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THE WARFARE!Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-15894661103800864662015-06-23T23:33:00.001+01:002015-06-23T23:33:22.590+01:00FIVE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING PURPOSE <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">"The PURPOSE of life is not to be happy; it is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate. To have it makes some difference that you have lived and lived well". - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A life without purpose isn't worth living. As per the laws of creation, every living thing has been given an assignment to undertake. One great man says "everything we need to make our world better is right here in people." Sadly, not everyone is willing to undertake the assignment they have been created for. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose is defined as the reason for which something exists. The reason is what empowers a person to live. It isn't enough that you just occupy a space called life. You have to show gratitude for the life you have by making sense of it - in manifesting the purpose God created you for.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand" is what Exodus 2 verses 12 speaks of Moses when he came of age. His purpose was to redeem Israel but his methods weren't God's. You also need to know that your rewards in life is connected to the purpose you manifest. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.Purpose helps your self-motivation for continuous success. In times of frustration and disillusion, what will keep you going is the force of our purpose. As you remind yourself of our purpose, the energy to keep going is released. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Purpose guards against negative programming. The joy of knowing that you have the original blueprint of your purpose, stops you from buying into the negativity around.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Purpose helps you value your parameters to avoid spreading yourself all over the place. You learn to stay within your gift and calling.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Purpose will distinguish you and separate you from who you are from what you have achieved. Purpose is so powerful it can help you stay away from trouble and from what seems popular but not in concert with what you've been created for. </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Finally, purpose is what will set your spirit on high in times of low experiences. Being humans, challenges will seek to test your joy, endurance etc but purpose is the oil that keeps pumping the adrenaline you need to win. </span></span></h4>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-9912815765956789082015-06-02T01:00:00.000+01:002015-06-02T01:04:22.699+01:004 Blessings You Miss Living In Sin <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light". 1 Peter 2:9</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">In my previous blog </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://beelevated.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/what-is-sin.html" target="_blank">what is sin</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">, I explained to you the realities of sin and the repercussion it carries. That <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">sin is a fundamental relationship, it isn’t a wrong doing but a wrong being. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">It is a deliberate and determined independence from God. It’s a premeditated rebellion against the word of God. </span> I followed it through with </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://beelevated.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/what-sin-will-do-to-you.html" target="_blank">what sin will do to you</a></span><a href="http://beelevated.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/what-sin-will-do-to-you.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and ended it with </span><a href="http://beelevated.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/how-to-break-free-from-sin.html" target="_blank">how to break free from sin</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">It is easier to live in holiness than in sin</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">The four fundamental blessings that follows the one who decides not to live in sin according to 1 Peter 2:9 are - being a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation and finally you become a peculiar person. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">To be a chosen generation, God is simply saying <span style="color: red;">there will many generations but yours will stand out</span>. In Zechariah 3:7, God said to the prophet "if he would walk in His ways and keep His charge, then he shall judge God's house, keep His courts and will have places to walk among these that stand by". Zechariah's generation was to be the chosen one amongst the many only if he will walk in the ways of God. The same promise of God is available to you if only you are prepared to<a href="http://beelevated.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/how-to-break-free-from-sin.html" target="_blank"> break free from sin</a>. There is a place reserved for those who will leave the camp of sin. The place of being chosen generationally. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, being a holy nation is the finality of our relationship with God. Be ye holy for I am Holy says the Lord. The writer didn't say a holy person but a holy nation. This means your generation will become a nation of holy people. At one point, God said "I know Abraham for he will order his generations in the way of the Lord to do righteousness and justice". (Genesis 18:19). Holiness is the key to an enduring generation that walks in God's blessings. </span></span></h3>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-35290246371642182732015-04-30T12:41:00.005+01:002015-04-30T12:53:00.666+01:00 GRACE THE MAKER...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.1;">Grace isn't only seen as the schoolmaster that brought us to faith but <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>g</b><b>race is the undeserving input of the God in the weakness of a person to fulfil His plans in their lives</b></span>. I dare say that what people refer to as luck could be the grace of God at work in their endeavours </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 19.7999992370605px;">unbeknown to them</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 19.7999992370605px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.1;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.1;">When God places a person strategically in life, its not based on height, size, accent or colour but by the factor of grace which is in His nature. <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Wherever God goes, grace goes</span></b>! It freely exudes out of His nature. "Had it not been for the Lord on our side, tell me where we would have been"? When a person recognises that it took grace to bring them thus far, what they are inadvertently saying is that, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">more of your undeserved favour is welcome in my life Lord</span></b>. Interestingly, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">the GRACE of God is free if only a person will subscribe to it</span></b>. For the law came through Moses but GRACE and truth came by Jesus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 19.7999992370605px;">There are FOUR major changes that the GRACE of God brings about in the life of a person:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 19.7999992370605px;">1. It increases receptivity- when you know God is on our side to help you, you will open up your spirit to receive directions and inspiration from Him.</span></span></div>
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<br />I have always believed in the #SEED of God for everyone. Someone asked me whether if everyone was seeded by God. I reply emphatically YES! The best of God is always hidden in the #SEED of your talents, skills, abilities and opportunities available to all of us. Beneath are 22 quotes on the Seed. </h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SEEDS are given to SOWERS! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You are not poor, you've just not discovered your SEED.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You are not frustrated, you just don't know what your SEED is. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your frustration in life is a sign your SEED is agitated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God wasn't perturbed at the sight of the darkness, formlessness and void because He understood the power of the SEED.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You elevation is aligned to your SEED and its productivity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your place in life is equated to the SEED you carry. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every SEED and it's inception begins in hardship. #Psalm 126</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The power of creativity is encapsulated in the SEED. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The entirety of your life is in your SEED. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you know the Man, you will know their SEED vice versa.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your SEED has your name on and when your SEED dies in the wrong soil, you inadvertently become a living dead. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God doesn't give greatness per se : God gives the SEED.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your SEED is the key to the fold of great men. Proverbs 18/16</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obedience is the Key to successful SEED sowing. #Genesis 26</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your ability to put your SEED to work Empowers the next generation. Isaiah 9:8</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your SEED gives you direction...Speed follows later.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> As long as the Earth remains, SEED timing" will be required </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.5pt;">You are only significant if your SEED is.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your SEED : Your benefits and God's glory. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your SEED emboldens you to face tomorrow. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your SEED your destiny. </span></li>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-21984744402148825912014-10-13T22:14:00.001+01:002014-10-30T03:07:55.427+00:00#4FundamentalPillarsForSuccess (1.1) #GIVING - #HowToGive <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Am sure by now you are quite aware of the steps in giving that yields great fruition. We also understand God initiated the act of giving with by first sacrificing his son. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>). Giving is a divine lifeline for everyone who will practise it. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>). If you decide to give to others the proceeds of your work, it helps breaks the power of greed and covetousness that has shackled many people. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>). </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Your giving however should be seen as a seed that is being sown for a bountiful harvest. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>). Don't forget the seeds that fell in the good ground yielded a hundredfold, sixtyfold and thirtyfold blessings or fruits. God has given us several good soils to sow our seeds for fruition. I am sure deep in your spirit there is a desire to give right and if so, i believe it is my duty to help you give right.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Personally, I don't believe given should be under coercion but rather, giving should be at one's free will.(<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>). When your giving is under manipulation and falsehood, you receive nothing back. A willing sacrifice is an acceptable sacrifice! (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>). </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">For the many years I have been in ministry, I have identified six God-commanded places you can give for divine blessings and for the work of God to continue. Your giving isn't about now, it is about the fruits of the future. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweet</a>).</span></h3>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-68377747818557065402014-10-01T18:00:00.000+01:002014-10-30T03:05:34.407+00:00#4FundamentalPillarsForSuccess (1) #GIVING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The epitome of all great endeavours has its root in the art and act of giving. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). God shows us his generosity by giving his only begotten son. God is so much a giver to the point of shedding the blood of his own son. Anyone who gives is emulating God in his expression of love towards man. Until you get to the point where your giving moves you, it will never move God. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). The spirit and the attitude of giving is important for anyone who desires more. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More doesn't come a person's way unless more has been given out. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You cannot be a giver if you aren't a lover! (Tweetable?DoIt). It takes the spirit of sacrifice for one to let go of something that is theirs to another. Sadly, until you learn how to give, you are not permitted to ask. Those who have answers with regards to A(ask) S(seek) (Knock) are people who are givers. Giving is the stairway to you living a full life. As you learn to water others you will also be watered. Understand this, whenever giving is in motion, the law of reciprocity is also kick started. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>).</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your giving takes nothing from you but your giving takes everything from God. When you have a clinched fist, life will mete out to you nothing. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). A closed hand is inadvertently a closed destiny. Even nothing produces something called nothing! Whatever you give out comes back as a good measure,pressed down and shaken together which is poured into your bosom by men. I believe your greatest reward is in the art and act of giving.(<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Certain doors to great places won't open unless giving is at the fore.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own<b> SERVANTS</b>, and delivered on to them his <b>GOODS</b>. And unto one he gave five talents and to another two and to another one; to every man according to his <b>SEVERAL ABILITY</b> and straightway took his journey.. #Matthew25:14-</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am sure by now there is an understanding regarding your seed (ideas, talents, abilities, etc). From reading <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5780892862133445428#editor/target=post;postID=9065592192610319423;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname" target="_blank">#ThePowerOfYourSeed</a> to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5780892862133445428#editor/target=post;postID=4886627297109840275;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" target="_blank">#TheNatureOfYourSeed</a>, I have prepared and made you familiar with what a seed is. God is the one that gives seed to the sower. Until you are a sower, you are not qualified to demand a seed. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>) The scripture above points us to certain fundamental truths- whatever you have as a gift is given by God, that we are his servants (given the gift to serve his purpose) and finally we are all given these gifts according to our several ability. No one is disenfranchised when it comes to God!</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you read further on the above scripture, you will notice these servants were given their seeds according to their several ability. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). The one who deserved five was given five accordingly, the two likewise and the one also. The first two excelled with their seeds whilst the last one buried his. In verses 16 through to 18, certain words are made public regarding the sort of training they received ;traded, gained and buried are mention. I am sure they were taught how to trade, gain but never to bury their talents. Have you buried your gift instead of trading with it? Don't you know gifts, abilities and talents don't work themselves and that you the possessor should do something with it? It's about time you put it to work. Your seeds ability to multiply is in you putting it to work. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Knowledge about the nature of your seed is empowering whilst the information regarding it is liberating. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Every seed God gives an individual is meant to make room for you and your generation. Sometimes it is easy to ignore the facts and assume you can make use of your seeds. No one has ever become significant in life by ignoring the steps it takes to maximise your seed. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>).</span><br />
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-90655921926103194232014-09-01T18:00:00.000+01:002014-09-01T18:00:02.881+01:00#ThePowerOfTheSeed (1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">God is the one who gives seed to the sower. The epitome of all great endeavours begins with the seed. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). God has never given greatness per se but He has always given a seed. It is within the confines of the seed that every great vision, purpose or idea is. Seed is given to sowers; people who are prepared to put to work and maximise the potential of the seed they carry or are given. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). He that had, much is given to them but he who hasn't, even what they have is taken away. Selah!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">You are not poor, frustrated or struggling, you have just not discovered your seed or better still, the value it carries. Nothing in life begins with an already fulfilled plan. It all starts small and with the individual's input backed by heaven, the best out of it is gotten. Your next endeavour wouldn't be scuppered by any devil but your lack of effort to step up to the challenge. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Understand this, as long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest will never cease.This means God is still dishing out seeds and harvests to willing persons.(<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">I define success as the ability to discover your seed, the location it will grow and the "how to" in maximise its profitability as revealed to you by God. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">A. Everyone has a seed (Isaiah 55:8)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"When life is taken too seriously, the part of the human being that enjoys lightheartedness loses its significance"- Joseph Akuoko II</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have fun! Yes I said it. Anyone who takes life too serious to the point of denying themselves lightheartedness will struggle to become successful. You can't make it past a certain barrier in life without enjoying the fun that comes along. You can be successful without being gloomy and desperate all the time. One of the secrets of successful people is that they aren't always working, they also take time off to enjoy the pleasures of life which God has freely us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can't be invited to a wedding in Cana and not enjoy the fun of seeing people happy and merry because someone was getting married. Jesus didn't go to the wedding to preach. He went there to have fun. I say that was a needed fun! You see, breaking off to enjoy a time of respite allows you to recollect and take a step to analyse how far you've come with regards to your vision. The human being needs refreshment from time to time. It will be unfair to work your vision without an opportunity to have fun. Having fun allows you to see yourself, the world and the people you work with from a different perspective. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The pursuit of success is daunting! No one becomes a successful person by being so hard on themselves and in work. The process of working on your success should be fun filled. Now I know that if God was the one that commissioned the work, he will surely support it. If God is supporting it, then struggle is taken out of it. Spend time with your purpose but never lose sight of the fun attached to it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Someday you will recount the processes that brought you thus far. Some will be bittersweet, others will be heart wrenching and that of near failure. My prayer for you is that when you remember the process, may you have a bigger chunk of your memory for the times you had fun failing forward to rise to the place of prominence. Yes you can pursue your vision, idea, purpose whilst having fun. It's not all that serious! Take a chill pill!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">Success is intentional! I can't stop trumpeting this statement. It is alright to desire to be successful. At the end of the day, one of the notable miracles of life is the fulfilment of being successful in whatever endeavour you set your heart to. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a>) The ninth rule which i consider sacred in one's quest for success is learning to shun undeserved fame. </span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">There is the tendency to want to show yourself or product prematurely. One person tweeted that speed isn't necessary when knowledge isn't acquired. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a>). I have seen many who thought in spite of advice that they were ready to be known and seen. They coined titles etc for themselves as a means to showcase their arrival. Sadly, they can't be found today simply because, when you stretch beyond your capability, the evil forces of life will break you. They have a vested interest in your failure!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #001320;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 21px;">The lurings of early fame is something every child of destiny will wrestle with for some time. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a>). More so when people you know you are better than in terms of skills, abilities, talents seem to be making it whilst you are struggling. Unfortunately, we easily forget in life, the race has never been to the swift but time and chance happens to all human beings. A person's ability to maximise their time and chance will set them apart in spite of their perceived weaknesses.(<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a>) </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #001320;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #001320;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 21px;">The rules for fame are respected by the forces of change. The opening scripture depicts Jesus escaping the trappings of underserved fame nearly imposed on him by man. Earlier at age twelve, he had tried to jump ahead of his time for manifestation by arguing in the Temple with the teachers until God used his parents to save him. It was premature exposure! I could have jumped ahead of my time. I was called earlier and gifted with the office of the Prophet. I don't struggle to see and that too could have been a great challenge had it not been for God. The tendency to want to let others know you are powerful is always rife. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a>). Learning to escape as Jesus did is the most prudent thing to do until the right time. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">You can never amount to much in life if you don't consciously make an effort to be faithful. Everyone relates to faithful people....they can be relied on in all things. The world glamourises the dog eat dog attitude that only inspires using every evil means to make ends meet. Sometimes the methods employed only leads to unfaithfulness. Sadly, many who took that road have ended up on the wrong side of life. Deep within the soul of every person is a desire to be close to a person who is faithful and vice versa. A faithful soul is a sweet smelling fragrance that soothes the life of a dear friend. Faithfulness is the grace God freely gives to great ones!</span></h3>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-67850770633378648342014-03-25T18:00:00.000+00:002014-04-29T12:24:48.642+01:00#10FsForASuccessfulLife - (6) #ValueFAMILY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
" <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A strong family bond molds one into a better person" - J Akuoko II</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Family is everything! Remember the movie "the Godfather"? Wow, its forever a classic. Family not in the sense of the intricacies that characterised the movie "the Godfather" but that of a healthy unit of loving, caring and well meaning people. My #6thFforASuccessfulLife is placing value on family. I believe without it, many of the gifts, talents and opportunities we are destined for might elude us. Yes one can argue that not all families help nurture a person. Yet I believe the vast majority of people who come from a strong bond of a family stand a great chance of becoming all that God created them to be. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are a few reason why you need to #ValueFamily<span style="font-weight: normal;"> -</span></span></h3>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-1495684058604469182014-03-11T18:00:00.000+00:002014-03-30T22:13:27.661+01:00#10FsForASuccessfulLife - (5) #HaveFORTITUDE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">..... be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might... Ephesians 6/10</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The irony of life is that whilst we seem to enjoy in some
days, other days come with their challenges. The beauty of life is that when we
fall we have the chance to rise. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a>). Living life means
one of these days the worst could happen yet it also means you can have the
fortitude to overcome it. Ever wondered why certain people bounce back and
others not? The secret is the FORTITUDE with which they approach the issues of
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weaken our resolve in dealing with the everyday challenges in life. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do
It</a>). The good news is that you have been empowered to over it come.
Fortitude without even looking it up in the dictionary is exhibited by most of
us in the face of challenges. We walk in it almost every day when we face
challenges are able to overcome it. I see it as an inner strength built over
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">If you are going to win and do so successfully in any area
of your life, then you need to have fortitude. At any given chance, you are
going to be tested...even by the most trusted person or loved one. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do
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you don't only win in the situation but also become a master over it. The
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of time and one thing has always stayed :- having the FORTITUDE to deal with
issues when they present themselves. (#Secret- leading people is the most
difficult yet rewarding task ever). The above scripture gives one a place of
hiding and also of seeking the strength of God. Be strong in your relationship
with God and also bask in His power. With God on your side, even when things
seems overwhelming, heaven will release a dose of the daily fortitude to you so
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were created to have dominion over the issues life presents. Yes we all might
have failed once, twice, thrice and sometimes many times. The truth however is
that if you will see yourself in a different light and embrace the power you
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-68423161926259592552014-03-04T18:00:00.000+00:002014-03-21T05:52:39.417+00:00#10FsForASuccessfulLife - (4) #BeFEARLESS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For God has not given us the Spirit of Fear; but of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">power, and of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">love, and of a sound mind. ~ 2Tim1:7</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be fearless and never give into any signs of it in your life. Deal with it brutally, because the absence of fear only allows for the expression of creativity, skill and ability with ease. Given the opportunity, which one of the acronyms coined out of fear would you choose? I will go for False Evidence Appearing Real. If truth is to be told, many of the things we are afraid of are false things wanting to appear as a reality. If you dare buy into its reality, fear stays and ossifies. </span></span></h4>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-66021030572781088962014-02-24T18:00:00.000+00:002014-03-11T04:33:16.675+00:00#10FsForASuccessfulLife - (3) #BeFANTASTIC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might"...- Eccle 9:10</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Be fantastic...do your utmost best to excel wherever you find yourself. In the usage of your skills, abilities, talents etc, stand out. In life, everyone is afforded an opportunity to excel yet only a few stand out. Sometimes, there is the tendency to think there are special ones but as far as God is concern, everyone is very special and can become anything if we choose to.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Being fantastic at what you do requires an inner resolve to be better in any chosen area in spite of your challenges. Excuses are very cheap and if you subscribe to it, they will cheapen and weaken your best resolve in life. Every great person could have given an excuse yet they discarded its notion and became all round fantastic at what they do.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you approach life with a sense of entitlement you will lose the joy that makes people excel with dignity. No one owes you anything....at best people will help up to some point. The best doings to bring grace and dignity to you should come from you. You are your best help and your worst enemy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">To excel or to be fantastic is a decision you have to make. It is not dependent on external factors but more on you. You have been empowered by God through Christ to dictate the issues that affect your life. Projecting the best of your intentions is something you have the right to. Being fantastic at and in work, friendship, love etc is a key ingredient in living life successfully. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The more I study the word of God, the more I understand life and its challenges can be conquered without much sweat if we will listen to what the Spirit is saying. Our opening scripture is succinct and emphatic :- "whatever you find to do here on earth, do it with every ability, knowledge and finally passion" for without which you will never be all that God called you to. You can be FANTASTIC in all that you do.</span></span><br />
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-53989081268735729382014-02-17T18:00:00.000+00:002014-03-18T17:34:55.400+00:00#10FsForASuccessfulLife- (2) #BeFOCUSED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Focus is the womb of great manifestations! It is the epitome of every great endeavour in life. Until a person learns to be focused, their greatest dream will only remain a dream and nothing else. Many never understand that one of their deadliest enemies in the pursuit of their dreams and aspirations is not being focused. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every purpose and its fulfilment has its rudiments in the person's ability to stay focused on the mission for which they were sent. Every great man or woman knows one thing- never lose focus on the one thing that can make the difference in their lives and that of others. It is said, Thomas Edison tried a 1000 times to make a light bulb yet couldn't. When asked if he had failed in not achieving his purpose, he answered, he had just found a 1000 ways not to make a light bulb. What kept him going in spite of the challenges? FOCUS did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The mindsent of being focused is the one every great individual needs in order to succeed. Now understand why it is imprudent for one to be doing so many things at a time. Familiar with Jack of all trades and master of none? The simplest logic is this - when your energy is focused on a single thing, the tendency for you to succeed is higher as compared to dissipating it all over. Your gifts and skills are great but all they need is you being focused on the one thing you are pursuing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is a point in life where all the clutter, noise, unnecessary friends and any other things that stop you from focusing have to be dealt with. You might be wondering why you've struggled a lot with your vision, dream etc. It is simply because you are not focused enough. The mind produces its best when its focused. Understand this, there are finer products hidden deep within your spirit and it will take focus to unearth them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the beginning God said..... and everything He said is still in motion. What energy, what power, what focus! The power of focus was needed when creation of a new earth out of the distorted, void and darkened one was to be achieved. As you focus intently, you are taken to its next and powerful level of focus called FOCI- the centre or converging point of focus. This is where all great inventions and ideas are hidden. Remember, any time you feel like giving up, that laser is powerful and can be used to cut even metals because tiny rays of light have been FOCUSED!</span><br />
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-43884637136250693492014-02-11T08:15:00.000+00:002014-03-18T17:30:07.845+00:00#10FsForASuccessfulLife- (1) #BeFRIENDLY <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
..<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">.But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. #Proverbs 18:24</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be a friend who can be Befriended! (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Man is a social being and at any given opportunity, we will need to relate to people....sometimes outside the immediate family of a person. The reality of friendship is that you are always going to be influenced be it positive or negative. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Interestingly, we are <a href="http://beelevated.blogspot.com/2012/07/relate-to-your-kind.html" target="_blank">attracted to our kind</a>! Peer pressure never ends after teenage years. At any given age or level there are peers who will influence your thoughts, behaviours, choices etc and its from out of these do we choose to form friendships.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friendship is by choice not by force. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Being friendly isn't acting needy. Friendship is a mutual agreement between two people sometimes spoken or not for the benefit of all. Friends are God sent when they fit the purpose for which they were sent. They carry with them answers to challenges we face as we go along. Even Jesus at some point needed friends. He chose disciples people whom he later called friends. #John 15/15. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The value of friendship cannot be equated to money. It's most seen when someone you call a friend is there for you in times of challenges. It carries with it the strength to endure difficulties together. There is nothing beautiful as having someone you can confide in and commune with on issues no one seems to understand. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a>). Interestingly, a true friend will stick closer in all matters relating to your life. Growing up, I had loads of people I called friends. Age has taught me that many of those were just acquaintances who really didn't fit into what I will term friends. I can't stand disloyal people and a such I am quite careful on choosing people for friendship. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Many will disappoint you in your quest to sieve through the number of people for friendship. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">). Friendship and its definition has changed for me as I mature. Your need to be fulfilled in life should be considered when desiring to find a friend. They should carry enough to impact your life. Their influence should create a visible change for all to see. I consider friendship in a three step way - those who will feed my need for insight, wisdom and information for my vision , those who I can share my knowledge with on the same level and finally those who I can teach things I have benefited from to in life. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do It</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">).</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">David and Jonathan's friendship is an example of that which is for life. Jonathan the Prince saw greatness in David and defended him even from the imminence of deathly threats from his father King Saul. If you find a friend who sticks closer than a brother, then you can really rest assured that some of the challenges you might face in life will be halved. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">).</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Be friendly for it pays not only when we need people around...but I believe two heads are always better than one. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Tweetable?DoIt</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">). There is someone out there whom you can trust with the fine details of the challenges you are facing in life. Loneliness by choice or circumstance does nothing better for a person. Reach out to someone who needs your company. Be friendly!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></h3>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-81040034861698509902014-01-13T18:00:00.000+00:002014-01-13T19:15:22.040+00:00The Winter Is Passed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you are reading this, there is high possibility that you are alive and in real time. It also means in spite of your regrets and mistakes, you've crossed over from the vestiges of 2013 into the early fodder of 2014. Your life could be Summed up in the popular James Bond catchphrase "stirred but not shaken". Yes you endured all that 2013 could throw at you yet you survived. What you didn't need got burnt in the fire! You have been kept by the mercies of God for a reason and a season. Your greatest breakthrough and opportunity is the "now" that you're living in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The winter is passed but a fresh and a new day beckons. What are you going to do this year? Spend your time planning when it's time to act? Procrastinate again? Let opportunities pass you by without even trying? I mean what exactly are your plans for the new year?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No one applauds ideas...people celebrates results! The time of slack and blame has passed. Its time you become all that God created you to. Shake off the last bits of 2013 and embrace the clothing of a new dawn. Every thing you need is so much available. All you need is to take the bold step. I remind you of this story in Joshua's days. Moses had divided the waters yet was no more. The people were used to their leaders dividing waters for them. Joshua's opportunity came with God now commanding the Priest to bear the Ark on their shoulders and to "STEP INTO JORDAN" as the only means by which the waters will divide. They obeyed and Jordan was divided. Moses used the rod but in Joshua days, the Priest stepped into the water. The Winter had passed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know this for a fact; God will be telling some of us to go the extra mile, open new chapters in pursuit of dreams and aspirations, separate ourselves or better still leave the relationship, go back to school etc. Make sure you heed the voice and do as commanded for strength will be given to you from on high to accomplish every dream and purpose you were created for. The winter is passed! Behold a new season comes and I hear the spirit say it's your SEASON.</span><br />
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-31514683645521410422013-12-23T17:00:00.000+00:002014-01-20T17:03:08.670+00:003WaysToSelfPreserved - (3) WalkInPurity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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self-preservation. You cannot live your life anyhow and expect not to be a
victim of early destruction. Anyhow
living simply leads to anyhow preservation! The difference between the one that
lives in purity and the one who doesn’t is the length at which they will be
preserved. Moses before he could handle the rod of miracles was tested on his
state of purity. He was told to place his hand on his chest which turned
leprous. At this point it was obvious that he couldn’t handle the rod of God if
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Living life might not necessarily be something strange anymore
but being preserved against things others struggle with is what matters. You need to get to the point of saying “NO” to
certain things that will cause you to compromise on your Christian standards.
Opinions of people don’t matter: the standards of God is the ultimate and that
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many will be told to depart from the presence of God during
the judgment because they lived without any sign of purity. Have you ever
questioned why regardless of how much gifted a person might be, they never seem
to produce anything meaningful? The lack of intentional purity might be the
answer! All things are lawful onto me but not all are expedient. Once you come
to this point, you have to make the decision to live pure for yourself. There
is no way round living pure, acting pure and thinking pure as a child of God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Living pure is something every Christian should endeavour
to. Many have the mind you judge them when you point out a fault in their
character, relationship etc. However, as Christians, we are meant to prove
others by how we live our lives. Until your life style speaks about your
relationship with Christ, you don’t have the moral right to speak of others.
When in doubt about living right and pure, remind yourself of what the whole of
Psalm 24 speaks on. What really gives me the kick is when the Psalmist
questions who will ascend onto the hill of God and stand in His holy place. He
gives the answer without wavering – “he that a clean hands and a pure heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To the pure all things are pure. The bible warns a lot about things that defile
a person. It’s about time you take
living right and pure for God seriously. Nothing you do for God will go
unrewarded. Purity carries with it a divine key that causes one have access to
untold breakthroughs. Purity is what makes the difference between two people in
life. To stand out and be different, preserved above others consider living
purely for God. Whatsoever things are lovely, pure, just, honest and of a good
report if there be any praise and virtue think on these. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-45646488618141046162013-12-16T17:00:00.000+00:002013-12-16T17:00:01.755+00:003WaysToSelfPreserve (2) GuardWhatYouSay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Life and death are upon the power of the tongue and he that
loves it will eat the fruit thereof. It’s interesting how we often forget the
effect of what we do almost every split second – speaking. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). For someone who is a
certified deaf and dumb person, it’s never about the physical act of speaking
forth but the spirit behind their gestures. Motive has always been the
measuring rod for God in dealing with man.
It’s never about the act but the spirit behind the acting! Any time we speak to someone we are releasing an enormity of unseen power.
Understand this- words carry more weight in the Spirit realm with both the
forces of good and evil ready to act based on what is said.(<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it!</a>)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Words are spirits and every spirits needs blood in order to
thrive. The person as long as he is flesh and blood creates the environment for their words to thrive. (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it</a>!)Thus what you say matters most not to you only but to others. In Pastor
David Yonggi Cho’s book, <i>fourth
dimensional living In a three dimensional world</i>, he reveals deeply the
often taken for- granted power of words. He says “words tend to exert an equal
amount of influence on both their speakers and their hearers, as well as anyone
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What has words got to do with preservation? Words either
forms or destroys a life. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">(Tweetable?Do it!</a>). The amount of destruction or construction a word
spoken in a second generates is amazing. Just by the spoken word, Abraham and
his generations were blessed. Just by the spoken word of Jabez’ mother his
life was curse even before he could utter his first words as a baby. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> God said “</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">let there be”</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and up on
until now everything He said is in existence. What He said from the beginning
has resonated past generation into ours and am sure if Jesus tarries, it will
past the generation to come after ours. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Words spoken with power whether good or bad resonates in the realms of the spirit. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it!</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To preserve yourself , there ought to be a new way of using the lips and the words that
proceeds out of them. Man through his lip can secure his destiny and preserve
the generation that follows. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it!</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). Joseph was a prisoner because of the jealousy and anger from his brothers. In his immature stages, his words nearly cut short
his life. His imprudent attitude caused tensions between himself and the siblings which subsequently led to him being
sold into slavery. Fast forward a few years and the dialogue between himself, cup bearer and Pharaoh speaks of change. He had come to terms with this understanding- that in order to self-preserve- his words mattered . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Words are the garment that frame our thoughts. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it!</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). Your life
is where it is because of your words. If you hate your life, change your words and watch it create the world you desire. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be empowered after his baptism. Something powerful
happened in his dialogue with the devil. Understand that his vocabulary
wasn’t much of anything but that of a carpenter for thirty years before the encounter with the Holy Spirit.
But when he was empowered by the Holy Spirit, his words were anointed for
supernatural doings. (</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Tweetable?Do it!</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). No wonder when the devil attacked him, his rendition of
what the word of God says carried so much weight. </span></div>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-40324324328017069142013-12-09T17:00:00.000+00:002014-01-20T17:02:42.681+00:003WaysToSelfPreserve (1) UnderstandYourParameters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“He must increase that I may decrease” John said</span></b>. (Copy and tweet). What sort of mission statement is that? This saying was to culminate his life works. The baptism of Jesus in Jordan by John was the end of John’s
ministry as dictated by the Spirit. John was an individual who understood the
parameters in which he was called to operate and did so. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Could it be that many have gone over their parameters and are suffering as a result? Knowing when to and not to is a sign that you
understand your strengths, abilities and weaknesses. Is the job, career path,
relationship, belief and even your lifestyle within the parameters God has
called you to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The challenge for most people is to
accept that not everything is within their parameters even though they might have
what it takes. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). Everyone desire to live
long yet how many truly do so? We encumber our lives with things that really
don’t matter to us so much that by the time we are aware, it’s too late. God
created each one with an ability that must be allowed to shine through the
process of time. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Any smart person who desires longevity both in expression of gifts, abilities
or talents and even in life understands their parameters. They also understand
the various gifts and calling on others and are prepared to let them take the
centre stage when the time demands.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Too many
of us want to be everything whilst watching our other gifts go waste. You
can’t be everything!How are you going to stand for something if you’re
everything?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What are your strengths and weaknesses? What are you good
at? What are others better at than you? Over the years everything I have learnt has
this standing out- you can’t always insist on your rights. Whenever a person
always fights to keep their rights, they become a prisoner to the dictates of their opponents. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). You’ll exert so much effort to get your insistence accepted and
by the time you realise, not much would have been achieved. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Your parameters define your character and attitude. It’s
what defines your doings. Within the confines of your character and attitude,
lies your uniqueness that determines the way you act towards others. Staying within
the confines of your parameters also teaches you how to empathize with the
weaknesses of others whilst adulating their strengths. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>).</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> If you desire to be
relevant for a long time to come, watch how you manage your parameters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus displayed the knowledge of his parameters when he sent
the disciples in two to cast out devils, heal disease, raise the dead and a
host of other things. He had all power because God had anointed him for such a
feat. So how come he let others shine? Simply because he understood the power
of self-preservation. If you stay within your parameters, there is a godly
chance that you will live longer for as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God. (Copy and </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">tweet</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). Countless who allowed the spirit of God to teach them
how to stay within their parameters enjoyed the provision, protection and
prosperity of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a. What are your parameters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b. Do you sometimes go over?</span></div>
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-9345139590841294242013-12-02T16:00:00.000+00:002013-12-02T16:00:08.821+00:00#3ThingsToDominateInYourLife - (3) #TheFlesh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your quest to operate in dominance I believe should
begin with you taking charge of the flesh. What is the flesh you might ask? The
flesh represents the fallen nature of man that fights against the renewed
nature of a person in Christ. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). It's also the sum total of the expression of
the mind, emotions and the soul of a person that is not in concert with the
word of God and they do nothing to aid you in your walk with Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Success or failure first begins with a person! (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). The
demands of the flesh are so real. Sometimes its push and pull makes it quite
daunting and difficult to live except through the grace of God. My nearest
experience was trying to help someone caught in an addiction to break free. Funny
enough during those days I wasn’t well equip but the lesson learnt has forever
stayed with me. When the flesh commands its demand, the human being without
the saving grace of Christ is left with no choice but that of obedience. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). This
sort of enslavement is demeaning and devaluing! The whole purpose of Christ and
his death was to release power to man for dominance especially over the flesh. Man
is a spirit being and at the same time soulish entity. Interestingly we function well when
connected to the spirit. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s out of this fallen nature or the flesh (not
physical flesh) that the destructive tendencies of drunkenness, drug
abuse, sexual depravity, murder and its ilk emanate. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>) The more you study the
bible the more you understand everything God warns us about is for our own
good. Know also that there is an eternal war between the demands of the flesh and
that of the Spirit and unfortunately man is the victim. If your flesh controls
you too much, it means your Spirit has been weakened and your connection to
righteousness is being weakened whilst that to sin is strengthened. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). As long as
you are plugged into the demands of the flesh, the contamination begins and
leaves you dry without any hope except you taking charge through Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The power of the flesh does only one thing- to hold
you ransom to evil. Even when you have the desire to do that which is right,
your abilities are poisoned and taken prisoner by that of the dictates of the
flesh. Paul bemoans the state of the individual who is under the dominance of
the flesh in Romans chapter 7. He paints a picture of an individual who desires to live right but
find himself doing the evil thereof because of the pull of the flesh. The
situation becomes grave to the point Paul calls it being wretched. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The flesh will leave you wretched and broken as all
it does is to keep you in sin. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>). God cannot do much with a person who in spite of
the death of Jesus is caught in the grips of the flesh. You cannot be friends
with the deeds of the flesh…it’s no one’s friend. If there is anything you need the power of God
to help you deal with, let it be to fight off the demands of the flesh. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">To dominate your flesh here are some tips:-</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Prayerfully identify what your weakness is.
(Everyone has a weakness and it’s through it that the flesh gains an
opportunity to cause one to sin) (Genesis 4:7)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Attack that weakness with every available
resource of the word, fasting and prayer. (Hebrews 4:12)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Learn to walk in the spirit and you will not
fulfil the deeds of the flesh. You learn to walk in the Spirit by:-<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a. Constantly study the word of God (2 Timothy
2:15)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">b. Commune with the Holy Spirit to know the will of
God for your life. (Ephesians 1:11)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Constantly be part of the gathering of
believers. What you constantly hear is something you will eventually become. (Hebrews 10:25).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Yours, </span><br />
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Joe Akuoko IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427191697889668906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780892862133445428.post-29621410192928817002013-11-18T17:00:00.000+00:002013-12-02T05:13:42.211+00:00#3ThingsToDominateInYourLife - (2) #Ignorance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ignorance is dangerous and </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">menacingly an enemy you cannot ignore. We are dealing with an enemy whose foremost attack is against the knowledge a person possesses. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">He tried the same on Jesus but failed miserably. </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;">Jesus only won that initial fight through the knowledge he possessed. </b>He used the<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold;"> “it is
written” </span>method</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. (Copy and </span></span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">tweet</a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">). He fought the devil with what he had studied and I believe it’s about time we do the same. </span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Knowledge was at play in
the temptation of Jesus by the devil</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. The devil’s quest to test the
ignorance level of Jesus if at all there was any failed miserably.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The greatest weapon being used by the enemy to keep
believers at bay is ignorance. The bible is the knowledge of God concerning
man’s life on earth. Whatever one desires the answer can be found in the bible
yet many never bother to find out. <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Anytime ignorance is at play, captivity and
death is what ensues</b></span>. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>) Ignorance isn’t bliss, it’s destructive! It’s as
powerful as knowledge howbeit in the negative sense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">If there is anything you ought to do in order to
secure your identity, it will be to know what God’s word says about who you are. You are only going to able to apply faith
based on what you know. <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What you don’t know only leaves you a wanderer in this
race of life</span></b>. (Copy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweet</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Joshua took over from Moses and I guess like
everyone, the thoughts of not leading like him etched on his mind. Aside the promise of him dividing the
inheritance and being admonished to be strong and courageous, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">God warned him of
ignorance</span></b>. He was told the only way he will fail and do so miserably was to
stay ignorant. God told him specifically in these words – “this book of the law
shall not depart from thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for
then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and then thou shall have good
success”. (Joshua 1:8)(11). If he followed God's instructions, Joshua was set to be victorious in
all that he did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ignorance is prevalent and so is knowledge!</span></b>(Copy and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1040059782"></span>tweet<span id="goog_1040059783"></span></a>). Every offshoot
of ignorance is pain, anguish, poverty, envy, jealousy etc. A life that lacks
the requisite knowledge is one that is bound to be thrust into eternal pain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Three
men were chosen by a King to head an enterprise. Each was given an amount of
money they could handle according to their several ability. No king ever
chooses without first imparting the knowledge needed for success. They were given
the necessary training with the Kings knowledge and were let loose to make
profit for their master. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Two excelled with the knowledge whilst one deliberately
chose to stay in his ignorance. (Copy and </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">tweet</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">). The two
who applied the knowledge received were promoted to possess more whilst he who
intentionally chose not to apply the knowledge was sent to eternal damnation
and gnashing of teeth. (Copy and tweet) </span><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Fight ignorance where ever you find it. Above all fight and dominate any sense or iota of ignorance that is stagnating your upward
mobility. </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(Copy and </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">tweet</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>To deal with ignorance, here are a few tips:</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Know what you need in terms of knowledge and go
for it. Apply these three levels of the acquisition if knowledge:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a. Studying (2 Timothy 2:15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">b. Buying knowledge (Proverbs 23:23)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Meditate for revelational knowledge (Joshua 1:8)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">2.Be brutal with anything that wants to hold you ignorant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Finally, feed your mind with the right things. (Philippians 4:8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">A. Why do you think ignorance is so much prevalent?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">B. What other ways can one fight ignorance?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">Yours,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Joe Akuoko II</b></span></span><br />
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