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“While others allow failure to define them, others allow lack or abundance to define them. You cannot define yourself that way! You may have failed in the past but that is not the end of the world. You may be living in poverty but poverty is not your destiny. Please hear me out; do not attach value to your bad life experiences. Learn from them but do not lose focus. Your focus must be on your assignment; which is the ultimate reason for your existence.”
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“To remain far-sighted, you need to surround yourself
with far-sighted visionaries. You need to surround
yourself with people who think like you. You need
to surround yourself with people who speak the same language as you. You need to surround yourself
with people who fight and refuse to give up on their
destiny. You need to surround yourself with people whose testimonies give you reasons to press on.”
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with far-sighted visionaries. You need to surround
yourself with people who think like you. You need
to surround yourself with people who speak the same language as you. You need to surround yourself
with people who fight and refuse to give up on their
destiny. You need to surround yourself with people whose testimonies give you reasons to press on.”
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“When God created you, He already had a plan for your life. Before he brought you into this world, He had already put together a blue print for your life. Your responsibility is to figure out what that blue-print is and run with it.”
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“People will oppose your progress. They will remind you of your past failures, belittle you, etc. The only way to stand against such opposition and belittling is to know
the reason for your existence.”
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the reason for your existence.”
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“Start by asking the question ‘Why’. This is because behind the question ‘Why’ there lies answers to your question.”
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“You have to make peace with the fact that you have the right to be here, not because you have what it takes, but because your existence was authorised by the heavens.”
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“Life is too serious and precious for it to be left to chance. You have to make it your project to discover your purpose in life. You have to be intentional about it.”
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“There is a young abused girl whose recovery is dependent on your willingness to honour your calling as a pastor, social worker, psychologist, etc.”
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“It is so wrong to run away from your purpose – you may be running away with a solution that may solve the world’s problems or save mankind.”
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“If you constantly allow negative statements into your life, you run the risk of adopting such negative statements as your convictions and principles. Generally, you will have a pessimistic outlook towards life.”
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“Subtle voices’ are those positive or negative words that are subtly spoken into our lives. These ‘subtle voices’, although subtle, are too powerful because they tend to shape our thoughts and inform our actions. That is why it is essential that we be selective of what we allow into our thoughts.”
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“They may have told you that you are useless but I am here to give you a better report about you: You are not a mistake. You have the potential to do what you were born to do. Yes, you are not a failure! Know that God values you and He is on your side.”
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“Wishful thinking will not take you to your destiny.”
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“Your assignment is a pre-cursor to someone else’s assignment. In the same breath, someone else’s assignment is a pre-cursor to yours.”
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“Pursuing money is tantamount to pursuing personal convenience. Pursuing personal convenience is an inconvenience to God’s greater purpose for mankind.”
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“Negative words have a way of permeating our system and making themselves comfortable in our sub-conscious.”
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“Discovering your God-given purpose does not necessarily put you in a place of omniscience.”
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“Negative words have a way of permeating our system and making themselves comfortable in our sub-conscious. Once they find a place in our sub-conscious, they become a stronghold.”
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“Some things don’t just happen, they happen because somebody decided to make them happen.”
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“Although these negative statements that we speak over people’s lives are ‘simple English’, they tend to be sticky and their damage is huge. Sometimes, these negative words or statements can have lasting adverse effect on the life of an individual.”
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“Your assignment will always be a forerunner to others’ assignments. Also, others’ assignments will always be forerunners to yours.”
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“Your assignment must at least better the lives of people around you and the world at large.”
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“Your persona, talents, desires, etc. are intricately connected to your life’s purpose. The synchronicity of your persona, talents, desires, passions, dreams, etc. is not a coincidence.”
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“It is nobody’s responsibility but yours to discover your assignment and to execute that very assignment.”
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“Purpose is the ultimate reason for your existence.”
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“God’s master-plan is made up of our individual assignments whose collective objective is to impact mankind positively.”
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“You have a great destiny ahead of you. The one thing that is standing between you and your destiny, is your mindset.To a greater extent, your success is largely dependent on your attitude towards life. Your thinking patterns determine how far you go in life. This is because your life is shaped by your thoughts. Therefore, it is imperative that you manage and invest in your ‘thought life’.”
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“Money brings about personal convenience rather than personal satisfaction or fulfilment. It will entertain you but it will never give you true peace. Money will buy you the most expensive house but it will never give you a peaceful sleep.”
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“Running away from your purpose, not only disadvantages other people; it also compromises God’s greater purpose.”
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“Your propensity to succeed in life is largely dependent on your understanding of the concept, your ability to discover your purpose, and your willingness to pursue and act on your purpose.”
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