Fulfilling Your God's Ordained Purpose-By Bamidele John
Fulfilling Your God's Ordained Purpose-By Bamidele John
Fulfilling Your God's Ordained Purpose-By Bamidele John
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FULFILLING YOUR GOD’S ORDAINED PURPOSE IN LIFE
Dedication
Bamidele John
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
T here are more than 7.5 billion people in the world today and I
want you to know that everyone of us is different, unique and
specially created for a purpose. Sadly, many people die without
discovering and maximizing their God ordained purpose in life. What
will distinguish and make you standout of these more than 7.5 billion
people in the world today, is you knowing and fulfilling your God's
ordained purpose in life.
Because the greatest tragedy in life is not death: the greatest tragedy in
life is life without purpose. I tell you that, without a clear
understanding of our purpose on earth, life becomes an experiment.
For when purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. Without purpose,
life has no meaning and time and energy are most definitely misused.
Once you find or discover your purpose in life, it will drive you and
cause you to stay focus on the things that are most important in life.
Your purpose for living determines your focus in life. Knowing your
purpose protects you from doing something you are good at the
expense of doing what is right. Also, knowing your purpose protects
you from doing another man's work. For it will help you to be focused
and to stay on your lane.
Please note that purpose is the reason why something is created or the
reason for which it exists. We all are created for a purpose. It is our duty
to find out what that purpose is and how to fulfil it. Purpose gives life
meaning and direction. The creator is the only one that truly knows
what your purpose is. There are clues everywhere, but to get the gist of
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Again, I realized that when we were growing up, a lot of us had visions
and dreams of what we wanted to become. However, many years
down the line, because of lack of direction and purpose for our lives,
we just accepted whatever life had to offer us.
Today, a lot of students after finishing secondary school are in limbo as
touching what they want to use their next phase of life to do. And
because of the purpose and mentorship lacuna in their lives, many of
them become mentees of Yahooboys and many enter into different
forms of crimes. And there is reason behind that. It is simply because
many of them don't know their purpose for life.
For this reason, God has given me the grace to write this book to
mentor and guide individuals and youths to fulfil their God ordained
purpose in life.
Inside this book, I wrote about how these youths can discover their
purpose and find God early in life so that they will not come out of the
school and become mentees of Yahoo Boys or mentees of prostitute
(known as Olosho in Nigeria).
Furthermore, please note that the richest place on earth is the grave.
Why? The grave yard contains books that were not written, talents
that died undiscovered, ideas that died unexecuted. I decree to you
may you not contribute greatness to the grave.
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for living. When you know the reason why you are on earth, that
gives you hope. Purpose is what makes a man wake up every day
with a reason to live. The reason why people commit suicide today,
the main reason why people kill themselves is because they see no
reason to live. Purpose makes you wake up every day with the hope
of a brighter future.
Listen, discovering your purpose in life is about you doing what you
are created to do. It is about doing what you are born to do.
You see, purpose is not finding something to live for, purpose is
finding something you can die for. I hope that as you read this book,
you will be able to indeed find not just what you can live for but
what you can die for.
Bamidele John
June 16th, 2023
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Table of Contents
Contents Pages
Dedication.........................................................................II
Acknowledgments............................................................III
Introduction.....................................................................iv
Chapter One: You are a Special Specimen!.........................1
Chapter Two: You are not a Biological Experiment.............8
Chapter Three: Understanding Purpose..............................15
Chapter Four: What is Purpose?........................................23
Chapter Five: Success Without Fulfilment........................30
Chapter Six: Understanding Yourself and Discovering
Your purpose in life..............................................................34
Chapter Seven: Understanding and Maximizing
Your Potential.......................................................................39
Chapter Eight: Personal Development Strategy..................44
Chapter Nine: Are you fulfilling a career or
you are living to fulfill purpose?...........................................59
Chapter Ten: Purpose fulfillment and timing....................64
Chapter Eleven: Principle of Time Management..................72
Chapter Twelve: The wealthiest place on earth...................79
Chapter Thirteen: The Place Of Dreams in
Purpose Fulfilment...............................................................83
Chapter Fourteen: Identity Crises........................................96
Chapter Fifteen: Purpose Fulfilment and finishing Well.....101
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T oday, of the more than 7.5 billion people in the world, I want you
to know that you are one of a kind. Listen, of the more than 7.5
billion people in the world, I want you to know that you are
special. Every one of us is different in this earth realm and are unique
and specially created. You are a special specimen on earth. You must
realize that of these billions of people in the world, you are unique and
amazing. There is no one that is exactly like you. Your colour, your finger
print, your DNA alone make you to be in a class of your own.
You are a special specimen, God does not have two people like you on
planet earth. You are a special specimen, your colour or race
notwithstanding. But you relegated yourself because you are black,
you don't want to go to schools because you are black, you see yourself
as a low class and inferior person because of your skin colour. Let me
shock you with this truth that, that in heaven, God does not recognize
black people or the colour of your skin. As a matter of fact, God doesn't
create black or white people, the only people God create are those that
are wonderfully and beautifully made. So you are not unfortunate
because of the colour of your skin. Neither are you unfortunate
because you of how you are born, YOU ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
You see, you are different, and that's what makes you special. We all
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You see, in this earth realm, everyone has potentials and gifts that make
them outstanding only if they discover and develop them.
Discovering and developing your uniqueness helps you harness your
inert abilities, build a successful life, a life that is influential and
successful. A life that builds a successful career, a life starts a business,
sells better or even initiates a movement of some kind.
Knowing your uniqueness will aid you to live your life on your own
terms. It will assist you to find the focus and the drive to take positive
and progressive steps towards achieving your life's most important
objectives and goals, so you can stop struggling to live up to other
people's blue sky expectations.
You see, your uniqueness is one of the most valuable assets that's within
your control. Your uniqueness helps you understand, accept and love
yourself better, develop and maximize your inherent abilities.
You are special and made for the uppermost top. That is where you
belong. You are not meant to be with the mediocre. The Scriptures says,
"You shall be the head and not the tail, you shall be above only and not
beneath." 1
Sadly many people die at the bottom because they never discover God's
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plans and purposes for their lives. So, they are living below God's very
own standard because they don't know what God has written for them
in the volume of the book. You see, our Lord Jesus spent 30 years in the
carpenter's shop until the day He realized what was written about Him
in the volume, He didn’t live to His full potential.
But the day our Lord Jesus discovered God's plan as written in the
volume of the book, that was the day He left the carpenter's shop. Now
in Jesus was the potential of greatness and saviour of the world but
that didn't find expression until he discovered himself.2
Similarly, many of you reading this book have a greatness in you but if
you don't know your purpose; what God has written about you in the
volume of His book, you will die in carpenter's shop as a nonentity (Mr.
Nobody). And you are created to save the world but if you don't know
your purpose; what God has written about you in the volume of His
book, you will die a nonentity in the carpenter's shop.
God will always unveil His plans to those who care to know. Though
many people don't care. All they care about is having first class, upper
credits, distinctions, Masters, sweat and work hard and get good jobs
without caring to know God's plans and purposes for their lives. Some
get good jobs and become far from God's plans for their lives.
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God ordain purpose in life is for you to think royalty. I want you to know
that as you think in your heart, so are you. What you think in your heart
is what you will voice out. "...For out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh."4
The good news is that every child of God is special to God and must see
himself as such. It is time you begin to see the honour and dignity
attached to you the new man. You are not a biological experiment or
accident. You are a creature of purpose and great destiny in life. You are
a creature of great value.
There is a treasure in you and one outstanding thing about treasures is
the value attached to them. This is what makes them special and
unique. I want you to know that God rates you as a special treasure to
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Himself. "...Ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people..."
And the good news is if you are a born again child of God, you have
access to the divine nature of God here on earth; the capacities and
abilities of God resides in you. The Scriptures speaking says, "According
as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life
and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to
glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through
lust."7.
Similarly, Moses was told: "...I have made thee a god to Pharaoh..."8.
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Now, if God has made you a god to Pharaoh, then it means that God has
made you a god to the whole world. And when Jesus came to the scene,
it was said of Him, What manner of man is this?? He said: As my Father
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hath sent me, even so send I you." .
So you are in the class of Jesus. He has sent you to this world to fulfil
your God ordained purpose in grand style. Therefore, because you are
special, the world should say of you, What manner of man is this?
You are special! Everyone believer is called by God and is sent to the
world as a god and a light. He is made a god to the world and the world is
expected to listen to him and obey him. You are a god! This is the
position of anyone who receives the Word of God. The Scriptures says,
those unto whom the Word of God comes, He calls gods10.
Remember when people saw the acts of God in the lives of Paul and
Barnabas, it was said of them the gods are come down to us in the
likeness of men11. God says all His children are gods12. You are made to
be exceptionally distinguished; you too belong to the god class, you are
not just different and special. In describing how special you are, the
Scriptures says; "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of
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him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light .
You have unusual grace, anointing and impeccable capabilities. You are
a priest and a king, and your priesthood and kingly dominion is to be
manifested on earth. You are special!
God has made you and every believer a kingdom of kings and priests to
the end that we should reign on earth. "And hast made us unto our God
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You are special therefore glorify God in your body, and don't give your
body to hard drugs or sexual immoralities. Value your body, don't sell
your body cheap because of money. A lady was caught online
sometimes ago, who wants to sleep with a dog for #2 Million naira. I
tell you, she stoop so low to having a dog sleep with her because she
does not have value for herself. You see, no matter the millions that
anybody gives you to sell your body, it does not worth your true worth
before God.
You are worth more than gold. And to further establish your great
value in God, God declares: He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of
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his eye? . You are the apple of His eyes. So anyone who touches you
touches the eyes of God. You are His beloved.
Therefore, discover your God ordain purpose and recover your birth
right; because you are special and have a peculiar mission here on
earth.
You have all it takes to fulfil God's agenda on earth. You are destined to
be glorified in your calling and assignment. So locate your purpose and
stay in it. Stay in your lane. You are birthed because you are needed.
And your being a child of God is a calling to a higher life; we are called
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Do not despise yourself. Do not despise your gift and special abilities.
Don’t let people set limits on your potentials. Discover your purpose
and calling and stay with it. Stay on your lane, do not cross to
someone else's lane. Having located your purpose, stay put there, till
you become a star. Discovering your God ordained purpose in life
and pursuing it, is the beginning of your greatness. Abiding in that
purpose leads to stardom. You are destined to be a star! You are
special and not ordinary.
The world will soon celebrate your greatness!
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dreams, the businesses, the inventions, the ideas, the books, the
songs, the movies in you to find expression. I'm calling forth your
untapped potentials to manifest for the world to see.
You are extraordinary; you are a winner. Biology says that after sexual
intercourse, about 200-300 million sperms are deposited by the man,
and they all begin to swim upwards within the reproductive tract to
meet with the ovum.
Now, of the over 200 million that are deposited, only 300 to 500
actually reach the site (others get tired on the way because it is not a
small race).
And of the 300 that manage to reach the ovum (egg), only one
fertilizes the egg, and in this case the Winning One was YOU. Have u
ever thought about this? You ran a race without your eyes and you
won, you ran without education and you won, you ran without a
certificate and you won, you ran without help and you won.
What makes you think you will lose now? Now that you have both eyes
and legs, now that you have a certificate, now that you have a plan, a
dream and a vision.
Beloved, you didn't give up on day one, you can't give up now, giving
up now is an insult to God your creator. It doesn't matter what you see
now, take it as a challenge, always remember that you WON from the
womb.
You see, from the analysis above, God did not create you to be
ordinary. He did bestow extraordinary gifts on you. In spite of the
discouragements you've had, regardless of the hurts, challenges, or
insults you've gone through, God is not through with you yet. God
gave you all that you need to achieve your God ordained destiny in life.
All of the gifts, talents, skills, personality traits all the treasures that lie
within you came from Him.
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The Scriptures says, "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that
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the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." Look, there is
a treasure in you; you carry a goldmine inside of you that is waiting to
find expression. You have unique gifts and attributes. No one else has
your exact combination. I urge you to understand that and to step into
your God ordained destiny in life. The world will not be as great as it
could be if you don't release the full glow of your potential and reflect
God's glory.
Please note that, no one can take your place. When God made you, He
threw away the mould. Don't make the mistake of comparing yourself
with others. You are a unique entity in your own class. If God wanted
you to have the exact gifts of others, He would have given them to you.
If He wanted you to look like others and share the same personality, He
would have created you that way.
I want you to know that you have what it takes to fulfil your God
ordained destiny. To fulfil your destiny, you don't need what they have.
You need only what lies within you. God made you and matched you
with your world, your circumstances, and your environment. He
decided what your purpose would be in the world. He gave you an
assignment to do. Then He granted you the gifts, the talents, the looks,
the beauty, the creativity, the personality to get the job done.
He equipped you with exactly what you needed in the earth realm. If
you needed to be taller, God would have made you taller. Conversely, if
you needed to be shorter, God would have made you shorter. If you
needed language or people skills, God would have given them to you. If
you needed musical talent, God would have granted that gift to you.
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That is why, I will advise you not to take any of your talents or gifts for
granted. Don't despise the days of your small beginning. Do not
complain about those you wish you had. You are wonderfully and
beautifully made. God created you fully loaded and equipped. He
chose your features in the same way that you select a car. You can buy a
car totally stripped down. Just the basics, without air-conditioning.
Without power windows. Without the stereo/CD. Just a standard car.
But understand this: When God created you, He had all the options put
on. You are not a want-to-be. You are not a stripped-down version of
the real thing. You are totally equipped and fully loaded. You are more
sophisticated than any computer processor, program or AI machine.
When God made you, He said, "I want the deluxe package. I want
the chrome wheels. I want the sun roof. I want the navigation.
Whatever God has given you, He made you totally equipped and
fully loaded to fulfil it. I realize I may not have what someone else
has. He may be a Bugatti and I'm a Rolls Royce. But I'm not the least
bit worried. I know I have all I need to fulfil my God's ordained
purpose in life.
You see, to be successful in life, you must discover your assignment,
the purpose to which God has created you. Before a product is made,
the manufacturer determines the purpose of the product. If the
purpose of a thing is unknown, it is abused. When the purpose of a
product is not known, abuse is inevitable. And what is abuse? It simply
means abnormal use.
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reason why you are born into your very family; good or bad, poor or rich.
God made you black and not white for a reason, to fulfil a specific
assignment.
You must know that God created man for a purpose "And God said, Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth: So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he them."2
When you discover your purpose, why God has created you, you cannot
be ignored. A person who discovers his purpose is celebrated. Nobody
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ignores him. You see, you are made for a particular purpose. You are
created to do just one thing, not many things. Find out that one thing
and do it.
If God created you to sell water and you are selling bread and
groundnut, you cannot make it. If you are made to be a preacher and
you are into business, you will be so indebted to the neck. And if the
assignment God gave you is to be a singer and you are a footballer, you
cannot be successful. Look, there is a goldmine in you, there is a
diamond chest in you. But you've got to find and discover it. You see
until a man discovers his purpose in life, he remains on the lowest
echelons of life. He would be downtrodden, lightly esteemed, and
lowly looked upon. This person operates from the lowest ladder of the
society.
In life you are not respected by your grey hair but by your contribution
to life. Grey hair may be a mark of length of life but it is not a proof of
contribution to life. The bible says, "The glory of the young man is their
strength, and the beauty of old men is their grey head." 3
Some people living are just over-stretching the social amenities for
nothing. You should give way. In the Scriptures, Moses and Aaron are
told to pick men in their 20s that are able to go to war.4 I want you to
know that war here refers to your purpose. War refers to your
assignment. War here refers to the task God has set ahead of you. He
said from 20 years upward enlist them that have abilities.
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know the plan I have for you says the Lord, Plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope."5
God has a great plan for you but, that great plan comes alive when you
discover your purpose on earth. And discovering your purpose in God
unveils to you Gods greatest plan for your life.
In addition, the greatest tragedy in life is not death but a life without a
purpose. The heaviest burden in life is having nothing to carry. A lot of
individuals live and die like Methuselah, who lived for 969 years
without nothing to show. For some individuals, it is only when they
die that people gather to celebrate them. May that not be your
portion in Jesus name! The richest place on earth is the grave. Why?
The grave yard contains books that were not written, talents that died
undiscovered, ideas that died unexecuted. I decree to you, may you
not contribute greatness to the grave.
Listen, discovering your purpose in life is about you doing what you
are created to do. It is about doing what you are born to do. Purpose
gives meaning to your existence; a person living without knowing his
purpose for life is only existing and not living.
I can guarantee you, when you know your purpose in life, it will be
very difficult for you to see your life as an error or experiment in life.
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Understanding Purpose
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means.
hey say that when the purpose of a thing is unknown, abuse is
inevitable. In order for you to fulfil your God ordained purpose
in life, it is important you understand what purpose really
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heaven and earth, He was planning and designing the many things He
would speak into existence.
When you look at a Cockroach before you kill it or a rat caught in a trap,
know that God has a plan and a purpose for each of these tiny
creatures that have become nuisance to man. The lice we detest and
the snakes we fear were made by God to fulfil a specific purpose on
Earth, as were mosquitoes, birds and trees. God took as much time
putting together spiders and ants as He did creating butterflies and
flowers. Just because we don't comprehend a creatures purpose
doesn't mean that it is purposeless. But our opinion notwithstanding,
everything serves a purpose. In essence, ignorance of purpose does
not cancel purpose of a thing.
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does not serve a vital purpose, even down to the smallest detail.
To misuse something means that you didn't use it for the intended
purpose. Although the product has a purpose, you miss knowing it
and thus use it for something other than what the creator had in mind
when he designed and made it. If couples don't know the purpose of a
marriage, they will abuse their spouse (We call that wife abuse or
husband abuse.). Similarly, if you don't know the purpose for a baby,
you will misuse the child. (We call that child abuse.) If you don't know
the purpose for money, you will abuse the money. If you don't know
the purpose for a job, you'll misuse the job. If you don't know the
purpose for your gadget, you will abuse it.
All abuse is a violation of purpose. Therefore, it is very vital that you
either discover the purpose for everything you encounter in life or
refrain from using that person or thing until you gain that knowledge
of its higher purpose.
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#4 If you want to know the purpose of a thing, find out from the
manufacturer or creator. In order to know the purpose of a thing,
never ask the thing but its creator. Have you ever asked a phone or a
table or a plant why it exists? Of course not, because being inanimate,
they can't possibly tell you what you want to know.
The purpose is only found in the mind of the creator. Any other way of
discovering the purpose of a thing without the mind of the creator will
end in futility.
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could tell him how the world was created to operate and why it was
made that way. The rain could not, neither could the light or the
darkness. Finally, Job admitted defeat. He would never know the
reasons behind his experiences unless God explained them to him,
because creatures can never know purpose apart from the creator.
So, if you want to know the purpose of a thing, find out from the
manufacturer or creator. Or better still, refer to the manufacturer’s
manual. You cannot discover your purpose all by yourself alone
because only God knows the purpose for your life.
Apart from purpose, life seems fatalistic and haphazard, and the
happenings of life become more important than the reasons behind
them.In essence, you will never experience true success and
fulfilment in life until you are executing the purpose for which you
were born.
You see, in our world are millions of people merely living without
existing. Perhaps you reading this may be one of them. These
individuals are busy, active, dedicated, faithful, famous people who
are accepted, respected, revered and admired by a lots of people for
their successes and accomplishments. But deep inside, they are tired,
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You see, your today starts when you discover purpose. Because you
will fulfill prophecy as written about you in the volume of the book of
God's ordained destiny for your life.
And if I may ask, what prophesy are you fulfilling? Your work upon the
earth is supposed to be the fulfilment of the prophecy.
Jeremiah was born to be a major prophet to the nations, he brought
Lamentation and caused the people to walk in the ways of the Lord, but
he did not know that was his divine destiny in Christ until the located
the word of the Lord to him.
"Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed
thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the
womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations." 4
The Lord knows your name, He knows your every thoughts, He knows
your abilities and potentials because He is your maker and
manufacturer. But like Jeremiah, you need to know your divine destiny
in Christ by locating the word of the Lord to you in the volume of the
book. The bible says (talking about Jesus) that He opened the book and
found the place where it was written of them in the volume of the
book. Without the opening of the book, you will never find the place in
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life. There are a majority of people who have been crying to God
about what they are here for, all to no avail simply because they have
not gotten to the place where it was written of them in the volume of
the book of their God's ordained destiny.
Because your coming upon the earth does not mean you are
ultimately going to walk in purpose, you must discover it on purpose.
When you realize that you were born for a reason, it will change your
perspective about life. Do you know that everyone was created by
inferiority complex by default? There are great people, beautiful
people, and great millionaires with inferiority complexes. You can try
to solve it with different things, but only your purpose kills it once
and for all.
And you don't solve inferiority complex by prayer and fasting alone
or by going to Church and singing in the choir, you solve it by the
discovery of your God ordained purpose in life. I can guarantee you,
when you find your place and you discover it and then walk in that
path, you will fulfil your God ordained destiny in grand style.
You see, a lot of us have role models that are not in the area of our
purpose, and we are struggling to be what we are not. Your place in
life is not determined by you or your role models, pastors and
mentors. It is determined by God. So outside of God, there is no
discovery of purpose, there is only ambition.
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and made you for a reason. You don't create your purpose, you
discover it.
Sadly, today there are so many people escorting others to the place
of destiny. God design that you find fulfilment when you begin to
walk in your purpose. And stay on your lane. Because:
>Your fulfilment in life is in your purpose
>Your joy is in your purpose
>Your peace is in your purpose
>Your prosperity is in your purpose
>Your glory and place and your influence is in your purpose
The danger is that if you don’t discover it, you will live your life in
regrets, getting offended and angry at those who have found it,
because you will aspire to become what they already are, but you
will find out that the road you are taking will only end you up in
frustrations and disappointments.
Look, whether black, brown, yellow, red or white, you and I are
pulled by destiny towards a meaningful, fulfilling purpose in life.
This human need for personal meaning and satisfaction is universal.
Each one of us must discover this divine purpose and pursue it
relentlessly, or we will fail to live a rich, whole, meaningful life.
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What is Purpose?
That is why the Bible says, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew
thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations".1
And our job description on earth is to find out that purpose for which
God created us and to fulfil it, or else, you remain a misfit to the
society. Until you find out that purpose for which God created you and
fulfil it, you are not fit to live.
Until you find out that purpose for which God created you and fulfil it,
you remain a hooligan in the society.
The life of the Apostle Paul is illustrative in this regard. You see, as long
as Paul did not recognize and fulfill his purpose, he was a hooligan. He
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was going about killing and persecuting Christians. If not the divine
encounter he had with Jesus on the way to Damascus, he would have
ended up in life as a hooligan in the society pursuing another man's
purpose. It was that divine encounter he had with Jesus that aligned
Paul with purpose.
Similarly, some of you reading this book need a genuine encounter
with Jesus to align with your purpose in life, that is if you don't want to
end up in life as a nonentity. Paul before he met with Jesus and
discovered his purpose in life, was a man suffering from what I call:
identity crises.
Identify crisis is when you don't know who you are. And if you don't
know who you are, chances are, you will behave like who you are not.
It was Identify crisis that made Paul to go about persecuting the
Christians. The zeal so much consumed him that he personally
supervised the stoning and the execution of Stephen the Martyr. The
death of Stephen took place before him as the chief executioner Paul.
Because he was the instigator of violence against Christians in his days
when he had not yet discovered his God ordained purpose in life.
Paul in describing his zeal to King Agrippa said, "I verily thought with
myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of
Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints
did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests;
and when they were put to death, ....I heard a voice speaking unto me,
and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
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me?..."
I tell you that encounter that Paul had with Jesus, aligned him to his
purpose in life. Paul's life before discovering his purpose can be like
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Purpose is…
· The real reason for which something is created,
· The real intent for the existence of a thing,
· The end for which the means exist,
· The cause for the production of a product,
· The end result that initiates production,
· The need that makes a manufacturer produce a particular
product,
· The destination that prompts the journey,
· The expectation of the source,
· The objective for the subject,
· The aspiration for the inspiration, and
· The object one wills or resolves to have.
In life, until you discover your purpose, you remain a misfit. The world
is filled with individuals who find themselves in the middle of time,
they didn't know why they were born and they die without discovering
why they came to planet earth. You see, it is a tragedy for an individual
to live upon the earth realm, without knowing the reason why he/she
was born and what he/she was mandated to do upon the earth realm.
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A few years into family life, however, his mother returned and took
him back. Robison's childhood after that point wasn't ideal. He lived in
extreme poverty, and as a teenager, his violent, alcoholic father
appeared in his life. But a product of rape didn't define him, because
he found God and discover his purpose early in life and today, his is an
international figure.
To a large degree, what qualify you for fulfilling purpose is your being
born. So it's important for you to know that at your conception
millions of sperms compete to get to the egg shell but out of them all
you made it. Biologists tell us that as millions of human sperm cells
swim towards a waiting ovum or egg, only one gets to fertilize it. And
that is you. Congratulations, thank God you made it!
So, maybe you came to this world by mistake just like James Robison.
Because there is nowhere they put a label on anyone that he is an
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Tell yourself, "I was born for a reason, I am not a biological accident,
I'm not one of the many people in the earth, I was born for a reason, I
have an assignment, I have a mandate, I have an anointing, and I
have a destiny".
Jesus was a nonentity until the day He found his purpose. There was
no proof anywhere in the Scriptures that Jesus was an important
person before then, that people loved and valued Him, until the day
that He found his purpose.
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book, he found the place where it was written."
I want you to know that there is a place for you that is not a place for
many people, not a place for competition. There are so many
competitions out there in the world system because many people are
trying to be what a few people who have found their purpose have
become. That is imitation. For instance, some people will see people
selling groundnut and because they see them selling, they also open
groundnut shop. That is imitation! And the best you can become if you
imitate another person is the second class of that person. However,
your originality is manifested when you find the place.
Jesus said after he has discovered his purpose for life, "The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised, (19) To preach the acceptable year of
the Lord. (20) And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the
synagogue were fastened on him. (21) And he began to say unto them,
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."4
I tell you Jesus unlike other Christians was not a lay about. He was able
to accomplish what He came to do in his earthly ministry within three
years because of His sense of purpose. Without Jesus discovering His
purpose, I tell you, He would have still died at 33 as a carpenter's son.
The Scripture says, "Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it
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is written of me,) to do thy will, O God."
I tell you, until the day you find yourself in the volume of the book of
what is written of you, that is when your destiny will open up. You will
begin to walk in the path of destiny. One definition of frustration in life
is to walk void of the knowledge of your assignment; you will dissipate
energy, you will waste resources.
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And this was what King Solomon the wisest man who ever lived in his
time observed when he said on the book of Ecclesiastes, "Vanity of
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vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity".
What King Solomon was trying to say here was that if you try to pursue
happiness without divine purpose in mind, your success and
achievements would have just been in vain; that’s utter vanity. That is
why he said, "...vanity of vanities; all is vanity".
Solomon had everything going for him in his days. The Bible in
describing the influence, riches and magnificence of Solomon says,
"[23]So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and
for wisdom. [24]And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his
wisdom, which God had put in his heart. [25]And they brought every
man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments,
and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,
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whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at
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Jerusalem."
This is to say that King Solomon was highly successful in his time. And
not only that, Solomon’s wisdom, wealth and power brought him
many Women. For the record King Solomon had 700 wives and 300
concubines. Because in life, women are naturally gravitated toward
wisdom, wealth and power. So in effect, Solomon had tasted white,
brown, black and yellow women. But at the end of it all, he lost his
divine purpose because the many women he acquired turned his
heart from God and the wise King Solomon ended up in a shrine.
Solomon was before then walking in divine purpose until strange
women took over his vision. That was why after considering the
aftermath of the consequence of his actions, he said "...vanity of
vanities; all is vanity".
You see, human beings, no matter who they are or where they live, all
want to be successful. Sadly, this success is usually characterized with
the superficial rewards that are so glorified by the mass media as;
wealth, fame, power, luxury and prestige. The object to acquire
material success is enshrined in us right from an early age. Parents
urge their children to work hard so they can be somebody in life
(which is not a bad idea). Schools and academic institutions add to this
pressure by encouraging competitive grading system and by offering
rewards for outstanding academic performances.
In our world today, bookstores are loaded with materials and books
that instruct readers how to get rich quickly, how readers will get to
the top of their professional fields/careers so they can accumulate
money, wealth, position and power, and complete with cover photos
of glamorous life of the rich and the famous in the community and
magazines .
You see, all this relentless pursuit of success without a focus on divine
purpose in view has produced some unglamourous results. Divorce
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In the book; In pursuit of Purpose, Dr Myles Munroe was told the story
of a young man Dr. Clyde Wilson, who got an Outstanding Citizen of
the Year award for his distinguished service to this community as a
medical doctor.
his God ordained purpose in life. That at the end, he was frustrated.
That he has to resolve to pursue his true purpose.
You see, in our world are millions of people like this young man.
Perhaps you reading this book today may be one of them. These
individuals are busy, active, dedicated, faithful, famous people who
are accepted, respected, revered and admired by a lots of people for
their successes and accomplishments. But deep inside, they are
empty, tired, frustrated, bored, disillusioned, confused and
depressed. Their lives are aimless.
Day after day they go to work from January to December. Year in year
out, they are fulfilling another man's purpose. They go on smiling,
pretending and living up to an identity and a reputation that is
different from their true selves. The lie they live and the inner
yearning to be freed from the tyranny that binds them are a constant
source of internal conflict.
Look whether black, brown, yellow, red or white, I want you to know
that you and I are pulled by destiny towards a meaningful, fulfilling
purpose in life. This human need for personal meaning and
satisfaction is universal. Each one of us must discover this divine
purpose and pursue it relentlessly, or we will fail to live a rich, whole,
meaningful life.
This young man ended up in frustration even after all his
achievements. He felt empty, tired, frustrated, bored, disillusioned,
confused and depressed because he was fulfilling another man's
purpose.
Maybe you are reading and you don't want to end up like this young
man. You want to live a meaningful life and not just exist in life as part
of the statistics of the 7.5 Billion people in the planet, you need to live
purposefully by discovering your God ordained purpose in life so that
you don't have success without fulfilment. Please resolve to pursue
his true purpose today because you are meant to live a fulfilled life.
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That is why the Scriptures says "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew
thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations".1
And our job description on earth is to find out that purpose for which
God created us and to fulfil it, or else, we remain a misfits to the
society. Until you find out that purpose for which God created you and
fulfil it, you are not fit to live.
Until you find out that purpose for which God created you and fulfil it,
you remain a hooligan in the society. You must understand that there
is reason why God created you on planet earth.
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The answers to all three questions are found in God's purpose for you.
When you find God through Christ, your life’s purpose becomes
clearer.
These helps to define your purpose in life; your Spiritual Gifts, Heart,
Abilities, Personality, Experience
Firstly, Danish Proverb says,”What you are is God's gift to you; what
you do with yourself is your gift to God”.
Now, it is important that to discover God's purpose for your life, you
should seriously examine what you are good at doing and what you're
not good at. I want you to know that, God doesn't waste abilities; he
matches our calling and our capabilities.
In the story of the talent, we were told that the master gave talents to
every servant under him according to his several ability.
"For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
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who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
[15]And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to
another one; to every man according to his several ability; and
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straightway took his journey." .
But at the end of the day, only two out of the three servants utilized
their talents. The unprofitable servant buried his talent. And he
collected the talent from the unprofitable servant and added to the
talents of the servant that multiplied his talents. And this follow the
principle of; "the talent(s) or gift(s) you don't use, you will lose".
For instance, if you don't exercise your muscles, they weaken and
atrophy. In the same way, if you don't utilize the abilities and skills
God has given you, you will lose them.
Your Personality.
I want you to know that we are all born with different personality
traits. Your personality will affect how and where you use your
spiritual gifts and abilities.
You see, you have been shaped by your experiences in life, most of
which were beyond your control. God allowed them primarily for his
purpose of molding you. In determining your shape for serving God,
you should examine at least six kinds of experiences from your past:
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Educational experiences: What were your favourite subjects in
school? What did you learned from school? What did you gain from
what you studied in school?
You see, whether black, brown, yellow, red or white, you and I are
pulled by destiny toward a meaningful, fulfilling and enriching life.
This human need for personal meaning and satisfaction is universal.
Each one of us must discover this personal purpose and pursue it
relentlessly, or we will fail to live an enriching, fulfilling and
meaningful life. So it is all up to you to discover your talent(s), gift(s)
and unique abilities. It is not up to what your parents say you should
be.
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Understanding and
Maximizing Your Potential
What is potential?
Potential is not a mysterious word; it is simply defined as:
ü Undiscovered innate abilities
ü All that you are that you have not yet become.
ü All that you can do that you have not yet done.
ü All that you have that you have not yet harnessed but it is
already within you waiting to be released.
Your potential is all you have that you have not yet harnessed which
is lying dormant in you. That is waiting for expression. In science, we
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Similarly, in life you need to turn on your potentials that are lying
dormant in you. That is if they must find expression. Ideally, the
potential of the average person is like a huge ocean that is uncharted,
a novel continent undiscovered, and a world of possibilities waiting
to be released and channeled towards some great innovations.
History records that men and women that became successful in life
were men and women that rose above their mediocrity. History
records that men and women that became record breakers in life
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were men and women that rose above their limitations, left their
comfort zones and charted a new course for their destiny. They are
regarded as trailblazer who never allowed their background to put
their backs on the ground. These are people who dare to challenge the
status quo and go beyond the accepted norm in the society. They
followed a path of greatest resistance and emerge as stars.
Let me ask you, why follow a path of least resistance when you can
chart a new and different pathway that leads to your success and
happiness in life?
You must constantly ask yourself whether you are becoming all that
God had destined you to become. Have you done the very best you are
capable of doing? Have you stretched yourself beyond elastic limit?
Are you using your potentials, talents, gifts, special abilities to their
highest limits? Or have you settled for the status quo? Have you
allowed people to set limitations on your abilities or created self-
imposed prisons on your own potentials?
I want to tell you in this chapter that, you have within your reach right
now the immeasurable treasures in you. The Bible says, "But we have
this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may
be of God, and not of us."1.
There are immeasurable treasures of abilities specially and
specifically tailored-made for you to accomplish all that your God-
given purpose requires. But you determine the degree to which they
will find expression. Your greatness in life is based on how well you
discover yourself, grow into your fullness, harness your potential and
discover your unique path and purpose in the page of destiny.
Your greatness is based on the discovery of these things (the treasure
deposited in you by God)..
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Most people live their lives like the person that purchases a new
smartphone (like iphone 14 pro max) but only uses four apps - call,
receive, camera and Facebook. Even though the iphone 14 pro max
can do a whole lot more, but that's as far as the owner knows. Then,
the highest they can do is to take good pictures with it and hold it in
their hands so that people will know they are using iPhone 14 pro max,
that is a waste of investment.
Rather, they settle for the status quo and conditions that favour their
comfort zones. They have chosen to accept the fate of the majority of
individuals around them who have accepted defeat without a good
fight, and so have settled to a common life, with common people, with
common activities, going after common goals, with common passion,
living a common life of little or no impact at all.
If this describes your life in any way, it means you are living below your
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Simply put, personal development is the sum total of the books you
have read, the individuals you have met, the trainings/seminars and
experiences you have had, your exposure and the places you have
been in. With personal development, the human mind expands.
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What is Self-Awareness?
Self-awareness is the capacity to know yourself, your potentials,
strengths, weaknesses, possibilities and purpose in life, and how you
use this understanding to solve little and complicated problems, and
the problems of the people within your sphere.
The reason most individuals have identity crisis is because of lack of
self-awareness. For example, the apostle Paul was suffering from
identity crises before his encounter with Christ on the road to
Damascus. Lack of self-awareness is the reason why individuals have
low self-esteem, lack of confidence, suffering from approval
addiction and have people pleasing syndrome etc.
But personal growth or development is what helps you to become
self-aware of who you really are in this earth realm.
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1. who am I?
The question, "Who am I" is an identity question. In life, you must
know who you are intrinsically; not by your socioeconomic, marital
status, career or academic achievements. In order to fulfil your God's
ordain destiny, it is important you discover your true identity.
In life, if you don't know who you are, chances are, you will behave
like who you are not. In the movie, "The Prince and the pauper",
there was an exchange of role in that movie. That, the Prince became
the pauper and the pauper became the Prince. We saw that even
though the Prince became the pauper, it was difficult for him to
behave like a pauper (a poor man) because he knew who he was and
had a healthy self-esteem about himself (who he was). Him knowing
who he was made it impossible for him to beg like a pauper.
Whereas, the pauper on the other hand even though he became a
prince was seen begging and behaving like a pauper everywhere
because of lack of his understanding of who he was. Identity crises is
why the pauper who became a prince was seen begging all around.
The book of Ecclesiastes says, "I have seen servants upon horses, and
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2. What Do I Have?
Asking yourself this question, points you to your potential. Now,
this was the same question that Jesus asked his disciples that made
him feed 5000 people with just five loves of bread and two fishes.
When the disciples presented the five loves of bread and two fishes
he got from the lad that this is what they had, it looked practically
impossible to feed 5000 people with it. But they achieve it because
Jesus did not belittle what they had.
Similarly, your potential may look small but I tell you if you focus on
it, it will feed a nation.
And actually, some may have discover what they can do but lack
resistance or gut to do it. In the book, the Art of War by Steven
Pressfield, the book summed that life is not a destination but a
journey. The author Steven Pressfield main point of view is that you
must overcome resistance in order to achieve true success and
happiness in life. He however discusses the types of resistance that
confronts us and revealed how often they are self-imposed.
His advices;
§ Love what you do.
§ Having patience
§ Acting in the face of fear
4. Where am I Going? Asking this a question is a pointer to your
vision. Ask yourself now: What do I see about myself in the future
(10 or 20 years from now)? What do I want? What direction is my
life going? What one thing would you want to be written on your
grave when you leave the earth realm? Asking these questions
create value and direction and they help us to stay on course on our
journey of purpose.
4. Emotions
5. Psychological needs
2. Values:
Value is the degree of importance given to something. Value has to
do with what you place importance on; either an object or thing or a
set of belief systems. Value is that which is valued or highly
esteemed, as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
In life, people without value fall for anything. So what do you value
the most in life? It is vital that you know and focus on your personal
values. What you value the most in life makes people either to
respect you or disdain you.
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When a man does not love himself, he or she will want to kill himself
and when a person does not love himself, he will want to commit
suicide. And the sad thing is, anyone that kills himself will go to hell
fire. Because God will ask you why you took your own life. and the
punishment is hell fire.
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It has been found out that, person who don't value himself, will
abuse not only himself but anyone that comes in contact with them.
So if you are in a relationship with such a person, you are in trouble.
They will abuse you because they don’t value themselves.
For a lady that doesn't place value on herself, anybody can just sleep
with her once they can pay her price. I call them Public Liability
Ladies (PLL) as they don't have "private part".
I will explain.....It is not as if she doesn't have a private part in that
sense. The truth is that, nothing is private in their private part;
everybody can assess her private part at any given time. Anybody
can see her nakedness as long as they can pay her price. That
shouldn't be you.
Lack of value is the reason why sexual perversion is on the rise in our
society today. Sexual perversion is any sexual practices that is
regarded as normal in a society or culture that the bible regards to as
abnormal. And a number of people do it do it secretly. It is culturally
unethical, biblically immoral for an unmarried man and woman to
be sleeping with themselves. Sex before and outside marriage is sin.
In office space it is called office romance. You see, no matter how
they quantify it, sin is sin and it is as a result of lack of value.
You are not married and you are sleeping with every man, it is simply
because you don't value yourself. As a student, if you value yourself,
you will not indulge in premarital sex. That every single relationship
you enter into, all the men must sleep with you and at the end, they
dump you before marriage is a sign you don't value yourself.
Because if you value yourself, you will wait till marriage before
having sex. In the last five years, you have had five boyfriends and all
of them have slept with you is a sign you don't value yourself.
It is lack of value that make people get addicted to pornography.
Some people's phone is filled with all kinds of nonsense. Some
people's phones are just not born again. And this is what is putting
them in bondage of sexual immortality. Because they have so many
dirty nude pictures and dirty musical videos and porns they watch
when no one is seeing them and that pollutes their minds.
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Furthermore, your extra years does not define who you are as a
student. Your failure or disappointments does not define who you
are. For instance, if you take a one hundred dollar bill and crumple it
up, it is still worth one hundred dollars. Even if you throw it on the
ground and stomp on it, the hundred dollars is still valued at
hundred dollars. Satan may knock you down and stomp on you, but
you are still very valuable to God.
Be nice to everyone but choose your friends. But don’t befriend
every person. For ''as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens
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another . Just as the environment of a seed affects its growth, so
your friends can directly or indirectly affect your moral values and
spiritual growth.
wrong.
Why values? Core values help an individual determine if he/she is on
the right path to fulfilling their goals by creating an unwavering guide
to follow.
In life, knowing what is important to you will help you achieve
success early in life. The men and women that succeed in life are
people that know and recognize their value. And they stay with it
until they arrive at that their destination.
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frugality.
c. Culture: Culture entails thoughts, beliefs and ideas about family
and how to raise children, and family.
d. Character: A life's belief that honesty is always the best policy and
that trust has to be given and earned is fundamental.
e. Healthy living: A belief in maintaining a healthy work/life
balance. Living on drugs, alcohol and eating unhealthy food is not
healthy living.
f. Positive attitudes: A belief in love, respect and empathy in
relating with others is a positive attitude.
g. Purpose: Living purposefully is what makes a difference in life. A
belief that you were born to make a difference in this world will
demand living a sacrificial lifestyle.
Values that Parents Should Instil in Children Include: Love, Self-
respect, Courage, Respect, Integrity, Diligence, Persistence,
Commitment, Creativity etc.
3. Habits: Our habits are action done on a regular basis. Habits are
action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without
awareness.
In life, success is the product of daily habits. A slight change in your
daily habits can guide your life to a life of success, happiness and
prosperity.
The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision
is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger.
4. Needs: In these times and age, it is vital to note that most
individuals allow their needs drive their behaviours, such as needs
for esteem, affection, belongingness, accomplishment, self-
actualization, power and control.
The advantage of knowing which of the needs exert the strongest
influence on our own behaviours is the capacity to understand how
they affect our interpersonal relationships. For example, some of us
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have probably known individuals who have a high need for status.
They are attracted to high level occupations, and they seek high
status positions within their organizations and society. Such
individuals also want the things that match their status.
They insist that they be shown respect, and they demand for
privileges and perks that do not matter to other individuals.
Sometimes these individuals fight for things that others see as
inconsequential like a bigger houses, a more prestigious car etc.
Note that needs cause motivation; and when needs aren't satisfied,
they can result to frustration, conflict and stress.
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You see, the first thing we need to address to get on the path to
experiencing a more purposeful life is, you need to ask yourself: Do I
have a job or a purpose?
These are two distinct things and they're not at all the same.
Thousands of individuals confuse career/job and purpose, or want
both at the same time (which is not possible) and many long for more
purpose in their work, yet have not done the internal or external
work required to build more meaningful career.
First, for you to have a meaningful career, you must first find purpose.
Because you make the most of life when you first find purpose before
pursuing career.
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For instance, if you have discovered your purpose and you find
yourself working from 8am to 6pm in a bank, chances are you may
never amount to anything as far your purpose is concerned if you
don't align to your calling.
You may wake up one day after spending 20 years in the banking
world and realize that you have wasted your life. May that not be your
portion in Jesus name! Amen.
Purpose is what makes you wake up every day; it is the reason for your
existence. A man without purpose in life has not found reason to live.
Now, whether you are pursuing career or purpose, the Scriptures say
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"In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty".
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A purpose/calling chooses you (you don't choose it) and it won't let
go. It compels you to contribute, achieve and serve in ways that you
often would never have initially imagined. In the end, you get
fulfilment. Nevertheless, for you to have fulfilment in your job/career,
you need to find and discover your purpose in life first.
Before you can claim your “purpose” and connect it with the work you
do, you have to understand what you care about, what you have
already created and why, and power up your commitment to bringing
more purpose into your life and work starting today, regardless of the
situation you're in.
Purpose can also be defined simply as the motive, motivation, cause,
impetus, basis and justification for the work you do. For people who
are longing for more purpose in their work, it's typically because
they've made money and salary (or even advancement) the sole
purpose of working.
college but never had a close connection with. So their work doesn't
light them up or make them feel they are leveraging who they really
are, authentically, in their work.
What I've seen as a professional coach for some years is that we
cannot go from unhappy, purposeless work to a thrilling and
meaningful career in one step.
There are fundamental steps to igniting passion within you (rather
than searching for it outside of yourself) and then learning how to
leverage on that to build a happier career. They are:
Know yourself.
It's fascinating how most individuals know very little about
themselves. They can't answer the most basic yet vital questions
such as:
ü What are your natural talents, gifts and skills that come easy
to you?
ü What outcomes do you love supporting?
ü How does your work stand out from others?
ü What job have you loved the most and hated the most, and
why?
ü What are your non-negotiables and your values and
standards of integrity that you won't compromise on?
ü What have you done in your life that made happy?
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Suddenly you will find out that you used to feel afraid of telling people
where you are coming from, of your family background, but now it
doesn't matter anymore.
When you find your purpose, you are grateful to God, and you live a
life of gratitude. You stop complaining; you stop being angry. When
you find your purpose, potential and your place in life, it will make you
to honor and value those who have found their own, because you will
see that it's not child's play.
I can assure you that when you find answers to these strategic
purpose discovery questions, you are on your way to becoming the
great achiever that God created you to be in life.
Remember, you are born an eagle please don't die like a chicken. You
are born a Prince so don't die like a pauper.
The world is waiting for your Greatness!
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Watch it, prophetically, the Lord told me within now and the next
five to ten years, you will see a rise of so many mad people among
young people because of the dirty things these individuals have put
their hands into because of impatience.
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dream became a reality. Even after killing Goliath, he still waited. So,
purpose fulfillment takes time to come to pass.
That is to show you the importance of time in the fulfillment of your
God ordained purpose in life. For man not knowing his time is why a
lot of people die without making a mark on the sand of time.
You see, God created you for a specific purpose and gave you the
exact amount of time required to fulfill your purpose. Time is always
given for every purpose under the sun. "To every thing there is a
season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven".1.
Now, between your birthing moment and your dying moment, there
are things God expects you to do or achieve which is hinged on your
timely purpose discovery. And failure to do them will make the vast
investment of God on your life a waste. Your purpose on earth is time
bound.
Eternity is a time without end. However in this earth realm, time is
the standpoint from which God operates with men in this realm
because He is a God of purpose. That is why every purpose has a
time. Every purpose is time bound. That is why in this planet earth,
when you miss your timing, you miss the fulfillment of your destiny.
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swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor
yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill;
but TIME AND CHANCE happeneth to them all."3
And he further said, "FOR MAN ALSO KNOWETH NOT HIS TIME..."4.
This is the reason why a lot of people die as a nobody. Simply
because they never take advantage of time and chance. But I love
the men of Issachar, the Bible says, they have an understanding of
time. And because of that, they were in command of their mates.
You see, the minute you are born into this earth realm—into this
material world—your time starts ticking. And when you are dead,
time is cancelled. Time is irrelevant in Eternity. Eternity is duration
without measure. Eternity has no beginning nor an end, for it is
outside the sphere of time. That is why time is one of the greatest
currency on this planet. Time, on the other hand, starts the minute
we are born and ends the day we leave here. No individual can exist
forever because of time.
God is Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the ending. God, who is
eternal, therefore exists outside the sphere of time. He is ageless
and changeless and as such, time has no hold on the Him. God is
simply outside of time even though He works with individuals who
are in time bound.
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So God's ways and thinking in dealing with man are always superior
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than the plans and purposes of man. God, who sees the end of a
thing from the beginning, sets our course in accordance with His
overall purpose, not our immediate needs and timings. You see,
God's timing is always better than ours and that is why we need to
wait patiently on Him. He sees the big picture; our whole lives and
how they fit into His entire purpose for ourselves and others.
For instance, you may think you need a husband or wife now and
what God thinks you need is a job first.
Sometimes in life, delays are not denials. Joseph going from the pit
to Potiphar's to the prison and eventually to the palace is a
testament that God's delays are not denials. God’s delay is to give us
the very best. Could we but understand His purposes when we want
something so badly, He would say to us, “If I come now, it won't be
the best. I'm waiting to give you the very best I have, only be
patient”. Many a times, when God comes late, it is always the right
time.
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In life, time is such an important part of our lives that most of our
conversations are centred around it. That you hear people say,
"When will you married? How soon will you graduate? When will
you start working and so on..."
However, for those humans who pride on such questions, it might
interest you to know that such questions are never relevant to God.
He is not interested in how old you are. Neither is He concerned with
how many years you have performed a particular job. In fact, He may
be saddened by the time it has taken you to complete a particular
task or learn a new truth.
What is vital to God is how you use the time he allotted to you; that is
the time He gave you to fulfill your divine purpose on earth. That is
what is so important to Him. He is sadden when a man like
Methuselah spent 969 years on earth but never accomplished
anything meaningful with his time.
God doesn't want you and I to be like Methuselah whose long life
never contributed anything meaningful to His kingdom. He wants to
use us to maximize the time He gave us on planet earth. So, God does
not measure time the way we humans measure time that is why the
Scripture says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time..."
The word beauty as used in the Scripture above has to do with
maturity/maturation, fulfillment, and perfection. In other words,
God creates everything with a purpose and gives every purpose a
time that allows it to advance to perfection.
Let's consider a rose flower for a moment. In the spring before the
rose flower bud and blossom, it is ugly. Thorns cover the stems and
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tiny hard green things stick out among the leaves. However, after a
few weeks, these little green things slowly begin to open up until
you can see the color of the petals. Then the bud starts to open and
the individual petals become apparent. Still, the rose is not yet what
it is supposed to be, for it has not yet reached the height of its
beauty.
There comes a point when the fully opened rose reaches the
perfection of its beauty. At that point, it can be no more beautiful.
Because it has gotten to its peak. Its shape and color are in perfect
harmony. After the height of its beauty is attained, death and
decadence set in. The flowers whither and brown until the petals fall
from the bush. It fulfills its purpose and then naturally dies. This
implies that; in this earth realm, nothing should die until it fulfills it's
purpose .
What I am saying in essence is, in this realm, time is always given for
every purpose. Nobody is never intended to be idle and empty. In
this earth realm, nobody is permitted to live and die like
Methuselah.
Human beings can be likened to the rose which has summer and
winter and night seasons. Time must do its work in our lives. As the
summer progresses, we must bud and blossom before our night
season comes.
God wants to see us productive within the time frame he gave unto
us to exist on this planet. And when we refuse to be fruitful, He may
have no choice than to cut us off. The parable of Jesus about the
unfruitful vine is illustrative in this regard.
The parable talks about a certain man who had planted a fig tree in
his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it after it had matured,
but found none. He observed the fig tree for a while after which, he
made a decision on it.
He told the vine dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I
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come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: so he commanded
him to, CUT IT DOWN. That why should it occupy space for nothing?
And the vine dresser answering said unto him, LORD, LET IT ALONE
THIS YEAR ALSO, TILL I SHALL DIG ABOUT IT, AND DUNG IT: And if it
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bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that it should be cut down.
The lesson here is that, any entity that God created that does not
bear fruit will be cut off. Why? Because it is occupying space for
nothing.
You see, sometimes, one of the reasons why some people die
untimely may be traceable to this parable. They die because they are
not useful to God and man. May that never be your portion in Jesus
name! Amen.
The parable is also warning some of us that are not doing anything
useful, that heaven is giving us some more time or else, you will be
cut down. I pray that the Lord will not cut you down in Jesus name! In
conclusion, please note the following points of our discussion on
your purpose fulfilment and timing.
1. Time starts when we are born and ends when we are deceased.
2. Eternity has neither beginning nor end.
3. God, who is eternal, exists outside time.
4. God sees the end from the beginning and sets our course
according to His overall purposes.
5. God gives every purpose a time that allows it to reach perfection.
6. God makes all thing beautiful in its time
7. Time is always given for every purpose under the sun.
7. Time that is not used for its intended purpose is wasted and lost.
8. Anything God created that is not fulfilling purpose is cut down.
9. In this earth realm, nothing should die until it fulfills it's purpose .
Finally, I will say on this note, if you are existing to occupy space, then
sorry to say, “You are a wastage of divine agenda. So wake up
because time is ticking”.
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I n life, you must understand that time is always given for the
completion of every purpose under the sun. There is no purpose on
earth that does not have specific time allotted to it. There is no
assignment on earth that does not have a specific time requirement.
Therefore, it is vitally important that you capture and maximize the
time of your life. Because the Scriptures says, "To every thing there is a
season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven".1
So, we must get it right early in life. To do this, you must discover your
purpose for life and get busy with your assignment very early. The old
adage says, "Early to bed, early to rise". In life, to rise early, you must
begin early. Everyday should be used to account for the fulfillment of
the God given dream in your heart.
Look, time was given to you to fulfill your purpose in this life. And if you
are still dilly darling with it, the heavens are not happy with you. Time
was given to you to fulfill your purpose on earth. So what can you show
to justify that time?
The apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians that: “See then that you walk
circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, REDEEMING THE TIME, because
the days are evil”.2
The Amplified version rendering says, "Look carefully then how you
walk! Live PURPOSEFULLY AND WORTHILY and accurately, not as the
unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), MAKING
THE VERY MOST OF THE TIME [BUYING UP EACH OPPORTUNITY],
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because the days are evil."
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So to redeem the time here means, to make the most use of time.
Another translation puts it this way, making the best use of the time.
That is making the most of every opportunity. Redeeming the time
also means; making the very most of the time [buying up each
opportunity], because the days are evil.
So, you can see from the Scriptural perspective that time and not
money is the greatest asset that God gave man on earth. You see, the
greatest commodity in life is not silver, the greatest commodity in life
is not gold, the greatest commodity in life is not dollars or pounds
sterling, the greatest commodity in life is time. And when you miss
your time, you miss your destiny. In this earth realm, God expects us
to maximize time and not to waste it.
For a waster of time is a waster of destiny. Anything that waste your
time is wasting your destiny.
3. Social Media: In these days and age, I regard social media as the
real armed robber of time. Some people will have to delete some of
their many social media accounts/apps on their phones so that they
can fulfill their God ordained purposes for their lives. Because as long
as they keep going from one social media platform to another, they
are wasting time. Some people can spend 3 hours on Facebook alone
on irrelevancy.
And after that, they spend another 3 hours on Twitter and next they
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You see, being on social media can be time consuming. Only you, you
are active on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, tiktok, WhatsApp, 2GO and
the likes. You move from one trending news to another, and if they are
dragging one man of God or a politician online like generator, you are
the ring leader. You do all these at the detriment of your prayer and
Bible study life, brother/ sister, you are not doing well.
I want you to know that God has bed room secrets which are available
to those who spend time with him and delight in Him and His word. The
Bible says, "The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he
will shew them his covenant."4
The bed room secrets of God is meant for those who make
fellowshipping with him through His word and prayers a delight. That
you can spend 6 solid hours on social media going from titktok to
WhatsApp to Facebook to instragram and Twitter without spending at
least 30 or 1 hour daily in His word is a sign you need help.
And at times they don't come alone; some of them even come with
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their friends and all of you will gist and talk on frivolities for 6 straight
hours nonstop. And at the end of the day, they go and you keep
wondering, what you have done with your life.
There are people in your life's boat that as long as you keep them in
your inner circle, you cannot become all that God wants you to
become in life. Some merchants in the book of Jonah, who were on an
important business trip lost properties/goods worth millions of
dollars all because an unfortunate man, Jonah was in their life's boat.
You see, you will need to separate from time wasters and distractors if
you will fulfill destiny like Abraham did with Lot. Lot was a major
distraction to Abraham on his way to the fulfilment of his God
ordained purpose. It got to a point whereby Abraham had to take a
destiny altering decision for his life, to let Lot go. And immediately he
did that, his destiny opened up.
You see, there are some people that have become Lots to you that you
must free. Because of what you carry and where you are going, there
some people should not even be close to you talk less of being your
boyfriends or girlfriends or acquaintances.
It has been said that you are the average of the five people you spend
the most of your time with. Write down the names of ten people you
associate with the most and you will see your future. If out of the ten
friends you have, one of them is a liar, another a drunk, another a
chain smoker and another a womanizer, then it is just a matter of time,
you will soon pick up their character one after the other because of the
time you spend together with them.
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your life purpose and dreams to and they become envious and
jealous of you. And like Joseph's brothers, they would become
envious and jealous. And some may even go to the length of
consulting mediums, oracles to harm you and stop your progress.
These are people you tell your life secrets to; you tell them that you
will become a millionaire and all they will choose to do is to mock at
you. They would say in pidgin, "Millo what? You wey you never chop".
And by listening to them (their naysaying) they abort your life
purpose. You must be careful about these distractions and wasters of
time. Because they are going nowhere. And if they continue coming
to you, you will equally go nowhere.
That is why, the Scriptures admonishes that, "Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath
light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"5
As Christian, having carnally a minded man as friend is a no no.
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project that destabilize your focus. You must try as much as possible
to avoid them. If you are a victim of any of one of these time wasters
I discussed today, please adjust. Because your time on earth is too
short to be wasted on frivolities.
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our Lord Jesus did not waste time, for at the age of 12, he was
already going about his Father's business.
History reveals that many great inventors and achievers are early
risers.
Michael Dell the CEO of DELL Incorporation began that great
incorporation, Dell Computers at 15. The Great Bill Gates started
Microsoft at the age of 20. He wrote his first software program at the
age of 13. But I tell you at 13, many of us were still childish. Elyon
Musk, the current richest man in the world and the CEO of Tesla
Motors, Space X and Twitter, wrote his first computer game program
called Blastar, and later sold it to a computer magazine company at
age 12.
Steve Jobs the CEO of Apple incorporation started early. Jobs and
Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 at the age of 21 to sell Wozniak's
Apple. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook at Harvard in 2004 at the
age of 19 for students to match names with photos of classmates.
He took Facebook public in May 2012 and still owns about 15% of
the stock.
Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg all of them
were early risers who certainly know how to make the most of time.
Many of you at age 20, 21 don't even where you are going to in life. If
you ask some people at age 20, 21, what is your vision? They will
think you are referring to their television. There are lot of people
who left this planet earth many years ago but their impact is still felt
today. Because they lived as Amplified version puts it,
"PURPOSEFULLY AND WORTHILY". An example is Our Lord Jesus
Christ, Father Abraham, the apostle Paul amongst others. These
guys made so much impact in their lifetime and beyond.
If as from today you live your time purposely, I can guarantee you,
you will leave a Mark on the sand of time to become who God wants
you to be in life.
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You don't even need to ‘JAPA’ travel as far as America, UK, Germany
or China to find the wealthiest place on earth. If your mind is still
running fast about the wealthiest place on earth, look no further, for
the wealthiest place on earth is very close to your house.
The wealthiest place in the world is not the gold mines of South
America or the oil fields of Iraq or Iran. They are not the diamond
mines of South Africa or the World Bank neither is it the banks of the
world. The wealthiest place on the planet is just down the road, very
close to you. The wealthiest place on the earth is the cemetery.
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life is not death, but a life without a purpose.” In order words, death
in itself is not the greatest tragedy. The greatest tragedy in life is
going to the grave with an unfulfilled purpose. I tell you, it is a tragedy
to go to the cemetery with your visions, dreams, ideas and
potentials. It is a tragedy to go to the cemetery with your songs still
playing in you.
Many cemeteries in the world today are filled with dreams and ideas
that died unexecuted. In the cemeteries, there, you will find all the
hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were
never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that
were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all
because someone never discovered his purpose and maximized his
potential.
People are dying every day to contribute to the grave. Statistically,
every day, about 1.80 people die per second, no matter the
justification of their deaths, just know that 1.80 people die per
second.
Did they die with undiscovered purpose? Think about it. You see, I
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The graveyard is filled with books and magazines that were never
published. The cemetery is filled with businesses that were never
opened.
What a tragedy! The graveyard is filled with visions that never
became realities. The cemetery is filled with poetry that no one is
ever going to write. Films no one produced. Ministries no one
started.
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Do something meaningful with your life, make the most of your life
while you are here on planet earth. That is why whenever you wake
up every day, you need to ask yourself what am I contributing to
planet earth? You must wake up every day with purpose in view that,
"with the way my life is going, am I not contributing to the grave?" I
tell you asking these purpose discovery strategic questions, will
change your paradigm and approach to life. It will make you wake up
every morning with a sense of contribution and not with the sense
of being a nuisance to the society.
So uncover your potential today because you have no business
contributing your visions, dreams, ideas and talent to the grave.
For as many that are under my influence, I pray for you, you will not
die young in Jesus name! Amen. You will not die contributing your
visions, dreams, ideas and talent to the grave in Jesus name! You will
fulfill purpose in life and become all that God has purposed you to be
in Jesus name!
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I n life, men that fulfill their God's ordained purpose are men and
women that have big dreams. To fulfill destiny in life, if you are not
a man or woman given to dreaming big dreams, you may amount
to anything. Ask Joseph he will tell you.
You see, the major difference between Joseph and his brothers is
dream. Joseph had a dream but his brothers had no dreams. And this
was the reason they hated him.
"And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the
lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's
wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed: For, behold, we were binding sheaves in
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold,
your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And
his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou
indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his
dreams, and for his words.1
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Now, one thing about dreamers is that, they are often a victim of envy
and jealousy. People naturally hate them because of their high and lofty
dreams. But, instead of giving in to critics, if you can hold on to your
dreams long enough, it will come to pass.
You see, one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man is the ability to
dream. He gave us this capacity since creation. God made a powerful
statement during the time of the Tower of Babel in the Scripture,
"...And now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have
imagined to do".2
NIV renders it this way, "nothing they plan to do will be impossible for
them".3
In essence, what God was saying is, "whatever the human mind can
conceive, believe and hold on to long enough, it can achieve".
This powerful statement that God made, reveals to us that the dreams
have a stronghold over a man's destiny. And what is a stronghold? A
stronghold is not a demonic term. A stronghold is the ideology a man
sustains over time that pulls him to the fulfilment his destiny. On the
contrary, strongholds are thought patterns, belief systems that are
contrary to the word of God. A negative stronghold can pull you away
from fulfilling your destiny.
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Mandiba the great Nelson Mandela story proves that dreams come
true. You see, your dream is what keep you alive. I tell you what
Mandiba the great Nelson Mandela went through in prison was enough
to kill him. They will pee on him, throw dungs on him but he held on to
his dreams that one day, he will rule this people and of course in spite of
that he went through, he led his people on the long walk to freedom
and became their president.
Similarly, what Joseph went through was enough to kill him. This was a
man that was first thrown into a pit, then later sold to Egypt and later
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but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;
because it will surely come, it will not tarry."5
So, if you hold on that dream long enough in faith, it will come to pass.
So don't let discouragement and criticism rob you of your future.
What is A Dream?
When I say "dream", what do I really mean? Do I mean the images you
see at night or something? Although, that is also a type dream but
that is not what we are talking about.
ü A Dream is a series of thoughts, images, and sensations
occurring in a person's mind during sleep. That is, a vision of
the night.
ü A Dream is a vision, a plan, an aspiration, ambition, or ideal.
ü A Dream is an aspiration, hope, goal, design, plan, aim,
object, objective, a target, intention, intent, desire and wish
that a man has.
Now, of all these definition, I love the way the English Dictionary
defines it.
A dream according to the English dictionary is an imaginary event or
thing seen in one's mind. That is, an imagination of possibility. But my
most preferred definition is: a dream is a mental picture of a
preferable future. That is, a picture in your imagination. A picture of
your future.
Now listen to this, a future you cannot picture, you cannot feature.
The capacity to dream can make you project your life 5 or 10 years
ahead with picture of success, happiness and prosperity. What you
see with your mind's eye is what you will eventually be. If you always
see a picture of failure and defeat, then don't be surprised if all your
life is full of failure, reproaches and defeat. Because "....as a man
thinketh in his heart so is he".6
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This is not rocket science, it is reality science. You see, the human mind
has been conditioned in such a way that the pictures that are dominant
in the mind over a long period of time becomes a stronghold in the life
of a man which determines what he/she attracts in life. It is like a
magnet that pulls you to fortune or defeat.
Now, I want you to know that in THE PLACE OF DREAMS AND PURPOSE
FULFILMENT, you must understand that God wants us to dream big
dreams. And the reason for that is because he- God Himself is a Big
God. He doesn't want you to dream according to the size of your
pocket. He wants you to dream according to the greatness of His
power.
FACT #4: YOUR DREAM is a vehicle that carries your success. I can
remember when we were in school in those days, we usually called
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FACT #5: In every human being, there lies a divinely planted dream
that is part of God's plan. A pastor in Zimbabwe woke up one
morning and got a song from the Lord and he began to sing it. As he
was singing it, a missionary from America who visited the village
heard the song and told him to teach him. Then he took the song to
America and today, any time you hear the song: “YOU ARE ALPHA
AND OMEGA” this poor village pastor in Zimbabwe receives
thousands of dollars as royalty through that song. His dream of being
known all over the world has come to pass. So, if you are alive and
you don't have a dream, you are a poor man.
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FACT #7: Dreamers of Dreams are never popular with their families
or their friends because of jealousy. The brothers of Joseph began
to be jealous of him because of his dreams. The day he announced
his dreams to them, his trouble started.
FACT #9: Every dream shall be tested before it comes to pass. In life,
there is no promotion without a test or examination. It is when you
pass the test that you become successful.
FACT #10: A dreamer of dreams must be faithful and committed to
his dreams no matter how people react. Like Joseph, people may
not like you because of your dreams, you must be faithful, focus,
committed and stick to it.
FACT #11: If you want your dream to come to pass, don't over
sleep.
Behind great corporations like Microsoft, Apple, Proctract &
Gamble, Techno, Infinix and Samsung, are dreamers who dream and
never went back to their sleep. But the problem we have today is,
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FACT #12: If you want your dream to come to pass, don't share
them prematurely.
What affected Joseph the most on the path to fulfilling his God's
ordained destiny was that he shared his dream prematurely with his
wicked brothers. Although, there is nothing wrong in sharing your
dreams, however, one must apply wisdom on the kind of people to
share it with. And if they can't handle it, is better to keep quite.
FACT #18: The bigger your dream, the more it takes time to come to
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pass.
You see, mosquitoes multiply very quickly and give birth quickly.
They also die quickly. But you see for Elephants, Elephants take two
years to have a baby. The pregnancy of an elephant takes almost two
years but they don't die quickly because they are big. So big dreams
take time to come to pass.
FACT #19: The enemies can convert a dream into a night mare. That
will not be your portion in Jesus name!
You see, what you are carrying is a nation. That is why all hell is
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to hitting Gold. Like they tell a woman in the labour room, PUSH.
However, your delivery of this great dream that you are pregnant
with is solely dependent on you because NO MAN NO MATTER HOW
MUCH A HUSBAND LOVE HIS WIFE, HE CAN'T DELIVER FOR A
WOMAN. I remember witnessing my wife in labour when she was
delivering our second child, it was not easy for her all because she
went through a lot of pains. I love her so much but I couldn't deliver
for her. She has to do it herself. I only encouraged and prayed for her.
Similarly, no man no matter people's love for you, they cannot help
you birth what you are carrying. It is you that must help yourself to
deliver. And how do you do that?
YOU MUST PUSH!
In fulfilling your dream, like a pregnant woman at labour, you must
learn how to push. You push by not giving up on your dreams. You
push by your persistent actions. But most importantly, PUSH may
mean you need to tarry in prayers. PUSH may mean staying in God's
word and holding unto the promises of God.
Ultimately, #PUSH means:
#Pray
#Until
#Something
#Happens
And #PUSH also means:
#Persist
#Until
#Something
#Happens
WHY IS A WOMAN ENCOURAGED TO PUSH IN LABOUR?
1. Her pushing is what facilitates her delivery. So if she decides not to
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push, she will endanger her life and the life of her baby or give birth
to a stillbirth.
2. The baby she is carrying in her will not come out if she refuses to
push.
3. She needs to push because there can be a breach during delivery.
4. If she doesn't push, she cannot carry her baby.
5. At times, her pregnancy and delivery time may be longer so her
pushing will facilitate it.
So, you must PUSH and tarry on the altar of prayer to birth your
greatness. You must push by staying in God's word and hold on to
the promises of God.
And the responsibility to push is on you and you alone not on your
husband, pastors, parents, uncles, brothers or sisters. You alone
must push and not give in to fate. If a woman puts the responsibility
of her delivery to fate and others, she will end up in the mortuary.
So in order for the pregnancy of your greatness not to end in the
mortuary, you must push. PUSH...FOR YOUR SORROW SHALL BE
TURNED INTO JOY.
STAGE 4: Reaching the goal. This is the best part of the stages of
waiting. This is when your dream comes true.
FACT #25: The quality of your life cannot be better than the
quality of your dreams. So if you want to advance your life, dream
good dreams.
In conclusion, dream big dreams because big dreams attract big
people. Don't dream small dreams because small dreams attract
small people and small people cause big problems.
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Identity Crises
In the prince became the pauper and the pauper became the
prince. We saw that even though the prince became the pauper, it
was difficult for him to behave like a pauper (a poor man) because
he understand his position and purpose in life and he have a healthy
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A story was told of an eagle chick that was hatched together with a
hen's chicks. The mother hen accommodated it as her own. She
sheltered it under her wings together with the rest of her chicks. So
it was that as the eagle grew up with its brother and sister chicks. It
learned to do all the things chickens do: it clucked and cackled,
scratching in the dirt for grits and worms, flapping its wings
furiously, flying just a few feet in the air before crashing down to
earth in a pile of dust and feathers. It believed resolutely and
absolutely it was a chicken.
However, as they grew, the hen's chicks could not help noticing how
their 'brother' the young eagle had different features from them.
He could with ease do things that were miles off their reach. While
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they could only fly low heights, he could easily fly very high up the sky.
But the eagle never saw its own potentials.
One day, late in its life, the eagle-who-thought-he-was-a-chicken
happened to look up at the sky. High overhead, soaring majestically
and effortlessly on the thermals with scarcely a single beat of its
powerful golden wings, was an eagle!
“What's that?!” cried the old eagle in awe. “It's magnificent! So much
power and grace! It's beautiful!”
“That's an eagle”, replied a nearby chicken, “That's the King of the
Birds. It's a bird of the air… not for the likes of us. We're only chickens,
we're birds of the earth”. With that, they all cast their eyes
downwards once more and continued digging in the dirt. And so it
was that the eagle lived and died a chicken… because that's all it
believed itself to be. That eagle lived and died a chicken because of
identity crises (it didn't know who he is).
For instance, Paul before he met with Jesus and discovered his
purpose in life, was a vagabond. He was a man suffering from what I
call: IDENTITY CRISES. His identity crises made him go from place to
place persecuting and killing people. Identity crises made him a
vagabond in the society.
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What Is Identity?
Identity involves an individual's experiences, relationships, beliefs,
values, and memories that make up a person's self-worth or self-
esteem.
Paul's life before discovering his purpose can be likened the life of the
average person on the street. You need to find out your purpose and
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fulfill it and if not, you will not be who God wants you to be in life and
you will die like a nonentity. May that not be your portion in Jesus
name! Amen.
That is why I will challenge you today that, there is more to you. You
are born an eagle please don't die like a chicken.
I can assure you that when you find answers to these strategic
purpose discovery questions, you are on your way to becoming the
great achiever that God created you to be in life. Finding answers to
them, will save you from being affected by identity crises.
So who are you? This is who you are in God's scheme of things, "But ye
are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
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you out of darkness into his marvellous light".
Remember, you are born an eagle please don't die like a chicken. You
are born a Prince so don't die like a pauper. So discover yourself
because the world is waiting for your Greatness.
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My prayer for you reading this book is, you will finish well in Jesus
name! Amen. However, for you to finish well is predicated upon
many factors. For instance, using this last world cup as a case study, it
is the team that won their matches consistently that finished well.
And that surely made them to discipline themselves enough to be
temperate in all things in order to emerge the price winner. Also, in
order for you to finish well, you must also discipline yourself and be
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Paul said, "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that
striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to
obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so
run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But
I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a
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castaway."
The Temple he built for God was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45
feet high... And Tens of thousands of people were involved in this
seven year project: The most important part of the temple was the
Holy of Holies whose inside dimensions were 30 feet high -- 30 feet
wide -- and 30 feet long, "a perfect cube." The walls and everything
in this room were over laid with pure gold.... In fact 23 tons of pure
gold were used in this room alone. The nails in this room were made
of pure gold weighing 1 1/4 pounds. There were 2 carved cherubim
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in this room also over laid with gold. They had wings spans of 15
feet and their wings were wide open touching the walls and each
other. See the height of his wisdom.
Solomon had everything going on well for him until indiscipline set
in.
SOLOMON HAD A GOOD PRAYER LIFE.
It was at the place of prayer that he had an encounter with God
after giving God a thousand burnt offering that God showed up in
his dream and God told him to ask whatever he wanted.
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Similarly, indiscipline can cost a man not to finish well. To finish well,
you must discipline yourself spiritually. Increase your prayer life and
word study life tempo.
In your academics, you must discipline yourself to emerge the best in
class. Study, read your books and attend classes well. You must task
yourself to compete not just among your fellow students but
internationally too. Who told you You cannot emerge the best
mathematics student in the world?
To finish well, you must discipline yourself financially, don't eat with
all of your hand. Some of you, you are so indiscipline that, before you
collect your salary, you have already finish it on credit/data or you
buy clothes for every weekend occasions. That is financial
indiscipline. That you are using iPhone of 200k and you are still
begging people for urgent 2k is a sign you need help.
Some people are so indiscipline in their finances that they buy things
they don't like to impress people they don't like. If you must finish
well, you must discipline your financially. Invest in things that will
help you fulfill destiny in a grand style. Buy books, go for
seminars/trainings, take courses online.
And in order for some you reading this book not to end up like
Solomon, you must discipline yourself sexually. Sexual indiscipline
cuts short destiny. For instance, having multiple girlfriends you spend
your hard earned money on, will make you end up like Solomon.
Men, we must control our below the belt faculty if we must end well.
And women, you must control your spending appetite if you must
end well. Because sex before marriage is a sin.
And for some of you, the reason you are overweight is because of
your indiscipline. The junks you eat is telling on your health.
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Jesus is not ashamed of you... Therefore, you don't have any business
being ashamed of yourself or the circumstances that led to your
birth! So stop it and start believing what the Bible says. That you are
God's project; believe that you're God's workmanship created in
Christ Jesus2. Start confessing that. Instead of talking about what a
messed-up rascal you are, start agreeing with the Word and calling
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life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening,
nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other
created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of
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God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord".
Practice seeing yourself operating in the victory. After all, Jesus has
already won it for you. So receive that victory by faith. You are more
than conqueror!
In conclusion, if you do all these, I can guarantee you that you will
finish well as a prize winner. And I can see you finishing well as a prize
winner in Jesus name! Amen.
However, I say here that the first step to fulfilling your God's ordained
destiny in life is salvation. So if you want to make a decision for Jesus,
please pray this prayer.
Salvation Prayers
FATHER LORD I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I KNOW I AM A
SINNER AND I KNOW THAT YOU DIED FOR ME ON THE CROSS AND
RESURRECTED TO GIVE ME A NEW LIFE. PLEASE JESUS WIPE MY SINS
AWAY BY YOUR BLOOD, WRITE MY NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE AND
MAKE ME A CHILD OF GOD. THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR SAVING
ME! AMEN.
If you have said that prayer, you just became born again. Look for a
Bible believing Church and attend. Welcome to the family of God.
Prayers.
Lord, I receive grace to discover my purpose, I refuse to be a
nonentity. Lord reveal to me why I am on earth. I discover my
assignment in Jesus name, I found my place in life, I pay the price. The
gift of a man makes room for him, the potentials of a man makes
room for him and brings him before great people, the gift of a man
brings him before great men. My gift is making room for me and
bringing me before great men in Jesus name! AMEN!
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Notes
Chapter one
1. Deut. 28:13.
2. Luke 4: 16- 19
3. Proverbs 23:7
4. Matthew 12:34
5 Exodus 19:5.
6. Luke 17:21
7. 2 Peter 1:3-4.
8. Exodus 7:1
9. John 20:21
10. John. 10:35
11. Acts 14:11
12. Palms. 82:6
13. (1 Peter 2:9).
14. Revelation 5:10
15. 1 Corinthians 6:20.
16. Zechariah 2:8.
17. Romans 8:28-30
Chapter two
1.2Corithians 4:7
2. Genesis 1: 26 - 27
3. Proverbs 20: 29
4. Numbers 3: 1
5. Jeremiah 29: 11
Chapter Three
1. Ephesians 1:11
2. Proverbs 16:4 ESV.
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Chapter Four
1. Jeremiah 1:5
2. Acts 26:9-15
3. Luke 4:17
4. Luke 4:18 -21
5. Hebrews 10 vs. 7
Chapter Five
1. Ecclesiastes 1:2
2. 1 Kings 10:23-26.
Chapter Six
1. Jeremiah 1:5
2. Matthew 25:14-15.
Chapter Seven
1. 2 Cor. 4:7.
2. Isaiah 60: 1
Chapter Eight
1. Ecclesiastes 10:7
2. Philippians 4: 13
3. Prov. 27:17
4. Proverbs 16:32
Chapter Nine
1. Proverbs 14:23
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Chapter Ten
1. Ecclesiastes 3:1
2. Ecclesiastes 3:2
3. Ecclesiastes 9:11-12
4. Isaiah 55:8-9,11.
5. Ecclesiastes 3:11
6. Luke 13:6-9.
Chapter Eleven
1. Ecclesiastes 3:1
2. Eph. 5:15-16 (NKJV)
3. Eph. 5:15-16 (AMP).
4. Psalms 25:14
5. Genesis 5:22-24
Chapter Twelve
1. Ecclesiastes 9:10
Chapter Thirteen
1. Genesis 37:1-2,5-8
2. Genesis 11:6
3. Genesis 11:6 (NIV)
4. Genesis 37:9
5. Habakkuk 2:2-3
6. Proverbs 23: 7
7. Ephesians 3:20
8. John 10: 10
9. Proverbs 20:13
10. Proverbs 29:18
11. Proverbs 24:10
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Chapter Fourteen
1. Ecclesiastes 10: 7
2. 1 Peter 2:9.
Chapter Fifteen
1. First Corinthians 9:24-27
2. Eph. 2: 10
3. 2 Corinthians 5:21
4. Romans 8:35-39 AMP
5. 2 Corinthians 4:7
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Academic Books
1. Good Success in Common Entrance into JSS One (Federal
Edition).
2. Good Success in Common Entrance into JSS One (State Edition).
3. Good Success in Common Entrance into JSS One (Federal/State
Edition).
4. Good Success in Quantitative Reasoning (Book 1 - 6).
5. Good Success in Verbal Reasoning (Book 1 - 6).
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