Gov. Ugwuanyi attends ex-governor Sullivan Chime's son's wedding(Photos)

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State attended ex-governor Sullivan Chime's son's wedding in Enugu.

Below are photos from the wedding

Today's bible teaching: It is very easy for the Lord to make a poor person suddenly rich

Sirach 11 Vs 1-21
 Good News Translation (GNT)

11 ¹ If a poor person is wise, he has good reason to be proud, and he will be thought of as someone great.

Appearances

² Do not compliment a person on his good looks. On the other hand, do not look down on someone who is unattractive.³ Compared to most flying things, a bee is very small, but the honey it makes is the sweetest of foods. ⁴ Don't make fun of someone who has fallen on hard times and is dressed in rags.^[a] The Lord does wonderful things that human beings never notice. ⁵ Many are the kings who have ended their careers sitting on the ground, while their crowns were worn by those no one had heard of before. ⁶ Many are the rulers who have suffered disgrace. Many are the famous people who have fallen into the power of others.

Be Cautious

⁷ Before you start criticizing, get your facts straight and think the matter through. ⁸ Don't interrupt while someone is speaking; hear what he has to say before you answer.⁹ Don't get into an argument over something that is none of your business. Don't take part in decisions that are being made by sinners.

¹⁰ My child, don't get involved in too many things. If you try to do too much, you will suffer for it. You won't be able to finish your work, and you won't be able to get away from it either. ¹¹ For instance, here is someone who never stops working like a slave, but gets further behind all the time.¹² On the other hand, someone else may be very poor and not up to his task. He may be slow, and he may need help, but the Lord is pleased with him and pulls him out of his bad situation. ¹³ When he is back on his feet again, everyone is astounded.

¹⁴ Everything comes from the Lord: success and failure, poverty and wealth, life and death. ¹⁵ Wisdom, understanding, knowledge of the Law, love, and the doing of good deeds—all these come from the Lord.¹⁶ Error and darkness have been with sinners from the beginning, and those who enjoy evil will have it with them into their old age. ¹⁷ The Lord's gifts to religious people are gifts that endure. If he approves of you, you will always be successful. ¹⁸ Someone may grow rich by working hard and denying himself pleasure, but what does he get for it? ¹⁹ He says to himself,

Now I can finally sit back and enjoy what I have worked for. But he has no idea how long it will be before he must die and leave his wealth to others.

²⁰ Stand by your duty and stick to it; grow old at your work. ²¹ Don't be jealous of what sinners achieve; just stick to your own work, and trust the Lord. It is very easy for the Lord to make a poor person suddenly rich.

See what a man did during the burial of his friend in Bayelsa(Photos)

Lagos Godgift a.k.a Kolo,the younger brother of Africanus Ukparasia a.k.a General Africa was finally interred to mother earth at the Yenagoa Cemetery, Azikoro Town, Yenagoa.

During his burial,a grieving friend almost entered the grave.It took the intervention of others to stop him.See photos after the cut....

Today's bible teaching: You cannot expect the Lord to pardon you while you are holding a grudge against someone else.

Sirach 28 Good News Translation (GNT)

28 ¹ The Lord is taking note of your sins, and if you take vengeance on someone, the Lord will take vengeance on you. ² But if you forgive someone who has wronged you, your sins will be forgiven when you pray. ³ You cannot expect the Lord to pardon you while you are holding a grudge against someone else. ⁴ You yourself are a sinner, and if you won't forgive another person, you have no right to pray that the Lord will forgive your sins. ⁵ If you cannot get rid of your anger, you have no hope of forgiveness—you are only a human being. ⁶ Think about it! Some day you will die, and your body will decay. So give up hate and live by the Lord's commands, ⁷ the commands in the covenant of the Most High. Instead of getting upset over your neighbor's faults, overlook them.

Arguments

⁸ If you stay out of arguments, you will not sin so much, because a hot temper gets them started. ⁹ It is sinful to break up a friendship by creating hostility among people who get along well together. ¹⁰ The more fuel, the hotter the fire. The more stubbornness, the hotter the argument. And the stronger or richer people are, the angrier they can afford to become. ¹¹ An argument that blazes out suddenly can lead to violence. ¹² You can blow on a spark to make it glow, or you can spit on it to put it out. Either way, you do it with your mouth.

Vicious Talk

¹³ Gossips and liars deserve to be cursed, because they have been the ruin of many people who were minding their own business. ¹⁴ Many have had their lives ruined and have been driven from their homes because of people who meddled in their business. Such unwanted interference has resulted in the destruction of strong cities and the homes of respected people.¹⁵ Meddlers have caused faithful wives to be divorced, robbed of everything they had worked for. ¹⁶ Anyone who pays attention to slander can never find peace of mind. ¹⁷ A whip can raise a welt, but a vicious tongue can break bones. ¹⁸ More people have died as a result of loose talk than were ever killed by swords. ^19-20 Count yourself lucky if you have been spared the experience of having irresponsible talk directed against you—if you have never had that iron yoke around your neck or those heavy chains on your legs. ²¹ Slander leads to a miserable death; but in fact, you'd be better off dead.

²² Devout people, however, cannot be overcome by slander; they cannot be burned by its flames. ²³ Its victims are those who have abandoned the Lord; once the fire of slander has been lit among them, it cannot be put out. Slander will pounce on them like a lion and tear them to pieces like a leopard.

²⁴ Don't you fence in your property? Don't you lock up your money? ²⁵ Well, be just as careful with what you say. Weigh every word, and have a lock ready for your mouth.²⁶ Someone may be waiting for you to slip, and if you are not careful, you will stumble over your own words and fall down in front of him.

Today's bible teaching: Humble yourself before you are punished with sickness. When you have sinned, show repentance

Sirach 18 Good News Translation (GNT)

The Greatness of God

18 The Lord, who lives forever, created the whole universe, ² and he alone is just.^[a] 4 He has given no one enough power to describe what he has done, and no one can investigate it completely. ⁵ Who can measure his majestic power? Who can tell the whole story of his merciful actions? ⁶ We cannot add to them; we cannot subtract from them. There is no way to comprehend the marvelous things the Lord has done.⁷ When we come to the end of that story, we have not even begun; we are simply at a loss for words.

Human Beings Are Nothing

⁸ What are human beings? Of what use are we? The good that we do—the evil that we do—what does it all mean? ⁹ If we live a hundred years, we have lived an unusually long time, ¹⁰ but compared with all eternity, those years are like a drop of water in the ocean, like a single grain of sand. ¹¹ That is why the Lord is so patient with us, why he is so free with his mercy. ¹² He looks at us and knows that we are doomed to die; that is why he is so willing to forgive us. ¹³ We can show compassion to someone we know, but the Lord shows compassion for all humanity. He corrects us; he disciplines us; he teaches us. Like a shepherd tending sheep, he brings us back to himself. ¹⁴ He will have compassion on us if we accept his guidance and are eager for him to show us where we are wrong.

Kindness and Charity

¹⁵ My child, when you help someone, don't reprimand him at the same time. When you make a gift, don't say anything that hurts.¹⁶ Your words count for more than what you give. Even dew gives some relief during a spell of hot weather. ¹⁷ Yes, kind words are more effective than the best of gifts, and if you are really concerned, you will give both.¹⁸ It is stupid to be unkind and insulting. No one's eyes are going to sparkle at a gift that you resent giving.

Self-examination

¹⁹ Know what you are talking about before you speak, and give attention to your health before you get sick. ²⁰ Examine your conscience before the Lord judges you; then when that time comes, he will forgive you.²¹ Humble yourself before you are punished with sickness. When you have sinned, show repentance. ²² If you make a promise to the Lord, keep it as soon as you can. Don't wait until you are about to die to set things straight. ²³ But before you make such a promise, be prepared to keep it. Don't try to test the Lord's patience. ²⁴ Think! Do you want him to be angry with you on the day you die? When you face his judgment, do you want him to turn his back on you?²⁵ When you have all you want, think what it is like to be hungry, what it is to be poor.²⁶ Things can change in a single day; the Lord can act very quickly. ²⁷ If you are wise, you will be careful in everything you do. When sin is all around you, be especially careful that you do not become guilty.²⁸ Every intelligent person can recognize wisdom and will honor anyone who shows it. ²⁹ If you appreciate wisdom when you hear it, you will become wise yourself, and your words will be a source of wisdom for others.

Self-control

³⁰ Don't be controlled by your lust; keep your passions in check. ³¹ If you allow yourself to satisfy your every desire, you will be a joke to your enemies. ³² Don't indulge in luxurious living; the expense of it will ruin you. ³³ Don't make yourself a beggar by borrowing for expensive banquets when you don't have enough money of your own.

2019: Obasanjo, Amosun Sue For Peaceful Polls, Unity Among Candidates

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, have urged politicians to eschew politics of bitterness, towards a peaceful 2019 general elections.

Speaking at the 19th Ibogun-Olaogun Day celebration, Obasanjo enjoined them to always promote friendliness among their supporters and avoid hate speeches in their campaigns.

The former president, who had asked the gubernatorial candidate of the  Allied People's Movement (APM), Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade and that of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Prince  Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, to embrace each other at the event, said, "it is the will of God that matters in the choice of who becomes the governor."

He advised the electorate to go about voting orderly, and charged the public to rally support for whosoever emerges the governor of the state.

He commended Amosun for speaking against electoral violence, describing him as his brother and a performing governor, who will remain dear to him forever, regardless of their differences in political alignment.

In his address, the governor called on politicians and their supporters, not to heat up the polity, noting that "in the final analysis, we are all working for the progress of Ogun State.

Stating that the 2018 edition of the annual festival is his last, as a sitting governor, he thanked the former president, who is an indigene of Ibogun, for consistently identifying with his root.

Photos of Nigerian soldiers showing their dancing skills

Here are adorable photos of Nigerian soldiers showing their dancing skills.

One word for them