2 Killed As Gunman Opens Fire Inside Russian Cathedral Church

MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire in a cathedral on the Russian island of Sakhalin, off the country's eastern coast, on Sunday, killing a nun and a churchgoer and wounding six other people, state-run news agency RIA reported.

Interfax reported that the suspected attacker was detained after the shooting, and said he worked for a private security company. The shooting happened days after a teenager killed a teacher and a policeman in what was the first major school shooting in Russia. (Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

Arsenal Can Still Win Title As Long As They Remain Focused - Fabregas

Since leaving the Emirates in 2011 Fabregas has certainly learned a thing or two about winning trophies. While playing for Barcelona, the Spaniard was able to enjoy succeeding in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.

In his 8 years spent playing for Arsenal, the 25 year old midfielder only managed to win two trophies which is one of the reasons for his departure.

As Metro report, Fabregas is still a Gunner despite moving to his home country to play for Barcelona. Arsenal’s former captain recently admitted to watching every game in which the North London club is involved. He also looked keen on sharing some of his recently acquired insight on how to succeed in any competition.

Fabregas thinks Wenger’s side have all it takes to make it this year as long as they stay focused. Despite their crushing loss to Liverpool, they are sitting a point ahead of City and only a point behind Chelsea so all the Gunners need to do is concentrate on each and every game and continue doing what they have been doing up until now.

Hopefully glory will return to the Emirates Stadium this season. Arsenal have been in a rut for almost a decade now which is pretty unacceptable for a club as successful as the North London team.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Sunday 9 February 2014 "ACCEPTED TIME III" BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Sunday 9 February 2014 "ACCEPTED TIME III"

Memory Verse: 2 Corinthians 6:2

For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.


Read: Numbers 14:39-45

39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 

40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. 

41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 

42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 

43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. 

44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.


Message

Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth did not give birth to John the Baptist until they had grown old. Yet the Bible says this of Zechariah the priest of God and Elizabeth his wife in Luke 1:6:

“And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”

In spite of their right standing with God, John was not born until the time was set in God’s timetable. This was on purpose. The one that would be the forerunner of the Messiah (Jesus) was only going to be older than Jesus by 6 months. God had reserved for His righteous servants the honour of becoming the parents of this fellow who would be the forerunner of the Lord, and who would also be the greatest of the Old Testament prophets (Matthew 11:11). The same applies in the case of Hannah, who was ridiculed and mocked for a long period of time, due to barrenness. Right about that time, God wanted to have a man for Himself who would love Him and walk in total obedience, so as to clear up the prevailing mess of spiritual lethargy and lead the people back to Him. That child must be one that would be completely devoted to God. Hannah’s desperation for a child made her willing to devote her child to God right about the time when God’s timetable was set for His plan. You may have been waiting for a long period for your own child and it seems God has forgotten you. Not so. You are being prepared for a history-making child that would be used mightily of God.

You must be ready when God says His time has come. From our Bible reading, when on God’s timetable, the Israelites were supposed to move into the Promised Land from the wilderness, they were instructed through Moses to do so. They were however not ready. They demonstrated unbelief and doubt in God’s ability and faithfulness. This made them afraid of the physical stature of the people in the land. Hence they revolted and missed their chance. When it eventually dawned on them that they had made a serious mistake, it was too late for them. All these happened within the space of a 24-hour window. Even an hour’s delay can be disastrous in the things of God. In 1 Kings 17:8-16, if Elijah had delayed, the widow would have prepared her last meal and she would have eaten it all. It is my prayer that you will be ready when God’s time comes, in Jesus’ Name.

Action Point:

Decisively deal with the weaknesses of unbelief, doubt, 
disobedience and fear before they cause you a great loss.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : ISAIAH 24 - 27 and PSALM 34:11-22

Jose Mourinho confirms he wants world-class star at Chelsea

Mourinho last night hinted for the first time he fears Ashley Cole may leave.

While Cole is out of contract in June, Mourinho has always been insisted that the left-back, like John Terry and Frank Lampard, will be offered new deals.

But with Thierry Henry having suggested Cole should follow him to New York Red Bulls in the MLS, Mourinho’s reply when asked if the defender was happy to stay at Chelsea suggested potential movement.

“That’s another story – that I cannot control,”said Mourinho. “I like the player, I trust the player, I want him to stay. The club is happy with that, so we don’t have a problem.

“But that’s another part of the story that doesn’t depend on us.

“He is out of the team because Cesar Azpilicueta is playing fantastically, not because Ashley is playing poorly. He has played well when he came in, but in my opinion, Azpilicueta is playing fantastically.

“You have to ask Thierry Henry about what he said. Maybe Thierry is doing the same with Red Bulls that David Beckham is doing in Miami and buying that club.

“So, yes, Ashley has got a future at Chelsea. But maybe Thierry has a better proposal.”
Mourinho, meanwhile, revealed he had stayed in touch with Pardew throughout his spell away from English football with Inter and Real Madrid.” (Daily Mirror)

Osun, Ekiti People ‘ll Resist Election Rigging – Fani-Kayode

Former minister of aviation and tourism, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has declared that unlike what obtained in Anambra State, the people of Osun and Ekiti states will resist any attempt to rig the forthcoming governorship election in favour of any political party.

Speaking yesterday in Osogbo at the Osun State personality interview forum “News Point”, Fani-Kayode noted that Yoruba people are known for their aversion to cheating from any quarters.
He called on the nation`s electorate to reject Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in 2015, saying another mandate for the party would spell doom for Nigeria.

He also accused President Goodluck Jonathan`s government of promoting corruption, fanning the ember of ethnicity, poor management and increasing tension in the country, adding that his government has failed woefully to address the myriad of problems bedevilling the nation since its inception.

He said the ship of the nation is heading towards the rock, noting that Nigerians are now more divided than before in terms of ethnicity and religion.

His words: “Since his inception of office, crimes have been on the increase. Boko Haram members are killing people as at least 7,000 innocent people have been killed, and nothing has been done by the president to stop the killings. Kidnapping is on the rise; baby factories have developed in the land; the conclusion is that all is not well with this nation.

“In the economic sector, he met a robust economy when he came on board four years ago. The total debt of Nigeria when President Obasanjo came on board was $30billion, but the total debt was wiped out before he left government; this shows that Nigeria had 0% debt profile. This has never happened in the history of this country and even in Africa.

“Five years after, the total debt of this country is now $20billion. This shows that our children have been enslaved and the future generation enslaved too.”


Leadership

SATIRE: IYIOLA OMISORE’S SPEECH AT LAUNCHING OF HIS GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN – By Ibrahim Lawal

BEING A TEXT OF ‘SIN-ACTOR’ IYIOLA OMISORE’S ADDRESS TO PARTY ‘FAITH-FOOLS’, TOUTS AND HANGERS-ON(APOLOGIES, PROFESSIONAL ENFORCERS AND EXPECTANT JOBBERS) ON THE OCCASION OF CONSECRATION AS A PDP GOVERNOR-IN-WAITING, TODAY 8TH FEBRUARY, 2014

My dear people of Osun State, (I refuse to accept the re-naming of the state, remembering the good old days at Ada Golf Course and other interesting spots of leisure when we held the levers of power), I salute your sense of forbearance under this tyrannical government that continues to ensure that only those who work eat. I do not know the point these Lagos importees are making by insisting on seeing every child in school and promoting poverty in the state by feeding them once in a day. Are food vendors going to starve to death? Where do they want the farmers to get farm hands? What a wicked policy!
My good people, I need to re-introduce myself loudly as the activities of these noise makers have almost confined us, the real action men and women, to undeserved obscurity. I remain Christopher Iyiola Omisore, born over 57 years ago to a family upgraded to royalty recently. I am desperately working towards reclaiming what should have been mine at a time when most of those in government were nowhere to be found. I was a contractor during the military regime. I should not restate the fact that I wielded significant financial clout to get anything I wanted. It was a sign of humility and magnanimity on my part that I accepted to be Deputy Governor to that old man, Bisi Akande, who had nothing to show, materially, for his many years in politics.
I fought him to a standstill when he wanted to infect me with his poverty. I destroyed his philosophy of being poor as a public servant. When his late mentor and he wanted to prove stubborn, displaying some old tactics of the First Republic, I scattered their base. His mentor could not survive the modern war stratagems. He refused to learn from the mistakes of Chief Obafemi Awolowo who elected to fight the federal might. He was lucky to have gotten away with a jail sentence, ordinary 10 years out of which 4 was spent. In his own case, he was unlucky for his act of indiscretion; he paid with his life. Some funny people depended on the rule of law. We showed that “power pass power”. Judicial officers who misbehaved by ensuring that I came from prison for the murder trial were dealt with. The court pronounced that those who died killed themselves! I will not entertain any further question on that minor incident. Let somebody shout ‘power’!
As I was saying, the governorship seat had been reserved for me until that incident. The powers in Abuja became jittery. They did not want to risk a military coup that would sweep all of them away. When the political atmosphere in Osun became too tense, they begged me to take a senatorial slot. As a very humble man, I willingly accepted. And what further way do I need to explain to you the stuff of which I am made? I defeated other candidates from the prison, an unprecedented feat you will agree. I received overwhelming votes, even from Esa Oke, Bola Ige’s hometown.
In appreciation of the good fortune which I brought to our great party and my position as an uncommon intellectual, I was made the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee. You know what that means! I also served on other committees such as Aviation and Culture and Tourism. The Ibadan people were unable to showcase the talent of late Lamidi Adedibu outside Oyo State. I represented Osun at the national level.
I was coasting home to victory when one judge, not Chief Bode George, our amiable, sparkling clean leader sent to jail by another APC inspired judge, but one poverty-stricken judicial officer whom we ensured retired with nothing, decided to cancel election results in 10 local governments and gave our mandate to that Islamic fundamentalist. All of us are now suffering from this injustice. Go to Ada Golf Course. It is like a ghost town now. This bush man you call your governor cannot even play Table Tennis, let alone golf.
Ask government accredited caterers. As for you hard guys, how many of you have been receiving protection money from all these shops and other business concerns in Osogbo and its environs? An ordinary police constable can arrest and detain you when in the time past you held meetings with Area Commanders and the Commissioner of Police. “Igba otun npada bo. Ki e stand well well. It will be fire for fire.” There is no Salami to give them our mandate this time around. You must do everything to send them back to where they belong. They will meet us in court this time. Did you see the case of Chief Bode George? It is a foretaste of what is to come.
We were already preparing for our inauguration when the unexpected happened. That God-forsaken judge shattered our dream. He gave our birthright to the invaders from Lagos. Justice Naron, that born-again Christian, had kept to his promise. These agents of confusion wrote a petition against him. They removed him from office. We settled him sha. That Aregbe truncated the already sealed arrangement. We will be ready to forestall any reoccurrence of such misstep. We now have experienced lawyers who are knowledgeable in the art of settlement. The judiciary is firmly in our grips. Any judge who tries to have a different idea will be given the Salami treatment. We have the means and the will to do so.
I would have dealt, mercilessly, with all those who stood in our way. We are good at these things. That cantankerous Ijesha boy was jumping from one place to the other calling us names. He told the people, especially those you kept as clients, that he would render you useless if he became the governor. Has he not done so now? We have to come together again to bring back the good old times. Those in Abuja have promised that money will not be a problem. We will have tonnes of it. It was done in Ondo State. We will repeat same here. We have waited long enough.
I am not familiar with this type of campaign. As I said the last time I participated in a thing like this, I was within the walls of Agodi prison, Ibadan on the vexatious charge of murdering someone who chose to stand in front of a moving train. I won because the good people of the state knew I was the rightful heir to the throne at Oke Fia. I settled for something less, even though somewhat profitable. I have come to fulfil my destiny now. I need your unflinching support to realise this ambition. Won a gba! It is needless to disturb you with what they call manifesto. Power answereth all things. But it suffices to let the doubting Thomases who have been hoodwinked by Aregbe and his propagandists know that we intend to surpass whatever little achievements they cling to and do more. We already have alternatives to all the programmes they use to deceive the people.
OYES
This man called Aregbe has succeeded in re-introducing slave trade through the back door and our people are falling for this pernicious practice. Imagine the disgrace called OYES! He claimed that 20,000 unfortunate indigenes were employed as labourers engaged in public works and environmental sanitation. Each of them is paid N10,000. Oyinlola’s boys spent twice that amount to play golf in a day. I spend times ten of that on a modest room in Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel. I will employ 300,000 youths within 10 days of assumption of office. I will pay each of them N75,000. Osun is clean enough. They will stop clearing roads and drainages. They should be gainfully employed in other areas. Intelligence gathering is one key area. We shall forestall the Boko Haram phenomenon in our state by deploying all of them to the nooks and crannies of the state. Motor parks, beer and paraga joints and all the hide outs of you progressive forces will be officially recognised.
The government at the centre will be more than willing to assist our truly progressive government because that is the only way to keep these fake people away. They will increase our allocation and once we heighten political tension, security votes will be jerked up. We will export our expertise to other states next year. The government at the centre needs to complement the efforts of those undergoing training to teach dissenters and trouble makers some lessons. Our new outfit will be christened Osun Stand Well Well Force.
O’SCHOOLS
Of all the reasons for the current noise-making in the state, the most annoying is the pretence that this government is doing anything in the educational sector. Many local farmers are groaning under the heavy burden of farm work. Their children are now in school. This useless governor is feeding them once in a day. He wants the farmers to remain poor. He claims he is alleviating poverty. Many people are now complaining about the prohibitive costs of farm produce. Ko si agbe mo ni oko. He is even distributing one tablet called Opon Imo to all students. Book sellers are complaining bitterly. He wants to destroy the business climate in Osun before returning to Lagos. We will not allow him.
Contractors have never had it this bad. Our standard public works should be for six months so that we can capture them in the budget for another year. This fundamentalist is erecting structures that will last another fifty years like Awolowo. Contractors in the state are now bankrupt. We will stop the construction of new schools henceforth. What schools sef? Do we really need many schools? They claim to be Awoists but are working assiduously to obliterate the works of the man. Why build new schools? Some sensible governors are organising mass marriage ceremonies for their indigenes. This religious fanatic will not follow that useful path. He wants to be seen as the visionary political office holders. Let him retain that trophy for as long as he stays out of our way.
He claims to be a democrat. Democracy is about choice. Why is he not allowing our children to choose between going to school and staying at home to assist their parents? Why must every child be in school against their will? Artisans are complaining bitterly today. There are no apprentices to be trained. Who will fix your tyres when they suddenly go flat on the road? Where are the mechanics now? Who will assist you in shops and homes? I pity these state very much.
He has worked against the interests of genuine businessmen and women. He claims to be an Ijesha man. His religious fanaticism will not allow him to invest in Ilesha Brewery. He prefers Nasmalt as a fundamentalist. NURTW is smarting for a fight now. They were accustomed to receiving buses and cars as their own share of the cake. They constitute an effective source of enforcing restraint on the recalcitrant members of opposition. Even members of his cabinet are groaning silently. Just take a look at them. Do they look like well fed politicians? The so called commissioners dress like band boys to the Fuji musicians who entertain politicians at rallies. He has not allowed them to flourish. He wants to turn them to Teblik like himself. We will change this nonsense.
O’MEAL
This is another means of deceiving the people and spoiling the children of the poor. They will become uncontrollable soon when they will start to demand balanced diets from their impoverished parents. Was this part of his party manifesto that children would be fed with eggs, meat, rice and other expensive delicacies? O ti ba awon omo je. He don spoil dem finish. Omo kekere kin jeyin. It is against our custom to feed children with eggs. They will become insatiable and selfish. The EFCC should invite this fundamentalist for interrogation. He is attempting to lay the foundation for future aberrant behaviour. A stitch in time saves more than nine.
He also discriminates against other students on account of age. Is it a sin to grow old? This policy will create chaos and disaffection among our children once united by hunger. Aregbe is breaching the constitution of the country. Some people are of the belief that any child fed free of charge cannot make it in life. Ohun ti a ko je iya fun ko nipe. He wants the children to become complacent and indolent. A ko ni gba fun. I will cancel the programme immediately I am sworn in and will invite prominent clerics to come and exorcise the witchcraft and bad luck that this Ijesha man has imposed on our children. Have you seen any Ijesha person doing anything altruistically? Is it for nothing that he is bribing the farmers with money and land to produce food for his experiment? Eyin enia, e wake up! He will initiate your children into Oranmiyan cult. I am an Ife indigene and a good Christian at that. Who should be dragging our people to the ancestral past? An Ijesha or an Ife original? Emi ti di opo Jesu mu. I stand on the promises of Jesus Christ. I am an Israelite by faith.
INFRASTRUCTURE
This man has been wasting scarce resources to construct new roads and repair the existing ones. Were the people walking in the jungle before he came? His arrogance is too much. Because he worked in Lagos for eight years as commissioner, he wants to turn the whole state into a vast building site. If all the roads are good, what will happen to the members of ACOMORAN, Okada riders? This man is too wicked. Ko sun, ko tun je ki eni ti oni ile sun. Very cantankerous and vain.
To support my claim that he is wicked, why on earth will a caring governor invite old men and women to commit suicide through road walk? Eniti o ba fe dagba, ki ndagba ribo ribo. He is asking them to walk to stay healthy. The stingy fellow is not distributing money to them. The little food in their system will be burned for nothing. They will have no energy left to work on farm and their children have been snatched away from them to school. What have they done to deserve this punishment? Are they boxers? Are they footballers? I will order the arrest of anyone who tries to walk when I assume power. He is a bush man.
He has brought us down in the estimation of right thinking people. We, who were known for action on all fronts, are now quiet like “born-again” religionists. He even has the temerity to re-brand us as Ipinle Omoluabi, proclaiming us as Muguns, when we are known for action. We will raise the tempo of activities. He will run back to Lagos that is accommodating. Our people will see action. I am ready, with your support, to make things happen again in our state. This place is too quiet. Can you now see that the story is the same in all the states controlled by them? Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti, Osun and Edo states are too quiet. Omo Akin ni wa. Let us live up to our reputation.
We must be ready and willing to confront this man who has kept us out of business for too long. We must regain power. This state is too quiet. Let us make some noise. Let someone shout “power”. Aregbe does not seem to appreciate the enormity of the political problems he is facing. He thinks that joining this new party of the political hustlers who chopped with us when the going was good will save him. Our indefatigable leader in the South West, Alhaji Costly, Buruji Kashamu, Oba lola, Ile Eru, has declared a total war on Aregbe and his Lagos mentor. Our leader understands the level; he is a street-wise maestro.
We want to assure him that we “stand well well”. We will complement his efforts effectively. Many of our operatives have been redundant for too long. They are itching for action. No shaking at all. Let me warn all those who may be wallowing in the illusion engendered by an atmosphere of pervading peace that they should be expecting from us. Omo Akin ni wa. A ko ni se ojo. Osun State is the source. We cannot allow anyone who does not know how to enjoy life spoil our joy.
Let someone shout power again.

Adedibu’s son, 30 others escape death in near plane crash

About 31 passengers, including the son of late strongman of Ibadan politics, Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu, Senator Kamoru Adedibu, were hurriedly evacuated from an aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday, after the plane caught fire shortly before take-off.
The plane, an Overland Airlines aircraft, scheduled for Ibadan from Abuja at 4:52p.m. was about to take off when it started emitting smoke from one of its engines.
One of the passengers who spoke with Saturday Tribune, Olufunmilayo Rotiba, Chief Executive Officer, Special Travels and Tours, said the about 31 passengers of the plane were already seated before the incident.
“We first observed that engineers were frantically fiddling with the plane’s engine. Then we suddenly saw smoke.  It is not funny at all. All of us, including a senator, rushed out of the plane.
“We were subsequently evacuated by airport officials. As I am speaking with you now (8:30p.m.), we are waiting for another plane from Ilorin, which we have been promised will take us to Ibadan. We thank God,” she said.
Senator Adedibu described the incident as a horrible experience but thanked God that it did not happen mid-air.
He commended the pilot, the crew and airport officials for being observant and for the prompt rescue operation.
He also confirmed that all the passengers were still at the Abuja airport at 8:45p.m. when Saturday Tribune spoke with him.

Tribune

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Saturday 8 February 2014 "ACCEPTED TIME II" BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Saturday 8 February 2014 "ACCEPTED TIME II"

Memory Verse: Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
John 7:8

Read: John 11:39-44

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 

40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 

42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 

43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 

44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 


Message

God is never too early, and He is never too late. His timetable is set on purpose; the purpose is not only for your sake but also for His. In all things, His name shall be glorified. No doubt, He would have been glorified healing Lazarus of his sickness, but this cannot compare to raising him from the dead after four days. God works according to His own time-table. His time-table is not necessarily in tune with your own time-table, even when it concerns situations or issues of your life for which you desire His intervention. Being the perfect God that He is, His time-table is the perfect one and not yours. Your case will soon become a testimony that will bring you great joy and celebration; your testimony will also bring great glory to God, in Jesus’ Name. Keep resting in Jesus, keep trusting in Him, and don’t shift your focus from Him. You are on the verge of God turning the table in your favour and turning it against your enemies.

The attributes of God’s nature such as omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience are demonstrated in the way His timetable works. His love moves Him to seek the good of His people and to desire their peace, joy, fulfilment, health etc. By His omnipresence and omniscience, He sees and knows all that is going on, even to the smallest detail. Through His omnipotence, He has the ability to effect the required and desirable change – for example, He can make a ninety year old woman conceive a child, as was the case with Sarah. He can bring back to life a decaying corpse, as was the case of Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary (John 11:39-44). He can also make a woman to have natural birth after three previous births by caesarean section, as He did for my wife. God, by His omnipotence is even able to bring back lost opportunities, such as in the life of Abraham, who in spite of working out his own plan to fulfil God’s purpose for his life, still received the true seed of promise, though his action and expectation should have aborted God’s original plan for his life (Genesis 17:16-19).

What more can we hope for? When God is at work, the impossible becomes possible, the irreversible becomes reversed, and the hopeless becomes hopeful. He can rewrite history with your life. For someone using this devotional now, your accepted time is now. Your story is changing from a shameful or reproachful one to an enviable one. You will forget quickly the pain and sorrow of your past by the change of events which will occur soon in Jesus’ Name.

Action Point:

Extol God for all His attributes: love, power, faithfulness and others. Tell Him you love and will serve Him with all your heart. Then tell Him what you want Him to do for you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : ISAIAH 19:16, 23:18 and PSALM 34:1-10

Justin Bieber, facing assault charge in Canada, turns himself in

(CNN) -- Justin Bieber arrived at a Toronto police station Wednesday evening to face an assault charge in connection with an encounter with a limousine driver a month ago. Bieber's arrival was a chaotic scene as determined photographers, reporters, screaming fans and the curious converged around his SUV. About a dozen Toronto police officers shoved their way through the crowd to escort Bieber, getting him through the door only after a struggle.

Bieber traveled to Toronto to be booked on the charge, which was to happen at a police station later Wednesday, two sources with knowledge of the case told CNN.

This is the 19-year-old pop star's second arrest in a week.

Bieber's representative sent a written statement to CNN on Wednesday night as the singer was inside the police station.

"The Toronto Police Service requested that Justin Bieber appear in Toronto today to face an allegation of assault relating to an incident on December 29, 2013," the statement said. "We anticipate that this matter will be treated as a summary offense, the equivalent of a misdemeanor in the United States."

"Our position is that Mr. Bieber is innocent," the representative said. "As the matter is now before the court, it would be inappropriate to address the specifics of either the allegation or of our defense at this time."

Bieber was briefly jailed in Miami on January 23 after he was stopped by a police officer who said he was drag racing in a residential street. He was booked on charges of drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.

Sheriff's detectives in Los Angeles presented evidence this week to the district attorney in their investigation of Bieber's alleged egg attack on a neighbor's house three weeks ago. The prosecutor is expected to decide as early as next week whether Bieber will be charged with felony vandalism for the incident.

Police have not publicly confirmed details of the case against Bieber, but Canada's CBC News reported that Toronto Police were called to the area of Dundas Street West and University Avenue on the evening of December 29 in response to an alleged assault involving Bieber's limousine driver. At the time, it was unclear if the incident was connected to Bieber or a member of his entourage.

The singer had attended a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game at the Air Canada Centre earlier in the evening, according to the CBC.

Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, has posted messages on Twitter that appear to be related to Wednesday's arrest:

"for all those asking @JeremyBieber and @pattiemallette love their son. Stop passing judgement on a situation u dont understand. i ask people to be kind and hope for the best in people. not assume the worst. thanks"

Bieber's latest criminal arrest came just an hour after the television debut of his newest video, for his song "Confident."

Egging investigation 'tightening up'

Detectives are "tightening up" their case against Bieber in his alleged egg attack on a neighbor's residence, an investigator said Tuesday.

The neighbor accused Bieber of tossing eggs over a fence and onto the mansion next door on January 9, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage.

A dozen Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies raided Bieber's $6.5 million home in the exclusive Oaks community in Calabasas, California, two weeks ago, taking the security video system as evidence.

A prosecutor reviewed the security video Monday and asked detectives to do more investigation before a decision is made about charging the pop star with felony vandalism, according to Lt. David Thompson.

Detectives will likely meet again with prosecutors in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office next week, Thompson said. The district attorney will then decide if a charge will be filed against Bieber.

Miami arrest

Bieber's lawyer on Wednesday entered a written plea of not guilty on behalf of Bieber for charges he faces in Miami, according to the Miami Dade County court docket. His attorney also requested a jury trial.

The plea means Bieber will not have to return to Florida for formal arraignment on the DUI, resisting arrest without violence, and driving on expired license charges.

Although Breathalyzer tests suggest Bieber was not too drunk to legally drive when he was pulled over by Miami Beach police early on January 23, it could be two or three weeks before tests are back from the lab that should give a more accurate blood-alcohol reading and could tell if he was high on marijuana.

Bieber blew .011 and .014 in two Breathalyzer tests given to him at the police station, according to a source with knowledge of the results. Florida's legal limit for drivers under the drinking age of 21 is .02. The police report said Bieber failed a field sobriety test given to him at the police station. He admitted to drinking, using marijuana and taking prescription pills, police said.

Although Bieber was not charged with speeding, the arresting officer said it was his reason for stopping Bieber and testing his sobriety.

The head of the exotic car rental company that owns the yellow Lamborghini Bieber was driving said on Saturday that the GPS tracking system in the high-performance car indicated Bieber never exceeded 55 mph in the 15 minutes before the stop.

The Breathalyzer tests and the GPS information could help Bieber lawyer Roy Black in his defense of the singer.

Bieber fled Miami late on January 24, boarding a private jet for a flight to Panama City, Panama. Paparazzi photos showed Bieber strolling along a beach on the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, kicking a soccer ball while others kite-surfed above the waves.

Other photos showed his manager, Braun, and mentor Usher Raymond with Bieber at the Panama resort. His representatives have been silent about the criminal charges, declining to comment to CNN.

CNN

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Thursday 30 January 2014 "SECRETS OF OVERWHELMING BLESSINGS"

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Thursday 30 January 2014 "SECRETS OF OVERWHELMING BLESSINGS"

Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 28:1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth.


Read: Proverbs 11:24-25

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. 


Messages

God wants you to have overwhelming blessings; blessings that you will have and you will say it is enough. Having such blessings - the type that God gives, depends on what you hear and on what you see. 
Also, to be overwhelmingly blessed depends on how you go about acting on what you hear and see. Hearing well, seeing well and doing what you hear and see well depends on God.
 It is He alone who can give the grace to hear, see and do well. This is why it is very important and urgent too for whosoever wants God’s type of blessing which does not include sorrow to be born of God (John 3:3). Indeed God wants you to be the head and not the tail. He wants you to be above the principalities of poverty and all forms of suffering that come with it. In 3 John 2 He said:

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

It took a long time before some people accepted the truth that God is interested in the prosperity of His children. Many still have not come across or accepted this truth even today.

There are several people today that God wants to bless, but they are not yet ready for the blessing because they have not heard the correct teaching concerning godly blessings as clearly written in Deuteronomy 28. This is just like many people today, who ordinarily would have loved to live holy lives, but because they hear all the time that it does not matter how they live their lives, that once they are born-again they are on their way to heaven, they live a lifestyle that has shipwrecked their faith. 

What this people are hearing is determining their destination after this life. Beloved, if you have been taught that tithing is an Old Testament practice and you ignore the commandment of God in Malachi 3:10, then you have sentenced yourself to perpetual penury. 
Know that the condition for God’s blessings is diligent obedience to biblical instructions as His eternal truth for all ages. This is why you must hear well and see well in order to do well for God to open His treasury of blessings upon you. This is why every child of God must make sure he or she fellowships in a Bible believing Christian assembly where they will be taught to practice godliness without compromise. 
My prayer for you is that the truth that will take you to your next level of prosperity will be unfolded to you in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer Point:

Father, please open my eyes and my ears to the secrets of overwhelming blessings in your word and help me to be diligent enough to do accordingly in Jesus’ Name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 1 PETER 1 - 4 and PSALM 28