Mom confessed of killing her kids and freezing their bodies in Court

A Detroit mother accused of killing two of her children and storing their bodies in a freezer yelled during separate court outbursts Thursday that she killed them.

Mitchelle Blair was temporarily removed during the custody trial to settle her parental rights to her surviving 8-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter.

She was arrested March 24 after court deputies carrying out an eviction at her apartment found the bodies of Stoni Blair, 13, and Stephen Berry, 9, in a deep freezer. Police believe they died months apart in 2012 and 2013.

Blair is charged with murder, torture and child abuse. She is to undergo a mental competency exam before a June 19 probable cause hearing in the murder cases.

As a videotape was played Thursday in court showing Blair's surviving son telling a social worker that he saw his brother killed, Blair yelled that he "didn't see me kill Stephen, 'cause it was unintentional."

On another occasion Blair yelled: "Everybody wants to know. Yes, I did kill her," referencing Stoni.

Blair's surviving son also said in the interview with the social worker that he was whipped with a cord and that his 17-year-old sister was hit with a hammer. Both surviving siblings have been placed in a relative's care.

Thursday's trial in Wayne County Circuit Court will determine if Blair loses custody of the two children. The state also wants to end the parental rights of their fathers. The state says the fathers rarely see the kids and owe thousands of dollars in child support.

Testimony will resume Friday.

Open Heavens 5 June 2015: Friday daily devotion - The Other Side of Prosperity

Topic: The Other Side of Prosperity

Memorise: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: - Proverbs 30:8

Read: 2 Chronicles 18:1-3 (KJV)

1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.

3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 9-10, Luke 3:7-22

MESSAGE:

Prosperity is good, and it is far better than poverty. As a matter of fact, God wants His children to prosper (3 John 2). However, we cannot wave off the words of Agur’s prophecy in today’s memory verse. One may wonder why he would make this strange utterance. The answer lies in Proverbs 30:9:

“Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.”

The first part of his reason for this statement is what I consider to be the other side of prosperity. When you become so prosperous that you forget the God who prospered you in the first place, you are in very serious trouble. My prayer for you is that the prosperity that will make you forsake God will not come your way in Jesus’ Name.

In our Bible reading, we see how God prospered King Jehoshaphat with abundant riches; but after he experienced prosperity, he made a military alliance with the wicked King Ahab. He would have lost his life through this evil association with Ahab, but for the mercy of God (2 Chronicles 18:31). You must be very careful of the people you associate with as you climb the ladder of prosperity (Proverbs 19:4). Some people suddenly become clubbers after they start commanding wealth. They now enjoy the world of vanities, and no longer value time for fellowship with the brethren. The story of King David in 2 Samuel 11:1-2 is an example of what prosperity can do to a one-time valiant warrior. David had no time for extra-marital affairs when he was running for his dear life from cave to cave. But after the crown came, at a time he was supposed to lead Israel to battle as he used to do, he was busy enjoying a sinful holiday.

Should we then conclude that prosperity is evil? Not at all; all we need to do is to follow the pattern of prosperity management used by the fathers of faith like Abraham. No matter how wealthy you become, keep standing out as a lover of God who trembles at His commandments. Your wealth has a purpose, which is to serve the interest of God and His Kingdom through the machinery of the Church. You cannot imagine that God will bless someone with a car, when the motive is to use it for seducing innocent girls to defile them. This is the reason why some children of God are yet to receive their promised prosperity: God knows they cannot handle it yet.

Prayer Point: Father, grant me the wisdom and the spiritual maturity to handle wealth.

Tiger Woods Hopes To Bounce Back To Winning Ways During The Memorial Tournament

The Golf Legend is hopping that His long time training will make him bounce back to winning ways during the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village. He believe He's getting better every day during his training at Chambers Bay, Venue for the US Open in a fortnight time.

He's hoping to claim his sixth win at Muirfield Village after He finished 69th in the players Championship on May 10.

 

Lionel Messi Is The Greatest Player Ever - Luis Enrique

The Barcelona coach has admitted that the King of Football Lionel Messi is truly the greatest player ever. Meanwhile, He rubbish Giorgio Cheillini Juventus defender claims that Messi might not have scored the wonder goal had it been it's against an Italian defence.





Chiellini claims that 'Messi couldn't score that type of goal in Italy. In spain they attack better than us, but we are better at defending.' This is coming ahead of the Champions League Final this weekend.



Meanwhile, the Italian goalkeeper said this week that: 'He (Messi) is am alien, dedicating himself to playing with humans. I hope this Saturday he will be from earth, like rest of us'.



We hope the see the Best of Messi this weekend during the Champions League Final between Juventus and Barcelona.

Rafa Benitez Appointed As Real Madrid New Manager

Rafa Benitez has been appointed as Real Madrid new manager on a three-year deal. Benitez was found in tears shortly after He was revealed as Real Madrid manager on Wednesday as He found himself fulfilling a life time ambition of taking over Real Madrid.

  

He said: 'It's emotional to come home, I don't know what to say I want to make sure we win things and the team plays well.'

Benitez was born on the 16th April, 1960

Played for Real Madrid Castilla between 1974-1981, before moving to Parla between 1981-1985. Later moved to Linares between 1985-1986.

So far He has Coach five different clubs before joining Madrid.

Wishing Him all the Best in Managing the two Rivals in His team, talking about Ronaldo and 

Bale.

Novak Djokovic Beat Rafael Nadal At French Open

Djokovic deafeated the nine time champion with power and precision, This defeat made it the second defeats in 72 matches at the french open for Nadal.









Rafael Nadal had a very good record since 2005 up to date loosing just two times in 2009 and  2015.

Without a doubt, and taking no credit away from Djokovic, injury has affected Nadal, He is far too young to bow out of the tennis court yet, but change is in the air for him.

"The one thing that is sure is i have nine French Open titles", He said, proudly. "I don't know if i will win 10. I don't like to talk about dynasties, I hope i will be back and, when I come back, I will come back to win."

Yes He may be down but He's not Out. Nadal will be back.

Barcelona Strike Trio Are Like DIVAS - Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack believes that the Barcelona Trio are like DIVAS who don't like to defend when playing. He clarified that, their strength in attack could come back to bite the team in champions league final against Juventus.

He Told the Guardian: "Their (Barcelona) biggest strength can also become a weakness. Those three forwards are all superstars. They are little bit like divas sometimes when you see them: they don't like to defend. so it will be interesting to see how juventus can create unhappiness in their game."





"These kind of players like to have the ball, they want to play, they want to enjoy movements, to pass the ball around. If juve makes sure that can't happen as the game goes on they'll become more more frustrated and they can lose their discipline. That's the key. That's the time where Juventus must take over because an italian team never loses discipline. Their players live for and thrive off this discipline."

Barcelona Legend XAVI Poses With All 24 Trophies Won During His 17 Years Impressive Career At The Nou Camp

The legend of Barcelona, the King of Midfield, Xavi Hernandez will be leaving Barcelona by the end of this season after 17 successful years at the Nou Camp.

During His time, He has won 24 trophies at Barcelona, which includes eight Laliga Titles and three champions leagues trophies.

His last game will be between Barcelona and Juventus at the Uefa Champions League Final on Saturday June 6th, 2015.

He posed for a picture on the pitch with every trophy he has won in the history of his stay with Barcelona first team.



The midfielder 35 is set to join Al-Sadd next season.

He was joined by his team mate legend Andre Iniesta at his farewell event at Nou Camp on Wednesday.

Iniesta said "Captain, Team-mate and friend. We can't imagine the first work-out of next season without you. it's been a privilege to play alongside you. Thanks, Xavi, for always being an example, for always putting the group before yourself. Thanks for all your advice. Thank you, Xavi, for all those years, for all the talks, about football and other things. Those who know you know you will be back."

How Good Are You With Colours?

It is very certain that your brain can tell the difference between millions of colours, meanwhile, when it come to remembering just a few specific shades, you will end up struggling with it.

That you are struggling to remember shades of colour is not a problem because our minds tends to store what we've seen as one of just few basic hues, according to recent US study.

It is proven that people memories for colours are based in favour of best version of basic colours.

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EFCC Press Statement on The Six CBN Staff Accused of N8Billion Fraud.

EFCC Released a press statement on the Six staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, that was implicated in an N8billion Fraud.

Six staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, implicated in an N8billion defaced and mutilated currency recycling scam, were today remanded in prison custody following their arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice N. Ayo Emmanuel of a Federal High Court sitting in  Ibadan, Oyo State.

The suspects: Patience Okoro Eye;  Afolabi Olufemi Johnson; Ilori Adekunle Sunday;  Kolawole Babalola,  Olaniran Muniru Adeola and Fatai Adedokun Yusuf, were arraigned on a five -count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraud and stealing.

Specifically, the apex bank employees were alleged to have compromised the CBN's Briquetting exercise, meant to mop up mutilated and defaced higher denomination currencies from circulation, to combat inflation.

Instead of destroying the currencies, they allegedly recycled the notes and substituted them with newspapers neatly cut to Naira sizes.

When the charges were read to them, they pleaded not guilty.

Count One of the charge reads: 

"That you Patience Okoro Eye;  Afolabi Olufemi Johnson; Ilori Adekunle Sunday;  Kolawole Babalola,  Olaniran Muniru Adeola and Fatai Adedokun Yusuf on or about 5th August, 2014 in Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, have by virtue of abuse of your office, being employees of Central Bank of Nigeria, contributed to the economic adversity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when you destroyed a box marked " Counted Audited Dirty" filled with Newspapers in place of a box containing N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira) of N1,000 denomination and which activity led to the increase of money in circulation which the briquetting exercise of Central Bank of Nigeria was intended to control and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(2) (b) and Section 10 (1) of the Recovery of Public Property (Special Provision) Act, Cap. R4, Laws of the Federation Nigeria, 2014".

Count Two reads: 

“That you Patience Okoro Eye;  Afolabi Olufemi Johnson; Ilori Adekunle Sunday;  Kolawole Babalola,  Olaniran Muniru Adeola and Fatai Adedokun Yusuf on or about 5th August, 2014 in Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, engaged in corrupt practices when you replaced the content of a box of N1,000 denomination in a total sum of N10, 000,000 (Ten Million Naira) marked as " Counted Audited Dirty" meant for briquetting,  with Newspapers and which sum you converted to  your own use and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1(2) (a) and Section 10 (1) of the Recovery of Public Property (Special Provision) Act, Cap. R4, Laws of the Federation Nigeria, 2014".

In view of their plea, prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendants to be remanded in prison custody. He opposed their bail applications and urged counsel to the defendants to present their bail applications formally to court.

However, counsel to the 1st accused person, K. A. Lawal made an oral application for bail. All other counsel followed suit.

Justice Emmanuel however adjourned the matter to June 9, 2015 for hearing of the bail applications and July 6 and 7, 2015 for commencement of trial.

He ordered that all the defendants be remanded  in Agodi prison custody, Ibadan.

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Open Heavens 3 June 2015 daily devotion The True Worshipers

Topic: The True Worshipers 

Memorise: God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. - John 4:24

Read: John 4:21-24 (KJV)

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 7:1-8:11, Luke 2:22-40

MESSAGE:

It is not all acts of worship that God accepts, because not all worshippers are true worshippers. The truth was revealed by Jesus in His conversation with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. He also revealed some other great truths about worship that we should pay close attention to if we want our worship to be acceptable to God. The first of these is that any “God” that is limited or restricted to particular place is false and not worthy of worship. Worship directed towards such contraptions of men is counterfeit worship.

The worship of the true God does not involve going to a junction where three roads meet to put food items for God to come and eat. Paul came across worshippers of such gods at Mars’ Hill in Athens (Acts 17:22-31). The true God is described thus by the Psalmist in Psalm 8:1:

“O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.”

Another truth about worship which Jesus revealed is that any god that does not have a fatherly relationship with his worshippers is not worthy of our worship. Anyone worshipping such gods is not a true worshipper. This is why Jesus came to make us children of His Father.

Also, when He was teaching His disciples how to pray, He described the true God as “Father” (Luke 11:2). Furthermore, Jesus revealed that our worship of God is not true worship if we do not know the God we are worshipping. This is the reason why Paul tried to introduce the Athenians to the God they were ignorantly worshipping (Acts 17:23). He tried to teach them that they were wrong to think that the Godhead could be represented by gold, silver or stone graven by art and man’s devices (Acts 17:29). No worshipper should ignorantly think that a Holy God will accept worship from a life laden with the sin of falsehood, pretence and all manner of immorality and wickedness.

True worship involves worshipping the true God in spirit and in truth, we must worship God in spirit because God is a Spirit, and only through the spirit can we relate meaningfully with His Spirit. To worship God in Sprit means to do what He bids you to do with a spiritual mind of faith. These are things the Holy Spirit of God would ask us to do that viewed with a carnal mind, are difficult to understand. For example, when God asked Noah to build a big ship on dry ground, to men of his generation, this was not a sensible thing to do. That a person should stick to one spouse “for better, for worse” may not sound reasonable, but that is what the word of God says. A true worshipper of God will not tell lies even if there is no risk of being found out. To a true worshipper, being truthful is not about man but about God who is all-knowing.

Prayer Point: Father, grant me grace to live a life of acceptable worship through Your Spirit in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heavens 2 June 2015: Tuesday daily devotion DON'T CLOSE YOUR MOUTH II

DON'T CLOSE YOUR MOUTH II

Memorise: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. - John 15:16

Read: Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV)

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world Amen.

Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 5-6, Luke 2: 1-21

MESSAGE

In addition to opening our mouth in prayer, opening our mouth as witnesses of Jesus is another obligation we must perform. Evangelistic outreach is for all children of God; not for God's ministers alone. We must all bear fruit of souls into God's Kingdom as commanded by our Lord in today's memory verse. To back us up in this obligation, our Lord Jesus Christ assures us that all power in heaven and on earth belongs to Him. It is therefore a settled matter that no power on earth or in the spiritual world can stop us from carrying out His instructions. We are therefore inexcusable if we fail to win souls. He instructed us to go and teach all nations, baptising them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The Great Commission therefore involves teaching. Let us pause and think about what this assignment of teaching means.

To teach is to expound truths that will bring about change in the taught. We are faced with a two-pronged problem in the area of fulfilling this assignment today. One aspect of this problem is that the teacher who is supposed to expound the truth is often afraid of what the reaction of the student would be to a demand for change; hence, he shuts his mouth. But the Bible in 2 Timothy 4:2 says:

"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."

The other aspect of this problem is that the people to be taught are not comfortable with the cry for "change". They do not want to be "intimidated" by the "dos and don'ts" of their new found faith in Christ. Such people are deceiving themselves because the Bible does not say we are called into lawlessness. As a matter of fact and whether we believe it or not, a yoke of "learning and change" is attached to our calling into the faith. Jesus in Matthew 11:29a said:

"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;"

It is our duty as children of God to open our mouths wide to this perverted generation and teach them the counsel of God without fear or favour. I was in a church sometime last year and I heard a sister teaching on tithes. In order to make people accept the doctrine of tithing, she said they could start by giving 5% of their income and gradually increase it! What an erroneous teaching! We must not hold back the truth from those we are sent to. This is the only way our fruit can endure, and then our prayers will be answered.

Action Point: Determine to properly disciple your converts through sound teaching of the Bible from today.

Kim Kardeashian stepped out in style after announcing her pregnancy

Kim Kardeashian stepped out in a form-fitting grey catsuit and matching shoes after announcing her pregnancy.

There’s never a dull moment with the reality star.  

She was seeing covering her tummy protectively with one arm, and also threw on a matching longline duster jacket which elongated her figure

Apple Knocked Google Out of Top Brands Position.

According to the 10th Anniversary Edition of Brandz Top 100, Technology and retail each increased 24% in Brand Value, leading all categories. Many brands contributed to the technology brand value rise. The retail result reflects the inclusion of one brand, China’s Alibaba. Without Alibaba, retail grew only 2 percent.

With a 67% rise in Brand Value to $247 billion, Apple returned to number one in the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking. Success of the iPhone 6 and the related excitement surrounding the Apple brand drove the increase. Apple also led in the rate of brand value growth over 10 years – 1,446 percent, while Google only increased by 9% to $174 billion.

After Apple introduced its iPhone 6, the brand reported quarterly earnings of over$18 billion, the highest corporate quarterly profit in history for a public company, which quieted most critics who had questioned the sustained brand power of Apple.

Apple and Google have been jockeying for No1 in recent years, with Apple holding the top spot in 2012 and 2013 respectively before Google took No1 last year. While the Apple Watch has been in the news lately, it was the iPhone 6 that drove Apple's growth this year.

Kim Kardeashian Is Pregnant Again, Expecting Baby Number Two With Kanye West.

Kim Kardeashian broke the News to her sister Khloe in a teaser clip during last night's mid-season finale of Keeping up with the  kardashians that she's pregnant again with her second child with her love Kanye West.

It's still not yet known or disclosed to the public on how long she is or when the baby is due.

The new baby will be a brother or sister for Kim and Kanye's daughter North, who turns two on June 15

Emotional Kris Jenner tweeted Kim, congratulating her saying "Can't wait to meet your new little love bug!!!!!"

Wishing the 34 years old expectant mother all the best and safe delivery.

Reasons Why President and His Vice Has Not Moved Into Aso Rock - SSA on Media

Two days after President Buhari was sworn in a the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr president and His Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo are yet to move into the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock.

This was made know by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Shehu Garba.

According to Him, He said:

"As far as the President is concerned, the place (His official residence) is not ready yet. Workers are cleaning and refurbishing the place. Once the exercise is completed, the President will move in".

After He was asked to be specific on how soon will the President move in, He replied that, he believed it would not take time.

Rumor have it that, the Presidential Villa personnel in Abuja, are not sure of what will be their Job schedule this week, due to the fact that the president is yet to appoint some key positions in his cabinet, most especially the role of the chief of staff whose responsibility is to arrange the President's daily schedules.

Shehu said:

"As we are talking now, we do not know his (The President's) activities for tomorrow (Today). We cannot plan for his activities. We do not know which groups he will be meeting or how many people he will be meeting.

It is when we have an idea of those who he will be meeting that we can schedule them regarding allocation of the time and venue. These would have been easier for us if a chief of staff is in place".

He also said because they were not properly informed about itinerary of the inauguration gala night that was held inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Friday nearly flopped as people kept trooping in.

On a final Note, he also said:

"For now, we are waiting for the two big men (President and Vice President) to move into the villa so that we can do our jobs. For now, we are only securing the seat of power without the men of power."