Profits Are Better Than Wages by Jim Rohn

My mentor, when I was 25 years old, dropped a phrase on me that changed my life forever when he said, “Profits are better than wages. Wages will make you a living. Profits can make you a fortune.”

You know it is a bit difficult to get rich on wages, but anybody can get rich on profits. Profits change your whole attitude, even if you start part time—whether it’s part time on your entrepreneurial business, network marketing company or service business.

It can be a landscape business in the summer or hanging Christmas lights in the winter. It can be training, consulting or tutoring. It can be your hobby, such as painting, writing, crafts, woodworking, computers or cooking. But once you start investing even part-time effort into your own business, you will find how much more exciting it is to get up in the morning and go to work on your fortune, even if you’re only spending a few hours a week doing it.

How empowering it is to be able to go to work on your fortune every day rather than going to work to pay the rent. Now it is noble to go to work to pay the rent, but if you could also parcel out part of your time, go to work to make your fortune. Your whole attitude changes. Your spirit changes. It is in your voice. It is in your face. It is in your gestures. And then you can say, “I am now working full time on my job and part time on my fortune because I found a way to make profits.” Wow!

And I will know what you mean. 

How to Be a Real Success

The story of the Good Samaritan in the Scriptures illustrates the difference between a success and a failure. A man was robbed, beaten and eventually left to die alongside the road. A priest saw the need and passed by. A Levite saw the need and continued his journey without helping. A Samaritan, a most unlikely helper, saw the need and went the extra mile to meet the need. Seeing the need drew the Good Samaritan into action.

If you desire success in your life, you must turn your attention away from yourself toward helping others. Failures think and talk continually about themselves. Successful people always think about adding value to other people. Dr. John C. Maxwell expressed this truth when he stated, “Many people who struggle with chronic failure do so because they think of no one but themselves.”

Jim Rohn: Thriving Through the Holidays

The holidays are upon us; a time of celebration and joy. I love the last days of November through the beginning of the New Year. The pure magic of the holidays is something that I anticipate and enjoy each and every year.

For some though, the holidays have lost the joy and excitement they at other times have had. The pace of life has grown so fast—much faster than those first holidays I remember in my life—that some people don’t enjoy the times they get to spend with their family and friends during what is supposed to be days filled with joy and peace.

Why is that? Probably a lot can be laid at the feet of how fast-paced our times are, but that isn’t all.

I believe our holiday times should be wonderful and filled with lasting and enjoyable moments and memories. So how can we ensure that we come out of the holidays in January with great memories of the past month? Here are six thoughts that will help you experience the holidays the way they were intended to be experienced:

Be Temperate
Holidays can be days of excess for many—too much food, too many cookies and treats. Too much chocolate, schedules that are too busy. One thing that will help you enjoy the holidays is to be temperate. Enjoy the food. Enjoy the treats. Enjoy the busy schedule of activities and parties. But also be disciplined enough to know when to hold back, when to say, “No.” When we go overboard we regret it and lose the opportunity to fully experience that moment. But when we enjoy a little and refrain from going too far, then we can enjoy all that little piece of time has to offer.

It’s Better To Give by Zig Ziglar

“When Wally Jansen told me about my new company’s Christmas ‘trip to the island’ tradition,” says Phillip Kelly,  “I was intrigued.  Ten days before Christmas the two hundred Puerto Rican families in this particular parish would gather and each family would place five dollars in the ‘pot,’ which was about a day’s pay for a fruit picker back then.  Each family would write its name on a slip of paper.  Then they would blindfold someone to draw the name of the family that would get to go home for Christmas – two glorious weeks on the island, and enough money to buy Christmas presents for everyone.  I went to the drawing that year, my first Christmas with the community, but it was going to be Wally Jansen’s last.  Wally was retiring after working forty years with the company, and for the last 25 he had been the canning factory foreman.

POWER OF YOUR THOUGHTS

You are the architect of your future. Whatever you envision is possible, simply through the power of thoughts. As a businessman, worker, student, pastor or whatever your vocation, your life will gravitate or be pulled towards your dominant thoughts. In other words, your life will only move in the direction of your thoughts. You can’t cheat God; what you sow is what you reap. If your thoughts are thoughts of defeat and failure, what do you think you’ll get? You’ll get exactly what your mind has been dwelling on, whether consciously or unconsciously.

REFUSE TO GIVE UP

Are you going through tough times in your life and you feel like giving up? If yes, then consider this: William Harvey laboured for eight years to prove how blood circulated in the human body, and it took the medical profession another twenty-five years to prove he was right. Thomas Edison experienced 10,000 failures before he perfected the light bulb, an invention you and I are enjoying today. What about John Creasey who received 743 refusals from publishing houses before his first novel was accepted. Yet, he became a famous and prolific novelist who eventually went on and published 560 books, which have sold more than 60 million copies.

God Wants You To Bless Your World

God Wants You To Bless Your World · f r i d a y , j a n u a r y 6th · Page Visits (1,340)

Pastor Anita

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth (Ephesians 4:28).

God wants you to bless your world! That’s the reason He wants you to work with your hands, not because you’ll go hungry if you don’t. Jesus said: "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" (Matthew 6:26). If the birds and beasts don’t work and yet never go hungry, because God takes care of them, how much more will He take care of you, His peculiar treasure! God can take care of you. He however wants you to work so you can contribute to the development of your world.
As a child of God, you should never be idle. Even if you don’t have a job yet, find something you’re good at; something that’s good for God and good for people, and start doing it. Don’t let this month go by without you doing something. Find a need, and reach out to meet it. It doesn’t matter how menial you might think your present job or assignment is, do it with dignity and excellence. Don’t be ashamed of what you do, and never look down on yourself. Remember, you’re a child of God, and through you, the blessing comes  on whatever you’re involved in.
The Bible tells us that through a slave named Joseph, the blessing came on Potiphar’s house (Genesis 39:5). No matter what you do, let it be done excellently and for the betterment of your world. Become committed to making the world around you a better place. Let those around you feel your impact; let them be happy that God brought you their way. Your job is your door to the world; your opportunity to express yourself and the perfections God has deposited within you.
Psalms 139:14 says you’re "…fearfully and wonderfully made…." That means you’re one of a kind; a creation of complexity and wonder, not easily explained; that’s what you are. There’s so much within you that the world can benefit from. That’s why you have to make up your mind to be the best of you; for God wants to bless the world through you. 
Prayer

Dear Father, I recognize my vocation and skills as avenues you’ve created for me to bless my world. Thank you for increased grace and ability to positively impact my world as I live gloriously for you, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

f u r t h e r s t u d y: Genesis 12:2; 1 thessalonians 4:11-12

Rule Over Your Spirit · t h u r s d a y

Rule Over Your Spirit · t h u r s d a y , j a n u a r y 5th · Page Visits (1,949)

Pastor Chris

Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control (Proverbs 25:28 NIV).

Someone once asked me "Pastor Chris, how do I get over my addictions? I have tried speaking to them but I am still tempted to do the same things. What should I do?" First, you’re not supposed to be speaking to your addictions, but to yourself. You can talk to your addictions all year long, but nothing will change. Secondly, you have to add some other qualities to your faith; such as temperance; this will help you gain the mastery over any addiction.
What anyone who’s struggling with addiction needs is to exercise rule over his spirit. You declare to yourself "I have self-control and I am going to put it to work; I have rule over my spirit." When you make such declarations, it will pilot you and help you bring your thoughts, will, emotions and physical senses into subjection to the Word of God. The word translated ‘rule’ in Hebrew is ‘matsar’ and is akin to the Greek word "Egkrateia" which means temperance or self-control. It’s restraint exercised over one’s own impulses, emotions or desires. It means to hold oneself in.
2 Peter 1:5-6 says "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance…." God wants you to have rule over your spirit, that’s why He put these beautiful qualities in your spirit to make you fruitful always.
The Apostle Paul in Galatians 5:22-23 lists temperance as a feature of your recreated human spirit: "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." No Christian should say "Well, I can’t control my desires" or "I have no rule over my spirit." What you need do is to let your spirit gain the mastery. Through the agency of the Word of God and the influence of God’s Spirit, your spirit is regulated to gain the mastery over your mind, body and emotions.
Prayer
Dear Father, I declare that I am not under servitude to any attitude, habit, addiction or lifestyle that is inconsistent with your perfect will for me. I allow your Word to have full control over my spirit, soul and body; I have the ability to make the right judgments and choices in Jesus’ Name. Amen. f u r t h e r s t u d y: 2 Peter 1:5-9; Proverbs 16:32

Persevere In Prayer · wednesday, january 4th ·

Pastor Chris

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luke 18:1).

The Lord Jesus, in Luke 18:1-8 enjoins us through a parable the need to persevere and be importunate in prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 instructs to "Pray without ceasing." That’s because through prayer our spirits are conditioned to become dependable receptacles of God’s ideas, visions and promptings. You may want to ask "How about if you feel reluctant to pray, does it mean one is spiritually weak?"
First, such a feeling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re weak, but it does signify a problem you have to deal with. Prayer is your life’s work, and you must do it. This means irrespective of how you feel, you must maintain discipline in prayer, and that’s how to prevail over circumstances.
Secondly, you should learn to stir up your spirit. 1Corinthians 14:4 says "He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself…." Speaking in tongues is synonymous with recharging your spirit like a battery. This helps you respond to the Lord more quickly from your spirit.
Also, the scriptures highlight for us practical steps on how to always be filled with the Spirit (Read Ephesians 5:18-21). For the one who’s continually filled with the Spirit, prayer is never a drag, but a moment of divine ecstasy; a time to revel in the love, bliss and grace of God’s embrace.
Fourthly, take advantage of prayer times with other Christians. This will help you develop a passion for prayer and a richer relationship and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Many believers all over the world have joined us in our special prayer times via the social network Yookos. If you have not signed up, log on today to www.yookos.com. The prophetic and inspirational thoughts, and short but intense prayer moments, will help you develop a consistent and exciting prayer life.

Prayer
Dear Father, I rejoice at the glorious impact and changes that take place in my spirit each time I pray! Thank you for your love, grace and heavenly bliss that enraptures me as I spend time with you in prayer. I effect positive and lasting changes through prayer, knowing that your ears are ever attentive to my voice, to answer my prayers, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

f u r t h e r s t u d y: Ephesians 6:18; Luke 18:1-8

Serve The Lord With All Your Heart · tuesday, january 3rd · Page Visits (2,025)

Pastor Anita

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways (Proverbs 23:26).

From our opening verse, it’s clear what the Lord wants: Your heart, and for your eyes to observe His ways. He wants you to serve Him and follow Him with whole-hearted devotion. Trust the Lord with your life and future without reservation.
At the beginning of a new year like this, there’re those who are apprehensive and uncertain about what the year holds. But as a child of God you don’t need to have any fears, worries or uncertainties about the year. Just make certain to live every day of the year in the will of God by committing yourself to doing His Work. Others may call you a fool for loving the Lord and serving Him with your life, but you can never be a fool for faith.
Nothing compares to living for Jesus. It’s the highest calling and honour! The Bible says, "He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake" (2 Corinthians 5:15 GNB). The man or woman who walks with the Lord is well positioned in life; he’s the one described in Psalm 1:3 as a tree planted by the rivers of water; everything he does prospers. He experiences maximum fulfilment and joy in life because his passion, emotions, desires and appetites are founded on Christ and the propagation of the Gospel.
Commit yourself to the Lord this year more than ever before. Let Him have a say in all that you do; follow His Word and yield to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Take your acts of worship and devotions seriously; don’t skip Church services, cell meetings and other spiritual activities in your local assembly. Follow the Lord with all your heart and serve Him with your life! Make a definite commitment to live for Him and do His will only, and teach others to do the same.
Confession
I reaffirm today, my resolve to serve you with my life and follow you in the Word, by the Word and through the Word. My life is for your glory; and I live today to bring you honour as I serve you with diligence and excellence! You’re all that I live for; thank you for the opportunity to know and serve you! You’re the personality of my deepest affection.

f u r t h e r s t u d y: Colossians 3:1-4; Isaiah 40:31; Deuteronomy 6:5

Positioned For Glory

Positioned For Glory · sunday, january 1st · Page Visits (1,810)

Pastor Chris

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings (Hebrews 2:10).

Welcome to 2012! I’m particularly grateful to the Lord for all He helped us achieve in 2011, as we ministered the Gospel around the world. But then, looking at the New Year, I’m even more thrilled and thankful to Him for the glory, victories and successes He’s planned and positioned us for throughout the year. There’s a great outpouring of supernatural grace upon us to achieve even more this year, far beyond our expectations.
Look forward with faith, courage and excitement to a glorious and fruitful year. As a child of God you walk in preordained pathways; therefore concerning the New Year, the Lord has predestined you for glory. Perhaps, last year, you outlined so many things you wanted to achieve, but at the end of the year not so much pulled through for you. Don’t despair; rather find out where you missed it! Mark those things you ought to have done to help you achieve those goals you didn’t attain, and make up your mind to reach them this year.
Live in the light of His Word to you for the year and don’t observe or interpret situations from the realm of the senses. He’s already done all that’s necessary for you to experience His glory in your life: "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue" (2 Peter 1:3).
This is a present-hour reality. You received the life and nature of God the moment you were born again; and immediately, you were positioned for greatness and set apart for excellence and success. Everything you require to enjoy your life to the full and be all that God created you to be has been granted you. Therefore tell yourself, "I’m going to accomplish everything the Lord has destined for me to accomplish this year, through the power of His Word and the ability of His Spirit at work in me!" Hallelujah!"
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for positioning me for glory, success and excellence, having granted me everything I need to live victoriously in the earth, to the glory of your Name. Today, I’m piloted by your Word and the Spirit into the realm of glory, where I rule and reign with you forever, in Jesus’ Name.
f u r t h e r s t u d y: Ephesians 2:10 AMP; Romans 8:30

Dream Big

“The only limitation of man is the imagination of his mind.” – Anonymous

“What I dream to become is so big that I don’t think I’ll ever make it”, you might say. But I’ve got a question for you, “How big is your God compared to that dream in your heart?” Your answer will determine if that dream is possible or not. You can dream to become anything in life, no matter how big. Whatever your heart desire is, it is possible! My life coach, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome told me years ago, “Dare to dream big. There’s no law against dreaming big.” I say the same to you today, there’s no law known to man against dreaming big. “You have to think big to be big.” remarked Claude Bristol. Therefore, dream big for you serve a big God.

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ABORTION?

I read this article today and i learnt a lot from it. I hope it's an eye opener for you:

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: 'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together. So the doctor said: 'Ok and what do you wan...t me to do?' She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.' The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too.' She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request. Then he continued: 'You see, in order for you not to have to take care 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms. The lady was horrified and said: 'No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child! 'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be OK with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.' The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.

He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one that's still in the womb. The crime is the same! If you agree, please SHARE. Together we can help save precious lives! "Love says I sacrifice myself for the good of the other person. Abortion says I sacrifice the other person for the good of myself..." Jesus sacrificed Himself for the good of sinners! That's perfect love!

By: Mike Alder

LEADERSHIP

Leadership is helping someone else become better. It's the deposit of yourself into someone else, helping them reach their goals in life. Below is a timely remark by a good friend of mine:

"Leadership is not magnetic personality, that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people, that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."
~ Peter F. Drucker 

Add Value to Yourself

Did you know that where you are today is a result of the value you have added to yourself? The amount of money that comes to you is dependent on the value you add to yourself. For example, you can add value to your self by learning something new like playing a guitar,keyboard or learning some IT skills.

You see, the value you add to yourself co-measures with what you get in life.Knowledge is cheap and its available to everyone.Don't remain where you are. Refuse the status quo and reach for excellence.

As you go about your daily activities, always remember that just as the level of your value will determine your level in life, the lack of it will keep you in back seat of life.
I'll see you on top. Cheers

TRUE TALK

All that we are is the result of what we have
thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him,
like a shadow that never leaves him...

CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK

You’re the character of your thoughts. In other words, you’re not different from the way you think. Through months and years of continuously thinking in a certain way, your mind becomes programmed in that direction, and that’s the direction your life will go. This explains the reasons why many have their lives messed up; nothing seems to be working.

If you have been negatively programmed as a result of thinking wrongly, all you need is to change your way of thinking; renew your mind with the Word. The New Living Translation says, “…but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think…” The Word of God can reprogram your life and give you a new mindset.

As you meditate on God’s Word, there’s a renewing process-your mind is being re-programmed, and you’re given a new mindset. Once your mind is renewed through God’s Word, you think success, progress, victory and prosperity. This will in turn change you language, as you’ll be talking differently.

Take charge of your life today by thinking possibilities! Remember, your thoughts make YOU

Living Successfully

Do you know that to live a very successful life, it’s important that you learn how to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit?

You have to realize that anything that is important to you is also important to the Spirit of God, and He seeks to guide you in the affairs of your life. His responsibility in your life is to make you a success for God.

How do you live that effective life that God expects you to live?

You need to understand that knowing the Lord Jesus as a friend is of more importance than just knowing Him as a savior, only then can you have a greater revelation of Christ and enjoy God’s greater blessing.

ATTITUDE

Well done to all of you who got yourselves into work yesterday. You may have been lying in bed thinking how nice it might be to stay in bed and not go in to work, but you did go in. That’s attitude. Our attitude determines our success; or rather your attitude = your success

There’s an old proverb that sums up attitude completely;

“2 men in jail looking through the bars; one sees the mud the other sees the stars…”

So the question would have to be; what’s your attitude bringing into your life right now?

Are you focusing your mind on positive outcomes and reaping the rewards; or are you letting yourself get bogged down in the negatives and finding yourself feeling frustrated and lost?

But… even when we have a plan in place, that’s not enough on its own. Attitude is what drives me to get out of bed or swap the warmth of my home to get out there .Whatever your goal, whatever your plan; if your attitude is right, you’ll reach your goal or target.

I want to leave you with a story about a blind man who sums up attitude perfectly. Up until his early 20′s he could see (like you and me) and then he lost his sight (along with his brother Geoff). For almost 30 years he believed that due to his blindness he couldn’t do a great deal with his life. Then one day his brother Geoff decided to set sail from Durban in South Africa to the western coast of Australia; single-handedly with the use of speech output technology. Everybody thought he was mad and there wasn’t a single company that would insure him to do this. Geoff did it anyway and to this day he is still the only blind man to sail across an ocean single-handedly! This spurred his brother on to change his attitude, and in the last 10 years he has achieved some unbelievable feats.

This blind man and good friend is called Miles Hilton-Barber. In his words, he is “an ordinary guy doing some extraordinary things…” Check out his website at: www.mileshilton-barber.com or even better still buy his audio cd on Amazon called ‘Living Your Dreams’