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Health, issues, Spiritual

REBELLION

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The Father dropped something in my heart this morning and I want to briefly share some parts that may apply to you. I’ll share it in five paragraphs. 

I have found that knowledge has greatly increased with the proliferation of information and the tools to access this. For this reason people in this generation know a lot more at their age compared to people in previous generations. Our kids today are already interacting and functioning in a context of information overload, as I even heard my 3 year old niece once reacted to her dad’s intense play by saying: “daddy stop terrorising me”. Knowledge and concepts, peddled by written or spoken words are daily communicated over portable mobile media, which perform multiple functions, and our generation is already saturated. 

Here is the problem. The Bible records in 1 Cor. 8:1 that “knowledge puffs up”. A very close observation will reveal the link between the rise in knowledge and rebellion in the heart of men. Rebellion has taken hold of many because they are bloated with “knowledge”. They think they know much now and can question everything. While the ability to question is a positive quality that can bring progress, however without understanding, it leads to rebellion. This is where many today have pitched their tents – a rebellious heart is present with them.

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Health, issues, Spiritual

BITTERNESS AGAINST GOD

Bitterness

I feel strongly led to share this. Some of us harbor bitterness towards God without realizing it. I encourage you to read this and reflect deeply, allowing God to reveal any hidden pockets of darkness that can significantly impact your life.

We all understand what bitterness is—not the bitterness sensed by our taste buds, but that which resides in the heart. This destructive human emotion can corrupt your spirit in the same way that pride can. Let me explain further to ensure everyone understands.

Bitterness is the deep-seated feeling of hurt, hate, anger, or resentment harbored in one’s heart towards another due to their actions or inactions. It resides deep within the human soul, making it easy to convince yourself it isn’t there. The problem with bitterness is that it’s a destination you arrive at without realizing how you got there, unless you carefully review your journey from the beginning.

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Health, issues

EBOLA: CLOSER HOME THAN YOU THINK?

The Short Nosed Fruit Bat

The Short Nosed Fruit Bat

Sometimes, when an outbreak of this kind happens we tend to stand off and wonder how the crazies bridged this zoonosis. We never imagine that its origin might be as close home as the Liberian scenes seen through our TVs. However, given that the available best evidence is that Ebola is a “naturally occuring” (endemic) illness among tropical fruit-eating Bats, we might want to be more worried and become even more proactive in dealing with the probability of a standalone outbreak in Nigeria…Yes! Even from Lagos.

For those who have lived in or frequented Lagos Island, particularly the circumference covering Obalende, Race Course, Marina, and Tinubu Square, you should have noted the huge population of the Lagos Fruit Bats. They droop off the high metal railings at Race Course, as well as the huge Almond trees at CMS besides the Lagos State Library building. As a teenager living on the Island, it was usual practice for me to observe the dusk flight of these Bats. At about 5pm everyday, the lower skies of the area is blanketed by thousands of flying animals, echolocating food aggregates.

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