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OPEN INVITATION

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *OPEN INVITATION* *Enjoy peace on all sides in Jesus name* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. It is said that gold is given to to those that knows the value. Since His own choose to neglect what they were given maybe because it was given to them free of charge it has to be given to those that knows the value and what does it take to know that you know the value of what was given? Simple acceptance. Because the people that were supposed to receive Him choose not the giver then made it an open invitation to all that will come across the invitation and choose to know the value and go for it and the invitation letter is what...

SAVED FROM DEADLY PESTILENCE

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *SAVED FROM DEADLY PESTILENCE*.. *Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence*.  *Ps.91.3*  We give you all the glory 🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 we give you honour 🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 we give you all the glory🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 father we give you honour 🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 father indeed we count it all joy to have been given this opportunity to thank you and to give you all the glory for all that you have done for us and will continue to do.  I pray for you and with you that those setting dangerous traps for you in your office, in your marriage and in all areas of your life especially those that are very close to you that you can never suspect may the God of revelation reveal all their secret plans against you to you and cause them to be put to shame by the power in the name of Jesus. I pray for them that all the snares that they have set to put you to shame or to destroy you that all of them will back fire a hundred fold to them by the...

MERCY INDEED

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *MERCY INDEED*  *Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' Hosanna in the highest*!"  *Matt.21.9* Today we shout hosanna (join the multitudes)and tomorrow we will still shout crucify Him(because we don't want to stand out) Today we promise to die for and with Jesus( to follow him without compromising as long as our following Him is convenient for us) but tomorrow we will deny Him three times even before the cock crows. Today we will shout hosanna and tomorrow we will prefer Barrabas(when we see opportunity to cheat, steal and engage in corruption) Today we follow Jesus into Jerusalem(when things are ok with us) but tomorrow(whenever there is trial) we will abandon Him. Today we lay our cloaks on the floor for Him to match on(humility) but at the slightest provocation we will go to any length to revenge even to ...

HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT5

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT5* *You are refreshed as you enjoy your weekend in Jesus name* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. Ones mindset is always what his hand is set to carry, if it is not in your mind it can never enter your hand that is why your mindset is very important because whatever your mind is set on whether good or evil will be what will enter your hand. From our previous discussion you will agree with me that because of what their minds were set on they failed to recognize the necessary scriptures that says that Jesus was from the line of David, The next thing was their expectation, they have made up their ...

HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT4

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT4* *Thank God it is Friday, God will give you rest on all sides in Jesus name* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. One thing that characterises the life of the recipients of any blessing is that most times they want to tell you how to bless them or what to bless them with or set a standard for you on how to bless them. They always have a mindset of what they want you to do for them, how they want you to do it and when they want you to do it. The people of Jesus time and family knew that the Christ will come from the line of David and their expectations was that the Christ must be like David. A f...

HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT3

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT3* *Thank God for this day He has made for you to break forth* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. Do you know that most times the people that rejects you most are the people you are meant to be a blessing to their lives, the devil is not powerful but we can't deny that fact that he is smart, he knows how to make sure that we live around blessings and not enjoy the blessings. What does it really mean to receive? To talk of receiving you must talk of giving, there is no receiving without giving. And anything given like we said before has nothing to do with the qualifications of the receiver....

Eulogy in Honour of Professor Stella Chinye Chiemeke

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  Eulogy in Honour of Professor Stella Chinye Chiemeke By Imoni-Ogbe Kingsley Prof Stella Chiemeke  Today, I am writing in deep gratitude and celebration of an extraordinary era; an era defined by the remarkable leadership of Professor Stella Chinye Chiemeke as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delta, Agbor. Fondly known by me as the “Iron Lady,” she came into office with a clear vision and an unshakable resolve to bring sanity, structure, and excellence to a young and evolving institution. And indeed, she did just that. Through discipline, consistency, and courage, she transformed systems, raised standards, and built a culture of accountability that will endure for years to come. Professor Chiemeke was more than an administrator; she was a mother to both staff and students. A “no-nonsense” mother, yet one whose firmness was always rooted in fairness and genuine care. She instilled discipline not by words alone, but through action—leading by example in her work ethic, respo...

HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT2

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS PT2* *It is a day of addition for you. Go and increase in Jesus name* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. It is always disheartening to know that when you have opened up your heart and made up your mind with all the goodwill and love in you and you are convinced and know that you mean well and fully prepared to be a blessing by putting everything in place to bless an individual and person in question treats you like you are only fooling yourself.   We have seen countless number of complaints, pain and disappointment on the part of people that showed love especially to their loved ones after doing ...

HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *HAVE YOU RECEIVED JESUS* *Another beautiful Tuesday for your blessings to be full, do enjoy the fullness of God's blessings* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. Do you remember the story of bro Joseph when he was sent by his father to take food to his brothers? Look at the sufferings that he went through on the way before he was able to find his brothers where they were taking care of the sheep. He came to his own and instead of his brothers to appreciate his efforts and his kindness they plotted to kill him instead and ended up in selling him for coming to their aid. Many of us read that passage of the scripture and...

BE DELIVERED FROM EVERY PLAGUE

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *BE DELIVERED FROM EVERY PLAGUE*. *It is another week of joy, you will go through it rejoicing in Jesus name* *Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence*.  *Ps.91.3*  We give you all the glory 🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 we give you honour 🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 we give you all the glory🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 father we give you honour 🎡 🎡 🎡 🎡 father indeed we count it all joy to have been given this privilege to thank you and to give you all the glory for all that you have done for us and will continue to do.  Beloved i pray for you and with you that any deadly disease or plague that has been fired into your body and it is spreading so fast in your body and it seem to defile all medical explanation and medicament may the God of heaven deliver you from all of them by the power in the name of Jesus. Any plague assigned to waste your resources, any plague assigned to be taking you from hospital to hospital until all your finances has...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT14

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT14* *Thank God is is Sunday filled with hope may our hope never disappoint us* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. Having told ourselves the truth that we don't know God either at all or not as much as we ought to know Him and having somebody like St Paul praying to know God more even when he was doing great for the kingdom we came to know that knowing God is a continuous program and today we will try to see how we can know God more. Having talked about how we can know God before now we want to explain it the more today for better understanding and action. We can know God through the following w...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT13

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT13* *Thank God that it Saturday, a day meant for you to do exploits* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. You will agree with me that the word "and the world did not know Him" came from a heart that wished that the great mistake of not knowing never happened because knowing him is not to his advantage but the advantage of he or she that knows Him  From the point of view of the prophecy of Daniel you will see that knowing Him has a lot of good for those that choose to know Him because He will never at any point in life force Himself on anyone as knowing Him will go a long way to tell how far ...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT13

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT13* *Thank God that today is Friday, a day meant for you to be blessed and so be blessed in Jesus name* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We know that no one that have a full knowledge of God as God cannot be fully understood but there are dimensions that we can understand from our relationship with Him and run with that knowledge and end up in doing exploits because of that knowledge. Jeremiah in the book of lamentation tells us that there is a dimension of God that he knows and that dimensions is what gladdens him anything he thinks about God. That is a dimension of God that he knew either by rev...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT12

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT12* *Today is Thursday meant for you to shine so go forth and shine forth because you are blessed in Jesus name* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We can actually do a lot for God when we know and understand the kind of God that we worship. Do you know why native and witch doctors boast? They boast because they so much believe in that thing they call their god but believers that has a superior God, all powerful and Almighty faint at the boasting of mere native and witch doctors, can you imagine that? The apostles rejoiced when they were flogged and beaten for the sake of Jesus and they even went a...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT11

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT11* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. If you were to be Bartimaeus, the son of a nobody and a road side common blind begger and people asked you to keep quiet that Jesus was passing with VIPs and great and big men of God and that He will have no time for you would you have shouted even louder? Tell me the truth!!! He was looked down on, the people may have threatened him that if he shouts more that they will not help him again and even the ones that brought him to the road side would have threatened not to take him home if he shouts more because he was embarrassing them but he choose to shout loude...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT10

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT10* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We have seen how a woman from a disadvantageous position of life moved to an advantageous position due to her knowledge of the person of Jesus meaning that to know God is not gender based or gender friendly. You don't know God because you are a man and nothing stops you from knowing God because you are a woman. Today i want us to explore more on this so that we can continue to grow in the knowledge and love of and for God. There was a man that was born blind and the people refused to know his name but calls him the son of his father maybe because his father...

SAVED FROM DEADLY PESTILENCE

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *SAVED FROM DEADLY PESTILENCE*.. *Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence*.  *Ps.91.3*  What a mighty God we serve 🎡 🎡 🎢, what a mighty God we serve🎡 🎡 🎢 , heaven and earth adore Him 🎡 🎡 🎢, Angels bow before Him 🎡 🎡 🎢, what a mighty God we serve 🎡 🎡 🎢. Indeed what a mighty God we serve, a God like no other and a God that does wonders without number. To Him alone be all the glory both now and forever. Here the bible started with "surely" and so i pray for you and with you that the Lord that delivered Daniel from the Lions den will certainly and surely deliver you from every trap of the enemies and set you above them by the power in the name of Jesus. Hear me dear child of God, in any area of your life, family, business and carrier where you need deliverance by the power that raised Jesus from the dead be delivered and made free indeed now by the power in the name of Jesus. H...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT9

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT9* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. The other day we saw how a woman came from behind to touch the helm of the garment of Jesus. Very quickly let us take a look at the odds against her and how her knowledge of the personality of Jesus saves the situation. First of all the bible told us that she was a woman, speaking from that context where women were not heard or given any opportunity either to speak or to be heard how come that a woman that was not supposed to be heard came from behind to get what those in front could not get? She was not supposed to touch Jesus but she knew very well that Jesus ...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT8

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT8* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. Having talked about how many of us think that we know God while in reality we don't know him or probably knows Him by other people's testimonies and experience and moving to proof that we can actually know God by ourselves and for ourselves which led us to take a look at the lives of the three Hebrew boys let us now take a look at one other person that proved that she really knows God. There was a woman that her problem led to know God personally and the bible told us that she did everything she could to solve her problem but all to know avail until she ...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT7

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT7* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. With the help of the Holy Spirit i believe that we are getting to the point where you will agree with me that knowing God personally is none negotiable and sacrosanct and today we will continue to explore what it means to know God so that we will not be part of those that will not know him even in His very presence. Once upon a time, three Hebrew boys were captured and taken to exile, though they were more than that number but these particular ones stood out so we will look at their case today, am talking about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these three boys ...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT5

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT5* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We are looking at the extent to which a man can go and he or she can boldly say that he or she knows God because not all that glitters are gold. We have been painting pictures of how so many of us know this God and we have seen that our knowledge of this this is either very shallow or in assumption. Let me bring our minds to something popular or familiar with us as to see whether we can drive this message home with it. Do you know that when a man meets his wife the simple word for it is "know"? I mean when a man and his legally married wife meets. I us...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT4

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT4* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We have been trying to see what the bible meant by "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him" we have been trying to paint a picture of what this kind of not knowing Him meant and today we will God helping us try to see more by means of another picture. Many of us Christian are running or following God with other people's knowledge or experience. We are like a driver driving in the night with another cars head lamp, the car behind determines how far we will go, if the car stops our light goes out and i...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT3

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT3* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We tried seeing what the knowing meant in this scripture and we tried to paint a picture of what we were saying so today we will continue from where we stopped. The bible told us that he was in the world and that the world did not know Him, for the sake of clarity let me state it here that the world meant here is talking about you and i(human beings) This not knowning Him does not mean that we don't know his name, we don't fell His presence or the we lack having an idea about His personality but it speaks of not having any closeness to Him and with Him. ...

THE SNARE WILL NOT CATCH YOU

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *THE SNARE WILL NOT CATCH YOU*. *Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence*.  *Ps.91.3*  We give you all the glory, 🎡 🎡 🎢 we give you all the honour 🎡 🎡 🎢, we give you all the glory🎡 🎡 🎢 , we give you honour 🎡 🎡 🎢 honour!! Indeed we could have given you more than all the glory and honour if we were to have anything more than that and so Lord we give you all the glory, praise honour and adoration both now and forever and ever. Beloved, i pray for you and with you that any snare that the enemies have set for you either to make sure that you enter into trouble or to make others afflict you or to afflict you themselves, as we pray now may all the snare catch the setters now by the power in the name of Jesus. Any snare set in your carrier to make sure that you are sacked or that you will never be promoted by the power that raised Jesus from the dead the snare is hereby rendered powerless and i...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT2

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS? PT2* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. We were told that our maker is in the world and the world was made through Him and all of us came in contact with Him in one way or the other especially when we were coming because he was the one that gave us the light of life and yet the Bible says that many of us does not know Him. As simple as it may sound this "not knowing Him" matters a lot. Let me try to paint a picture here, for instance i am a Nigerian and my president is Bola Tinubu. So i know him? I know him as the president of Nigeria, every policy that he makes affects me directly and perso...

DO YOU KNOW JESUS?

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *DO YOU KNOW JESUS?* *He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God*. *Jn 1:10-13*. Did you remember when the Bible said that John was sent to bear witness to the light? I believe it was to make you and i see and know the one of whom the witness was born so that when eventually he appears you and i will know and embrace Him so as to get the full blessing of His coming. Unfortunately even with all the witnesses born by John and the evidence that surround the witnessing, the one of whom witness was born came and many of us still did not know Him not that the evidence is not correct but that we choose not to know Him. This act of not knowing Him was a...