Continued from Part I
7. BE VISION EMPOWERED AND VISION DRIVEN
Prov.29:18,Where there is no vision, the people perish, but hee that keepeth the law, happy is he.Hab.2:2-3,And the lord answered me and said,write the visions, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth itFor the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie, though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it shall not tarry.
You must be a man or woman with a vision. Don’t live an aimless life. You will only waste your destiny.
Have a vision.
Write it down
Pursue it without fail.
8. SET GOALS AND PURSUE IT
Goal setting is a powerful process. It helps you determine your priorities, get organized, make big decisions, and realize your dreams. It enables you to envision your ideal future and then develop a plan to make your dreams a reality. The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life.
Determine to set goals and plan to achieve it at all cost no matter the challenges. Set a comprehensive goals for every area of your life. You need an wholistic development in every facet of your life. You must experience an all round success. Therefore set goals for your ministry, business, physical development, financial abundance, material increase,education and mentally development. Set goals that are SMART which implies it must be Specific, Measurable,Achievable, Realistic and Targetable. Attach time to all your plan you intend to achieve. It may require long term plans or short time plan to attain it. Plan option A or B to achieve your set out goal. In case one fails, try the next solution. Do one after the other. If one fails, try another. Seek advice and counsel at tough times. Press on till you attain your dream.Never give up. Don’t die with your dream. If you can dream it, you can attain it. Be focused. Mind your motives in all you do.
9. STRETCH YOUR FAITH
Excellent people always start a task having made decision to always stretch themselves to go extra miles to attain their goal. Think big, plan big and attempt big things by faith.
If you keep doing things the same old ways, you will keep getting same old result. Find new ways to improve to do it better. Always attempts things that will stretch your faith to trust God. Set high goal above the level you are now and go for it.
10. PLAN YOUR TIME, MAKE THE BEST USE OF IT.
Eccl. 3:1-9,To everything theres a season and a time to every purose under the heavenA time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant and a time topluck up that which is planted.A time to kill and a time to healA time to weap and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.A time to cast stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracingA time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and atime to cast away.A time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak.A time to love and a time to hate, a time of war an da time of peace.What profit hath he tha worketh in that wherein he laboureth?Eph. 5:15-17See them that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wiseRedeeming the time because the days are evilWherefore ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the lord is.
Great achievers are always great time planners. They value time and don’t waste it. They hate to have time thieves around them. Discipline yourself in the way you manage the 24 hours every man is disposed to utilize every day.
Plan your day, week and year.
Write it down
Prioritize the items
Start to carry out daily assignment one after the other as scheduled in the order of their priority. Anyone you could no implement in a day, take it to the following day. This is the secret of great achievers.
Avoid time thieves such unnecessary visitors, phone calls, social networking and televisions viewing.
Don’t procrastinate. Whatever you need to do that will add value to your life. Remember to do it now
11. ASK FOR GOD PRESENCE & HIS HANDS OF BLESSING
Deut.28:8The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 10:22 KJV[22] The blessing of the Lord , it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
You can do nothing with out the help of God. You need divine empowerment and divine guidance. Make God your partner in ministry and business. Commit your ways unto him and he shall bring the desire of your heart to pass.
Jabez asked for it.
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 KJV[9] And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. [10] And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. …
Do his will and glorify him.
12. SOW ALWAYS FOR FULFILMENT OF YOUR DREAM
Genesis 26:1-4,12-14And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of ABRAHAM. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the philistines unto the gerar.And the lord appeared unto himand said go not down the Egypt, dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.Soujourn in the land and iu will be with thee and will bless the, for unto thee and unto the seeds I will give all these countries and I wil perform the oathwhich I sware unto Abraham thy faher.I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of the heaven and will give unto thee all these countries and in the seeed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.Eccl.11:4-6,He that observeth the wind shall not sow , he that regardeth the cloud sshall not reap.As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, or how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with a child even so thou knowest not thee works of God who msketh all.In the morning, sow thy seedand in the evening, withhold notr thy hand, for thou knowest not weather sha prosper, either this or that or weater both shall be alike good.Psalm 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.He that goeth forth and weapeth, shall doubtless come agaom with rejoicing bringing with sheaves with him.
No sowing, no fulfilment
No planting, no harvesting.
Seed breaks fallow ground
Make your life a blessing and a solution to your generation.
a. Be generous in giving-good offerings, vows, help for the poor, the needy, orphans, widows, projects, soul winning and missions and Prophets offeringsb. Be a faithful tither. Don’t expect God to bless or help you you are unfaithful in tithing.c. Sow your life. Be committed to your heavenly mandate.d. Sow dangerous seed to move your ministry and business to the next level.What you make happens to others, God makes happen to you. Help someone to succeed. If you pull someone down, you are sowing a seed for your down fall.
13. BE PERSISTENT AND GLORIFY GOD
1 Cor.10:31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Learn to be persistent in pursuit of your dream, no matter the challenges on the way to your place of destiny. Be humble and Give God the glory for whatever you attain in life. Make your life a blessing and a solution to your generation. Be patient. Don’t compete nor strive with others. Do what God has called you to do.
In conclusion develop a winning attitude. Your attitude determines your altitude you will attain in life. No level you cannot attain. Only you can limit yourself. Never give up. Go for your dream.