Friday 31 October 2014

Friday Open Heavens Devotional - Divine Promotion For The Wise

Divine Promotion For The Wise - 31 October 2014

MEMORISE: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. Proverbs 3:35.

READ: Psalm 75:5-7. Continue...

"A successful woman with no husband will not be respected" Mrs Nike Akande

A Two-time Minister of Industry and a respected entrepreneur, Mrs Nike Akande said in a recent interview that if a woman is successful and does not have a husband, people don't respect her. Mrs Akande has been married to her businessman husband for over 40 years now and believes that it is better to get married no matter how successful you are. Continue...

The Redemptive Names Of God - 30 October 2014

MEMORISE: And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

READ: EXODUS 6:2–8. Continue...

Zambian President Sata death: White interim leader appointed

Photo Credit: zambiadailynation.com

Zambian Vice-President Guy Scott has been named acting leader following the death of President Michael Sata.

Presidential elections to select a permanent new president will be held within 90 days. Continue...

A panel set up to investigate the $9.3 million arms scandal, has ruled that Ayo Oritsejafor, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) president and Asari Dokubo had no connection with the transaction. Continue...

Image by: ©Mike Segar

President of

Zambia, Michaal Sata has died at the age of 77. He died yesterday 28 October at the King Edward VII hospital in the

United Kingdom

after suffering from an undisclosed ailment. Continue...

The Eagle Ambassadors - 29 October 2014

MEMORISE: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

READ: ISAIAH 40:28–31. Continue...

Jatindra Lad, 49, his wife, Duksha Lad, 44, and their daughters, Trisha 19, and Nisha, 17, were found dead at their home in Clayton on Monday night (27 October 2014).

West Yorkshire Police have launched a murder investigation but said they are not looking for anybody else in relation to the deaths. Continue...

Senegalese Boys Attacked at US School & Called “Ebola”

Two Senegalese brothers who recently emigrated to the

United States

, where attacked by some of their fellow school students, after being called “Ebola.” Continue...

Migrants sit in a boat off the coast of Sicily during a mission by the Italian navy as part of its Mare Nostrum rescue operation, which is due to end this week. Photograph: Marina Militare/Handout/Reuters

The

's "more favourable" immigration regime is leading mounting numbers of refugees to try and make their way to

Britain

from the French port of Calais, the town's mayor has said.

Natacha Bouchart has been under pressure to increase security at the port as refugees camping there make repeated attempts to gain entry to the UK. Continue...

South African police have released composite images of two men suspected of killing national football captain Senzo Meyiwa.

Meyiwa, 27, was reportedly shot on Sunday after burglars entered his girlfriend's house. Continue...

Sir Nicholas received the honour from Czech President Milos Zeman

A British man who saved 669 children, most of them Jews, from the Nazis has been awarded the

Czech Republic

's highest state honour.

Sir Nicholas Winton was 29 when he arranged trains to take the children out of occupied Czechoslovakia and for foster families to meet them in London. 'I'm delighted the children are here'

The 105-year-old was given the Order of the White Lion by the Czech president during a ceremony at Prague Castle. In a speech, he thanked the British people who gave the children homes. Continue...

Football great Zinedine Zidane has been banned from coaching for three months because he does not have the necessary qualifications.

The World Cup winner, currently in charge of Real Madrid Castilla (the B team), was banned by the Competition Committee Judge on Monday morning. Continue...

David Cameron was shoved by a man dressed in black on the streets of Leeds on Monday 27 October 2014.

The incident occurred as Cameron left Leeds Civic Hall where had been promoting the idea of a new high-speed rail link, HS3, for the North of England. Continue...

The Archbishop of Canterbury (Justin Welby) has warned of an "upsurge" in racism across the country targeted at people seen to be foreign to the

United Kingdom

Justin Welby told journalists at a lunch in Westminster on Monday afternoon that he was worried about the language used to describe migration. "The language we use must reflect the value of the human being and not treat immigration as just a deep menace that is somehow going to overwhelm the country," he said. Continue...

Deborah, The Patriotic Woman - 28 October 2014

Memorise: Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10

Read: Judges 4:4–9. Continue...

Bafana Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa shot dead

Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has been shot dead, the SA Football Association (Safa) confirmed.

Safa spokesperson Dominic Chimhavi confirmed the 27-year-old’s death yesterday Sunday 26 October. Continue...

Monday Open Heavens Devotional - Living By Faith

Living By Faith - 27 October 2014

MEMORISE: Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. Hebrews 10:38

READ: MARK 11:22-23. Continue...

Success By The Supernatural - 26 October 2014

Memorise: But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18

Read: Isaiah 1:18–19. Continue...

Why I keep my husband as my manager - Lara George

Lara George began her musical journey in her alma mater school choir – Queens’ College, Lagos. Years later, she transformed into a professional, whose inspirational style of delivery has defined the sound and direction of Nigerian gospel music.

While studying Architecture at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lara joined the fellowship music team on campus, where she met Ty, Emem, and Dapo. The bond tightened, and further yielded the group KUSH.

The group eventually split. In spite of all the challenges encountered after the breakup, she re-launched her music career with a solo debut album titled ‘Forever In My heart’ with Hit Single “Ijoba Orun’. Continue...

Saturday Open Heavens Devotional - Closing The Door Against Evil

Closing The Door Against Evil - 25 October 2014

Memorise: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19.

Read: Isaiah 49:25-26. Continue...

Chibok Girls To Be Released On Monday - Boko Haram

Unconfirmed reports coming in reveals that the Secretary General of Northern based Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, Mallam Danladi Ahmadu, has stated that the agreement with the Federal Government is still valid.

Ahmadu, it would be recalled represented the group in the recent ceasefire negotiation agreement with the Nigerian government. Continue...

The 33-year-old doctor named Craig Spencer, works with Doctors Without Borders, and had just returned to New York city after treating Ebola patients in

Guinea

on October 17th, CNN reports.

Addressing the possibility of Spencer being in contact with other people before he was hospitalized, sources say “he went for a jog, may have gone to a restaurant, travelled the city’s vast subway system and went bowling before feeling ill, but the likelihood of him spreading the virus is low. Continue...

Friday Open Heavens Devotional - Turning Weaknesses into Blessings

Turning Weaknesses into Blessings - 24 October 2014

Memorise: And said unto him, hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Matthew 21:16

READ: Exodus 4:10–12. Continue...

A 22-year-old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, has made history at John Hopkins University, United States of America. Ohuabunwa from Arochukwu, Abia State, has done the nation proud by becoming the first black man to make a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of 4.0 to bag a degree in Neurosciences in the university. He was also adjudged as having the highest honours during the graduation that was held on May 24 this year. Continue..

Nigerians unearth 30 minutes test to detect Ebola

A group of Nigerian scientists in the Diaspora has validated and adapted a widely-published methodology for gene amplification in 30minutes, in order to achieve the detection of Ebola in record time. Unlike the current, widely used method of detecting Ebola virus genes called RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription – Polymerase Chain Reaction, the new bio-innovation method excludes all those long processes to proceed with gene amplification in just one step at a single temperature. Continue...

Photos of Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo’s Second Son’s Church Wedding

Tobi Ashimolowo, the second son of Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo of KICC got marrie to his love, Toyin Omotayo. The traditional wedding on 16 October at Romford Essex in England (Click here for photos), while the white wedding was held on Saturday, 18 October at KICC Prayer City in

Kent

. See the amazing photos after the cut..

Photograph: PA

Notorious police killer Harry Roberts is to be released from prison after serving more than 45 years of a life sentence.

Roberts, 78, was jailed for life for the murder of three policemen in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, in 1966. His 30-year minimum tariff expired 18 years ago.

The parole board is understood to have approved his release, and he will be subject to close monitoring by police and the probation service. Continue...

Answering A Missionary Call - 23 October 2014

Memorise: And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. Mark 16:20. Continue...

Novak Djokovic welcomes baby boy Stefan

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic is a proud father.

The top-ranked tennis player tweeted Wednesday that he and his wife, Jelena, were celebrating the birth of their first child — a boy named Stefan.

"Stefan, our baby angel was born!" Djokovic posted on Twitter early Wednesday. "I'm so proud of my beautiful wife Jelena! Thank you so much for your love and support. We love you all!!!" Continue...

Foam from large waves whipped up by gale force winds cover the coast road at Cleveleys near Blackpool, north west

England

, as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo blew into

Britain

on Tuesday Oct. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/PA, John Giles)

LONDON (AP) — A woman has been killed by a falling tree in London as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo lashed

Britain

with rain and strong winds. Continue...

THEME : READY FOR THE GREAT HARVEST? - 22 October 2014

MEMORISE: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19.

READ: Acts 13:38–39. Continue...

Total's chairman/CEO Christophe de Margerie dies in plane crash

According to a statement released by airport authorities early this morning, de Margerie's private plane collided with a snowplow on the runway of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow as it was accelerating for take-off just a few minutes before midnight. Continue...

He was driven away in a prison van

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been given five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Judge Thokozile Masipa also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge.

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp told the BBC they were happy with the sentence and relieved the case was over. The defence said it expected Pistorius to serve about 10 months in prison. Continue...

WHO ARE YOU? - 21 October 2014

Memorise: But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Peter 2:9

Read: Isaiah 6:1–8

1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. Continue...

Russian Tennis Official Fined $25,000 & Suspended for calling Serena & Venus “Williams Brothers”

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has fined and suspended President of the Russian Tennis Federation, Shamil Tarpischev, for calling tennis stars, Venus and Serena “the Williams Brothers.”

Tarpischev made the derogatory comment during a Russian late-night talk show a few weeks ago as reported by Palm Beach. In addition to calling the sisters the “Williams Brothers,” he also said that they were “frightening to look at.” Continue...

A CHRISTIAN YOUTH AT HOME - 20 October 2014

Memorise: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. Ecclesiastes 12:1

Read: Ephesians 6:1–3. Continue...

British Nurse who survived Ebola returns to Sierra Leone

British nurse, Will Pooley who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has flown back to Sierra Leone after being treated and cured of the deadly disease in the

He is expected to resume work tomorrow Monday October 20th in an Ebola isolation unit run by a team backed by three NHS trusts and a London university. Continue...

This is the concluding part of the series. Click here if you did not read the first part. Productive thinking isn't the same as worrying. You are worrying when you are anxious and focusing on your problems while productive thinking is engaging your mind to generate ideas on the solutions.

The truth remains that success will be wishful thinking if you don't apply yourself to work and become productive in your thinking. Nobody achieves a thing by doing nothing but you can become nothing by doing just anything.

E.W Kenyon challenges us to use our mind this way ‘make your brain work, it will sweat but it will improve, it will develop until you become the envy of those around you. The great men that we adore are those who have put time into hard-work and improving on who they are, getting prepared for life until their opportunity came. Continue...

THEME: HERE COMES THE DREAMER

MEMORISE: In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, Job 33:15–16

READ: Genesis 37:9–19. Continue...

Pastors ordered to hand over sermons to US city’s lawyers

Pastors were ordered to hand over sermons that mentioned homosexuality to lawyers acting for the lesbian mayor of Houston, Texas.

The demand for “all speeches, presentations, or sermons” on issues including homosexuality and transsexualism came in the middle of a row over a local gay rights law.

Following a religious liberty backlash Houston mayor Annise Parker conceded that the order was “overly broad”, but is still demanding some sermons from pastors in the city. Continue...

THEME : THE NEW ANOINTING

Memorise: And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. Isaiah 10:27

Read: Acts 5:12–16. Continue...

A Productive Mind Isn't a Gift

A man is made up of three things; the Spirit, the Soul and the Body.

These three parts of a man is essential to the relationship he has with God. Life is not ultimately physical and the body is not the whole man. And neither the body in itself, nor the soul in itself, nor the spirit in itself makes up the whole man, but that he is made of “spirit and soul and body.”

I will focus on the mind which is a content of the soul. Man is a living soul. The Bible says: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7). Do not confuse that which is truly spiritual with that which is merely psychical. The spirit of man is the sphere of activity where the Holy Spirit operates in regeneration. Just as the soul is the sphere of activity where Satan operates, making his appeal to the affections and emotions of man. Continue...

Nigeria

's military and an aid to President Goodluck Jonathan reached an agreement with Boko Haram leaders to introduce a ceasefire, and reportedly guaranteed the return of the 219 girls.

They were taken captive in April, sparking international condemnation and a global campaign on social media entitled "Bring Back Our Girls" to lobby for their return.

Air Marshal Alex Badeh, Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, said: "A ceasefire agreement has been concluded between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad (Boko Haram)." Continue...

Three months after his elder brother, Tomi Ashimolowo's wedding (click here if you missed the photos); Tobi Ashimolowo, the second son of Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) got married traditionally to his love, Toyin Omotayo yesterday 16 October at Romford Essex in England. Their white wedding will hold tomorrow 18 October at KICC Prayer City in Kent. A big congrats to them. See more photos after the cut..

THEME : ANGELS LOVE MUSIC TOO

Memorise: But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3

Read: Acts 16:25–34. Continue...

NFF sacks Stephen Keshi as Super Eagles' Head Coach

Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi and the team's coaching staff have been sacked despite beating

Sudan

3-1 last night. The Nigerian Football Federation, announced his sack today, 16 October after an emergency meeting which held last night in Abuja. Explaining the sack, the NFF said;

"In the interest of

Nigeria

football and the desire to ensure qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals, the Committee decided to relieve them of their duties with immediate effect."

Keshi has been replaced with 56 year old Amodu Shuaibu who has coached the national team before. Shuaibu is an interim coach pending when they get a new coach.

I can only wish the Nigerian Super Eagles well in their remaining qualifying matches.

Thursday Open Heavens Devotional - Ready To Occupy?

THEME : READY TO OCCUPY?

Memorise: And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. Luke 19:13

Read: Luke 19:11–27. Continue...

It's annoying that Christians are criticizing Oritsejafor for owning a jet' - Pastor Taiwo Odukoya

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya of Fountain of Life Church says it is annoying that Christians keep criticizing CAN leader, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor for owing a private jet.

Pastor Odukoya said this yesterday 14 October while speaking at the media parley for the launch of the Fountain Initiative for Social Development being championed by his wife, Nomthi. He also talked about the Sosoliso plane crash that killed his late wife Pastor Bimbo in December 2005. Continue...

THEME: A Youth in the Community

MEMORISE: Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. Psalm 25:7

READ: Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;...

Friday 31 October 2014

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Thursday 23 October 2014

The parole board is understood to have approved his release, and he will be subject to close monitoring by police and the probation service. Continue...

Answering A Missionary Call - 23 October 2014

Memorise: And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. Mark 16:20. Continue...

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Tuesday 21 October 2014

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been given five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Monday 20 October 2014

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has fined and suspended President of the Russian Tennis Federation, Shamil Tarpischev, for calling tennis stars, Venus and Serena “the Williams Brothers.”

Sunday 19 October 2014

Saturday 18 October 2014

Friday 17 October 2014

Thursday 16 October 2014

Wednesday 15 October 2014