A Fresh Start

Let me welcome you again to this new year, the fact that you made it this far, shows you are a potential success. It shows you are still in God’s plans and it also proves the fact that you are loved by God. Every New Beginning comes with lots of enthusiasm, passion, energy and new drives. We begin to have different resolutions and goals but what happens as time pass by? Lots of people begin to give up and they gradually move back to their old habits and small dreams.

It is not enough to say you want to have bigger dreams, there is a need to work towards it. There is need to have a plan. Planning helps you keep track of where you are and gives you an idea of where you want to be. It does not really matter how the past years have been, the fact is, it is never too late to have a new beginning, the ultimate turning point that ensures you don’t give up on your dreams. You need to dream new dreams that supersede your old dreams, set new goals and have bigger ambitions, if that is what it takes!

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Opportunities await men that are prepared, don’t just sit down and expect miracles to happen, you need to work towards your dreams. Don’t just accept defeat, get up and get on. Set new goals, take the lessons from the disappointment of the old dreams and build a new one. Every successful person you see or hear of today once failed at something. They have faced rejection at different points in their lives but because they didn’t give up, because they grew hungrier for success rather than weary, they became the success story everyone wants to hear or read.

MICHAEL JORDAN

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Michael Jordan is an American former basketball player born in Brooklyn, New York. He tried out for his varsity basketball team during his second year in high school and was rejected because he was deemed too short to play at that level but his taller friend made the team, moved to prove his worth he trained vigorously and grew four inches (10cm) which earned him a spot on the team. Though he his retired but he is a legend in the game he was once rejected basketball.

COLONEL SANDERS

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Colonel sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it was at the age of 62 that he set out with a $105 social security check in hand to pitch a chicken recipe to restaurants. 1009 people rejected him and told him he was crazy but he never gave up. In 1952 he hit the road and began trying to sell his franchise-model chicken restaurant. Today KFC can be found everywhere in the world.

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OPRAH WINFREY

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She was fired from Baltimore WJZ-TV for being too emotionally involved with the stories she reported  but today she claims she would be nothing without her emotions, as of 2013 her net worth is approximately $2.9 billion.

This is a new day, it is another opportunity to have a fresh start, it is a time to set new goals and ambitions, don’t give up because you were rejected yesterday or day before. Learn from your past failures and forge ahead with great confidence and hope. We come closer to success every time we fail. It was Lao Tzu who said “Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved”

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It is indeed your time for great exploits and unprecedented success, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.  Make God number one in all you do, keep your focus on what is important and nothing will be able to stop you. It’s not too late to dream again!

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I believe in you!!!

Expectations

It is with great joy that I welcome you to this new year, may it bring to pass all your good dreams.
So many things has been said about expectations from been hurt or disappointed to been surprised beyond wildest imaginations but above all it is also important for us to have a view of what expectations is all about and why it is important or disdain to have them.
The Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary defines expectation as a strong belief that something good will happen. As Humans it is not just important but also of necessity to have expectations. Every notable man or woman that has ever achieved anything substantial in life has a goal or dream backed up with expectations.
It was Sarah Ban Breathnach who said “Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday”. Ralp Marton also opined “Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance, raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself and then do what is necessary of reality”.
In reality it is not expectations itself that hurt or disappoint but people and above all the disappointments and hurts, it is still ideal to expect.

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Conclusion
I will close with this  Proverbs 23:18(KJV) “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off”. In short if a man expects nothing, he will definitely get nothing. When next you meet someone who is devoid of expectations, tell them it’s ok to expect but not too high and with hope that they can edge past disappointments.
I want to ask you as journey through this year ” what are your expectations?” Don’t give up on your good dreams, its not too late you can still make it.
I believe in you!
God bless you!

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Choose to be Grateful

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Often when we count our blessings, we forget many of them.  So today I will share a few with you that we never think about:

 

If you woke up this morning                          

with more health than illness,                          

you are more blessed than the                          

million who won’t survive the week.

 

 If you have never experienced                          

the danger of battle,                          

the loneliness of imprisonment,                          

the agony of torture or                          

the pangs of starvation,                          

you are ahead of 20 million people                          

around the world

 

If you can attend a church meeting                          

without fear of harassment,                          

arrest, torture, or death,                          

you are more blessed than almost                          

three billion people in the world.

 

 If you have food in your store or refrigerator,                          

clothes on your back, a roof over                          

your head and a place to sleep,                          

you are richer than 75% of this world.

 

If you have money in the bank,                          

in your wallet, and spare change                          

in someplace, you are among                          

the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.

 

 If you can hold up your head with a smile                        

 on your face and are truly thankful,                          

you are blessed because the majority can,                          

but most do not.

 

 If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them                          

or even touch them on the shoulder,                          

you are blessed because you can                          

offer God’s healing touch.

 

  If you can read this message,                        

  you are more blessed than over                          

two billion people in the world                          

that cannot read anything at all.

 

 You are so blessed in ways                          

you may never even know.

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 So let us; GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD: HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER.  Amen. (PSALM 118:29)

Credits- www.godsminute.com

 

THIS WEEK CHOOSE TO BE GRATEFUL, CHOOSE NOT TO COMPLAIN, CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

Why do you love Fridays?

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Friday is a time to wine down and rest from all the work done during the week. To some it is a time to regroup for the challenges of the coming week. Is that why you love Fridays and what do you look out for in this Friday?