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READ GOD'S WORD SERIES 2 We have to be frugal in our spending patterns and also ensure that this does not distract us from God's purpose for us as mortals. Wealth and poverty come with problems attached. However, it is vital to keep our trust in God-and nothing else. Read Ecclesiastes 10-20 The Proclamation Adolf Hitler labelled the extermination of the Jews in Europe, 'the Final Solution'', while the military dictatorship in Argentina which embarked on an unprecedented killing of its citizens code named same ''The Process of National Reorganization''. The activities of bandits, insurgents, herdsmen, ritualists and other brand of criminals in Nigeria which have claimed thousands of lives are similar to the above mentioned. Between 1976 and 1983, millions of citizens lost their lives in Argentina. Death squads operating under secret circumstances and the cover of the state, murdered about 11,000 people, which is now described as ''The Disappe...
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Prisoners of Debt

 Quote a debt is just as hard for a government to pay as it is for an individual no debt ever will rogers 106 9 0963

People are uncomfortable with language, which suggests hierarchies and power relationships. However, we are happier with the language of equality.

None of us is entirely happy with the thought of being a prisoner of a servant.

These are words which have few honorable associations with us.

 So what is the mystery which Christ proclaims ?

It is precisely the liberty we most desire, a liberty which is a mystery or infinite treasure because it makes us all members of the body of Christ.

In Christ, we are offered the true equality of belonging.

These days it is very difficult for people to feel that they belong to anything.

We are deeply scarred by the kinds of greed or apathy which set whole communities against each other.

Let us pray for global healing between nations which have made servants of each other and prisoners of debt; let us pray for world unity.

 

Solomon Adewunmi is the Editor-in-Chief , The New Federation(news2day.emyspot.com)/Liberty Port(2day.emyspot.com)/Federationews2day(one.emyspot.com). He attended Ajeromi Ifelodun High School, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos/Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan and the University of Lagos. Solomon possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, BBC/EC CERTIFICATE IN NEWS JOURNALISM (FEB. 2001), CERTIFICATE IN ARTS AND CULTURE CRITICISM (NANTAP MAY 2001) ,CERTIFICATE IN PEACE JOURNALISM (JUSTICE,DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE COMMISSION), CERTIFICATE IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS[UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM, OCT.2004] ,CERTIFICATE IN INTERFAITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION( UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, JAN. 2009).

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