Thursday 31 December 2015

NigerianEye: “TB JOSHUA’S ALARMING 2016 PREDICTIONS” plus 25 more

NigerianEye: “TB JOSHUA’S ALARMING 2016 PREDICTIONS” plus 25 more


TB JOSHUA’S ALARMING 2016 PREDICTIONS

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:10 PM PST

By Ihechukwu Njoku Controversial Nigerian 'Prophet' T.B. Joshua has released a list of bleak predictions for the New Year 2016, particularly directed towards the continent of Africa. Known for his...

We’ll deliver on our promises, APC tells Nigerians

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:01 PM PST

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has restated the party's determination to deliver on all the promises made during the 2015 elections. Odigie-Oyegun...

Saraki delighted Nigeria welcomed 2016 as a peaceful and united nation

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:53 PM PST

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday expressed delight that Nigeria would celebrate the New Year 2016 as a peaceful and united nation contrary to negative predictions that the country...

FG lying about rescuing our girls – Chibok community

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:42 PM PST

The BringBackOurGirls coalition has described as disappointing President Muhammadu Buhari's statement that there was no intelligence report to show if the abducted 219 Chibok schoolgirls were alive...

We expect no operation disruptions for not paying fine — MTN

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:37 PM PST

MTN Nigeria has said it did not expect any service disruption on its network as deadline for payment of N1.04 trillion fine, later reduced to N780 billion by the Nigerian Communications Commission,...

‘World’s worst team’ offers Mourinho job

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:34 PM PST

He may have been ditched by Chelsea just before Christmas but it looks like Jose Mourinho isn't going to be struggling to pay the gas bill for too long, with job offers flooding in from around the...

I Feel Your Daily Suffering, Buhari Tells Nigerians

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:41 AM PST

Living in the State House has not alienated me from your daily sufferings; these challenges are only temporary," President Buhari said in a New Year message to Nigerians. The President also said...

New Year Tragedy: Fire sweeps through Dubai skyscraper

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:33 PM PST

A huge fire has broken out in a high-rise hotel in central Dubai close to the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa. Burning debris could be seen falling from the 300m-tall (1,000-feet)...

New Year: Borno restricts movement

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:30 AM PST

To ensure a hitch free New Year celebration in Borno State, the state government on Thursday placed restriction of vehicular movement in Maiduguri metropolis and its environs. In a statement signed...

New Year: Police IG, Arase, warns churches, mosques, motor parks to take adequate security measures

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:28 AM PST

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has urged Christians and Moslems to take adequate security measures at their respective worship places during the New Year celebrations. In a...

Presidential media chat: Being an opposition party, not licence to abuse Buhari, APC tells PDP

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:25 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress , APC, Thursday, took exception to what it referred to as unwarranted abuse of President Muhammadu Buhari by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its...

President Buhari's New year message to Nigerians

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:17 AM PST

Welcome to the beginning of a New Year of the continuation of CHANGE in our beloved nation. I am aware that Nigerians have experienced a number of significant hardships over the past months. Living...

Appeal Court sacks PDP's Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia governor

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:12 AM PST

An Appeal Court has declared the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Mr Alex Otti, as winner of the April 11 Governorship election in Abia State. Okezie Ikpeazu  The court in its...

Appeal Court reverses 'Mama Taraba', Aisha Alhassan’s victory at tribunal

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:12 AM PST

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday reversed the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which had on November 7, 2015 sacked Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples...

We will create 1 million jobs in 2016 – Osinbajo

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:57 AM PST

The Federal Government will create no fewer than one million direct jobs in 2016, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said A statement issued by Laolu Akande, his Senior Special Assistant...

Samoa, Kiribati and New Zealand welcome year 2016

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:53 AM PST

Samoa and Kiribati are the first countries to usher in 2016 followed by New Zealand which put up an impressive fireworks display, reported to be the biggest in the city's history. Nigeria and some...

22 Shiites sentenced to life in prison, one to death

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:48 AM PST

A court in Bahrain has sentenced 23 Shiites to life imprisonment and another one to death over the killing of a policeman in 2014, a Bahraini defense lawyer has said. The Daily Star of Lebanon...

Child Abduction Saga: Davido apologises to Dele Momodu, fans

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:39 AM PST

Popular Nigerian popstar, Davido, has apologised to Dele Momodu and his fans for his conduct over the baby abduction drama which has rocked his plans and been in the news since Tuesday. "Mr. Dele...

NCC set to force MTN to pay fine as deadline expires

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:13 AM PST

Nigeria said it was expecting telecoms giant MTN to meet a deadline for paying a record $3.9 billion fine which expires Thursday, despite the South African operator challenging the penalty in court....

Buhari assents to 2015 supplementary appropriation act

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:12 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the 2015 Supplementary Appropriation Act, just as he extended the 2015 financial year to March 31, next year. The implication of the extension is that the...

Presidential media chat exposed Buhari’s undemocratic character – PDP

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:59 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari's responses at the WednesdayPresidential Media Chat were not only embarrassing but also further exposed his undemocratic character...

REVEALED: Nnamdi Kanu's handwritten statement/transcription apologizing to Buhari

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:55 AM PST

The leader of the Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, wrote the letter in which he apologised for unsavory remarks he made about President Muhammadu Buhari, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and...

Worried about January blues? Here are 4 tips to help you survive

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 03:41 AM PST

By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, Santa has come and gone. You have visited at the best vacation spots, opened all the presents brought by friends and families and distributed all the gifts after a...

Davido child abduction scandal: What really happened – Dele Momodu

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 02:32 AM PST

In September 2015, I got a call from Dr Adedeji Adeleke, a long time family friend, telling me his son had fathered a baby girl with my cousin, Sophia Momodu. I rejoiced with him as any reasonable...

Smallest surviving baby born 14 weeks premature heads home

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 02:32 AM PST

One of the smallest surviving babies in the world, born 14 weeks early will soon be heading home from the hospital, her parents who are exceedingly happy announced this week. E'Layah Faith Pegues...

BIAFRA: Eight people to testify against Nnamdi Kanu

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 01:46 AM PST

The Federal Government has enlisted a Dutch, Mr. Ronald Stilting, Manager, Golden Tulip Airport Hotel, Lagos, among the eight prosecution witnesses that are to testify against the leader of the...

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The First Step to a Miracle

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“When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them …. So he began teaching them many things. By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. ‘This is a remote place,’ they said, ‘and it’s already very late. Send the people away so that they can go … buy themselves something to eat.’ But he answered, ‘You give them something to eat.’ They said to him, ‘That would take more than half a year’s wages!’” (Mark 6:34-37 NIV)

If you want God to do a miracle in your life, the first thing you have to do is admit that you have an unsolvable problem.

Mark 6:34-37 says, “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them …. So he began teaching them many things. By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. ‘This is a remote place,’ they said, ‘and it’s already very late. Send the people away so that they can go … buy themselves something to eat.’ But he answered, ‘You give them something to eat.’ They said to him, ‘That would take more than half a year’s wages!’” (NIV)

In this passage, we learn the three typical responses to an unsolvable problem in our lives: We procrastinate, we pass the buck, and we worry.

First, we procrastinate. It was already late in the day when the disciples brought the problem to Jesus. They had all day to figure out how to feed the 5,000 people. When we have a problem we can’t solve, we just keep putting it off. We delay. We pretend it doesn’t exist. We look the other way.

What problem are you avoiding in your marriage? What problem in your finances have you procrastinated about? What problem in your body are you putting off addressing? Procrastination only makes problems worse.

Second, we pass the buck. We blame other people. Instead of dealing with the problem, the disciples wanted to send the people away. They thought, “Hey, we didn’t invite these people out here. We didn’t promise them food.” So they didn’t take responsibility for the need. Have you ever done that with a problem in your life?

The third thing we do is worry. We fret, we stew, we get anxious, we get stressed out. When Jesus told the disciples to feed the people, their anxiety went into overdrive. I can just imagine Peter doing the cost analysis. “Five thousand people! How are we ever going to get the food and keep it hot and distribute it and then clean it up?”

Just like we do when we face a seemingly unsolvable problem, the disciples procrastinated, they passed the buck, and they worried. What’s the problem with this picture? They’re standing next to Jesus — the guy who can easily turn stones into bread if he wanted to, yet when he tells them to do something, they say, “Lord that’s practically, financially, and humanly impossible.”

Has God ever asked you to do something impossible and you replied, “Lord, I don’t have the time. I don’t have the money. I don’t have the energy. I don’t have the education.”

God wants you to do the impossible because he wants to stretch your faith. When you have an unsolvable problem, just admit it, and then wait to see how God can turn it into a miracle.

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