CONTENTS

Introduction...3 Persistence.....4-6 Patience.......................................7-10 Purpose.11-15 Focus..16-19 Imagination.20-23 Faith...24-26 Love....27-30 Joy31-34 Boldness...35-39 Work...40-43 Knowledge......44-47 Talent....48-52

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INTRODUCTION
The kingdom of heaven operates on keys, while destiny is controlled by forces. For man to reach his destination in life, he needs certain forces to push forward each time he gets pulled down. You may never know what to do until you know what to do. There is a place for patience, just like there is a place for meekness. I discovered that man CANNOT go further in pursuit of destiny except he is compelled by relevant forces. If you must go forth, then you need effort; if you must reach your destination, then you must engage the forces in this book. More grace!

PERSISTENCE
Every setback is a step back before a high jump David Abioye
You may never understand persistence until you've observed the grass. Many individuals see themselves on the ground, just like the grass does. But the difference is that; no matter how many times the grass is cut down, it looks for ways to shoot up again. People need to understand that; every setback is a step back before a high jump. If you don't jump over the pit - you may fall into it! And for you to jump - you need to step back! Failure does not mean impotence, failure gives room for resilience. Impotent people cannot produce; a person who failed can still produce! You don't need to cry over a closed door, because the fact that a door got

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closed means several other doors have been opened. A door can be closed for any reason; it may even be for emergency purposes. So why do you worry yourself over a door that has been closed for your safety? No matter how much you treat a disease or sickness, it does all it can to get back to the body. It's not because it doesn't know its presence in you is affecting your life, no! It's because it wants to fulfill destiny - and the destination of sickness is destruction. So each time you resist sickness, it tries again after it has gained momentum. Everybody wants to make it in life, but there's always a resistance. There's always something to cast you down; but if you persist, the resistance will depart from you. The ideas you have might be limited - just like the flow of a wave is limited by resistance, but a flood carries along the resistance with it. This is why medical practitioners would advise you to see a Doctor if a medicine does not work after 2-days. That simply means "if the

method doesn't work after two days, try another method". It didn't say you should allow the sickness to kill you, it didn't say you should continue trying the same medicine; it says you should seek an expatriate. That is persistence! It is the ability to seek another solution when one solution doesn't work! If you can understand this principle, then to give up will not be in your profile. It is not every key that can open a lock. If you don't know the exact key, the only option is to try all the keys in the bunch until you find the key. The only reason why you failed all those times is because you've not found the right solution, so all you have to do is continue in search of a solution that match. It is impossible to find a problem that doesn't have a solution, just like it's impossible to find a lock that doesn't have a key - because the key was designed with the lock; it is therefore not qualified to be a lock without the key! So, persist in doing what you desire to see done, despite the obstacles! God will make a way for you. I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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PATIENCE
Patience is preparing yourself to match the demands of what youre waiting for Emeka Anslem

It's important to state here that; there is a difference between "being patient for something" and "waiting for something". People who are patient are not just waiting for something; they're also preparing and developing themselves to match the demands of what they are waiting for. Patience projects the future and determines what it will need to reach it. Many individuals know how to wait but very few know how to be patient. You may never understand patience until you

study a tree - especially a palm tree. A tree does not wait till it starts bearing fruits, no! It gathers nutrients, takes energy from the sun, and takes time to grow its root within the ground - so that nothing shall be able to move it when it begins to rise. Many believers have wastefully prayed to God for a change of story, because when the blessing comes, they end up losing it to incompetence. The bible says "we are the trees of righteousness" and "the righteous shall flourish like a palm tree". I'm sure many of you have heard those scriptures, but how many times have you studied the lifestyle of a tree? A palm tree may be slow to grow, but its growth is steady! It first strengthens its root and takes it deeper into the ground - in order to grow steadily. Maturity is the ultimate of every tree, but that will not be possible without strengthening the root. If God has not answered your prayers, it doesn't mean He will not answer them. It may be that He is waiting for you to develop yourself on what you're praying for. Your growth may not be as fast as you expect, but thank God it is steady, it

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is not breaking; that is your guarantee for maturity! Patience is not waiting on God; patience is developing yourself to match the responsibilities that God will place on you. The truth is; God needs laborers, He won't deny you if you're matured for His assignment. That also means that God is not the problem, your level of maturity is the problem. Patience works with hope; you can get tired of waiting, but you can never become impatient if you're actually being patient. I copied this from a friends profile message; "Life is the most difficult exam, many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone has a different question paper". There are trees, but not all trees are palm trees. A mango tree may grow faster than a palm tree, but it doesn't mean the palm tree will not grow. Don't copy your righteous friends, you don't know when he started

developing his root; neither should you copy your unrighteous friends, he's probably growing as weeds - and weeds can be destroyed at anytime. We need to live a life of patience; don't live your life based on another's advancement, you may end up crashing. The bible says "everything that has been written concerning you has been written before time, so that you can through PATIENCE and the comfort of scriptures receive the promise". When you no longer feel comfortable having patience, look for relevant scriptures to guide your action. Scriptures are the comforter of patience! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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PURPOSE
Without purpose, you would be ignorant of what youre supposed to do Emeka Anslem

This is the most important force of destiny. Everything created was created for a purpose. Everything created is a solution to a problem. People create things purposely to solve problems. Man was created by God, and that means man is a solution to a problem. God saw the emptiness of the earth, the earth needed a caretaker, that was why He created man. The fact that He said "the earth" doesn't mean the whole earth is allocated

to one man - there's a particular place that you're expected to be useful. Adam's portion was the garden of Eden; God told him to dress it and keep it. The same way God gave Adam that purpose is the same way He gave every man purpose. That is where He said "occupy till I come"; there is a place you're expected to occupy till Jesus comes. In life, a man is either pursuing a mission or running with a vision. But you can't engage in any of them without the discovery of purpose. One reason why many people don't discover their purpose is because they are not patient enough; purpose takes time to be discovered, it is something you grow to understand. Another reason is that; it is a personal thing; you discover your purpose by yourself. Nobody will discover it for you! I've come to discover that "no two individuals have the same purpose". You may see two individuals whose purpose is to speak publicly, but their causes are different (they can't be speaking the same thing). One may be good at

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speaking on cleanliness; the other may be good at speaking on godliness. So none of them can help each other on how to speak, because their messages have to be delivered on a different note (it's not the way you teach on godliness that you'd teach on cleanliness). Here are a few guidelines on discovering purpose: First, you must understand that it takes time. Secondly, determine your strengths. Your strengths are your natural abilities. You may like to sing, or dance, or clean, or cook, or count money. Your strength would always relate to your purpose. Thirdly, determine your passion. When you're passionate about a thing, you'd naturally have love for that thing - to an extent that you'd be willing to do it for free each time you're called. I have so much passion for teaching; I'm always willing to teach anywhere even for free. I don't strain myself to do it, teaching just flows freely out of me. And lastly, determine your cause. I saw a

LASTMA official with tooth-pick on his mouth yesterday - on his duty post. If I had an opportunity I would have addressed that situation, because I wasn't pleased with it. A student was sent home from school because he doesn't have a particular textbook; that got me really upset because there are better ways to punish a student than sending him home. I wanted to go to the school with the boy, but the mother stopped me. Your causes are things that you find displeasing, both to individuals and the society. You naturally grow a strong desire to solve them when you see them happen. Now understand this; your cause is not your purpose, neither is your strenght and passion your purpose. But if you can combine and intersect the three of them - putting time into consideration, you'd discover your purpose. Finally, people who pursue their mission are people who assign duties to their purpose (people who maximize their purpose), they just want to do something to

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impact their present society. And that's the core reason why God gave you a purpose. God has an eternal plan for your life - something we call VISION. But God will not give you a vision if you've not accomplished any personal mission or if you've not maximized your purpose enough. God gives vision to those who know how to work! I pray, the grace of God will help you in the discovery of your purpose! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

FOCUS
Focus is what you set your mind upon Emeka Anslem

A focus is something occupying your attention. Focused people care less about the tragedies around. Their minds are always pointing to their destination. Scripture says about Jesus that "He focused on the joy that was set before Him, and for that reason - He endured the cross". Life would be full of trials and errors without a focus. Every man needs a point of focus; if you don't have a focus then life would be too costly. Focus keeps you from trying everything to doing something. Prosperity does not come by what you try, no! It comes by what you do "... And whatsoever you DO shall prosper". Focus would

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help you organize your life; somebody was looking for Jesus, and when he finally found Him, Jesus said "how can you be looking for me by this time, don't you know I'd be doing my Father's business?". The man came because he needed help, and Jesus is an Helper, but that particular time the man came was for something else. The fact that you're a singer doesn't mean you'd have to sing every day, you may end up crashing! You need to do other things; plan on how to reach your desired goal; that's what focus does for you. It makes you conscious of what to do per time; helping that man would have been a good thing, but it may have wasted His time for that period. It takes focus to understand that there is time for everything. You don't do everything that comes into your time, you do things according to the time scheduled for it. The reason why many people miss their opportunities is because they've used their time of preparation for considerations.

It's good to consider things - especially people, but you also need to advance yourself so that you can be prepared when opportunities come. This is why you must discover your purpose (read Part 3 of this series for PURPOSE). Focus may be impossible without a life with purpose. If you don't have a purpose then there'd be nothing worthwhile to focus on. Joseph had a focus, and it was derived from his purpose. Abraham had a focus, which was also developed from his purpose. Adam and Eve didn't understand their purpose, and that was why they lost focus. Samson abused his purpose, and that destroyed his focus - and destroyed him in return. Lack of focus destroys! Lack of focus makes an individual cheap; but a focused man is an expensive man! Finally, focus means "what you set your mind on", and God has properly opened our eyes to certain things that we should set our minds on. For

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example; in Matt 6:33, He said we should focus on His kingdom; in Prov 4:20-22, He said we should focus on His word; in Phil 4:8, He said we should focus on things that are true and honorable; in Col 3:2, He said we should focus on things that are above. It might interest you to know that "life can be shortened without focus"; because God created a focus for man's eternal life, and if man decides to live outside this focus - he's directly abusing the life that God gave him; and according to Rom 1:28, God may prefer to stop you from using what you'd abuse. What more can I say? Stay FOCUSED! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

IMAGINATION
Because the clearer the picture the better you'd feature, and the better you feature the better your future
What is imagination? Imagination means creating a mental picture of an idea or thought. Imagination is the driver of achievement. If you ever want to achieve anything in life, then you must of necessity be able to imagine it. The people at the tower of Babel imagined building that tower; and the bible records that "nothing would be able to stop them from what they have imagined to do", God had to stop them by Himself. They were already seeing the tower in heaven, even when they've not

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started the construction. Imagination is being able to see the completion even before starting. God spoke to Abraham, "look from where you are to the North, South, East and West, I will give you as far as you can see". God will only give you as far as you can see. Imagination is the way out of any challenge; the reason why people would remain in their problem is because they keep "looking at" the problem. God didn't say we should "look at" the situation, no! He said we should "look from" the situation to where we're going. If you must see where you're going then you must stop seeing where you are! You can't be looking up and looking down at the same time! God has a picture and video gallery, something we call revelation and vision - and the Holy Spirit is the Custodian. The scriptures that we read are scripts that need to be demonstrated; what the Holy Ghost does is to show you pictorial examples of scriptures - that is, He converts scriptures to

pictures. Many people wait for revelation instead of looking up to God for a revelation. Daniel looked up to God for three days because He wanted to see pictures of what the king said in words. It took him three days because The Holy Ghost was not inside of him, but today the bible says we are the temple of the Holy Ghost. If we are the temple then it means the gallery is inside us, all we have to do is look within, and trust the Holy Ghost to show us. Any time I read a scripture, I immediately enter into the picture gallery where the Holy Ghost is - to search for pictures that fit, and because the Holy Ghost is there - I won't have to search for long. The reason why many people do not benefit from the power in scriptures is because they are only quotes; they don't see what they quote. The bible says "the Holy Ghost will show you things to come...", that means He's always willing to show you things. But willingness does not mean He'd force things on you, He'd only show you when you look up to Him.

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But why do I need pictures? Because the clearer the picture the better you'd feature, and the better you feature the better your future! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

FAITH
Every man is designed to live by faith The Bible
Life is not always about what we see, neither is it always about what it seems, life also requires faith. As a matter of scriptural truth, every just man is designed to live by faith. The world may live by what they see, feel or think, but believers must live by faith. The bible also makes us to understand that "any request that is made to God outside faith will NOT be granted". Without faith, it's impossible to please God, and when God is not pleased with you, anything can be uneasy with you. Watch it, If you're living outside faith then you're malfunctioning!

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Faith is both an offensive and defensive force. It can serve as a shield and as a sword of the Spirit. Many believers strike against the forces of wickedness, but they don't defend themselves with the shield of faith, they think the enemy will go to sleep after the first strike. I understand from scriptures that "the enemy fights DAILY", it's not because you didn't defeat him in the previous battle, but because "a great and effectual door is opened unto you, and there are many adversaries". So, many of them have been assigned to fight one battle, and they'd continue fighting till Jesus comes. The challenges that many believers face is a result of the ignorance of their defense. They attack and strike perfectly, but they don't defend. The reason why many pastors are down today is because they don't know how to defend themselves. It takes faith to attack; it also takes faith to defend. A woman was to sacrifice her daughter to her cult on the day of her

daughters wedding, but God gave the couple a defensive formation a night before their wedding. He told them to pray all through the night till morning, before 6AM that morning, the girls mother ran to their house to confess - with fire all over her body. They are christians, but if they didn't obey God's instruction that night, they would have gone for nothing. Faith is the only key that opens the doors of heaven. If you won't engage your faith, then you may follow your fate. It is never one's faith to fail until it is one's fate to fail. Faith is not a stagnant force, faith is a moving force! You can't have faith and be stagnant, faith can move you from where you are to where you desire to be! You need faith to be alive, otherwise you merely exist. Faith means trust! Faith means believe! So, have FAITH! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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LOVE
Knowledge will only increase you, but love distinguishes Emeka Anslem

Love is the perfect force that can secure any man's freedom. Love is not a falling or a feeling; you can't fall in love, neither can you feel you're in love. You may have affections towards something, you may have feelings for someone, but that doesn't mean you're in love. If you must walk in love then you must choose to; walking in love is essentially a personal decision. Affections and feelings can only be sustained by your decision to

walk in love. There are many intelligent graduates who have not secured a job today; it is not because they can't work, no! It is because there are many other graduates who are still looking for jobs - who even graduated before them. You don't go to school just to seek knowledge; knowledge will only increase you, but love distinguishes. Knowledge without love will dump you into the unemployed basket! I've not seen a better definition of love than the definition in the bible. First, I understand that; I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge, and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains - but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned[t] - but if I have no love, this does me no good. And then it defines love by saying: Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of

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wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. Love is eternal! Love never fails! You may have tried that thing over and again without getting your desired result, why not try it in love this time? Please understand me; love is beyond giving, love is denying self for another. God thought of what to do to revive His creation, and the only thing that measured up was to sacrifice His only Son. He had been giving mercy to the people, but they were not changing, so He had to deny His life just to bring His people's heart back to Him. When you're truly in love, you'd place less value on yourself just to settle who or what you're in love with. If you love your job, your salary would never be a problem, you will not even be late to work; if you love your wife, her barrenness would never be a problem; if you love your teachers, you'd never fail their courses; if you love your parents, you'd honor them at all times; if you love your friend, you'd be

fateful to him; if you love your child, you'd correct him when he's wrong! Stop trying everything, start loving everything, LOVE NEVER FAILS! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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JOY

Anytime you appear joyful in the face of a problem, the devil wanders if he actually placed the problem well Emeka Anslem
There is a formula that God gave the children of Israel to use whenever they're confronted by oppositions. He said "when you see armies with their chariots coming against you in great numbers, BE OF GOOD CHEER!". It's more like saying; when they tell you that you're infected with a strange disease, be of good cheer! Or they tell you that you may never have a child, be of

good cheer! They may refuse to sign that contract, but be of good cheer. You may see ten thousand applicants that came for the same interview as you, be of good cheer! Another word for cheerfulness is joyfulness; you cannot be cheerful and not be joyful. God knew they'd be faced with obstacles, and that was why He gave that formula to them. And that also means "if they try to solve any problem without the application of the formula, they may end up consumed by the problem". Your joyfulness confuses the devil; anytime you appear joyful in the face of a problem, the devil wanders if he actually placed the problem well. And because you're not worried, it won't be long before he walks away with his problem! I wrote a series titled "MY JOY IS NOT FOR SALE - PART 1 & 2", please scroll down my wall to read those messages, except you already have. The bible says "it is with joy that you draw water out of the wells of salvation". The more water you

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draw the more opportunities you get. The more water you have the more you'd be able to accomplish. Availability of water draws some level of attraction; people would naturally come to fetch from you when they know you have it. No matter how distant a river is, people go there to fetch water. Water is life; drawing out water from the well of salvation is equal to drawing life - not just for you but for the destinies that are attached to you. It is water that make up a river, it is the same water that makes up an ocean. People would prefer to plant their trees and crops beside a river - so that the roots of their plantings can draw water from the river. Fishes live in rivers, just like many other aquatic organisms. When your water level grows to river level, people will not only come to fetch water from you, you'd supply fishes to people for business. If you must continually draw water from the wells of salvation, then you must live a joy-filled life. Everything you need to prosper is inside you!

Jesus said "he that is thirsty should come, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water - and the last time I checked, the belly of a man is inside the man. Jesus is the well of salvation, and He has told you to come and fetch whenever you're thirsty, but you can't draw water out of a well by staring at it, you need to engage a fetcher, and the only fetcher prescribed in scriptures is joy! If you won't be joyful then going to that well will only make you a lost fool! It's important to let you know that; Joy is not just happiness, it's advance happiness. People get happy for the good they can see; but joy keeps you excited whether the condition is good or bad. Joy is never affected by circumstances, while happiness is destroyed by circumstances. Joy does not care about what is happening, rather, it is sure that God is working! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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BOLDNESS
Boldness is a capital requirement for success in life David Abioye

From scriptural perspective, boldness means "strength of heart". What makes a man is his heart; a man may lose his hands and legs and still be alive, but if he loses his heart, he has lost all. The heart of a man is the engine of his life; that's why the bible tells us to keep our heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life (Prov 4:22). Your heart is the center of your life; you'd

be dispossessed of everything except you possess your heart. Most victories and triumphs have their roots in the heart. If you're weak at heart, you may end in defeat; but if you're strong at heart even though you may not have a weapon in your hand, you're sure to have victory. What wins in the battle of life is not weapon, it's the heart. Without a heart, you don't have a place on the earth; which also means, without boldness you cannot make a bold mark. It is your boldness that determines the mark you'd make in life. It is not money that makes people, it is boldness! Boldness is a capital requirement for success in life. Many individuals have money but no boldness, and that's why they lose all the money; your boldness is the security of your destiny!

It is clear from scriptures that The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of boldness. In 2 Tim1:6-7, I understand that the Spirit that God gave to us is not of fear, but of power; and "power" is another description

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of boldness. Ephesians 3:16 says; "...that you be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man", boldness means to have inner strength. Also, in Acts 4:31-33, the disciples prayed and then the Holy Ghost came on them, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. One major characteristic of boldness is that it makes you fearless; a bold person can confront any mountain or situation.

Now read carefully; conquest or defeat has its root in the heart! Goliath was tormenting the children of Israel with serious threats; meanwhile the children of Israel had weapons, but no one had the heart to confront Goliath. And then suddenly, David showed up to diagnose the problem and said "let no man's heart fail because of this philistine, thy servant would go and fight him". Don't let your heart fail because of medical report! Don't let your heart fail because of economic situation! Don't let your heart fail because of

market conditions! Don't let your heart fail because your name is not on the list! Don't let your heart fail because your landlord is on your neck! Boldness empowers you to confront oppositions. Please understand me; conquest in the battles of life requires boldness, if you're not bold then you're not a candidate for conquest! When you see medical reports that are very glaring, don't be afraid of them! Fear is the enemy of boldness, when you fear you fall, a bold man would do all to stand. The reason why many people have not succeeded in building their house is because they lack boldness, the fear of the cost of cement and iron rod keeps them away from even pricing a land. It is not money you need to start building a house, it is boldness! Take a bold step to look for a land and know its selling price! Boldness is everything you need to have all you need! Boldness is of God; you can't be bold without the Spirit of God! Show me a bold man and I'd show you a man who possesses the Spirit of God! Show me a man who does not possess the

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Spirit of God and yet claims he is bold, and I'd show you he lives under pretence and fear of the unknown! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

WORK
A job only gives you a title, work gives you a status Emeka Anslem

Every man was created to work! If you're not working then you're nothing! It takes work to put food on your table; and a man who cannot provide for his home is worse than "nothing". When God created man, he put a gift inside man that man could work on. The gift he put in man is also referred to as "TALENT". It's important to let you know that this gift in man is bigger than man. We'd see a graphic picture of this in Genesis 2:15; God put Adam in the Garden of Eden, and told

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him to dress and keep it. The Garden of Eden signifies the gift of God to Adam which came to manifestation. And obviously, the garden was bigger than Adam. That also proves that talent in man is not hidden; if you have it, you'd see it! There is something in you that you're expected to dress and keep! To dress means to beautify, and to keep means to preserve; and all these are forms of work.

It's important to let you know that there is a difference between work and job. Work requires effort, job requires time. When a coy employs you, what they've done is to give you time to add your efforts to theirs. So when your efforts are not good enough, they'd take their time from you. And that simply means you're wasting their time! Work doesn't always require pay, it is job that does. Work is essentially an engagement of the heart; if your heart is not there then you can't be productive. There are three popular questions that

are always asked in interviews; "what's your area of strength?", "what are your skills?", "how much experience do you have?". These questions are to check your work-stability. Within every job is work, and at the tail end of work is job. That means you need work to get a job and you need work to sustain it! Job only gives you a title, work gives you a status. Your job is sustained by your work; the day you stop working, that's the day you'd start dropping! If you want to get a good job, start doing a good work. A job naturally locates work. You can't know how to work and not get a job! A good job is the certificate of your good work!

Now the big question! How do I work when I don't have a job? Adam never had a job, but he was working on the garden that God gave to him which also was his talent. And when God saw the beauty of his talent (the garden), God gave him his first contract to name all the animals and birds.

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And after he named them, God had no choice than to agree to whatever name Adam gave to the creatures; that means he did the job well! It wasn't long before God paid him by giving him a woman to help him. Stop saying you don't have a job, work on the talent in you to secure a job. Stop lazing about like someone who is not gifted, because everybody has got a gift to lift. The reason why you need a job is to become somebody, but nobody becomes somebody without working out his talent. Discover your talents and work on them! God expects us to trade our talent to make a fortune - not just a living! Stop struggling to make a living, work on your talent to make a fortune. Making a living will not make God's glory on you to be seen by people, but when you make a fortune - people will praise God when they see you! The discovery of talent is the beginning of business, while the development of your talent into skills is the highway to fortune! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

KNOWLEDGE

You cant have knowledge and have a knot-end, people who are open to knowledge always have a hopefilled end Emeka Anslem
You must have heard that "knowledge is power"; well, I think there's no better way to define knowledge. Everyone that wants to make it to the edge must know what it takes to get to the edge. Knowledge puts you ahead and gives you a new edge. Dr Abraham Lincoln said "It takes fifty dollars to cut, and a whole hundred dollars to KNOW where to cut". That means; knowledge is better than hard labor or physical strength. A civil engineer may bid for a project to build a house,

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but he may not even be among the laborers. He'd probably do the thoughts, while the laborers do the works.

The bible says "a wise man is strong; but a man with knowledge increases strength". The strength of man is not determined by his physic or physical fitness, no! It's determined by his mentality! If you're mentally strong, you'd be fit for battle your physic notwithstanding. The difference between you and that man that appears to be ahead of you is knowledge; knowledge does not need a contest or a vote to give you an edge; it naturally enthrones whoever is well informed. You can't have knowledge and have a knot-end, people who are open to knowledge always have an hope-filled end. Knowledge is the key! The difference between a success and a failure is not that the successful person didn't fail, no! But that he sought for knowledge to strike again. Knowledge brings gain, if you're not gaining

anything then you don't have knowledge of anything. No knowledge is a waste; any knowledge you despise will one day return to bite you! Don't say "I don't need to know that, or I don't need to know this, or I can't know everything"; instead say "I need to know all I can know"!". If you can know it then go ahead and know it! There was nothing that Jesus didn't know when He was on earth, He was all-knowing! If Jesus knew everything, who told you that you can't know many things! No knowledge comes to you by chance; the fact that you came across it is a pointer that you can know it!

Please understand me; it is knowledge that has brought you to where you are today, it is the same knowledge that will take you further! When you don't know what next to do, knowledge is what to do! If you want to have an edge, then you have to seek knowledge! The reason why you feel empty is because you've not filled yourself with

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knowledge. The reason why you're short of words is because you're short of knowledge. The reason why you don't know what to do is because you don't have knowledge of what needs to be done! When you have knowledge you'd know what to think! The reason why many people don't think is because they don't have knowledge! Many people are destroyed, not because of their sins, but because they lack knowledge. If the lack of knowledge is powerful enough to destroy, then the presence of it should command endless exploits! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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Until you lay hold on your talent, you may remain a servant Emeka Anslem
First I'd like to establish that the day you became born again, you became a product of the kingdom of God. You were translated from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of God. The bible validates these statements in Matt 6:33, Rom 12:2 and many other scriptures. If you must live as a Christian then you must first seek God's kingdom; do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by renewing your mind by God's kingdom principles. As a product of the kingdom, you're not suppose to live any way you like, no! You're suppose to live according to kingdom

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principles. Many people are living as servants and employees of labor, many others are merely earning a living for themselves. Of course, God wants us to earn a living, He wants us to be employed, but His heart cry is that we make a fortune (Read Part 10 of this series for details). Earning a living for yourself will place a limit on the number of people that will glorify God through you; but when you make a fortune, people will sing praises to God when they sight your presence. Your salary is not enough to make you a fortune, there is something God has endowed into you that will make a fortune for you - and that is TALENT. Jesus describes what the kingdom of God is like in Matt 25:14-30; "For the kingdom of heaven is AS a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods". You see, until you subscribe to using your talent you may remain a servant. Your talent is God's bail-out plan from the cage of poverty. According

to those scriptures; A master called his servants and gave them his treasures, he gave the first 3 talents, he gave the second 2 talents, and then the third - he gave 1 talent. The first and the second traded with their talents, and the master was excited with their hard work and promised to give them greater things. But the one with one talent said his master likes to reap where he did not sow, and for that reason he buried the talent. The master got upset and took back the one talent and gave to the one that now had 10 talents. I pray that you'd not loose what belongs to you to another person!

If you observe those verses carefully, you'd notice that the master didn't take back his talents from the first two servants, instead he promised to give them greater things. That means they were promoted from servants to partners. You can't afford to be serving people forever, people are waiting to serve you too! Take time out to

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discover your talent and develop it into applicable skills. The fact that you're passionate about singing doesn't make you a musician, you need to train your singing ability by absorbing necessary information and skills. Nobody pays to watch talent that is undeveloped, they pay to watch skills. Their master came to reconcile the account when he returned; I'm fully persuaded that God will ask you what you did with your talent(s)! Finally, God is not a waster or a problem creator. He didn't create you to start looking for employment - knowing that there is no employment anywhere. He created you to solve the employment problem. God is not just rating you based on the number of converts you win; He is more interested in the passion with which you use the wisdom and skills he has given to you. I'm so passionate about enlightening people, and I bless God for giving me a talent of writing and speaking. When you become very passionate about something, it simply means you have the

talent to work it out! Within your passion is your talent! Remember! A man is rated according to his applied talent or skills! I think I should stop here! May God give us understanding!

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