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Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 21: Wrapping Up.

I'm wrapping up this series today with my heart content that I started and finished despite all the drag on myself. It took discipline to finish what one start.

So let's draw the conclusion by revising some important points I have written thus far:

1. One of the prerequisite of living an excelling and fulfilling life is being purpose driven.

2. Purpose precedes production. Without purpose, there will be no creation.

3. God didn't create anything for the sake of creating. Before creating, He has a purpose in mind for that thing. God does nothing for the sake of doing. He always have a bigger picture in mind.

4. Creation was an intentional, thoroughly thoughtful venture carried out by God.

5. If little things could be created intentionally, you were too.

6. There's a WHY to WHY you were born, and WHY you still are living. The God of purpose created you for a purpose with a purpose.

7. Intentionality is one core value of God in His creation and with His creatures.

8. Work was given to man before the fall and not because of the fall.

9. You don't know what it means to be a man until you have met with Jesus...

10. Man was designed, to dominate not to be dominated.

11. Domination of women is distorted view of domination created by cultures and traditions that does not hold its bearing from the scripture.

12. God's assignment for our lives, if we will truly throw ourselves to it....has the capacity to do more than just giving us food... But blessing all around...Assignment before food... Not the other way ROUND....

13. Discovering your assignment early, will remove you from the slavery of doing things because you need to survive.

14. If you push for God's kingdom, His resources will be at your disposal.

You can do a reread on the 21 days series....

Thank you for reading....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 20: Early Discovery of Purpose.

The thing with life is that we realize a bit later what we should have known from the beginning...

Everyone of us have our unique purpose in bringing about Kingdom come(overall purpose of man). But not everyone discovers it. And one of the reason is that before we started thinking DESTINY, we were already hooked and chained by the things we were supposed to dominate.

This is an unfortunate reality but not an hopeless one because when you meet God, He breaks the chain and heals you as you stay with Him.

Someone said "the best of us will still have regrets and failures" but you can minimize your regrets by rising early.

One thing I have discovered is that most of the people who shook their generations started early. To maximize the fullness of your potentials, you have to start on time.

Look at some examples :

1. Jeremiah.... I am but a child(because that was who he really was then at least in his eyes not God) . Jeremiah 1:4-7

2. David.... Took Goliath head at age 17.

3. Jesus... Am I not supposed to be about my father's business (at age 12).

The reasons I am talking about early discovery of your unique purpose today is relate the following points to you...

1. Discovery gives you focus.

2. Discovery helps understanding your disciplines.

3. Discovery helps know your mentors.

4. Discovery helps understanding and appreciate strategic relationships in your life.

5. Discovery delivers you from shadow boxing about life.

6. Discovery reveals your enemies.

7. Discovery determines your appetite.

TO DISCOVER PURPOSE...

1. You must know your source.

2. You must be desirous of the knowledge of your purpose. (Matt 7:7-8)

3. You need to observe your natural gifts.

4. You need to observe what you are passionate about (passion can be what you hate so much you want to change or something you love so much you want to introduce to anyone around you).

5. Pay attention to certain reoccurrences that puts you in a winning position.

6. Pay attention to opportunities that keeps coming your way. Nothing is a coincidence for a child of God.

I will stop you tonight...

We continue tomorrow....

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As I graduately come to the end of the 21days writing, I began to realize somethings....

1. You never how much you can without taking a first step.
Taking the initiative puts you on the side of the angels. Things begins to piece themselves together to make things work for the one that takes a bold, resilient step towards their desire.

2. Creativity is a product of request. You can never know much creative you can be until certain demands are made on it.

3. Consistency is first about SHOWING UP. If you noticed, there were times I wrote in the night after a long day. I just show up to start everything.

4. Consistency is HARD... As humans showing up at a function can be daily can be hard sometimes because you might not be in the emotionally high state. Simply put, you might not feel like doing it. Boredom, fatigue craws in and the tendency to skip the activity comes in. The easiest thing to do at that time is to give up on the goal and give in to tendencies.

5. You are a product of what you eat. Nobody is sadder than a man who wants good but keeps feeding on bad things. Your life will not be consistent with your desires. And living against your values, dampens your self-worth and when your self worth is affected, almost everything that has to do with the realization of worth life goals is tempered. I have difficult materials in different life-applicational discussion, hence it became easy to bring out something.

6. Only a reader can write... If you don't read, you will be stranded when it comes to the matter of dispensing knowledge. Studying makes creative in applying life-altering principles.

7. A good mentor is a pure blessing from God. I didn't tell my mentor I was going to write, I only wanted to challenge myself. But I watched his consistency and started imitation... A mentor directly or indirectly brings out the best in you by themselves becoming better so you too can learn. A mentor is not someone that teaches only, a mentor is one who keep raising the bar of excellence for himself. Doing so, imputes hunger for a greater sense of purpose. Choose your mentors wisely.

8. There is only one way pay an inconsistent man: Ignoring him.

Some way, somehow I have been able to recognize some people checking my bio, liking my posts, commenting etc. This is beautiful, but peradventure I wasn't posting as I said, nobody will care. They won't be angry, but they will just ignore because it will be a waste of time looking at someone doing nothing.

9. Until you create, push a concept, people don't receive of your beautiful giftings... Just do something about your gift.

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 19: A question for you...

Every great success story is a product of many contributions to make it work but there is one major factor that determines everything.... THE PERSON.

If the person wasn't committed to succeeding, there's going to be no way they will emerge successful in what they are called for.

I want to help you see something about your purpose, read the following very well.

1. Fore knowledge: God knew you before conception(Jer 1:5, Romans 8:29.)

2. Predestination: God who already knows your potentials and capacities, prepared an expected end for you.

Pre—beforehand
Destination—end

God gave you a destination before bringing you forth. (Romans 8:29, Jer 29:11)

3. Call: Your unique assignment given. This was before you were born. God gave you an assignment. (Romans 8:30, Jer 1:5)

4. Justification: He gave you the necessary sanctification, or purification for the job for you. Removed the corruptions that could have stopped you from succeeding in your call. (Roman 8:30, Jer 1:5).

5. Glorification: The gallant endorsement of heaven's full backing with divine empowerment to fulfill your mandate.(Roman 8:30, Jer 1:5). You need power to fulfill your purpose...

NOW....... all above mentioned had nothing to do with your contributions. It was all God's commitment to your fulfilment of DESTINY.

If you have ever asked, is God interested in my case... Don't forget tonight...

God isn't just INTERESTED , but COMMITTED to your purpose.

ARE YOU COMMITTED TO YOUR DESTINY?

We continue tomorrow....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 18: Creation Awaits(Rom 8:19)

From the beginning of my write up, I have been trying to point out that nothing is bad in itself... After each day or activities of creation, God beheld them and said it was good.

But corruption put things in the wrong shape, messed up creation, changed the manual of operation of every creature... The way it messes up relationships, sanity, purity and purposefulness.

You can't believe that God created mosquitoes to disturb your sleep and give malaria while sucking our blood.

But an aberration happened at the fall that affected creation in such a way only God can tell how bad it was affected... No matter how good any of God's creation is doing at any time, it is most likely not functioning at its optimal capacity.

Why am I saying this?

Well, I think I want you to know the following...

1. All of the creation were created before man came to the picture.

2. Man was created to have dominance over earth because there was already a contention over it.

3. Satan have always wanted to rule the earth and be like God.

4. God also wanted to extend His kingdom to earth.

5. Man was God's administrator, representing Kingdom's interest on earth.

6. As far as man remained in alignment with the direction and leading of God, earth remains his domain, at the same time, God's kingdom can still be thoroughly represented.

7. The fall of man puts Satan in charge of the Earth.

8. Every evil thing followed to hurt the man God Who is love created and ensure God never extend His kingdom here.

9. Man lost purpose and began to seek things lesser than their purpose.

10. Adam was the only son of God and was given the responsibility to ensure Kingdom to earth.

11. Only sons could fulfill the mandate of God, the Father.

10. Jesus Christ came to redeem the original intention of God to him and make you a son.

11. Jesus mirrored how a man should truly leave I.e enforce the kingdom.

12. Lastly, creation is waiting for you....

We continue tomorrow....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 17: Slave-master 3: Emotions part 1

As I write this part, I wish to say this: Humans possess emotion but not supposed to be emotional or possessed by emotions.

Emotional slavery have the reason for many unreasonably damage in wonderful relationships. Emotional mastery will therefore build, strengthen and sustain powerful relationships.

Before we proceed, let's define EMOTION.

Emotion is strong feeling deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.

Emotions are built into us to enjoy life with people and also enjoy the presence of God.

Imagine a world without emotions, tasteless and empty. God put emotion into man so he can enjoy creation too.

But at the fall, what was given to be dominated and controlled became the dominator.

Most of the world's greatest problems are caused by people who had little or no control over their emotions.

Lack of control of emotions has lead to the following:
1. Failure due to emotional procrastination.
2. Unplanned pregnancy due to emotional abuse of sexual relationships.
3. Broken homes
4. Leaving in sin continously.
5. Spiritual weakness, laziness.
6. Gluttony due to emotional eating.
7. Sickness due to emotional unrest.
8. Mental illness.
9. Addictions
Etc.....

You can even add to the list and you can see how this emotions has done many things to humanity to promote the works of darkness because until one can control our EMOTIONS... We can't walk in all the fullness of God's giftings for us.

We continue tomorrow....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 16: Dominated-Dominator 5(Substance slavery)
Man have become a slave to a SUBSTANCE that was created to aid him enjoy the fulfilment of his purpose on earth.

Young are under this wickedness...
The old are exempted....
The rich as well as the poor are under the grip of this evil.

It promises fantasy but only ties those who oblige to its appeals to a chain of endless pain and repeated regrets....

People called it.... Substance Abuse.... But in real sense... It is Substance Slavery!!!

Wine is a mocker.......
Solomon David

Supposed responsible men have ended up in the gutter with no idea how they got there..

Some young people are no longer thinking straight because a substance is making a slave out of them.

Several have gone too early to the grave because of the effects of these substances on them.

If you are already under the influence of any substance like hard drugs and other substances... Seek help!!!

First of all, you need to give your life to Christ... Then seek a professional help..

We continue tomorrow....

Series:Purpose Driven Life
Day 15: Dominated-Dominator 4 (Revelation)

There’s a story about a farm boy from Colorado who loved to hike and rock climb. One day while climbing in the mountains, he found an eagle’s nest with an egg in it. He took the egg from the nest, and when he got home, he put it under a hen along with her other eggs.

Since the eagle hatched among chicks, he thought he was a chicken. He learned chicken behavior from his “mother” and scratched in the chicken yard along with his “siblings.” He didn’t know any better.

And when he sometimes felt strange stirrings within him, he didn’t know what to do with them, so he ignored them or suppressed them. After all, if he was a chicken, he should behave like a chicken.

Then one day an eagle flew over the farm, and the chicken-yard eagle looked up and saw him. In that moment he realized he wanted to be like that eagle.

He wanted to fly high. He wanted to go to the mountain peaks he saw in the distance. He spread his wings, which were much larger and stronger than those of his siblings. Suddenly he understood that he was like that eagle.

Though he had never flown before, he possessed the instinct and the capabilities. He spread his wings once more, and he flew, unsteadily at first, but then with greater power and control.

As he soared and climbed, he knew he had finally discovered his true self. Substance slavery is one the greatest pain to society and to the heart of God...

From the book: Success is a CHOICE.

From the story, the eagle is supposed to be the one dominating its space(air) but was subject to leaving on land because it never saw itself in the light of its potential or calling.

From tomorrow, we trust to explore some other of the things that now dominate man.... We trust that peradventure if we already held by any, God will supply HELP in Jesus name, Amen.

We continue tomorrow....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 14: A brief detour

Purpose precedes production. without purpose life will be tasteless, boring, meaningless and chaotic.

Life will be a circle of consistent frustration because of the void of unfulfillment and adventure.

A cycle of confusion as meaning is not derived from existence and activities. Everything have a specific reason why they were, are and will continue to be.

When the purpose of a thing is accomplished it's existence become irrelevant and continuity makes it a nuisance and chaotic.

God who is the master producer. Everything was made by him(John 1:3, Genesis 1-2, Hebrews 11:3).

We must understand that God didn't create anything for the sake of creating but had an ideal purpose in view. From scriptures, we deduce that God's overall purpose for creation was receiving pleasure from creation(Rev 4:11).

Understanding this helps you see things from an entirely different perspective:

1. God is a God of purpose.
2. God determines the purpose before creation process.
3. We still are limited in the understanding of the purpose of certain things.
4. Only God knows the purpose of a thing.
5. You're created for a purpose with a purpose.
6. When the purpose of a thing is unknown, Abuse is inevitable.

We continue tomorrow....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 13: Dominated-Dominator (Substance)

Man was created to dominate all the things God created himself. Before the fall, he exercised a bit of that mandate by naming the animal...

But something happened at Eden, man fell by disobeying God ending the Dominated Dominator.

Man became dominated by:

📌 Food. I have talked a lot about this.
Let's move to something I think this world needs we pay very keen attention to:

📌 Substance
This one is more painful because most of the substances that have kept men in bo***ge are inanimate from plants to already finished products...

Usually, people want to call it "Substance Abuse" but I call it "Substance Slavery". This series is getting interesting and I hope I will be able to bring a message that can deliver a generation...

We continue tomorrow....

Series: Purpose Driven Life
Day 12: Dominated-Dominator 3(Sin's lie exposed)

Under this part of the series, Dominated-Dominator... I mentioned that the reason things began to dominate man is because sin has a craving that seeks to enslave anyone that engages in it.

He does this by:

1. Seduction: Making the acts of sin appealing and irresistibly promising to give lifelong pleasure.

2. Deception: Following seduction is a set of lies about God, yourself and your destiny. If it can paint God as the bad guy for withholding from consuming what will kill you.

3. Intimidation: Make God look so angry and incapable of forgiving you and helping you. And also making to look so bad and unfit for help... Miserable sinner..Unworthy of God's love.. You are naked!!! . Deserving of every devilish projections...

Then it makes you its slave by repeating the cycle, but I have come to expose to you the lie.
.... No sin intention is a one-off.... There is always a bitter stink at the end of that pleasurable experience it promises..... God wants to stop sin from dominating you. .... Sin affects you negatively and as a loving Father, He can watch you swallow what will kill you. So He says DON'T. .... God can forgive even the worse of sinners if you can come to Him today..... Even if you are naked, God can still cloth you with His glory. He provided it through Jesus Christ..... You are worthy of love..... God can help break off that addiction..... Surrendering to God isn't hopeless because it is the only way.

If this relates to you in any way, just know this.... That God gave His only Begotten Son for you... How much more will He not give you the power to be free from the bo***ge of sin.

Will you call God and say this simple prayer:

HELP ME, LORD.

We continue tomorrow....