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Faith... A panacea for false Miracles.

Understanding the concept of Faith : “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” ( Heb 11:1 ). It is imperative to extract from this portion of the Holy Bible, the fact that faith exceeds the borders of the material and tangible things. It extends even to that belief in the ability of the Almighty God to move Mountains for us, simply based on the fact that we believe He can. The very words of Christ to His Disciples after He healed the lunatic man lends credence to this fact: “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain , Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you” ( Mat 17:20 ). This statement came on the heels of the inability of the Disciples to heal the lunatic man. Jesus admonished them to have faith not to believe in magic.   Miracle, according to www.dictionary.co...

Happy Birthday, Odidigboigbo of Africa!!!

JAMES IBORI @55 BIOGRAPHY  James Onanefe Ibori (born 4 August 1958) was the Governor of Delta State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Born to the family of late Chief Ukavbe Ibori and Mrs. Comfort Oji Ibori of Otefe in Oghara clan, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, he attended Baptist High School, Oghareki, now Oghareki Grammar School, before proceeding to the University of Benin where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Statistics. He started his working career with Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited and was later seconded to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as one of the pioneer staff assembled to develop the Marketing Department of the Corporation's Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company. James Ibori moved to London, England in the 1980s where he married his wife, a British citizen Theresa Nkoyo. He worked as a cashier at Wickes DIY store in Ruislip, Middlesex, UK. In 1990, the couple were arrested for ...