AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 90, was released from a Houston hospital on Tuesday after a weeklong stay brought on by breathing difficulties, his spokesman said.
"President Bush was released from the Houston Methodist Hospital today," spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement. "He is now resting at home, grateful to the doctors and nurses for their superb care."
The message the angel gave the shepherds in Luke 2:7-14 when Jesus was born was good tidings of joy. The angel said, the coming of Christ has brought great joy, glad tidings and peace. These words were uncommon to them because the awesome definition of the Gospel is a message that is too good to be true.
Before the coming of Jesus Christ, there was no peace between God and man because of sin. God was always angry with the human race but still needed to relate with man, which was why He instructed Noah to build an ark for Him, to save as many as possible from the wrath that was to come. Yet, Noah’s descendants fell into sin. God was still not satisfied.
Another Hollywood movie is running afoul of a foreign government this month. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" was banned in Egypt.
"The Ministry of Culture bans the film 'Gods and Kings' for historical inaccuracies," the Egyptian agency said in a statement.
Health officials in Glasgow, Scotland, have confirmed a case of Ebola. "The patient is a health care worker who was helping to combat the disease in West Africa" and returned from Sierra Leone late Sunday night, the Scottish health agency NHS Scotland said.
The patient flew via Casablanca, Morocco, and London Heathrow Airport, arriving at Glasgow Airport on a British Airways flight around 11:30 p.m., the statement said. "The patient was admitted to hospital early in the morning after feeling unwell and was placed into isolation at 7.50 a.m. All possible contacts with the patient are now being investigated and anyone deemed to be at risk will be contacted and closely monitored. However, having been diagnosed in the very early stages of the illness, the risk to others is considered extremely low."
Praise the Lord; I believe the Lord has been good to you today.
Continuing our 7-Day Prayer Countdown into 2015, we will be dealing with breaking Demonic Interference. Scripture Isaiah 54:17 (KJV)
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Declaration: In the name of Jesus, I command the cycle of Demonic Interference in your family, your life, hindering your dreams and expectations, to break now. You will not experience these demonic interferences in the coming year. I pronounce the peace of God that surpasses every understanding upon your life. May you be blessed, in Jesus' name.
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Not again. Must all Asia missing flights be at the bottom of the sea? This is the second time an Asia flight is losts in the sea in one year. The officials are saying that The missing AirAsia jet probably crashed into the sea, Indonesia's top rescue official said Monday, citing radar data from the plane's last contact.
"Our early conjecture is that the plane is in the bottom of the sea," Bambang Sulistyo, head of Indonesia's national search and rescue agency, told reporters, saying the view was based on the plane's flight track and last known coordinates.
But searchers still don't know exactly where the aircraft is, he said, and may need help from other countries for an underwater search.
It was around past 4 in the morning around mid-October,after ending the normal ritual of night prayer to my Heavenly Father,i was feeling so uneasy in my Spirit,though i'v always have strange feelings sometimes at night,but it always points to a single direction of me being a man. But this feeling within me was different,i wasn't feeling dizzy;so what type of rare feeling could this be?.
Still standing and thinking about such feeling,i didn't know what happened next,may be i collapsed on the chair or i was struck by someone,that still remains a mystery unraveled.
I hope you are having a blessed Sunday. Remember, God is with you through thick and thin; His love and favor never fails.
Yesterday we prayed against the Spirit of Delay.
Today we will be tackling the Spirit of Disappointment - a spirit that has caused many believers to feel discouraged. After today, may you find total liberty.
Day 4:
Proverbs 23:17-19 (NLT)
17 Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the Lord.
18 You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
19 My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
Declaration:
By the authority of Christ, I set you free from every cycle of disappointment that has held you captive. You will enter into 2015 liberated from discouragement in the name of Jesus. You will have a testimony of the goodness of the Lord before the end of 2014. I declare your family, your business, your investments free from disappointment. Shout your loudest Amen.
As a sign of love, I want you to also pray this prayer for a love one
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More than 200 Muslim youth volunteers are part of those protecting Christians during church services to celebrate this year’s Christmas in Kaduna, says Pastor Yohanna Buru.
Buru, a cleric of Christ Evangelical Church, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna South, disclosed this in an interview with pressmen in Kaduna.
He confirmed that over 200 Muslims were at his church to help protect the faithful from any attack during the church service.
FROM LEFT CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT, BRIG-GEN JONES AROGBOFA (RTD) PASTOR MSHELLAOF ASO VILLA CHAPEL; MOTHER OF THE PRESIDENT, MRS EUNICE JONATHAN AND PRESIDENT GOODLYUCK JONATHAN AT A SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE AT CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH AREA 1 UABUJA (28/12/14)
This is the story of Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor’s crusade against members of the Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram. It is also the story of a crusade which foresaw the dangers that this group constituted at a time when the Federal Government of Nigeria chose to play footsy.
We thank God for giving us yet another day. His goodness and mercy endure forever. Yesterday we dealt with the Spirit of Waste in our 7-Day prayer countdown series.
There are many prophecies and promises in our lives that haven't manifested yet. Today (Day 3) we are tackling the Spirit of Delay.
Day 3:
Ezekiel 12:25 (KJV)
For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God.
Declaration:
In the name of Jesus, I declare: let the cycle of delay break in your life, your family, your business and your nation. Let there be a divine acceleration and a performance of the word of the Lord concerning you between now and the 31st. 2015 shall be your year of divine acceleration for God's promises, in Jesus' name.
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A Nigerian spare parts trader based in Benin City, Festus Aimufua, has been detained by Edo state police command for allegedly murdering his middle-aged Austrian-based lover, Rose Aifuwa, who returned home for the Christmas and New Year holiday.
The late Rose allegedly met her death on Christmas eve in the hands of the suspect when she went to demand for the redemption of debt running into millions of naira from the sale of goods she imported for him.
Air Asia said the pilot of flight QZ8501 that went missing between Indonesia and Singapore early Sunday had requested “deviation” from the its flight plan because of bad weather.
“The aircraft… was requesting deviation due to enroute weather,” the Malaysia-based carrier said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
The Head Pastor of the International God's Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has described as “acts of jealousy” the avalanche of criticisms that followed his stomping of a lady during a deliverance session at his church.
According to the controversial pastor, the act was a direction from God, which has been misconstrued by some Ghanaians.
Winter is a dormant season. It's a time when trees become bare and most of the grass, plants and flowers die off. But winter is also a time of preparation—as roots and tree saps respond to soil and temperature changes to prepare for growth that comes in the spring.
In much the same way, you and I go through spiritually dormant seasons. These are the seasons when God seems silent…when our dreams and visions for the future seem lifeless. But although we may not see or feel anything exciting, it doesn't mean nothing is happening. A lot has to happen on the inside of us before we are ready to handle the future God has for us.
The former football star George Weah has won a landslide victory in Liberia's senate elections, in polls disrupted by the Ebola outbreak. Mr Weah got 78% of the vote for the Montserrado county seat, which includes the capital Monrovia. He beat Robert Sirleaf, the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took nearly 11%. Low turnout in the poll, which was first planned for October, was blamed on concerns about Ebola. Strict health controls were in place to try to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Council of World Bishops and International Council for Clergy have condemned Bishop Daniel Obinim of International God's Way Church for his verbal attack on former President Jerry John Rawlings.
A statement issued by Archbishop Dr. George Slezer Ofori-Atta, Presiding Archbishop, Council of World Bishops and International Council for Clergy, in Accra at the weekend, and copied to Ghana News Agency, said members were not enthused about the way Bishop Obinim responded to former President Rawlings.
Bishop David Oyedepo, President of Living Faith Church, commonly known as Winners Chapel, says the ministry has six million members in 147 nations across the world.
Oyedepo made the disclosure on Saturday at a breakfast meeting with members of Omu-Aran Government Secondary School Old Boys Association (OGSSOBA) at the Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara.
Egypt’s prosecutor has referred a female writer to trial for allegedly insulting Islam by criticising the slaughter of animals during a major religious festival, a judicial official said on Saturday.
“Happy massacre,” Fatima Naoot wrote on her Facebook page in October during Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, the General Superintendent,Deeper Life Church, have predicted a brighter future for Ekiti State, saying God will intervene in the various problems confronting the state, otherwise known as the Fountain of Knowledge
Pastor Adeboye and Pastor Kumuyi who were in the state on evangelical visit during the Christmas celebration prayed that Ekiti State would witness a breakthrough and total transformation.
Pastor Adeboye was at the Governor’s Office, Ado Ekiti, yesterday ,where he had prayed for the state governor, Mr Ayo Fayose and some members of his cabinet.
President Barack Obama visited U.S. troops on Christmas Day at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii, thanking them for their service as the military operations in Afghanistan draw to a close, and honoring the birth of Christ.
"So on a day when we celebrate the Prince of Peace and many of us count our blessings, one of the greatest blessings we have is the extraordinary dedication and sacrifices you all make," Obama told the troops, according to ABC News.
Praise the Lord for His goodness and mercy. Yesterday we dealt with overcoming demonic setbacks in my 7-Day Countdown into 2015. Today we are tackling the Spirit of Waste.
Leviticus 26:9 (KJV)
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Declaration:
In the name of Jesus, I arrest every spirit of waste in your life, your family, your business and your nation. Every cycle of waste:
Break! I loose its hold on your finances, your health, your career, your education and everything that concerns you. I declare the fruitfulness of Christ will come into fullness. Multiplication is your portion; you will enter 2015 blessed beyond measure. Shout your loudest Amen.
Pope Francis issued a strident call in his Christmas day message to safeguard children who are victims “under our very eyes” of violence and trafficking, while also demanding an end to “brutal persecution” worldwide. Killings and hostage-takings from the Middle East to Nigeria and elsewhere must stop, he said in his annual Christmas “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) message.
The scene of the attack...
Denouncing conflicts in Ukraine and Libya, and noting last week’s deadly attack against a school in Pakistan, the pontiff also lamented the thousands of victims of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
“Truly there are so many tears this Christmas,” he said.
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo rode on the Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Christmas day to campaign and woo Nigerians to vote for the presidential candidate of the party, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming presidential election.
Osinbajo via his twitter page, shared the image of his conversation with passengers on the bus, stressing that it was an opportunity for him to articulate the programmes of the APC to Nigerians.
He said, “Rode on the bus earlier today and spoke to my fellow citizens, it was better than a thousand seminars !”.
Within six hours of sharing the image, it generated over 650 retweets and 100 favourites. Some of his followers applauded the move while others criticized him, arguing that his move was for political gain.
He added in a follow-up tweet that the most important issues are jobs, power, security and the economy.
Prophet TB Joshua is flying the families of the victims of his church’s collapse disaster, to Lagos to spend Christmas and the New Year with him. This is according to the church spokesman, Kirsten Nematandani. What he said below...
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A 13-year-old says her father gave her to Boko Haram extremists and that she was arrested after refusing to explode a suicide bomb in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city in the north. Nigeria has suffered numerous suicide bombings in recent months carried out by girls and young women. That has raised fears that the insurgents are using kidnapped girls.
The Royals go to church! Kate Middleton andPrince William attended Christmas service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, on Thursday, Dec. 25, but several prominent members of the royal family were missing for the special occasion.
It was rumored that baby Prince George would be attending the service, but palace officials said it would be highly unlikely, adding that most children usually attend starting at the ages of 4 or 5. According to a source, the adorable 17-month-old tot went to church last Sunday, Dec. 21, where he attended a candlelit service at Anmer Church with his parents.
A 14-year-old boy was shot dead by a pastor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Saturday after unlawfully entering the man's home ignoring several signs warning that "nothing on this property is worth your life."
The pastor, Tom Vineyard, 48, of Windsor Hills Baptist Church has since been cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of the teen, Keontre Reese, in his home.
"It was completely legitimate," Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater told NewsOk of the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting. "It was legitimate as could be."
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, there are numerous benefits association with it that Christians should know and enjoy. In this short note, I have compiled 11 reasons for the coming of Jesus Christ.
1. That the believer may have Abundant Life: (John 10:10 NET Bible) "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly." I declare your season of fullness is now, In Jesus name.
2. To Save The World: (John 3:17 AMP) For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
Ref. John 12:47 "If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world."
I declare your deliverance from every affliction, in Jesus name. Continue after the cut
Caitlyn Ricci, 21, has been battling her parents over college tuition in court since August 2013. On Monday, a judge ruled that Michael Ricci and Maura McGarvey must pay $16,000 toward their daughter’s tuition for Temple University, where Caitlyn is a student. Earlier, another judge ruled the parents, who are divorced, must also foot the bill for a community college she attended before transferring to Temple. In his own words, Michael Ricci offers his take on his family’s ordeal toYahoo Parenting exclusively.
The Ministry of Health has warned Churches intending to invite preachers and worshippers from Ebola-stricken countries to conventions in Ghana during this Christmas season not to attempt such a move.
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it has extended the restriction on such movements of nationals of the affected countries into Ghana.
Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted to a Houston hospital Tuesday evening after experiencing a shortness of breath, a family spokesman said. Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital as a "precaution," according to spokesman Jim McGrath. He "will be held for observation, again as a precaution," McGrath said in a statement. Bush spent nearly two months in the same hospital and was discharged in January 2013 after treatment for a bronchitis-related cough and other issues.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Islamic State group militants captured a Jordanian pilot after his warplane crashed while conducting airstrikes over Syria, the Jordanian military said Wednesday. It was the first instance of a foreign soldier falling into the group's hands since the U.S.-led coalition began its air campaign against the extremists.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Activists monitoring the conflict said Islamic State group fighters shot down the warplane near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the group's de facto capital.
Looks like all the protest isn't working because another black teen has been killed by police. The 18 year old was killed outside a gas station in Berkeley, Mo., about 2 miles west of Ferguson yesterday Dec. 23rd From NY Daily News
An outraged crowd of about 60 people gathered behind police crime scene tape early Wednesday morning as the body of Antonio Martin, 18, lay in the parking lot in front of the Mobil on North Hanley Rd for more than two hours, according to eyewitness reports.
Police allege that Martin drew a handgun on the officer as he approached during a routine patrol. Witnesses saw a weapon at the scene next to the body.
The officer fired several shots, fatally wounding him,according to the St. Louis County Police Department. Fearing for his life, the Berkeley Officer fired several shots, striking the subject, fatally wounding him," police said. "The second subject fled the scene." Toni Martin, the victim’s mother, said her son was with his girlfriend at the time of the shooting,The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
William Peters was working as a volunteer in a hospice when he had a strange encounter with a dying man that changed his life. The man’s name was Ron, and he was a former Merchant Marine who was afflicted with stomach cancer. Peters says he would spend up to three hours a day at Ron’s bedside, talking to and reading adventure stories to him because few family or friends visited.
When Peters plopped by Ron’s beside around lunch one day, the frail man was semi-conscious. Peters read passages from Jack London’s “Call of the Wild” as the frail man struggled to hang on. What happened next, Peters says, was inexplicable. Peters says he felt a force jerk his spirit upward, out of his body. He floated above Ron’s bedside, looking down at the dying man. Then he glanced next to him to discover Ron floating alongside him, looking at the same scene below.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Nine-year-old Mariana Mendoza had to give up her pink bedroom and bike when her family moved from a two-story rowhouse into a cramped church annex last month.
But that's OK with her - as long as her mom is safe.
"Because if she didn't move, maybe they could deport her," Mariana said.
Her mother, Honduran immigrant Angela Navarro, has lived in fear of being sent back to her native country for 10 years. Tired of running scared, Navarro sought sanctuary at a Philadelphia house of worship while she and her supporters work to gain legal status for her.
Christians should learn to always be grateful to God for what He has done and not take His provision for granted. Naturally, if you give a person a gift and he doesn’t appreciate it, it certainly will not bring joy to you. In the same way, we must appreciate God for all He has given us with grateful hearts.
1 John 5:14-15 says, ‘And this is the confidence we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him’. Continue to read
A prominent Nigerian Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, said Tuesday he has been threatened for not supporting Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Kaduna-based cleric raised the alarm on Tuesday in a Facebook post titled, “PDP v APC: It’s Not about Religion.”
He said his children have also been receiving calls from persons who use unknown telephone numbers to threaten them.
Could this be a revenge promised by President Barrack Obama following suspected attack on Sony U.S.A. If you have been following the internet hack attack on U.S.A Sony, there seem to be a revenge on North Korea as promised by President Barrack Obama. Continue
Pope Francis issued a blistering critique Monday of the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him, denouncing how some people lust for power at all costs, live hypocritical double lives and suffer from "spiritual Alzheimer's" that has made them forget they're supposed to be joyful men of God.
Francis' Christmas greeting to the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the Holy See was no joyful exchange of holiday good wishes. Rather, it was a sobering catalog of 15 sins of the Curia that Francis said he hoped would be atoned for and cured in the New Year.
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Updated map showing the search zones for the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 (click for larger version)
Police saluted the hearse
Osinbajo via his twitter page, shared the image of his conversation with passengers on the bus, stressing that it was an opportunity for him to articulate the programmes of the APC to Nigerians.
He added in a follow-up tweet that the most important issues are jobs, power, security and the economy.
