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“Your persona, talents, desires, etc. are intricately connected to your life’s purpose. The synchronicity of your persona, talents, desires, passions, dreams, etc. is not a coincidence.”
“Wishful thinking will not take you to your destiny.”
“Pursuing money is tantamount to pursuing personal convenience. Pursuing personal convenience is an inconvenience to God’s greater purpose for mankind.”
“You have to make peace with the fact that you have the right to be here, not because you have what it takes, but because your existence was authorised by the heavens.”
“It is nobody’s responsibility but yours to discover your assignment and to execute that very assignment.”
“God’s master-plan is made up of our individual assignments whose collective objective is to impact mankind positively.”
“Your assignment is a pre-cursor to someone else’s assignment. In the same breath, someone else’s assignment is a pre-cursor to yours.”
“Life is too serious and precious for it to be left to chance. You have to make it your project to discover your purpose in life. You have to be intentional about it.”
“To remain far-sighted, you need to surround yourselfwith far-sighted visionaries. You need to surround yourself with people who think like you. You needto surround yourself with people who speak the same language as you. You need to surround yourself with people who fight and refuse to give up on theirdestiny. You need to surround yourself with people whose testimonies give you reasons to press on.”
“Your assignment must at least better the lives of people around you and the world at large.”
“Negative words have a way of permeating our system and making themselves comfortable in our sub-conscious.”
“People will oppose your progress. They will remind you of your past failures, belittle you, etc. The only way to stand against such opposition and belittling is to knowthe reason for your existence.”
“There is a young abused girl whose recovery is dependent on your willingness to honour your calling as a pastor, social worker, psychologist, etc.”
“Purpose is the ultimate reason for your existence.”
“Although these negative statements that we speak over people’s lives are ‘simple English’, they tend to be sticky and their damage is huge. Sometimes, these negative words or statements can have lasting adverse effect on the life of an individual.”
“Start by asking the question ‘Why’. This is because behind the question ‘Why’ there lies answers to your question.”
“Money brings about personal convenience rather than personal satisfaction or fulfilment. It will entertain you but it will never give you true peace. Money will buy you the most expensive house but it will never give you a peaceful sleep.”
“Purpose discovery is a journey and not an event.”
“When our ‘thought life’ is in good shape, our thought processes shape-up, and quality decision-making becomes a norm. It is these quality decisions that will take you to your destiny. Change your thinking and affect your environment.”
“Negative words have a way of permeating our system and making themselves comfortable in our sub-conscious. Once they find a place in our sub-conscious, they become a stronghold.”