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Onuh Justus Izuchukwu.
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Ugwu Jude Ifeanyichukwu
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Contents
During
one dinner, a child took a meat and was unable to chew it. He took it to his
mum and said,
"Mum,
can you chew this meat for me?"
The
mum took it, chewed it and then gave it to the child. Because the meat was very
tough, the child could not swallow it and then he took it again to the mum and
said,
"Can
you please swallow this meat for me; not in your own stomach but in my
stomach"
In
running the race of heaven, nobody will do it for you. You do your own and I do
my own.
Story 2: Is your light still on?
One
blind man visited a friend. When it was night, he wanted to leave for his house
but the friend told him to go with their lantern and the blind man said,
"It
is not necessary that I go with lantern because I cannot see with it and I have
my walking stick that would help me to locate my home."
The
host advised him to go with lantern so that anyone who sees him in that night
would not hit him.
The
blind man thought it wise and then collected the lantern. On his way home,
another man hit him. The blind man out of anger had wanted to hit the man with
his stick and then told him...
"are
you blind, can't you see this lantern I am carrying?"
When
the young man who hit the blind man noticed he was a blind man and he was
actually carrying lantern, he said to him..
"Sorry...
the air had blew off the light in your lantern."
Some
of us are still walking around with our lanterns off. Let us ask Jesus with the
man of Jericho in Luke 18:35-43 to give us light that we may see again. The
scripture did not tell us that Jesus later went back to Jericho. If the blind
man had listened to the crowed shunning him, he would not have had the
opportunity again.
Story 3: Enjoying sin
When
we were in the secondary school. There was a type of game we did called,
"the kill and eat"
This
is a football match that is played anyhow, it could be played twenty against
fifteen. One day while playing kill and eat, I had dislocation and I was taken
to school clinic. After some days, I started enjoying the dislocation.
The
reason was as follow:
I
was exempted from going to common labor,
I
was given special food in the refectory
I
was allowed to be late to common activities including classes.
I
was not doing my morning function and I was only doing things that I liked.
Hence,
when the dislocation had been cured, I had wanted to live still with the
bandage... This is because of the freedom I thought I had.
Some
of us are still swimming in ocean of sin and at the same time enjoying it. No,
let us come out from being a slave of sin. It is true that we all are sinners
but let us not be sinners searching for sin, rather, let us be sinners that run
away from sin, sinners who run to God.
Story 4: Allow God to give you.
One
king who loves children, decided to celebrate his birthday with children. He
called every child at his palace and decided to share groundnuts on his own. He
stood before his throne carrying a tray full of groundnut and asked every child
to come and collect as much as his/her hand could hold. As they were collecting
line by line, it reached one particular child and the child after looking at
his hand, at the king and then at the other people who were there, he decided
that the king should collect and then give him. When the king collected his
handful of groundnut, the child knowing fully that it would not accommodate in his
two hands made a bowel with his shirt, collected it and left.
The
Child receives more than every other child because he asked the king to give
him. If we should allow God to do his will, his will always be the best for us.
If we allow God to give us, he will shower his blessings like rain as he
promised in Ezekiel 34:26 that he will send his blessings like rain.
Story 5: A priest and his childhood friend
A
priest had a childhood friend. His friend was not brought up in Christian way.
As they grew up, the priest became a priest and his childhood friend became a
herbalist; a native doctor. The priest was doing well and the native doctor was
also doing well. There came a time the priest started having problems with his
bishop and he became frustrated. The native doctor was doing well, he had built
many mansions many places but he was not satisfied with that rather he had
wanted to be a free man instead. He thought of leaving that dirty job thereby
joining the priest. The priest also thought that the native doctor was in a
better position and for that he thought of meeting his friend and then joining
him without revealing his mind to anyone.
One
day, they both made up their minds to meet each to reveal their minds one in
ignorance of the other. The priest entered his car and then speed off. By
coincidence, the native doctor as well speed off and the two met and had
accident and they died.
Among the two, who will go to heaven?
Story 6: problem in a polygamous family
I
visited a polygamous family. They welcomed me very well and I asked them if
they have any problem in the family. One of them stood up and started
complaining that their problem is the other family living in the other
apartment. According to her, the other family is too dirty that even those
cloths they hung outside there are dirty even though they washed them.
When
I looked through, I saw that those cloths were dirty and I moved near the
window, used my handkerchief and cleaned the louver and I found out that it was
the their louver that was dirty not the cloths of the other family.
Story 7: Club 99
Because
of one thing you do not have, then you will not enjoy other things you have.
A
transporter was in his office counting his money and checking busses that have
not returned and the gains he had for the day around 2pm. He had a visitor and
the visitor told him that he (transporter) will be more happy if he could come
out of that club 99. The visitor asked the transporter whether he would like to
come of that club 99 and he accepted. He then took him outside his office where
his gardener was cutting flower and at the same time was singing. He told the
transporter that the gardener was happy because he does not belong to club 99.
He told the transporter that it will only take him 10,000Naira and the 10,000Naira
will be in 100Naira notes denomination. The transporter accepted.
At
night, through the advice of the visitor, they wrote a letter saying that the
money came from someone whom God had sent. They removed only one note out of it
making the remaining 99. They kept the money in front of the gardener's room
and left. When the gardener saw it, he was happy and then counted it and
thought he made mistakes and then counted it again. He called his wife and
asked her to count it, yet it was 99. He concluded that maybe that the wind had
blew one off. He used torch and searched that night yet he did not find it. That night, he did not sleep and before the
day broke, he went out to search for it again. When the gardener came to work
the next day, he changed. He did not sing as he used to do. He was no longer
happy as he is used to be. This is because he had a sleepiness night... He had
joined the CLUB 99.
Story 8: A son and his trust in his father
A
man was living with his son in a storey building. One day, the building caught
fire from the ground floor and the man was not in the building. The man
struggled to enter in order to save his child but could not because of the
fire. The man ran to a window towards his child's room and began to shout his
son's name. He asked him to open the window and when the child opened the
window, it was only smoke that was seen coming out. The child could not see the
father and the father could not see the child.
The
father shouted to his son to jump down that he will save him and the child said
to the father,
"Because you have said so, then I will
jump."
Because
of the trust he has in his father, he jumped and the father saved him.
Alternative
story: A child who his father was a driver of a car they were traveling with.
Story 9: There was a drama that happened between a couple.
One
day, husband and wife were coming back from a place. When they were about to
enter their home, the husband told the wife to go inside the house that he wants
to go somewhere. The wife told him,
"no, you want to go and drink in the beer
parlor"
The
husband accepted and told her told her that he will drink only one cup.
The
husband left but he did not come back till it was around 2.00am midnight. When
the man reached home, he was really not drunk. He knocked at their iron door,
even though the wife was awake, she told him to go back from where she was
coming from. The man told her that he is the owner of the house that she should
open the door but the woman still insist. Now, the husband told her that if she
does not open the door he will commit suicide. The wife told him to go on that
she will not open the door. The husband said again that if she does not open
the door he will jump into the well. The wife still insist and told him to go
on that nothing would make her to open the gate for him.
The
man went and brought one huge stone they use to cook food outside, threw it
into the well and then went and hid himself. The wife ran out shouting in order
to save the husband. The husband immediately went in and locked the door. The
wife came and told him to open the gate but the man responded that she should
go back from where she was coming from. The wife told him that if he did not
open the door, she would shout. The man asked her to shout so that when people
come, she would tell them where she was coming from this night being naked.
(the woman was only wearing inner wears).
Story 10: A wealthy man and his care for the poor
There
was one wealthy family that use to throw unfinished bread in the trash can in
front of their house. One day, one child from a poor family came and started
eating the bread. The children of the rich family were shocked and they went
and called their father to see what was happening. At night when they were
praying, the father continued praying for that poor family. He was even crying
while praying and even the family member started crying.
In
the morning the next day, the father asked his son to go on top of their refrigerator
to get his wallet.
The
son went to the refrigerator, came back and told the father that God has
answered his prayer. The father was confused and asked him "why?" The
boy said to him,
"I
have given the money out to those poor people whom you have prayed for."
Immediately, the man became mad at his son.
The
father had capacity to pray but not to help.
Story 11: Fear
A
man was sitting in his room in storey building thinking. Another man
rushed and knocked at his door saying,
"Paul, Paul, Paul... Your daughter Joy
had an accident and she died."
The
next thing the man did was to jump through his window. When he was around the 4th
storey, he remembered that his name was not Paul. As he reached the 3rd storey,
he remembered that he had not even married talk more of having a daughter.
Before he finished thinking, he was fortunate and he landed on a truck loaded
with foam that was packing beside the building.
Story 12: Conditional Help
There
was a huge man who had a stroke. He was going from their home to hospital in
order to reduce the expenses. The family of the man bought a wheelchair and
from the doctor's advice, they have to take the man around in their house so
that he might receive fresh air. This man was only staying with his little
child.
One
day, the child was taking him around on the wheelchair and one of its legs
entered a hole and the man fell. The child wanted to raise the father up but
because the father was huge, he could not. The child ran to the roadside and
started waiving at cars passing to stop and help him. None of the cars stopped
and when the child ran back to his father, the father was humming in a great
pain. The child did not know what to do again and the next thing that came to
his mind was to carry a big stone. He went to the roadside, waiting for the
next car to pass. The next car to come was a Range Rover Sports car. He threw
the stone and smashed the windscreen of the car. The owner of the car came down
shouting at the child, held the child at the neck and asked him of his father
to come and repair the car. The boy took the man to his father and when the man
saw the father, he had pity. He helped the man up and never asked for the
repairing of his car.
Some
of us are waiting for God to throw stone on us before we can love or help
another.
Story 13: Where two brothers meet in love, build a church for me.
There
were two brothers who were living in amity. The older one has married and the
younger one still single. Their father was rich and he shared his wealth equally amongst them. One day, the younger one
thought that his brother is married, and for that, he had many people to cater
for and he is single. For him, their
father should not have shared his wealth equally. He decided that he will be
transferring some of his to that of his brother.
His
brother as well thought that also. For him, his younger brother will be
preparing for marriage. For that reason, he should have more wealth than him.
He decided that he will transfer some of his wealth to his brother.
At
night, they were transferring the wealth ignorance of the other. As one
removes, he comes back only to see that it does not decrease. As they continued
to do that, they met as one was carrying a bag of rice, while the other one was
carrying a bag of beans. The senior one asked the younger one where he was
going to and he told him,
"your
ban"
The
senior one also responded the same. Both of them embraced each other and a
voice was heard,
"where two brothers meet in love, build a
church for me there."
Story 14: Impatient Parents
There
was a family, not more than a week their children went back to school, the
teacher told the children to return home because of fire out brake in their
school. When they arrived home, their parents have gone to work. They knew
where they kept the key to their house. They opened the door, swept everywhere, weeded
the surrounding and washed their parents cloths before their parents came back
together.
As
the parents were coming back, they saw their doors open and the children
sitting in the parlor. Both the father and the mother were mad at the children
asking them why they came back from the school to request for money again. The
parents thought that they had come back to collect money.
Some of us are too busy to listen to other people's
excuses.
Story 15: Thankfulness
One
day, a woman told her husband that she would be going to salon to plait her
hair around 6am. The husband allowed her. This woman did not come back till it
was around 7pm and managed to get her husband dinner ready before it was time.
After
spending the whole day, she was disappointed that the husband did not say even
a word of compliment to the hair she had made for him.
Story 16: True Love is when the water has intertwined to flow together.
Three
people were traveling together on flight. One from Germany, one from USA and
the other a woman from Nigeria. As they were traveling, a devil joined them and
asked a Nigeria to throw something in the sea. The woman asked the devil when
Nigeria became first country in the world that he had to ask the other countries.
The devil asked a German to throw something in the sea and the German brought
out one the buttons of his suit and threw it in the sea. The devil flew down a
brought the button and then killed the German. Then the devil asked another
person from USA and told her to throw something in the sea. The woman removed a
small pin from his hair and then threw it in the sea. The devil flew down and
brought the pin and then kill the woman. When it was time for the Nigerian, she
opened her pause. Guess what she brought out. Mirror? Eye pencil? No... She
brought out a sachet of pure water then opened it in the sea. The devil flew
down and could not locate it. The devil flew back and told the Nigerian,
"safe journey".
Story 17: Fasting
One
Ash Wednesday, this particular family decided to fast. The parents forced the
children to fast without convincing them about the purpose. The mother after
worming the food that faithful morning, locked the food in the cupboard and
left to sleep.
The
children had meeting on their mother and agreed on fast forwarding the time in
their mother's room. After setting the time 2:30pm, they sent the younger child
to go and wake their mum that is was already the time. When the child woke
their mum, she was surprise that it was already the time.
After
that, the Mum brought out the food and they ate. It was when they had finished
eating that the radio announced the time, 10:00am.
Story 18: Mugu2
One
young man made another girl his friend. The girl was studying in Nigerian
University. The boy invited her in a hotel and he made every arrangement to be
there. The man paid for a room and was in the room waiting for his girl to come,
for more than three hours. The man called the girl for many times but she was
not picking her call. The man then proceeded to the girl's hostel. When he
arrived, fortunately, the girl was in her hostel. The man complained but the
girl said that she did not see his calls. The girl did not know that her phone
was in silence. The man collected her phone to show her the miss calls and
surprisingly, the man did not see his name. He then decided to use his phone
and beep the girl. When he called, lo and behold, it was Mugu2 that was calling.
Emeka
is the Mugu one, You may be Mugu two, three or even the tenth Mugu before
someone, and you think you are expensive to the person.
Story 19: Onye bu nwoke Mbu?
One
elderly woman was asked by a seminarian during catechism examination,
"onye bu nwoke mbu?"
The
seminarian asked her the question because he thought it was a simple question.
The
woman asked the seminarian to promise her that he will not tell her husband. The
seminarian said to her, "if you fail, you are going to be the one to tell
your husband not me. This is a simple question that is why I asked you the
question."
"Okay"
said the woman and continued, "Obu Mike nke na-egbu anu?
Onye
bu Nwoke mbu? Onye bu Nwanyi mbu in your life?
Story 20: This plane must crash
A
man and his wife was travelling on air. One engine of their plane developed a
fault and stopped, before then the pilot had already switched over the second
engine. The second engine started also to develop fault again and the pilots
decided to tell the travelers. The husband and wife looked around for a priest
for confession but there was no man on roman collar. They decided to confess to
each other. The man confess to his wife that he used to sleep with their maid
and everyday he travelled, he would visit brothel. The man said many things
terrifying but the wife pleaded that she said her own before the plane crashes.
The wife confessed that whenever the man travelled, she used to sleep with the
gate man and...
As
the woman was speaking, the pilot announced that they have rectified the
problem that they are now safe. before the pilot could finish, the man
shouted...., "Nooooo, This plane must crash.
Story 21: I know it is film but I do not know if the lion knows it is film.
One
woman from a village travelled to Abuja for Omugo. One day, the woman was left
in their parlor alone watching film. As she continued to watch, it became
interested to her and she paid more attention on the film. Lo and behold, there
was a lion running in the film and the woman thought it would jump out. The
woman closed her eyes and started shouting. Her daughter rushed in and the mum
explained what happened. The daughter told her it was a film but the woman said
to her daughter,
"I know it is film, but I do not know if
the lion knows it is film."
Story 22: Trust
There
was one precious gift that fell into a deep pit. An offer was made to anyone
who could go down to the pit to bring out the object. They made it clear that
they will hold a rope for such person to help him come out the pit.
One
small child accepted that he will enter but before then, let him go and call
his father to join those who would hold the rope.
Story 23: Ingratitude
A
man had little money when his children were about to resume school. He went to
his neighbor and requested for N5000 from him. The neighbor told him that his
own children just went back to school and the only money he had was N3000. The
neighbor told him that it is either he collects the N3000 or he goes to another
person to look for money. The man collected the N3000 and left.
A
week later, the man went back to the neighbor and asked him if he had gotten
the remaining N2000.
Some of us do not thank God as we suppose.
Story 24: Gratitude
There
was one wealthy man, his family members, (the children, servants and wife) do
not say prayer before and after meal. The man made an arrangement on how to
invite a disguised beggar in his house and explained to the beggar what to do.
That
faithful day, the family was eating and the arranged beggar came in begging but
the man of the house told the beggar that they have nothing to give him and
requested that he should dine with them. The beggar ate to his satisfaction and
then left without thanking anyone. The man's children rushed and call the
beggar back to thank their father.
The
father stood up and used that episode to teach the family a lesson. He reminded
them that they do not say prayer before and after meal. That is our own
gratitude to God.
Story 25: Pussycat and his brother
Pussycat
had a brother, Anyanwu. Anyanwu was the king of the animal kingdom and he was
doing well with his brother. Anyanwu, time in time use to celebrate with his
brother Pussycat.
One
day, some animals gathered and began to advice Pussycat to kill his brother so
that everything that is brought to the kingdom would become his. They told
Pussycat that once the brother is dead, he automatically becomes the king.
Another
day, when Anyanwu was dining with his brother Pussycat, he went out to urinate
and Pussycat put poison in the wine of his brother. When Anyanwu came back, he
trusted his brother and he did not think anything bad, drank the wine and died.
After
some days of mourning, the animals gathered again to select who will be their
next king. One of them suggested Pussycat and another animal stood up to attack
him. The animal asked how Pussycat who could not care for his brother could
care for them and unanimously, they chose Lion to be their king.
When
this happened, the only thing Pussycat did was to go at the grave of his
brother to wake him from death. Anyanwu, Anyanwu, Anyanwu.
Even
till today, Pussycat still calls his brother Nyanwu, Nyanwa, Nwaywu.
Some certain things we do now, we are influenced by
our friends and we may not undo it in future.
Story 26: A priest and a beggar.
One
day, a priest was passing were a beggar was staying. People were giving the
beggar money, some N10, some N20. As they were giving the beggar money, the
beggar was telling them, "thank you, thank you".
Before
father could reach him, he remembered that he got a tithe. He gave the beggar
N1000 from the tithe expecting thank you from him. The beggar collected the
money, raised it up and said, "God you have seen it"
The
priest was happy because his money was the only money shown to God.
Story 27: Did you look up?
A
man had a poor harvest and was disturbed. He one day called his son and took
her to another person's farm.
The
man looked right, left, front and back and wanted to start the harvest when the
son asked him,
"dad,
you looked everywhere but you did not look up".
Seven stages in human life
1.
Spills.... Age of spoiling things, urinating on their mum, biting her breast,
scattering things... Yet they are loved.
2.
Drills.... Age of teaching
3.
Thrills... The age destruction, Ojuju Okorobia, touching their bears... they
will be thinking that everybody who comes to the church or market has come to
watch what they are wearing.
4.
Catering for others. Both parents and relation.
5.
Ills.... Sickness
6.
Pills... Taking medicine
7.
Wills... It may not be written but it could be orally.
When
I was small, my father use to cut some branches so that the tree could grow
much. By this, we can learn that pains can help one to grow.
If
you are a tenant and you are comfortable in your land lord's house, you will
not plan to have your own house. But if you are not in good term with your land
lord, you will have the tendency to build your own house.
Students
who read, suffer, will pass well.
Kites
fly better when wind is against it.
Osisi
bu nri ka umuka na-atu okwute.
In
abroad, they do not flog their children and Nigerian schools have adopted that
except missionary schools. In abroad, the parents follow their children
everywhere to teach them what to do... even when they are going to play but
Nigerians have not learnt that.
Story 28: Sugar in my tea
A
priest was preaching at a wedding mass. After the exchange of rings, the priest
will normally tell the couple to call each other what they always call each
other. The couple will begin to tell themselves, The sugar in my tea, sweet
heart and everything sweet, sweet and sweet will be blowing everywhere.
"are
you sure this is not the cause of our
diabetes?" asked an old couple who attended the wedding.
Sometimes,
it is better to call each other bitter leaf.
Story 29: Piccolo
There
was a man called Piccolo. This man found a wife that she would marry and then
paid detectives to investigate the life of the wife to be
Story 30: A man and his dogs
There
was a man who had two dogs. The two dogs use to fight every time. Because of
this, people use to bet on which dog would win the fight. The dogs, (black and
white) were used by the man as a source of income because people always bet. One
dog was not constantly winning rather, if this one wins today, the other will
win tomorrow. When the man was asked the reason behind it, he said,
"Anyone I want to win, I will feed it
better than other"
If
you want your spiritual life to prevail, feed it better.
Story 31: Vengeance.
When
we were young, there was a type of game we use do. The name is called in Igbo,
"Okwurug n'eka." After playing in the evening, when it is time to
retire. One person will just throw something on another person, that person
will also collect it, run after another and throws it on the person. This
continues till one person probably the elderly one carries it. If not, the
continues indefinitely.
Story 32: Vengeance (do not repay evil with evil)
Some
drivers while driving at night would turn their head light on while another
driver is coming in opposite direction. The best thing to do is not to
retaliate by turning your own also. If you reduce your own, you are giving him
the opportunity to see you and then make a way for himself but if you flash
your own as well, none of you will see each other and there will be accident.
Hate begets hate. Do not repay evil with an evil.
Story 33: Vengeance
IBN
Sord was the first king of Saudi Arabia.
He made a judgment that made him known in the whole world. There was a
man who fell from a tall tree. As he was falling, there was another man that
was passing by. This particular man fell on the passerby and the passerby died
but the man did not die.
The
wife of the man complained that the man who kills should be killed according to
the law of their tradition. The king requested the woman to forgive him but the
woman insisted. The King now announced that the man will be killed on a
particular day and this woman is going to be present. When the time came, the
king took everyone who was present to the tree where the man died and asked the
man who fell from the tree to stand under the tree. When this was done, he
asked the woman to climb the tree and then fall from tree to kill the
defendant.
Do
you know who will die whether the person who will fall or the person who is
standing?
If
you greet your enemy and he did not answer, for 30minutes or 1hour, he
continues to meditate over that. It is better to answer and be free that to
bear grudges and die.
Story 34: Vengeance
There
was a man who was very drunk. He came home one day along with his wife and as
he was struggling to open the gate, he could not. The man called his wife,
"Mummy Chidi, come and hold the
gate, it is shaking."
The
woman went, embraced the husband and then collected the key opened the door and
they went in.
The
Law of echo chamber states that you receive what you give to the chamber. If
you say, "I love you, it will also come back to you."
Story 35: Vengeance
A
man after preparing for work one morning, came out from his room and when his
child saw him, the child went to embrace the father and mistakenly, poured tea
on the father. The father got annoyed, shouted at the child and even the wife
for keeping the tea at the edge of the table. He wasted time before he went to
his room to change. When he came back again, he was already late to work. As he
was rushing to drop his child in the school, he over ran the normal traffic
speed and he was arrested. After he had paid some fine, he went to work very
late that day and even when he came home that day, he was not warmly welcomed
at home. It would have been better if he had not frown at his family.
Story 36: Snails and crabs in a bucket.
When
you put Snails and Crabs in different buckets without covering it over night,
in the morning, all the snails will scatter and will not be seen but all the
crabs will remain in the bucket. What the crabs do is that it draw anyone who
wants to crawl out of the bucket.
Some of us are like crabs, we do not allow others to
prosper.
Story 37: A Seminarian who died.
There
was a seminarian who died in seminary infirmary. It shocked everybody including
the formators. When it was time for burial, seminarians were carrying that
casket and possibly doing everything that had to do with the burial. As the
time to see the corpse came. The mother was escorted to see his child by some
women. When the woman reached, she shouted, "Jesus... Jesus.... Why is it
that among all these seminarians here, you did not see any other one to take
rather than my son.
Story 38: Do not stay close to a girl that you do not have control of.
How
did John the Baptist die?
Can
you imagine the type of cloth the girl was wearing?
Was
the girl the only person that danced? I am sure some boys danced that day.
Sampson
the strong, what happened, just a single woman, Delilah.
If
you are loved by a woman more than you love her, be very careful. Remember the
case of Amelia in the film, "the crime of Padre Mario."
Some
Biros, Key holders etc can now video and they very cheap.
Story 39: "Sure! it appears that God wants to live alone."
One Edo pastor was preaching to his
congregation that for one to go to God, one should forgive other, one should
not gossip, one should not lie etc.
One
woman in the mist shouted, "Sure! It appears that God wants to live
alone."
Story 40: A boy, his sister and pussycat.
This
particular boy bought a catapult and for one week, he tried to kill a bird but
he could not. Just one attempt he made on their pussycat and he killed the
pussycat.
He
agreed with the sister that they should burry the cat at the back of their
compound. Their father asked for the pussycat but they claimed they know
nothing about the pussycat. The father asked them to look for it and every time
they went to look for it, they came in after playing, in the name of searching
for the pussycat.
As
the time went on, the sister started using it against the boy. Whenever it is
the time for the girl to wash plates, the sister will tell his brother to wash
it or... Pussycat.
One
day, they cooked indomie, the child liked the food but his sister told him to
say that he does not eat it. The boy accepted. the boy was restless for
sometimes and one day, he went to his father and started crying, he told him
that he was the one who killed the pussycat. The father told him that he saw
him when he killed the pussycat that he was in his room upstairs watching him.
From
that day, the boy was librated.
Story 41: Forgiveness
In
the seminary rules and regulation, once you are caught fighting, you are
expelled. One day, one seminarian in
junior class annoyed an orientation student and the student was fully charged
but he could not beat the junior one.
In
other to ovoid the fight, he kicked his foot on the ground shouting,
Seminariiiiii....
You
are helping yourself more by forgiving.
Decide
ahead that you will forgive it will be better for you.
Anger
should not be a way of life, even Jesus Christ was angry at those who were
selling in his Father's house.
Sometimes,
we may even be angry at those who may not even know.
Story 42: It is better to forgive and smile than to bear grudges and be sad.
There
was a guru, he was seen carrying two sacks, one in the front and one at the
back. He was asked why he carried the sacks and he said that once someone
annoys him, he will put it in the sack at the back and whenever he does good
things, he puts it in the sack at the front. Someone again said to him, Wow,
you are lucky ooo, people do not offend you that is why the sack at the back
seems to be very small. He responded that the sack was full that he could not
walk because it was drawing him backward, then he perforated it, and it no
longer hold. The good things he does that fills the front sack helps him to be
moving forward.
It
is better to forgive and smile than to
bear grudges and be sad.
We
always say the prayer, "forgive us our sins as we forgive those who
trespass against us."
He
who does not forgive, brakes the bridge over which he will pass.
Story 43: Forgiveness for your own sake.
There
was a man who loved his wife very well. People told that man that whenever he
travels, his wife brings boys in his home. The man did not believe it.
One
day, the man had to travel abroad for a business purpose, he missed his flight
and he only stayed for two days in Lagos before he came back. When he reached
his room, the room was locked and it was not used to locking. The man knocked
and his wife responded, "who is there?" The man told her the truth.
For some minutes, the wife came and open the door.
In
that room, only two possible place could someone hide, one is wardrobe and
second is under the bed. The man went to
his wardrobe, removed his cloth and then went and laid on his bed reading
newspaper. The wife tried as much as she could to let the husband out of the
room but could not. The wife left, prepared the lunch and then called the
husband. The husband asked her how many plates she set and she told him,
"two na, you and me." The man told her to go and set three that he
will be expecting a visitor. Immediately the wife left, the man bent down and
called the man so that they would go and eat. The man was dumbfounded and when
they reached the dining, the wife was dumbfounded also. He told the man to eat
first that had been here for long and
as such power had went out of him. After
the lunch the husband told the man to leave and never to tell anybody.
When
the man left, the husband explained that when he was lying down on his bed,
many things were going on in his mind. He thought of shooting the man at the
legs. He as well thought that if he did that, people will come to know about it
and it will affect his political future. His mother and father were still alive
and they were active Christians which means that it would affect their
reputation. They had three children and if people came to know about that, it
would create doubt whether he was the father of the children.
Story 44: Forgiveness
I
was going somewhere with a priest. When we came to a point, we became confused
on which way to follow. I gave the priest a wrong direction and as the priest
was trying to pass, he ran to another person's track. The person told the
priest, waka, waka... what are you driving self. I could imagined seeing
someone vomiting such insult on a priest of God. The priest responded to him, I
am driving Five O Fourrrrr, showing that he was not even annoyed as I thought.
Story 45: Confidence
One
family was taking their diner outside their compound. One of their children
told their father that she wants to sleep and he should take him to her room.
The father told the child to go and sleep but the child said no that she is
afraid. The father told her to go and sleep that Jesus Christ will be going
with her. When the child reached the passage to her room, it was dark and the
child said, "Jesus please do not shake, you will frighten me.
Story 46: Confidence
Another
child was sleeping with his father in his room. The father came out when the
child was still sleeping. When the child woke up, he found out that the father
was not inside and he then ran out because of fear. The father seeing him told
him to go back and sleep that the Angels of God will be sleeping with him. The
child agreed and went back to sleep again. After sometimes, the child ran out
again and said to his father,
"Daddy, the Angels are biting me."
It
was mosquito that was biting him.
Story 47: Confidence
One
priest called Latima was preaching. He noticed that the King was present and he
was preaching against the evil government administration. One voice shouted
from afar telling him,
"Latima, Latima, remember that the King
Henry is here."
He was afraid but he heard another voice in
him saying,
"Latima,
Latima, Latima, remember the King of Kings is here."
Story 48: Sufficient embarrassment
There
was a family, the wife is a Christian and the husband does not go to any
church. One day, the husband bought a motor cycle. He took it to "junction
beer parlor" where they would celebrate it. After drinking wine that
night, the man became the last to go home and because he was drunk, he left his
motor cycle at the junction. In the next morning he started searching for his
motor cycle at home. The wife reminded him that he went out with the motor
cycle and she did not hear the sound when he came back, probably, he had left
it where he went the day before. It was that time that the man remembered that
he left it at junction. The man rushed and luckily to him, the motor cycle was
there. The man came back rejoicing and her wife used that opportunity to
initiate him to church. The man accepted that he will go for thanksgiving and
at the same time he will start going to church. They went to church the next
Sunday, went for thanksgiving and he was initiated. After mass, the husband and
wife called the priest to come and bless their new motor cycle. The priest went
and brought the holy water, on reaching the place the motor cycle was packed,
the motor cycle was nowhere to be found.
A motor cycle that survived beer parlor could not
survive church
Three Forms of wealth.
1.
Inner wealth - Peace with yourself and God
2.
Physical wealth- Healthy, wealth is health
3.
Family or social wealth- Friendly with your family members and the community
4.
Economic wealth- money
5.
Career wealth- Happy with your career or wealth.
6.
Adventure wealth- Experience, onye ije ka onye isi awo
7.
Impact wealth- Influence on people
God answers prayer in three ways
1.
God may say yes
2.
God may say no
3.
God may say wait a while
This
is because, God sees today fully, He sees yesterday fully and he sees tomorrow
fully.
Story 49: Prayer
One
man prayed to God to let him wake up very early in order to follow the first
bus. Unfortunately for him, he woke up very late. He was annoyed with God and
even to himself. It was later that he discovered that it was the same bus he
had wanted to follow that had an accident and everyone who was in the bus died.
Some
prayer intention we had as children are not what we pray for now. What if God
had answered it?
God
answers prayer in His own ways.
Let
us always pray, "Thy will be done"
Story 50: Prayer
A
woman was praying for her sick daughter and as she prayed,
"Lord
thy will be done, Lord thy will be done, Lord thy will be done, Lord thy will
be done"
The
eyes of her daughter started turning into pure white then the woman started
shouting,
"Jesus,
if this is your will let it not happen"
When
you are in dear need, God will not abandon you.
Some
of us test God instead of praying.
Story 51: Testing God in Prayer
One
Pastor told his congregation that he will pray and the lion will join in the
prayer. One of his members requested that they could go to zoo to pray so that
when people sees that, their member will increase. When they went to the zoo,
the attendants asked the pastor to pray outside but pastor insisted in going
inside. They helped only the pastor to enter the lion's den and as pastor
shifted one side to pray, the lion also shifted one side to say prayer over the
meal before devouring the pastor.
Story 52: Testing God in Prayer
Two
people were going morning mass very early in the morning and at the same time
saying their Rosary. They saw a lion before them. One of them suggest that they
should go back that God had answered their prayer but the other one said,
"No that is not a sign of faith."
Among
the two, which do you think has faith?
Story 53: Trust in God.
In
Anambra State, a priest was caught by armed robbers. The armed robbers brought
acid and asked the priest that he should choose between drinking the acid and
preaching against them in the church. The rate out which the armed robbers
operate that time was alarming and every time, the priest always preach against
that. They gave the priest the acid, the priest collected it, blessed it and
drank it and nothing happened to him.
Which posture is the best for praying?
The
posture is not necessary. What is necessary is the sincerity in prayer.
One
group discussed about it and one of them said that the greatest prayer he had
said was when his head was downward. He was falling from an electric pole.
Prayer
do change the person saying the prayer.
Story 54: Ask God in prayers.
A
little boy was trying to shift a big stone from the frontage of their room. The
father was watching him as the boy was trying to remove it. The boy could not
shift the stone and he ran to his father to complain. His father asked whether
he had used his available strength but the child said yes. The father told him
"no" that he had not. The boy went back to try again but yet could
not shift it. He went back to his father and his father told him that he had
not asked him to do it. The father stood up, went and removed it.
Some of us work for the lord and forget the lord of
work.
Story 55: Alcohol
Two
young men had a nice time in the evening with bottles of beer to their
saturation. When were done with drinking, they reached out to bus stop and when
they were reaching the bus stop, they noticed that the bus had just left. They
continued shouting at the bus to stop but the bus conductor told them that it
was remaining only one chance. The two started running towards the bus and one
over ran the other, went into the bus and closed the door. The second person
started laughing uncontrollably. When Okada people went to inquire whether he
was a mad man, he told them that he visited that man that entered the bus that the
man was just escorting him.
Story 56: Jealousy.
One
man was in a chapel praying always. One day, he had a voice telling him to
request for something that God will do it for him. The voice told him that
anything he would request for, God will do it double for his neighbor. The man
requested that he would be given more time to think about it.
"If
I tell him I need car, he would do it twice for my neighbor. If I tell him I
need a mansion, he would do it double for my neighbor." The man thought.
The
next day he went and told the voice to make his one eye blind.
Story 57: We should not be like
A
nurse who woke a patient who was deeply sleeping in the mid night to give him
sleeping pill
A
man who was shining his shoes to take a passport photograph.
The ten most important one word.
1.
I, avoid it.
2.
We, use it.
3.
Ego, kill it.
4.
Love, Value it.
5.
Smile, keep it.
6.
gossip, ignore it.
7.
Success, achieve it.
8.
Jealousy, distance it.
9.
Knowledge, acquire it.
10.
Confidence, have it.
Maria songs.
1.
M na Maria agaghi ekewa eeh
2.
Ekene Ezenwanyi
3.
Maria odezuligbo
4.
We are honoring Mary, we are honoring.
5.
Virgin Mary, Nne na ayata nwa ya ihe na aka bia soro anyi yoo...
6.
Anyi nwere Nne di mma, anyi nwere Nne dimma...
7.
Ono n'Igwe na-aruru anyi oru*2 Maria ezi nne no n'Igwe na-aru...
8.
Ezinne Maria oyoyo, ezinne Maria Oyoyo, Mama moo Maria di nso.
9.Ave
Maria a noble queen
10.
Were Nne Mery mere Nne*3 Oga eji gi mere nwa
11.
Mother Mary... Mary munyere anyi oku eee..
12.
Virgin Mary mama fine mother Nne oma
13.
Mama, Mama onye amara ooh
14.
Ave Maria Nnem oo*2 agaghim eso gonari gi mama, ave Maria oo
·
Do not be like a
wheelbarrow or canoe that is being pushed
·
In most banks, there is
a rope attached to their biro and you trust them with your millions of naira.
·
Nwanyi na-agba afu onu
nwere onye na-afuru ya oku
·
No matter how tall the
neck is, the head is still on top.
·
Suffering can last but
it is not everlasting
·
at the end of a tunnel,
there must be light
·
The stars are there
already but they are mostly seen at the darkest night.
·
Sex which is for
procreation is now used for recreation.
·
You can choose to
commit sin but you cannot choose the consequences.
·
Feeling gratitude
without expressing it is like rapping a gift without giving it.
·
It is difficult for a
stranger to put you in trouble
·
It is the hand that is
very close to the mouth that can slap it.
·
You do not judge a
person well until you have worked in his shoes for six months.
·
What do you see in your
neighbor, is it the good in him or bad in him?
·
When a military man
slaps you, you will know that police is your friend.
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Two things that man
cannot hind. When he drunk and when he is in love.
·
In some family, when
you see a house help, you will immediately know he is not a member of the
family.
·
To avoid criticisms,
say nothing and be nothing.
·
What do you think you
have that others do not have, is the artificial waist or the artificial breast.
You are looking fresh, looking fresh for the termites. Be humble. A whole me, a
whole me, who are you?
·
If you want a any
massage to spread faster, tell the next person not to tell anybody.
·
Secret of long life,
forgive before going to bed
·
Hate is prolong suicide
·
Forgiveness is an
attribute of strong men, only strong like Jesus can forgive
·
Those who boil very
fast seem to be empty
·
God forgives and
forgets
·
That somebody did waka
to you, you become angry but what if he does bye bye? It is just your
interpretation
·
There is always need to
pray either directly to God or through an intercessor
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When man works, man
works but when man prays, god works
