PRAY for rain…
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Here are key thoughts to ponder as you put Vincent Kituku your faith into action. A story is told of a pastor who informed his • If you are waiting for the perfect conditions congregation that their Sunday evening serbefore you act, you are a waiter but not a doer. vice would be devoted to praying for rain. He • No one knows of your faith unless they see asked everyone to invite family members and the fruits of your actions. neighbors who didn’t belong to their group. • The impact of faith, when put into action, Their region had suffered from drought, and can last longer and reach beyond expectations. their farmers lost their crops and food for their • No one is known to have had everything livestock. Industries that depended on water they needed before acting on their faith. had financial losses that resulted in the closure • When you don’t act on your faith, you hurt of some businesses. your future and that of your loved ones. Word of the prayer service spread fast in the • When you act on your faith, you permit and rural community. People were ready for any empower others to act on their own faiths. action that would halt the devastating effects • You will never know what could happen in of the drought. The pastor stood at the door your life until you act on your faith. and watched members of his congregation and Vincent Kituku • Most of what you need to make your dream strangers enter the sanctuary. After the initial a reality will become available once you take singing and announcements of that week’s church activities, the initial step of acting on your faith. the pastor said that he had changed his mind on the evening • If what you are doing is not challenging and there are no service because people were not ready for rain. obstacles to overcome, then you will probably never know the When the prolonged murmuring and disbelieving gestures thrill of achievement. that followed his statement settled, he said there was no way In August 1995, I attended Toastmasters’ annual convention God would send rain until people showed Him that they in San Diego. It was the first time a writer ever autographed believed their prayers would be heard and have immediate a book for me. As I watched Jim Cathcart sign that book, I results. No one had brought an umbrella. couldn’t stand still. He had told us that success comes from the In “Top 45 Must-Know Lessons for Top Achievers,” lesson moment we start using what comes naturally to us. I had been number 7 states, “Learn to behave as if you know what you a scientist and in that moment I realized how much I enjoyed are doing. Then know what you are doing.” It is one thing to communication. Soon after arriving home in Idaho, I applied have faith and totally another ball game to put it into action. for a sales permit without a single item on my hands to sell. I In 1996, I heard author Tom Peters challenge a group of just wrote on the application that I would sell books, CDs and professionals to send out invitations before working on the African carvings. Within months, I was not only selling a book content of their presentations if they plan to have a seminar. There is no way I can fully describe the impact his words made I wrote (still on the market) but also signing autographs. n on my business. Get up and act on your dreams© by Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku
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