If you are in the city of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, join me and a few other friends as we share the heart of God on what it will take to fulfill the dream God has put in your heart. I, for one, will be sharing on a very crucial angle to achieving your dreams: MENTORING-YOUR GATE TO GREATNESS. The date is SATURDAY, April 7, 2012. Time is 10.00am @ RCCG, Place of Grace, 113 Akowonjo Road, Egbeda, Lagos. See the attached link for a copy of the advert. YOU WILL SUCCEED!
Category Archives: Workplace Issues
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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If you’re in or around Abuja on Sunday, April 1, 2012, I invite you to join me at this meeting. It promises to be life-changing.
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LET’S TALK ABOUT MEEKNESS-pt 1
“The meek will he guide in justice: and the meek will he teach his way.” (Psalm 25:9 KJV)
The greatest teachers are the greatest learners. An uneducated man with a teachable spirit is worth a roomful of professors who think they know everything. Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matt 5:5) The meek will always have the world at their feet.
Meekness as I see it, simply is teachability – having a teachable heart. An old Arab proverb divides the world into four categories of people: the Simple, the Sleeping, the Foolish and the Wise.
“He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him. (I submit to you that the simple credential required to be fully matriculated in the college of fools is to be ignorant of your ignorance!)
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is simple. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him up.
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise. Follow him.”
Job was a meek man, and a wise man. He prayed, “That which I see not teach thou me…” (Job 34:32)
Solomon was the wisest man before Christ. But he was meek. He said, “And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven;” (Ecclesiastes 1:13) That’s meekness – a teachable spirit “which is in the sight of God of great price.” (1 Peter 3:4)
A Chinese sage, widely famed for his wisdom was asked by some young men how he came to be so wise. “I’m not as wise as you think,” the old sage replied. “I only take of men more knowledgeable than myself and add their knowledge to mine! I learn from everybody. From some I learn what to do, from others what not to do.” YOU WILL SUCCEED! (To Be Continued)
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Rev. Yomi Olufiade is a life & leadership coach, inspirational/motivational speaker, pastor, Bible teacher, and author with more than 15 years of ministry experience. He hosts the Purpose ‘n’ Life Seminars across cities and churches. He has preached the gospel and travels sharing the wisdom of God in churches, campuses, and cities in conventions and conferences. He is the lead pastor of LightHouse International Assembly, Abuja and CEO of Purpose ‘n’ Life, Inc. Rev. Olufiade is available for consulting on personal and leadership development in corporate organizations too.
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THE BATTLE OF POSTERITY
The pursuit of destiny is real warfare. And a council of hell is sitting right now to make sure you lose the battle. But you will win!
Don’t trade away your birthright. Don’t cheapen your destiny. “Sell me this day your birthright” (Genesis 25:31) is the demand of the battle of posterity. It is a conflict of choices. A test of the strength of your will:
Today versus Tomorrow
Now versus Later
The Present versus the Future
The Urgent versus the Important
The Immediate versus the Ultimate
The Temporal versus the Lasting.
“Sell me this day your birthright!”
Your destiny might not have matured but I challenge you, don’t sell it! Do not trade away your future on the altar of present enjoyment.
Esau had to choose between his hunger and his heritage.
Samson – between Delilah and delivering the Hebrews.
Moses – between Egypt’s treasures and Christ’s reproach.
Joseph – between Potiphar’s wife and a prominent place in Egypt.
Their eventual decisions tilted the battle in their favor or disfavor.
The battle of posterity is a war between TODAY and TOMORROW; between the PRESENT and the FUTURE. When losers fight it, they sacrifice the NOW on the altar of the LATER. They choose the TEMPORAL instead of the LASTING. They respond to the URGENT in the face of the IMPORTANT. They mistake enjoying the IMMEDIATE for the apprehension of the ULTIMATE.
Esau abandoned his birthright for a mess of pottage. Samson wasted his destiny on the laps of harlotry! You will not lose out!
The battle is in your choices. Anything that sacrifices your future on the platform of the now is against your ultimate good. Fight it!
Today is the most important day of your life. Your choice today decides your destiny tomorrow. Today is the cash deposit which you withdraw in tomorrow’s bank account.
There is a future for you. Don’t use today to deny yourself of tomorrow. Esau lost out in the battle of posterity. Will you too?
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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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YOU WILL GET THERE (Part 4)
Now I continue this series of posts: YOU WILL GET THERE!
Divide and Conquer
What really is your situation? Are you in a quandary? Or you are in a valley full of dry bones? Ezekiel was. And these very dry bones were to become an exceeding great army. How possible? How will it happen?
“No problem is ever a problem,’ Dr. Robert Schuller noted. “It’s a collection of few or many problems. Separate ‘the problem’ into smaller problems. As you divide, you will conquer. That is the classic strategy of winning any battle.” A great problem is a composite of smaller ones. You will need to take them apart and solve them one by one.
Ezekiel had to first call the tendons to join bone to bone; then flesh (tissues) to cover up the bones; followed by skin to cover the muscles. And then breath entered them and the army stood on its feet.
Nobody really has a money problem or marital problem or career problem; it’s always a wisdom problem. And when wisdom will be delivered to you by God, it will be communicated via an idea. And how do you generate an idea:
One, you can pray in ideas. “Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened… How much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” (Matthew 7:7-8,11b KJ2000)
James 1:5-6 goes further to say, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.”
Take delivery of ideas in the place of prayer. Pray in wisdom. And if you ask me how to pray that kind of prayer, I’ll tell you: Hold the picture in your mind and pray in the spirit. Whatever ideas come into your mind after you’ve sincerely prayed is God’s solution to your predicament, follow it.
Two, you can sit for ideas. Call it brainstorming. Thomas Edison advised setting apart a time daily to think. Sit down and think through. Meditate the Word – turn it over in your mind. As you do, inspiration comes showing you the way out of your impasse.
“But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying…” (Matthew 1:20)
Stop worrying. Start thinking the Word and the solution will come. David said, “My heart was hot within me, while I was meditating the fire burned (the inspiration came; an idea was delivered): then spoke I with my tongue.” [Psalm 39:3, parentheses mine]
Three, cultivate quietness and serenity. Thomas Carlyle said, “Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.” You may not get the voice of God until you’re quiet in your soul. Remember Elijah. [1 Kings 19:11-12] Get that idea, it’s all you need. (To Be Continued)
Other posts in this series:
Part One; Part Two; Part Three.
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THOUGHTS TO CHEW ON
I went out to find a friend,
But could not find one there,
I went out to be a friend,
And friends were everywhere! – Goethe
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THOUGHTS TO CHEW ON
Every problem you have can always be traced to a relationship in your life. Every benefit you have too can also be traced to a particular relationship in your life! – Yomi Olufiade
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THOUGHTS TO CHEW ON
Just thinking: My purpose is not making money. I make money so I can keep fulfilling my purpose. Money is a means to the greater end of serving humanity by the will of God. Don’t get it twisted; you were created for a higher purpose. Focusing alone on the money-making aspect of your purpose/assignment is losing touch with your destiny! – Yomi Olufiade
