No doubt, a lot of christians are in the same position that I myself used to be in, having grown up in an African village with no financial education whatsoever. Best case of my background, I didn't have an opportunity to learn these principles that I am sharing with you today. Even after my salvation, the Christian and religious books I was reading did not help either. In most cases, some of those writings actually discouraged me from learning more about the laws of money. Ultimately, the impression I was left with is that you should only read the Bible and books by Christian authors if you are a good christian!
For this reason, millions of people, like I used to be, are locked up in the church prison of financial ignorance while praying for financial breakthrough.
Today, I hope that, like me, you are now convinced that financial prosperity will not come to an empty head-its comes to developed mind. Furthermore, to possess the kind of wealth the powerful and wealthy people of this world have, we need to know the principles that they know.
I therefore r encourage you to invest in your mind by reading the best books on the market about wealth creation, but balance it with the principles of the Bible, and you will never go wrong. Through the principles of the Bibles,I have come to realise that it is easy to become a millionaire. Although, having said that, I have, through my own experience and the experience of hundred of millionaires in our church, come to the conclusion that as important as money is in our lives;
1. Money will not make you rich
2. You must make sure you are reach before gaining money
3. And one of those are of wealth is being ring in the mind.
Practical Wisdom For Aspiring Millionaires
1. Develop an investment mentality.
2. Never invest in what you do not understand.
3. Investing is the best way to create knowledge.
4. Investments demands knowledge.
5. Without the knowledge of money and investments, bankruptcy is inevitable.
6. Get knowledge before acquiring your money.
7. Remember, "The plans of the diligent leads to profit as surely as haste leads to proverty" (Prov. 21:5)
8. Remember that we don't really own anything in life. All things belong to God.
9. Don't neglect your spouse. Always consider his or her advice.
10. Always give God the glory.
Kingdom Principles From Chapter 7
1. Never invest in liabilities, but only in assets.
2. A financial mentor is a major key to financial freedom.
3. The person who knows how will always control those e you who know about what.
4. The person who only knows what to do with money is at the mercy of those who know how to make it and how to manage it.
5. It is an indictment to see so called prosperity teaches begging for money over the television or in their mailings.
6. The best stewardship is to raise up others to be as successful as you are.
7. The life of an ignorant person is hard, especially in the area or sphere of their ignorance. This is especially true of the financial ignorant.
8. Doing away with financial ignorance is the last of local churches.
9. Money is only a result and compensation for our labour.
10. When your income grows and your knowledge stays the same, the amount of money slowly decreases.
Credit : Money won't make you Rich, chp 7 pg 116 -119 by Sunday Adelaja.
Before I bring my need
I will bring my heart
Before I lift my cares
I will lift my arms
I wanna know You
I wanna find You
In every season
In every moment
Before I bring my need
I will bring my heart
And seek You
First
I wanna seek You
I wanna seek You
First
I wanna keep You
I wanna keep You
First
More than anything I want, I want You
First
Before I speak a word
Let me hear Your voice
And in the midst of pain
Let me feel Your joy
Ooh, I wanna know You
I wanna find You
In every season
In every moment
Before I speak a word
I will bring my heart
And seek You
First
I wanna seek You
I wanna seek You
First
I wanna keep You
I wanna keep You
First
More than anything I want, I want You
First
You are my treasure and my reward
Let nothing ever come before
You are my treasure and my reward
Let nothing ever come before
I seek You
First
First
I wanna seek You
I wanna seek You
First
I wanna keep You
I wanna keep You
First
More than anything I want, I want You
First
First
[VERSE:]
Your boy's been a Christian, quite a few years
Victory and faith, but I failed in my fears
I heard a lot of words that have tickled many ears
That's why I praise God for the Word that we adhere
The Word became flesh, lived for thirty years
Died at 33, but after days reappeared
Jesus Christ anointed one ascended in the air
Or you can say the air where the Father made Him heir
Of all things the throne know it's more than a chair
But after our redemption yes He did take a chair
Greater than the angels name superior to theirs
This is Hebrews Chapter 1 if you cared
I'm leaning to the right
The light is where I'm running
I thought I wanted life, drunk, sexed out and blunted
But all I really wanted was the One who really won it
Fought death, beat it gave His life to the public
I love it!
[HOOK:]
Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place
[VERSE:]
Man I'm trying to life Him high
Higher than the stars
I am not of this world like I'm from the planet mars
I love to preach Jesus you can read it in my bars
I'm pretty straight forward when I'm speaking bout my
Lord
He paid the sin price being beat by Roman guards
But when He resurrected gave us life free of charge
Now me and my boys need to be in a psych ward
Cause we went crazy for God our lives was scared
Now in the Book of Life, our names have been written
down
We're casting our crowns before His feet on the ground
It's such a holy melody and a heavenly sound
Hearing holy holy holy coming out of the mouth
Of the four living creatures by His throne all around
Can you picture the scene this this is how it's going down
You just need a little faith and a new set of eyes and a
telescopic lens to look in and see God
I love it!
[HOOK:]
Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place
[VERSE:]
One day we gon' be out man, like three strikes
And home son like a homerun CHRIST
IS – KING – LION – LAMB – GOD – MAN – SIN
CONQUEROR – GRAVE CONQUEROR – SATAN
CONQURER
Can take a sinner, atheist sinner to God conscience
Can take nothing
Make creation and lives honor
The same God that came through a fetus as Jesus
Limited to breathing
Got believers singing
[HOOK:]
Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place
I can do anything
You can call me superman
The Spirit of God lives in me
He has given me ability
Take a good look at me
I’m living in prosperity
I walk by faith not by sight
It’s not by power or by might
Chorus:
I am a new creation
Born of the seed of Abraham
I know who I am
I’m wonderfully, fearfully made
I have a goodly heritage
My lines have fallen unto pleasant places
I know who I am
I’m wonderfully, fearfully made
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When I was a VP in corporate America, I asked one of my team members to come into my office so we could talk. I had a new team and the team had only reported to me for a couple of weeks, I had taken over the position from a former executive. When she came into my office she was visibly nervous, sat down and asked me “what is wrong?” I told her that nothing was wrong, that I just wanted to talk. I then asked her if we could talk about her goals for her career. She got an odd expression on her face, and I asked her what she was thinking. She said she was 45 years old, and in her career she had never had a manager ask her what she wanted to do in her career. Ever.
Do you want to be a great leader? Then part of that is you need to become a great CEO., which means chief encouragement officer. I meet far too many people who tell me they work hard, and never get any acknowledgment from the person that is their boss. In fact the only communication they ever get from their manager is when they make a mistake. So how do you go about being a great chief encouragement officer?
Make sure you give positive feedback.
Years ago I reported to a manager who told me that “he was not going to compliment me for something they paid me to do.” I thought that was one of the most absurd comments I’ve ever heard in corporate America. Just because you pay someone to do a job, doesn’t mean that they don’t every now and then need some positive feedback, a pat on the back or a thank you. I used to have 3 x 6 thank you notes that had my name printed on the top of the card, and when one of my team members did something that exceeded expectations, I would write them a note thanking them for their contributions and their effort. What I found fascinating is many times I would go to their workspace and find that card proudly displayed, for months. This told me that it was more than just a simple piece of cardboard, but a proud acknowledgement of their effort. They clearly valued the positive feedback.
Don’t be stingy with compliments.
I often wonder if people in a leadership role have a budget for “thank you’s.” But wait; aren’t compliments free? When I ask leaders why they don’t thank people often or at all, they give me one of several reasons:
1) they are too busy (even though telling someone thank you takes all of three seconds verbally)
2) they are afraid the other person will (and this is a direct quote) “get a big head, and want a raise”
3) They don’t think compliments are necessary because after all, “they don’t need them” I don’t even believe that is true, because most people like to be thanked. This is completely wrong anyway, because as a leader it’s not what you like, it’s what the people you report to like, what they respond to. The key to motivating a direct report is to find out what encourages them, and to make them feel appreciated. As Bob Nelson once said “people make take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.”
Figure out ways to reward.
Beyond giving people verbal feedback and complements, it is important to also give them rewards for exceptional performance, as yet another form of encouragement. I recently worked as a consultant with a company that was trying to improve their customer service. We came up with many ways to monitor and measure the performance level of the customer service representatives. We also developed consequences of what would happen if they did not perform. I also had a very important question for the company, “we came up with the punitive consequences when they didn’t perform, what are the positive consequences if they did? The leaders of the company simply said “well, were are paying them to do that”. I said that I understood what they meant, but that they needed to come up with some ways to reward people for performing over and above the expectations. It could include small gift cards, extra time off, employee of the month, employee of the quarter or employee of the year. My point is I did not want the focus to just be on punishment but also on reward.
Concentrate on employee development.
Another way of showing people that you care about their contributions, that they have value to the organization, is to help them get where they want to go. If I sit down and talk to each of my direct reports and find out what it is that they want in terms of their career, and help them get there, they will feel appreciated. I see too many leaders across the country who never invest time in developing an employee’s skill sets or having discussions with them about what it is they want for their career. If we help someone reach their goals they will feel much more appreciated.
Participate in small talk when you see them.
I once had an executive visit my department and walk by everyone’s workspace and did not say hello to anyone. The rest of the day I had employees coming to me and asking me if they were invisible, saying that they felt disrespected by that executive because they did not even acknowledge that they existed. When you see anyone you should say hello at the minimum, and if you have a few moments ask them how they’re doing or how their family is doing. This I believe, is another form of acknowledgment, and in my mind when you get attention from an executive it is acknowledgment which is also a form of encouragement. I once was working with one of my clients and going on a tour around the building with the senior vice president. I was amazed that she said hello to everyone, and even though there were 1,200 people in the building, she knew every one of them by their first name.
So if you want to increase morale, have a productive team, and want people feeling great about their work, then you have to seriously consider that naturally you have a functional role but you also have another very important role -- and that role is being chief encouragement officer. As Margaret cousins once said “appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”
Passionately in love,
Passionately at rest,
Passionately for you,
Passionately above and above,
I am Passionately passionate,
Look around, see, I am passionate,
See energy overflow passionately,
I stand, overcome and conquer passionately,
Try me, but for a time passionately,
I will surprise you with my passion,
Successful passionately,
Trial has come, able to fall me, passionately,
I have fell, but passionately I rise,
Again passionately,
Higher and higher all I get passionately,
I am in love passionately,
With God and my beauty passionately,
Passionately, people like you (foes and friends),
Passionately, doing nice things to nice people,
Passionately, you can get there,
Passionately, it's for you,
Passionately, fall in love with God, (accept his love for you that is),
Passionately and Passionately,
Extend your love to neighbours,
Passionately, be better than the best (Passionately give a service for free) .
The Night should remain
So that my tears can remain hidden
The Sun is here once again
Exposing my injuries and pain
Sometimes I wish to forget ALL
I have had different wishes
Hoping they'll take away my Hitches
Do they all come to pass...TCH
some of my problems sticks like PITCH
"World" is not some kind of wish granter
Sometimes I wish I can forget them ALL
looking at guys in pain
With scars as if whiped with a cane
looking at how helpless they look and are
In the hand of their disease
I sometimes wish they could just forget them All
will this solve my probs? i asked
Will this clear the records? i asked
Will this make them feel alright?
can it guarantee a future without pain?
These also I wish I could forget
But what is a Garden without rusted leaves?
Even the moon has craters
The blue sky, a little dark part
Perfection without imperfect?
Love without a restrict?
Warrior without Achilles heel?
What is Beauty without fault?
All my pleasures and pains
all my respect and shame
Happiness and sorrow
Failure and success...
Now i wish i remember them all to details
Cos they made me(God used them)
hmmmm OBLIVION is never an OPTION
