MY PRAYERS HAVE CHANGED

MY PRAYERS HAVE CHANGED

Some of my people and many others on social media get very quickly spiritual when they read me or anybody lambasting the fellow who currently presides over Nigeria.  They quickly absolve him of blame and transfer it upon our heads because we aren't praying enough for the president like the Bible instructs. 

I actually wonder who is presently in Greater need of prayers; the president, his economic team, the opposition, the Chibok girls and all others kidnapped and unaccounted for or the people of the north east who face extinction because the government cannot protect them?

Do the people who ask me to pray for Jonathan feel compelled at all to pray for the northeast of Nigeria or even if they do pray; does the region just get a mention or equal intensity as they do for Jonathan and Pacie? Do they really care at all if the Chibok girls return intact? One fellow I encountered sometime last week compared the "forgotten" Biafran tragedy to Chibok and suggested we simply move on just as we have apparently moved on from Biafra. How insensitive? Should we burn down our own houses because our Fathers burnt down theirs decades ago?

From utterances on social media, people from certain regions and ethnicities openly and codedly rejoice at the misfortune of the northeast hence the reason why they shamelessly queue behind a failed president whose actions and inactions have threatened to completely disintegrate the union.  We need someone whose message has not changed for years now; someone who believes we are a sinking and rudderless ship in need of a captain.  Vandals have sabotaged this nation and bandits have looted her gold.  The present watchmen claim they have our interests and are promising to do what they couldn't do in 6 years in another 4 years.  

For those asking me to pray, my prayer points have changed and it is for God to expose and disgrace those who are complicit in the vandalising of this great nation.  That God would raise for us competent and prepared men and women who have the fear of Him instilled in their DNA and make room for them to access public office.  Another prayer point is that Nigeria will never witness such mediocre and primitive leadership ever again and that our children will not insult us for allowing a great nation get ravaged by scoundrels. 

I really want to know the people that pray for the leadership of the Arab Emirates; they should advise Jonathan to contract them for marathon prayers since all the laying on of hands and legs at various Nigerian camp grounds over the past 5 years have not had any significant therapeutic or intellectual effect. Not even an encounter in the tomb where our Christ was laid could stir up a "humble" president to perform.

Joa

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