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Author’s Autography............................................................................

Dr. Elijah Miti

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YOU HAVE 24 HOURS OR ELSE ELIJAH MITI

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ISBN: 978-0-620-45392-9 Copyright Š 2009 Publisher: Elijah Miti Consultancy Enterprises Mobile: +27785666535 or +27761285439 Email: pttlyda@gmail.com

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CONTENTS

Dedication...........................................................8 Foreword...........................................................10 Introduction......................................................12 Chapter One: You Have 24 Hours or Else...18 Chapter Two: Train Your Mind....................48 Chapter Three: Male And Female Brain.....56 Chapter Four: The True Vine Connection..64 Chapter Five: A Positive Mind......................80 Chapter Six: Know Your Identity................90 Chapter Seven: Root of Forgiveness..........106 Chapter Eight: Motivation...........................114 About The Author........................................138

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DEDICATION

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dedicate this book to the

Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. To Mr Rex Nyanga who has been like a father to me and a man I call my mentor, to men of God who have helped me grow in the faith Reverend S.M Kangwine Chiluba, Dr Edward Olusola, Pastor Chris Maboshe, Rev. Dr Sammy Musepa, Pastor Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copland and Pastor Joel Osteen. To My Dear beloved beautiful exceptional wife Penelope mother of my gorgeous daughter Thando special love and to all my nieces and nephews who bring so much joy in my heart as they grow to be positive world changers. To my father in-law Mr Elias Mulolo Senior and my late Mother in-law Mrs Maude Mulolo who had a heart of Gold and a pillar of love for family MHSIRP.

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FOREWORD FOREWORD

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ou have 24 hours or else”, I believe

is a testament to encourage every reader not to give up regardless of whatever negative stones that have been thrown your way by people, issues or the devil. Life presents to us many times when we are pressed to a corner with a time period that may destroy or build our lives. The views of Elijah in this book are that you need to rise up from whatever and fly above every circumstance. I totally agree with him and further suggest that this reading is for those that would not take the negative and lie in it. It is for those who will never take knock and lie down for the rest of their lives.

I’ve watched Pastor Elijah for some time now.

What I have seen is a warrior, a fighter and a dreamer. A dreamer! YES – a dreamer. I’ve seen him come out of one thing that looked like it was dead and he dreamed again.

I believe that the same grace upon him will be yours as you read “You have 24 hours or else”.

Personally, I will never allow a limitation placed upon me and an ultimatum forced on me to back down from my assignment after reading Elijah’s

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book. Thanks Elijah for igniting another fiery passion in me and I believe in many other people that will read this book.

Pastor Chris M. Maboshe Resident Pastor – Bread of Life Church International, South Africa Director – Theon Consultancy, RSA.

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INTRODUCTION

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his world is not my home,

I’m just passing through is a song we have heard many times. Your mind creates a journey to abundance and personal fulfilment if you feed it with a downhill of positive thinking instead of an uphill of negativity and struggles.

One powerful author once wrote “Your life is like a five step stair case, with you standing at the top and fulfillment waiting for you at the bottom. Complete this picture by placing a large empty bucket on each of the five steps and labeling the buckets from top to bottom.Your objective is to fill each bucket with money as you progress down the stairway, so that when one bucket overflows, it begins to fill the next bucket.” It is in the same way that our mind works, we fill our mind with a lot of things daily either positive

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or negative and that determines your mood, response, behavior and actions.

I heard that our eyes, take in about four million bytes of information that our imagination processes into a 3D picture and then coverts it into motion picture. An example is what comes to your mind when you hear somebody talk about a lot of money; automatically you create a picture in your imagination like the one below.

What do you feed your mind in the new economy?

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Let me share a statement written by one man I dearly respect whom I also call my mentor in the area of motivational speaking. This is what you feed your mind in the new economy. Pastor Joel Osteen says this about the recession: “There is not a recession in heaven; God has not had to cut back because of high gas prices. He's not having a shortage of food and supplies. I'm happy to report that all is well.

At times, it may be difficult, and you might wonder how it's all going to work out. But just remember this: as God took the five loaves and the two fish and multiplied it to feed thousands of people, God can multiply what you have. He can multiply your time and help you to get more done. He can multiply your wisdom and help you to make better decisions. God can multiply your finances and cause them to go further. This may sound kind of far out, but God can cause your car to get better gas mileage. He can cause you to stay out of those traffic jams.

God can help you find the best deals at the stores, find things that are on sale that are usually never on sale.

God is in complete control.

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Here's the key: as long as our source is okay, we're going to be okay. If we'll just stay connected to the vine, keeping God first, believing and expecting for His favour; then as his branches, we're not going to just survive. We're going to thrive.”

So often we are faced with situation that seem like they can not be resolved in our own strength when we are given 24 hours to solve it .You may have been told that you have a terminal disease and there is no hope for you and that you only have 24 hours to live, what do you do in such a situation? Do you just give up or you will say whose report shall I believe the doctors or the Lords? God’s report says you are healed. Maybe you need to hear an answer within 24 hours for your job interview and no one seems to call you as promised after that interview.

Not long ago someone called me and told me that she had an interview and that she was told to expect the answer within 24 hours and no one had called, she asked me if she could just call them to find out. I then said to her “my dear don’t worry this is your job they will call you” and I encouraged her and sent her a motivational email quoting the word of God. I’m very sure at that time all she needed hear was that I say let us pray as a Pastor, sometimes all we need to do is speak the word of faith to a situation .The 24 hours had

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just passed and she got a message to say she should report and sign the offer of employment and decide if she would start work immediately, that is how God answers.

Whatever situation you are facing today, just know that it may look like there is no hope but also know this that nothing is impossible with God. Your victory is on the way and even if you have been give 24 hours or else, one day in God’s eyes can be like a million years or a million years can be like a day. Don’t you worry with man’s time but God’s time is always the best, all things work together for good to them that love God.

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CHAPTER ONE 24 HOURS OR ELSE

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ach day that comes is a miracle

because other people never just wake up, you ought to thank God that the breathe of life that is still circulating in your lungs.

“Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance” Proverbs 1:5.

1:5. (NIV)

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What do you do when you are given 24 hours to do something, especially something that you can think and even imagine that “I don’t know how I can ever achieve the results they expect.” It might be that your husband gives you 24 hours to leave the marital Home.

Maybe your boss gives you 24 hours notice to leave your current job.Maybe your doctors tell your family and yourself that you have 24 hours to live. Perhaps you are told to settle a huge debt.

Maybe it’s a situation where all your creditors call you at the same time one after the other just as you start your day and they all say “ you have 24 hours to pay your debts or else we hand you over to our lawyers.

What do you do at such a time, do you stop everything else and go out and look for solutions or you stand still and ask God to be your vindicator?

You might be in a situation where your monthly income is 10,000 and your expenses are 15,000. Just on payday all your money is finished and you live by the grace or on

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borrowed money to see you through to the next pay date.

What do you do when you stop at a crossroad awaiting robots to change and suddenly a man from nowhere puts a gun to your head and says,” get out of your car and give your money ,wallet and cell phone?” ( Jeremiah 6:16).

This might be your situation today but know that its already in the past. Your switch is coming and has already arrived, just look up to the hills where your strength comes from.

“ We are not not those who shrink back and are destroyed , but those who believe and are saved.”

Hebrews 10:39 (NIV)

What do you do when you are given 24 hours to solve something or pay a huge debt?

Maybe it’s at a time when your bank account is overdrawn by an amount almost the same as your debt or your bank account is with a zero balance and all your friends are also calling you for help. Do you go straight to

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your Bank Manager or apply for a cash loan from a high interest lender, call a friend for a soft loan or you run to God for help?

Whatever the case always know that there is a solution;

“Instead of shame my people will receive a double portion and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance and so will inherit a double portion in their land land and everlasting joy will be theirs.”

Isaiah 61:7 (NIV)

You may say, “But Elijah you don’t understand what I’m going through, I need emergency surgery, I need answers right now and not tomorrow.”

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“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health h and that all may go well with you, even healt as your soul is getting along well.�

3 John 2 (NIV)

About four years ago my family went through a trying time, one of my elder sisters Lydia had a kidney condition and she underwent all sorts of medical treatment. At one stage she looked like she was getting better with the dialysis machines, then her health just started wearing out.

Two weeks before her death she called my wife and I, we were at that time living in another City, so I just had to get leave from work. My other sister Esther our second born in the family of six also the late came through as well. The two weeks were quiet heavy, emotionally stressing on the entire family seeing my sister in a state of helplessness all we did was just pray and listened to songs by a Gospel Musician from Namibia. There was

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a particular song that was so comforting and we played it each time we were going to the hospital.

A week before she died she was transferred to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and my sister asked my wife a very difficult question, she said to her “Penny am scared, am going to die?” My wife did not know what to say but just said,” you will be just fine.”

A Few days later Maria our first born in my family arrived and it was just like Lydia was just waiting to see her, Maria led her to the Lord and then after accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour she went into a comma. Her Doctor called me to his office as a family representative and explained to me the position and that they had tried everything they could for two years and this time around she had 24 hours to live or else die. I can assure you those were not the words I wanted to hear, but then I just had to compose myself and be strong as a man. I tried to pretend but could not just digest that negative message. I excused myself and cried, then I tried calling my mother who could not pick the phone as she had already started off

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from another country and her cell phone just went straight to voice mail.

We went back home that night I was feeling terrible, low, depressed and hopeless but I had to prepare my mind for anything. I asked the Lord for supernatural strength so that I could comfort the others. It was a time I saw a different side to my wife as God gave her so much courage and she encouraged us all.

The 24 hours actually passed but my sister was still in a comma and a few days later around 8pm we got a phone call to rush to the hospital and the nurse who called just said, “come as a family the condition is not looking good.� On our way we just broke into praise and worship in other words we were just praying and singing.

We arrived at the hospital and her bed was covered, fear gripped my whole being then I realised that she had already passed on. My elder sister Maria was so courageous she did all what elderly people do to my late sister’s remains, we cried and just held each other as there was nothing else we could do but just thank God for the time he granted us to share

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her life with us. Supernaturally my late sister in her state looked so beautiful and peaceful as she lay on that death bed it was as if she was just in a deep sleep. In my heart I knew that for me to live is Christ and to die is gain and that it is appointed for man to live once and there is a time to be born and a time to die.

The same day my mother called, she had arrived after 36 hours travel and I had to pick her from the bus station. I did not tell her that my sister had died over the phone.

Unfortunately the passenger I went with to pick her and my auntie she came with, answered a phone call and loudly unconsciously told the person on the line that my sister had died. Mum heard that and broke into tears and as she cried with so much hurt and pain, one thing she said is that “I already knew in my heart that my daughter was gone.” I then realised that there is a very special connection between any mother and her children that fathers don’t possess. Later that day I took my mother to the hospital mortuary to pay her last respects.

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A day later my late sister’s husband arrived, a Muslim man originally from Pakistan. We then faced yet another challenge as he claimed that my sister was Muslim and not Christian so burial was to be done immediately within 24 hours. He then disappeared with his relatives and went to start burial arrangements, he even went to the Hospital Mortuary to try and retrieve the body but fortunately the Hospital refused. He then came back to the funeral house where he verbally fought with almost everyone and even started claiming house hold property, especially my sister’s car and the bank books.

At that time I was in charge of the car I refused to hand over the keys until we had finalised funeral arrangements and buried my sister peacefully.

The verbal fights went on for days and we gave up and just said for the sake of peace let him bury my sister in the Muslim way but on one condition that at least she be buried in a coffin, that he accepted. A day that followed my brother in law and his family went ahead and did the funeral the Muslim way and we never attend the service but just went straight to the burial site. With God’s grace we did

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our Christian way of things at the burial site as she was laid to rest .MHSRIP.

PAMODZI GOSPEL CONCERT When times are hard and in times of troubles trust God and do well. You may at one time or another have passed through difficult times and even thought that maybe God had forgotten about you. Know that there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother, his name is Jesus.

Let me share another personal story that built my faith in God and made me realise that being male is a matter of birth and being a man is a matter of choice. In 2008 I had a dream to pursue my music career and record a CD. I prayed about it, I did not have the money but by faith I could see myself on stage and record the music live in a concert. I then started putting my plans on paper and first I wrote songs with the help of a professional Musician who can even play the keyboard in his sleep, a dear brother in the Lord by the name of Kalunga Musonda. He added musical tunes to all my songs and the

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theme of the Musical Concert was based on one song I wrote entitled “Revive Us Again.�

We then started rehearsals and I managed to book a venue at The South African State Theatre in Pretoria, on 30th May 2008 my dream became a reality and Pamodzi Gospel Concert took place with other supporting groups such as Bread of Life International Choir, Christian Faith Choir, Amandondana a group of elderly akapela men from Soweto Township and Akaman a solo artist from Durban South Africa. The challenge I faced with this concert was that a few days before the concert, there was an incident of Xenophobia that hit many towns of South Africa and that sort of affected many from attending our live show.

After the concert and when Compu-ticket paid for all the ticket sales, I faced yet another challenge the money realised was a loss and not enough to pay outstanding bills. I had promised all the groups a participation fee and I had hotel bills to pay for the musicians that came from far places.

I cried to the Lord and all was sorted out and my first ever

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Live Musical DVD entitled REVIVE US AGAIN was produced and we started sales.

Another encounter I faced was almost all my creditors gave me 24 hours to pay not very long ago. I’m a man who believes that if one dream dies, I look and pursue another dream and from 2008 after the concert I started pursing my career in Motivational Speaking. I started holding free motivational talks in many cities of South Africa until I got tired moving up and down and decided to open a permanent place where people could come. It came to pass and LIVE YOUR DREAM ACADEMY was officially opened.

Before LYDA was opened I had approached a number of people to partner with me and fund the project. I had a good response at first after sharing my idea, but when the time came to bring the initial setup financial capital, people gave excuses and some stopped picking up my phone calls. I said to the Lord,” this is my dream and father you shall make it work for me because your word says you shall fulfil the desires of my heart.” I funded the entire project myself, secured a place and bought the furniture and Public

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address system for conducting workshops. I am proud to say that LIVE YOUR DREAM ACADEMY owes no cent for all the equipment and furniture as I believe it’s a time to move away from debts and if I teach people prosperity I should lead by example.

Time passed and we started conducting workshops at LYDA, then one Sunday afternoon just as we were coming from a powerful church service with my wife and daughter, I hit a huge point hole, our car switched off and smoke started coming out of the fuse box. I evacuated everyone from the car and quickly disconnected the battery of the car. I then called my mechanic and towed the car home where he checked the damage. I was told that the entire wiring system of the car was burnt and I needed to replace it with a new one. He even said,” you are a lucky man this car would have burnt down.” In my heart I just said that is not luck its God’s favour, I thank God for sparing my life and my family that day.

Well the challenge I then faced was the bill I was given to fix the car because all my savings had been invested in the initial

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setting up of LYDA , nothing was in my bank account to meet the bills. I told the mechanic to go ahead and do a very good job as my father in heaven would provide. This happened just few days before my pay day and when my salary was wired to my account I first honoured God with my tithe, then paid the Mechanic and that meant that other bills were left not paid. It was just as if the enemy tipped all my creditors, what a stressful week I had .I just declared a four days prayer and fasting, but that week was full of what I call spiritual warfare. All of my creditors called and gave me 24 hours to pay or else, one major creditor was our landlord for Live Your Dream Academy. For some unknown reason when they sent our account statement it showed that we owed some money when in the actual fact I had paid the rentals in full. They told me that there was an error in the lease agreement and I was supposed to pay three Months deposit and not two so I owed them money and if I did not pay within 24 hours the remaining deposit they would lock up the premises. I said “Lord what is this now?�

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Our God speaks to us in a very special way.

One night I was listening to a CD message by my favourite motivational speaker Pastor Joel Osteen and he was talking about giving and doing good in times of difficulty. The following day as I was coming home from work using a bus, it was just a few days after my first book came out entitled “Qualities Of A Leader” as the bus driver hit gear five on the highway from Johannesburg to Pretoria, I heard a sweet still voice in my mind “Elijah give 12 books to all the people in the bus”. I ignored it but the voice got stronger once again,” give the books.” In my mind I was saying but Lord these books are selling, I need the money. Then I remembered Pastor Joel Osteen message.” in times of need and difficulty trust God and do good”.

With some hesitation I slipped only one book to a lady who was sitting next to me in the bus and kept still for some time .Then I said Lord you say in your word,” test me in this, see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing, that you not have room enough for it”. I wanted that blessing like yesterday, I dipped my hand in my bag and got the remaining eleven books

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and gave a lady at the back to distribute to those who wanted a free copy in the bus.

Immediately I did that I felt so much peace and all of a sudden silence and the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit just melted the bus as people started reading the book. I could feel from my back that people were looking at me. When I dropped off, all the people in the bus turned with an amazing gaze looked at me and I just said in my heart it is well.

I then purposed in my heart, in that month though I was not going to manage to pay all my bills from what remained from my salary, I would not rob God with my tithe. I packaged my tithe and took it to church, it was as if I just angered the enemy, the following Monday my mechanic called me at 06am threatening me to pay him the balance even before he finished working on the car. I said Lord what will I do I have no money; you know when a day starts on the negative side it affects the rest of the day.

I reached my office that morning and it was one phone call after the other, queries with another departments, creditors and just

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people upsetting me for no apparent reason. I was worn out I failed to work that day and asked for permission to knock off early. On my way back I asked God, I said “as a human being I need a financial miracle right now. I have been faithful with my tithe, my offering, my time, my giving and your word says you shall rebuke the devourer and open the windows of heaven. Father, remember me.”

As I reached home that day, my wife handed to me some bills and she also just started questioning me as to why I had not settled some important bills. In my heart I just said not this one also Lord, I thought I would come home and have a peace of mind.

Instead of drowning into my sorrows I decided to listen to any CD message I could find on prosperity and thank God Joel Osteen’s messages were there. I prayed, you know in times like these you do short prayers ,” Lord come through for me “.I switched on my laptop and listened to the CD with a very high volume so that maybe my wife would stop talking but that just added more salt to the wound, she never stopped talking, in the end I gave in just listened and went to my nothing box by not replying but just kept

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quiet until she finished ( thank God for wives, they really know how to ignite you into working harder in life).

The following day the Lord started doing the extra ordinary, a Pastor called me and offered to use our LYDA facilities and it was at a time when my mind was just in the money box and I did not pay much attention to what he was saying and so I refused. Then a thought came to my mind “Elijah you were praying that God gives you a financial break through and the man of God is offering money what is wrong with you?” Jesus! I said to myself,” Elijah use wisdom,” ladies and gentlemen I called the Pastor immediately and he paid.

I had shared in confidence the financial challenge I was facing to my Training Director and she said to me,” don’t give up God will make a way, Elijah you are a tither” that gave me all the confidence and trust in the Lord. Later she called me to say that she received a call from an Institution she had paid tuition fees to about two years ago and they called her to say that they were giving her a refund .She said to me,” I will lend you

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that money and pay back whenever you will have the money.”

The same day another friend of mine called me to say,” Elijah we want to hire your Public Address System (PAS) how much will you charge us?” Then another young man called me and said my brother we are in a crisis , before I could listen to him I told him sorry I don’t have money because I thought maybe he wanted to borrow some money. Then he said to me no sir the crisis we have is that a friend of mine is getting married and he urgently needs a Master of Ceremony (MC).

He said,” I was browsing through your profile on the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) and I saw that you are usually hired as MC. Please help us, how much do you want?” I just said to myself Lord you are great, I gave him the figure and the deal was finalised and they paid me a deposit.

Another Pastor called me who had attended one of my free business workshops I usually conduct at LYDA and he said to me “Pastor Elijah we need you to be our guest of honour at a Men’s Empowerment Seminar, we are going to pay you something. I boldly said no

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problem I will be there. Just after putting down my cellphone my elder sister phoned me and said to me she was sending me some money and Luke 6:38 became so real to me that day:

“Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed pressed down, shaken together, together, and running over will be put in your bosom. for with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 6:38 (NKJV).

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All in all men gave in my bosom and all my outstanding bills were paid. I received God’s favour and the 24 hours to pay or else did not apply any more. You might ask what are you trying to tell us here?, well ladies and gentlemen I want to tell you that Isaiah 1: 19 is very much alive.

IF YOU ARE WILLING AND OBIDi OBIDiENT YOU WILL EAT THE BEST OF THE LAND.

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The principles of God cannot be changed that is why whether you are a child of God or not if your follow the Godly principles, prosperity shall knock at your door.

Let’s look at a TITHE briefly.

What is a Tithe?

A tithe is a tenth of your gross income paid to support God’s works.

“A tithe of everything from land. Whether grain from the soil or fruit from the tree, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. If a man redeems any of his tithes, he must add a fifth of the value to it. The entire tithe of the herd and flockflockevery tenth animal that passed through the shepherd’s rodrod-will be holy to the LORD.” Leviticus 27: 3030-32

When we look at the principles of giving you will realise that if you do not give you will not receive and the size of your seed will determine the size of the harvest. If you plant

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twenty maize seeds you cannot expect to harvest ten arches of the crop, but if you plant the seeds in that ten arches then you shall expect a bumper harvest. When you sow love you shall receive the favour of love from people, when you sow hate you shall reap hatred, when you sow friendship you will also reap good friends.

“But I say; He who sows sparingly will also and reap sparingly and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9:6

ROBBING ROBBING GOD Malachi 3:6 “I the LORD do not change. So you O descendants of Jacob are not destroyed. Then verse 8,” Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask,’ How do we rob you?’ “In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse –the whole nation of you because you are robbing me. Bring the whole

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tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty,” and see if I will not throw open the flood gates of heaven and pour out so much blessings that will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD almighty.” Then all nations will call you bless, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty.

The Father is very clear in his word in Proverbs 23v15“My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad.” Prosperity is a covenant message with God, it is not automatic that when you give you will receive (there are conditions that one should obey to receive from God), but it is the covenant giving from the heart that moves God not the giving with a motive. The passionate love of God is the anchor to your prosperity, many today give because of trying to show others that they are the best givers in church or society and even boast about their giving. Do you think such a person will receive from God?

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There is a scripture that says when you give with the right hand or the left let not the other hand know you have given, in other words give with a willing heart not to impress the pastor or people and then when you give keep quiet about it (Shut up). There are some people who keep record of what they have given to a person or the church and it is very evident even in relationships or marriages when people break up, there are those that claim everything they gave their partners when love was in the air (bring back the car and the house I gave you in 24 hours or else you shall die). What guarantee do you gave the church that one day when you are leaving the church you wont say “ eh me I was a great giver , I bought this and that for the church “ even threaten to beat up the servant of God if they fail to pay you back for your giving. Respect for servants of God is not optional.

“Listen, my son, and be wise and keep your heart on the right path” Proverbs 23:19

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For God so loved the world and gave his only son, if you are not a giver you are not a lover, but a user. “For where your treasure is there your heart will be also” Matthew 6:21.

When you are in love with God and seek his kingdom first the bibles says all these things shall be added unto you. Be sold out to God and God only gives bread to bread eaters, he gives seeds to sowers. When you start craving for God and not for money, God will command heaven to open the windows of heaven in the area of finance. Let’s start taking steps in obedience and start praying for kingdom growth, seeking God first and love him. We need to change the way we pray maybe that is why our prayers are not being answered because we pray for small things. Make prayers and requests like Jabez “Lord bless me; enlarge my territory so that I can stay away from evil”. When you say Lord bless me that already covers everything and King Solomon when asked by God what he wanted he said “that I may have wisdom” this is what brought about wealth and success. Today pray that God gives you more

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wisdom to help you make good decisions that will increase your territory.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”2 Corinthians 9: 6. Solomon the richest man in the history of the bible in 1 Kings 3:3 we see this: “Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high place”

“At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said,” Ask whatever you want me to give you.”

Solomon answered,” You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this throne this very day.”

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The verses that follow Solomon asked for wisdom and in verse 10-12 “The lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. God said to him,” Since you have asked for this and not long life and wealth for yourself, nor have asked for death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice. I will do what you have asked.”

Barriers There are tither’s that are still being subjected and attacked by devourers who are still handing their lives and finances.

Tither’s are not: Supposed to be attacked by robbers.

Supposed to fail.

Supposed to be sick.

Permitted to be barren.

Permitted to have a flat tire.

Supposed to have their Businesses go down.

Today marks the end of devourers for faithful tithers in the kingdom. Whatever is hindering you as a faithful tither comes to an end today in Jesus name. The blessing of the LORD

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maketh rich and adds no sorrow (Proverbs 10:22). God’s riches are to be enjoyed not endured because of the covenant.

Most of the times the Lord answers your prayers the moment you enter into it, but the enemy comes to plant weeds with your good seed (Matthew 13:24-30). You may say and ask,” why is it that evildoers are prospering than the children of God. Why is my wicked neighbour driving expensive cars and living in a mansion while I still live in a small rented house which sometimes I forget it is not mine.”

“But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper and even those who challenge God escape.”

Malachi 3: 15

There is a solution: In Deuteronomy 8:6-11 (Read it) and Psalm 41:1-3‘”Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of

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trouble. The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to desires of his foes (enemy).The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.” When you give to the LORD he guarantees supernatural protection in all your areas of life, be it health, work, marriage or relationships which money cannot buy. Your enemies will do this for you.” They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruits.” Isaiah 65:21 Let obedience be part of you, let tithing be part of your life and you will be in his covenant forever. The kingdom that makes you as part of God’s royal family is based on covenant principles. You cannot just be quoting Philippians 4: 19 “And God will meet all your needs according to his glories riches in Christ Jesus.” You may have at one time heard about 419 scams; fraud stars and crooks who do financial scams on innocent people quote the above scripture wrongly in reference to Philippians 4 verse 19.

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“I am commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others�

2 Corinthians 8:8

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CHAPTER TWO TRAIN YOUR MIND

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all the way.Your espectations set the sail for a positive or negative outcome or result influenced by your thoughts.

“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” Christ” 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV)

MAN IS THREE IN ONE (TRIPPLE BEING) Spirit Soul Body

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1.SPIRIT.

The English word "spirit" comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning "breath" (compare spiritus asper), When God created man he breathed into man the breath of Life. In other words the spirit man was made alive. Science has tried to make man ,they have at times succeeded to make a similar body but have failed to put life in it.

2.SOUL

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with the spirit, mind or self. In theology, the soul is often believed to live on after the person’s death.

The soul is the real you.God has given man the will to decide for himself, man has the will and power to say yes and no. It is for the above reason that even when man rejects God he can still live ,but this robs ones presence to be part of the kingdom of God. In the soul that’s where we find feelings and emotions.

What happens when you train your mind to reject Jesus?.

Jesus?.

When you don’t believe and train your mind to believe God’s word you call God a liar.

“ Anyone who believes believes in the son of God has testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his son.” son.”

1 John 5:10

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When you train your mind to reject God the following will apply: 1. You rob heaven of your presence to be there. What will it benefit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?

2. Disdain for God’s work.

3. You are in contempt with God. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 says “for God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.”

Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you the Holy Spirit.

3. By training your mind not to believe in Jesus ,one becomes the messiah of his life and family.

-You take the place of God. -You will want to be worshiped just like what led to the fall of the devil from heaven.

-You become provider .

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-You are accountable stance.

for family’s spiritual

4. By training your mind not to believe in Jesus ,you became unable to give God all the glory ,worship and the praise he deserves.

5. By training your mind not to believe in Jesus ,you weaken the church or the body of christ.

6. By training your mind not to believe in Jesus you expose yourself to the following: TO YOU: -You Live below the level of God that God created you.

-You are a slave to desire you don’t like.

-You are ruled by a spirit that does not like you.

-You are lost to God eternally.

-You are destined to go to hell eternally.

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When you look at the 80/20 rule the following facts go through your mind: The term percent comes from the Latin words “per” and ‘Centum” and means “by the hundred” or fractional part of one hundred or ratio of a number. It is denoted by the symbol (%).

-80% of traffic jams are caused by 20% of the roads.

-80% of the time is spending on 20% of the clothes to wear.

-80% of the profits are made from on 20% of the customers.

-80% of decisions are made on 20% of information received.

-80% of alcohol is consumed 20% of people who drink.

3. BODY BODY

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With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual.

"Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death . A Body needs food and clothes and it is the shell where the spirit and the soul reside. A human body consist of 208 bones and it has about 50000 kilometres of blood vessels. Blood vessels are divided into veins, arteries and capillaries .The human body is the entire physical and mental structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 10 trillion cells, the basic unit of life. Groups of cells combine and work in tandem to form tissue, which combines to form organs, which work together to form organ systems.

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CHAPTER THREE MALE MALE AND FEMALE BRAINS (Dramatised)

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and have their own uniqueness. Let us take a short dramatised study on the male and female brains to help us see how men and women think and behave differently.

There is a saying that goes,� To be male is a matter of birth and to be a man is a matter of choice. Today chose to be a real man and take up responsibility as the head of a family

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household not the other way round. Respect has to come back to men today by claiming back the roles and responsibilities that our women fork in some homes have taken up.

This is how a man’s brain looks like before receiving Jesus as Lord and savior see on the next page.

A MAN’S BRAIN

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From the above we see that a man’s brain is made up of what I call little sumbaliated boxes in lay mans language. A man’s brain has got a box for everything; he’s got a tiny box for listening, that is why ladies can’t understand the man when he is busy watching Television or always with a TV remote while watching a soccer game or a movie. At that time he is in the TV box and he can’t listen and watch soccer at the same time (men are not multi tasked like the women).

Please ladies don’t kill the man understand and don’t be upset ever again when you are talking to your man while they are busy watching a soccer game and does not seem to hear what you are saying or the story you are narrating about those beautiful shoes you saw at the shopping mall.

A man’s brain also has a tiny box for ironing, a box for money, a box for kids, a box for his mother in-law somewhere in the basement and the rule is the boxes don’t touch. You will notice that when a man discusses a particular subject, he goes to that particular box pulls out the information and discusses only what is in the box, and then he closes the box being

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carefully not to touch any other boxes. There is another small box called toilet aiming in a man’s brain and he has two other huge boxes for a special function or desire for marital food called ………. you know what I mean now! ( only for the married, send me an email if you need clarification on the blank).

A man has one particular box in the brain that most women are not aware of, it is called the nothing box. Men have the ability to do absolutely nothing and still breathe. When a man is stressed he runs to the nothing box and he does not want to talk about anything.

A WOMAN’S BRAIN

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We are told that a female brain is connected to everything, it’s like and internet supper subway. It is connected to one energy source called emotions.That is why women tend to remember everything; they can even remember the shirt, shoes and the words you used when you first proposed. Talk about when a man makes a mistake , it does not matter how long she will remember the whole case and what a man did at what time ,place plus what he was holding in his hands that day (20 years ago). She can even remember that Henry Ford started his business with his eleven associates in 1903 with an initial capital of USD28, 000.00 cash, so why can’t you also start up a profitable business. Women are the best historians and story tellers that ever lived on this planet. If you take an event and you connect it to an emotion, it burns in your memory and you can remember it forever. (Remember this is not scientific but a layman’s way of explaining things, so that you can understand the male and female brains).

When a woman is stressed up she has to talk about it or else she will explode (remember

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20,000 words daily have to be spoken or else).Woman have two special boxes that are inter-related the chocolate and shopping box.

One area that men struggle with, a woman can enjoy window shopping the whole day and come with a very positive story about all the products on special. She can describe the dress she saw so well to a point that you even see and visualize it yourself, the colour, lining, fabric with matching earrings and that red shoe oh man, and women are great. I work with a lady who loves shopping and that really helps me know what is in fashion or on special to buy for my two girls in the house, my wife and daughter. I remember one time she went shopping and came back with very nice Jean pants and said look I bought two for the price of one, gee I also rushed to that shop, shopping can be contagious.

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The Above diagram shows you the differences between a male and female brain.

VISION (SIGHT) (SIGHT) -Men can’t find things in the cupboard or wardrobe easily including their own socks.

-Women see better and find things very easily, she will know the exact place where the milk is in the fridge and where the perfume is in her ward rode.

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-Men’s speech is about 7,000 words daily while women use about 20,000 words

EMOTIONS - Men’s emotions are in two places.

-Women’s emotions are all over.

-Most women are map disasters and most times find it hard to locate places on the map.

-Men are 3 dimensional.

-Women are 2 dimensional

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CHAPTER FOUR THE TRUE VINE VINE CONNECTION

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principles I have learnt from a respected man in society by the name of Dr Sammy Musepa whom I call my Spiritual Academic Father .

The message will help you reconnect to the true vine and guide you on how to know what to feed your mind in the new economy when you have 24 hours or else.

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“The problem with Christians today is not coming to church, the problem with Christians today is believing that God is with them.

Whatever you are going through keep believing” Pastor Dorothy Musepa

(Read John 15:1-8 in your own time) The above passage of scripture shows us that Jesus is the vine and you are the branches. If Jesus is the vine he is like a tree with branches that represent us connected to it so that all the nutrients from the soil also benefit us to be spiritually healthy. We need to have a mind of Christ if we are to live positively in this new economy and face all the odds. If we remain in him then God will do whatever we ask.

When you switch off electricity in a big hall what happens? Darkness comes in the room but that does not mean that there is no power supply it’s just that it’s has been cut off by switching it off.

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” I do not know much about electricity ,but what I know is that you can cook cook a man dinner with electricity and you can also cook the man” Bob Proctor

THE TRUE VINE OBSTACLES There are things that unplug us from the true vine and allow us to feed our minds with negative things:

1. BAD COMPANY AND BAD INFLUENCE Bad people always speak evil and never say anything good about anyone or any situation ( they will tell your you have 24 hours or else). Bad influence can also be caused by the type of music we listen to: In the book “Deliverance From The Shackles of Demons “by author Pastor Chris Maboshe (my spiritual father resident pastor at Bread of Life International South Africa), he explains

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in detail how music has an influence in the lives of many and he quotes 1 Samuel 16.23 “and whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul. David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.� There is music that goes deeper in the spirit world sometimes when it is played it goes straight to your sub conscience and opens doors for demons to enter your life. Check what happens when your children or adults play and dance to certain music. Some will stripe and some will just dance so vigorously like there taken over by something. (observe one time when you go to a party).

2.KIND OF MOVIES YOU YOU WATCH There are some movies that can intoxicate your mind for example pornographic movies and horror movies. They actually work on your mind to influence your sexual desires and sometimes lead you in things like killing people without using your conscience. Many serial killers today who are on death roll ,may have killed people without knowing

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that they actually did it with their conscience due to influential bad horror movies they used to watch that infested or clouded their minds with evil thoughs and activities.

I heard a story where our eyes take in four million bytes of information every second, the moment we take it in, our imagination processes it and forms a 3D picture and immediately converts into motion.

Imagination is very powerful, for most people are visually oriented. In other words the pictures you constantly look at can become a reality, if all you do is watch pictures of naked women, that is what you shall see whenever you look at any other woman.

“ The lamp of the body is the eye, If If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad ,your whole body will be filled with darkness, if then the light within you is darkness, how great is your darkness� ( Matthew 6:226:22-23 )

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3. KNOWN AND UNKNOWN FEAR Fear is defined as false evidence appearing real and it can influence and unplug us from the true vine.You become afraid because of the bad images you continually see. You will produce what you continually see, condition your mind to see good things ,have good pictures in your houses. A nicely framed picture of nature or your graduation and put nice posters in your office.

Im reminded of a story of a man who went to help himself in a rest room at his friends house and on the door was this poster with a quote that read like this “ They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength”.

People put crazy things on toilet doors just to calm you down as you relax, some would put a quote that reads “The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom”.

Fear of the unknown is also something ,some people can’t stay a room on their own because of this fear. You only need to feed

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your mind with the fear of the Lord only as the word commands.

4.DOUBT There are people that doubt everything and doubt is a killer of faith. Start trusting God and feed your mind with faith and see the good in other people. Matthew 21:21 “ have faith and do not doubt ,”and other scriptures ( Mathew 14:31 and James 1:6).

5.DOUBLE MINDEDNESS This is where one fails to make positive decisions on key issues. Today learn to decide what you want to decide and stop doubting God .All things are possible to them that believe. James 1:8” he is a double minded man, unstable in all “and in James chapter 4:8 “ purify your hearts ,you double-minded”

6. CARES CARES AND WORRIES When you keep feeding your mind with worry about everything you became unplugged from the true vine. John 15:4 says”

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Remain in me ,and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.� What we feed our mind has to do with the voices that we hear, what voice are you hearing today? Who has ever changed anything by worrying apart from wearing yourself down. We are not to worry about what we shall eat or wear tomorrow but put our trust in the creator of all things who is our provde.

TYPES OF VOICES 1.THE 1.THE FLESH SPEAKS The flesh has its own needs and desires, the major one is appetite: -Appetite for food. –Appetite for sex .

Appetite is something we need to control and we need to train our minds to stop when we have had enough. There are people that just

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need someone to blow a whistle for them to stop eating.

2.THE 2.THE DEVIL SPEAKS One of the best weapons the devil uses is by speaking to good people to do good things but denying the power of the resurrection.He speaks to you to do wrong things that look right in the eyes of man. Like it’s okay to lie when you are protecting someone you love,this happens so often especially at boarder posts or at the airport with customs official.

The devil is crafty when it comes to twisting God’s word, the first time man had and encounter with the devil’s voice is found in Genesis 3:1-7. “ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord had made. He said to the woman ,”Did God really say, you must not eat from any tree in the garden?” The woman said to the serpent,” we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say,” You must not eat fruit from tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.” “You

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will surely not die ,” the serpent said to the woman ,for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened to see good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both man and woman were opened, and they realized they were naked ;so they sewed fig leaves together to make coverings for themselves”.

The above account is often misinterpreted by many to deceive the hearts of men. Even today man is still being mislead by the desires of the flesh with the nice things we see with our naked eyes. In Mathew chapter 4, we see yet another time when the devil spoke,he tried to tempt Jesus in verse 3” The tempter came to Jesus and said “ If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread”. Jesus answered” It is written :Man shall not leave on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” (Jesus actually quoted Deuteronomy 8:3)

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Jesus set a standard that when the devil comes and speaks to you always quote the word of God . Another thing we observe is that the devil also knows scripture and if you have not studied it you can be deceived . In Matthew 4:6” If you are the Son of God ,” he said ,”throw yourself down. For it is written: “He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against the stone”. Jesus answered him,” it is also written : do not test the Lord your God.” Again in Matthew 4:8-11 the devils spoke “ Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.” All this I will give you,” he said,” if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him ,”Away from me Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God ,Serve him only” Then the devil left him, and the angels came and attended him.”

In Today’s world man can do almost anything to become wealthy. Men and women are worshiping the devil to gain wealth and the worldly possession, know that

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the gifts from God are always perfect and comes with no conditions attached. Subject your flesh to the word of God and you shall only hear God’s voice in your life.

3.THE 3.THE MIND SPEAKS We ought to renew our minds daily by feeding it with the word of God which is the sword of the spirit. Romans 12:2 “ Be transformed by renewing your mind”.The hearts of men are desperately wicked we need to constantly guard what comes into our mind. The Psalmist David says in Psalm 26:2 “ Test me ,O Lord and try me ,examine my heart and my Mind.” Then in Psalm 51:10 David says this after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba,” create in me a pure heart O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”Set your mind on things that are above Col 3:2.

Feed your mind with good things like Love, Matthew 22:37 “ Jesus replied , love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” A sinful mind is hostel to God (Romans 8:7) . We need

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to be made new in the attitude of our minds (Eph 4:23).

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Ladies and gentlemen when you are pluged to the true vine the spirit of God speaks . Let’s take a look on how you can identify the voice of God. -The voice of God is peaceful .

-The voice of God is not threatening, it is clear.

-The voice of God brings understanding.

-The voice of God is positive.

-The voice of God is scriptural- his word is forever set.

-The voice of God is always corrective and does not expel you.

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-The voice of God is inspiring and instructive.

You only need to do what God wants you to do and always listen to his instructions.

Deuteronomy 28:13 says “ The Lord will make you the Head and not the Tail.”

On 2nd October, 2009 we were praying at Live Your Dream Academy with my partners, the Holy Spirit inspired one of our powerful intercessors by the name of Canthia and gave her this passage of scripture, I believe it is also what he says concerning you TODAY:

” Observe the command of the Lord ,walking in his ways and revering him, for the Lord your God is bringing you into a good landland-a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will not lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful

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that you do not forget the Lord Your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees decrees that I am giving you this day.

Deuteronomy 8:6 -11

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CHAPTER FIVE A POSITIVE MIND

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the human mind called HIV (Humans With Insuficient Vision) which ignites bad negative thoughts. We need to start feeding our minds in this new economy with the economy of God .God’s economy is not limited by your environment, background, situation, qualifications, colour of your skin ,gender and the obstacles standing in front of you.

You ought to believe that he is well and able to change the way you think to that of hope and faith.

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At Live Your Dream Academy we discovered that many people today are limited by one word called SALARY.Many times when you ask people to contribute or give for a certain project the excuse for not giving is always that they have not yet received their salary. Your salary is not your source God is. Live Your Dream Partners and I broke down the words salary so that we can really understand and change our thinking as follows: S – Supply A – Available L – Low A – Annual R – Regular Y – Yearning I define a salary as money Supply that is Available usually Lowly paid cumulatively Annually on a Regular month to a Yearning person. We need to adopt and develop a mind creative process which has three stages: Ask ,Answer and then Receive.

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“ Ask and it shall be given unto you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you . For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and him who knocks, the door will will be opened .Which one of you , if his son asks for bread ,will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you ,then ,though you are evil ,know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him.�

Mathew 7:77:7-10

When you ask believe it in your heart and do not doubt ( James 1:6). Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing ,you will receive ( Mathew 21:22).You might be undergoing through financial difficulties today and your debts are pilling up with sms and letters of demand flying in your post box everyday, just know that is in the past, maybe you are seeking a man or woman to marry, maybe your are sick or someone close to you is,

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maybe you have marital problems , maybe you want to conceive and have a child in your marriage , start asking God not man and God will answer your prayers if you ask today.

Healing starts from the inside of your mind, if you are sick today start having positive thoughts, see yourself healed and healthy riding that horse . If you are in debt stop thinking about debt and start thinking prosperity by asking God to multiply and increase your bank account balance.

“When you have inspired thoughts, you have to trust it and act act on it �

Jack Canfield Canfield

ANSWER Start up a list of things you are grateful for ,the paths of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. I am grateful I recently joined the Profession Speakers Association of Southern

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Africa (PSASA) and attended my first meeting in Pretoria at a Guest House in Hatfield. It was amazing the lovely positive people I met, then I also met a man of God by the name of Roy Heeley who has blessed by heart and everyday he sends me an email about things he is grateful for. Learn to be grateful like Roy Heeley who encourages himself by saying I am Grateful: We need to be asking question?

We need to be asking why?

We need to be finding answers?

We need to be seeking truth?

We need to always be learning And We desperately need to apply, use and maintain all that we learn!

I seek truth I consistently and never endingly apply what I learn I believe in me I love Father God and appreciate all he has done for me I am teachable I am successful

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I am inspired I have a high emotional Quotient (EQ) I am fit and fun and fantastic I am grateful for my e-book – I am a writer I am grateful to all those, who have bought the book so quickly – be blessed!

I am grateful that my passive income has started – I highly recommend it .

I am grateful that the e-book is tweaked.

I am grateful for the great revues I am getting I am grateful that I can go on my first “school” grand-parenting outing this morning!

I am grateful for very happy active parents – still growing and going strong.

I am grateful that my dad is reading my ebook.

I am grateful I am the “Life Sentence” man!

I am grateful that the cricket season has started.

I am grateful for the first rains!

FUTURE GRATEFUL’S I am grateful that I have sold over a million’s copies of my first book!

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I am grateful that I can coach the entire Seychellois nation I am grateful that I can live in paradise I love working with my family I am grateful for all my healthy happy grandchildren I am grateful that I am so strong and healthy at 90 I am grateful that so many people visit us here in the Seychelles I am grateful for all the technology that enables me to work and still be in contact with the entire world�

By Roy Heeley www.redbowtie.co.za Blog: http://rsheeley.wordpress.com/

RECEIVE When Moses began teaching the children of Israel about giving, he took an offering for the Tebernacle,the people willingly gave 50,000 ounces of gold and over 20,000 ounces of silver for the building in the desert. Finally

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Moses said “no more ,go home, keep your money.As a result of the children of Israel generous giving ,they possessed the land of Cannaan, God gave them wealth of seven nations.

Proverbs 15;6 “In the house of the righteous is treasure”.Jesus said “ Give and it shall be given back to you; good measure ,pressed down, and shaken together, and running over ,shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure you use ,it will be measured back to you (Luke 6:38).We are taught that we are to receive abundantly but with the key of giving and seeking God firt. “ But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.” ( Matthew 6:33). Develop a feeling that will drive your thinking to receiving good gifts ,instead of debts in your mail start expecting cheques in your favour. God’s promises say “ heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away. In John 16:24 “ Ask and you will receive, and your Joy will be complete.”

Whatever is in your mind today conceive it and you will receive the desires of your heart.

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Start visualizing things in your favour and your positive feeling will be the door way to many great things in your life.

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CHAPTER SIX KNOW YOUR IDENTITY IN THE NEW ECONOMY

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oday people have become sold out

to something. People have become sold out to drugs, killing, robbery, walking in schools and churches killing innocent people. If the world has been sold out what wrong with the church?

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“This “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

2 Timothy 3:13:1-5

The answer to this in the new economy is Jesus Christ.

Know your identity in this new economy by being available and sold out to Jesus. Sold out means something that was once available or accessible is no longer available or accessible for a particular use. Know your identity and be available and not accessible to the evils of this world. God is not looking for people with ability but people who are available to do his work.

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In 24 hours one can make a decision that can destroy a life or build , just having sex in the back of a car one time after a party can bring AIDS in one’s life, just one shot of cocaine can make you crave for more and become an addict, just one drunk driver after consuming a lot of alcohol can cause death of many lives, just one apple not the whole orchard that Adam eat disconnected man from God until he had to send his only begotten son Jesus to die on the cross so that we could be restored back to the father. Today walk in the ways of the Lord and start knowing your identity in Christ.

The devil has too many accesses to the church because many are linked to wrong inputs and thus they are giving bad output. People in church have become comfortable with sin and thus creating a platform for the devil to operate on. Today we find good people in the church who do good works but have denied the Power that is in the name of Jesus. “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus

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Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” holy.”

1 Peter 1:131:13-16 We have messed this thing up about holiness.

We think holiness is speaking in tongues.

Holiness is not a denomination or organisation. Holiness is a life style, a way of living. Man may change, government may change, but Jesus is the same today, tomorrow and forever.

What is your identity?

John 1:12 “Yet to all who have received him, to those who believe in his name, he gave them the right to become children of God” This is your first identity which means your father is God and if your father is God then you are a small God. Genesis 1:24-25 shows us that God created animals and each produced according to its

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own kind. Lions will produce lions, trees will produce trees but in verse 26, God Said,” Let us make man in our own image (The Trinity Father, Son and Holy Spirit), in our own likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over livestock, over all the earth, and over all creatures that move along the ground.” Your identity is that you are created in the image of God; you are wonderfully and fearfully made in the image of God. Stop feeding your mind with self pit,” you may have a big noise “God gave you that big noise so that you can breathe properly as you preach and not gasp for air. Your identities are that of a ruler here on earth and have dominion over all creatures.

When you know your identity you remember the good things not the bad. The children of Israel remembered only the fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic they ate in Egypt (Numbers 11:5).But it took a prostitute Rahab the grandmother to King David to remember the identity of the children of God that Joshua sent to spy the city of Jericho.

Joshua 2:8-9 “Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them,” I know that the Lord has given you

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this land to you and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.”

Don’t remember the poverty, enemies, people who talk evil about you, but count your blessings and name them one by one. I’m reminded of a story narrated by Dr Sammy Musepa about knowing your identity. When the missionary were bringing the Gospel to Africa they came to this small village in Central Africa at a time when slave trade was very common in most parts of Africa. The missionaries established many churches in Africa starting from the tip of Southern Africa to the top part of North and West Africa.

They brought Bibles and taught the African people the Queen’s language which is English one of the most used communication language on earth today.

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Great Britain an Island with fewer resources 50 years ago managed to colonize almost three quarters of the world because of one principle Time Management. This changed the economy of Great Britain.

The Missionaries also built churches, schools, clinics and brought modern medicine. They trained young men and women to be medical practitioners and today Africa has produced the best Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses who work throughout the world saving many lives.

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They introduced schools so that people in Africa could learn and know the ABCD.

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In one particular village called Chimphinga Village, there was a powerful Chief by the name of Moya Oyincwele, he was a very respected man in society and believed in ancestral gods. He had Indunas (Elderly Men in the Village or advisors) and musician who played music whenever he spoke as acknowledgement. When the missionaries came, they converted Moya to Christianity and gave him a new Christian name as Holy.

He influenced the community and many became Christians and were also given new names.

The Gospel spread like fire in many African nations and today Africa has produced powerful anointed men and women of God who go around the world preaching the good news and bringing change in many lives.

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The staple food in that village was pap (prepared from maize meal) and the wild pig.

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However, Moya was told that they should no long eat the pig as there was a story that pigs are demon possessed. So for years the community stopped killing wild pigs and the pigs multiplied in number and as you may know pigs are very destructive to crops and eat almost anything they find.

One day Moya said to him self,� these pigs are becoming a pest in this community and the only way to reduce their numbers was by eating them once again.� He took is gun and headed for the bush where he killed a few for his household. The passes by saw what he had done and they went and told the missionaries. In the mean time Moya was busy having a cook out with his family.

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The missionaries came rushing and asked Moya why he had decided to disobey and eat the pigs. Moya answered, “Sir when you came to this village you brought Christianity and changed my name from Moya to Holy.

Well I am not eating a pig I have also changed its name, I have actually named it Chicken. So what am eating is no longer pig but chicken.�

Most of the times we try to change men as human beings, but from the above story we can see that change and identity can only be done by the power of the Holy Spirit. Most times we try to change people and people

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pretend to have changed for a while and then go back to their old ways. Today know that conviction is the Job of the Holy Spirit, yours is just to preach and God will do the rest.

Let’s look at some biblical accounts of men who married women from Africa. Africa has been very active in multi racial marriages from biblical times.

MEN OF GOD WITH WITH BLACK WIVES Abraham married two black women Hagar an Egyptian and Keturah a Canaanite .

Joseph had black wife Asenath and bore him Manasseh and Ephraim.

Moses has a black wife Zipporah daughter of his mentor Jethro and had children Gershom and Eliezer. Jethro’s son Hobab showed Moses his brother in law the wilderness.(Gen 17:23, Exodus 18:4, 1Chron23:15-17)

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Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines; his favourite wife was a black Shulammite woman (Songs of Solo 6:8-9).

David when he was old a black Shunum woman named Abishag who kept his bed warm (1 Kings 1:14.2:17-22) Rehab was a black Canaanite prostitute who was converted got married to Salmon, had a son Boaz who married Ruth and had a son Obed.

Obed had a son named Jesse who is the father of King David. (Joshua 2.6:17-23, Ruth 4:2022, Matt 1:5-6) Finally, Simon of Cyrene (black) helped the lord Jesus carry the cross on the way to Calvary. The Ethiopian Eunuch –Acts 8:27-27 Powerful figure that was coming to Jerusalem to worship. Today know your identity!

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CHAPTER SEVEN ROOT OF FORGIVENESS

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the people today are angry or afraid of something.

“So we may baldly say “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Hebrews 13:6

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can do something about the future. Many times when we are given 24 hours to do something we often hate the person or organization that gives us the pressure. Just like the story about my brother in-law I carried so much rage and un forgiveness for some time until I just had to forgive him and move on to be free. His getting all my late sisters property and all the death benefits, not even a cent to my mother hurt the family so bad but we had to forgive him in order to have closure and be free. Today he is also very free to come and see the family and even brings his new wife and children to my mother’s house, there power in forgiveness and that will set you free.

You might be in a similar situation where someone or your boss hurt you, maybe you were abused sexually as a child by a person you trusted like a cousin or an uncle, it hurt you so bad and you have carried that heavy pain for years. For the ladies maybe one of your relatives or an uncle you once stayed with abused you physically by always touching your breasts as a teen and moon walking into your bed room at night to sexually abuse you. You need to forgive in

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order to be free. You need to search your heart and dig deeper at the bottom of your heart to unplug the root of past poison.

Maybe you are in a relationship where your partner beats you up and you have kept quiet and not even shared to your mother or a closest friend about this physical abuse, It may be that you are in prison today because someone falsely accused you of a crime you did not commit and you have carried that pain, hurt and un forgiveness for that person for years. You need to find it in your heart to forgive no matter how painful you may feel, that will unlock your freedom.

“Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.�

(Hebrews 11:15).

11:15).

I heard of a story of a naive captain, who one night saw another ship approaching in the same direction. He quickly went on the radio

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and sent a message to the other ship and said, “Roja please change your course ten degree west”. The other ship responded, “We shall not change our course, you change your course ten degrees east”. Angrily the captain said, “I’m a naïve captain I command you to change your course”. The response came,” I m also a second class sea man I will not change the course.” The captain then said, “I am a battle ship I command you to change your course”. The response was “I’m a light house it’s up to up sir.” Today be a light house of forgiveness and you shall be made whole.

So many people today are like the naïve captain who did not just want to forgive and change the course of his ship to avoid a collision. We continue weaning in our past hurts and never seem to forget and forgive the people that have hurt us so bad.If we have bitterness inside it will affect our lives, out of the hearts flows the issues of life.

In any relationship or marriage forgiveness is a key element to the success of that relationship. Stop giving each other 24 hours to change or else end the relationship or

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threaten divorce. Learn to have a heart of forgiveness. Many marriages today have people living together not as husband and wife but as brother and sister because of unforgiveness. Some married couples even sleep in different rooms and never enjoy their marital duties or share their finances because of greed and selfishness. To the newlyweds my advice is start sharing in everything you do be it finance, family, property and adopt a what is mine is yours mentality. This will build your trust for each other as you will not see your money as yours only but as our money. The “my this, my that “should remain on the altar when you get married, your language should be, “our house, our car, our money and our family.” The bible clearly states that a man shall leave his father and mother and join to his wife and together they shall become one. This means that what is yours is mine and what is mine is yours. How can the two walk together unless they agree.

On wedding days there are vows that a man and woman declare to each other, “for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to hold until death do us part”. But in today’s world people tend to

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use “till money do us part”. Remember the bible says the love of money is the root of all evil. Money issues have caused a lot of divorces more than when one partner is cheating on the other (infidelity). In many marriages today they only dwell on the for “Better and in Riches”. When those bad days come where signs of poverty start creeping into the relationship, some threaten divorce and many have left their marital homes because of financial problems. Some selfish partners always say, “I give you 24 hours to find the money my husband/wife or else I will leave you and find myself a rich husband or wife.” (Nonsense, grow up and be real) (Repent) A bitter root will produce a bitter fruit; you have to deal with your bitterness by forgiving those that have wronged you in the past.

Don’t give your partner 24 hours, learn to be loving, love endures all things. Pray about it and examine your hearts, ask God to show you the poison of the past. To pray means to intervene or to mediate. Unforgiveness can even hinder you from getting into a relationship. We have heard of stories where

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a wife is not able to give her heart fully to her husband or vice versa because of the abuse that happened in their past relationship. They end up punishing an innocent person in the new marriage for the things the ex did. The root of bitterness can hinder your life, go back and remove the poison so that you can be crystal clear, learn to forgive to experience the joy and happiness.

Maybe your spouse is not spending time as he used to, learn to talk about it. Be a light house of forgiveness.

“When we hold on to anger and bitterness we give room for the enemy to come in�

Ephesians 4v26

In your own life, so many people have hurt you. Always know that as long as we are in relationships with human beings we are bound to be hurt, but I prescribe for you to have a heart full of forgiveness. Take two

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tablets of forgiveness three times a day and drink with a special drink called love.

Some might remember growing up and stories such as this; The land lord who stays just at the corner of your street gives your parents 24 hours notice to pay the rentals and in the end hatred develops between your parents and the land lord. You are then told not to use that route where the land lord stays. Do you think you are in any way hurting the land lord or you actually hurt and inconvenience yourself by using a longer route? You can have success on the outside but bitterness inside, forgive then you will be made whole in the inside.It can be un forgiveness, anger, depression, low self esteem. The walls of unforgiveness will hinder your prayers and success.

“If you are willing and obedient you will eat the best of the land�

Isaiah 1v19

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When you forgive break through becomes your potion, joy comes, happiness, peace of mind, victory, favour, success, doors open for you. The peace of mind does not just refer to calmness and quietness or absence of hostility, peace is a Hebrew word “Shalom” which means completeness, wholeness, perfect well being, welfare, prosperity ,health living. Today detoxify the past and live well in the future.

“And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in peace thereof thereof shall ye have peace.”

Jeremiah 29:7

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CHAPTER EIGHT MOTIVATION

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ou affect generations to come by

the decision you make today as a leader or an individual.

See increase.

See yourself pay off all your debts.

See promotion.

See yourself overcome obstacles.

Say Yes I can change.

Yes my bank account shall be loaded.

Yes I am a victor.

Yes to your goals.

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Be guilty of happiness.

Be guilty of being enthusiastic.

Get up each day excited.

Be expectant that it’s your day.

Be grateful for what you have today.

Quit thinking of what’s wrong.

And start thanking God for what’s right.

Whatever you do, Do it with enthusiasm.

God wants to enlarge your vision.

A man becomes what he thinks about.

Don’t let your miracle became your monument.

Don’t take for granted what God has given you.

God wants you to be greater than your forefathers.

It does not matter whether you are preaching for the first time.

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A dream is a substance of great life’s achievement.

Elijah Miti

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( Elijah received an EAGLES AWARD for Motivation)

Change your thinking nothing is impossible with God. God.

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At LIVE YOUR DREAM ACADEMEY we love a team spirit, leadership, motivation, inspiration, prayer, praise and worship and teach business principles based on the word of God.

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PRAYER “May the good Lord show you favour and command a supernatural blessing, protection, wisdom, Increase, promotion, healing, deliverance fr from stagnation and bondage, victory in all you do and make you know his more and more each day.

Amen!�

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RAISE YOUR LEVEL OF EXPECTANCY

LIVE YOUR DREAM! DREAM! PASSION PASSION How much communication do you get when you speak? We are told that it’s about 7-12%

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and body language (gesture), tonality and the rest take up about 53%. Words are tools that we cannot do without just like passion. One needs passion to even propose a lady for marriage. Passion will assist you move away from your problem in order to solve a problem. Most people today are poor for working hard and not smart, even just cooking a meal is hard labour. In most African societies before modern tools like blenders, stoves, and microwaves were introduced. Work was always measured by sweat and even in today’s world you really have to work very hard for your money as an employee.

If people are comfortable where they are they cannot change. It will take passion to move you from where you are today and you have to be discounted in order to receive a blessing. In Rwanda in 100 days they were over one million people killed that means about 10,000 people were killed per day. In Nigeria there was a protest against the first Iraq war, 300 people were reported killed in the protest while in the Iraq war only 34 people were killed. Passion to see the end of the Iraq war led to men and women giving

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up their own lives to see change. Many times in peaceful demonstration in Africa people die, the war in Africa is not cross border, the war is within killing our own people in our own countries. The terrorist is in the mind of innocent young, old men and women intoxicated with failure.

“Tribalism is the commander in chief of Africa’s problem”.

President Samora Machel

Passion is: Desire Drive Dedication

Zeal Force Enthusiasm

Fire Devotion Fanatism

Passion will make you realise your dreams.

Sometimes for you to realise your dream you need to sell something you love maybe your car or house. I remember before I opened Live Your Dream Academy I wanted to buy myself my dream BMW car but I had to

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sacrifice that in order to buy all the necessary equipment for Live Your Dream Academy.

Passion is confrontational and will bring you to a place of sacrifice. It was Passion to obey God that led to Abraham taking his son Isaac to offer him as a sacrifice for him to become what is described as Abraham the friend God.

“His disciples remembered that it was written: Zeal for your house will consume me�

John 2:17

Passion drives out fear of failure.

It is passion that makes a pilot fly a plane at 320 kilometres per hour allowing a plane to use 300 litres of fuel per minute.

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Elijah Miti at Flight Training Wooderboom Airport Pretoria South Africa.

Nothing is Impossible, if you believe!

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Cockpit of a Piper Cherokee SOLUTION WHEN YOU HAVE 24 HOURS OR ELSE The past few months recorded what the world called a RECESSION. Many mail boxes around the world received more bills and lawyers letters of demand for debts not paid than never before. You might ask what do I

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do and how do I get out of this rat race of debt?

There is a solution, the first question you can ask yourself is what has really changed, has money, gold and diamonds vanished from this earth during the recession? The answer is no! Money and resources have not vanished from this earth only that it is in the wrong hands. Recession is not a new thing that should wear you down and out. One account of something similar to a recession is found in Genesis 26.

“Now Now there was a famine in the landland-besides the earlier famine of Abraham’s timetime-and Isaac went to Abimelech king of Philistines in in Gerar.

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said,” Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. Stay in this land for a while, and I will give you and will bless you. For to you and your decedents I will give all these lands and will confirm confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.”

Abraham.”

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We see something in the above passage that many times when we are faced with a problem we tend to run away or run to man for help. What is the first thing you do when you have a financial need? Do you go straight into your closet and pray to God or you run straight to your rich friend or Bank Manager for a loan?

Isaac is shown something by the Lord that in times of a famine stay in the land for we belong to El-Shaddai the God of more than enough. Whenever you need a miracle be it financial, marital, illness, recession or spiritual know that is the time to wait upon God to give you an instruction like he did for Isaac. God even reminded Isaac of the covenant he made to his father Abraham to make his decedents numerous as the stars in the sky.

The second lesson we learn from the time Isaac had a famine is that when God gives you an instruction and you obey it he opens the doors. Recession is a time God wants to give you your miracle or financial break

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through. Don’t expect a harvest at recession time, but expect an instruction from God. The third lesson when learn from Isaac is that during the time of a famine, he obeyed God and did the extra ordinary by sowing a seed.

Sow a seed in the middle of a recession.

“Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year he reaped a hundred fold, because the Lord had blessed him. him. The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. He had so many flocks and herd herds and servants servants that the Philistines envied him.”

Genesis 26:1226:12-14

God accelerated Isaac’s success in the middle of a famine in the land and we are told that even Abimelech said to Isaac that he should move to another land because he became too powerful. Isaac refused in his heart to participate in the complaining but did something about the situation. So Isaac moved to the valley of Gerar and settled there and reopened wells that had been dug by his

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father Abraham. The Lord appeared to Isaac again and later Abemelech came to make a peace treaty with Isaac.

In the middle of a recession, sow a seed in the Kingdom. It’s not the time not to tithe, because of your current financial situation, declare that I will not participate in confessing that there is a recession ,as you belong to the family of God and there is no recession in heaven. When you need a miracle God will give you an instruction and the 24 Hours or Else shall not be applicable in your life. God will give you a seed and recession season shall become a season of sowing so that you can have a hundred fold blessing. One may ask ,”Elijah how can I know if I’m in financial trouble?” Well the following may occur: 1.

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Your bank account will be overdrawn.

When you buy food on credit.

When you owe more than you earn.

When 50% of your conversation are on how you want to borrow money or pay back.

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When you fail to pay normal monthly bills such as electricity, rent, school fees and water.

When you have failed to pay a debt for more than five years.

This is a time to trust, obey and depend on God and stop worrying about things you cannot change. It is important to know that: Your business, Your job, Your parents, Your husband, Your wife, Your friend, You bank, Your relatives, Are not your source, the trinity or the God head is, the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end. The one who is, who was and who is to come. God is your Source today and his report says I shall supply all your needs according to my riches in glory. You are the apple of God’s eye and if you move it tickles his eyes and he sees your situation. You might be at the verge of giving up today as

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you read this book, you might be contemplating suicide, maybe you are in hospital and the doctors have told you medically there is no hope, maybe you are heading towards divorce in your marriage , maybe your partner has been cheating on you and has given you 24 hours to leave your marital home, maybe you are thinking of having an abortion, God sees your heart today. Say a little prayer and God will send his army of angels to rescue you from that situation.

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Prayer:

“Heavenly father I pray that today I do not have 24 hours to come out of this situation. You sent that word and healed my disease, disease, you knew me even before I was born in my mother’s womb, and you even even know the number of hair on my head. Father like Jabez prayed, bless me, enlarge my territory and help me stay away from evil. You word says your promises are yes and amen and that you have a plan of welfare note evil, a plan to prosper me and give me a good future. You also say they that wait upon the Lord shall renew they strength, today strengthen me in my mind and my thoughts so that I may meditate upon the word and stay way from evil. I receive my healing, deliverance, provision in Jesus name amen!

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About the Author

Mobile: +27761285439 Email: pttlyda@gmail.com Web: www.elijahmiti.co.za Web: http://.elijahmiti.westarts. com Ministry Website: http://svmi.webstarts.com NGO: http://sidpa.webstarts.co m

Elijah Miti was born in 1974. He began preaching after completing school in 1992 and did Banking, Financial Management, Property Management, Pastoral in Pretoria, South Africa and Theology from a USA Bible College in 2009.

He is an Accredited Motivational Speaker, six times Network Marketing Award winner, Eagles Award Winner for Motivational Speaking and founder of Sothern Internally Displaced Persons Answer (SIDPA).

He is now a fulltime Missionary Trainer and travels the world preaching the Gospel and publishing books.

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