments system not just in Nigeria but across the world. A major introduction into the payment mix has been the advent of Blockchain technology, which has promised to disrupt our world of payments,” the Director, Banking and Payment Systems, CBN, Dipo Fatokun, said.
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He spoke at a sensitisation programme on cybersecurity, organised by the Microsoft Nigeria and Information Security Society of Africa-Nigeria, in Lagos.
Fatokun said, “As it is typical with new innovations, opportunities derived can be accompanied with challenges that can affect both adoption and usage. The jury is still out in determining how big an impact this technology will have on our payments system.
“A major driver of the change being witnessed has been the activities of Fintechs who have spearheaded a revolution in financial services, globally.
“Through cost cutting and improvement in the quality of financial service, Fintechs have now seemingly cut themselves off the apron strings of regulation, legacy Information Technology systems and branch networks.”
He added, “As exciting as all this may sound, we must once again not only recognise inherent risks but also define new information security postures required to keep the industry continuously protected and its stakeholders secure, in the light of these advancements.”
The President and Chairman, Board of Trustees of ISSAN, Dr. David Isiavwe, called on all banks and financial firms in the country to adopt blockchain technology in order to avoid future cyberattacks that could destroy their systems and render them useless.
“There is the possibility that there could be a return of the ransomeware variant, so the only way to avoid future regrets is by taking preventive measures now,” said Isiavwe, who is also a general manager at Union Bank.
*Copyright PUNCH.*

ARE MEN REALLY TRAINED TO LIE?

TRAINED TO LIE

I have heard many women accuse us men as being "pathetic liars" and sadly they are correct.Its a mechanism we use to avoid confrontation or be on the defensive.

A closer look at the conversation for me reveals its a tough thing for us to avoid lying as that's how we have been programmed from way back.

Most boys from age 4 upwards start to hear the words " men don't cry,suck it up and man up.The aim is to toughen up boys but the reality is that we instruct them to deny the pain, hurt or emotional discomfort.

So we grow up learning how to suppress,hide or even deny our true situation so as to appear Confident,strong and "in control".

So we are wired from early to "live in denial" about our reality and put up a front.That is why many men will tell you what you want to hear and not the reality.

If we are honest with ourselves,we will admit that the present male dysfunction is ignorantly crafted by our up bringing, culture and societal expectations.

I will always insist it's hypocritical to judge the "men" we created.I believe it's time we redefine our concept of being a man and raise strong, confident and mature boys who don't have to deny the reality of their situations.

Thank you for raising a different man in your home.

[Source: @dejiirawo]

A CONFERENCE JUST FOR MEN

If you are a man, don't miss this conference for anything. It will help sharpen your edge as a man. Kindly share this information with as many males as you can.
Hear what a leading men's technocrat, Deji Irawo, has to say below:
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Interestingly many women have been wired to seek "confidence" as a very attractive quality in men.I very much agree that confidence is a great virtue that mature men should have but we need to look at that word carefully and how it relates to men.

So men have grown to ensure that they put up a confident outlook at "all times" so as not to appear weak especially when relating with women.

Many women say they desire an emotionally intimate relationship with males but feel put off if the "man" shows emotion or cries in the process,then they tell him to "man up",which means to proove he is masculine and not weak.

Asides from the fact that when you tell a man to man up,he might never totally open up to you again.The real conversation is ,how did society/culture programme women to be attracted to that "Macho" expression we call confidence?

Can i humbly submit that from my interface with men that the problem is with the misunderstanding of the word "confidence". Confidence in men is not the absence of fear or vulnerability like we have been trained to think, it's accepting the reality on ground and deciding to keep moving inspite of the obvious reality.

What we have done is to wrongly​ train men to deny the pain/feeling in the bid to appear "confident"This leads to the suppression of inner realities and the subsequent implosion men suffer.Confidence is the inner capacity to get up and go despite the obvious pain we feel.

Join us for 4 days of capacity development for men at the kingdom men network conference, kindly invite a man around you.

[Source: @dejiirawo]

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough. - T.S. Eliot The Greatest leader of all time says it this way, "...Seek and you shall find" Do you really want the results you desire? Dont give up. Pursue it. Seek it. You will get it. Have a great day

THE POWER OF INNER GROWTH

In everyday life, when we see a person who does not grow at the rate expected as normal, or in planst and animal which do not seem to increase in size as time passes, we usually say that they are suffering from stunted growth. Or we can probably call it arrested development. The same is also true in our spiritual lives, our emotional and intellectual lives. If we do not grow and develop at the rate expected, we could become stunted spiritually, emotionally or in good character. In the letter to the Hebrews in chapter 5, God had the same issue with the Hebrews. There the bible says “I have a lot more to say about this, but it is hard to get it across to you since you've picked up this bad habit of not listening. By this time you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again, starting from square one — baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago! Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways; solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong.

God loves you, but He wants you to grow; He wants you to become better and better every single day. He has also put the grace and strength at your disposal, and one person who understands the availability of God’s grace to do anything is Apostle Paul. Little wonder in Philippians 4:13 he said “I can do everything through him who gives me strength. So where do you know you need to grow up; it could be in the way you follow God, it could be in the way you relate with other people, the way you handle finances, or in the way you lead or provide for your family? So, today I urge you set your heart on growing up, and you will find that the grace of God is sufficient every time.
(Source: Ben & Kay Akhigbe II)

WHAT PA ELTON SAW CLEARLY ABOUT NIGERIA IN THE '80s

It was in a Christian meeting in the 80's that Pa Elton John, a renowned revivalist gave a word about what he saw about Nigeria. These are the recorded words spoken during that meeting.
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"Nigeria and Nigerians will be known all over the world for corruption.

Your name (Nigeria) will stink for corruption but after a while a new phase will come - a phase of righteousness.

People from the nations of the earth will hold to a Nigerian and say, "We want to follow you to your nation to go and learn righteousness."

Pa S.G. Elton was a British missionary to Nigeria. He was an apostolic and prophetic vessel who labored for revival in this nation for about 50 years.

THERE IS HOPE FOR NIGERIA!

DO NOT DESPAIR!!

JESUS IS OUR HOPE!!!
[Posted by Dr N Stewart]

HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE NIGERIAN POLICEMEN AT A GLANCE

These days all kinds of things are happening and we now have fake policemen on our roads. However, the big question is, how do you identify the real ones from the fake ones?

Well, the Nigerian Police has given us the answer themselves. And these are the 4 ways to identify them:

1. Number tag of a real policeman must be six
digits, less than six is fake.

2. Only female police officers have their numbers
begin with "0", any policeman with number
beginning with "0" is fake.

3. Every policeman's name tag is woven to the
shirt, no more removable name tags.

4. A distinction between the normal policeman and
the SPY (supernumerary) police personnel is that a
"SPY" number must be either three or four digits
with the word "SPY" boldly inscribed on their
uniform shoulder.

*Please* at night always roll up your windows in
traffic, central lock your doors and be double sure
they are true policemen. If they are not, be strong and speed off. Never get frightened. 😩

Be watchful,👀 they are everywhere.

Educate your family
members and friends

Credit:
*THE NIGERIAN POLICE*👮🏽

Pls share👆🏽

JOB VACANCY IN A NEW AIRLINE COMPANY

Know anyone looking for a job? A new airline is looking to fill the following positions :

Chief Operating Officer
Director of Commercial
Director of Ground Operations & Customer Service
Human Resources Manager
Head of Security
Facilities & Procurement Manager
IT Manager
Product & Marketing Manager
Head of Internal Audit & Rick Control
Head of Legal
Manager Corporate Communications (PR / Media)
Ground Ops Manager
Station Managers
Revenue Manager
Engineering Projects & Planning Manager
Cabin Line Trainer/Flight Attendant
Head of Flight Ops (Ops Control Centre Manager)
Crew Roster Supervisor
Training & Standards Manager
Cabin/Crew Services Manager
Captains
First Officers
Flight Attendants
Sales & Distribution Manager
Schedule & Network Planning Manager
Ticketing and Reservations Manager
Sales & Marketing Assistants
Cust. Service/Reservations officers
Payroll Officer
Training Officer
Compliance (Safety & Quality) Manager
Engineering Safety Officer
Flight Safety Officer
Corporate Services Manager
Management Accountant
Inflight Service & Catering Manager
Training & Procedure Manager
Ramp Manager
Customer Relations Manager
Engineering Projects & Planning Manager
Maintenance Engineers
Finance Officers
Information Technology Personnel
Facilities and Procurement Personnel
Flight Dispatcher
Secretarial/Admin/HR Asst Personnel
Drivers

Interested persons should send their resume to recruitment@nextzon.com. Name of the airline is Eagle Airways.

THE CRUX OF THE MATTER FOR MEN

Once your perspective of who you are as a man is warped ,you will automatically malfunction. That's why the enemy's most lethal weapon against men is to ensure they have an identity crisis.

At the core of male dysfunction is the ignorance of one's true self and an internal validation of an individual's unique talents, passion and make up.

Once a man can accurately redefine himself,it helps him to accept his uniqueness and frees him from performance, poor self image or any complex.

Today in the manview by 1pm in wfm 91.7 ,am hosting sunny Amojor,the coordinator for the total man network as we discuss "identity crisis" in men.

You can listen online here.

Best regards

@dejiirawo

LIFE LESSONS FROM TWO FOOTBALLERS

Two footballers who fared very well in their careers ended up in two very different paths. You will learn a lot from this narrative. Who are these footballers? Celestine Babayaro and Jay-Jay Okocha. Happy reading.
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The story of these two footballers illustrates our point that even though two people may start at the same position, the decisions they make along the way, will cause them to arrive at very different destinations.
Celestine Babayaro is widely regarded as the best Nigerian full back ever to have lived alongside Taribo West. Babayaro set records as the youngest player to make an appearance and to receive a red card in the UEFA Champions League. He began his playing career at Nigerian side Plateau United, before moving to Belgian club Anderlecht in 1994, and eventually would make a name for himself, quickly gaining first-choice status although still a teenager. In 1996, Babayaro was part of the Nigeria Olympic gold medal winning team at the Atlanta 96 football event.

Babayaro was signed by Chelsea in April 1997. He moved for a transfer fee of £2.25 million, a club record paid for a teenager at the time. He was also instrumental in Chelsea's memorable run in the 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League. His acrobatic celebrations with backflips were noted and loved by the fans of the club.

In January 2005, he left Chelsea to join Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee, where he established himself as first choice left back.
Cele as he was fondly called, was amongst the highest paid African players in the world as he earned a tidy pile of ‘cash’ stated to be between £25,000 and $30,000 per week at Chelsea.

With millions of dollars in earnings, you would expect that Celestine Babayaro will be very rich by now. He bought a home for his family in England, near his own house also in England. He splashed millions on super cars and is known for hard partying. Some people who claimed to know him in Kaduna, said that he usually cruises around town with girls, and even bought an expensive porshe car for one of the girls.

Every footballer eventually slows down. Babayaro’s own came suddenly with a failed move to LA Galaxy, and a bout of Malaria fever. Unfortunately for Babayaro, he did not make hay, while his sun was shining. Soon, people he owed money started tracking him, and went to the extent of putting ads on Newspaper to locate him and get him to pay his debts. Finally in 2011, Celestine Babayaro declared himself bankrupt at a court in Croydon, meaning, that he is officially broke.
Jay Jay Okocha, a quick and skillful playmaker, is widely regarded as the best Nigerian player of his generation and one of the greatest African players of all time. Okocha was known for his confidence, technique, creativity, and dribbling skills, as well as his use of feints, in particular the stepover.

Okocha began playing football on the streets just like many other football stars, usually with a makeshift ball. In 1990, he joined Enugu Rangers. Later that year, he went on holiday to West Germany, the country that had just won the 1990 FIFA World Cup, so he could watch German league football. His friend Binebi Numa was playing in the Third Division for Borussia Neunkirchen, and one morning Okocha accompanied Numa to training, where he asked to join in. The Neunkirchen coach was impressed with Okocha's skills and invited him back the next day before offering him a contract. A year later, he joined FC Saarbrücken, From there to Eintracht Frankfurt.  Okocha joined Turkish club Fenerbahçe for approximately £1 million following Eintracht Frankfurt's relegation to the 2. Bundesliga. In his two seasons with the team, he amassed 30 goals in 62 appearances, many of them coming from direct free kicks, which became something of a trademark for him at the club.

His next stop was with PSG of France and from there to Bolton Wanderes in the summer of 2002. His debut season, despite being hampered by injuries, made him a favourite with the Bolton fans, with the team printing shirts with the inscription "Jay-Jay – so good they named him twice". He steered the team away from relegation with seven goals, including the team Goal of the Season in the vital league win against West Ham United.

In 2006 he moved to Qatar, and after just one season, moved again to Hull City in 2007. At the end of the season, he was released by the club, which ultimately sent him into retirement.

Thus came to an end the wonderful career of the great Jay Jay Okocha. Between Celestine Babayaro and Jay Jay Okocha, no one can say for sure who earned the most money through football, but the difference in the wealth status of both men, was not because of how much they earned while being active in football, but how much they invested.

Today, Jay Jay Okocha is regarded as the richest footballer in Nigeria. Over the years, he was investing carefully in real estate and other entrepreneurial activities.  He runs Okocha Group West Africa Limited, a business conglomerate that employs more than 250 staffs. Some of his businesses includes:
A relaxation Spot
Club 10
Bar
Restaurant
Bureau de change
Car importation
Wine Merchant
Supply of security equipment and staff
Property development
Football players’ management
Road construction
Rentals and Events Management
Electronic Sales
And others

Jay Jay Okocha is estimated to be worth over $150 Million.

I hope my point is beginning to sink in. In the last piece I wrote about Shina Peters vs Jim Ovia, many people misunderstood the point I was trying to make.

What you are earning, will not determine how wealthy you will become. It is what you invest, that will eventually make you rich. Celestine Babayaro may never recover financially again, because his earnings are no more coming, and he has more liabilities than investments – Cars that depreciate; family houses that cannot be rented out in London, but rather needs constant property tax payment to maintain; expensive lifestyle; etc. All these are liabilities that take away your earnings. Many celebrities and “rich” professionals, like doctors, bankers etc, actually have a negative cash flow. In other words, they may be earning say 10,000 annually, but are spending 12,000 to buy and maintain liabilities. So once the earnings stops, they quickly become broke.

You may not be earning much, but never try to imitate others, or live a lifestyle that you cannot afford. It is foolish, because even those you are trying to impress don’t care and even if they care, they don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. They are here today and gone tomorrow. Look for ways of putting your money to work, invest your money, don’t spend it. Even if Mr Okocha becomes crippled today (God forbid!), he will continue to be wealthy, because his business investments will continue to bring in cash flow, as he is no longer depending on his earnings like in the case of Celestine.

Entrepreneurship is one of the best ways to invest your money. And it is not as difficult or risky as many people think. Ignorance is the reason why many people do not invest via entrepreneurship, and not lack of time or resources as many people claim. This is what Millionaires Academy is teaching youths all over Nigeria today. You need to become financially literate, so you can secure your future tomorrow. Majority of our youths, even graduates are financial illiterates.

Let me give you an example of a very simple investment/liability scenario. You have N300,000 today, you can use it to buy an iphone7. This is a liability. In 5 years’ time, it will be selling for less than N20,000 in Computer village. Assume you live in certain busy areas, you can use that money and buy some canopies, seats etc, and rent it out for events. (Actually this was the first business Okocha did; Okocha Rentals.) Few boys are all you need to be moving it from place to place. In one year, you will have your capital back, and the properties will continue to give you money. This is just an illustration, but still feasible in some places, with some modifications to the business model.

Wealth creation is a subject that can learned, and anybody can build wealth over a period of time. For some it may be shorter and longer for others, but wealth creation follows certain principle that once set in motion, must yield the desired result. So I will urge you to start building your financial future now.

One of the critical problems we have in this country is a very low human capacity development. We have the natural resources and the population, but we are severely under developed. We are seriously lacking in in personal development, and this is why foreigners come here and make huge money. A Chinese man once said that the streets in Nigeria are lined with gold. We import almost everything, even toothpicks. This is a tale for another day. But if the Chinese can come here and make it, If South Africans can come here and siphon great wealth via ShopRite, DSTV, MTN, real estate etc. why can’t we? We must begin now to develop our personal capacity whether the government supports you or not, but if you fail to develop yourself, foreigners will come here, and enslave you and your children in your own fatherland. Ask those working for Chinese and South Africans and you will understand what I mean.
[Source: Lifeskills]

REWIRING MEN'S MINDSET

So I was a guest on a family talk show this morning and I was asked "why does society put a higher moral burden on the girl and excuse the irresponsibility of the male"?

Hmmmmm very interesting conversation. At the core of the perceived "letting the boys off the hook" is the traditional masculine ideology which has 2 basic fundamentals.

Society has successfully socialised boys to believe they are "superior" to women and secondly,women are "sexual objects" of satisfaction to men.

At the core of the imbalance in moral expectations between females and males are the above ideologies that are passed from generation to generation.

We obviously have to do a lot of re programing to get things running at the intended plan where men set examples in all spheres including morales.

I will conclude this write up at a later date.

[Source: Deji Irawo]

A TRUE LIFE CONFESSION

It was a Sunday morning service and we were expecting to go through the routine service line ups. But we were in for a great change in our normal order of service.

Right after the opening prayer, our Pastor introduced a very old man as the guest speaker for that morning. He didn't look familiar to any of us. There were no Praises, no Worship, no Testimonies, no Choir ministration to usher in the man of God.
This old man climbed the pulpit as it were, and all eyes were fixed on him. The place was dead silent; you could have heard the drop of the tiniest of pins. It was as if a holy awe had descended to swallow all the noise in the Church auditorium.

When he opened his mouth, he spoke these words:
"I am just returning from the burial rites of one of my son's in the Lord". It wasn't what he said that made us more interested in what he had to tell us, but how he said it! It came from the depth of his soul.

"Before he died...", the man continued, "he came to my office and made a Confession to me. He pleaded with me to share with any willing audience. I called your Pastor because the Holy Spirit spoke to me that there are many of you young people here who can pick one or two vital lessons from the death of my son in the Lord".

The Silence became more louder! Everyone of us was arrested by the Holy Spirit to hear and heed to what the Lord had to say to us through this man. We just couldn't take our gaze, our hearts and minds off this unusual old man.
"This was his confession", he broke the Silence finally.

*(In the dead pastor's words).......*

"It was one Sunday afternoon after church service, and I heard a knock on my door. I was relaxing in the office because we had just closed a very beautiful and powerful service. The Power of God had fallen like rain upon the Church-- miracles, Healings, Prophetic ministrations and deliverance, Holy Spirit Baptism and any kind of move of the Holy Spirit you could identify with. I should have headed straight to the house to rest because that's the signal I had in my spirit. Instead, I came to the office to recline in my chair.
I asked the person to come in, and behold, there was this unusually beautiful and well-rounded fair lady before my face. I asked her to take the seat across my desk.

She introduced herself as a new convert- she had just received Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and Lord. She started heaping accolades upon my head, claiming how powerful and anointed I was, and how tremendously her life has been impacted by the morning's message and ministrations.
I was obviously happy that God had brought and won a new soul to Church.

She then told me how very great a miracle it was that God brought her to Church that faithful Sunday because she had just received an amount of money equivalent to 50 million Ghana Cedis, and she wanted to pay her tithe. She needed guidelines regarding how to invest the money. Her purpose for coming was first of all to introduce herself as a new active member of the Church of God, and also to seek my advice regarding how to invest the money, and of course pay her tithe. She was hoping that I could recommend some faithful and honest business men in the Church she could partner with.

This news was warmly received; my excitement knew no bounds. All of a sudden, unfinished and new projects of the Church started coming to mind- how we can use the tithe which was like 5 million Ghana Cedis to complete and start new projects. I was now merrier than before.

Out of excitement, I told her to write her address down because I wanted to visit her personally so we could discuss this goodnews in greater details.

She wrote down the address, and excused herself to leave. I didn't notice how seductive she was dressed until she stood to leave. All my adrenaline started running through my head to the tip of my trousers. I rebuked it but it made no difference. It seemed to me she noticed the effects her stature has had on me. I thought I even saw a smile on her face, but it didn't make no difference to me because I had her tithe on my mind.

I became restless after she had left. I wanted to run after her, to embrace her from behind, and to also take my tithe of course. But my body was too tired to obey such sentiments. I headed straight home, and had an unusually long rest. When I woke up it was morning already. Since Mondays were my days of rest, I decided to give her a call first thing after I had taken my bath and breakfast. I followed through my plans of course. It seemed I was possessed; I couldn't get her and her money out of my system. I felt the spirit of Grace speaking to my heart to be careful but I rebuked that Voice, reasoning that as a Shepherd I must take care of the Lord's Flock, especially the new ones. She was obviously new, and I had to concentrate on building her to become a spiritual giant. She could even become a singer in the Choir. All these I reasoned within to shut out and to shut down the Voice of the Spirit of Grace.

Before I realized I was with my phone dialing her digits. She was obviously expecting me by the sound of her voice on the other line. This was indeed a Divine confirmation that God wanted me to call her- so I reasoned within my heart to cloud the uneasiness I felt in my heart regarding this strange lady.

Even the story of the strange woman in the book of Proverbs came to mind but I quickly brushed it aside with a different Scripture, saying that all of us are sinners, making all of us strange men and women before God. If God accepted us as we were, I had to obviously accept her as the Lord had done to me. All these steps of thoughts gave me a false peace in my heart.

I put on my best dress and headed her address. I didn't inform any of the deacons and the elders of this great door the Lord was opening. I wanted to surprise them, testifying about the wonders of God. I had a prompting to call one of the women fellowship leaders to go with me but I quickly threw such suggestion outside the window. I needed to assure this new Sister that I personally cared for her life.

I got to her place in no time. The sight which greeted me should have sent common sense in my mind to run for my life but I couldn't because I had my mind made up to have her become a committed member of the Church and the money of course.

She was in a see-through blue attire, wearing this seductive smile on her face. My heart was by now beating faster than a 100m racer. I still had to chance to leave because I had not entered the room yet. But I found myself smiling broadly as I entered her room.
She excused herself in order to bring me something soft to drink. It was when she was leaving my presence that I noticed that she had no underwear on. That alone should have sent me packing but I didn't because I had convinced myself that I needed to establish her as a member and of course, take my tithe of 5 million Ghana Cedis!

As she was away, series of Scriptures started coming to my heart, as though a man were standing before me, reading these verses aloud. Scriptures of fleeing Temptations, Samson and Delilah, Tamar and Judah, Joseph and Portiphar's wife, Israel and the Moabite Women, came very alive to my heart. I didn't heed to any of these warnings. That moment was supernaturally elongated because I felt the Recollection of the Scriptures had taken more than one hour. It all happened with 5 minutes.

Afterwards, she came wearing that same seductive smile, and swinging her waist rhythmically to a song only she could hear.
We exchanged the normal pleasantries. We even prayed; I spoke in tongues for some 10 minutes. She was saying resounding  Amens to all the declarations and blessings.

When I was through, she came to sit very close to me. I could see her breasts, and that adrenaline that rushed through my head to the tips of my trousers came all over, this time with such intensity that I thought I was under an electric shock. She pressed her chest against my arm, and before long we were kissing. There was no going back- eventually I slept with her or rather she slept with me.
When we were through, she smiled a smile of Victory that shook me to the very core of my being. It's influence was more powerful than the pleasures I had experienced within those few moments back. I sheepishly smiled back at her. I couldn't recall what happened between that moment and the time I got home. My thoughts were clouded. I didn't have that fiery feeling I always had in my belly again- something tangible and indispensable had left me. I didn't know to weep or laugh. My thoughts were scattered. The pain I experienced within those dark moments were such deep and horrific that no level of pleasure could have offset such anguish and hopelessness. The day ended.

I went to the office on Tuesday morning, and I received a video on my whatsapp. I downloaded it, and to the deepest shock of my life, I saw myself busily and hungrily having sex with a woman whose face had been edited from the video. My face was clear as crystal.
Within very few minutes there was a knock on my door and without beckoning the person to come in, the knob turned and there stood before me lady of my nightmares.

She was no longer the composed, affectionate, smiling lady I saw just a couple of days before. The lady that stood before me was fierce and had wickedness written all over her face. My heart nearly jumped out of my chest.

She made herself comfortable in the chair opposite mine, and without being asked what her mission was, she spat these words *'You fool, I will show you pepper'.* She made good actions of her words. She demanded a cheque of 10 million Ghana Cedis from the tithes of the Church or else she would release the video on all social media platforms. She gave me two days to produce such money or else my end was as certain as the break of dawn. She stood to take her leave.

I think I saw her face turned to be something demonic. She began laughing hysterically. When she was through, she looked straight into my eyes and said blatantly, *'Pastor Timothy, I AM TAKING YOU DOWN'.* And she walked out of the office."

*(The Young man's voice is now over...the old Preacher continued).*

"He came to see me a few days after. He couldn't cry, he couldn't pray, he couldn't say any proper words of confession. I tried praying with him but the Heavens over us were shut. Only a passage of Scripture stood in the Atmosphere:
  *Hebrews 10:26-31 (NKJV)*
26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.
28 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The Lord will judge His people."
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."....

By now, everyone was sobbing. We were all lamenting over  the story we just heard from this old Preacher. The young pastor committed suicide. He was anointed. He was powerful.

The old man continued...
"I came here because there are many of you who are still living in sin, seeking no help from its deliverance.

The Enemy saw a weakness or two in him; lust for money and beautiful, well-rounded women. The Devil was more than glad to offer these because he knew he could eventually get hold of him.

The Spirit of Revelation whispered to my heart: _the pastor didn't deal with the little Foxes in his life when he was under training._ He occasionally satisfied his lust by framing stories to get money;  and watching pornographic materials.

The Spirit of Grace was on him, Teaching, Guiding, Rebuking, Correcting him.... yet he didn't listen. If he listened, he didn't apply Jesus' formula of dealing with weights and besetting sins: *If your right hand offends you, CUT IT OFF for it is far better to enter into life Maimed than to perish with your whole body intact*.
*He played around sin.*
*He cajoled sin.*
*He treated sin lightly.*
*He entertained that which had the capacity to destroy him, both in time and in eternity.*
The first thing Sin takes care of in a person's life is the Glory of God. You lose your spiritual beauty and splendor once you live in sin.

Listen to me, my dear young people:
_You cannot use smartness of analysis and scriptural inductions to confuse God._ Forever His Word is firmly established. *Seriously consider the following Scriptures:*
*Galatians 5:19-21; 1 John 3:8;* *Hebrews 4:6-7; 2 Peter 1:5-10".*

He then prayed with all of us, making an Altar Call for who had wanted to receive Jesus Christ into their hearts, and those of us who needed to rededicate their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We didn't take an offering that Sunday...
Friends didn't walk in groups...
Everyone was engrossed in his or her thoughts, perhaps pondering on the sad story of the promising young man of God and also our own very conditions before the Lord.

*_Every little thing you are doing in secret has the potential to bring unto you a public ridicule or applause the future._*
*Grace is not a license to nonsense.*
*Sin is a mocker- it's wages is still DEATH.*

[ Source: Anonymous]