Wednesday, 27 December 2023

As You Transition to 2024


As we stride into the dawn of a new year, it's natural to pause, reflect, and set intentions for the journey ahead. While resolutions often center on personal growth, professional aspirations, or material achievements, it's equally crucial to consider the more profound aspects of our lives. Here, we delve into five essential areas where a watchful eye and deliberate action can foster spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being as we traverse the uncharted territory of the coming months.

Watch on Your Spiritual Life: Amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's easy to lose sight of our spiritual well-being. Whether you find solace in prayer, meditation, or introspection, dedicating time to nurture your spiritual self can provide grounding and perspective. Set aside moments each day for quiet reflection, connect with a supportive community of faith, or explore new avenues of spiritual growth. Cultivating a deeper understanding of your beliefs and values can guide you through life's challenges and imbue each day with purpose and meaning.

Watch on Your Health: Our bodies are temples deserving of care and respect. As we embark on a new year, prioritize your health by adopting habits that nourish your physical well-being. This might include embracing a balanced diet, engaging in regular exercise, getting ample rest, and attending to any medical concerns. Listen to your body's signals, and honor its need for rest, movement, and nourishment. By investing in your health today, you pave the way for vitality and vitality in the days to come.

Watch on Your Relationships: Human connection is the bedrock of our emotional landscape. Take stock of your relationships—both platonic and romantic—and consider how they contribute to your overall happiness and fulfillment. Nurture supportive connections, communicate openly and honestly, and seek resolution in conflicts or misunderstandings. Remember to forge new connections with kindness and empathy, embracing the diversity of experiences and perspectives that enrich our lives. As you enter the new year, invest in the relationships that bring you joy and considerate steps to mend or release those that no longer serve your growth.

Go for a Retreat (Look Back & Plan): In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Take time to retreat from the noise and distractions of daily life, allowing yourself space for reflection and rejuvenation. Look back on the past year with gratitude and introspection—celebrate your achievements, acknowledge your challenges, and glean lessons from both. Armed with this insight, set intentions and goals for the year ahead, crafting a roadmap that aligns with your values and aspirations. Whether it's a weekend getaway, a solitary retreat in nature, or a quiet evening at home, honor your need for solitude and reflection as you chart your course for the future.

Share the Love with Someone: Love is a currency that grows with every expenditure. As you step into the new year, make a conscious effort to spread love and kindness wherever you go. Whether it's a heartfelt conversation, a random act of kindness, or a simple gesture of appreciation, each interaction has the power to uplift and inspire. Extend compassion to those in need, lend a listening ear to a friend in distress, and celebrate the triumphs and joys of those around you. In a world that often feels fraught with division and discord, choose love as your guiding principle and watch as it ripples outward, touching hearts and transforming lives.

In the tapestry of life, each new year offers a fresh canvas upon which to paint our dreams, aspirations, and intentions. By watching over our spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being with vigilance and care, we can navigate the twists and turns of the journey ahead with grace, resilience, and an unwavering sense of purpose. As you embark on this new chapter, may you find strength in your convictions, solace in your connections, and boundless opportunities for growth and renewal.

Monday, 18 December 2023

Financial Liberation


Laws & Principles

Human Factors

Divine Intervention

The Help of God

Orientation
1. It is the will of God for you to prosper
2. Financial prosperity is the blessings that come with loving God. Job 36; If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
3. You can have abundant financial resources without knowing or loving God, but the peace and fulfillment that comes with it only comes from God.
The problems that most poor people have money can solve but the problems that rich people have only God can solve them.
4. Wealth as a function of laws & principles, human factors, divine intervention, help of God.
5. God does not decide who becomes wealthy or who remains poor. Duet 30:16.
5. Kingdom wealth is not about being millionaires and billionaires. It's about having supplies that meet your needs. But to support the purposes of God. Within the boundaries of modesty life, you do not need alot.

How money works
1. Spiritual. Starts in the unknown in God's economy
2. Giving. If you are not a giver you will be poor.
3. The law of value. Offering solutions that are needed and can give value....whether you sell the value or not, you will receive it in one way or another. Write a list of the things that people are willing to pay for.
4. Productivity; package your value. Many can sing but not everybody is willing to listen to it.
5. Excellence;.....if you are not in a position to deliver quality, preserve the name and let someone else do it.
6. Relationships.... don't abuse them. With all due respect, you cannot treat people the same way if they are in different levels.
7. The only way money grows and multiplies, is through investment. 
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

Five types of investment
1. Spiritual_Relationship with christ
2. Mental_
3, Health & wellnes"
4. Strategic relationships



Principles of living from an overcomer

 


Lessons;
1. Ignorance is a not demon.
It is solved by knowledge.

2. Expectations are defined.
These are the areas that expectations need definition. They are also the measure of success; Spiritual Growth, Mental Transformation, Purpose & Ambitions, Health and wellness, Financial well-being, Relationships, Fulfillment and meaning.
Joseph had prepared and he remained steadfast till his Kairos moment.

3. People are not really affected by what happens to them, they are affected by the meaning they attach to those happenings.
What do the different life events mean to you? what meaning do you attach to them?

4. You need encouragement/motivation to start anything but it takes discipline and consistency is discipline and endurance.
Staying power even alone and the ability to say no to many good things.
There time you need the staying power. Sometimes you just need to close the pot and wait for the food to cook.

5. Do not be hasty with words or with commitments.
Think, pray & seek counsel.
Patience is a virtual that forces deception to reveal itself.
PAUSE, don't be hasty!

6. Critics and naysayers are a system
Confirmation that you are making notable progress.
They can also be used by God from decline and destruction
The presentation of what they are saying maybe wrong but the content is worth listening to.

7. There are three groups of people.
Wicked people;proverbs 6
Selfish people
Ignorant/Naive people
But there are still sincere people and they are gifts.

8. Define the most important things in your life. Not everything is worth dying for.
Everything in life does not hold equal value. Anything that you cannot die for is not that important.
Three most important things in your life; Relationship with Christ. Family (spiritual & biological), Assignment
Not worth dying for; fame, money, titles....competitive things.

9. Learn from the scars of others.
Respect even the children. They have the advantage of time. Saul has a chance of becoming Paul which the elderly don't have. At the end of your life, you will only be remembered for the problems you solved or the problems you created.


Choose Life


Consequences are connected by default to decisions.
At times, some deaths are as a result of some decisions.

To choose means;

1.  That you are aware of other options.
The path you saw may be one of many paths available.
The options;
_Grace and Honour, Dignity & Glory
_Mediocrity
_Life of total confusion
_Life of total defeat.

2,. Conclude on a path to follow after carefully examining the various outcomes they produce.

Choices and decisions are pathways, they always lead somewhere.
Prolonged indecision is giving circumstances permission to choose for you.
It takes making decisions to rise in life and making decisions to fall as well.

The real value of wisdom is in its ability to make superior destiny-advancing decisions.

Excuses and offenses are Satan's weapons of mass destruction.

You can pray and still make bad choices. Your choices will influence you more than your prayers.

7 destiny-defining decisions
1. Decision to know the Lord and serve Him all the days of your life.
2. Decision to contend for a superior belief system. As He thinketh
3. Decision to live a life purpose and meaning. It is purpose that gives value to
4. Decision to contend for health and longevity..Live strong & long.
5. Financially empowered (Lack and want does not glorify God)
6. Decision to build destiny relationships
7. Decision to be a blessing


Tuesday, 5 December 2023

What you need to know about dreams.



In the Bible, dreams are often categorized based on their nature, purpose, and the messages they convey. Here are some categories/types of dreams according to the Bible:

Prophetic Dreams:
Definition: Dreams that reveal future events or outcomes.
Biblical Example: Joseph's dreams in Genesis 37, predicting his rise to power and the sheaves of grain bowing down to him, symbolizing his family.

Directional Dreams:
Definition: Dreams that provide guidance or instructions.
Biblical Example: Joseph receiving dreams guiding him to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt to escape King Herod's massacre. (Matthew 2:13)

Warning Dreams:
Definition: Dreams that serve as alerts or cautions.
Biblical Example: Pilate's wife dreaming of Jesus' innocence and warning Pilate not to harm him. (Matthew 27:19)

Symbolic Dreams:
Definition: Dreams where symbols convey deeper meanings.
Biblical Example: Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a large statue with different materials representing kingdoms. (Daniel 2)

Intercessory Dreams:
Definition: Dreams prompting prayer on behalf of others.
Biblical Example: Daniel's dream of future conflicts led him to pray for understanding and seek God's guidance. (Daniel 7)

Confirmation Dreams:
Definition: Dreams that confirm a decision or course of action.
Biblical Example: Gideon interpreting a dream as a confirmation of God's plan for victory. (Judges 7:13-15)

Healing Dreams:
Definition: Dreams associated with physical or spiritual healing.
Biblical Example: King Abimelech's dream and subsequent healing after taking Sarah, Abraham's wife. (Genesis 20)

Visions of the Night:
Definition: Nighttime visions that occur during sleep.
Biblical Example: Daniel receiving visions of the night, unveiling future events. (Daniel 7:1)

Revelatory Dreams:
Definition: Dreams that reveal hidden truths or mysteries.
Biblical Example: Peter's dream of a sheet with unclean animals, revealing God's acceptance of Gentiles. (Acts 10:9-16)

Understanding the diverse categories of dreams in the Bible provides insight into the multifaceted ways God communicates with individuals, offering guidance, warnings, and revelations.

What do you do when you dream; Write it down,Pay attention to symbols & colors, Pray about

What makes people/institution not to last

_Pride
Proverbs
The refusal to acknowledge God.
Your passion to last must be more than passion to be known.
Solution; in all your ways acknowledge HIM

_Arrival Mentality
1st Corinth 2;
Always learning.
The school of life is a place where you are only admitted but never graduate.
Nobody claps for you twice for the same results.
Today's excellence will be tomorrow's mediocrity

-Distractions and compromises
You must press! Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
First Area; Getting into areas beyond your scope. (Ephe 4:7)
You are only a king within your kingdom. You can veer off temporary 
The second area is not protecting our focus and pursuits

_Violating your winning strategy

_Unaddressed Weaknesses & Vulnerabilities
Any weakness unaddressed will destroy you

To last you will need;
_Prophetic intercession
_System of accountability
_Godly Friends


How to Plan for Your Life

Foundation
_God has a plan for me.
_God has designed me for that plan. Abilities, Talents, 
_Uses my experiences to equip me for God's plan. He makes all things work for good for those who...
_God's plans will touch other people's lives. Thus you must learn how to deal with people(people's skills)
_Time-bound. Everything in life is time-bound. What must be done now, must be done now. Time Mgt.
_Fulfilling God's plan will give me fulfillment in life.

Should we plan?
James 4:16; arrogance...don't plan without God in the picture
Matthew 6:31-34, For tomorrow will take care,....don't live in anxiety
Luke 14:28; count the cost...plan adequately for the things you want to do.
Genesis 13;14-15, For all the land you see belongs to you... A human can see 15km are thereabout, thus Abraham was not only supposed to see with human eyes but also with imagination
Habakkuk; document the vision

Quests
_What person do I want to be in 20 years? What kind of character do you want to have?
_What do you want to have accomplished 20 years from now
_What do I want to be doing 20 years from now?
_What should I own? 

 Jesus should be the center of it all

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