Thankyou!

Thankyou!

CHANGE YOUR ATMOSPHERE - 1

Like attracts like.
Whatever the conscious mind thinks and believes.
the subconscious identically creates.

~ Brian Adams (from 'How To Succeed')

The atmosphere is the air or climate in a place.When i talk about changing your atmosphere i am talking about changing the air around you.

We all carry a certain air around us and the air we carry around us moves with us where ever we go with a certain aroma,and this aroma attracts either good or bad.

We must realize that our atmosphere determines what comes to us,there are some people who have a very strange atmosphere around them,that where ever they are or go they attract only something bad.

I used to know someone that actually always attracts bad,where ever he is ,something bad actually happens and everyone knew him that where ever he was something will always go wrong,especially a fight and there are some of us who actually face situations and they have concluded that  bad luck follows them,that something bad always happens to them,I would like to show you a way how you can actually change your atmosphere and begin to practically attract good instead of evil.

The bible which is Gods word,shows us how we can do that,let us look at few ways how you can change your atmosphere:

• CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION ABOUT YOURSELF.

This is so important for us if we will actually have success in changing our atmosphere.
The way we think about ourselves smells around us like a perfume,the Bible in Proverbs 23:7 says  “For as a man thinketh in his heart,so his he” the main word here is thinketh or thinks,that word is shaar which means to calculate,to reckon,to estimate.

The question now is,what is the estimation of yourself,how do you think of yourself?
You are exactly the way you think,you cannot separate a man from his mindset.That’s why the bible says “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” Luke 6:45,in other words,your mouth will only release what is in your heart.

The way we think about ourselves,will affect the direction of our lives,you cannot go further than your mindset.If you are going to change your atmosphere you must change the way you think.

Sometimes we allow ourselves to accept peoples estimation of us,other peoples estimation maybe a result of a one time event or performance,but you are not exactly what people say but what you believe,when you start accepting and believing peoples conclusion of you,you start becoming what they say you are.

Start changing what you keep your thoughts on and what you believe about yourself,think right,focus on what will build your life and not what will pull you down.

The book of Philipians 4:8 shows us things to focus our minds on,lets see “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things”

If there be any virtue and if there be any praise,think on these things,so the standard for your thoughts should be,is there any virtue,is there any praise? if you find non don’t waste your mind on them,fix on your mind on those things,that edify you,that lifts you up,I say think forward.

The mistake we make is when we wait on others to commend us and make us feel happy,I know from experience,that something people are not good at is to always commend and encourage you,you need to have the right mindset about you because no one will make you feel better,encourage yourself and have the right idea about who you really are.so think positive about yourself,change how you think.

• THINK ON THE WORD

Finally you are not what people say you are,you are what God says you are,that’s why the best book to read so as to get the right idea about you is the bible,the bible shows you the thoughts of God towards you,he said and I love this scripture “my thoughts for you are good and not evil,to give you a hope and a future”  Jeremiah 29:11.

That’s how he thinks about you,he loves you,so when others say something bad,tell them I am who God says I am,I am the blood bought child of God,if you were not important and special and priceless,God would not have sent his son,his only begotten son to die for you,you are special,a royal priesthood,a holy nation,you were chosen before the foundation of the world to show forth Gods glory,you are special.

Change how you think,stop playing pity party,people don’t want to stay around those who are always sad,you won’t attract help staying sad,start changing your perception of yourself,right now,you are blessed and not cursed,you are the apple of Gods eyes,Gods special baby,start meditating on those things and you will see how your atmosphere will begin to change.

Don’t give the devil a foothold,something to hold unto,some people feel bad about themselves that they commit suicide,don’t let the devil use your thoughts to bring depression on yourself,you now live on drugs to help you be happy,that you become addicted to it and soon it kills you,the word of God is medicine for your soul,it has power to change your thoughts and your life forever.

The bible says “ For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” the word has the ability to work in your mind and deal with the depression and pain in your heart.

The word is alive and active,the word of God is full of enough life to energize and revitalize you,the word here is the spoken word of God,when you receive the spoken word into your spirit,it causes you to come alive,to be refreshed,strengthened and stronger,it takes always the inactivity in you causes you to become alive,that’s the word of God.

Start thinking on the word,pick up a scripture daily and meditate on it and see how your life will change,as you feed your spirit with the word,feed your spirit with songs that uplift you and edify you,not those that will make you think evil,you can change your atmosphere and start to attract only positivity and good,you attract what you respect,start thinking right and see the power that your thoughts will produce.

Receive the word of God that is able to save your souls,Gods word has the power to save your souls,I dare you to start seeing yourself as the word of God sees you,blessed,fulfilled,a success,wealthy and not poor,a giver and not a borrower,a blessing and not a curse,you are totally who God says you are,change your atmosphere.

Joshua 1:8 says  “ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success”

The book of the law “the word of God” as you meditate on it day and night,you will be careful to do what it says,you shall be prosperous and have good success.

EMERGENCY EXIT

I remenber a few years ago,I and my friend were going to take a flight from Abuja in Nigeria to Warri,my town and for the first time my seat was just right at the emergency exit and I remenber as the hostess began to give instructions in case of any troubles what we needed to do,cold ran through my body with fear,just as she said,"in the case of a crash landing” someone else said “I reject it in Jesus name,we don’t need it” good prayer,but it was serious for me because I knew I had the responsibility with me to do something,in the case of any trobles,but thank God we landed safe.

An emergency exit in a structure is a special exit for emergencies such as a fire: the combined use of regular and special exits allows for faster evacuation, while it also provides an alternative if the route to the regular exit is blocked by fire, etc.It is usually a strategically located (e.g. in a stairwell, hallway, or other likely place) outward opening door with a crash bar on it and with exit signs leading to it. Emergency exit is vital for safety in the event of a fire outbreak and for easy evacuation of people out of the building. This is not a show of fear but wisdom,there are people who believe that when you as a child of God put such things in your building you are only attracting what you are trying to avoid,I would like to help such people think in the right direction.  We say in my country “Prevention is better than cure” it is wisdom to have an emergency exit in your house,its for your safety and the safety of those in your household,not just exits but fire extinguishers and all the other safty equipments in the event of fire. We also need to build an emergency exit in our lives,this is important for safety in our relationships and businesses.We must learn to apply wisdom and faith in our dealings with other people. We need to clearly distinguish between faith and wisdom and foolishness.I see people confuse faith a lot for something else,sometimes we act in foolishness and call it faith.But we must have understanding in our dealings we must be wise.  Faith is acting on the word of God.The word of God is the basis of our belief,we act on what we believe and that is the word of God.So it is vital that we understand scriptures clearly before we apply them.  Wisdom is the application of understanding,as we know,knowledge is the acquisiton of information and understanding is the ability to put the information to their right places and wisdom is the actual application of understanding. So just having knowledge doesn’t make you wise.Experience is important for wisdom,experience can only be developed with time in practice,so as I use the understanding I gathered in reality,experience is built and with time wisdom is developed.Wisdom doesn’t come with prayer but with practice,putting to use what you know.   Presumption,which is the the act of presuming,the assumption of something as true,but lets understand the word assumption,which is the act of taking for granted or supposing.  Foolishness is resulting from or showing a lack of sense;ill considered;unwise;lacking forethought or caution.  Some practice we call faith is total presumption or foolishness and I would like to give clear examples from scriptures some of the things we do out of lack of understanding but call faith and real life stories to also help;  The bible in mark 16:18 says they shall pickup serpents and it shall not hurt them,some persons have gone on to the streets to start picking up serpents but got bitten by the serpents and some ended up dying that’s foolishness,because the bible never said,go out and pick up serpents,the emphasis was not on the serpent but the power of God that they receive.

I remenber some years ago how a man jumped into a lions den in the name of the lord and the lion ate him up after first taking out his private part,that’s another foolishness because even daniel didn’t opt to be thrown in there.

I remenber years ago,a friend has this dog and the dog was barking in a strange way,so he went out and shouted at the dog,with the finger pointed at the dog,saying in the name of Jesus shut up,and the dog bit his finger,foolishness in display.

I am not saying faith doesn’t work,but all I am saying is that we must be wise at all times,there are some things we can avoid and sort out by our selves,we must learn to use our discretion.

Sometimes we forget that the brain we have in our heads come from the lord and not from the devil.our brain is given for use,you can not understand mathematics by praying but by study,the holy spirit will not remind you of what you don’t already have some knowledge of,nobody is dumb,we all have the potentila to be better at anything if we can give ourselves to study,that is not to say we don’t need God but that God has given us all we need for life and Godliness.

We must put everything in its right place.We must be men in application.

Its not a display of fear to have an emergency exit in your life,its not a second plan but a plan with the main plan.Its not a second option but it goes with the original option.

Most people fail in business because they assume that everything will be okay we don’t have to worry about anything.

• You are about to get into partnership with someone you know nothing about,and you are not doing the right things by getting a lawyer and writing the necessary agreements,but you assume he is a good guy and wont give you any problems.
• A lot of people marry without taking certain things about eachother into deep consideration,you just assume he or she will be ok with time.
• You change jobs without checking details about the new company,you just assume without doing the checks and you think its ok,when something goes wrong we cry God help.

Jesus said “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him” Luke 14:28-29 ; starting is not the issue but finishing,some people will say,leave it for the lord or when we get to that bridge we will cross it,well what if the bridge collapse and you can’t cross or crash with it?

• You employ people without necessary qualifications but plenty of sentiments,maybe he is your relative sometimes they are the ones who run down the business,you got to put up your emergency exit.

What causes most accidents on the roads today? because people disobey traffic signs and not care about the traffic lights and drive when they should stop,then an accident,don’t worry lets go by faith,its foolishness.
We got to be wise,wisdom is profitable for all things,add wisdom to your faith,faith doesn’t walk alone there are other virtue that is necessary to add to faith to make it more effective.

Add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge and to knowledge self control and to self control perseverance and to perseverance godliness and to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness love,it ends there because love is the totality of the christian life and if all these things abide in you,you will neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our lord Jesus Christ,for he who lacks these things is shortsighted,even to blindness.

Faith doesn’t walk alone if you must be a success in life and in your walk with God you must add these things to your faith.

watch out for continuation.

DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth.” Mark 9:23


It is easy to say for with God all things are possible,yes the responsibility is on God to do the impossible,and he is a God that makes impossible to become possible.We all face some situations that seem to be stubborn and look impossible but with God all things are possible.No matter the situation if God is on your side you can turn that impossible situation around.
The bible says in Luke 1:37 “for with God nothing shall be impossible”
when we read scriptures we must read carefully,it didn’t use the word “somethings shall be impossible”,it didn’t use “few things shall be impossible”,it used nothing shall be impossible,with God.There is no further explanation to this scripture, it is self explanatory,nothing shall be impossible.
I am sure you know what the word nothing and impossible mean,but just to help throw more light,I would define the words.
The word Nothing means “ something that has no existence; something that has no substance or importance- a nonentity.the absence of anything.”
And the word Impossible means “not capable of been accomplished; extremely difficult to deal with or tolerate.”
So simply put with God impossible doesn’t exist.In Gods dictionary there is nothing like impossible.
No matter the situation proving difficult,never categorize it as impossible,impossible doesn’t exist,if you have God wipe it out of your vocabulary,that’s why I turned it to mean I’M POSSIBLE.
The word only exist with men,I mean those men that are not with God,Jesus said of such people,that its impossible.For with God ALL THINGS are possible,everything,there is nothing in life that’s not possible with God.
Now with men somethings are possible,but not all things even with all the wealth,somethings are not possible with men.
God doesn’t worry about those things men can handle,that’s why scriptures say those things that are impossible with men are possible with God.God starts from mans impotency,as men we are weak and have weakness,but the man with God is above all weakness.
So how can we get to the rein where we can do the impossible,its okay with for with God all things are possible,yes God can do all things but I have learnt that a true leader wants you to be able to do all he can do and much more,if truly we have all of God in us then we should be able to do the impossible too,if our God could create then we have creative ability,so if our father is a God of possibilities then we are people of possibilities.

HAVE FAITH


I would like to define faith as a double edged sword,it is Acting on what you believe,so the double edge sword is believe and your actions.
Faith is an action word,just believing and confessing is not enough,until you Do it its not faith.Faith is a now word,not I will be,that is a future word,that is hope,faith says now I am healed, now I am delivered,then you start acting it.
In mark 11:24,when you pray you believe you received it,you shall have it” it didn’t say if you believe you will have it it said if you desire a thing pray,believe that you received it then you will have it.

BELIEVE
Mark 9:23 “to him that believes all things shall be possible”
so the first thing you need to do is believe,the word believe here is a verb a doing word,an action word just like the word faith is an action word,it is translated from the greek pisteuo meaning ; to be persuaded;to credit;to place confidence in.
Another translation says if you have faith,so if you must do the impossible you got to have faith in God,your confidence on the word of God,the disciples had difficulty with casting out a spirit from a boy who had been tormented for a while,but Jesus said if you believe,you can do the impossible,so the impossible is not something left alone for God,if you believe,you can do the impossible;do you really believe?
The size of your faith is not the issue,we must realise that when we gave our hearts to christ we all received the same measure of faith but our growth is dependent on us.But to do the impossible you don’t need to have great faith,faith in God is powerful for any situation,if you can believe and apply it on that situation,you will see results.
All you need to do is believe,that means unbelief restricts us from doing the impossible.
We restrict God when we walk in unbelief.The bible says that the Israelites “limited God because of their unbelief” ,and “Jesus could do not much miracles because of the unbelief of the people in his town.”
How then can I receive faith? when I accept Jesus as my lord and saviour.
How can I grow my faith?  by hearing the word of God consistently and putting it to practice.
So all things can be possible if you believe,all things not somethings or few things all things.

ACT ON YOUR BELIEFS
Just believing is not enough but doing the word is what brings the word to manifestation.Doing brings the manifestation of the word,so just believing it and confessing it is not enough but doing,that’s where faith is faith in the doing.
That’s why faith is defined as “Acting on what you believe” so confession is a part of acting but the actual acting is doing what you confessed,let me give you a clear example;
Jesus walked on water,ok its jesus he is God so its easy for him to walk on water,but when the disciples saw him they weren’t sure even when he said “its I don’t be afraid”,so Peter being the forward guy said,I know that, Jesus can walk on water and he can make me walk on water too,so if you are him,bid me come to you,so Jesus said come,then peter obeyed and he too walked on water,if Peter didn’t obey he wouldn’t have walked on water,now he walked on water for a short time because he saw the boisterous wind and his faith wavered so he began to sink,the bible says.
What does this tell us if you can do,that is Act on the word,what the word says,you can see impossible turning possible.
After Jesus ,Peter was the only other person that walked on water,because he belived and acted on his belief.
So if you can believe as well,then nothing shall be impossibl with you,you can do the things God can do and even more.
If its possible with God,then its not wrong to say its also possible with you,just believe and act on it.
The doctors may say you have an incurable disease,say that by his stripes I was healed and the act healed,do those things you were told not to do,because just believing without acting isnt enough but be sure you believe,if you don’t have enough faith for that level,go see the doctor.
Abrahams faith in God got him greatness,he obeyed God he was gonna kill his son Isaac,if God had not stopped him,do you see that level of faith,Abraham was allowed to taste the powers of the future because he acted on his faith he believed God and acted on it and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Faith is acting on the word,the word of God is a double edged sword,so is faith,believing and acting on what you believe,all impossibilities disappear when you act on the word of God.Faith is totally acting on the word of God.

Scriptures : Mark 6:45-52;Mark 9:23;Mark 10:27;Mark 11:24;Mark 17:20;Mark 19:26;Luke 1:37;Hebrews 4:12

BE THE BEST YOU

“We are created in the image and likeness of God…..what does that make you?”

Do you know there is only one you and non other like you?

when God made you,he made only you,special you.He took time to make sure there was no other you in this world,that means you are special and unique.

He put abilities and gifts in you that makes you unique,different from every other person.

stop trying to be like someone else,you will end up been a copy.Be the original that God created you to be,don’t cry about how you look,instead be thankful that no one looks like you,your difference is what makes you unique.Imagine everyone else looks exactly like you.

Be the best you there can ever be in this world,live your life to the fullest,maximize every potential God has given to you.Be yourself,stop comparing yourself to other people,they are different from you,don’t make any man your standard you are what and who God made you and who he says you are.

He is your maker and he is in the best position to call you by name.Don’t allow the name that others call you to stick into your head,call yourself by the name God calls you.

The bible says that God made you in his image and likeness,do you understand what that means? to be made in the image and likeness of God,let me help you understand what it means:

The word translated image is Tselem in hebrew meaning a Resemblance and the word translated likeness in the hebrew is Demuwth meaning similitude or like as,so that means God created us to look like him,we are the resemblance of God;Gods look a alike,we are an outward representation of God,that means when someone sees us they have seen Gods look alike.

But he didn’t stop there,after making man,the bible says“male and female created he them” you are not a male or female by chance,it was divine orchestration,so stop the crying about your sex and don’t get confused about your sex,God gave you a sexual organ suitable for your sex,you cannot be a man with the sex organ of a woman or a woman with the sex organ of a man,don’t get it twisted.

Chapter two of Genesis gave proper details of how it happened,he did not only create us to look like him outward,but chapter 2 tells us that after he formed you he breathe into man and man became a living soul,that means that we don’t only look like God but we have all that makes him God, inside of us.

“And God brethe into the nostrils of man,the breath of life and man became a living soul” Genesis 2:7.

The word breath in hebrew is Neshamah meaning spirit or breath of God and the word life in hebrew is Chay meaning Living or alive,that means when the word says breath of live it means the spirit that made man living or alive,that’s why it further said “and man became a living soul” in other words man became a person.

So God did not only make you like him he gave you his life that makes you a person.You are not a person because of what you do,you are a person of value because of what God impacted into you,his spirit.

No wonder the bible calls us Gods in psalms 82:6 that “Ye are gods and sons of the most high”,its not mistaken,because that’s what happened in Genesis,you can only give what you are and God gave us what he is, God.

That’s exactly why chapter one says he gave man dominion over all of creation,he gave man power to subdue and dominate.its our nature to be in charge and not under.

start seeing your self differently,be the very best that you can be,there is so much potential within you,Gods personality is what you have.Trying to be like someone else is an insult on God,its like saying God you created rubbish but after he created you,he looked at you and said you are God.

You are blessed not because I say so but because of the abilities you have in you,you need to start seeing yourself as such.

Gods representative,his resemblance,his look alike,with his person in you,that means anything God can do you can,if he could create,you can create.

Start seeing yourself as the God that you are mean to be,his representation here on earth.

ARISE AND FLY

“Arise and shine for thy light is come and the glory of God is risen upon thee”.Isaiah 60:1

The most difficult step to take in achieving your God given vision is always the first step,after you have discovered what you are meant to do,the fear of starting becomes our first challenge.The stage of writing out the plan and drawing up a strategy is not a problem but to take that first step to begin fulfilling the dream of your life.
God has recently spoken to my heart to start a work,this is something I know I am called out for,everything else I do,outside of this would be nothing,but I was so scared and I would like to share some of the fears I had with you,I believe this would be a blessing to you.

• The fear of “I am not good enough”

I always knew this was what I was going to do,I remenber when I owned a business I always told my friends,that business was just a thing for the now,ministry was my life.With all the confirmations I had gotten,but I still didn’t feel good enough,I felt there are others who could have done it better than me.
But the bible says that God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise,and the weak things to confound the strong. 1Corinthians 1:27
I would like you to know that the feeling of “Not good enough” is a feeling that would keep you in the place called average,its not from God.The fact that God picked you means you are qualified for the job,and God has choosen you specifically so that he can prove to you that he can do something out of your life,so stop feeling not good enough,if God saw the guys that were good enough and still chose you,you got to be good enough.
Know that you have been chosen before the foundation of the world to do this job,its your call and only you are meant to carry out this responsibility.Ephesians 1:4
when God called moses,moses complained to God that he wasn,t good enough,but God showed him what he will do, with the “not good enough moses”.That’s why I have learnt not to cry over my weakness but to trust entirely in Gods grace that is made perfect in my weakness and this is the key to dealing with this feeling,how can you do that? begin to see yourself the way God sees you,because you are what God says you are,if God says you are qualified,then you are qualified.
Yes there are others better than you but remenber there is non of them like you,you are specially picked by God to solve a particular need,your clients have been waiting for you to arrive,don’t step back,you have the more than enough God with you and he will perfect that which he has started,brace yourself and move toward your dreams.

• The fear of “not been Accepted”

In life you must know that Gods report of you is more important to you than what people say.I believe that something is wrong,if everyone accepts your vision,you must have those who will reject you.
Even Jesus was rejected by men.Most times your vision will be rejected by those who are closest to you.Stop waiting for the acceptance of man,and start the work,don’t be afraid,for you are already accepted by God.
Success in life is your ability to overturn the negatives.life is full of negatives,and sometimes more of it will come from friends and family.
The law of averages states that,out of every ten clients you speak to you will always get one yes,I worked in a marketing firm,where I was asked to speak to as much as 300 clients daily in the field and I am expected to get just 30 yes,in the process I have to overturn 270 no’s.
My job is to look for thirty persons that will buy my product,but I must overturn two hundred and seventy persons who will say no to me.Your success lies in your ability to overturn the No’s in your favor.
That’s life,we have loads of no’s to overturn for our success,focus on the yes and not the no’s.Everyone will not accept your vision but know that certainly everyone will not refuse it also.
You must be ready to take some risks to fulfill your God given potential,you must be determined.Having a dream is one thing but I always ask the question,how badly do you want to achieve that dream?
Joseph in scriptures had a dream, he was rejected by his brothers,but he stood his ground and was faithful till he got to where God wanted him to,but the route to that place was a tough one.
It is more risky not to attempt on your dreams,its better your tried and failed than not to try at all.

• The fear of failing

I am someone who never wants to fail at anything in life,though I am not afraid of it,I always give my best,but you might not be me.I think the greatest thing that prompts that thought of failing is what others will say,how will I be looked at by others when I fail? These are some questions that runs through your mind.
But failing at something doesn’t necessarily disqualify you from succeeding.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Those where the words of the man who discovered the light bulb,after trying so many times and failing but eventually got it,the man Thomas Edison.
You can not deal with your fear sitting down and doing nothing,take your chances and be like Esther in the bible who said,she would see the king against the law,”if I perish I perish”,until you get to that state of mind you are not ready.
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” Dale Carnegie.
If you fail,so what! failing at anything gives you the Asset of experience that others don’t have,experience is said to be the best teacher,there are people who shy away from trying anything because they are scared of failing.Sometimes you must move out of your comfort zone to bring out the best in you.
I have failed before,but I bet you I am smarter than most people.Gray hair without experience is not wisdom,no man is said to be wise without experience,you can only get Wisdom from experience.
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." Sir Winston Churchill.
Henry ford said failur is the only oportunity to begin again,but this time wisely” henry ford
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." Michael Jordan
Those are words of some great men,who had successes at their field,failure most times precedes success.Its inspiring to read that from Michael Jordan,be encouraged,you are not a failure until you give up.
The only way you can be remenbered for something is when you do something.Peter and his friends have tried but caught nothing,now Jesus the master came and said,lets go fishing again,but they refused saying “we have toiled all night and caught nothing” but thank God at the word of Jesus they tried again,don’t give up on your dreams because you tried before and failed,get up and keep trying till you win,”its not over till you win”
Don’t give up easily,those who give up will never be a success at anything.
Robert Schuller said failure doesn’t mean you are a failure,it means you have yet succeeded”
Keep at it and you will succeed.
Sometimes we spend time waiting for God to do a miracle,for us to succeed,stop waiting and start acting,you sometimes wonder why it looks as if God is not doing nothing about your situation,he is actually waiting for you to do something,the first move is yours to take,the ball is in your court.
Get up,walk,run and fly.
see you at the top.

YOUR LIFE A BESTSELLER IN THE MAKING

"What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened,it has all worked together to bring you to the very moment,and this is the moment you can choose to make everything new,Right now"

When I look back in retrospect at my life and the experiences that have molded the person I am today, I would say I am glad at the way things have turned out for me, I know I am not where I ought to be but I know I am not where I used to be.

Our life today is a series of different experiences that either makes us positively or negatively. The mindset that we have today, the attitude and habits that we have today are a result of our past experiences.

Experiences don't make us except we allow them to. We are a product of our decisions of yesterday. In my country we say “you make your bed the way you want to lie on it"

Mike Murdock says "Don't complain about what you permit"

We are actually the architect of the future we desire to have. No man can actually take responsibility for the future we eventually have but us. People come into your lives for a purpose and a time; nobody stays in your life forever. We have friends today, we even call them best friends but something happens and they are no more our friends.

Only the lazy and the irresponsible blame others for what they turn out to become.

Some of us have experiences we don't want to remember, in the past, things we rather forget and keep away from people, I do have some too. But I would like to say to you, “your life is a combination of your past experiences, you cannot have a today without a yesterday”.

Our past whether good or bad is important for what we eventually become.

 I always tell people the experience is not the problem but how you let it affect you, positively or negatively. Some people have killed themselves because of something that happened to them, some have lost it and gone crazy, some live in an asylum right now, because they couldn’t handle it, some don't talk to anyone secluded themselves from family and friends because they are hurt, some even hate everyone else in the world, some have turned to alcohol and are destroying their lives.

But if you must be a success in this life you must stand up and face your past, face your haters, those who treated you bad and stop running from them. I would like to let you know that you are no more living in yesterday but today,dont allow your past determine how you live today, instead use your past to make a better today, let the experiences of your past motivate you positively for a better life today.

Think of the kind of life you want to have and go for it. Don’t let the hurt and pain caused by others make you put your life on a hold. Don’t allow forgiveness make you not have a life, the only person that gets hurt when you keep a grudge is YOU. Let go and let God!

You have a good life and future awaiting you, don’t let you destroy yourself.

Yes she hurt you bad, yes he hurt you really bad, but when you keep a hurt you always stay back and you never excel 100% the way you ought to.

Your past is gone and you can’t do anything about it, but you got today and the future ahead of you, make your life count, make the best out of your today, spend your energy going for your dreams than to waste it hurting over someone going forward.

You are not what people say that you are, or what your past is saying, you are what God says you are and what you are making of yourself and your experiences. Maybe you made a mistake and so what! Move on, learn from the past mistake and have a life.

Paul shows us what to do, in Philippian’s 3:12-14:

12  Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own.13  I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,14  I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.15

Like Paul, you got to press on to the reason why Christ created you, you need to understand that he created you with a purpose and for a purpose, but you got to press toward it.There is a call higher than your past experiences and you need to understand that God allows you to go through some things, some of our experiences qualify us for the call, you are better at what you have experience at.

Press forward not backwards, people who think on their past never get hold of the future that they are meant to have.

The next thing Paul said is "forgetting those things that are behind".

Imagine a man running forward with his eyes closed; he is certainly heading for a fall, that’s exactly what you do when you focus on those things in your past you will not get the goal.

Forget those things that are behind, stop feeling guilty about something that happens ages ago, don’t restrict yourself because of something you did, you asked for forgiveness he forgave you move on, stop crying over spilled milk. It’s in the past.

Forget about the hurts, when I say forget I mean, don’t carry the hurt, of course sometimes you will remember but with a smile, that you have been delivered. Some of you are pressing on but still holding on to those things in the past, it’s a weight and in Hebrews 12:2;

 Says "drop every weight and every sin that besets you”, drop every weight, and run toward the goal with all you got.

You are a bestseller in the making, your story is a combination of the good and the bad and the ugly but you are still here because you did not allow your past to kill you. God has a beautiful plan for you and his intent is to give you a good life.

Robert Schuller says "tough times don’t last but tough people do”.

It’s your choice what you do and what you become, I am a bestseller in progress.