Tithe With Joy - Copeland

Tithe With Joy
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance...that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth...and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.
– Deuteronomy 26:1-2

Tithing. Most Christians aren't very excited about it. But they should be—and they would be if they understood how to do it properly.

Scriptural tithing stirs up faith. It activates the power of God in our lives when we do it in gratitude and joy, expecting our needs to be met abundantly.

In Deuteronomy 26:8-9, God told the Israelites exactly what to say when they brought their tithes. He instructed them to acknowledge the fact that He had brought them out of the bondage of Egypt and to say:

"The Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey."

What does that have to do with you and me? God has done the same thing for us! He's brought us out of a life of bondage and poverty into a life that flows with the abundance of God.

So when you bring your tithe to the Lord, follow the example set by the Israelites. Make it a time of rejoicing. Make it a time of realizing anew the wonderful things Jesus Christ has done for you.

Thank Him for delivering you from a land of darkness and scarcity and bringing you into His promised land of plenty. Thank Him that it is a land of mercy, a land of joy, a land of peace and a land of prosperity.

Tithe in faith, expecting the rich blessings of that land to be multiplied to you. You may soon find it to be one of the most exciting things you can do.

Kenneth Copeland

THANK GOD INSTEAD - Copeland

Thank God Instead
If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with every one.
– Romans 12:18, The Amplified Bible

When I was a new Christian, it was almost impossible for me to live at peace with anyone! Almost every time I opened my mouth, I said something ugly. I was constantly hurting the people I was close to. In fact, I spoke more harshly to them than to anyone else.

I criticized Gloria's driving so much that she nearly refused to drive while I was with her. I criticized my children so much that they began to avoid me. I didn't want to be so insensitive, but I couldn't help it. I had a well-developed habit of speaking harshly and didn't know how to change it.

Then I found Ephesians 5:4. It said, "[Let there be] no coarse, stupid, or flippant talk; these things are out of place; you should rather be thanking God" (New English Bible). When I read that, I realized I needed to replace the words I was used to saying with words of thanksgiving. That would solve my problem. After all, I couldn't speak harshly and thank God at the same time. I couldn't criticize those around me if I had a thankful attitude about them.

I immediately decided to put this principle to work in my life. Rushing into my son's room one day ready to lambaste him about something he had done, I recognized my old behavior pattern. I just stopped and said to myself, "The Word says this kind of behavior is out of place, so I am going to stop and thank God." I wasn't nearly as angry after I spent a few minutes praising and thanking the Lord.

If you've developed the habit of speaking harshly, start changing that habit today. When someone crosses you on the job, at school, or wherever, and you're tempted to tear into them with cruel words, stop! Then take a few moments to give thanks and praise to God. Once you begin thinking about how good God is, more often than not, those harsh, angry words will just slip away unspoken.

Instead of using your tongue to tear people down, train it to lift God's praises up. Then living at peace with others will come easily to you!

Kenneth Copeland

GENOCIDE: Gov Wike Commiserates with Benue

Governor Wike commiserates with Benue people over herdsmen attacks , donates N200million  for displaced persons

▪visits the graveyard of 73 persons killed by Fulani herdsmen

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called for immediate and comprehensive measures to resolve the unfortunate killing of Benue people by Fulani herdsmen.

The governor donated N200million to the Benue State Government for the purchase of relief materials and medicines for the displaced persons.

Governor Wike declared that it is no longer fashionable  to trade blames while innocent people are killed by armed gangs.

Governor Wike spoke at the Peoples House in Makurdi on Wednesday  after he led a delegation of Rivers Elders on a condolence visit to Benue State in honour of those killed by Fulani herdsmen earlier this year in the state.

Governor Wike and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom led other leaders to offer prayers at the graveside of the 73 Benue people murdered in cold blood.

He said: "What has happened in Benue State has affected me. I am pained. Look at deaths everywhere.  Nobody is free again.

"People don't understand the magnitude of the injury inflicted on the people of Benue State.  The country must sit down to proffer solutions to this menace ".

The governor said the conflict that affects a component state affects the entire country as it dislodges the security system.

"There is no way anybody can justify these killings. There is no justification whatsoever.  The people of Benue State must rally round their governor at this point", he said.

The governor added: "When you have a brother who has problems, you associate with him. Time has come when we must rise above party lines and tackle our problems ".

Governor Wike said as Christians, Rivers people respect the sanctity of human lives, hence the visit to Benue State.

He urged the Benue people to be vigilant at all times and employ techniques of self defence to protect themselves from unprovoked attacks.

At the graveside of the slain 73 persons, Senator George Sekibo offered prayers for the repose of their souls.

In his remarks , Benue State Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom said that 100,000  persons have been displaced by the invasion of  Fulani herdsmen.

He said that Benue State is also battling with the influx of displaced persons from Cameroun.

The Benue State Governor regretted that rather than resolve the security challenges facing the state, the Inspector General of Police has become  a spokesman for the Fulani herdsmen.

The killers of Benue people are known to the security agencies.  He said the people of Benue State will continue to seek for justice until the leaders of Miyetti Cattle Breeders are arrested.

Ortom thanked the Government and people of Rivers State for the donation, saying that they have acted as true brothers .

The Benue State Governor added that the graveyard for the 73persons was set up as a memorial for those killed by Fulani herdsmen.

Governor Wike was accompanied by Former Rivers State Governor, Sir Celestine Omehia, Senator George Sekibo, Senator Olaka Nwogu, Former Minister of Sports, Dr Tammy Danagogo, Former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, Chairman of Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority, Chief Ferdinand Anabrabra, Former National Presidentof NBA, Chief Onueze Okocha, Prince Emma Anyanwu  and  Former Attorney General of Rivers State, Hon Frank Ohwor.

Simeon Nwakaudu,

Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media.

7th February, 2017

Your Government is Covering Corruption - PDP tells Buhari

PDP Accuses Presidency of Covering Corruption…Demands Immediate Prosecution of NHIS Boss, Indicted Minister February 7, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as shocking, scandalous and a mockery of justice Tuesday’s recall by President Muhammadu Buhari of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NIHS), Prof. Usman Yusuf while he was still being quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged N919 million fraud.

The party also mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled Federal Government for the cover up of the cabinet minister reported to have bought a property worth N280 million in Abuja from alleged corrupt enrichment.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in statement on Wednesday said the Presidency stinks of corruption and has lost all claim of fighting graft, as long as it continues to protect indicted officials of the APC administration.

The party said it was disgusting that the same Presidency brandishing a medal of ‘African Union Anti-Corruption Champion’ would short-circuit the processes, arm-twist anti-graft agencies and pull out an indicted government official, while he was still guest at the EFCC where he was being grilled for his alleged maleficence.

This is a government official probed and thoroughly indicted for abuse of office and fraud to the tune of N919 million by a committee set up by the Minister of Health, comprising of senior officials of the Health ministry, Department of State Services, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and which report was submitted to the President last September.

The report detailed Yusuf as a public servant who “portrayed a holier than thou attitude but at the background, milked the agency dry” by ganging up with other fraudulent elements to fleece the NHIS to the tune of over N919 million through fraudulent procurements, while name-dropping on the President.
Instead of allowing for the conclusion of investigation and eventual prosecution by EFCC, the Presidency halted the process and rewarded the indicted official with a recall from suspension, even without any recourse to the supervising minister simply because Prof. Yusuf is not only of the APC but also known to be very close to the President.

The only way the Presidency can redeem itself from this particular scandal is to immediately return Prof. Yusuf to the EFCC and allow the law to take it course if it is actually fighting corruption in Nigeria.

In the same vein, we challenge the Presidency to immediately name the minister indicted for corrupt enrichment and bring him out for investigation and prosecution in line with the law, the party further said.

The PDP therefore invited Nigerians and the international community to continue to note the insincerity and deception of the APC government especially as the nation approaches the 2019 general elections.

Signed:

Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary

HURIWA Condemns Artificial Fuel Scarcity in Nigeria

HURIWA Condemns “State Sponsored” Fuel Scarcity:

*Chides NLC/TUC for Compromise:



A pro-democracy and non-governmental organization – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has accused the Presidency of deliberately sabotaging the petrol supply chains in a bid to blackmail Nigerians to accept pump price hike.

Also, the Rights group has condemned the clear case of being 'bought over' by federal government of the two hitherto most critical civil society stakeholders – the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) which has compelled the compromised hierarchies to remain silent in the face of massively phenomenal suffering; agonies and pains by the masses in the face of artificially induced and State sponsored scarcity of petroleum products all across Nigeria.

In a media statement by the National Coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director Miss Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA has therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Dr. Ibe Kachikwu to step down immediately as senior and junior ministers of petroleum for consistently failing to bring the deliberate sabotage of petrol supply chains in the last two months to an effective halt.

Besides, HURIWA said empirical evidences are unambiguous even to the undiscerning citizens that the duo of President Buhari and Kachikwu are grossly incompetent and lack the capacity to ensure the smooth distribution of petroleum products all across the country even as the policing institution is so heavily compromised, grossly indisciplined, and rudderless to effectively check the persistent criminal hoarding in a very systematic way of the petroleum products by centripetal and centrifugal forces in the petroleum subsector of the economy.

HURIWA further blamed the security forces such as the Nigerian customs services and immigration for dereliction of duty which has allowed all shades of criminal gangs to embark and engage in the bonanza and evil enterprise of smuggling of petroleum products to neighboring nations whereby these merchants of death make unjustifiable profits.

“President Buhari who is the self-imposed senior petroleum minister and his subordinate Dr. Kachikwu have collectively demonstrated an intolerable level of incompetence and non-challance which have allowed criminal forces to dictate the phase of fuel supply networks.

HURIWA condemned the inability of the current administration to fix the four refineries so as to increase and improve their refining capacities to be able to meet with the increasing local demands even as the Rights group blamed selfish commercial benefits for the deliberate refusal of government to introduce transparency and accountability in the petroleum industry but has allowed organized criminal gangs to continue to ride roughshod on the legitimate demands of Nigerians for affordable premium motor spirit.

“The masses must take their destiny in their hands and mobilize themselves in smaller numbers to shout to High Heavens and demand immediate change of the hardship being inflicted on all of us by officials of government and merchants of petrol who are only out to enrich their pockets. The Labour Unions have been settled. Most of us in the civil society community have being bribed to keep quiet even as others have been driven underground due to economic depression and the insecurity that have become the order of the day. Nigerians must fight their own battle now”.

EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS - Joseph Prince

“Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness…
Daniel 9:24
- FEBRUARY 5 -
EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS
On Sunday, we hear a message that says, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ.” On Monday, we are still confessing, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ.” But come Wednesday or Thursday, we begin to confess our sins! Then, when Sunday comes, we get a fresh revelation of our righteousness in Christ and we start to confess our righteousness again. Why do we do that?

It cannot be that on Sunday, we are righteous. Then, a few days later, we become unrighteous because of sin, but are “re-righteoused” when Sunday comes again. No, our righteousness is an “everlasting righteousness”! Jesus has obtained “eternal redemption” for us. (Hebrews 9:12)

“But Pastor Prince, I have just sinned. How can I still be righteous?”

My friend, it is not what you do that makes you righteous. It is what Christ has done at Calvary. Romans 5:19 says, “For as by one man’s [Adam] disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.” It is the obedience of one Man—Christ—and not your obedience, that has made you righteous!

God wants you established in what Christ has done. He wants you conscious of your everlasting righteousness in Christ. How do you do that? You can listen to anointed messages that remind you of your righteousness in Christ. And don’t just know it in your head. Speak it. Every morning, tell yourself, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ!” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

You don’t need a revelation of how sinful you are. You know it when you sin. The devil reminds you of your sins. Even your friends and loved ones sometimes point out your sins. What you need, instead, is a revelation of how forever righteous you are in God’s eyes, especially when you sin.

And when you are conscious of this gift of righteousness that is everlasting, you will reign in life! (Romans 5:17) You will reign over sin, bad habits, sicknesses, lack and everything that holds you back from a victorious life!

 Joseph Prince Ministries

Uncommon Protection - Copeland

Uncommon Protection
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
– John 10:10

Considering how much the devil hates people and how dead set he is on destroying them, it's no wonder we see so much tragedy and disaster in the world. In fact, it's amazing that we don't see more!

I asked the Lord about that one time and He told me it takes the realm of darkness a long time to set up major disasters. Take the aviation industry, for example. It's highly regulated and works hard at policing itself because safety is its product. You take a highly regulated system like that and the devil has to work terribly hard to cause disasters.

He can't just come roaring in and rip things up any time he wants to. If he could, he'd knock every plane out of the sky tonight. But he can't do it.

Why? Because he's bound. The Bible says he's bound to things that are common to man. He has to line up certain things in this natural, human realm before he can lay a finger on you. He has to use people to get his work done.

But, bless God, we're not bound to what's common to man. We're free to use what's common to God! We fight our warfare with uncommon weapons. What does that mean? It means you ought to have the devil wrapped up and sewed up. You ought to put him in a sack with a ribbon on top.

The devil can't cause disaster in your life unless he has been given place. He can't come in and start destroying and stealing from you unless he can get you into a place of sin, doubt, ignorance or disobedience. So if he's been giving you trouble, ask the Holy Spirit to show you where you've let those things in. Then repent and get rid of them.

Once you've done that, pull out the weapons God has given you and fire away with both barrels. Pull out the Word. Pull out prayer. Pull out faith and use it to tie the devil in knots. Use the uncommon power of God to keep him bound and he won't be able to put anything over on you.

Kenneth Copeland