Tag: bible
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IWD: Emulate women in the Bible – NLC President to Nigerian women
Mr Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on women across the country to emulate prominent women in the Bible who lived virtuous lives and adopt them as role models.
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Catholic Priest flays Christians using phones to read Bible
Rev. Fr. Anthony Okereke, the Catholic Priest in charge of St Thomas Aquinas Church, Okokomaiko, Lagos, has admonished faithful not to replace the Bible with smart devices that contain the scriptures.
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Morning devotion held at ATM stand amidst new currency scarcity
As Nigerians continue to react in various ways to the scarcity of naira notes across the country, a man has been seen, in a video making the rounds, holding a Bible and leading praise and worship at a bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Disgruntled Nigerians held their morning devotion in the queue while waiting for…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Women in the Bible: Jael, the Silent Warrior
The children of Israel had sinned again against God, and He delivered them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. He had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel. When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; He…
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Buchi counters Daddy Freeze, says sex before marriage is sin
Solomon Buchi, a life coat expert has countered Daddy Freeze’s position on sex before marriage, noting that Sex before marriage was tacitly and explicitly referred to as a sin in the Bible. Recall that, Daddy Freeze in a piece shared on his Instagram page, argued that the scripture never considered it sexual immorality for a…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Lessons from women in the Bible: “Naomi, the broken-hearted woman”
Naomi had suffered so much pain in the land of Moab. She had left Judah, her home country with her husband, Elimelech and two sons Mahlon and Chilion to the Country of Moab, due to famine that was ravaging the land. Whilst there, her journey of pain began. Her husband died. Her 2 sons married…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Lessons from women in the Bible: “Gomer, the redeemed woman”
Gomer was a harlot; even The Almighty referred to her as such, so she was well known. Yet, God offered her a candle of light to enable her to begin her journey of redemption from being a harlot to being a wife and mother. Gomer became the wife of God’s prophet, Hosea but she returned…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Lessons from women in the Bible: “Elizabeth, the aged bloomer”
“My best years are over” “I’m now too old”, “I have wasted my life”. Do any of these words sound like you? Who says you are too old? Too old for what? Where is the evidence? Elizabeth whom the bible described as “well advanced in age, conceived and bore the fore runner of the saviour…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Lessons from women in the Bible: “Michal: “The critical wife”
Michal, David’s wife, had been married to another man before ending up in David’s house. David had sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Lessons from women in the Bible: “Abigail: The wise wife”
In the next few days, we will be highlighting lessons we can learn from some women in the bible. Their lives will teach us powerful lessons as we identify with their trails, battles, mistakes, and triumphs. There’s something for the older woman, the bitter, the broken hearted, the desperate and the lost. We will gain …