Tag: faith
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Eid-el-Fitr: Don’t lose faith, courage in God because of Coronavirus, Buhari tells Muslims
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Muslims across the country not to let their faith in God be dampened by the scourge of the global health crisis caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. President Buhari, in his message to the country in celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Fitr, regretted the fact that Muslims had suffered harsh…
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Don’t allow coronavirus bury your faith in God – Kaigama tells Christians
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, on Sunday urged Christians not to allow the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to bury their faith in God. He admonished Nigerians to be their brothers’ keepers and assist one another to curb the spread of the disease. He advised all to continue to assist government…
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Covid-19: Humanity and faith on Trial – Hope Eghagha
By Hope Eghagha COVID-19 is a test on our humanity, our faith and the limits of science. It shows how limited our knowledge of the cosmos is, how weapons of war are vitiated by a little challenge posed by one of the vagaries of nature. Nature? Mutilated nature or pristine nature? Of course, there are…
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Faith in Christ compels disdain for money – Femi Aribisala
*Money is not of God. Indeed, it is an idol* By Femi Aribisala A Nigerian footballer signed a lucrative contract to join Monaco Football Club. Flush with his newfound wealth, he bought a ticket from Monaco to Istanbul, in order to get a haircut from a famous barber. Thereafter, he flew back to Monaco. When…
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Overcoming faith – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Where do you live? Do you live in this world or do you live in Christ? If you are a Christian, then Christ must now be your life. (Colossians 3:4). Moses says to God: “You have been our dwelling place in all generations.” (Psalm 90:1). Paul amplifies this: “In (God). we live…
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The prayer of faith – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Jesus says: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5). But can we pray without Jesus? Certainly not! Prayer is only acceptable in the name of Jesus. Moreover, when we want…
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One, two, many fears – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Imagine this scenario. Someone under your authority is caught in an infraction. When the matter is brought to your attention, he denies complicity and invokes the name of God in his defense. Reject this as emphatically as you can. Don’t allow even the slightest impression that you, and not God, are to…
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Have a little faith in God – Prince Ufford
Prince Ufford LUKE 17 :5-6.” And the apostles said unto the Lord, increase our faith. And the Lord said. If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree. Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea, and it should obey you”.…
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Fayemi’s victory, a demonstration of Ekiti people’s faith in APC – Ajimobi
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has described the victory of Dr. Kayode Fayemi in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State as a demonstration of the people’s trust in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party that has the capacity to liberate the state from mis-governance and gross under-development. The governor stated this…