THIS NIGERIA MUST DIE.....

THIS NIGERIA MUST DIE FOR THE TRUE NIGERIA TO RISE.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State made a startling but sobering declaration recently. In paraphrase, the governor declared that the only thread holding Nigeria together is the indecision or prevarication of the South south states of the Niger Delta zone over where to belong.

According to him, any day the zone decides to join forces with the pro-Biafra protagonists of the Southeast zone, the current Nigeria will cease to exist. In the mind of the newly reborn vocal governor, the life of the present Nigeria hangs in the balance awaiting the final decision of the south south states.

The governor went on to lament the fact that in a nation with about 300 ethnicities, only one ethnic group, the Fulani, controls all the security, political and economic forces available. For him, this will ultimately determine what will tilt the balance on whether Nigeria survives or not.

There is no faulting Governor Okowa’s analysis in this regard. The final decision of the Niger Delta region is crucial towards solving the grave problem of the Nigerian nation. They have the power to tilt the balance and save our nation that is on a perpetual life support. If the people of the zone continue to play their wartime and post-civil war subservient role to the Fulani oligarchs, Nigeria will die eventually but quite slowly. But if they rise and assert their God-given right as equal citizens of Nigeria and not continue to present themselves as slaves to any other region or ethnic group in Nigeria, then they will be respected and our nation will survive.

Currently the minerals underneath their feet are being taken as booty by the oligarchs. They have endured this pillaging for more than fifty years now. If they wish to continue enjoying being pillaged by the conquering oligarchs, let them continue with their indecision. This is most painful as Governor Okowa lamented because while the minerals of the Niger Delta are being carted away and employed in the development and urbanization of western and northern cities, the south south zone is littered with primitive villages that have no hope of seeing any glimmer of civilization until the turn of the fourth millennium. If this is not enough incentive for the south south zone to call off their indecision, then their fate with that of the entire nation of Nigeria is forever sealed and hopeless.

While the minerals of Niger Delta are being “officially” exploited for “common good” of the “the nation” the precious minerals of the north like gold, diamond, uranium, platinum etc, that have the capacity to turn the entire economy of Nigeria around are tactically left in the hands of a few prominent members among the oligarchs who have become international millionaires mining them. If this type of information does not help those in the south south zone make up their minds on where they should belong; if they cannot realize that those they serve as slaves in Nigeria are even their worst enemies, then nobody should weep for them because they are forever doomed.

But back to Governor Okowa’s declaration. The real danger that spells imminent death for the present Nigeria is the concentration of all security apparatuses in the hands of one ethnic group. This is the clear and present danger for the nation of Nigeria. If this concentration had been in the hands of any other ethnic group besides the Fulani, it could be treated as benign. But for it to be in the hand of the Fulanis with all their history of invasion and conquest in Nigeria, the matter is far more serious than ordinary Nigerians are willing to concede.

The only reason why an ethnic group would seize all the security powers of a multiethnic country like Nigeria is because they are planning a conquest. They see war in the horizon. And this is what will kill the present Nigeria sooner than any one of us could imagine. Any day the Fulani that have all the powers in present-day Nigeria decide to use it according to their customary way of invasion and conquest, Nigeria will exist no more.

If Nigerian politicians cannot find ways to decentralize and redistribute Nigerian security apparatuses, we can as well begin a requiem for this hobbled and beleaguered nation of ours. The current Nigeria of power-concentration in the hands of one ethnic group, of election manipulation to perpetuate incompetence in power, of economic blockade and strangulation of one section of the country, of political marginalization of nearly one half of the nation, of booty-taking fifty years after the civil war, etc, etc, must die and die soonest for a new Nigeria to rise.

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AN APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY

Dear Friends,

Last month end we read  of a  horrible road  accident that happened on the  Enugu- PH  express way where about 9 persons  died  instantly and many with  serious  degrees of injuries. During my recent visit to Nigeria last month  I drove past this spot severally while  going to my birthplace  just a  couple of kms away and  can attest to the dangers. I  attach  the this  my  personal request/appeal (the  official  appeal  from the  community leader).

I sincerely ask for  your assistance in this  great distressful time of the community. Our prayers  and  solidarity  are  needed.  No amount is  small because  your 10 kobo added to my 5 kobo totals  15kobo and no more 10k. This  is  the time  to  show  our  brotherliness, our love  and  our  being neighbours. The mere fact that people  they don’t know  and may never meet from far away places    and from neighbouring towns like Nenwe (my town) etc  are showing Love would  play greatly in the psyche and healing of the wounded. Please show love  to these our families, our friends, our neighbours and  our friend’s  friends.

Please  contact or  send  directly your contributions( any amount ) to  the  community leader :

Ekpulambo Mgbowo Development Union Account number 1016068778 with Zenith Bank PLC Nigeria.

However, my friends who may wish more information and probable clarifications on quick overseas transfer  through WORLDREMIT may  feel free to in-box me or mail to charlie.mbc@gmail.com or chukwubike@gmail.com 

Please be generous to this community that is  already stretched to limits

Thanks

Charles O Chukwubike

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 Dear compatriots, 
I write to thank all of you for your solidarity and show of concern to Ekpulambo Mgbowo community on the calamity that befell us on the 27th day of April 2019 when we lost not less than (9) persons from one family in Ameta in a ghastly motor accident as they were returning from a marriage ceremony.

As we commiserate with the families of the deceased, let us also remember those who survived the crash with serious and various degrees of broken limbs, hands, skulls and faces and who are in different hospitals in Enugu receiving and waiting to receive treatment because of mounting hospital bills. They are six in number. An operation carried out on Sunday on one of them gulped N1.8 million out of which only N500,000 has been deposited. This money was made available by some of our sons. The rest will be taken care of as soon as funds become available.

The community needs to visit the families of the bereaved with funds to alleviate their suffering in this trying times. I count on the support of all well meaning people of Mgbowo and friends to come to our rescue in this moment of grief. No amount is too small and I assure you of the judicious use of whatever is collected.

Please pay into:
Ekpulambo Mgbowo Development Union 
Account number 1016068778
with Zenith Bank PLC

PLEASE FORWARD THIS LETTER TO YOUR CONTACTS AS SOON AS YOU GET IT SO THAT WE DO NOT LOSE ANY OF THE SURVIVORS.

HRH IGWE JOHN AZUBUIKE IBE

 

THE DEPATURE OF A GOOD MAN :AUGUSTINE DURU

THE  DEPATURE  OF  A  GOOD  MAN :AUGUSTINE DURU

It is in human  nature  and more  the  African culture to talk good of  and show  positive  emotions about  someone  when  we  miss him especially through death, but  Augustine  was  a  man talked  good  of  when he  was  alive. He  was  a good  man  he  was  a man of peace.

 My  first  encounter  with Augustine Duru  was  in the  80s  at the Pontifical university in Rome. He was  specially  endeared  and loved  by  most of  the  fresh students  from Africa because  he was  always  there  to give  you   that brotherly, smile, look, and  advise   which were and are still  the most valuable  things  to anyone arriving Europe from Africa; things that no amount  of  money  can  buy. He  was trusted by the younger ones  and  he  never for  once  disappointed  nor deceived  anyone. Everyone in our  university  then would  attest to this.  He  was  a brilliant student  and  a man of the people : He was  a good  man.

In around 1983 he wedded  his  beautiful wife Felicia in the city of Marino and  most of  us  in the faculty were very proud (showing love)  to attend  the  wedding of this our  great brother who was  forming a  family.

He  was an Igboman to the core: silently working very hard   to  take great care of  his  family. A peaceful family that was  blessed  with two children. In the  community he was one of  the  elders  that almost  every president of Nigerian associations  and Igbo community  must have availed  themselves   with his good  guidance  and advise  during  great decisions.   During my double  tenure as the President of the Igbo Community in Rome/Lazio  he  didn’t attend  all the sessions  but there was  no great decision  that  he  was  not consulted  before   they were made. He  was  one of the Igbo community ‘backbones’ and  reflecting on those  years   I reckon that his advise to me then  during difficult times   were always ,for  reconciliation, peace, and non-punitive dictions  in most cases  he  mediated. I trusted  him and his counsels . The  Igbo community will miss Augustine  Duru greatly.

We  separated due  to work  and distance  but never forgot  each other however  our  mutual respect continued within us,  a respect that was  confessed  when  my brother in-law C.J  told me  he saw an Igbo girl to marry. When he mentioned her name (AdaezeDuru) I told him  he had my blessings , before I could place a phone call to Augustine to ask for the hand of his only daughter  he already blessed the marriage on hearing my name  and relationship with the suitor. We both  probably were secretly looking of  a way to continue  the good relationship that started in the University and  these young people   made it  for  us. I was  physically present in his  Village  home  to do all the Igbo traditional marriage  rites. He  was magnanimous, gentle and all the people who came  from Enugu state and Ebonyi  to marry Adaeze loved  him and the wonderful  welcome  he  gave  to us.  He gave me  Adaeze  and I will always respect and protect his princess as  I promised him that rainy day in his village. Dear  Augustine , As  you  continue  the journey I want  to reassure you that Adaeze  has  continued  to represent  you  and your family  well as an authentic Adaeze in our family and  your  wife Felicia  has been  a true  queen. We  shall never disappoint you and  your expectations.

As you continue  the journey we  shall all miss you in the  Igbo /Nigerian communities, your wife , children (Angelo and Adaeze) , your grand children, Aaron,Ifeoma, and Ashley  will miss you. Nenwe, Enugu and Ebonyi people  will miss your smiles. The great Owerri  community will miss you , but  we are all consoled that one  day all good  men will meet again.

May your gentle soul rest in peace  with  God, Amen.

From  your Friend and Inlaw

 Chief  Charles Okey. Chukwubike

(Anyanecheoha)

Rome Italy

02/05/2019

Nigeria's Medical Brain Drain

Nigeria's medical brain drain: 
Healthcare woes as doctors flee

'Brain drain' impacting healthcare sector as most Nigerian doctors seek better work conditions and pay abroad.

by Mercy Abang

8 Apr 2019

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People wait outside a hospital after a building containing a school collapsed in Nigeria''s commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria March 13, 2019 [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]

Abuja, Nigeria - In March, hundreds of Nigerian doctors gathered at a hotel in Abuja, the capital, and another in Lagos, the country's commercial centre, to take a test conducted by the Saudi Arabian health ministry.

In a symbol of the Nigerian medical "brain drain", those yet to migrate must complete foreign exams in order to get work placements abroad.

Weeks before the attempt by Saudi Arabia to lure Nigeria's greatest medical talents, dozens had sat the regular Professional Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) exams at the British Council. Once they pass, it will enable them to work in the UK.

According to some estimates, about 2,000 doctors have left Nigeria over the past few years.

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Doctors have blamed the mass exit on poor working conditions - only four percent of Nigeria's budget is allocated to health.

While the annual healthcare threshold per person in the US is $10,000, in Nigeria it is just $6.

"More than half of those seeking visas to [India] are going for medical care that is not available here in Nigeria. Indigent Nigerians would be at the mercy of the dilapidated health infrastructure," Onwufor Uche, consultant and director of the Gynae Care Research and Cancer Foundation in Abuja, told Al Jazeera. 

"It has become worse; a doctor [in Nigeria] earns N200,000 monthly ($560), necessitating moving to countries where they can be better paid for their services … This ultimately means that eight of 10 Nigerians are presently receiving substandard or no medical care at all."

Middle-class and wealthy Nigerians often travel for healthcare. Even the septuagenarian Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, seeks medical care in London. 

British, American, South African, Emirati and Saudi Arabian agencies operate in Nigeria to recruit the best doctors.

Nigeria's polling agency, NOI Polls, in partnership with Nigerian Health Watch in 2017, found that most doctors seek work abroad. 

"The trend of doctors emigrating to other countries is at an all-time high," Chike Nwangwu, head of NOIPolls, told Al Jazeera in Abuja. "Our survey … showed that 88 percent of doctors are considering work opportunities abroad."

Reasons for emigrating include better facilities and work environment, higher salaries, career progression and an improved quality of life.

One doctor in 5,000

Medical schools and residencies are subsidised by government funds, an investment that is now benefiting other countries.

With an estimated population of over 180 million, there is one doctor per 5,000 people in Nigeria, according toIsaac Folorunso Adewole, the health minister, compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of one per 600 people. 

There are 72,000 doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN); over half practise outside the country.

"Nine in every 10 doctors are considering work opportunities outside Nigeria. And it is projected to keep rising as doctors continue to face systemic challenges," said NOIPolls' Nwangwu. "I actually think [Nigeria] is already at the state of emergency with the availability of medical doctors."

The country's worsening health sector also grapples with strikes by health workers.

The government is often in conflict with the Nigerian Medical Association, an umbrella union of doctors, over working conditions. The union argues that government officials fail to stick to agreements, leading to industrial action.

When asked last year why Nigerian doctors had to wait a long time to get residency training, Adewole appeared to make light of the issue, saying: "It might sound selfish, but we can't all be specialists; we can't. Some will be farmers; some will be politicians … The man who sews my gown is a doctor. He makes the best gown. And some will be specialists, some will be GPs, some will be farmers."

As well as angering some doctors, the apparent failure to act seriously also affects patients. 

"The government needs to urgently start addressing the issues and concerns of the medical workers and especially the doctors. The truth is, most of these doctors leave for better working conditions and you can't blame them," said Mariam Abdullahi, a 38-year-old patient at a hospital in Abuja.

"I am being referred to strange faces and different doctors almost at each of my bi-monthly visits and I'm always told the last doctor left the country. As a patient I feel heartbroken anytime my doctors leave, but what can I do when the system treats them poorly?"

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA NEWS

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NWOBODO NOW A DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

IGP Adamu Names Lakanu, Lamorde, 4 Others DIG

January 28, 2019026

Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, has appointed six new deputy inspectors-general of police.

According to a report by Premium Times, the new DIGs, who were elevated from assistant inspectors-general, are Usman Tilli Abubakar, who joined the police from Kebbi State in February 1986; Abdulmaji Ali, who joined the police from Niger State in February 1986; Taiwo Frederick Lakanu, who joined the police from Lagos State in February 1986 and Godwin Nwobodo, who joined the police from Enugu State in 1984.

The remaining two new DIGs who were elevated from the rank of police commissioners are Ogbizi Michael, former Abia State police commissioner, and Ibrahim Lamorde, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who hails from Adamawa State.

Mr Lakanu was the Force Secretary until his appointment.

The new DIGs were named on Monday morning, police sources said.

Their respective portfolios would be announced later on Monday by the Police Service Commission.

Their elevation comes a day after Mr Adamu retired seven DIGs who were his senior in order to pave way for the constitution of a new management team with whom he could work comfortably.

The affected officers were Maigari Dikko, the DIG in charge of finance and administration and Habila Joshak, the DIG in charge of operations.

The remaining five DIGs are Emmanuel Inyang, information and communications technology; Agboola Oshodi-Glover, logistics and supply; Mohammed Katsina, research and planning; Sani Mohammed, training and development; and Peace Ibekwe-Abdallah, federal criminal investigation and intelligence.

The seven DIGs and eight assistant inspectors-general were identified as having joined the police before Mr Adamu, who was appointed on January 15 after the former IG Ibrahim Idris was retired as he attained 60 years.

The seven police chiefs’ departure was in furtherance of the convention that recommends the retirement of senior police chiefs when an officer junior to them in service or lower in rank is appointed to lead the institution.

When Mr Idris was appointed IG in 2016, more than 20 DIGs and AIGs were compelled to retire from service to enable him constitute his management team.

Mr Adamu has now followed the tradition, which has been criticised as wasteful and demoralising because of huge resources the nation had spent on the vast knowledge the senior officers had acquired over the years.

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PRESIDENT BUHARI AND ANAMBRA STATE

Dear President Buhari, welcome to Anambra - your state of campaign rallies

If everything happens as planned Mr. President, you will set your feet in Anambra - your state of campaign rallies - today.

Your Excellency, before you came back to become an elected president of the Federal Republic, there were dozens of events that offered you compelling reasons to pay visit to the Light of the Nation, but you found excuses to stay away.

Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu died and was buried. Leaders from all over the world poured in to Nnewi, Anambra State, to pay their last respect. You were nowhere to be found.

We lost our very own erudite Prof. Chinua Achebe, you couldn't care less, Your Excellency.

We made excuses for you Sir. We told ourselves that because of your role as an opposition candidate that you structured your movements in order not to clash or interfere with that of the then governing PDP.

It wouldn't be long before providence "changed" you from being an opposition candidate to being the Commander-in-Chief.

Mr. President, during your very first year in office, Anambra witnessed a very tragic fuel tanker explosion in Onitsha that claimed a lot of lives. You cocooned yourself in Aso Rock.

As president, you never bothered with a state visit or found any excuse whatsoever to come, but when it came to Anambra 2017 governorship election, you suddenly found time to come market your broom in Anambra, although you later swapped that broom with a fowl.

After the Anambra elections, Your Excellency, an elder statesman, Pa Alex Ekwueme died and was buried in Oko, Anambra State. You couldn't bring yourself to pay your respect, not even during the service of songs in Abuja. Even if you've not put the events of 1983 behind, we reckon that Gen. Yakubu Gowon attended Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu's funeral.

Away from that, Your Excellency. Anambra and other states were ravaged by flood. Again, you cocooned yourself in Aso Rock.

Mr. President, make whatever you can of this information: All your visits to Anambra State in the last twenty years (a pitiful number of them anyway), save for one, are only for campaign rallies.

We have been told that besides the planned campaign rally, you are coming to “commission” a repainted grave Sir. No thanks to your 97:5 policy, there are no visible projects initiated or completed by your administration in Anambra after four years!

Even if we accept repainting of grave to be a federal project Sir, it is very ironical that you, dear President Buhari, the very exact opposite of the man the great Zik of Africa - a firm believer in one Nigeria - was, is coming to his resting place today probably with the intent to score cheap political points.

Even when we lost great Zik of Africa in 1994, you couldn't bring yourself to pay your respect. Just a few weeks to election, you suddenly found out what great a man Zik was. Today, you are now dancing around his grave. Your Excellency, this is the worst display of political expedience in recent history.

Your associates may not not tell you this, Your Excellency. Our people are very circumspect. Even if you reverse your previous decision and make Zik's birthday Nigeria's new democracy day, no political gain will accrue to you on great Zik's account. Except if you suddenly take your self to the "next level" and subscribe to the ethos and principles the great Zik of Africa lived and died for.

Mr. President, just in case you are already at the crowded campaign ground when this message gets to you, please be informed that you are just a stone throw away from DIG Peace Ibekwe-Abdallah's father's house. You will remember her Sir. As has been your character, you skipped her just a few weeks ago to appoint someone from the part of Nigeria “you trust” as Nigeria's IGP.

It's a pity that you couldn't trust her with a sensitive appointment but you are now close to her father's house asking her siblings to trust you with their votes.

Before you entered the campaign arena Sir, your convoy drove past the very place where many tragically lost their lives during that dance you sanctioned. Today you are asking their widows and the families they left behind to vote for you even while that provocative dance is still ongoing.

Several hundreds of youths laid off from factories that either shut down or scaled down operations due to your poorly articulated forex and economic policies are part of the “mammoth crowd” waiting to receive the two thousand Naira your mobilizers promised to share and entertain themselves with the superstar singer they also promised to bring.

Don't be deceived dear President Buhari, the five percenters have decided to take your 5% and give it to the people who already have 97%.

As you hurry to get back to your comfort zone before the sun sets on you in the land of the rising sun, we regret that we will never get to see you in Anambra again till the next campaign rally, if God permits. Fare thee well President Muhammadu Buhari.

Warm regards,
Chima Christian
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GOD LOVES DIVERSITY ..THUS DIVERSITY OF GIFTS...(Chukwubike)

1 Corinthians 12:4-6

by Grant Richison | Nov 14, 2002 | 1 Corinthians | 7 comments

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4 “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.” 

Now the Holy Spirit through Paul turns to diversity and catalogue of spiritual gifts. God’s plan for the church is diversity, not uniformity, in spiritual gifts. Each member of the Trinity has a role in spiritual gifts: the Holy Spirit distributes the gifts, the Lord places people in ministry, and the Father empowers people to do ministry. There are varieties in gifts, ministries, and effects but they all have sameness in the Trinity. God’s doctrine is diversity in unity, not uniformity.

12:4

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

The word “gift” is the Greek word charismata. The charis part of the word means grace. The ma portion of the word is the passive suffix meaning that it is a grace given. They are grace-gifts. God did the giving or bestowing of the gift upon us. These gifts are not native within us like natural talents. Both Christian and non-Christian alike share capacity for talent but only Christians have spiritual gifts. A gift is a special, supernatural enablement or capacity to do the work of God. Spiritual gifts are not natural capacities; they are supernaturally bestowed capacity.

“Diversities” means distributions, distinctions, allotments, apportionments. The word suggests a separation of something already joined together. God distributes gifts in many varieties. No one gets all the “gifts” for there are different kinds for different people. There are about 20 gifts listed in the New Testament (Ephesians 4:7-11; 1 Corinthians 12:6-8; 1 Peter 4:11).

The “same Spirit” is the Holy Spirit, the third member of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is the source of all gifts. Sameness comes from source.

12:5

There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.

As there are diversities of gifts, there are differences of ministry opportunity as well. The word “differences” is the same Greek word as “diversities” in verses four and six. The word “ministries” means forms of services. The plural means different kinds of services. It is possible to have the same gift but have a different ministry. Some may use the gift of evangelism in child evangelism while others may use it on the campus. There is variety in uses of gifts. God does not give special supernatural capacities for the self but to serve.

It is the “same Lord,” that is, the second person of the Trinity, that gives different kinds of service. All ministries represent Christ. We are here to represent Him.

12:6

And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

The third category of “diversities” is “activities.” The word “activities” means effects and literally has the idea of what is worked out or energized. This word in the Greek (energemata – energizing) means manifestations of the Spirit’s power as over against human power. This is operational power. God empowers the effect. As with gifts and ministries, God gives different effects or results to ministry. There are different results from the use of gifts. God gives some ministries more fruit than others. Ministries to Muslims do not have the same fruit as other ministries.

It is the “same God,” that is, God the Father who works “all in all.” God works all the gifts in all persons.

PRINCIPLE: 

God loves diversity, not uniformity.

APPLICATION: 

God loves diversity. He does not use a cookie-cutter to stamp out the same pattern of gifts. Diversity has its underpinning in God Himself. He makes Christians wonderfully different from each other. A choir is one but has at least four sections: bass, tenor, alto, and soprano. Each contributes to a unity of beautiful music. This is more beautiful than a choir of all sopranos. There are many members in the choir but there is only one conductor. A football team with uniformity of all guards is not very exciting or effective. The Christian does not have anything to say about whether he plays guard or quarterback.

Spiritual gifts do not indicate merit or spirituality. We do not have a gift because we are better than someone else or because we have had a certain kind of experience. None of us earns or deserves a gift. It is something we discover and use. We cannot say, “What a great person I am because I have such-and-such gift.” What gifts we possess reside in the sovereign decision of God the Trinity.

God gives special, supernatural gifts to every Christian without exception. Each gift is as important as any other gift. God specially designs each gift for each believer. We cannot do God’s work without special endowment of a spiritual gift. Christian work is simply exercising our spiritual gift. There is no difference between a preacher and a plumber. There is no such thing as a “layman.”

We can neglect our gift or fail to use it but if we do, it will atrophy. If we do not use a muscle, it will atrophy and become weaker and weaker. The Holy Spirit enables us to use our gifts.

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