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I WAS WRONG!
The family is on my mind again. Since I read Jim Bakker’s book by the title above several years back, my priorities took shape. I don’t know about you but I do not want to do ministry at the expense of my family. My goal is still to be the best husband my wife could have ever had and to be the world’s best dad to my kids. I want to represent God well to my children. I don’t want them turning their backs on God and ministry because their dad committed adultery – loving God’s wife (the church) at the expense of loving his own wife and family!
Let’s prioritize family. Do not neglect your relationship with God and with your family. Love your spouse and children if you have them. Spend quality time with them. It pays you both in the short and long run.
Read here the submission of Jim Bakker. It’s been said that to know the road, you should ask someone coming back. Selah!
“In the midst of the swirl of activity, I lost touch with my family, and especially with Jamie. I was not there when he needed me. I confused the work of God for God Himself.
I was wrong.
I am now convinced that God must come first in our lives, then our family, and then the work that we are doing for God. If our family crumbles while we are trying to serve God, we have missed our primary ministry.” (Jim Bakker, I Was Wrong)
Think about this and make amends where you need to. I pray you will not make the same mistake. YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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When Books Commit Suicide!
I had always believed that we should raise our kids on books and not on the TV. And here I found supportive evidence.
But by the way, how will you raise your kids on books when you yourself, don’t read. I am an avid reader. I love books. And I read like there is no other thing else to do. And my wife and I are raising our two kids to do the same too. We try as much as possible to reduce TV time and substitute it with reading. Think about it. If you watch too much TV, we might never see you on TV. (I mean, you just might not make that much impact in life to ever warrant an appearance on TV). Today a reader, tomorrow a leader!
Let me conclude with this quote: “I strongly believe that we should turn the TV way down in our lives and get back to reading – reading broadly, deeply, outside our comfort zones and outside our professional fields.” (Stephen R. Covey, The 8th Habit) You will succeed!
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HAPPY EASTER!
TO YOU ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS OUT THERE; THIS IS WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY EASTER. REMEMBER THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE STILL HERE. HE’S ALIVE! MAY THE GLORY OF THE RESURRECTED CHRIST BE SEEN IN YOUR LIVES, HOMES AND CAREERS. I LOVE YOU!
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HOW DO YOU DEFINE A FRIEND? (2)
Okay, in the first post in this series (read here), I established that friendship should not be by force, since a true friend is only one who adds value to you. Let’s continue from there.
The second thing I will like to say about true friends here is that AN UNBELIEVER CANNOT (and Should Never) BE A FRIEND/CONFIDANT/ADVISER OF A TRUE CHILD OF GOD. I predicate this on the truth of 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.
“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty.”
Can you stand to be blessed? “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful;” If you mean to fulfill your destiny, you will not allow an infidel to be your friend. YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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20 DEFINITIONS YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT (part 3)
Oh! Oh! Oh! Are you feeling this? Words are powerful and the meaning you attach to them defines you. I mean, you define words and in turn, they come to define you! Let these definitions help you, motivate you, encourage you or anger you, if need be. But please do not be indifferent.
Just check out these last set of definitions: having an education is not about going to school; worldliness is not rocket science, John Wesley cuts it to the bare bones for us. Enjoy and be blessed by these. You will succeed!
14. EDUCATION is that which we remember when we have forgotten all we learnt! – Unknown
15. COOPERATION is spelled with two letters: WE. – G. M. Verity
16. WORLDLINESS is that which cools my affection towards God. – John Wesley
17. COURAGE is fear that has said its prayers! – Karle Wilson Baker
18. THE WILL OF GOD is saying and doing the right thing in the right place with the right people at the right time and in the right sequence under the right leadership using the right method with the right attitude of heart. – Loren Cunningham
19. A GOOD MARRIAGE is a union of two forgivers. – Ruth Bell Graham
20. Okay now, add yours. I’m waiting.
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LET’S DEFINE MEDIOCRITY
What is mediocrity? Have you bothered to ask yourself before? These are my thoughts:
1. Mediocrity is having wishes but no concrete plans.
2. Mediocrity is having plans but no priorities.
3. Mediocrity is being past-possessed and not forward-focused.
4. Mediocrity is reckoning to the past when you should be reaching to your potential.
5. Mediocrity is seeing the opportunity as an obstacle rather than seeing the opportunity in the obstacle.
6. Mediocrity is having acquaintances but no friends.
7. Mediocrity is giving condemnation where you should be giving commendations.
8. Mediocrity is when you emphasize your title against your responsibility.
9. Mediocrity is looking so much like someone else that nobody looks like you!
10. Mediocrity is thinking of nothing to give yet you’re thinking of something to get!
11. Mediocrity is giving excuses when you should be making advances.
12. Mediocrity is planning so much for the wedding day that you overlook planning for the marriage!
13. A mediocre philosophy is “A verse of the Bible a day keeps the devil away!”
14. Mediocrity is seeing the devil at work so much that you’re oblivious of the angels on guard waiting to be deployed.
15. Mediocrity is working when you should be praying and praying when you should be working.
16. Mediocrity is playing when you should pray and praying when you should be playing.
17. A mediocre will look back in regret where he should have looked forward and prepared.
You have more? Let me hear it. Mediocrity, no more, not me! YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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12 DAILY REMINDERS FOR 2012
Today, and every day, please be reminded of:
1. The Value of TIME
2. The Success of PERSEVERANCE
3. The Pleasure of WORKING
4. The Dignity of SIMPLICITY
5. The Worth of CHARACTER
6. The Power of KINDNESS
7. The Influence of EXAMPLE
8. The Obligation of DUTY
9. The Wisdom of ECONOMY
10. The Virtue of PATIENCE
11. The Improvement of TALENT
12. The Joy of ORIGINATING
YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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SUCCESS OR SIGNIFICANCE – WHAT WILL IT BE FOR YOU?
This came out of my devotional time several years ago. I thought to share this with you today. Be blessed!
Success is a function of having goals. Significance is a function of having a life purpose; a purpose that underlies, overarches, overrules and govern everything you do.
Men of success achieve their goals while men of significance change their world!
Ministry is not just about success, ministry is about significance – touching and changing men’s lives for God and for good.
We are not called to be successful alone; we are called to significance – changing our world for God (see Genesis 12:2). We are blessed, not just to be blessed, but to be a blessing!
Life is not about having goals and meeting them. Life is about living to give – changing lives, effecting eternal purposes in the hearts of men. The price of living and the joy thereof is – giving! We live to give. Period!
You are not called just to succeed by yourself. Your success is to make others succeed! You are blessed (not to accumulate things) but to bless others. And watch it, what you make happen for others, God will make happen for you. That is the secret of significance!
Move your world! Change your world! What you do for yourself dies with you. What you do for others live on till eternity.
I do not want to die when I’m dead. I want to live on because I hope to have bequeathed a legacy to posterity. See, a conquest that leaves no bequest has no significance!
The essence of our Christian calling is not success but significance. It’s time you shift your paradigm for living from success to significance!
May you be significant! And YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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15 THINGS TO REMEMBER….EVERYDAY
As we go about our daily businesses we have a tendency to gloss over many things. Today and always, please be reminded of these.
1. If you want your dreams to come true, don’t oversleep. (Proverbs 6: 9-11; 24:30-34)
2. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
3. Of all the things you wear, your expression is most important.
4. The best vitamin for making friends is …B1! (Get that? To make friends, be one!) (Proverbs 18:24a)
5. The 10 commandments are not multiple choice.
6. Minds are like parachutes…they function best only when open.
7. Ideas won’t work unless YOU do.
8. One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.
9. The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.
10. Don’t learn safety rules by accident.
11. We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves. (If you persist, the day will come that you won’t believe yourself anymore!)
12. Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
13. The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime.
14. One thing you give and still keep…is your word.
15. God is always there: loving you and looking out for you!
YOU WILL SUCCEED!
