TWO EDGED SWORD; GRATITUDE AND DECLARATION.

My colleagues 've achieved far better than me in academics....

My friends are now employed in big parastatals both within and outside the country....

My mates are now known globally for what they do, many now hold big positions in the country....

My friends are now getting married and having children....

Yes you are right! Your friends are 'these' and 'that'..., however 've you forgotten that not all of your so called friends you started your primary education with are still alive till now?

You are right to some extent... if you think critically well, you 'll know that there are many of your age group/(mates) that are presently in the mortuary waiting for their families to claim their bodies....

When last did you visit the the Prison? Just try to pay the inmates a visit one day, you 'll see different age range including those you can categorise as "age mates".

Yes there are many of your colleagues that 've ended their sojourn on earth before you, just try to go to the cemetery and see the lists of names engraved on the each tombstones at the cemetery that are not even up to your age but are having eternal rest in their various graves.

I might not be where I want to be for now but I give glory to God for what, where I'm, and where He is taking me to. We should stop grumbling but show our gratitude to our maker. There are ways we can lay our petition to HIm without grumbling and comparing ourselves to others.

As I enter into another new year of birth, I give all the Glory and adoration to Him for the new age. It has been Him all these while. I decree and declare in this 5th Month of the year, and 5th day of the Month:

5 stands for Grace.
Grace has 5 letters
Mercy has 5 letters
Favor is 5 letters!
Peace has 5 letters
Water has 5 letters
Bread has 5 letters

I receive the GRACE of God, enjoy the MERCY of God, live a life of FAVOUR throughout the days of my life.
The PEACE of God that surpasses man understanding is with me and my household. There shall be peace into everything and everyone around me.
The Lord will WATER my life with great testimonies.
I will not lack BREAD, I will not beg for bread.
I will begin to open heaven and showers of blessing.

However, Death has 5 letters,
Grave has 5 letters,
Shame is 5 letters.

I prophesy into my life and family, I will not share in the DEATH that goes about in this new year and throughout the days of my life.
The GRAVE will not swallow me and everyone related to me.
I will never be put to SHAME.
In Jesus name!

#May5
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© Ayokunmi Solomon Jimoh

Managing Vision with Attitude

Vision is the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination or wisdom. It is also an ideal or goal toward which one aspires. There has now been subject of comparison between Vision and Ambition; the former is God’s design while the latter is an inordinate desire to achieve a particular aim or objective. An ambition that is not in line with God’s design (Vision) for your life will lead to problem for your destiny. Vision is the mental picture of a better future.

 

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” (Proverbs 29 verse 18 KJV). The phrase “Keep the Law” has to do with your attitude. Attitude is a ‘mental set’ held by an individual which affect the way the person respond to events and organizes his/her cognition(thought process). The extent to which the person is prepared to act on the attitude that he or she holds is the Behaviour. How you behave when you are left alone or when there is nobody with you defines your attitude. Your attitude determines your Altitude – the height or level of your attainable dreams for a better future.

Vision and anointing are not enough without a good character. When a man loses character, then he has lost all. May you not lose your character. How positive or negative is my character? Is my attitude helping or damaging my vision? How disobedient, cheatable or stubborn am I? How godly or deadly is my character? In what areas are people complaining about my character? These are the questions you need to ask yourself and make corrections where necessary.

A king once instructed the head of his loyal servants to select children who are potent in skills, knowledge, and worthy in characters. He wanted them to be trained in new skills in other for other generations to learn from them too. Your skill and knowledge can take you to a very high position, however it takes a good character to sustain you and keep you there. Among the children selected, a particular person distinguished himself from others. Apart from possessing all the above required credentials, he consolidated it with good attitude.

One of the attribute you need to manage your vision aright is SELF DISCIPLINE. You must possess the willpower or ability to control yourself. While others engaged in all sorts of activities that can distract them from achieving the major purpose they were chosen, the boy remained focused and didn’t join the multitude. Do not let what you see or any environmental activities distract you from making your vision come into reality. You have to “cost your opportunities”; set priorities and disregard every other engagements that are not of serious importance to you. Discipline requires sacrifice, you have to let go of many things so as to reach your potential. Although discipline might not be an easy task but it is a ladder you have to climb for your vision to manifest.

Discipline is just choosing between "What you want NOW and What you want MOST". - Abraham Lincoln







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another attribute you need to have in other to properly manage your vision is DILIGENCE. You must be diligent in your pursue to lead a good life. It is very important you add an extra output in other to get a bogus return. When others are crawling, that is the time for you to stand on your feet and walk. When your colleagues are walking, I expect you to run. When your counterparts are running, try as much as possible to outrun them at a higher speed and if possible take a flight at a very high attitude. A discipline and diligent person should not be idle when it is expected of him to work harder.  Diligence is an important catalyst in achieving a better future. After the trainings and teachings, the young boy spent more time to put all the skills learned into practice, no wonder the common saying “practice done in a right way makes perfect”. The more time he spent on studying, the more he became an expert; this made him to stand out among his peers. He achieved greater feat than the others.

 

Never underestimate God’s Factor! That should be your foundation. This is very important because there is nothing that can be achieved without God, we are nothing without Him. Consolidate the DISCIPLINE and DILIGENCE with PRAYER. Let God be the Alpha and Omega of any journey you want to embark on. With God you can do the impossible. The boy was able to achieve the impossible because he placed God in a very high esteem in his heart and ways. Because of his achievement in the training, the young boy joined the team of scholars and wise men in the kingdom. In the course of his new attainment, a great challenge came on his way, the king required someone that could tell him his dream, the dream he himself couldn't even remember. The king threatened to kill all the scholars and wise men in the land if they were unable to find a way of telling the dreams. When people think a situation is over, God always looks for a way to take over it, we only need to trust Him. The boy neither relied on his wisdom, nor his understanding but instead decided to seek for the face of God. If indeed you trust in God with all your heart, and at the same time you are discipline, diligent in your dealings, and communicate with Him in prayers, He will answer you.

The boy called the name of his God in prayer, tendered his supplication to God, and in return, He answered him and showed him greater and mighty things, things he had never seen or heard before. He was showed mysterious thing that was beyond his wisdom; or what should we say in a situation where you are asked to relay a dream dreamt by someone that couldn’t even remember his own dream?  He was not only able to relay the dream correctly, he was able to interpret the meaning of the king’s dream, achievement the king’s wizards couldn’t achieve. As a result of his attitude, the boy was speedily promoted to the position of the head of king’s counsel in a strange land. The boy in this story was Daniel at Kingdom of Babylon in the Holy Bible.

When you plan your future with great imagination and control it with the ideal attitude, your future will be as bright as the sun. Remember that when you have nothing to pursue, something will be pursuing you and you might end up not having anything to possess in the process. Therefore I besiege you to locate your vision and manage it with good attitude.

 

Ayokunmi Solomon Jimoh

@apostleayoks

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7 SMART WAYS TO START THE NEW YEAR

Happy New Year.

Wow. Like the freshness of the dawn comes a newness of season! It's like sun regally coming out of its chamber in the morning time fresh, bright and pleasant ready for a great day. I have here 7 guides to help you plan the new year so as to have bountiful harvest when it runs quickly to an ebb.

1. Gratitude, Celebration and Reflection.
No better way to start new year but to be thankful for who you are, what you have and where you are. You've go to use what you have to get what you want. Celebrate and be grateful to those who have been part of your life, business and success. Never forget to say thank you to myriad of disappointments, No, Yes and testimonies you got last year. Reflect on how last year was spent and how to make new year a more productive one. Last year disappointment will make you do it this year reflectively, novelly, diligently, and more enthusiastically. Never keep gratitude in your luggage, it's not yours.

2. Total Commitment to Creative Goals or Visions.
Goal is like roadmap; it gives direction all the way. Those beautiful dreams of your heart become goals when you write them down with set time. Then do something everyday (or every week) that will move you closer to your goals.
To desire or wish for great things in new year is inherently human but to achieve great things is not spontaneous. Dreams are better lived than told. As beautiful as your aspirations are they cannot achieve themselves. Successful people set goals and give themselves wholly to their goals. If you have a vision which seems not working; stick to it, it will work. That's characteristic of visions especially at the beginning.

3. Build Healthy Relationships.
The best memories in our lives may not necessarily be in our aloneness. Life is designed to be lived in association not isolation. In new year, make some adjustment in your personal life such as dressing, habits and character. Be determined to be a better friend, husband, wife, father, mother and citizen. Share yourself and build values into others.

4. Networking and Partnership.
One simple principle that have been proven effective in almost all fields of endeavour is networking. The principle says: Iron sharpens iron. Look for people who share common convictions. Look for people you can complement whether in business, ministry, education, entertainment or sports. You will always see people who will help you or those you will help. Networking gives you opportunity to expand your coast and see with other people's view.

5. Search and Prepare for Opportunities.
One of the saddest moments in our lives is that awkward one when an unexpected opportunity springs up but you don't have the required criteria which you should have. It is usually good to always wash the pot in case it rains over the night. Some opportunities may decide to stay in a distance. You have to build a bridge when opportunities stand aloof.

6. Intentional Personal Growth
You have to let go of comfortability and security if you really want to grow. Nobody is too old to learn. In fact, one of the closet companions of great people is learning. Anybody can easily find excuses for being a dwarf since learning on its own is not palatable. But understanding that life itself is serious, as Jim Rohn observed, will make you take responsibility for your life. I personally keep a Growth Journal. In new year, learn new things, read great books, go for workshops or seminars, volunteer at NGOs, go for internships or find a mentor.
Have you heard about StrengthsFinder which helps you detect your top strengths? Are you aware of the ground-breaking work of Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligence? These will help you to grow productively.

7. God in the Picture.
I deliberately make this the last on the list of ways of starting a new year. It is the most important because God is the planner of ages and in Him all things find meaning. He created time but He is not affected by it. An outstanding way of starting a new year is to make commitment to walk with God.

I Wish You a Prolific 2017


Apostleayoks Blog wishes you Happy New Year 2017

 

Pharm 'Yemi Adekunle

He shares inspirational insights with youth and purpose-driven individuals through his simple writing and speaking styles. He has earned a degree from Nation's Premier University of Ibadan where he banged distinction in Pharmacy. 'Yemi also keeps a watchful eye on humanitarian needs and community works.

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Email: yemiadekunle03@yahoo.com

Watch out for mind blowing articles from Ayokunmi in this year 2017. Thanks for visiting our blog.