THE GOAL CHASERS
It's a great day! It's another wonderful Monday as we move to the end of the month of December. My write up today, is a challenge to chase your goals.
If you try once and don't succeed, try, try and ty again. Good things some people say come to those who wait; Great things, I believe come to those who dare to Go for it.
Someone opined that the reason the bull dog's nose is slanted backwards is so that it can keep on running without letting go or stopping to catch it's breath.
I attended a friend's event recently and I remember how persistent he was about hosting this event years away even when the conditions were not right and just days ago it happened for him. If you want it so much; don't stop ,go for it.
I can share a personal account for which I am still grateful. Three years ago, I had a strong desire to execute a project, I prepared, prayed and planned every year but It just didn't work out; I kept believing every year, worked and prayed more while changing my approach to its implementation and couple of days ago something positive happened as regards the project-it worked!.
You have never failed until you stop trying, because you are tired of failing. You need not only set big, bold and audacious goals but you also need to be courageous to go after them and make them happen.
Your creed will be, If I fall, I will rise again; I will keep at it until I succeed because SUCCESS is my reality.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God.... who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
– 2 Timothy 1:6-9
Are you doing what God called you to do?
If you haven't ever thought about it before, that may sound like an odd question to you. You may be tempted to shrug it off and say, "Oh, I'm not really called to do anything. I'm not a pastor or a teacher or a minister of any kind...I guess I'm just what you might call a little finger on the Body of Christ."
Let me tell you something: No matter who you are, God has put a holy calling in you. He's designed you and called you to meet a need in the Body of Christ that nobody else can meet quite like you can.
You may be called to be so successful in business you can finance the gospel worldwide. You may be called to a ministry of prayer and intercession. You may be called to a ministry of healing right there in your own neighborhood. But no matter what that calling is, it's important and you need to follow it!
If you're like many believers I know, you may have let your life become so overgrown with other things that you just don't have time to pursue your calling. You may be so overwhelmed with the cares of life that you can't imagine how you can fit in anything else.
Over the years, a pastor friend of mine got involved in so many different areas of ministry that he was about to fold up physically under the strain of it. The overload was actually about to kill him. Finally, the Lord spoke to him one night and said,John, it's not your calling that's nearly killed you. It's everything else you've added to it.
I've had to deal with that in my own life. I've had to quit doing things just because they need doing. I've had to discipline myself to sticking to what
It's a great day! Sure for me here in Lagos,Nigeria, as the years wind to an end and I continue to make progress on my first book publishing project- my debut. Since I am still blogging on the lessons series; I want to share an account from a personal occurrence in the course of the year 2014
*Lessons from my stolen tablet*
It was an evening, I had planned to attend a faith-based function slated later for the evening.
I was tired but determined to make it to the event, and I was glad I did. It was wonderful and spiritually uplifting though not so good as regards my tablet -it was the last time I saw or used it.
This was because while I prayed and shared shortly from the device at a given opportunity amongst the group of people, there was a scheme to dispossess me of the lovely device. The 'Holy thief' already knew what he was going to do.
I do not know the identity of the Holy thief because though I might know him but I possibly did not know him enough. And even at that, it could be an He or a She that was the thief.
All men slept and the deed was done. It was an all-night event and I had a great time and networked like I usually do. So I did rest my tired head for a couple of hours and alas it was gone.
There was an unbelievable feeling of surprise and voidness at missing my PDA. I was surprised but not disturbed; moved and not bothered.
I was comforted that I could still have all I wanted back; it was only going to take some time. Time is always a variable.
I thank God for the clouds. I was comforted in the power of information backed up on the cloud and was not moved by the one who has done the basest. Taking another man's possession by any means is not only the opposite of giving,which is living but it's also the basest form of existence-a sure path to extinction of values and otherwise promising potential. This is my first account about the holy thief.
This festive period, wherever you are, you can't be too careful with your gadgets, car or personal belongings.
Cheers!
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life coach, Engineer and Entrepreneur.
It's a great day and I am grateful to God, someone once shared an inspiring story with me in a chat and I will love to share the same here today. Please enjoy and your feedbacks are appreciated as well.
APPLES
A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago .. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly-missed boarding...
ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.
He was glad he did. The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her; no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?"She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride .... and he wondered. He gently went back and said, "No, I am nothing like Jesus - He is good, kind, caring, loving, and would never have bumped into yo"No, I am nothing like Jesus - He is good, kind, caring, loving, and would never have bumped into your display in the first place.
"The girl gently nodded: "I only asked because I prayed for Jesus to help me gather the apples. He sent you to help me, so you are like Him - only He knows who will do His will. Thank you for hearing His call, Mister."
Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"
Do people mistake you for Jesus?
That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
You are the apple of His eye even though you, too, have been bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked up you and me on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
Please share this, {if you feel led to do so}.
Sometimes we just take things for granted, when we really need to be sharing what we know....Thanks.
The nicest place to be is in someone's thoughts, the safest place to be is in someone's prayers, and the very best place to be is in the hands of God.
Cheers!
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur
(c)November 2014, Emmanuel Ayeni
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<blockquote> Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.</blockquote>
It's God's desire that we grow in Him. The only way this is going to happen is by abiding in Jesus' Christ through faith in Him, His principles and God's Incorruptible word.
The amazing thing is you can read the bible on the go,on your phone tablet or other mobile devices when commuting. Interestingly, there are also audio bibles or other spiritual resources you can listen to while driving in your car.
I share some useful resources here;
Online Bibles.
1. www.biblegateway.com
2.www.biblehub.com and many more...
"Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strengths; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us."- Winston Churchill
No matter where you are, no matter what it is, you can make it happen. There is no mountain that is insurmountable, yes you can make it happen.
It is a known fact that many people give up soon enough before seeing the shining face of success; that will not be you. You are powerful beyond measure- you are a child of the Universe. God is your Father. He is the strength of your life.
You are powerful beyond measure and with great faith you can dispel all fears and bring down the giant.
Someone's goal is tied to the fulfillment of yours. Go all out for it today and make it happen.
I know you can!
It's a great day! Another wonderful day and I am indeed grateful to God. Amidst all activities around the end of the year, I have still not given up on my goals, I still continue to work to change what can be changed at the moment .
One of the main projects on my mind around this time apart from my new book project is my Toastmasters membership. Toastmasters, I will describe as a personal development club. It's an international organization that helps members develop their speaking and leadership skills. Toastmasters is in well over 162 countries with the international world headquarters located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. See more info at www.toastmasters.org
So last November, after months of being a guest , I eventually formalised my membership by undertaking necessary registration and getting set to begin my journey .
Every toastmaster's journey begins with an icebreaker- an introductory speech and mine starts as I currently look forward to breaking the ice at Merit Toastmasters Ikeja, later today in the last meeting of the year.
Every journey begins with a step in the right direction. If we keep moving and never stop taking steps- in the right direction we can eventually have an option to go at full speed; and if we do not stop or falter we will surely get there!
