Today's prayer: Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Psalm 26

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Psalm 26 Of David.

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Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

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for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.

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I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

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I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD,

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proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

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I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells.

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Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men,

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in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me.

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My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.

Today's prayer: Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy

Psalm 86

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Psalm 86 A prayer of David.

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Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

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Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.

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Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long.

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Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

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You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.

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Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for mercy.

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In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.

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Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.

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All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.

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For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.

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Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

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I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.

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For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave. ^[1]

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The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life-- men without regard for you.

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But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

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Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strength to your servant and save the son of your maidservant. ^[2]

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Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Today's bible teaching: Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

Psalm 2

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Psalm 2

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Why do the nations conspire ^[1] and the peoples plot in vain?

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The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. ^[2]

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"Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."

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The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

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Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

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"I have installed my King ^[3] on Zion, my holy hill."

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I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son ^[4] ; today I have become your Father. ^[5]

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Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

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You will rule them with an iron scepter ^[6] ; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."

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Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.

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Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.

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Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Today's praises: Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle

Psalm 144

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Psalm 144 Of David.

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Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

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He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples ^[1] under me.

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O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?

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Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.

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Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

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Send forth lightning and scatter [the enemies]; shoot your arrows and rout them.

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Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners

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whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

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I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

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to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.

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Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

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Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;

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our oxen will draw heavy loads. ^[2] There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.

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Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Obasanjo, GEJ, Osinbajo & Ernest Koroma attend opening of CoDA(Photos)

Former president and Chair, Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) Obasanjo, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, and other notable leaders, reflected deeply on some of the challenges we're facing in the West African sub-region with a view to mapping out ways to overcome them at the opening of a CoDA High-level Dialogue with the theme: West Africa: Rising to the Challenge of Consolidating Democratic Goverance holding at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria. 

They spoke against coups in Africa and also reiterated that the development is a threat to democracy in the continent

Catholic priest framed up, detained & beaten by security agents in Ebonyi(Photos)

Nigerians should demand for the immediate and unconditional release of Rev Fr. Timothy Ngwuta who was allegedly framed up by security agencies in Ebonyi State..

The continued detention of an innocent priest of a Roman Catholic church has remained a very sad one. The crime of the innocent priest was that he was posted to a Catholic parish in the war torn Effium community. The crisis in Effium community created a refuge  problem which as a priest, he has a moral duty to look after them. This necessitated that he visits them occasionally to attend to their needs and possibly encourage them with the word of God.

Rev Fr Timothy Ngwuta went to Izhi where most of his members were refugees on 11/12/2021. As he went to Nworie Izhi to visit some of his parishioners who ran to Izhi for refuge, he ran into some security agents who claimed they were on stop and search mission. He was arrested by them and later framed up that he was one of the people responsible  for the crisis in Effium community and with other heavy allegations levelled against him without any iota of truth.

Recall that his parish and all he had in life was completely burnt down and he narrowly escaped being killed in Ugoeze community where he was a parish priest of the Catholic church.

Rev Fr Ngwuta was severely beaten by the AK men which has made it difficult for him to walk yet he is still in detention.

As I'm writing now, this innocent priest is still in detention with the injuries they inflicted on him.

Today's bible teaching: Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing

Psalm 34

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Psalm 34 Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. ^[1]

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I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

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My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

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Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.

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I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

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Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

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This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

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The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

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Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

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Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.

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The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

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Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,

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keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.

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Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;

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the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

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The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;

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he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

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Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

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The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him