PIIMA PROPHETIC VOICE
Sunday 31 May 2015
PIIMA NEWSLETTER IS OUT
The PIIMA Newsletter, May 2015, is out and will be dedicated on Tuesday, 02 June, 2015. Distribution will follow immediately. Pray along with us that God will use it to propagate the gospel. Below are peeks into its pages.
Tuesday 12 May 2015
CONGRATULATIONS TO LALONG
Rt. Hon. Barr. Simon Lalong
Rt.
Hon. Barr. Simon Bako Lalong, the Governor-elect of Plateau State, was born on
May 5th, 1963. He is a native of Ajikamai in Shendam Local Government Area of
Plateau State. Simon Bako Lalong had his Primary School Education at R. C. M.
Primary School, Shendam, from where he obtained the First School Leaving
Certificate in 1977. His Secondary School Education was at G. S. S Shendam from
where he obtained the ‘O’ Level Certificate in 1982. After that he went to S. P.
S Keffi from where he passed his 'A’ Levels in 1986 and proceeded to study Law
at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Law
in 1990. He went to Law School at Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in
1991. He did not stop there but proceeded to read for the Masters Degree of LLM
at the University of Jos, which he passed in 1996.
Lalong
started law professional practice in 1992 with the firm of T. Obot & Co.
Legal Practitioners in Jos immediately after serving the mandatory National
Youth Service Corps in the Legal Unit of the FCDA, Abuja. He also worked with
Victor Fomwul & Co in Jos from 1997 to 1999 as the Managing Partner. He later
opened his own Law Chambers, Simon B. Lalong & Co. Legal Practitioners, and
he was the Principal Partner..
In
1999, Lalong harkened the call of his contested the State House of Assembly
seat of the Shendam constituency, which he won with a landslide victory on the
platform of the PDP. He was elected the Speaker of the State House of Assembly
in October 2000. His leadership qualities earned him the record of the longest
serving Speaker in the history of Plateau State legislature, from 2000 to 2006,
that is, seven unbroken years).
While
serving as Speaker, his leadership qualities endeared him to his colleagues,
the other Speakers in other States and they elected him Chairman, Nigerian
Conference of Speakers, twice, in 2001 and in 2002. He was also at various
times, the National Chairman, Forum of All Former Speakers of Nigeria and
Chairman of Former State Legislators, Plateau State Chapter.
He
is associated with the enactment of legislation leading to the creation of the
Plateau State University, now Solomon Lar University, in Bokkos, the College of
Agriculture, Garkawa, the College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies,
Kurgwi, the Creation of additional Chiefdoms and Districts in Plateau State, the
creation of additional State Wards and a Private Member’s Bill for the establishment
of Local Government Council structures.
In
2015, Simon Bako Lalong contested the Governorship seat of Plateau State on
11th April 2015 on the Platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and won.
We
congratulate him and wish him a very successful tenure.
Tuesday 14 April 2015
PRAYER FOR THE CHIBOK GIRLS' RELEASE
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, PLEASE INTERVENE AND SECURE THE RELEASE OF OUR INNOCENT, SUFFERING CHIBOK GIRLS WHO WERE ABDUCTED BY BOKO HARAM ISLAMISTS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
CHIBOK GIRLS IN OUR PRAYERS
It’s exactly one year today since
Boko Haram islamists abducted hundreds of Chibok school girls out of whom 219
are still missing. A few of the girls miraculously escaped. The true numbers of
the initial abductees, the escapees and those still missing cannot be confirmed
with certainty as many of the agencies involved are being very conservative
with the information they have. This must be one of the most repugnant events
in our history and the lowest point of our existence as a nation.
Our government was initially in
denial the event ever took place. However, evidence soon proved them wrong and irresponsible.
One year on and little or nothing has been heard about the girls’ whereabouts,
let alone their condition of health. Whether they are still alive is even in
question. The leader of the group announced months ago that he has since sold
off the girls as wives to foreigners. However, a recent escapee from the same terrorists
claims that she was held in the same vicinity with about fifty of the girls. Also,
there is a report in the papers today claiming that the girls might have been
cited in the company of the terrorists in the Gwoza area as they retreat from advancing
federal troops.
We wish to mark the one year remembrance
of the absence of these girls with fervent prayers to God Almighty for His intervention
in order to free them. There is nothing impossible for Him. He is the King of
kings and the Lord of lords. He decides the fate of all men. He is more
powerful that any human. He is aware of all things before they even happen and
the future. He can therefore bring this episode to end in safety at any moment.
He tells us to ask whatever we desire and He will grant our requests.
We plead with God to please have
mercy on these innocent girls. For no fault of theirs, they are suffering.
Their parents and close associates are in pain. We ask God to please forgive us
as a nation for our shortcomings, which might have caused this calamity to
befall us. He says if we humble ourselves and submit to His will, He will heal
our land of all blight. With confidence in Him and in faith we offer this
prayer believing that He has heard us and answered us in the affirmative, in
Jesus name. Amen.
PLATEAU INDIGENOUS INDEPENDENT MINISTERS’ ASSOCIATION (PIIMA) - piimaprays@gmail.com April 14, 2015
Monday 13 April 2015
NIGERIA IN TRANSTION
There is an evil wind that is blowing across Nigeria. For now, it has only blinded the people; later, it will consume them. They will soon cry, "Had we known". But God did not leave us without a warning. The people, as in 1 Samuel 8, chose an earthly King, Saul, over the King of kings and the Lord of lords. There will soon be trouble, a military intervention, divine judgment to sweep away the corrupt, and then an ushering in of God's own fair leaders. All these in a space of three years. Let's watch prayerfully for the fulfillment of His word to His servants and prophets as promised in Amos 3:7. Shalom.
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Friday 10 April 2015
TRUE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
The true story of Granny Brand is told by Bob Gass in his devotional series is the story of true Christian service. She was completely sold to God. Which is what God expect from His ministers. We hope that you will resolve to be more committed to your calling after reading this.
Evelyn Brand
Evelyn Brand felt called by God to go to India. For a single woman in 1909, a calling like that required a lorry-load of faith. She married a young man named Jesse and together they began a ministry to the people in rural India, bringing education and medical supplies and building roads to reduce the isolation of the poor. For seven years they went without making a single convert to Christianity. But then a priest in a local tribal region developed a fever and grew deathly ill. No one else would go near him, but Evelyn and Jesse nursed him as he was dying. He said, 'This God, Jesus, must be the true God because only Jesse and Evelyn will care for me in my dying.' The priest gave his children to them to care for after he died--and that became a spiritual turning point in that part of the world. People began to examine the life and teachings of Jesus, and in increasing numbers began to follow Him. Evelyn and Jesse had thirteen years of productive service, then Jesse died. By this time, Evelyn was fifty years old, and everyone expected her to return to her home in England. But she wouldn't do it. She was known and loved for miles around as 'Granny Brand', and she stayed another twenty years under the mission board she had served so faithfully. Her son, Paul, came over to see her when she was seventy years old, and this is what he said about his mum: 'This is how to grow old. Allow everything else to fall away, until those around you see only love'.
Here's the rest of Evelyn Brand's story. At age seventy she received word from her home mission office that they weren't going to give her another five-year term. But she had Caleb's 'we can certainly do it' attitude. A party was held to celebrate her time in India, and everyone there cheered her on. 'Have a good trip back home,' they all said. 'I'll tell you a little secret,' she announced, 'I'm not going back home. I'm staying in India.' Evelyn had a little shack built with some resources that she had smuggled in. Then she bought a pony to get around the mountains, and this septuagenarian would ride from village to village on horseback to tell people about Jesus. She did that for five years on her own. One day, at seventy-five years old, she fell and broke her hip. Her son, Paul Brand, the eminent doctor, said to her, 'Mum, you've had a great run. God's used you. It's time to give it up now. You can go back home.' She replied, 'I am not going back home.' She spent another eighteen years travelling from one village to another on horseback. Falls, concussions, sicknesses, and ageing could not stop her. Finally, when she hit ninety-three years old, she could not ride a horse any more. So the men in these villages--because they loved Granny Brand so much--put her on a stretcher and carried her from one village to another. She lived two more years and gave those years as a gift, carried on a stretcher, to help the poorest of the poor. She died, but she never retired. She just graduated.
For a fuller story of Evelyn brand, please go to the following link;
http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1901-2000/evelyn-granny-brand-11630789.html
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