Isaiah 58

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Arlin Sorensen's Thoughts on Scripture

Isaiah 58 has the prophet delivering a hard realization – God’s people are sinners.  “Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins”.  After all, they were going through the motions of walking in obedience.  They had the appearance of following God.  “They seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God”.

Sounds like the right stuff to do, doesn’t it?  On the surface it seems right, but underneath the spiritual façade they weren’t really following God.  They were merely going through the motions.  They were shallow in their faith.  The people didn’t understand that.  They challenged God. …

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THIS IS WHY NIGERIANS SUFFER… By Prince Charles Dickson Ph.D

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The greatest lesson in life is to know that sometimes even fools are right—Winston Churchill

So, that the country is in recession is not the news, has never been the news, despite all the debates, arguments, mutual consent and accusations…who is at fault and who is not at fault…

I decided to share this as my admonition for this week, and it sums up why presumably Nigerians are in their current state.

Only last week, Governors of the nation’s 36 states devoid of party affiliations endorsed proposals of the Federal Government Economic Management Team (EMT), not only did they endorse the plans to bring the nation out of recession, but equally passed a vote of confidence on the minister of Budget and National Planning, and that of Finance. These governors say that the two had put into the tailor shop materials to bring out good clothing lines for Nigerians.

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Recession has exposed Buhari’s incompetence – Sule Lamido.

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A former governor of Jigawa State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) henchman, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has reproached President Muhammadu Buhari for blaming the excruciating hardship suffered by Nigerians on recession.

He told Daily Trust at the weekend that there were basic needs of living, which must be provided for the citizens, whatever the harshness of the sweeping recession sequel to the global oil-price crash, maintaining that it was too escapist on the part of the president to lean on recession and lament his inability to source for funds to provide such needs.

“President Buhari is simply incompetent on the provision of the welfare of the citizens because he was never ready for the job, and so, he lacks the capacity to source for the wherewithal to do it well to the satisfaction of Nigerians,” Lamido said.

According to him, “If he (Buhari) cannot ensure the provision of basic needs of…

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