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*THE NIGERIA I SEE*  *5th September 2018*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *THERE IS NOTHING THERE* Good morning Nigerians! On the issue of us dumping our nation to developed ones, there are no better chances out there than in here, you can only help them develop the more with doing the "no collar jobs" which makes your God given pedigree stoop so low for peanuts. You cannot be like them, but you can only work for them. They will remove the active black brains you have to only remain "lack" brains and scooped coconuts. Before we sink out there, let us come back to the great Nigeria and think in here with mind blowing resources that will show for results. We can make Nigeria an enviable nation; a place where all and sundry will be eager to visit, live and stay. America was not created by God; it was made by people like me and you. They were focused. They were determined and they were willing; and today they are so proud of their nation. They owe you no apology when th...

*SUCCESS DAILY*  *5th September 2018*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *WEDNESDAY WALL*  *LESSONS FROM THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE* Many years ago, a Swedish newspaper mistakenly published the obituary of a renowned Swedish Chemist and scientist Mr. Alfred Nobel, rather than that of his brother who actually died. In that error, the newspaper placed the picture of Mr. Alfred Nobel and under it wrote that his death was fantastic because he had invented the "Dynamite";  a substance that had caused much death, pain and suffering to mankind. So, after reading his obituary, Alfred was devastated! He wished he was not born; yet he thanked God that he will be able to re-write his history before dying. He wrote the newspaper editor, apologized for inventing the dynamite and went to set up a foundation for an award we know today as the "NOBEL PEACE PRIZE". you too can rewrite your story. It doesn't matter what the past has brought out for you. It doesn't matter what they...

*THE NIGERIA I SEE*  *3rd September 2018*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *NIGERIA CAN STILL MAKE PROGRESS* Good morning Nigerians! Greetings to everyone. Hope we all had a fantastic weekend? I am privileged to write this article due to the opportunity bestowed on me; I thank God for this platform. Let us pledge allegiance to our motherland. Let's not involve in unlawful activities, we are good people of Nigeria. Let us see peace as a negotiation of love. The green-white-green apparel will continue to fly high with international respect commanded by it in great occasions. Although we were borne into the hands of colonialism but thankGod in his grace we grew in great nationalism with growing respect to true democracy. In this world we surely know that there shall be a grand jury on the day of reckoning which no one can maneuver. If everyone in Nigeria can be a paradigm plus an added value of transparency then no one will belabour on devaluation. It is the right time f...

*THE NIGERIA I SEE*  *3rd September 2018*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *NIGERIA CAN STILL MAKE PROGRESS* Good morning Nigerians! Greetings to everyone. Hope we all had a fantastic weekend? I am privileged to write this article due to the opportunity bestowed on me; I thank God for this platform. Let us pledge allegiance to our motherland. Let's not involve in unlawful activities, we are good people of Nigeria. Let us see peace as a negotiation of love. The green-white-green apparel will continue to fly high with international respect commanded by it in great occasions. Although we were borne into the hands of colonialism but thankGod in his grace we grew in great nationalism with growing respect to true democracy. In this world we surely know that there shall be a grand jury on the day of reckoning which no one can maneuver. If everyone in Nigeria can be a paradigm plus an added value of transparency then no one will belabour on devaluation. It is the right time f...

*THE NIGERIA I SEE*  *3rd September 2018*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *NIGERIA CAN STILL MAKE PROGRESS* Good morning Nigerians! Greetings to everyone. Hope we all had a fantastic weekend? I am privileged to write this article due to the opportunity bestowed on me; I thank God for this platform. Let us pledge allegiance to our motherland. Let's not involve in unlawful activities, we are good people of Nigeria. Let us see peace as a negotiation of love. The green-white-green apparel will continue to fly high with international respect commanded by it in great occasions. Although we were borne into the hands of colonialism but thankGod in his grace we grew in great nationalism with growing respect to true democracy. In this world we surely know that there shall be a grand jury on the day of reckoning which no one can maneuver. If everyone in Nigeria can be a paradigm plus an added value of transparency then no one will belabour on devaluation. It is the right time f...

*SUCCESS DAILY* *3rd September 2018*  _By Joshua N.Nicholas_  *MONDAY MOTIVATION* *THE WRONG JOB* I read a shocking statistics in a journal sometime ago, that 80% of heart attack cases happen on Monday mornings. Most people get up on Monday morning and do not feel excited and enthusiastic about going to work, irrespective of how good and lucrative that occupation may be. This, more often than not, point out to the fact that such persons are out of God's purpose; they are not in their place of assignment. It shows that what you are doing is not the reason for which you are created. A job is what you do to satisfy your basic needs (food, clothing and shelter) while work is what you do that brings you fulfillment. When it comes to work, the money is irrelevant; you are just too happy to even think about the cash, it comes secondary. When you are not in God's purpose you will never be excited doing anything that you are engaged in. When you meet a lawyer that is in God...

*THE NIGERIA I SEE* 2nd September 2018 *THE CALL OF A NIGERIAN GRADUATE PT 2* The call of a Nigerian graduate begins from here with younger family relatives looking 'up to', old family members looking 'unto', your classmates looking 'into' and you looking where to run to. With the growing trend of unemployment in the market, the world needs you to create jobs raising more employers to employees thereby stabilizing the nation's economy. The Nigerian Graduate is a mother that just delivered her certificates. Your undergraduate days are your months of pregnancy. Every pregnant mother should be ready for delivery as nine months is pretty enough to give a tenant in an apartment a quit notice. In the next 10 years, 20 years what will differ you from the others is your assignment and the problems you have been able to solve for mankind. In the next couple of months you will be refined and finished products of not just the university but God's community. ...

*SUCCESS DAILY* 2nd September 2018  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *SUNDAY SUN*  *UNTIL PURPOSE IS DISCOVERED* Until purpose is discovered, existence has no meaning. Purpose is the source of fulfillment in life. Career success does not mean purpose fulfillment. You can be an icon in a particular career and still be unfulfilled. Purpose is about what you find to do without being cajoled: doing it with utmost passion and enthusiasm; with maximum fulfillment derived. A business man or woman that is at the center of God's purpose for his or her life will not wait to be told about the newest platform on which to thrive and go forward in his or her line of business. When you are on God's purpose you cannot be killed. Jesus was in a boat crossing the sea when suddenly water began to enter the boat; sensing they were in jeopardy, the disciples woke him up to respond. He did not panic; rather he rebuked the storm and commanded it to be calm. Jesus knew that it was impossible fo...

*THE NIGERIA I SEE*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *THE CALL OF A NIGERIAN GRADUATE PT 1* I school, you school; we all school. The journey just begun but though anyway. We left our comfort homes to new horizons for the fear of the future. We lit up the candles as boys and girls for the glorious women and men to emerge. Lecturers played hide and seek with us, university staff controlled our selling point and even navigated us to the tempest when there was a safe shore. Assignments stole our sleep, puzzled with our lifeline and sometimes even shifted the positions of our pockets and pulse. We studied harder to get the grades as new semester approaches, old logarithm fades as we head on for new logistics. At sunrise, morning lecture calls with stomach filled with nothing and sustains the day with streneous non-activities with offices of lecturers becoming home-sweet-home. What of when the sponsor unsponsors and garri becomes a well treated campus salad. Sometimes a lift with the...

*SUCCESS DAILY* *1st September 2018*  _By Joshua N. Nicholas_  *SATURDAY STORY*  *MARTIN LUTHER BIBLE: WHAT HAVE YOU THROWN AWAY* A story is told of a man who loved and read books. He met a friend who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations "I couldn't read it" exclaimed the friend. "Somebody named Guten something had printed it." "Oh was it printed by Gutenberg of Germany?" The book lover asked in amazement. "That Bible from Germany was one of the first books ever printed and a copy just sold for two million dollars." The friend went on to say sarcastically; "mine wouldn't have brought a dollar! Some fellow named Martin Luther had scribbled all over it in German." When the book lover heard it, he shouted: "Show me where you have thrown it. That was the Bible used by the Great Reformer Martin Luther himself. In an aunction, it could go for 5 million dollars...

Iran is the world's leading sponsor of international terrorism. But did you know the Islamic Republic is also the one country where Christianity is growing the fastest in the world? Mike Ansari of "Heart4Iran" spoke with CBN News' George Thomas and Emily Jones about how God is moving powerfully inside this Muslim nation. Iran's hardline government has sentenced four Christians to harsh prison terms for putting their faith in Jesus Christ. Pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and his wife Shamiram Issavi, who are ethnic Assyrian Christians, and Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari, who are Christian converts from Islam, were sentenced to a combined total of 45 years in prison for allegedly conducting "illegal church activities" and spreading propaganda which reportedly "threaten national security." "These Christians were solely arrested for practicing their Christian faith, including attending Christmas gatherings and organizing hou...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A church-state watchdog is demanding a halt to meetings between the Trump administration and an informal group of evangelical advisers who have proved to be among the president’s staunchest supporters. Americans United for Separation of Church and State said the group is violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act, a 1972 law that provides transparency and procedural standards for committees created to meet with the executive branch. The watchdog called for a stop to the group’s meetings and advising “unless and until” it complies with the law. “It is clear that the President’s Evangelical Advisory Board is doing substantive work with the Trump Administration behind closed doors — without any sunlight for the public to understand how and why decisions are being made,” wrote Americans United Associate Legal Director Alex J. Luchenitser in a Thursday (Aug. 30) letter addressed to White House counsel Don McGahn and other administration officials...

YOUR TRUE IDENTITY Being born of your parents is a natural phenomenon but being born of God is supernatural; that has to do with the spirit. The real you is not the body; the real you is the spirit in you. That is why even after the body dies, the spirit remains alive. God is a Spirit being and He made you in His image – a spirit. {Psalm 82:6} An understanding of who you are is the beginning of triumph in your Christian adventure. Your true identity is who you are in Christ Jesus; not what you do {John 10:34} You must understand that in the hierarchy of the spirit, you are superior to the devil. God has given you the power of attorney to exercise authority over Satan and gain dominion over the affairs of life. {Matthew 16:19} {Matthew 18:18} Being born again is a shift in identity; a change of citizenship. It transforms your entire being and grants you freedom from the law of sin and death –Col. 2:13 Tribe, race, nationality or position does not determine what y...

DON’T LOSE HOPE When God wants to visit you, He makes a dry place (wilderness) to become a fruitful ground. Our God specializes in doing new things. Forget what you have passed through before now; God will do a new thing. He will open up a new chapter in your life now in Jesus name! Isaiah 43: 18-19 -Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. No matter how battered and shattered your life was before now, God said He will do a new thing beginning from now. In the same area where men and women have completely written you off, God will visit you if you believe it in the name of Jesus! Genesis 21:1,7 - And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. And she said, who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? For I have bor...

*THE NIGERIA I SEE - TNIS*  *A new dawn for Nigeria*  _*Coming soon!!!*_ America and other developed nations are where they are today because of uncompromising devout patriots. Singapore was transformed just by one man.  *I Joshua N. Nicholas* have decided to take responsibility for what happens in my Nation. If we fail, it's my fault - if we win, its my work. As a visionary patriot, I have only one goal - Taking my Nation to her place of Glory and Greatness. One of the ways I can do this is to motivate other Nigerians to catch this dream and run with the vision! As regards this, I will be publishing a daily motivational article  for my Great country. It's titled  *"The Nigeria I See"* . It's the first time its happening in Nigeria, it's the first time its happening in the world. Yes! Men are bound to make history. Positive change is all we have been beckoning for and here it is. Since our problems are enormous, our solutions will be extraordinary. I...

At least 34 unofficial Protestant house churches in Beijing, China, have signed a joined statement sent to Communist Party officials against what they say is an ongoing crackdown against believers, warning that the situation is getting worse. "The normal religious lives of believers have been violated and obstructed, causing serious emotional harm and damage to their sense of patriotism, as well as causing social conflict," read the statement, as translated by Radio Free Asia . They added that when it comes to the arrests of pastors, the disruption of services, and the destruction of churches, "the situation seems to be getting worse and worse." The underground churches insisted that they have the right to freedom of religion as guaranteed by the country's constitution. "The belief that religious believers are some kind of dissenting force, to be managed and rectified, or a target for containment or direct attack, is misguided, and a ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, along with some U.K. politicians, has urged the British government to help protect Christians who are being increasingly persecuted and killed in Nigeria, the Christian Post has reported. Just recently, Nigerian Christian leaders warned that if the current rate of massacres continue, with hundreds of believers being killed each month, “Africa’s most-populous nation is on the brink of decimating its Christian population by 2043.” Justin Welby, as he addressed the House of Lords, also suggested that climate change is exacerbating violence there. Although Christians make up nearly half of the 186 million population, for nearly a decade they’ve been heavily targeted by Islamic extremist groups, such as Boko Haram, and most recently by the semi- nomadic herdsmen. Responding to a question from Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Baroness Cox, Welby, according to the Christian Post said, “I am sure the [minister] shares m...

On Friday, July 27, the full moon will pass through the shadow of the Earth. According to Vox.com , the blood moon will last for 103 minutes, the longest “blood moon” lunar eclipse of the century, lasting 26 minutes longer than the last total lunar eclipse, in January. Although most of the world will be able to see the blood moon, most of North America will not. The eclipse will best be seen the Middle East, southern Asia, Africa, and the Indian Ocean. Space.com reports the moon will remain in the earth's shadow for nearly 4 hours total. The event known as a Blood Moon occurs when the moon moves completely into the deepest part of Earth's shadow, known as the umbra. The moon turns red instead of going black. The red color comes from some of the sunlight going through Earth's atmosphere. The sunlight bends and falls onto the moon's surface. (Earth's air also scatters shorter- wavelength light — think of colors such as blue or green — which ...

The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has prophesied impending disaster following the defection of 15 senators from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mbaka said this on Wednesday during a live programme titled ‘E No Dey Again’, stating that Buhari would not sleep very soon as more disasters would follow news of defecting senators. According to him, “the defected senators are coming to destroy Nigeria more.” The fiery Cleric again attacked the Buhari- led government over its failure to protect Nigerians, describing his government as ‘Demonocracy’. Mbaka said “Heaven is watching Buhari with a whistle. The whistle has been blown. The administration is tyrannical “As for the defected senators, they are coming to destroy Nigeria more. “This is just the beginning of disaster following Senators decamping,this is just the kindergarten until Buhari delivers Change he promised. “Heaven is ...

A Los Angeles auction firm is taking bids on a microform, or photographically reduced, King James Bible that went to the moon on the 1971 Apollo 14 space flight. Similar in appearance to a piece of microfilm, the microform is certified as containing the entire biblical text. Its print is so small that one needs a microscope to read it. The tiny, space-traveling Bible was one of 11 that left Earth’s atmosphere in the care of landing module commander Edgar Mitchell, who died in 2016 on the eve of the 45th anniversary of that lunar landing. He carried them in a container for personal items. A print Bible would have been too heavy for a space mission, but the lightweight versions posed no obstacle. Minimum bid for the rarity is $50,000, according to the Nate D. Sanders auction firm, which will close bidding at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday (July 26). Apollo 14, carrying astronauts Alan Shepard Jr., Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell, lifts off from the Kennedy Space...