

THE SIMPLE TRUTH

An inspirational classic for spiritual, mental and physical success

Understanding the essential ingredients and dimensions of success

Gift Ekekezie

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Copyright 2018 Gift Ekekezie

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Table of contents

Preface

Chapter one- The truth about you

Chapter two- The truth about your finance

Chapter three- The truth about your family

About- Gift Ekekezie

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Author's Preface to the Reader

The saying "Content is king" is powerful information, but I think that truthful content is rather chief king. Sincerely and simply speaking, the matter or the word "Truth" like a pendulum has been dangling passionately within the confinement of my curious heart. Before now, it's been in my mind that a classic work of this sort will come out from me- what we call "Dream comes true". Have you ever noticed that the word "Truth" lyrically and personally dances unhindered at the corridors of politics, judiciary, institutions, organizations and even churches with its face mask? Truth is essential commodity in its absence no real life is known. Truth is the only foundation that has ability to smile at the past, carry the present and the future as William Shakespeare rightly quoted "No Legacy is as rich and rewarding as truth". The word "Truth" undoubtedly remains a vital force that must stand and withstand the falsehood of time and prevail while piercing through eternity. In my humble course of intensive and extensive research, I profoundly discovered that truth abides absolute and never ready upon any force of lure to take the nature of chameleon. For instance it is true that a man can never give birth. It is true that a woman can never impregnate herself. It is true that a new born baby can never make her bed. Get the picture?

Truth remains unwavering, unquestionable, uncompromising and sometimes uncomfortable. The great masterpiece in your hand though not voluminous remains a V.I.B (very important book) born out of protracted passion to convey an absolute truth to you.

This book is the very mind of God, treat it with priceless mentality. Having made a long research, the book culminates into three indispensable chapters ready to reveal a concealed truth for which you'll glorify God for its encounter. On very guiles manner, the pattern of my writing is just the area of my passion. Thus the entire masterpiece remains a piece of my consuming passion. I can't help it but write; my works are just like incubating egg that must hatch. Believe me reader, I may not be the omniscience guru who claims to know it all but open heartedness and simplicity of mind will assist you achieve the purpose of this publication. I believe that every writer's piece wears the face of its own uniqueness. This book is not just a mere propeller only aiming at offering motivation and stimulus; in it are combustible insights and revelations targeting the readers mind and setting the spirit on ablaze thus painting the entire anatomy with valuable color. Relax with this book and progress by the sincere mindset of "Let me find out". Words when informative and illuminative become wealth in view.

Like an old Preacher said, "Human Mind is like a Parachute, it works well when it is open". So open your mind and let this book bless you. I know you'll be blessed for making it your digestive.

I implore you to Journey with me as we explore this classic book on the truth about you, your finance and your family and by the time we are through patiently and progressively, we must have discovered this timeless and simple truth. The truth is that when you finish reading this book, your life must have been improved spiritually, financially and practically. What is the truth about you? Do you know you are a spirit? What are the components of your spirit, mind and body? How would you truly lead a life that will be profitable to you and others? How would you access your life and the real world and engage your anatomy for practical, purposeful and profitable success? This book is a practical classic compass to guide you spiritually, mentally, financially and physically. From chapter one which is the truth about you, there are amazing things you will discover about yourself that will really help you. The first chapter deals deeply with man as a spirit. It will help you understand perfectly why you are a spirit and how to maximize it. It went further to touch your soul which is your mind; how to make use of it and be a success here on earth. It also touches the aspect of human in the physical frame. Is man an animal? What and why did man possess animalistic trait? It touches and treats why man is tripartite in nature. It also delved into your natural, universal and spiritual family. This book is truly what it is called; the simple truth that will help you to attain spiritual, mental, financial, physical and universal success. You will never regret purchasing this masterpiece. It cost me hours of hours of sleepless nights to produce this book for you. This is what I love to do; writing destiny molding books. This masterpiece passed through laboratory of other great minds. Well scrutinized and filtered for you. There are indispensable insights you will encounter that will solve a problem somewhere for you. If you truly desire to know about your whole self, study this book. Let's just share thoughts together. Get this power; enjoy it as God uses it to transform you. I love you with passion, this is the simple truth.

Gift Ekekezie – Nigeria.

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Chapter One

The Truth about You

Man is a spirit; he has a soul and lives in the body. This is an indispensable and incredible truth. May I put it this way. The spirit is man; he has a soul and lives in the body. May I still put it another way. Man is fully and basically spirit, fully soul and fully body. The state of your spirit determines the state of your soul and activity of your body. If your spirit is dead, that is if you are dead spiritually, your soul will be consciously sensual, abhorring godliness. One of the most inspiring quotes ever uttered by man was that of Socrates which says "Man know thyself". Over the years man has traveled the path of the science of self discovery with little or no success. I discovered that man possesses not the ability to fully discover himself, what we need is divine light to find our path. This book is just a piece of my passion, directed by God to bless its readers. If you must comprehend your personality and grasp the whole component of man, then you must focus first on the spiritual, for life is simply spiritual.

My Teenage and Tender Weeping Heart

Never will I forget the night I sat under the light of a crescent moon totally lost in thought. That night I was a bit happy, my mood taking a positive shape because of lack of darkness. The pale light of the moon was actually icing my night while battling with my teen thought. Sitting under that fade light of the moon blended with fade darkness, with my two hands on my jaw, the thought of my friend's sudden disappearance kept racing through my mind. I must confess; it was not a romantic thought because I watch my soul tie friend buried. What they called death took her away through what they called brief illness. From my early teen through to my late teen, most times I see myself helplessly monopolizing my hanging out while questioning my melancholy self about my friend's death, disappearance, state and general existence and termination of man. I see her almost every given night but only in the dream state. In reality, the simple truth is that she is no more; but another simple truth is that she is somewhere. Her demise and that of other friends of mine broke my heart, burdened my soul and left me with life questions and puzzles too difficult to solve and too paramount to seal. Sometimes I forget myself and at the same time discover myself asking certain salient questions like why should my friend die? Why did God create her in the first place? What is man? Why was human being created? So one day I will die like my friend? What is the essential component of man? Why couldn't my friend just rise up as earth is being poured on her? Being lonely and having no one to really ask, I see my teenage weeping heart getting more confused, implicated and complicated as tears was naturally flowing down my cheeks. As a teenager, I saw myself constantly questioning my curious mind what is man and why did God made man. I discovered that man was not manmade, you are God made. Man was not naturally made, man was supernaturally made. Man was not made by chance, man was made by plan. Man is not a fluke of nature; man came from a being that is spiritually and emotionally powerful and intelligent. Man is just exactly what the maker said he is; "Created in the image of his maker". See Gen. 2:27. So the simple truth about you is that you are a spirit, you have a soul and reside in a body. As we go further with this masterpiece, we will discover more of the simple truth.

The Component and Original Purpose of Man

Whatever that is made, was made for a purpose. Purpose is very powerful. God is a God of purpose. From the giant galaxy to the smallest amoeba, all were made by a purposeful God. Until you sincerely, hungrily, humbly and practically understand your component, you cannot fit in and fulfill the purpose of your living. Get to really know yourself; this is the most nobility of all discoveries. Your whole true ecstasy and true success is totally dependent on getting to know the reason of your existence; what we call purpose. Now if I may ask you to pronounce or define "Pqxtybshf", you'll find it difficult and the whole effort completely worthless. The reason is because "Pqxtybshf" is meaningless and does not possess a defining outlook and outline therefore no value is attach to it. Many people's life is just this way; they can never define their existence. All they ever experience is constant confusion. Though they eat, make some money, engage in marital affairs and some kind of sexual affairs, have some dreams, move around and all that but deep within, this life is just meaningless to them. Others value mental, intellectual and physical activities and relegate spiritual matters because they are ignorant and so value it not. The result becomes internal darkness, emptiness and spiritual dryness. Man ought to really live from inside out; spirit, soul and body. With your spirit you contact the spiritual world which is the highest plane and the real world, (very important, needful and most powerful). With your soul you contact the intellectual world which is the lower plane. With your body you contact the physical world which is the lowest plane. All planes very powerful, indispensable and interlock. Now we'll sail proper into understanding the purpose of making man tripartite in nature. When you look around you'll discover there are many things naturally and purposefully tripartite. For instance the egg we boil or fry and enjoy. First the shell, then the white part and the yellow part called egg yolk. You find that the real thing is the egg yolk, but it cannot exist, perform and thus actively fulfill the purpose of its existence without the white part and the shell. Looking at the egg carefully and insightfully, you'll discover that the first is not necessarily the shell but the yolk. The egg first develops from the yolk to the white and the hard shell. Therefore it is not the hard shell and the white part that holds the yolk rather it is the yolk that holds the other two. In life, the internal is first designed to carry the external. In the body structure, the hand, mouth, eyes, feet, all external cannot function without the brain, kidney, liver, heart and so on. Back to the egg analysis. When something is said to be rotten, it is decayed, very bad and therefore hopeless and helpless. When an egg is said to be rotten, it is actually the yolk that's decayed. The white part and the shell become also affected. So the real egg is the yolk. From the light of the egg analysis, the real you is the deepest and first part of you which is your spirit. Failing to get it from this light, we fail woefully. So man is a spirit (the yolk) he has a soul (the white part) and lives in the body (the hard shell). This is the simple truth. Below we'll consider first the purpose and component of man as a spirit. How and why were you a spirit?

The Purpose and Component of Man as a Spirit

I believe you agree that God remains the indisputable source of the whole creation. There is no success without a source. No house without a foundation. The earth is a house with a foundation but one mystery about its foundation is that it is not beneath but above. Every creation plus you and the world billionaires, celebrities, icons, politicians, pastors and whoever you may remember have never existed without a source. So human beings are no beings without spirit being. Without controversy "God is a spirit". See John 4:24. Many insightful scholars and spiritual authors have written in this light with unquestionable revelations to help man. If you really want to know, you will. The major problem of man is pride and satisfaction in ignorance. One powerful truthful revelation given to us about the spirit man comes from the book of proverbs. "The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts" proverbs 20:27, AMP. This revelation proceeds from the word of God which is proven, indispensable, infallible and eternal. You'll carefully notice that it says "The spirit of man is the lamp or candle of the Lord". This same powerful revelation was given to Paul the apostle when he shouted "... though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day" 2 Corinth .4:16 KJV. There is what is called the inward man, which is your original personality. Paul used the phrase "Our inward man" meaning you and every human being who ever lived. This inward man who is your spirit is what Solomon by revelation called "The candle of the Lord and the innermost being" So why did God made man spirit? It's because man came from God who himself is a Spirit. God cannot be a Spirit and give birth to a different thing; everything delivers after its kind. This remains an irrefutable law. So God as the originator of purpose must have had immortalized reasons why He made man a spirit. The question is why? Well, people like Solomon, Moses, Paul and others gave us the answer; still by revelation. Solomon told us "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord". So what do you use candle or lamp for? Unarguably, the purpose of candle or lamp is to light its immediate environment. Candle brings light which makes movement, business, activities and functions within the room accessible and possible. So without light, everything will be static, making relationship and even fellowship impossible. "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all" 1 John 1:5. Everything about God is associated with light.

The Power of Communion

Sincerely speaking, in the component of the spirit man you'll get that factor called conscience, intuition and communion. Many people are not benefiting from the ministry of conscience and intuition because the centre of the spirit man called communion is not functioning. In other words their spirit is dead; that is they are dead spiritually. One reason God made man spirit is for communion. This is where the whole life of man is. Jesus said in John 5:26 that the Father (God) hath life in himself. Paul said in that life we live and move, and have our being Acts 17:28. Have you ever seen somebody who is physically dead and still vertical and standing by himself? Impossible! The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. You'll discover that when you want to make use of your candle, you make it stand and then light it. You enjoy the candle because it's fulfilling its purpose. Any candle lying down in your room is just useless. The spirit man referred to the candle of the Lord is an entity meant to illuminate the soul, and the body for wholeness of communion. Since God is life, he supplies life to your spirit through the means and power of communion.

The Power of Communion Defined

Moses in his powerful and insightful revelation called God "The God of the spirits of all flesh" Numbers 16:22. Apostle Paul in Hebrews called God "Father of spirits" Hebrews 12:9. Zechariah said God "Formed the spirit of man within him" Zechariah 12:1. All these are referring to human beings as spirits. For deeper understanding and revelation, look at how the message translation gave us the picture. "... The very God who threw the skies into space, set earth on a firm foundation and breath his own life into men and women" Zech. 12:1 MSG. The powerful picture given to us by King James Version and the message version will help us realize what happened at man's original creation. The bible said in Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul". This lets us know undeniably that man is more than a dust. Man was made by a wise God with a blue print for a purpose. So at the point of breathing the breath of life into man, God actually gave man his kind of life. Zechariah 12:1, the message version lets us know that God actually breath his own life into man. The King James Version told us that God formed the spirit of man within him. To ordinary mind this sounds incredible but to us it's crucial. At the moment God breathe life into man, an automatic instant incubation took place, and the spirit man was formed which became the candle of the Lord, informing us that God is light. No wonder he said "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." Gen. 1:26. Man was made for communion and constant fellowship. Cambridge dictionary explains communion as a close relationship with someone in which feelings and thoughts are exchanged. "And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, where art thou"? Gen 2:9. This is the depiction of communion. Till date, God is still asking that same question where are you? Until you answer that question and sincerely connect to God, your life will totally remain empty; devoid of inner peace and true fulfillment. You can't truly live apart from God, you came from him.

The Necessity of Communion and Mystery of Spiritual Intercourse

When detached from its source, human life becomes impoverished. God is the source of life. Just the way the life of your body is in your blood, that's the way the life of your spirit is in communion. The holy bible said "... He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit" 1 Corinth. 6:17. This is the power of communion. It helps you be what God made you to be. Research revealed that most couple has intercourse once a week. Apart from eating, talking and doing other things together, the real avenue where couples share their spirit, soul and body is intercourse. Couples who are genuinely in love lubricate that love affair by intercourse. This is a mystery. "For thy maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name..." Isaiah 54:5. "... Although I was a husband unto them, saith the Lord" Jer. 31:32. In John 15:1, Jesus said "My Father is the husbandman". If you are a student of the bible, you will notice that whenever the people of God goes away from God and cut off communion or communication; God calls them harlots. Because God is love, he told the Israelites "I am a jealous God" Exodus 20:5. True love goes with jealousy; this is the power of fellowship. So communion is necessary because it is the blood of the spirit. God said because I am your husband, spiritual intercourse is paramount and indispensable. God said without mincing words; I am your husband. This explains why he first formed man spiritually so he can always connect with man. You must move away from living for yourself and start living for God.

The Place of Spiritual Intercourse in Communion

Spiritual intercourse is not having sex with God; it is fulfilling your purpose on earth through fellowship. "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" 1 John 1:6-7. In explaining communion Paul in 2 Corinth 13:14 used the Greek word koinonia, meaning intercourse, closeness, oneness and constant fellowship. This is the reason God made you from immaterial platform, to relate with him, and because he is a Spirit, it must be from spiritual angle and perspective. In the light of communion, Paul further gave us a powerful insight. "For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones...This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church" Eph. 5:30 and 32. God made you to be a member of his body. This is the climax of the joy of your being.

Connecting God through the Channel of Communion

This is the most important aspect why God made you; to connect. So many people on daily basis are not connecting because they are not connected. Because God is known as the "Joy of the whole earth", your real joy in life is dependent on him. Your intuition and conscience will not actively work, when communion is not in place. God leads you through your intuition and constantly correct or applaud you through your conscience. These are the order, arrangement and component of the spirit man. It is from communion that you get the word commune and communication. Too many are acquainted with Christian ceremony in the area of taking Holy Communion, but they are not really connected to God. They can't tell if they hear God or not. The power of communion empowers your intuition and quickens your conscience. Many have accidentally lost their lives, jobs, money, loved ones and real important things because their channel of getting information is blocked. Information, ideas, directions, visions, dreams and revelations are God's delight to pass to man. The bible said "Where there is no vision, the people perish..." Proverbs 29:18. Never neglect the power of communion. Your life will be sweet and a lot better when you mind and focus on spiritual things. "For to be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace" Romans 8:6. Do you really want to enjoy life and always enjoy divine serenity? Then be spiritually minded. How? I will tell you.

Prayer: The Power Bank and Life Wire of Your Spirit

There are so many lessons we learn daily from advance technology. For instance you could have your phone but if you don't have the micro chip known as sim card, you can't get any service from any provider because you are not connected. The sim card allows you store your information, access the network and get your desired service with a price tag. Prayer is your spiritual sim card and the word of God is the information you store in the sim. These are the life wire and power bank of your spirit man. Now hear this. The word of God said "For the life of the flesh is in the blood"... Lev. 17:11. Then in another place it says "It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that you hear, they are spirit and they are life" John 6:63. Yet in another place he says "Men ought always to pray and not to faint" Luke 18:1. Just the way the life of your body is stored in your blood, that's the way the life of your spirit is stored in the word of God and prayer. Your body has its life, your soul and spirit has its life as well. Your body and soul are useless to God when your spirit is dead. Haven't you seen people who will boldly inform you that they don't go to church or worship God; but they go to day and night club, belong to football clubs, politics and things like that. It's a sure sign of spiritual sickness and death. When your spirit man is alive, you will have hunger for spiritual things. You see your spirit man weeping because it's no more praying privately and hearing or studying the word of God. God gave us laid down rules and principles to really live a spiritual and successful life. The truth is that if you are not alive spiritually, then you are not really living; you just exist. Prayer is a spiritual transaction, its profitability is not only spiritual; it extends to physical manifestation. Psalms 82:6 gave us very powerful information "I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most high". This divine declaration is not questionable. Truthfully speaking, both God in heaven, including the host of Angelic beings plus Satan and his demons and every other creation are actually beholding humans as gods. "I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most high". gods are powerful spirits who carry out spiritual obligations. Because humans are small gods, God rightly use small letter to depict us. You see, we have features of divinity. God is a creator and we are also creative in nature. gods being spirits perform spiritual activities. When you neglect your spiritual activity, you die spiritually, that is you are cut off from God. Paul warned in Galatians 3:3 "Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh"? It is foolishness, stupidity and spiritual blindness not to desire to pray always and commune with God. "Men ought always to pray" Luke 18:1. As a spirit being who is packaged in the body, you must pray and feed on God's word to maintain your powerful position. The simple truth is that when you don't have hunger for spiritual things, then something is wrong with your spirit. Its either you are spiritually sick or dead. This is the simple truth. Never neglect and underrate this aspect of your structure. It is highly animalistic not to fulfill spiritual obligations. You must learn to live in whole. By insight, John the apostle gave us a piece of his passion. "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospereth" 3 John:2. Here you'll notice the apostolic passionate revelation. He prays that you (spirit man), will prosper and then be in health (bodily) even as your soul (mentally) prospers. Real prayer and revelations from the word of God blazes and prospers your spirit man, keep you in good health and renews your mind (soul). Your failure becomes history when you passionately roll by this divine principle. I recommend you look out and get my first two books on prayer titled Dominion through Prayer and Sleep Less Pray More. It must make a champion out of you. By the help of the Holy Spirit, I shared divine insights in those books of prayer. The word of God and practicing prayer are the food and life of your spirit man. When you devalue it, then you are devastated and detached from the source of real joy and real success. Job clearly understood this simple truthful reality when he echoed "I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food" Job 23:12. Is your heart yearning for God? Like the psalmist you can cry out, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee O God: My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God..." Psalms 42:1-2. Prayer is indeed the life wire of your spirit man. When you pray and live a life of prayer, there would be a constant transformation leading you to immeasurable profit. Notice this scripture on the message translation. "Six days later, three of them saw that glory. Jesus took Peter and the brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain. His appearance changed from the inside out, right before their eyes. Sunlight poured from his face. His clothes were filled. Then they realized that Moses and Elijah were also there in deep conversation with him" Matthew 17:1-3. The key word in this verse is "Glory". This is what the power of prayer can do. Jesus went not to the mountain just to chat. The magnificence and splendor which the disciples saw was a wonder to them. They were in total awe of such experience. Mountain is talking of prayer. In short the bible used the word "High Mountain". As he communed with his father on that mountain, there was a change from inside out resulting into literal glory. This kind of prayer attracted men of prayer in the person of Moses and Elijah. The Hebrew word for "Glory" is kabowd while the Greek word is doxa meaning weight, dignity, splendor, brilliance and honor. When you pray you are changed from inside out. Prayer causes you to carry weight. It makes you to become spiritually heavy. The weight of sin, disgrace and shame will be far from you. Prayer makes your spirit man to become so light, removing every weight of sin and makes it to become weighty, carrying the glory of God. This is why you are formed from inside out-spirit, soul and body. The reason is for you to communicate with God constantly. This is where your glory lies. Remember as you behold his face, you are changed from glory to glory. This is known as ever increasing life. Truly for you to live a glorious and victorious life, your spirit man must be blazing always, and indeed prayer and thoroughly feeding on God's word are indispensable. Don't forget, the spirit of man, is the candle of the Lord. God wants to relate with you. With your spirit you contact the spiritual world. With your soul you contact the mental world. With your body you contact the physical world. God made you as a spirit man so that you will share in his glory. The first Adam literally shared in that glory and the last Adam said "...the glory which you gave me, I have given to them"...John 17:22. You need this kind of glory so that the weight of wealth, fame, popularity, and what have you would not sweep you away. The mountain experience will help you with that. Feeding on God's word hungrily and living a life of prayer brings you in the class of doxa that will constantly dazzle your world. You are dead when you are not a person of prayer; prayer is the blood of the spirit man. The life of the flesh is in the blood; the life of the spirit is in prayer and voracious feeding on rhema in God's word. This is purposefully the wise arrangement of the all wise God. We'll proceed into the aspect of soulish realm.

The Mental Power of the Human Soul

Because the human soul is immaterial in nature, it does not necessarily make it to be the same with human spirit; there is a vast difference. In the spirit man you get communion (the part that really fellowship with his maker), conscience (the part that takes instruction from God through communion) and intuition (the part that knows when spiritual instruction is given). In the soul you get the mind which is the seat of intellect, emotion and volition. From the aspect of the intellect you think, reason and understand. Careful and creative thinking is powered by the mind from the seat of intellect. The other aspect of human soul or mind is called emotion. This is the part that emits strong feelings of love, likeness, anger, hatred and stuffs like this. The other part is called volition. It is the aspect of decision, action and choice. These are powerful organs, made by God, to make us enjoy life successfully on this side of the world. The truth is that the spirit and soul are independent, but also mysteriously interdependent. The soul is originally fashioned to take signal or instruction from the spirit; but if it chooses to be independent, it could, but very dangerous. For instance the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction is an activity of the soul independently. The original intention of the work of the spirit man is to guide the soul think in line with God, unfortunately, the soul having the power of decision chooses otherwise. Man could have been robotic, if he does not have a soul. The supreme one in his infinite wisdom gave man a soul, so that man will be successful and enjoy his success. Nothing could have been in existence if man does not have thinking faculty. The soul, which is the mind of man, is very powerful. We have many intellectual giants around the world doing great and incredible things. God does not want you to be a failure, that's the reason he gave you mind. You can tap into the mental power and be a success here on earth. This empirical knowledge is widely welcomed and has produced many global geniuses, icons, celebrities, successful business gurus and models idolized by men. Though money is not actually your life but vital to be in your life, the truth is that no amount of financial success can truly feed and satisfy the spirit man. There is a vacuum within you which only God can fill. This truth is unknown to so many global celebrities. This is why they mentally labor to acquire wealth, award and fame, but still lack internal settlement and serenity. If you make money your God, you will wake up one day and be bitterly disappointed. Money has its place, God has its place also, and it takes spiritual wisdom to draw a line.

Insight into the Power of the Mind

Mind power is the second strongest power next to the spirit. One of the best quotes on human mind is that of Joyce Meyer which says "You cannot have a positive life and negative mind". People fail in life because they never mind their mind. Your mind is very powerful. It can empower you to succeed or fail depending on where you channel it. A practical case study of the picture we are painting is seen in this inspiring bible story. In Luke 16:19-21, Jesus showed us three minds in operation; the mind of Lazarus and the rich man. The bible told us that the rich man though not connected to God was wealthy, and Lazarus though connected to God was extremely poor. The key word as shown in the bible which made one wealthy and the other poor was Desire. The wealthy man simply desired to be wealthy while Lazarus desired at least to feed from the rich man's table. The latter carried the same mindset of many present day Christians; "O God, give me my daily bread". The word Desire is a strong ability of the mind. It is connected to imagination, thought, emotion, choice and decision. The rich man through the power of imagination and wealth thinking decisively chose to be rich. He understood the workings of the mind. He tapped into the power of his mind. Another rich lawyer in the time of Jesus was like this rich man. They understood that wealth is a function of a positive mindset. A powerful quote said "The mind is what the mind is fed". Lazarus was a child of God just like Abraham was. One died poor and the other died wealthy. In fact poor Lazarus was carried to the bosom of Rich Abraham. Abraham was rich because he believed he could, Lazarus believed something else. You can become anything you firmly put your mind into. If you mind it, you can magnet it. Your mind is like a balloon, you can blow the air of success into it and watch it fly; or leave it as if it cannot expand. Success here on earth, even in heaven is a matter of your mindset. Like a soil, God gave you a soul; what you plant in there is up to you. Lazarus left the legacy of poverty to his posterity just because he fails to cultivate his mind. Human mind is a powerful workshop and the tools to success are all there. This is the reason why God gave you a soul. The key to everything is in your mind. The highest machine ever successfully manufactured for success is the human mind. You can choose to succeed or fail to fail; it's all in your mind. The power of desire is simply a strong feeling that you want something. This is the game of the mind. This is what differentiates successful people from failures. Global intellectual giants knew much about the mind and little about the spirit. The rich man in our case study was mentally rich and spiritually impoverished. Lazarus was mentally poor and spiritually alive. Abraham was mentally wealthy and spiritually healthy. These are powerful products of the mind. Joyce Meyer said "You cannot have a positive life and negative mind". The truth is that the spirit cannot really enjoy God if the mind is unsuccessful. Your success in this life is God's desire but he cannot help you when your mind is negative. We'll see more of mind power in chapter two of this book. The key to everything is in your mind. Let's conclude this chapter as we look into the aspect of human body.

The Aid of Man to Human Soul and Spirit

Man they say is a higher animal. This is true when the spirit is dead and the soul sensual. All animals have body and soul but no animal have a spirit. You can beat your dog and it shed tears because it has emotion; one powerful aspect of the soul. Though man has the same kind of blood life of animals, yet man is not an animal in nature. Indeed the potency of man is beyond mere animals. Man really carries the attributes of God. I believe it is logically wrong to say that God is an animal. To affirm such is to be blasphemous and silly. Man is a spirit; he has a soul and lives in the body. This is very remarkable. Man is really an enlightened creature. In contemplation of this, David in exhilaration exclaimed "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" Psalms 8:3-9. You'll also notice this same inquisitive mind in a man called Job. "What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him"? Job 7:17. When God created man, he actually said "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" Gen.1:26. There are so many revelations in these scriptures; Dominion given to man. Honor given to man. Exaltation given to man. God duplicated himself in man. Man a creature of excellence. Glory given to man. Man the center of divine attraction. Above all, God put his name in man, and ordained him crown of his creation. Some people in their understanding teach that God can do without man. How true is this? David cried out to God and asked "What is man, that thou art mindful of him"? Job also cried out "What is man, that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him"? Psalms 8:4 and Job 7:17. Man is still far more intelligent than the cleverest animal and robot. Man is a creation of distinction. Contrary to what philosophy teaches; God never depicted man as an animal. Man is never an animal or higher animal, man is the image of God.

Similarities and Differences between Man and Animal

Man is not a beast, man is a being. Human philosophy told us that man according to evolution came from apes. This is a strong and influential norm held by many. This notion like a wind is a mighty motion moving the emotion of masses. My friend Emerald Uwabunkeonye insightfully said; "If man really evolved from apes, man by reason of evolution over the centuries must have metamorphosed into another thing, since evolution is a process of change". There is no mystery about this. Man actually has the same kind of animal life in some sense. For instance animals eat, engage in intercourse, procreate, enjoy the company of each other, release positive and negative emotion, sleeps and all that just as human; but it is nonsense to conclude man as higher animal. This destructive philosophy has held many spellbound, making them reasoning and acting like animals. The truth is that if chimpanzee, the closest intelligent creature to man by DNA had the mandate to manage the earth, the earth would still remain as it were, in its state of formlessness. Scientific development proved that man is not animal. No animal can reason and think like man but man can reason and think like animal if he chose to. Man was created a creative creature. Man was made as a problem solver and solution provider. No animal carries the ability to articulate, reflect the past, present and future. No animal contemplates the possibility of afterlife. No animal relates with the spiritual world. Having taken time to research and study the animal life, I discovered that man is totally a different creature. Man is an enlightened powerful creature, fashioned to function in the capacity of his maker. In the order of existence, man is next to God. To think that man is a higher animal is to be an animal in thought. Indeed and in all ramifications, animals and even Angels behold men as god. This is the simple truth.

Revealing the Animalistic Nature of the Fallen Man

To live without God is to live as an animal. The worst tragedy to man was a fall from grace. Man's disconnection from divinity reduced him to an animal in thought and act. Adam was in a state of perfect order when he was created. It took something greater than mere animalistic instinct to single handedly give names to all the animals in the world. Adam operated by supernatural insight and knowledge, loving and relating with God without any sense of guilt. He walked the earth and lived in his garden, not as a higher animal but as a god, decorated with glory and honor. The highest hunger of Adam as a perfect spirit man was the presence of God. God's presence does not repel him rather it propels him. God was his attraction. He was in love with God, his presence and communion. He cultivates a strong fellowship with God. Any day God did not show up, Adam feels lonely and lost. God was his father and best companion. Adam would not trade God for the best of gold in his garden. He knew the meaning and value of the presence of God. When he disobeyed God through the forceful enticement of his beautiful wife, he ignorantly chooses the path of animal by the law of depravity. Satan the original and most wicked animal consciously deceived Eve thereby influencing Adam to out rightly disobey God. Sometimes I wonder at what really transpired, making Adam abhor what he formally arbor. Sometimes I try to imagine the kind of Satanic influenced crying and tears from Eve that moved Adam to taste the proverbial bitter fruit. If Adam had known that the tears of Eve will drive him out of their presidential villa, he would have traded with caution. At least he would ask God and remedy would be provided. When I grew up as a man, I learnt that sometimes heeding the voice of unchecked emotion will land one into demotion than promotion. Many men have been deadly flooded by tears of ladies. Don't follow tears follow truth. When you follow things at face value, you can pick up liability with the label of asset. The disappointment and bitter cry of the first Adam was waiting for the second Adam, to reconnect man to God. Adam fell into the realm of sensuality, totally and dangerously receiving pleasure from something else, other than the presence of God. Satan knew quite well that if man is spiritually cut off from God, man is capable of behaving like animal. Man can kill its fellow, snatch someone's husband or wife, mess up and behave disorderly like an animal. Even nowadays, most animals are taking most men as their negative role models. Many people are now thinking like animal, living as if man was only created for food and fleshly satisfaction. The thought of man now taking the shape of "Let us eat and enjoy today, for tomorrow we may die" making them food marshal. This is animalistic. It is a misfit of purpose. Man is now driven by senses. Things we see, feel, hear, smell and taste are now charting the course of our lives. We have no regard for spiritual knowledge any longer. I met a pretty young woman on transit; tearfully I found out that the big voluminous novel she was passionately glued to, was only talking about sex, attire, fashion, friendship and how to be hot sensually. When a fellow passenger wanted to pray, she grabbed her cell phone and was making noisy and lousy calls. What about the internet and social media, there you'll see the animalistic traits of shamelessness. The simple truth is that if the spirit of God is not in you, then you are just a little higher than your dog or whatever animal around you. Think of it, most animals you see only sleeps, wake up, eat, excrete, fight, engage in sex, enjoy, eat, fight again and all that. Animals are only interested in taking care of their gratifications. Most human are this way, and you know what, it's painful. One discrepancy between man and animal is that man is made to be God conscious. Man is not created to be ruled by sense of the flesh. This is the simple truth. Paul the intelligent and insightful spiritual lawyer gave us insight on how to handle the body. "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway" 1 Corinth.9:27. This is revelation, instructive and paramount. In telling us on how to balance our lives and not live like animals, Paul used the word "Subjection". Holman version called it "Strict control". New century version called it "I treat my body hard, and make it my slave". Why, because if you don't treat your body hard and make it your slave, your body will enslave you. You must employ strict control system. The word subjection means to govern, rule, defeat, and limit freedom. If you must be different from every other animal you see, then you've got to do something. After the fall of Adam, man in reality became animalistic in his flesh and blood that is bodily. You see, the flesh or body is extremely powerful that if you allow it, it can control your mind and even spirit. Just as the spirit and soul are powerful, that's how the body is. If you permit the body, it will only desire to eat, sleep, play, enjoy, have sex, laugh, drink, excrete, move around, visit sweet places, buy expensive things for itself, Crouse and all that without considering spiritual and mental relevance. The body is only interested in wearing good things, (that is feeling good) tasting good things, seeing good things, hearing good things and smelling good things. The body does not want to work, think, and stay awake, wait, plan, labor and all that. It is the soul which is the mind that forces the body to work, stay awake, join in thinking, waiting and planning. This is the animalistic nature of the fallen man. When the body is left on its own, it reduces the spirit and soul to permanent pleasure and sensuality. Paul said like a boxer and wrestler, you must consciously defeat your body and bring it under strict control. You must have the mindset of limiting the freedom desired by your body. This is where the work of the spirit and soul comes to play their role. The spirit along with the soul controls the body to pray, go to church, read the bible, fast, listen to sermons and other spiritual and mental activities. Failing to do so, man becomes progressively animalistic in thought and act. This is why you see a professor (an intellectual giant) or a pastor (one who is supposed to be a spiritual giant) accused of raping a little girl. The body was not under subjection. Paul advised that for us to successfully make our body profitable, we must evaluate and ensure spiritual and mental success. We must be alive spiritually and engage the mind profitably, that's how to defeat the animalistic desires of the body. Hebrews 4:12 and 2 Thessalonians 5:23. That is why consistent and real serious prayer and fasting plus feeding on God's word are indispensable. You can never defeat the body without engaging the spirit man. This is the simple truth. The body is not just made of dust as most people casually assume; it's made from powerful chemical components. Your body carries its power and effectiveness just like your mind and spirit. Your body on its own is a force. You can never use intellectual ability to defeat the body; that is the reason self control is listed as one of the fruits of the spirit. Depravity remains the permanent status of the body. Until you're given a new body, you've got to constantly use the force of the spirit man to limit the desires and freedom of this your present body. Without the help of the spirit man, man can have sex with his own mother and even with real animal. This is called depravity. Have you indeed seen that without controversy, man remains a higher animal, only when the spirit is dead? When Adam opened his eyes and saw Eve, he knew that this is not an animal, and so he called her "Woman". Man is created to live from inside out. So when Jesus said you must be born again, he knew this is the starting point and the only way to bring the spirit man alive, and so defeat the animalistic desires of the fallen man. This is the simple truth. If you neglect to control your body, it will enslave you as if you're an animal. Remember to consciously refuse to give your body whatever it desires. Most people are spiritually, mentally and financially impoverished because they are controlled by their body. Control your body through the power of your spirit and mind. Learn to live from inside-out. You must be a habitual prayer person to subdue the desires of the flesh and arouse the power of your spirit. A garden left on its own will eventually bring up wild weed. You are a spirit; you have a soul and live in the body. This is the simple truth about you.

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Chapter Two

The Truth about Your Finance

"Money is only a tool, it will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver" – Ayn Rand. "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon" – Jesus of Nazareth. Passionately speaking, the discourse on financial issues has eaten deep into my fiber. The truth is that money is wired into human blood. Money is so powerful that it makes the strong weak and the weak strong. I am a man who has seen the foolishness of the wise man when money is lacking. Money they say makes the world go round. While I love success, I hate poverty and failure with the hatred of merciless vampire. The true proof that you love success is found in the hatred you have for the opposite of success. I hate poverty, really I do. There are two things that drive the soul, success and security. When you are unsuccessful, you feel worthless and insecure. When you attain one level of success to another, you feel safe and important. The question about financial success shouldn't be treated with loose mindset. You need money and more of it. The subject of financial prosperity ought to make your cells to jubilate in great expectation. Having studied so many books on money, success, prosperity, affluence, influence, wealth, fame, control and what have you. I made an eye-catching and smart discovery. Progressively, I discovered that every book ever written on the subject is built on immutable laws and those laws drawn from the bible. Every book written by great thinkers, insightful authors, mysterious philosophers and incredible scholars took their principles from the bible whether they know it or not. That's why I intensively and extensively immerse myself into the study of the bible to gain this empirical knowledge. As Myles Munroe rightly affirmed, "Whatever you know and have is for sharing". As I share this truth with you and you asses and assimilate them, great will be your success. As I make some progress in this chapter, I will quickly outline the most, few and top scriptural laws on finance and success, they will boost your soul. Remember every book, author, writer and speakers come with its uniqueness. This book is not an exception. Money, we crave for it, but few of us are willing to sacrifice to get it. Those who have it paid for it, and those who don't have it come up with flimsy excuses why they can't get it. You must agree with me that the poor are always debtors. Every shame and disgrace finds its way easily into the abode of the poor. You must convince yourself irrespective of your woes, sufferings, challenges and failures that God wants you to be rich and influential. "Honour the Lord with your substance (Wealth) and with the first fruits of all thine increase" (Prov. 3:9). "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it" (Prov. 10:22). "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33). Convinced? Do you get the idea? No matter who you are, and where you are, God wants you to be rich and successful, it brings God pleasure. I have heard so many people affirm that money doesn't bring happiness, yet they look for more money. If you understand the power which your mind possesses, you will never be poor. We will critically consider the capacity of our mind through proven mental laws. These are laws that if we neglect them, they will neglect us. In this chapter(s) we will find out what we must use our mind to do to succeed here on earth. As you read through this book, don't forget that laws, principles, ideas, rules, and what have you are waiting for conversion. People only read and fail to convert that is why they don't succeed. What we need is knowledge, revelation, insight and ideas. When we convert them, we will have wealth and fortune. Are you ready? Let's look through these top potent Laws.

1. The Law of Right Thinking

Everything begins at thought. Right thinking is a law. For things to work right with you, you must think right. This is how powerful mental power is. People do wrong things and always found themselves in wrong places because of wrong thinking. From the biggest beggar at the airport to the smallest beggar at the village market, all are just a product of wrong thinking. Right thinking or thinking right is very important in the school of success. As important as house foundation is, your life pedestal is dependent on your thinking. You cannot be thinking success and be a failure because thought is a force. The force of thought is more powerful than the force of gravity. You must cultivate a habit of solid pattern of right thinking, if good success will happen to you. Never be a mind waster. Mind your mind. Success never comes to people who are uninterested in what flows into their mind. Your mind is your original money given to you by God. Learn to change your journey by redirecting your thoughts. Every thought is purely an explosive. So the cessation of failure begins at right thinking. Thinking right produces beneficial result. This is a law. If you must truly be a success, then your thought must be opposite the thought of failures. So your success, riches and wealth is a function of insightful action or work powered by right thinking. Successful people are mind masters. If you neglect your mind, your mind will disgrace you. The great Henry Ford said "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't; you're right". The simple way to access some one's thought is to observe his actions. Thoughts are just the hand and brush of the mind that determines its color. If your life is going to be colorful, then you've got to paint it in your mind. Right thinking is just a mental attitude which requires mental input; which is what you're feeding on. In every difference, there is a difference. You must be different in your thinking to stand out. When you think like others, you sink like others. The law of right thinking is a right thinking law. It must be a law otherwise carefree men would rule. Success is not luck; it is a palatable food from the pot of thought. A man who is truly dreaming of success will never ride bicycle even in his dream state. People who never consider things in their mind will always be a concern to their world. The law of right thinking is just like the law of attraction, in most cases, it stands immutable. This law is very powerful; it is like the horse that drags the cart. If you must be a success, you must begin from the foundation which is unquestionably the law of right thinking. It is one thing to think and another thing to think aright. One of the most profound revelations of the scripture is drawn from Proverbs 23:7, "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he..." this is a powerful law that carries irrefutable force. Thinkers or rather right thinkers or positive thinkers as Vincent Peale affirmed can never sink. It takes discipline, soberness, focus and right mental attitude to produce a good thought. You must understand that you can feed your mind with seed which can grow money. Right thinking is your number one law to break the fetters of poverty. Do you believe in yourself, do you believe that your millions are full to capacity in that round head of yours? The saying "Thought are things" is simply informing you that every tangible metamorphosed from intangible, every material metamorphosed from immaterial. Your mind is a minting machine and the processor is right thinking. Concentration is a very powerful law of success. Right thinking is the womb of concentration. If you cannot sweat in your mind, then be ready to sweat in your body even till old age. We are creatures of thought. We are meant to think. I call it mental process; it brings progress in all ramifications. Another word for it is known as Meditation. "And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide " (Genesis 24:63). Learn and practice to be alone, the world is too busy and noisy. Right thinking requires some amount of mental solitude. What are your opinion and firm belief about money? What do you think about your finance? Do you think you are made or not made to have money, and more of it? What is influencing your belief and opinion; your environment, your lineage, your bank account, your friends, your church and doctrine, the media and so on? Listen friend, the only thing which ought to have its way into your mind and influence you remains the truth. When other things fade, the truth abides. It is concrete, it is absolute, and it is unchanging. A person might be scavenging for survival, but what might pin him at that debased level or push him into successful demanding position is simply his thinking. What's welcomed in your mind colors your mind. Falsehood have a brush to paint your mind and so is truth, you alone possesses the commencement button. Accept the simple truth. The truth says "The blessing of the Lord maketh rich..." The truth says "As you think in your heart, so are you..." Employ the strategy of right thinking. What is right thinking? It is simply the process of thinking in line with the truth. The truth is that truth can never change. You are the one who will change and embrace the simple truth for maximum success. One major thing I discovered about successful people is right thinking. They concentrate and focus the energy of their mind on success thoughts and its experiment. Right thinking is agreeing what you are reading now, truth manufactures success. Give yourself time. Stay away from mediocre and pessimist. Become tough in your mind and believe you are created to have much money. This is a laid down rule to govern the world of success. So you must plainly reject any information leading you to thinking small, poor, negative and stuffs like that. My mentor said "The extent of your thought is the boundary of your success". No failure whatsoever will stand the force of right thinking. You lose nothing when you think right and lose everything when refuse to think right. Refuse to think wrongly for failure is not your portion. The right thinking strategy will lead you to the second law.

2. The Law of Mental Gradual Change

I discovered that every beauty underwent some kind of metamorphosis. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change. This is a powerful law. It is highly uninspiring to remain aloof. You must be willing to learn, ready to accept and process information, open to change. Every true change is an act of humility. One major virus which is killing most Africans is mental inflexibility, and inability to read meaning into revealed simple truth. Truths are words coated with divine laws thus making words powerful. People are where they are because they bluntly refused to change. It's like your kitchen knife, when it is blunt, you'll labor extensively and unnecessarily to get your cuttings done. But when it is sharp, your cuttings become fast and pleasant. Your mind will never remain blunt if you determine to change it through inspired motivation. The theory of mental gradual change must be embraced with readiness to improve. If you refuse to change someone said, you will remain in chain. You must make a shift else you remain where you are. There must be mental adjustment for success to happen. The real proof that you're thinking right is to move away from wrong thinking. This is a game of the mind. What you believe and how you believe is important. I heard from Zig Ziegler that it is insanity to keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Every outward improvement is traceable to inward change. Where is your mental position? Is it on the side of success or failure? You must be tired of renovation and employ innovation. Sit down, position yourself and think. What made Jesus so remarkable and sometimes incredible is that he possesses a sound mind. Looking at those rigid Jews of his time, Jesus said to them "Repent". The first message and hit of Jesus towards man aims directly at the mind. You see, this is where the real battle is, the ability to gradually change your mind and accept the light of the truth. It is said that a leak can sink a ship. When you bluntly refused to accept the simple truth, you will sink in poverty and leave it for your generation. It will be painful to posterity. If you dive into history, you will discover that what made people poor was lack of information or unwillingness to access and accept information. Every form of change is an application of force. You must work out your change. Your change must commence from your mind. When you gradually and truly start making changes, it must affect the kind of friends you keep, the places you go, the things you watch, the discussion you welcome, the books you read and the things you value. If you really want things to change then you must change things. Listen friend, success is not cheap; it requires certain dramatic mental change to escape impoverishment. The word repent simply means change your mind. Something must enter into your mind, when you accept it, change will happen. Many prayers have never been answered just because of our mindset. If your mind remains crude and not refined, nothing would come out of it. Someone said before you talk, think and before you think, read. So mind changing is a process enveloped in process. There is nothing like a helpless and hopeless situation. There must be a charge before a discharge. An empty riffle cannot have a case of accidental discharge. Load your mind with information, success stories, good books, sound teaching on finance; laugh within you and defy the threat of poverty through wealth imagination. Just understand that every change is gradual but certainly it does happen. Just the way the sun adjust and changes from the east to west through the rotation of the earth, that's the way your mind is expected to shift from negative to positive through books and inspired information, so mental gradual change is the pillar of success while mental rigidity is the caterpillar of success. Refuse to remain where you are and see to it that you break and bury the barrier of age syndrome. Just remain flexible because change is taking place already. As you read further, other things would follow. The law of mental gradual change will really put you on the rail way of success. Success is a journey and its routes are these laws. It is more than possible to make this change. That is why I recommend reading the bible, good inspirational books and spending quality time to pray. These are tools for mental gradual change. Don't relax to be ranked among failures, do something to practically exempt yourself. You can so much become mentally impenetrable with these powerful laws, making failure impotent. One of another powerful force of change is self discovery that is discovering where you are presently. Employ the art of sincerity. I've seen a lot of people just relaxing and getting unnecessarily comfortable making small money. If you can make one dollar and have it as yours, you can make one million dollar and above and have it as yours. It starts with your mindset. Success is not bigger than you. You must never allow posterity label you inglorious, history must be happy for you. You must have a fervent positive mindset. Gradually change your mentality. Just holistically accept it or better still agree with yourself and God that you must never end up a poor person. The capacity of your mind is too infinite; it will be an eternal and universal felony not to be a success. You are not created just to have children, brandish your university certificate, receive some form of fabulous bravo, dress well, eat well, Crouse around in your own car, receive some awards and all that. These are peanuts of life. Life is larger than eating and enjoying. You must think of becoming an influential personality. Millions of people can become great and successful through you. To think it's impossible is to remain mentally rigid. Do you know that each sperm you produce as a man has millions of living cells capable of becoming human? How do you think you're not created to change lives of millions? Drive yourself and avoid mediocrity. Press into your mind, persuade yourself, rearrange your mindset, eliminate mental indolence and never allow your mind to become obsolete. Mental gradual positive change is an indication of success; it is consciously sending a signal to the forces of wealth and success to come to your aid. You are totally helpless when you ignore this proven reality. You must positively be an intent individual and focus your mind against poverty. Success is the end result of many combats; this is a quote from a great mind. So change your mind completely now, and allow it rest on the shore of success. Just ruminate within you, saying I believe I must be a total success. The real battle is in your mind, this is the simple truth. If you can arrest your mind, subdue it and allow mental transmutation, failure can never outrun you. Failure and success is just an option, the one you choose surfaces. Get to work now and overthrow negative belief. The truth is you can become so much blessed and even establish others. So gradually change your mind now and forget about your present penniless condition. Your success is not determined by your bank account, it is determined by the state of your mind. This is the simple truth. Let's consider the third law below.

3. The Law of Reason and Excuse

What's your reason and excuse for being late this time? She replied traffic. Responsibility is the killer of excuse. A person who wants to succeed must take responsibility. Reason and excuse has been a grave that is receiving so many destinies. Wait a minute. Do you know why you think you are poor and probably are; it's because you have a reason. Reason is not dependable. Many, too many are leaning on reason and reason is whipping them. You have no reason to be poor. Whatever you would give as a reason, conquer it. You have the inherent capacity. Successful people never give reason, they take resolution. When you understand the meaning and genesis of poverty, you'll hate it with passion. Poverty is a curse and curse is not divine. Do you think God wants you rich or poor? Truth is that we have no reason to be unsuccessful. Whatever reason you have to remain poor is false. Break away from that shackles of excuse and learn to culture your spirit against poverty. Poverty is a mischievous mutilator begotten by Satan to pin you in the prison of pity. God couldn't have said he own silver and gold and then send us poverty. Poverty is not consistent with God's plan for you. Poverty is not friendly, it is not harmonious, it is not helpful, and it is unwanted, unwholesome, unsuitable and always unsmiling. If left undiscovered and uncut, its flood will sweep from generation to generation. Have you ever seen a professional prostitute nursing pregnancy? Upon its discovery, they get the fetus brutally terminated for successful and free flirtation. How do whore handle unwanted pregnancy? Undoubtedly, abortion is the answer. The way a prostitute sees no reason to keep unwanted pregnancy, that's how we have no reason to keep unwanted poverty. Rise tall within you and behold no reason to keep this venomous viper. If you are a student of history and screen saver of posterity, you'll take responsibility and annihilate poverty. Bury your excuse for you have none in reality. Friend stop complaining and cease pointing at that unacceptable mirage. Those who are unsuccessful allowed themselves to be bound by fetters of excuse. The fetters of failure may be strong but a man of tough spirit will shatter it. A successful blind pianist was asked how he succeeded; he said "My success was my motivation". The wise John Mason echoed "Find a way to, not a way not to". Excuse is a show room of lack of will and decision. If you ask a person who have failed in life, he will tell you that success is a matter of luck, don't buy that excuse advised John Mason. Learn to create a wastebasket for your excuses. A man who justifies failure is a failure by experience. Poverty resides in the abode of reason givers. Never give reason why you failed because excuse is the interpreter of failure. The truth is there is no limit to what you can achieve. Fumigate your mind and wear your garment of responsibility. You can do what nobody has done in your lineage, it can start from you. Puncture that ball of reason and get up without picking excuse. If you can become an authority on something, failure will submit to you. Don't live your life by having a nice time, eliminate vagabondisms. Real success is an uphill task, with the cancer of excuse, you cannot climb it. You must firmly resist the spirit of giving reason and excuse. In the world of success, excuse givers can never get employment. "I am poor because I didn't go to school, I have nobody to help me, I lost everything to sickness, I don't have money to start a business, I have been rejected severally after a job interview, and my country is bad" and so many other mind crippling excuses. Excuse will inject mental sickness into your life. Excuse will bound one and drop him in the waste basket of failure. The truth is that you can create your own world of success. Celebrate your mental God given capacity. With you, people around you are not hopeless. That's how to think. This information is coming to you for a purpose. Seize it and use it. Understand that excuse givers are failure heapers. If you want to earn respect in your community, don't give excuse for failure. I use to say that if you really want a thing, you must find a way to make it happen. There is no improvement in the room of excuse. Reason and excuse is a professional optician that will inject blindness into your mind and strangle your success insight. Don't be a companion of excuse givers; you may end up like them. A man was asked "Why didn't you succeed", he answered "The same old story". Then came his curious son saying, "Dad what's the meaning of the same old story"? He said "Son I read in a book that everybody will not be a success, adjusting his loosed belt he whispered into the ear of his Son "The author's name was Peter Story". Furious and angry by that dream killing statement, his young son left home without dropping any traceable address. Fifteen years after, he sent his father a million dollar check with a note "Success is a choice, excuse is a choice". Then his father sent him a message "How did you make the money"? He replied "I read in a book that anybody can be a success", then some seconds after another message came to the father "Just that I am not close to tell you the author". I discovered that excuse givers are comfortably working in the factory of excuse. See reasons to be a success and not reasons to be a failure. The truth is that if you look for reason either to be a success or failure, you will certainly find it. Successful people are not searching for excuse, they are searching for exploit. The simple truth is that anybody can be a success, that person can be you.

4. The Law of Self Image

Image is everything in the school of success. Joel Osteen said "What you keep before your eyes will surely affect you". Some people call it dream, others call it vision, yet some others call it mental picture. Whether it is dream, vision and what have you, they all protrude into an image. Have you discovered that actually people are what they pretend to be but fail to realize it? For instance a young lady who is not in school but pretends to be a graduate is supposed to be a graduate. Out of the spies in the true tale of the bible, greater number saw themselves as grasshoppers. You see, self image; it plays a paramount role in your journey of success and influence. If you must amount to profitability in this universe, it is not enough to hold a right mental attitude; you must add a right great self image. Greatness and success must be your focus. Let me forward this passionate question to you. How do you see yourself? Don't forget that the impression you give yourself will either improve or imprison you. Never suppress yourself by negative image. What image do you hold of yourself? You must be untiring and tenacious in holding a positive self image. Your environment, failures around you, mediocre and tough situations would and must want to deflate you to grasshopper syndrome, never ever let them. The way you see yourself is important. There is no sane individual who will journey to the market and purchase a reflection glass called mirror, just to use it and see others. Every mirror you bought is for personal admiration. If you cannot see yourself already as a success, then luck cannot take you there. It is a law that what you do not see, you cannot seize. You must enter into your utopia and mingle with success and its rumination. Every successful person you're seeing today had that picture from within and from immemorial. This is a law; to break it is to bleed in poverty. Ignore your impoverish state, your empty bank account, your poor and dreamless environment, your background, your academic status, your present pennilessness, ignore your reason. They cannot stop you if you tenaciously and vividly see yourself as a success. Learn to enjoy your success and millions in your mind, that's the realm of reality. Stop seeing yourself as poor and incapacitated. See yourself in that success zone. Positive self image is a powerful but neglected law in the school of success. To succeed in life, you must adhere to success principles and stipulated laws. Wrong thinking and negative self image dissolves your God given potential. Your strength, influence, capacity and effectiveness can never be discovered if you don't have a positive and powerful self image. We reside in the world of competitions, intimidations, harassment, dominations and what have you. Your personal opinion, conviction and belief are as paramount as the air you breathe. Many people have succeeded in learning the law of imagination but few knew the law of self image. This is a great secret. In the law of self image, you must bring the picture home. This is a powerful idea, if you must achieve massive success, you must consciously change the way you see yourself. That is if you get yourself in the hospital, you must see yourself healthy. If you get yourself in the mortuary, you must see yourself alive. If you reside amidst poor people, you must see yourself rich. You must convincingly and consciously personalize your success. So success must be a predominant force in your subconscious mind. Lion is lion because it's seeing itself as lion. Don't wait until you have million to call yourself a millionaire. This is one ignored law of success. How you see yourself is how you are. The truth is that God is not seeing you as poor and unsuccessful, so why see yourself that way. Don't allow your environment, failures around you and negative news to deceive you. If you can see the invisible, then you will be a success. You must totally see yourself different from unsuccessful people around you. This is one powerful law of success. It must be your silent internal controlling force. Never see yourself as unfortunate in life, whether you're presently in huge debt, or dropped out of school, or divorced, or abandoned, or jobless, or old. Even if you don't have anybody to assist you, the law of positive self image is a force on its own to attract your success. This is true; never see yourself as unfortunate in life. Life has little or nothing to offer to self pitied people. An old man met a young woman who was crying profusely, "Young woman why are you crying"? he enquired hospitably. With heavy and broken heart she muttered, "My class teacher said I cannot amount to anything, that I am too inferior to be a success". Laughably the old man responded while walking away, "Inferiority complex and negative self image are the same potholes of success; fill it and prove your teacher wrong". Some years after, her teacher attended award winning show, where she was honored the best singer of the year. Words and inspired information are the most potent force on earth. You can conquer your negative self image. You cannot stand out while seeing yourself in the valley. Negative self image is a costume to attract forces of failure. Don't lock yourself in that prison. Whether things are pending or impending, see yourself as a success. You alone are the heavyweight of your success. Until success counts you, you are not counted. As you see your dream, let your dream see you. Those who see themselves as nothing will eventually have nothing to see and nothing to show. A powerful Nigerian singer said "I know who I am". The greatest successful person you must admire and desire to see is yourself. Consciously and constantly contemplate your success, this remains a great law. Empower yourself through positive self image and no force whatsoever can pull you down. No matter what, feel good and feel great, this is your real image. The way you see yourself is the way things including money will see you .Success is not cheap for if it is, everybody will purchase it. Whatever you see was paid for. You must differentiate yourself if you really want to succeed; this is one of the prices you must be willing to pay. So next time you see someone whether rich or poor, see yourself and try to learn some hard lessons. Henry's English dog angrily bite someone because it was mistakenly called Ceazer instead of coaster. Know what you want, know who you are, this is the successful power of positive self image. Identity and "Mis -identity" are not in the same family. Until you discover yourself, you will remain in the world of lost people. Most of the crime of the world is identity crisis. You cannot succeed until you sincerely and consciously start seeing yourself as a success. Open your mouth always and constantly affirm your nomenclature. I am a success, that's who I am. This is the simple truth.

5. The Law of Time and Immediate Persevering Action

Tell me I am wonderful, tell me I am cute, tell me I am awesome, tell me I am gallant, tell me I would be wealthy but please tell me the truth. It sounds amazingly poetic, doesn't it? The truth is that you will remain motionless until you take action. Until you move nothing moves. Action and inaction remains an action that everyone takes. Whatever you're doing whether in motion or motionless is an action. The real proof that you're seeing success is its conversion. The ability to become what you're beholding is the difference between day dreamers and real dreamers. It is not enough to think right, see right and imagine great things, you must make it happen. Just act and let the world watch you. A young Nigerian entrepreneur saw the possibility of making 10 million naira in one year, while his friends were shouting impossible, he made it happen. Bob Gass said "Your success in life is determined by how important it is to you". Courage will not be comfortable in the bag of fearful people. Running with your back will make you to fall. Do you want to write? Start writing and never stop at writing, publish it and never stop at publishing, be the best seller. Show the world the stuff you're made of and market it satisfactorily. Take action. Bible said the talk of the mouth will end in poverty. A Nigerian circular singer said "I love you no be for mouth". Only doers are permitted to share their experience. We heard the story of the ark because Noah built it. Whatever you think you can do, your only chances of success is when you start doing it. I have studied more than 30 classic success inspirational books, one common advice I saw was "See it, go for it". If you don't know what to do with your life, seek God by praying desperately, you must get a convincing idea and vision. A worker is working on something; someone who lives is living for something. Taking action with persevering mindset is the sure key to realizing success. Tell that story at last. Humiliate people who are laughing at you. The cause of unhappiness isn't the absence of money; it's the absence of vision. What are you pursuing? Develop tenacity till you get it. "Time up" announced the invigilator, before Sandra knew it, she wrote nothing. Sandra had wasted her time in the exam hall thinking instead of writing. In the book of John Jesus said "If you know these things, happy are you if you do them" John 13:17. Never wait for opportunity door to open, go ahead and open the door. James counseled "Be ye doers and not hearers only, deceiving your own self" James 1:22. Every form of genuine-received information leads to action. Don't waste your time with theoretical mentality; you must be solidly practical to command respect. Having known your present work will cage you in poverty, what have you done to effect a change? If you want money to come to you in a big way, give money a big invitation. Some people change their status, while others remained in their status quo. There is no glory in the story of a man whose action is telling stories. Convert your vision to visibility. Be the success you want to see. A person who is not seriously working towards success is equal to a statute. I challenge you to discover what will make you successful and stay in its pursuit. Your daily thinking and your daily routine are the prophet of your future. Find something that is bigger than you, you are truly bigger than that thing. Please never waste your irretrievable time just dreaming, deciding, talking, planning and preparing. Sometimes it's just a waste of time. You must totally destroy dullness, indolence and lack of interest. After getting set, just go. Some people squeaked through the exam halls but fail in life. You must learn to squash the spirit of failure. Drive yourself and set your mind on massive success. Nothing can stop you when you refused to be stopped. It is God's will for you to be massively blessed. Refuse to be coached by people who have their eyes at their rear. Success is not for people who don't want to hear it. Chinese proverb said that "Poverty is not a sin, it is something worse". Extensive research has shown that many people are failures because they never did anything to succeed. Massive success is not meant for the masses, it is made for few who are willing to pay for it. In their conversation the pet dog said to the bulldog, "Show me the secret of getting sweet bones; in response the bulldog smiled, "I use to wake up early".

You must bury the behavior of procrastination and rise to immediate action. "Arise, shine, for your light has come... but the Lord rises upon you" (Isaiah 60:1-2). Two major words here. One is "Arise" and the other is "The Lord rises upon you". Before God takes action and bless you, you must take action. God can never rise until you arise. Action is not in words, it is in deeds. It is not in planning, it is in implementation. It is not in talking, it is in taking. So many successes are just waiting for a kick of action. There is no shouting of goal until there is a kick, and every form of kick is waiting for someone. Digest this statement and fasten it into your subconscious. Failing to take an action to success would lead to failure. Friend if you remain poor, it is an excruciating object that would be kicked into your next generation. Someone rightly said that if you are born poor it is not your fault, but if you die poor, it is your fault. Deflate that ball of poverty by taking immediate action. Is it action to start saving and cease squandering? Take it. Is it action to cut off worthless friendship and get focused? Take it. Is it action to start that small business and watch it metamorphose into great enterprise? Take it. How many books have you devoured and fail to dive into action? Words are wealth in disguise; inspired words are cash waiting for action. You may have knowledge of 48 laws of power, knowledge of 7 universal laws, knowledge of think and grow rich, knowledge of positive thinking and even knowledge of esoteric perceptions and laws without taking indispensable action to ending poverty, it means complete nonsense and expensive mistake. If ignorance would grant you success and knowledge grant you failure, I suggest you choose such ignorance for therein lies some amount of knowledge. I discovered that too many people are knowledgeably motionless and failure becomes their terminal point. Enough of showing people the blueprint; work it out to reality. My friend athlete understands the law of "Get set and get going". Refuse to be at that level with your dreamless colleagues. Take action and when risk surface take it also. Explorers are always better than cruisers. I had a quote which I immortalized in my spirit as my success stamp. The life changing quote echoes "Work hard in silence and let success make the noise". Targeted and focused action remains the difference between successful people and failures. Let it be positively said of you "So you later did it". This is the footprint of good legacy leavers. You must venture into action to see your dreams come true. Every success you see today is a product of gradual action. Nature they say abhors vacuum. Inaction is a vacuum where poverty resides. Wake up to this timeless reality and quench that wild fire of retrogression through immediate action. When you have taken other things and fail to take action, the truth is that you took liability. Never remain in the camp of those whose anthem is "One Day I Will Do It". Your future is now. If I had not taken action, this book won't be a blessing to you because it does not exist. Kill that slogan of "One Day Is One Day." Take action because in the law of success, you are not permitted to procrastinate that which will profit you. Organize your priorities and eliminate your excuses; strangle your pleasure and wake up to work. Great and successful people never keep action. They take it with speed and end up in success. Small minders and poor mindset always take action but end up in more poverty. Take a positive action and make it immediate. Not taking action that will lead you to success is taking action toward poverty. Make sure you acquire knowledge that will sustain you at all times, for instance, the knowledge of proper use of computer and internet. Commence action on how to victoriously walk away from poverty. You have had enough taste of poverty, now start cooking good action to taste riches. Sit down and consider your life. What must I do to free myself from this handicap called hardship and poverty? When you discover it, take action. Great men and women of affluence and influence that I've studied, one character which I discovered is that they are excellent in taking action. It is better to take action without planning than planning without taking action. The seed of time is coated with layers of mystery, when you fail to take immediate action, you'll be disappointed with time. Every poor man I see, especially elderly poor people, I discovered there are actions they ignored to take, and now those actions are paying them with poor cowries. Find out the areas you need to improve and take immediate action. If you really desire to be great, carefully and quietly study the life, words, and values of the poor people around you, do the opposite of what they are doing. Discover what you can do for yourself and take action while envisaging greatness. A little drop makes a mighty ocean; a little action makes a mighty man. Great are your success discoveries on the road of action. This is the most common and powerful laws of success. Don't ignore it. Your success, discovery, prosperity, progress are waiting for one echo to metamorphose into reality. That echo is "Action". Take it and consciously intensify the acceleration. Never give yourself a holiday in your pursuit of success. Action simply means "Act On". Learn to be on what you are doing till you happily succeed. A successful old man was told to advise the congregated crowd in five words. His passionate responds was "Find a dream and persevere". If you'll be truly successful, you must operate by insight and do your own thing. Find a dream and persevere, get a vision, live for it and possibly die for it. "If you know these things, blessed are you, if you do them". This is the simple truth.

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Chapter Three

The Truth about Your Family

The word family depicts the picture of father, mother and children. We have kinds of family; poor family, rich family, taught family, unlearned family, royal family and spiritual family. The word family also depicts the picture of fellowship, communication, relationship, assistance, responsibility, freedom, love and relaxation. You must get interested in this chapter because I will unravel some mysteries indelible. The truth is that you are made for a family. You are not made to be a loner. Communication and what have you are all wired into human by the supreme one. Every human who is ever born was born into a family. Lack of this gospel insight remains a catastrophic hindrance to many and kept them narrow minded. Friend, if you believe in the absolute and immutable truth of the bible then get set and divulge into this. The bible said that Jesus came with "Grace and truth". Jesus himself declared "I am the truth" (John 1:14; 14:6). You see, unscramble and unquestionable truth can only be found in the word of God. Have you ever noticed that a good wealthy man or woman cannot have interest in telling you lie because of little money? They love to maintain what is known as reputation. Who could be wealthier than God?

Wouldn't God want to maintain his reputation by standing on the immutability of his word? God as a special designer structured everything according to its blueprint. When you are ignorant of this reality, his blessing in general will elude you. You must agree with me that God doesn't use dollar and naira in heaven. They are meant for universal transaction, circulation and extension.

Money is good and made to be your servant. If you are unwilling to send that servant to the selfless service of others, then forget about God blessing you. God hates constraint, hoarding, wickedness and limitation. According to the law of multiplication, whatever you have including your money is yearning and crying for multiplication. It is an act of wickedness and ignorance not to multiply. We fail to multiply because of ignorance and knowledgeable refusal to synchronize with stipulated laws. When you truly want to multiply, cease thinking of what you'll achieve for yourself; remove the beacon of limitation by thinking passionately about others. God's plan for you is bigger than you think. You may be thinking of one car while God is thinking of using you to give out many cars. For you to be blessed, I mean financial blessing, you must be ready to be a conduit then the oil of money will flow through you to others.

How large is your heart, are you sincerely ready to bless and accommodate others? Would God give you a little opportunity to be a distributor, would you block others or bless them? One thing which will assist you is finding out God's concept and getting committed to it. Minus this amazing discovery, developing into who God wants you to be will be difficult. God is not eating money, his principle remains that he gives seed to those who are willing to sow it. When you are narrow minded, God cannot fit into you, he is big God, and he can't work with those who are not big in heart.

Do you know if you are sincerely passionate about blessing and serving others, you'll be unsatisfied having just one shop in a corner? The zeal of extending quality service to others will so much consume you that expansion will become your watch ward. Without having others at heart, expansion won't be your focus, without expansion, you will not be rich.

You see, people are so dormant in life because they are so myopic, boasting and bragging about small achievement while God wants them to be on top.

We are like water, not meant to be stable. If you are not willing to flow, you'll remain where you are, with time stinking and probably dry up. This is the simple truth. You need to have a big heart to be big. Stop thinking about yourself, lift up your eyes and heart and think about others, that's how to be great. Never neglect these laws, these are footprints of success.

Open heartedness, sweating for others, having the poor at heart, thinking of how to liberate others, will drop amazing idea which will drop hundreds of millions of dollars into your account.

Recently my wife told me a shocking story; according to her; she tasted particular milk rated as highest in our country. She discovered that its quality has been so reduced that the poor masses are feeding and feasting on chaff. She developed a red hot passion to have fake killer milk industry, just to see others happy and healthy. This is the kind of passion, if sustained; a means must come out and the slogan "Dream come true" achieved. Service is the sure way to greatness. You must look out for what is not working well and put your own in place. Be a fixer, an excellent fixer. When you have the passion, the provision must be attracted. My problem with people is that they always allow the brush of failure and fruitlessness couple with faithlessness and of course lack of strong believes in them to paint their mind. Who told you that you won't succeed and eventually become successful? Where did you get the idea that everyone is better than you? Listen, the world is just like a chain, you are a paramount link. Sometimes wearing the tag of indispensability is not necessarily an act of pride. The truth is that there are people who cannot succeed without you and for your information; they are all over the world. People are poor, cursed, and penniless and what have you is never for a person who is looking out for quality service to extend to others. There is something you can do to profit others, when you withdraw it, your own success certainly will hang. If what you do is good, why not let the world know about it? For instance if you are a good cook, driver, writer, etc. why not go online and advertise yourself. Never neglect the power of network.

There is no net worth without network. Refuse to be in a corner, extend whatever you do to others. If you are not expanding, it simply means that what you do is not good for humanity. Someone said to me Sir I want to succeed but my academic status is a barrier. I told him to take a deeper course in computer since he can read and write. Today, he is a successful graphic designer. He discovered himself when he took step. Nature would want to stop you with one fact or the other. The truth is that you are unstoppable. If you want to be free from poverty, think network. You can't be lifted until you become the lifter. Why will you be in one shop, position, office etc for so many years and yet no evidence of progress? Friend something is wrong. You must be ready to make it right. Poverty, lack of success, stagnation and retrogression is not meant for you. You must take responsibility, unravel this mystery and set your motion.

The Truth about your Natural Family

Family structure remains one of the highest edifices designed in history. It is a powerful slogan that when you want to be remembered in the next generation, then plant a tree. The truth about your natural family is that every functioning curse or blessing is attracted by someone.

The family where you fall into, wasn't by accident, it is not by chance that you fall into that family. Rick Warren said "Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature". You must deeply fall in love with your family and sincerely appreciate your background. God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes.

The famous Albert Einstein did say that God doesn't play dice. Your genetic makeup, your DNA, your nature, your wiring are all divinely custom made to produce greatness on earth through you. You will never understand the true meaning of your life until you make God your reference point.

The truth about your natural family is you were born into that family to bring a change. You are the agent of change brought into that family. You must not dwell, grumbling and fussing about the mistakes of your progenitors. It is futile, vain and unnecessary. Existing only to blame your parents is like engaging a hammer to kill a mosquito that perch on your glass window. It is totally uncalled for. Never make the same mistake of your ancestors. Posterity must smile for you. You must be pregnant of a healthy and wealthy posterity. When I watch parents, giving birth, producing babies without distinction of purpose, I see poverty moving from generation to generation. Rise up to this reality. Quit staying from where your family kept you and keep your family where it ought to be.

Rise beyond whatever curse operating in that family. What your parents cannot do, you can do, especially in this era of bare knowledge, sweet science and raw technology. You can remote-control the world from your house. We are no longer in Dark Age. Light is everywhere. Never see yourself progressing in the transaction of blaming and blaming. It will sap your mental energy and keep you frustrated. What was it which your father did which made him end in poverty? You must consciously do the opposite. If your father was squander, be a saver. If your father was good in starting and bad in finishing, you start excellently and finish excellently. If your father spent his years working for others and poverty was the result, don't work for others to end up in poverty. You see, family is like a baton race, you must hand over with time. The question is what will I hand over, pain or pleasure, riches or poverty? The choice is yours. I met a young man who said to me Gift; "I hate the family where I came from". Having known the sting he's facing, I told him if you go on just saying you hate your family, with time you'll be part of the family your children will hate. Channel your anger toward the cause and change it. You see, why he so much hate his family is because he actually loves the family. Just that he was attacking the fruit instead of the root. Stir up your spirit and stop that family shame. Even if it will take you eternity, do it. If you truly love your family, the evidence is that you won't leave it the way you met it. Apparently I am so much amazed when I stumble into a bible quote, "A good father leaves inheritance for his children's children" (Pro. 13:22). This quote made me think that if I leave nothing for my children, they would certainly see me as a wicked man. Training your children and sending them to college and university isn't enough. You must monitor them and ingrain in their mentality the hot passion against poverty. You must let them know that poverty reduces family to zero level. Teach them to be success, affluence and influence conscious. Teach them not to desire education for mere case of certificate. Train them to chase after greatness and be zealous of ending poverty. You see, going to school is different from getting education. The margin is like the space between heaven and earth. If you would like to find out, study the book by Robert Kiyosaki captioned Rich Dad Poor Dad. Jabez came out from a poor family but he changed the history. Every family is a chronicle of history. Refuse to live without seeing poverty flee from your family. Make up your mind to be that particular link that will change your family history.

Your father may not leave anything for you, but you can leave inheritance for your own children. Remember the law of mental gradual change, self image and immediate action. You can, this is why you came to that family. Not to add to number but to add value. Prioritize your focus, organize your time, become passionate about your family, and rewrite history. God is highly interested in your family. He wants to bring change through you. Never expire without bringing a soothing relief to that family. Every success of any society commences from family unit. Forbid yourself from not helping your family. Break away from the mindset that your family never prospers. Your first assignment on earth is to deliver your family. Have passion for your natural family. Your parents, children, brothers and sisters must never remain at the same level of impoverishment. Penetrate into the history of your family and change it. Why is it you were not born into that family before now? You came for a purpose. Never allow the negative influence of your family to reduce you to nothing. Watch the rhythm of your family, study the system of things, eliminate excuse and make your family proud. If others are blind, why not be the eyes of your family? Your family's case may not be finance, but whatever it is; you can break that ugly trend and be celebrated. You have to be battle conscious and ready to fight. In some families almost everybody is tied, no one is capable of untying the strong fetters. Rectify this menace. If no one is born again in your family including you, why not get born again and get to work? God cannot help your family until someone becomes available. Poverty, retrogression, untimely death, mysterious unexplainable incidents in most families are curses from demons, who were ignorantly invited by their idolatrous forefathers. Most African families are under serious ravaging curses, even many western families, either the curse of suicide, strongly feeling rejected amidst affluence, sexual pervasion, drunkenness, drug addiction, idol worship and others. Whatever good thing in your family was attracted by someone, so also the opposite; so if what's happening in your family gives you concern, then God is calling your attention to use you cause change. Never explain it away, this is the simple truth. If you sincerely don't want to end up like your natural father or mother, then run to the Almighty Father. Family tide is never a case to joke with. Don't permit history to repeat itself. With you plus God, nothing is impossible. It is time to bring real change in your family. This is why you came. Be insightfully passionate about it. If they said fine cars, polished buildings, real enjoyment cannot permanently find its way into your family, it is false, you can make it happen. If nobody has ever traveled round the world, why not change that pattern? It all depends on how you see yourself. Good things are meant for you. You can get what you desire if you will think of it and hold it in your thought. You didn't come to your natural family to add number, but to add value. This is the simple truth.

The Truth about your Universal Family

One reason why so many families are poor is because they are ignorant of the law of success in the universal family. You were born into a particular scrutinized natural family. When you came, you landed into a universal family. Your existence and presence on earth is not just for your kindred, parents and local society. You came to fill in a specific gap in the universe. You must be broad minded and centre your heart on this truth. When you were born, your immediate family and local society welcomed you, but then your universal family is yet to enjoy your arrival. If you had remained that Cradle it would be unlawful and unfair for your universal family to expect your contribution, but because you have grown, it will be unfair and unlawful not to contribute to the success of your universal family.

Your universal family is simply your state, nation and the entire globe. You must refuse to be myopic towards these realities. You may not be the best, but you are different from the rest. Your universal family would never be complete without you. The stamp of your success is found in this gap, fill it and your success will appear. Does it ever occur to you that your voice-print, finger print and even heartbeat differs from the rest of billions on earth planet? No one on earth is like you. You are unique to be a blessing to your world. The way you fall in love with your natural family is the way you ought to fall in love with your universal family. We must rise to the responsibility of killing prejudice, anarchy and intolerance. You must study the anatomy of your universal family and figure out how to improve it. Throughout the bible, you'll discover the laws and principles of multiplication.

When God formed Adam, he brought him into a natural family with a command and instruction to develop into a universal family.

We were not made to be local specialists. We are fashioned to touch the world. You must think global to command outstanding success. You came into the world to make it better.

Becoming a Global Personality

Recently my wife stumbled into a particular site on the internet and we discovered indispensable articles that could make us wealthy. I feel it is madness for one to see oneself in a financial quagmire, and chose to reside there. The word "Search" should be a ringing bell in your mentality. Bill gate was searching how to improve his universal family and Microsoft was the answer. Mark Zuckerberg said he was passionate and sincerely interested in getting people connected and face book was the answer. You may not be Gate, Zuckerberg, Branson, Dangote, Winfrey, Disney and other successful icons. The simple truth is that you are somebody. All these great and successful people developed passion for their universal family. Get to know your universal family. If your absence is not noticed, you've got to increase the influence of your presence. Today when you mention the names of Joseph Barbara and William Hanna, very few would agree having known them. But when you mention cat and mouse in the person of Tom and Jerry, the whole world cheers in sweet riot. Tom and Jerry the cartoon cat and mouse originally existed in the mind of Joseph Barbara and William Hanna. Today these cartoon names are famous than many who originally bears the name Tom and Jerry. Joseph Barbara and William Hanna decided to become global personalities. I believe it's all about locating your dream and pursing it with focused passion. Avoid the complex that will lead you into isolation. You must destroy the factor of nobody syndrome. What is going on in your universal family? Are you aware? Don't you know your universal family members are waiting to enjoy your palatable contribution? How equipped and acquainted are you with the current knowledge and system of things? Do you have vast knowledge of computer? How thirsty are you not to be a square peg in a round hole? Wise people usually dressed in fitted materials. You must fit into the current trend to command success and plenty of it. You belong to a moving global family, don't stand still and be a spectator. Your universal family cannot enjoy you until you do something enjoyable. In the universal family, some are the cart while others are the horse. Where is your position? You see, you are there because you placed yourself there. A quote in bible says that God put the world in your heart, (Eccl. 3:11). You are a global personality. For instance, you may not be the head that think out this book, but you can be the hand that will extend it to others. You can go online, look out for good items to promote, your universal family would appreciate you and you must be blessed. Internet has made everything "outernet", get to know it. The ugly circumstances surrounding your birth are seriously irrelevant. You must not continue to see your world bigger than you; a global personality sees himself as a need and solution to his universal family. This is who you are. A star, a celebrity, a structure designed to carry others. The only thing waiting for you is to commence the process and age is sincerely not a barrier. Enter into the search of becoming a global person, let the world know and hear about you. You can.

Beating down Global Barrier

The only thing stopping people from becoming what they are meant to be is known as barrier. Jericho wall was a barrier to Joshua but the insight of divine strategy brought it down. When a barrier is left unbroken, its dangerous effect could become generational. If you can shatter this barrier which I will uncover to you now, uncommon success must be your portion. Who could be more qualified to give you first hand information than God? Take a look at this quote from the bible and perpetually shatter this global barrier. This barrier breaker is just a three group letters which says "Casting down Imaginations" (2Cor. 10:5).

You see, the greatest barrier to success and booster of failure, all comes from Imaginations. "Imagine me building estate, who dash monkey banana, Imagine me having my own car, forget, it's no more in this world, may be in the world to come". Refuse to be negative in your thinking. You can sing great songs that will hit the world. You can write books which the world will read. You can own powerful companies that will employ thousands. You can manufacture something that will shock your generations. You can do something that will touch the entire world. Become globally minded. Think of becoming influential. You must possess a mindset that dominates its immediate environment. This is how to be great. You only lack it when you don't mind it. Whatever you put into your mind, and put your mind into, are more than possible. If you are a child of God, I know you strongly believe one day you'll go to heaven. So what made you think you can't go to America or any country of your choice? Break this dwarf limitation and never limit yourself. You can become the success successor. Imagination is simply the ability to create pictures in your mind. What made it possible for physically blind person to write, run and play chess is simply imagination. A child who engages his power of imagination will certainly rule his grandfather because imagination makes you a ruler. Passionately speaking there is no child called "Reality" without the womb called "Imagination". Imagination will take you anywhere according to Albert Einstein. Imagination is powerful because it makes you practically creative. Whatever you imagine with faith and passion comes into realization. Whatever picture you've created which constitutes a barrier, your job now is to cast it down. The truth is that a particular picture is in your mind, consciously or unconsciously. Every good thing you're seeing now is a product of imagination. I tell you the simple truth. You can get to any level when you create a powerful success imagination. One major thing which is keeping many human eagles from soaring is "Grasshopper mentality". Annihilate that fact which is facing you and center your mind on the simple truth. The truth is that you are a packaged and mobile irrefutable force, nothing can stop you.

Thinking you will not amount to anything is an illusion. The war remains in your mind. If you can break this mental barrier of negative imagination, the sky will become just your foundation. Press into your mind, empty yourself of reasons why you won't succeed, imagine your success and journey into it. Why Walt Disney refused to give up, after being hopelessly disappointed by more than 300 banks was success imagination. Beat down this barrier and stuff your mind with signals and alarms which will remind you you're made to be a global personality. Nelson Mandela even when in prison broke this useless barrier by strong success imagination. What kind of picture are you creating in your mind?

I have long time ago seen myself as a success. It made me to give myself another nomenclature. It doesn't matter the fake facts around me. The truth is that if I can conceive it, and believe it, I can achieve it. Nobility and globalization goes together. You can never be respected until you prove your worth. A quote in the bible says that "A poor man's voice is not heard" (Eccl 9:16).

This is the simple truth; you are made to be a person of great worth, excellently invaluable and splendid in reality. Never localize yourself; what you have inside is not local. I believe that one day; we will certainly land together at the airport and embrace ourselves. This is the simple truth.

All you are now is not all there is about you. The best of you is yet to come. Dive and sink into this crystal reality. You are made to influence and change not just your natural family, but your universal family.

Be passionate about it. This is the simple truth.

The Truth about your Spiritual Family

"God's family is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth". 1 Timothy 3:15b (GWT). I think the best family which a person would desire to belong is God's family.

This is where Satan, the seeker and destroyer of human Soul will want you to struggle. He abhors the truth because truth is consistent with God's word and associated with Light. This is truth and the Climax of this publication. Who brought you into this world? Your mind might race to your natural family but the truth is that God brought you into this world. You see, God is Love and identifies himself in family terms. He never made you, packaged and posted you here to be a loner. He made you for relationship, fellowship, communication, sharing, and shouldering. Collaboration, connection, convention, conversation and conformity are all ingrained into us.

The evidence of this immutable truth is seen in "Groupings". People group in clubs, markets, schools, airports, seaports, banks, bus parks and in our tiny and micro family groups. The fabric of our nature is designed for inter-relationship, intimacy, mutuality and even intercourse. We are creatures of love, feeling, passion, affection, enjoyment and pleasure. Sometimes we express our intricacies, some in shyness, some in ignorance, some in boldness and yet others in polite friendliness.

The complexity of our nature can only be defined from the light of God. Our ignorance of this truth makes us in excusable.

When you discover yourself in a city, state or country, it is solely your duty to enquire of their rules and regulations; violation attracts penalty or punishment. God in his infinite wisdom and love made all things to suit us. Even when we violated, instead of bringing punishment upon us, he punished himself.

What an act of costly love. Throughout my study and thorough research of God's word, I discovered that all the revelations of the scripture Culminates in this one and immutable mystery "For God Is Love" (1 John 4:8). When you pierce into the structure and designs of the cosmos, and understand the nature of matter, you'll say of a truth God is love. When you thirst and someone provides cold water for you, how do you feel?

Off course you feel pleasure, satisfied and secure. Have you ever asked yourself how this world would be without water? Which country of the universe would you travel to and water missing? The evidence of the galaxy, sun, moon, air and what have you are all prove of God's love. The only thing in the mind of God when founding this earth including you is love. Love is the essence of divinity. God has never known anything except love. His motive, instructions, advice, reasons and actions are all coated with love. Love is the mystery of God. What made God appears to be mysterious is love. Whenever you are with someone who truly loves you, how do you feel, secure or suspicious? You must be careful to settle this dispute and give no place to the intruder.

The Nature and Mind of Satan

The name Satan simply means opposer, intruder, darkness and wickedness. When it is said that something is Satanic, it means it is associated with raw wickedness. Satan is wicked than consuming acid. Poverty, sickness, corruption, sin and slavery are all his products. He specializes in trading killing materials.

The name a person bears has a lot to tell about the person.

For instance when someone verbally informs you that his name is venom, it sends a signal of wickedness and brutality. If you are wise, you'll look intently. When you noticed a wicked person, you won't want to do anything with him. You detest a wicked person just the way you detest a bitter substance. Let's take a quickly look at some truth from the bible as we journey further.

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning? How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most high. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit" (Isaiah 14:12-14). Compare this scripture with this.

"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou was created.

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Thou art perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee" (Ezekiel 28:12-17). If you have regard to the truth of bible, you will pay rapt attention to this mystery. By God's grace, we'll discover the simple truth, its wonderfully amazing feeding on these truthful realities.

Satan Was Created – Ezek. 28:15

I have seen many Christians who are fearful and terrified upon the discourse of Satan. We need not be. The bible said "The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runs into it, and is safe" (Pro. 18:10). Every revelation of the bible is meant to quench questionable controversy. The bible said that Satan was created and this is true. He was on a particular day created just the way other things were created. Formally he was known as Lucifer meaning Light bearer and day star.

God's wisdom is infinite and eternal. Jehovah God is wisdom personified. He does nothing without definite purpose and specific motive. If the all wise God created Satan then there is a need for that. One day in the eternity past, someone called Lucifer was created. To create something is simply to give it a beginning, to cause something to exist. You see, he did not exist until the self and all existing Jehovah made him. You must come to that conviction that Satan is not a deity. He must not attract worship. He is a creature, totally ignorant of how and when he was made. All he knew was that he just opened his eyes, beheld himself and worshiped his maker in appreciation of magnificent existence. He was not in existence when God developed an idea which brought him (Satan) into existence. Get it that satan is just a creature. He is not a deity therefore he doesn't know everything, he doesn't have all power and he isn't personally everywhere. He has been so reduced that if you are in Christ, you are greater than satan. Settle this truth within you and figure out why he was created.

The Workmanship of Thy Tabrets and of Thy Pipes Was Prepared in Thee in the Day That Thou was Created

(Ezk. 28:13). The word tabrets and pipes connote a powerful music instruments and equipments. You see, God is a mighty deity who alone attracts worship. There is something that made him God that when you worship him, he does not misbehave instead he will act in love. Only God possesses the ability and capacity to receive worship. When God created Satan, he ingrained in him powerful music and classic instruments as part of his anatomy. Musical pipes and tabrets were wired in him the way your liver and kidney is wired in you. Music is part of the blood of Satan. What is Music? It is simply sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or excited to listen to. He was created to bring God his maker pleasure. Revelation 4:11. Music pipe is useful in ushering in a great personality and important person. That's the Job of Satan when he was Lucifer. Music is a sign that springs up powerful emotion to achieve some amount of pleasure.

Music is powerful, so powerful that it can kill you or keep you in this planet earth. Because of this and other assignment which God made Satan for, the next feature became paramount.

Thou Art The Anointed Cherub That Covereth And I Made Thee So (Ezek 28:14). It's still a wonder to many why God empowered Satan. The chronology of the scripture will shed light to you and bring this simple truth to your notice. Many have argued and fall into serious controversy and contention as to whether Satan has power or not. This debate has been ongoing. Satan may have the power but the truth is that he does not have the right. The bible is the only embodiment of truth. When Saul met Christ and became born again. He gave a detailed and unshakeable testimony of his conversion to King Agrippa and those around. Unmistakably he shared the purpose and mission of Christ when he appeared to him that hot noonday while journeying to Damascus. "To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the "Power" of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins..." (Acts 26:18). You must agree with me that Satan has power but he is not powerful. He may have some amount of influence and control but he is not full of power. His power, influence and control have limitation. He has control but under control. He has authority but still under authority. He has power but under power.

Jesus called him "A strong man" (Matt. 12:29). You see, as a music minister, he must be anointed to function productively and actively in the service of God. God said "I made him so" (Ezek. 28:14). Have you ever wondered why God must anoint someone before using him? "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and power..." (Acts 10:38). Even here on earth, only anointed instrument can be useful to God. It is a stipulated divine order. So Satan got his power when he was anointed and was anointed to become a useful instrument to his maker. He was an angel anointed with power, skillful in music and ordained for service but he became a mysterious disappointment and a misfit of purpose. Till date Satan still possesses that aura to inspire people into doing some music which can damage human Soul. You may wonder why didn't God take his power? Well that is a subject of another volume. But the truth is that there is a motive and purpose under every divine decision. Satan still loves music, but defiled and depraved music.

When I saw a little girl dancing a particular music, twisting and folding her hands and legs like a protracted imbecile, I saw foundational foolishness.

Parents must be careful and strict over siblings in the choice of music. Any music which does not have some amount of sacredness could make you the scapegoat.

Satan can enter you through music. You must train your mind to shun any music which does not depict sanctity. Have you been able to discover in this last days that holocaust of music is poured out? It is from Satan, he came to steal, kill and destroy. Satan can live with you in your house through the music you entertain. Music is appealing to him, he is a music master. Satan really has insight into emotion. He knows what emotion is all about. If he could take over your emotion, you are lost forever. If you want God to dwell with you, stuff your mind and heart with inspired, sacred and spiritual songs because music is highly appealing to God, he is a mighty deity.

Most inspired music is a tool into the supernatural. Any music which is not focusing on God is damaging your soul. There was a particular music which I loved so much. They call it "Blues".

On a particular occasion when I was retiring for the day, I inserted the music and dozed off. While in the deep sleep, the music was still playing but something vivid happened. That was when I discovered that music is deep, deeper than what you know. In fact it is as deep as divine. If you want your room or house to be surrounded by angels of light, put on sacred music even while asleep. In that scenario I saw myself having a romantic atmosphere from the aura oozing out from that "Blues".

Suddenly a white and charming Lady appeared from a mighty sea, dancing and portraying a loving but annihilating look. Like a flash of light she found her way into my bed and about to commence a sexual business. Suddenly I exclaimed Jesus, with her white and black pant, she flashed back into that same sea smiling regretfully. Then it dawn on me that every piece of music has its conclusive source. Watch around you, you will discover that useless and Satan inspired music is gaining ascendancy in our world. You may not like what I am saying but this is the simple truth.

Music can easily turn you on, either to love or lust. Music is so powerful because it has some ingredients of spirit. Whatever sound, which takes over your emotion and does not point you to God or to appreciate the truth of God's wonders is destructive, this is the simple truth.

Conduct your search and see that some percentage of music being released in these days is Satanic. How can one be singing and dancing what he barely knows its meaning?

A pastor cried, wept and bemoaned his mistakes in training his children when he woke up around 2 am and saw his son of about 10 years old, behaving magically and mysteriously like Indian snake while dancing "Awilo". Music is highly appealing to spirits. Demons are good dancers when you play music inspired by their master. Haven't you noticed people who are calm and quiet?

Suddenly upon hearing a particular piece of music, their behavior takes the resemblance of rattle snake, showcasing a kind of mysterious madness. Then you wonder, who thought him all these music gimmick. Its influence; music can make you undress yourself in the public shamelessly. Lyrics, melody and words blended are powerful. Every organize sound can easily take hold of you because you are a creature of emotion. Demons have successfully taken their abode in peoples mind through the music they play. We have heard many cases of insanity traceable to music. Music has the capacity to transport you into the supernatural; it can be an invitation to evil spirits and even Satan himself. Many are still victims of mysterious sex experience both in their dreams and in the natural through the music they entertain. Music is meant to be the refreshing food of the Soul.

Get this simple truth and understand that (Lucifer) Satan is not the founder of music, God is, and since God is the founder, direct your music and give it back to the founder. Worship God.

Satan Possesses Perfect Knowledge of Precious Things (Ezek. 28:13)

When something is said to be precious, it means it is rare and worth lots of money; something that its value cannot be quantified. When you study the anatomy and structure of this creature, you must draw insight why he loves you to be poor. The Lord said to me on a particular occasion, "I have cursed poverty in your life, you must do everything humanly and godly possible not to be poor".

It was as clear as crystal to me. That revelation made me to understand that our poverty pleases Satan and displeases God. You see, because this wicked and despicable creature knows the pleasure of wealth, he will fight you to remain poor or open you up to his satanic ideas of making wealth so he could imprison your Soul. Now look at his features. He possesses ten powerful features of precious things known as "Stones".

Sardius,Topaz,Diamond,Beryl,Onyx,Jasper,Sapphire,Emerald,Carbuncle,Gold

Never in your imagination conceive that Satan desires any good thing for you, Scriptures says that God put enmity between him and the seed. That's why Jesus who is the ultimate seed hated Satan with chronic hatred to the extent of death provided he strip him. You know, Love for something is hatred for another. When you love your wife; you will hate to unloved her. Jesus loved us and proved it through the hatred he displayed against Satan, You must hate Satan and all that comes from him.

Now by insight and revelation, it is biblical to compare scriptures with scriptures. The bible listed those precious stones which Satan, formally known as Lucifer uses as his ministerial garment in heaven.

Now compare this scripture, "And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty" Exodus 28:2. You see, God wants your life to be glorious and beautiful, and it is impossible when you are poor. God loves to behold beauty from inside to outside. Good things are synonymous with God.

From the bible, you find out that Aaron is a high priest of God. The bible said that precious stones such as sardine, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, emerald, carbuncle and gold are part of the gem used in decorating the ministerial garment of Satan when he was in heaven. This is real wealth, it does not depict poverty. Concerning Aaron and his ministerial garment the bible have this to say, "And thou shalt set in it settings of Stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a Sardius; a topaz, and a carbuncle. This shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond... And the fourth row a beryl and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings". Exodus 28:17-20. To unravel this mystery, you will discover that the same ten precious stones used in decorating the royal and ministerial garment of Satan when he was productive in heaven, that same precious ten stones, God commanded Moses to put them on Aaron as God's priest and minister. You see, when God banished Lucifer from his presence, God stripped him of his royal and ministerial garment and put it on us "For we are his royal priesthood and peculiar people" 1 Peter 2:9. Why did God strip Satan and put that glorious garment on us, "For glory and for beauty" Exodus 28:2. Stripping Satan is found in Ezekiel chapter 28 and decorating us is found in Exodus chapter 28, what a glory we have. When a beautiful position is taken away from someone and given to you, chances are that the person's heart will be filled with hatred, jealousy and madness. Satan has tasted real wealth, affluence and royalty. He knows what precious things look like. He knows the joy and pleasure associated with riches. He knows if you attract divine blessing, you will ruin his kingdom because you will use your money, "To go about and do good." He knows that poverty is a curse. He knows quite well that when you are poor, you won't lead a happy and fulfilled life. Conduct your research and discover the value of these powerful and precious stones. Satan wants you to remain in the bondage of poverty, to remain a pauper, totally incapacitated. He had tasted real wealth and eventually lost it. He knew that when you are blessed, you'll attribute the glory to God, and like to extend goodness to others.

He will suggest to you that you can't be free from struggling, poverty and want. He will also suggest to you that making real money involves stealing, cheating, lying and stuffs like this. But his are fabricated lies because "God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness" 2 Peter 1:3.

The Nature and Mind of God

"God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth" John 4:24.

There are two things that determine one's success or failure in life. One is your daily thinking; two is your daily routine. You see, Satan by insight knows that there is another powerful and precious stone which if you manage well, all other stones must be in your possession. This special precious stone is given to everyone in the whole world, it is called "Time". Check your daily thinking and routine, they are the prophets of your future. God made all of us because he loved us, and designed our life to be valuable and colorful. When you check the value and worth of those precious stones in our discussion, it will drive you to figure out that the manufacturer is extremely wealthy. He said "Silver and gold are mine" (Haggai 2:8). Because God does not play dice, every word of his mouth is dependable. He called Abraham and said "... Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the Land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever" Genesis 13:14-15. You see, most problems is not necessarily where we are, it's just that most times we lack the ability to imagine and hold a strong success picture from where we are. You must come to the point of depending on God's integrity. His words are his bond. When you can't structure your success, and see your wealth in vivid picture in your mind, God will be helpless in your case. He said to Abraham, Lift up your eyes and see it, and then I will give it to you. Our barrier is not where we are, our barrier is our inability to see the big picture. Now consider this simple truth:

God Designed You to Be a Worshipper

Because God is a deity and the only deity, he designed what is known as worship and must attract it. Jesus said "God is a Spirit and they that worship him..." John 4:24. The only one who is suitable and qualifies to inform us of things pertaining to God is Jesus.

Worship in our context is drawn from the Greek word (Proskyneo) meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand. This is a perfect picture of love, reverence and adoration. God made you to worship him with strong emotion, passion and complete reverence.

It's like a couple in scene of intercourse, you see, both are deriving the pleasure. You must worship God for him to wash you, warm you and watch over you. You must serve God for him to service and shape you. Worship was wired in us from birth. There is something you must pay allegiance and homage to. God is Love, and because of his nature, he treasured relationship. The tree of your love, joy, fulfillment and success can only grow through your seed of fervent worship. God isn't looking for us to worship him; he designed us to do so. We become God's desirable when we function in designer's heart beat. People are proud when they use reputable designer's car, clothes, furniture, jewelry and what have you. You see people worship themselves and others simply for putting on powerful designer's brand such as Gucio Gucci, Alexander Mc Queen, Mario Prada, Carolina Herrera, Donatella Versace, Coco Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Mary Quaint and many other powerful and reputable mortal nomenclatures. You discovered that true and beautiful color of fashion, automobile etc stems from the spotlight of designers. Our fashion world including technology cannot be colorful without designers. To design is to carefully, specially and professionally arrange, paint, draw, plan, pattern, shape and manufacture something artistically to serve the intention of the designer. For instance the famous crocodile shoulder bag from Gucci which sales approximately thirty five thousand dollars, isn't made for kitchen use or sandwich trip. Such bag is made to meet the need of royalty, influence and affluence. Such bag is designed to hang on the shoulder of the wealthy in wealthy functions. To keep such expensive bag in your kitchen, showcase and store is to abuse the designer's intention. That bag can never be happy and its beauty discovered until it's hanged on rich shoulder in rich functions. The bible said you are designed by God who is the most skillful and wisest designer to "Worship". Your soul can never find rest and true satisfaction couple with fulfillment until you focus it on the ultimate designer. No matter the level of your natural acquisition, they can't make your soul truly satisfied. The true joy and satisfaction of your soul can only be discovered in your designer's intention which is shrouded in worship. You cannot separate yourself from yourself. You are part of God; to separate yourself from God is to bleed in excruciating pain and unexplainable emptiness. I know this by experience because when I spend time and worship God in prayer, I feel euphoric and my spirit truly joys in ecstasy. God is our life. Sometimes (if you'll tell yourself the truth), you'll discover with all your money, cars, connections, awards, fame, external laughter, merriments and what have you, you still feel empty deep inside. Sometimes you cry all by yourself and try to console yourself. Sometimes you feel like you want to die, just to end it all. Money, fame, position, and award can never play the role of God in your life; if you try to replace God with anything external, you become confusion in motion. We only hurt and wound ourselves when we refuse to worship God with love and fervency. Until you fulfill and fit into your designer's intention, you'll progressively be a misfit of nature. God is not a tyrant who is looking for slaves. He gave us liberty and banded us with fetters of love which showcases itself in willful worship. Desire and determine to be the worshiper of true God, that's the genesis of the meaning of life. "And if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day who you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose Land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else". Isaiah 45:22 "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God". Isaiah 44:6. You must culture your spirit to worship the only true God. If you are not worshiping him, then you are worshiping his creature, and that will lead to doom.

God Designed You to Be Part of a Spiritual Family

"You are members of God's very own family, citizens of God's country, and you belong in God's household with every other Christian". Ephesians 2:1b (LB)

"God's family is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth". I Timothy 3:15b (GWT)

"God is the one who made all things, and all things are for his glory. He wanted to have many Children share his glory". Hebrews 2:10a (NCV)

Every good father's heart is beating toward his family, that's God for you. As I mentioned aforetime, we are fashioned to function in fellowship.

The truth of this is the way we group, enjoying ourselves when we watch football in the show houses. You cannot be inwardly joyful and fulfilled when you are a loner. Even in prison, people group to feel warmth and enjoy the mystery of inter woven. God is wise; you cannot worship God accurately when you refuse to be part of a spiritual family. There is no perfect church; even a long search can never give you one. If you love your Soul, belong actively to a living spiritual family. Just as you have a responsibility to your natural and universal family, that's how it is to your spiritual family. There are features, qualities, gifting, talents and disposition planted in you to bring your maker pleasure. Rev. 4:11. You will be flabbergasted, when you join a living church family and see the mighty act of God. Are you a Christian? Have you been born again? You must answer this question and your answer determines your family. It is either you are in the family of God or family of Satan. If you've not confessed Jesus as your Lord and determine to serve him, then you are not in the family of God. Friend it is dangerous. Do you know why God designed you for a spiritual family? It is because your soul will be preserved only in God's family; It's also because God wants to visit you, appear to you, budget for you, think about you, boast because of you and love you practically. God made you because he wanted to have many Children. Get connected to a church family where you will fellowship with others and receive your share of God's glory. "For there the Lord commanded the blessings, even life forever more" Psalms 133:3. You see, it is vital that you join a living church family.

God Designed You to Bless You and You Will Be a Blessing

"And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing". Genesis 12:2

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ..." Galatians 3:13-14

Friend I don't know how you read meaning into words. The bible said God had delivered us from the curse of the law through Jesus Christ. Wealth is synonymous with God while poverty is with Satan. By now you must have known there is no failure in God. It is not the will of God for you to be poor. God who said "Silver and gold are mine" depicts riches and we are his "Offspring" Acts 17:29. You must completely wipe away the thought of poverty from your mind and think wealth. If you must think poverty, let it be on the platform of passionate hatred.

If you are poor, you won't be completely useful in your families. Consider this simple truth, "That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace:

That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousand and ten thousands in our streets: That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there is no complaining in our streets.

Happy is that people, that is in such a case, yea happy is that people, whose God is the Lord". Psalms 144:12-15 "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up"... 1 Peter 2:5. You see, God who cannot lie called us "Stones". We are precious, costly, valuable, and noble. What could be more precious than human Soul? What could be more valuable than you? See yourself rich, wealthy and honorable.

It is not God's will that we will be begging, borrowing and always in want. See the big picture. It's not possible to follow God and God won't furnish you.

What You Must Do

Become passionate about God and his kingdom Matt. 6:33; if God blesses you, where and how would you use it?

Become passionate about your fellow human Gen. 12:2. If God blesses you, would you bless others?

Channel your hatred towards poverty. Eccl 4:16, it is never God's will for you to be poor, and his will must be done.

Cry to God to give you idea and show you exit of poverty. Idea crushes poverty not luck. 1 Chronicles 4:10

Seal up your heart with a strong promise, and ask God for constant grace not to remove your focus from him when you are blessed. Focus only on God. Matt. 6:24 Deut 8:18.

Friend stop seeing yourself small, you are bigger than you think. Your present state of lack and impoverishment is just a fact and mind's opinion, the truth is that you can change it. You can cause that holy riot which will bring a change in your family. From today, begin to see yourself as rich and influential, and passionately do something to turn it to reality. There is something called the blessing of Abraham, that's your portion if you are connected to God. Believe this simple truth. Give it all to God for he must help you to succeed.

Permit me to leave you with this famous quote from Hill. "If you can conceive it and believe it, you can achieve it". Yes you can. You are a packaged complete mobile blessing. With you and God, you have nothing to regret. This is the simple truth.

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 About The Author

Gift Ekekezie is an inspirational prophet, a man of passion who believes in prosperity. He is an insightful speaker in conferences, crusades and business meetings. The convener of Community of love; he also found a prayer network called "Awake Africa". He is a passionate talented and ordained writer. Some of his articles include "Your Mind Your Wing", "Original Photo Copy" "Initiative" and others. Also he is presently collaborating on powerful spiritual and inspirational masterpiece that will transform the world. He got his ministerial training from Word of Faith Bible Institute (WOFBI). The author believes that education is not only the process of acquiring knowledge and skills, but also the constant exploration and expansion of the mind. He is a dedicated researcher and passionate reader. Meeting with him will inspire you, bring out the diamond in you and leave you with unforgettable encounter. God uses the author to proffer solution to life challenges and dissolve difficult matters. He based in Calabar Nigeria and is married to Queen Esther.

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Other books by Gift Ekekezie

Wake up the Giant in you.

The law of attraction your secret code of success.

Dominion through prayer.

The gloryof man.

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