*Now to Spiritual Matters*:
*APC 1:1-8*
Our Reading For Today Is Taken From The Book
Of APC Chapter 1 Verse 1 To 8 ….
1. And it came to pass, when the Lord would
punish Nigeria, that he gave them a president
under whose hand they were mightily oppressed.
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2. Before he ascended the throne, he made them
hope, with all manner of promises, that he would
bring them to the promised land before the
coming year began.
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3. Thus the inhabitants of Nigeria grew restless
with their good condition, and sorely vexed the
president under whose hand they had prospered,
so that he would not have the office of the
president again, but rather resented it.
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4. In those days also the Boko haramites laid
siege to the north, and slew of the people three
and twenty thousand, intending to set up a
kingdom which would be ruled by Islam.
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5. Thus the inhabitants of Nigeria remembered
not the good deeds of Jonathan, but thrust him
out of the throne, and made Buhari president in
his stead.
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6. Buhari was seventy and two years old when he
began to reign. He reigned one and a half years in
Nigeria, and the land became impoverished under
him and the hausites the igbolites and yorubites
began murmuring against the President
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7. But the President continued to persecute also a
few of the people, accusing them and casting
them into prison. Thus, the opposition was
subdued, the people could not find bread and rice
to eat and there was hunger in the land.
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8. And the end became uncertain as there was
wailing and gnashing of teeth and as soon as the
president heard this he began to travel around
the world and in the middle of his reign he
launched a campaign to say to the people
“Change begins with you.
