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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday called on Fulani indigenes in Nigeria to speak out against the invasion of foreign Fulani into communities in Nigeria.

Ortom made the call when he played host to a delegation of Nasarawa State Traditional Rulers who on behalf of the state government paid a condolence visit to Benue State Governor.

The delegation led by the Emir of Keffi, Dr Shehu Chindo, was accompanied by other traditional rulers from Nasarawa State had paid visited the state to condole Governor Ortom and Benue State traditional council over the ‘hunting expedition’ embarked upon by the Idoma paramount ruler, Ochi’Doma, Elias Ikoyi Obekpa.

According to Governor Ortom, “Tiv people, Fulanis and other Nigerians had lived together peacefully until foreign Fulanis were allowed to move into the country unchecked to cause the current violence being witnessed in the country.

The Bible is the source of wisdom, guidance, and God's plan for our lives. Therefore, we should read the Bible to find out what God wants us to know. There are many reasons to read the Bible on a regular basis. Below are five powerful reasons that reading the Bible is an effective spiritual discipline.

1. Scripture saves.

Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. (1 Timothy 4:16) Salvation has happened to God’s people, salvation is — at this moment — happening to God’s people, and salvation will happen completely at the resurrection of God’s people, and it is happening now by means. Paul says to hold fast to the teaching and thereby save yourself. God saves us daily by Scripture.

2. Reading the Bible helps us to renew our minds so we can know God’s will.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:1-2).

3. To guard yourself from false teachings and false teachers. 

1 John 4:1 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” Matthew 24:24-26 “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Remember, I have told you ahead of time. So then, if someone says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.”

4. The Bible protects us

The Christian life is a call to battle for we fight against our flesh, the world, and the evil one. Therefore, we need to ready ourselves by wearing the armor of God. And our only offensive weapon is the Word of God. With it, we defend ourselves against the attacks of the enemy. When the devil tempted Jesus, He only used Scriptures to defeat the enemy (Matthew 4:1-11). Likewise, we must also know Scriptures and use it when we fall under attack.

5. It contains power to overcome

After we have made the firm decision to serve God wholeheartedly and refrain from sinning against Him, we will still experience temptation in our lives. James says that we are tempted when we are drawn away and enticed by our own lusts and desires. (James 1:14) It’s clear from Scripture that Satan makes use of these natural lusts and desires. He tries to get us to disobey God’s will, by offering things that appeal to us naturally: honour, riches or self-satisfaction. He even tempted Jesus, trying to get Him to give into egotism, pride and self-seeking. But, for each temptation Jesus faced, He had a counterattack. And every single counterattack involved God’s Word. “Jesus said to him, ‘It is written again, “You shall not tempt the Lord your God.”’” And further, He says, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’” Matthew 4:1-11. Do you also have a counterattack for every temptation that you face in life? Do you fill yourself with God’s Holy Word? Paul writes, “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God …

NOTE: I declare and decree into the life of every person that typed amen, every ungodly hand that rise above your destiny shall be consumed by fire in jesus name, Amen.

How does wealth, prosperity, and success line up with scriptures in the Bible? Well the Bible is laced with scriptures about wealth, scriptures about prosperity and there are even scriptures about success! Many people do not like to associate these words with being in the Bible. They don’t want to admit that it’s Biblical to be a successful Christian, or that God could in fact bring wealth and prosperity in your life. 

1. Deuteronomy 28:11–12

“And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord swore unto thy fathers to give thee."

“The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.”

2. Isaiah 66:12

For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river,

And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;

And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.

3. Zechariah 9:12: Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

4. Psalm 1:3

“The [righteous] person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.”

5. Psalms 5:12

"For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield." 

6. PSALM 23: 

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

7: PSALM 24

The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

NOTE: I declare into your life in Jesus name, you are bless, your cup shall run over. Amen.