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Don’t Play Junk Music as a Christian – Pastor Ibiyeomie
By Eric Elezuo
The Presiding Pastor of the Salvation Ministries, Worldwide, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has cautioned christian faithful to desist from playing any music that is not edifying to the soul nor minister love of God, classifying such as junk music. He informed the congregation that every music has a spirit that follows it, and the listener immediately contacts the said spirit while listening to the music.
“If you listen to immoral music, you are likely to tend towards immorality. In the same vein, if you listen to worship songs, the Holy Spirit takes over your being. So it is important you stop playing junk music as a christian,” he said.
He drew inference from the beginning, using Lucifer, whom he explained was the ‘music director’ in heaven before his great fall.
Pastor Ibiyeomie made these remarks Sunday during a live worship session at the Ministries’ headquarters in Port Harcourt, and viewed via satellite by millions around the world.
Teaching on the topic, Winning Financially Part 8, the Shepherd who holds five Holy Ghost filled services every Sunday with a large crowd of followers every service, itemised certain skills which he termed important for the christian to win in life. Among them were creativity and innovation as well as personal development.
Ibiyeomie, harping on personal development, told the congregation that it is imperative to continue developing oneself all through life in order to keep abreast of events, stay ahead of others and improve one’s financial standing.
Hear him: “To be ahead, you must have something in your head. To grow, you must continually invest in yourself. To be ahead of others, learn to grow faster than others. Any knowledge not improved upon will become obsolete. Any information not updated will become outdated.”
Outlining keys for continuous self improvement and learning, Ibiyeomie advised the christian to ‘read at least one hour every day, and more when you can in your chosen field’, noting that as exercise expands the physical body, so does reading expand the mind, drawing his reference from 1 Timothy 4:15.
Other keys, according to the man of God, are listening to inspirational audio types in the car while travelling from place to place and attending courses and seminars, adding that to make the keys functional, some pure practical steps need to be introduced immediately.
The steps, he said, are: begin a daily reading programme immediately where one can change his sleeping and waking pattern, and read for at least two hours before going to work; turn your car into a University on wheels so that even if you cannot read, you can listen to something educative and then be disciplined enough to implement what you read and heard.
Salvation Ministries, a world renowned church, recently celebrated 22 years of existence and Godly impartation.
Apart from running a 24 hours television station known as Salvation TV, Ibiyeomie has a commanding presence in major TV stations across the world at large where he teaches without equivocation the raw and undiluted gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Hamas Releases Israeli Hostages As Ceasefire Agreement Comes into Effect
The first hostages freed from Gaza under a long-awaited ceasefire agreement are back in Israel. The news sparked jubilant scenes in Tel Aviv where large crowds gathered ahead of their release.
The three freed Israeli hostages – the first of 33 to be released over the next six weeks – are Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari. They are said to be in good health and are receiving treatment at a medical center in Tel Aviv.
In exchange, 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees are set to be released by Israel from Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military withdrew from several locations in southern and northern Gaza after the truce began earlier on Sunday, an Israeli military official told CNN.
Displaced Gazans have started returning to their homes, while the aid trucks laden with much-needed supplies have crossed into Gaza. Here’s what we know about how the ceasefire deal will work.
Hamas, despite suffering devastating losses, is framing the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a victory for itself, and a failure for Israel.
One of Hamas’ main goals for taking some 250 people during its brazen October 7, 2023, attack on Israel was to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. As Israel pounded Gaza in response, Hamas vowed not to return the hostages until Israel withdrew its forces from the enclave, permanently ended the war, and allowed for rebuilding.
Source: CNN
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Again, Kemi Badenoch Lashes Out at Nigeria Says Country’s ‘Dream Killer’
The leader of UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has said she doesn’t want Britain to be like Nigeria that is plagued by “terrible governments.”
Speaking on Thursday at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research on economic and social issues, Badenoch expressed fears that Britain may become like Nigeria if the system is not reformed.
“And why does this matter so much to me? It’s because I know what it is like to have something and then to lose it,” Badenoch told the audience.
“I don’t want Britain to lose what it has.
“I grew up in a poor country and watched my relatively wealthy family become poorer and poorer, despite working harder and harder as their money disappeared with inflation.
“I came back to the UK aged 16 with my father’s last £100 in the hope of a better life.
“So I have lived with the consequences of terrible governments that destroy lives, and I never, ever want it to happen here.”
Badenoch has been in the news of late after she dissociated herself from Nigeria, saying she has nothing to do with the Islamic northern region.
She also accused the Nigeria Police of robbing citizens instead of protecting them.
She said: “My experience with the Nigeria Police was very negative. Coming to the UK, my experience with the British Police was very positive.
“The police in Nigeria will rob us (laughter). When people say I have this bad experience with the police because I’m black, I say well…I remember the police stole my brother’s shoe and his watch.”