I reached my goal. 365 posts in 365 days. Glory be to God. 

I will now take some time to restrategise, polish and come back bigger and better. Thank you for your support. 

See you soon.

I wish you a 2024 full of foolishness, failure, imperfection and discomfort... Wait before you click away. Let me explain.

I wish that you will be foolish by going against the grain. Do things that others will label as stupid.  Maybe someone told you that you are too young or too old to do something. People like you don't go that far, people with your background... If whatever goal you pursue will seem foolish to others, pursue it anyway.

Those who have been reading my work for a while know my view about failure. It is not something I came up with originally. Failure teaches you how to succeed. It teaches you what won't work, both inside you and in regard to the environment. Fail fast and fail forward because the more you fail, the closer you are to success.

Pure perfection may not be possible, but near perfection is. However, the obsession with perfection may lead you to stagnation and regression because the world will always be moving. Don't rush things but also don't overcook and delay them. Set strict and realistic deadlines and share whatever you have by the time that deadline reaches. The more imperfect work you intentionally put out, the better you will get at attaining excellence.

Finally, may discomfort keep you from settling for less than you know you can deliver. May you be pained by mediocrity, may you be irritated by stagnation, may you always seek to improve and do better while enjoying the journey in between.

Potential is nothing without practice. (Hogwarts Professor)

Practice in regards to action and repetition.

What is easier? For everyone and everything in the world to adjust to you, or for you to adjust to the world.

The sooner you take responsibility for your life, the better your life will be.

To build habits, build patterns. To break habits, identify and break patterns.

Choose joy. Choose resilience. Irrespective of the circumstances. 

"You can't wait until life isn't hard any more before you decide to be happy."-Jane Nightbirde

Respect. Love and support. Try and give that to everyone. In the best way you can.

What thing in society can't you stand? What obvious thing do you see in the world that isn't obvious to everyone else? What path or subject in life do you think everyone should go through or be interested in?

Your calling may lie in the answer of those questions.

Trying to understand others fully is futile. You can barely fully understand yourself. Think of all the things, experiences, emotions and circumstances that make you you. And still you can be a different person in a few months.

So just respect and be kind to everyone. Treat them with love. Be a blessing and a facilitator but don't think you have them figured out.

Thinking you are a victim is a disease. Take ownership of your failures and reality. Take ownership of your results.

The world has shown us that it is possible to rise above your background, illness or environment.

Don't surrender to your circumstances. Fight through them.

Whoever fault it is doesn't change the fact that you are personally suffering the consequences. Not them, you. 

The sooner you take charge of your situation, the better for you.

Another benefit is that you can become a beacon of hope, a role model and an example for people to look up to with regard to your situation. It is easier for people to go through paths that other people have gone through before.

Manage your response to the things you can't control, then take charge of the things that you can.

Care. Care about your life. Care about how you spend your life. Because pretending not to care is self-deception.

Make the decision to care, be aware of your emotions. Then manage them.

The more you do, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you are able to do. Don't stay put, if you want to progress.

Remember, you are allowed to change. Don't stick to what isn't working and feel free to explore and take risks, with wisdom.

Your scars either remind you of your pain and mistakes, or of your lessons and victories. Choose to remember the latter.

I am blessed and privileged to serve in places where I get to, and I am required to listen to great speakers free of charge. Today I was part of three church services and the message I will share today is from one of those speakers. Unfortunately, I did not note their name down. The speaker talked about the value of spending time with your family, and he broke down the word into an acronym. Of course, I will add my own flair and emphasis to his message.

T-I-M-E. The "T" stands for treasure. Treasure moments. Treasure those times of laugher with friends and family. Treasure those unique experiences that you get to be a part of. Take time to reminisce and remember the beautiful moments you have experienced, and treat time as something precious, not to be wasted.

The "I" stands for invest. Think carefully and critically about how you spend your time. What will be the consequences of your actions? All your actions will have consequences and reactions. If you want a better future, invest in a good present.

The "M" stands for manage. Be organised. If you don't organise yourself, somebody else will organise you. Treat your time like money, have a plan on how to spend it and make sure to have an account of where it went, then make changes if needed.

Finally, the "E" stands for enjoy. Make your time bearable. Life won’t be easy and smooth. But it can be simple. Minimise unnecessary pain and conflict. Rest, take time to do what makes you and others feel better.

Disappointment and shock happen in the space between expectation and reality. 

However, to manage them, don't lower your expectations. Just broaden them to include different outcomes.

Today's post is a little different. But I find the most effective posts are the ones that gravitate around my daily life.

Today I had the opportunity to witness a great demonstration of romantic love and I had prepared my own rendition of 1st Corinthians 13:1-8 to the couples that seek to have a God-centred successful relationships. 

This isn't only meant for couples, but the version I have written is directed towards the individuals in that couple.

May both of you live your days by first choosing God and then choosing each other. Choose to be patient with each other, chose to be kind with each other, choose not to envy or to boast, choose not to be proud. 

Choose to honour each other not to seek your own needs before the others', choose not to be angry, don't keep a record of wrongs, don't delight in evil but rejoice with the truth. Choose to protect each other, to trust each other, to always have hope and always persevere. Knowing that love never fails.

To get the most out of every day. Try and give the most out of yourself.

It won't always be reciprocated but you will have less regrets on your sides of things.

There are many ways to interpret the title above. I am not sure of its certainty or uncertainty, and I cannot claim to have enough wisdom to ensure that it is always true in every case.

But your actions determine your outcome. Your actions speak of who you are, and they show what you are. If you do nothing, you will end up becoming nothing. If you do something, you will end up becoming something.

The precision and methodology of how you do it will determine the distance and magnitude of the outcome. Common methods produce common results, so if you want uncommon results you have to have uncommon input, or common input done in an uncommon way.

This is more of a list of simple thoughts that emerged from seeing my psychiatrist today. I don't always have a coherent article or thought to deliver. Especially lately, but I will do my best to get to the end of the year as promised.

Then maybe I will take a break and relaunch myself if I will still be alive, by God's grace and in accordance with His will. May God help you do what you need to be in order to become whom He made you to be.

Sometimes getting through the day is enough.

You don't always have to be okay. But, please, even if you don't know what to do, find a way to stay alive. May God grant you strength.

There is this phrase common around football fans "it is the hope that kills you." It is usually mentioned when a team has had a poor run of form and the fans convince themselves that things will get better despite their form.

When it comes to addictions to things like video games and gambling, there is an aspect of the dopamine fix that one gets when they win. But behind that dopamine fix it is the hope that you will win, the hope that you can do it. That is the hope that kills you, the hope that keeps you addicted.

Then there is the aspect of ambition. You have hope that you will reach your goal, you have hope that whatever you are doing will work. You have hope that you will achieve your dreams. You keep working, grinding as the kids say, you keep going because you have hope.

But in the end all this hope can be futile. Hoping in random fate and luck is futile. Even those who have incredible skill can't hope in themselves. Sports finals usually have two teams that have got there through luck and skill but only one of them wins.

The only hope worth having is hope in God. Because it isn't dependent on you, you are not in control and you don't need to have hope in the world systems. You don't have to have control. You put your full reliance and life in the hands of God who loves you and cares for you. The hope that will give you life, instead of killing you.

Before you buy that book, attend that workshop or sign up for that course? What have you done with the knowledge you have?

Majority of life is trying and hardship. So get good at making efficient and valuable efforts. Then get used to dealing with hardships. And you will be good at life.

There have been relationships, jobs, clients that I have thought would last for a long time only for them to die.

Nobody owes you anything. Reciprocation of your efforts or loyalty is not your right. People inherently care about themselves and are loyal to themselves and you can't force people to like you or be loyal to you.

I may be wrong but I am allowed to be wrong, aren't I?

Allow people to leave allow people to move on. Don't force yourself into other peoples lives.

Don't attach yourself to people. Attach yourself to God and you will have all you need. Allow people to come and go.

You will be replaced. You will be forgotten.

I am writing this partially because of pain, partially because of shock, but also because of maturity. I am growing up and I am learning how the world works. Shedding my naivety.

No matter how hard you work and no matter how great you become. Don't let other people's perception, opinions and actions or lack of actions stop you from living.

Live by God's standard. Not other people. Stop when you need to. Move when you need to.

Listen to other people, consider their input but don't give them control.

To those experiencing hard times. Go to God. Gather strength and keep going.

I wrote the first part of this article on April 14th. And my recent post on laziness and discipline garnered some reactions that I feel need some exploration.

I claimed that both laziness and discipline require practice. In essence what I am saying is that your momentum affects your direction and you are more likely to keep going in the direction you have been pushing towards.

I then posted about sharing your first draft. Saying how you should get used to moving and acting before you are ready. And ironically the three people who responded to my post were not the people who were afraid to post, or people who had been held back. But the people two of them are the ones I had mentioned in the article, giving an example of how far they had come and how much they had done. The third person had also done a lot.

There is this bible verse that I have struggled to understand. "Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them." Matther 13:12. One thing I can now connect to this verse is the principle of momentum and compounding. The more you do, the higher your likelihood of failure but you also have a higher likelihood of success. it is those who do more that have the momentum to keep going and therefore have a higher chance of gaining more experience and success. Those who do nothing will gain nothing. So will you choose to increase your chances of success or wallow in nothingness.

You don't know how long you will be alive. Do your best work tody. Don't delay.

Readiness is retrospective. You may never be 100% ready because you can't always predict the future. Prepare the best way you know how but get used to starting before you are ready.

Both laziness and discipline require practice. But once they become a habit, laziness is much harder to leave than discipline.

I have a confession to make. And I might have made this before. I have so many posts that I am not sure whether I am repeating things or not. I am good at starting things but unfortunately I am not good at finishing.

I have many unfinished projects, instagram business that never launched, devotional series that I didn't finish, unfinished online accounts, unfinished courses...you get the point. 

I am blessed with ideas and opportunities but I don't take advantage of most of them.

This year two of my friends gave me the priviledge of editing their books. And as a writer that has greatly challenged me. Especially since I have talked openly about my desire to write. 

I also encountered a document called "The Cult of Done Manifesto" which highlights many things about the mindset of getting things done. One of the points is "Accept that everything is a draft." 

Essentially nothing is really the finished deal, in this case finished is the ideal we have in our head. Expect imperfection and publish the draft.

I also attended a graduation party/book launch yesterday of a friend who has done so much in so little time. Starting a business, finishing three academic achievements and winning an award in 5 years. It sound much better and greater in detail.

But the point is that I am capable of doing so much more and letting go of the perfect draft mentality will help me publish and publicise things before I think they are ready. 

I hope this post challenged you too to finish what you started and act out your ideas

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Martin Luther, Mother Teresa, Obama, that CEO. That person you admire. 

There are people that we look up to, we buy their books, watch their videos and we would love the opportunity to have a minute of their time to pick their brain.

But this post is to point to you someone who is more wise, more powerful, someone who has infinite wealth and infinite care towards you. 

This is someone who you can access at anytime, anywhere without needing an appointment. I am talking about God.

You are actually doing a disservice to yourself if you are not making the most of your access to God. I am not saying that he is a genie whose role is to grant your wishes or receive your shopping list. But He is a loving father who loves His children and He is generous towards them.

He made you. He knows you and He loves you. He knows whats best for you before you need it and He has the ability to give it to you. 

He is the only connection, plug, help and breakthrough you need. He has unlimited wealth and He doesn't get tired of you or keep a record of your mistakes.

Take full advantage of this opportunity. Believe in His son Jesus Christ. Seek Him and His righteousness. 

And everything else, all your needs, all your next steps, your cares and your burdens will be taken care of. Don't let this opportunity of access pass you by.

When taking a chance. Instead of focusing on what could go wrong. Enjoy the possibility of what could go right.

Focus is the foundation of personal progress. Distraction is at the core of self-destruction.

Avoid doing things that will make you hate yourself.

Life is more enjoyable and bearable if you are working on something. Rather than aimlessly floating by.

Build on foundations that will outlast the storms.

God doesn't require our understanding. He requires our obedience.

God sees you.
God knows you.
God loves you.
God is with you.
God is for you.

I am not a theologian even though I have been publicly breaking down scripture from the age of 14. So I will get some things wrong. But I believe the word of God is so great that you can keep getting new revelations from a single verse as they resonate with various parts of your life.

There is a time Jesus. The son of God is asked to help with a problem at a wedding and He tells His mother that His time has not yet come. But He later helps with the issue. 

There are many ways to read into this but today I look at it from the angle of the human side of Jesus Christ.

I don't know about you but I am rarely fully ready for change or big endeavours in my life and I have seen that other people share the same fear, uncertainty and procrastination. We often feel like it is not yet time to take that step, start that project, do that big thing or make that change.

I have talked at length about why we shouldn't fear failure. It doesn't mean failure hurts less. I have failed at most of the things I have done and I believe I am still at the beginning of my journey. 

I have quit, stopped and abandoned projects. But one thing I am realising is that you shouldn't let fear hold you back. You shouldn't let your background or history hold you back. 

Have a bias towards action, do things before you are ready, try new things while you still can because your time here on earth isn't infinite and you have a calling to respond to. 

There are people who need what you have and your father in heaven is expecting you to do what He placed in your heart and designed you to do.

You don't belong to you. To some that statement may be offensive. But to me that statement is freeing. I am loved, I am covered, whatever happens I have a home and so do you.

You are God's creation. He knows you. He sees you. He wants to have a relationship with you. To change from His creation to His child you only need to believe in His son. But even if you don't He still loves you. The only thing you will lack is the abundant and eternal life that is freely offered to you

Belonging to God gives me peace. Because peace isn't dependent on your circumstances, it is dependent on your focus. What you focus on magnifies. 

If all you have to look at is yourself and your ability, then you will reach a point where you get to the end of yourself. You won't be able to give any more and do any more and you will be at the mercy of the broken world we live in.

For those who accept their belonging and believe in Christ, we go into every situation knowing we have God with us. We still feel pain and we feel sad but we have hope. 

We have hope in God that He will take us through our situations and even if He doesn't His will, will be done, not ours. Surrendering to His will removes the pressure to get everything right because we know we are in the care of our heavenly father.

Will you accept your belonging? Will you accept God's fatherhood? Would you rather resign to the will of this world or the will of your heavenly father?

Most of the time what you give is what you get. You reap what you sow. But unfortunately the world is broken and that rule doesn't always work and sometimes it is because we are not sure what to sow. 

Other times the conditions of our environment change the outcome and life happens as some people say.

But there is an assurance. An assurance of the greatest gift in existence and we are given a path to getting that gift. I am talking about eternal life. The gift we get through believing in Jesus Christ and the privilege of entering the kingdom that we receive by doing the will of God (Matthew 7:21)

What would you be willing to do to get a trillion dollars? Let's sweeten the deal a bit more. What would you be willing to do to never run out of money? How about to always be healthy no matter what? How about having an eternity that is guaranteed to not have suffering?

God is promising and offering a life without suffering and one that will never end. The price of admission is faith. For some, where Christianity isn't welcome, they may have to pay with their own life and go through a lot of suffering. 

For the more privileged, like myself, we currently don't face as much and as heavy a persecution for believing in Jesus.

So I will leave you with the final thought of what you are giving up and what you are getting. Judge for yourself if the deal is a good one or not.

If you want to be successful you need to get comfortable with failure and get used to learning. Keep trying, failing fast, don't stay down stay down and always learn.

In a self-centered world, committing yourself to God and seeking to serve others is one of the most fulfilling things and therefore, ironically, one of the most selfish.

Work when you can. Rest when you can. It's okay to mess up. Perfect balance isn't possible, perfection isn't possible. It's all about finding your best and healthiest way forward.

Fellowship fans flames. It keeps hope and faith alive. Having similar minded and motivated individuals around you is a great encouragement.

It is difficult to go through life alone. Especially during the hard times. There are days you have so much to deal with and you are not sure how you can get through it. Sometimes it isn't really that you have nobody to talk to but the people around you can't help. There is an answer to this conundrum.

As I write this it is around 1 am. I have a busy, early and full day tomorrow and I am not even sure if I will be able to get though the tasks I am responsible for. Personally, I am going through a tough emotional period fighting loss and sadness. Mentally I feel overwhelmed and I can't really articulate this to anyone.

But I have hope and I have a foundation of peace because I have a father in heaven who is looking down at me. He has assured me today through a fellowship I had that He is with me and that all I have to do is to trust Him.

I don't have an assurance that everything will go smoothly or that the pain and pressure I feel will go away. But I have an assurance that whatever happens, good or bad. 

I have open arms that are ready to receive me, to comfort me, to give me strength and guidance and as long as my relationship with Him is secure. My future is secure both on this side of life and beyond.

This assurance is accessible to you too. His loving arms are open for you, He is waiting.

What is the most important thing in the world? Money, fame, peace, love, relationships, food, respect, equity, sustainability? Is the one thing that cuts through all of them? Is there a silver bullet that touches on every human life?

If you have been following me since I started my journey of writing daily you may have noticed that I am a Christian and that my recent posts have been a bit more Christian than the older ones. 

I believe that I have been called,among many other things, to do online ministry and I have always wanted to be subtle in my outreach. Because I don't want to scare people off.

I also wanted to focus on what I thought was "more practical wisdom." Wisdom that has to do with mindset and productivity. But God has been urging me lately to go back to prioritising Him. I have always seen myself as having the gift of faith. Believeing in God in an irrational amount.

And today I share that belief that the most important thing in the world is the salvation of our souls. Every human being has a soul and those souls will live on after our bodies have died. And they will go to suffer for eternity or be in paradise for eternity. 

I think it is more rational and logical to think about how you will spend eternity than how you will spend your time on this side of life. If you had 10 days to live would you do something on day 1 that you know will mess us your day 2-10 or would you set yourself up to enjoy the majority of your time? 

I will let you decide what you prioritise. Your earthly goals, or your eternal life and impact.

God is calling all of us, me and you to fully surrender to him. He says that we should love Him with all our mind, all our heart, all our soul and all our strength. Love means commitment and sacrifice. But what about our work? What about our careers? Are we all supposed to be pastors?

God created each of us and set aside good work for each of us to do. We have spiritual gifts and we also have skills and interests. With these skills we can contribute both in church and outside of it.

Our role is to bring God's kingdom here on earth. The word of God says "For the kingdom of God is a matter of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit". So we are to bring righteousness, working the right way in accordance with His commands, doing things justly, doing things with mercy, kindness and love in order to bring peace and joy in all our workplaces. With the Holy Spirit's leadership.

You may think giving up everything to God will cost you so much. But He asks us to give Him our burdens and take His yoke which is easy and His burden which is light. He wants you to seek Him so that He can give you everything else. Instead of struggling to meet your own needs by your own power and might. By giving yourself, you gain more than you could ever imagine.

He is calling you to Himself for your own sake. For the sake of those you serve at work. He knows what is best for you and best for the world. He is the one who designed you and He knows what you need. He is standing at the door knocking. Will you answer? Will you open it?

There is this common question that is normally asked. What advice would you give your past self? A video I watched today highlighted a different angle to that situation. What thing can you do now, that your future self will be glad you did?

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."-Abraham Lincon. A point I have mentioned before and one that I highlight in my latest youtube video is that you can have a rough idea where you will end up if you look at your daily actions and habits.

Negative habits have negative consequences and positive habits have positive consequences. It is that simple. I am not guaranteeing that you can completely avoid all negative outcomes by doing the right thing but you will greatly reduce the probability of them happening.

So think of your future self. If they were watching you now, would they be happy, would they be glad, would they be calm or would they be screaming at the top of your lungs telling you to stop, telling you to go back, to stay, to take the chance, to not give up.

As you make your decision, remember that they have consequences. Decide if your future self will be okay with dealing with those consequences. May God help us to choose wisely.

Fear is saying that the threat is bigger than your God. Put your trust in Yahweh.

I made a video that is now available on my YouTube channel. It is mainly geared towards 20 year old but I believe it applies to everyone.  I share my thoughts on why we feel like we are wasting time or we are behind in life and what we can do about it.

I share the concept of wasting time. Paraphrasing Socrates' quote of “A life not evaluated is a life wasted.” I mentioned earlier that one of the most accurate ways to know yourself. Knowing what you value and knowing what you deem important, you just have to look at how you spend your time. And fortunately or unfortunately what time tells you may not align with what you think is important. 

I also share that you can only waste time if you have a goal on how to spend that time. You can only get lost if you have a destination. So you need a goal, you need to know where you want to go. Start with a broad vision, then break it down to a point where you know what you need to do each day to achieve your goal. So that at the end of each day you will objectively know whether you are wasting your time or not.

I then share things to avoid and things to remember when you are setting these goals. To know what to add and remove in regards to habits and behaviours then you simply look at what is taking you closer to your goal and what is taking you away from your goal. Then adjust accordingly. 

Avoid breaking yourself, know that you are human and that you are limited, however, remember that your limits can be stretched, but do it gradually, not all at once. I will leave the rest for you to find out in the video. My channel name is Andrew Rubia and the video title is “Are you wasting your 20s?”

https://youtu.be/c0lj36_uMsA 

You will never be perfect but you can always be better.

Pleasure has a price. Pay now or pay later.

If you want to know your values, your principles and what's most important to you. Then look at how you spend your time. Actions don't lie.

You won't always enjoy what you are good at and you won't always be good at what you enjoy.

No matter how many times you fall. Keep getting up.

Defeat is not the result of continuous failure, but rather the outcome of choosing to give up.

The majority of my posts are pushy. They push the reader to do more, to seek more, to make changes, to pursue difficulty. The reason for this is that most of the time I write to myself and I am in a point in my life where much more is needed. 

I also believe I live in a society where some people have given up on their dreams and ideas because of their environment and I don't think that was how we were designed to live.

But what if you are okay with how your life is? What if you don't want more or you don't need change? What if you have already made the tough decisions and you are already pursuing your dream? Or you have made your peace that you won't be able to pursue your purpose? This post is here to say that is okay.

At first look mundane may have a negative connotation. Meaning that life is boring,uneventful, lacking excitement or enthusiasm. But I tend to think of mundane as the process. The in between putting in the work. This is most of our lives.

The young life of Jesus Christ. The most spiritually influential human being in history, is touched upon briefly. We don't know a lot about what happened between the ages of 1-30. 

Does that mean nothing happened? I think not. Those were his formative years. Years that helped him have a successful ministry and pursue his purpose successfully.

So don't feel like every section of your life has to be a dramatic episode of your favourite series. Or you need to flood your social media with highlights.The mundane is usually the most important part.

One of the advantages of being you is you don't have many responsibilities and you don't have that much to lose. As you grow older, you may get a family, employees,property etc. So while you still can, take advantage of every opportunity.

Apply for those programs, boot-camps, workshops, trips, retreats. The scholarships. The jobs. Get to know people, ask that person out. 

Seek out new experiences while you are flexible enough to pursue them. Rejection is painful but so is regret. So you would rather try and fail than not try at all.

If you are not young and you have many responsibilities, you can still take chances. I believe you just have to be more careful. Insulate your responsibilities in such a manner that they won't be affected if things go wrong. 

Living life in your comfort zone and playing things safe is okay if you are living the life you were created to live. If you are truly living out your purpose and you have tried out all your good God-led ideas.

Don't take risks and chances for the sake of risks and random chance, be purposeful with them.

For those of us who have yet to realise our potential. Those of us who still have unreleased songs, unwritten books, un preached sermons. To those unearthed gems whose hearts refuse to resign to the mundane without being given a chance to express themselves. 

To those people, take the chance, take the risk, shoot your shot until you have no bullets left. Give your all and go to the grave with as little regrets as possible.

There are things we take for granted. Our health, our ability to work, to think, being alive. The friends, colleagues and family around us. The support systems. The things that help us function the way we do. Things that we are used to so much that we think they will always be there.

This week was supposed to be a big week for me. As I shared last week, I had been accepted into multiple programs that would help me move forward in my faith, in my career and my hobbies. 

But at the beginning of the week my body decided that I wouldn't take part in those programs.It wasn't even something that I could blame myself for not taking care of myself. 

I tried to fight it but I had to submit. I recovered to a stable point today, then my mind and my heart gave way. I actually laughed at my pain because I couldn't believe it.

As I spent most of last month telling you. When you are close to your breakthrough, when you are pursuing your purpose and making progress. Be ready for resistance and be ready to fight it. But also don't postpone anything that you are able to do now.

Even though you might not have all you need right now, you never know if what you have now will be taken away. Do what you can, while you still can, because life won't wait for you. Life will happen with or without your consent, both the good and the bad. And you may never have this opportunity again. 

I am not saying that you should rush at everything. I am not saying that you should have a mindset of scarcity and an attitude of desperation. 

But rather have a spirit of urgency and awareness that things change and they don't always change in your favour.

I have shared before that even if our work affects only one life. That one life is enough. Being able to positively affect a single life is an immense and incredible privilege. 

Today I will look at another angle that I have touched upon in the past week. Working for the audience of our heavenly father.

I have made videos that stayed for months with zero views (the last time I checked them). Articles published that have had zero readers. I know that the world, society and nobody owes me anything. I am not entitled to views or reads and I can't force people to look at my work.

But at these moments of reflecting on my un-viewed work, I think of why I felt compelled to write, why I share my thoughts. I believe that the ideas God gives me were not meant for me. I believe they are meant for others. But even if nobody reads them, I want to remain accountable to the one who gave them to me.

Doing something just so that God can see, so that He can be proud of you and me, should be enough. It is God who gives us our assignments and even though we may not always understand why or how. He knows why and we should trust His judgement.

We have to remember that we will give an account for all that He gave us to do. So just do it. Because even when the internet tells you that you have received no view, nobody read your work, nobody visited your site, or appreciated your sacrifice. 

God is watching and He is pleased when we obey Him, so do it for Him, do it for your heavenly father.

A friend of mine last week, after saying hello, asked me what I think of the US dollar being worth 150 Kenyan Shillings. It was kind of a big news story at the time. And my response was that I had other things to worry about and I couldn't be bothered to think about that.

We are bombarded with a lot of information. I heard that there was a rugby final recently I am not sure who won. Politics always has things going on. There are wars, natural disasters, different types of crises.

You may be passionate about some of these things and have no idea about everything else. You might honestly not care about some of them. And that is okay.

Just because you care about something doesn't mean everyone else should. Just because you don't care about something doesn't mean it isn't important. Yes, ignorance is not an excuse, but trying to know everything is a futile endeavour.

Don't buy in to the pressure of having an opinion on everything. Saying that you don't care may be a bit harsh or rude. But saying that you don't know is perfectly fine and acceptable. Be kind, talk to whose who want to listen. Be willing to let people handle their own stress and life without buying into what stresses you.

For me, the only thing that I think everyone should take some time thinking about is their spiritual life. It is the only thing that will matter to everyone, everywhere after they die. Everything else is a bonus.

I will stick to sharing and knowing what I think is important, to those willing to listen. I will do my best to be content and make the most of my little piece of the world.

Do you have people you admire? Moments in history that stand out to you? This could be world renown public figures, a friend or family member. 

Is it something they did? Something they said? A moment? A lifelong legacy? Whatever they did. They had to decide to do it. Let's explore that.

I can have a guess that most if not all the people you admire are disciplined. Disciplined people are used to making difficult decisions often. People who choose discomfort, people who choose to delay their gratification. People who choose to do what is right even when it hurts.

The people you admire. They most likely had to make tough decisions in order to get themselves to the stage where they are doing what you admire. For some it begun in their childhood. 

They created a habit of doing the right things and one day they made what we may call a big decision. Others continued making tough small decisions everyday and that is what we admire.

When you are used to hard decisions, hard decisions become a bit easier to make. Your brain doesn't fight them off as much. There will always be an aspect of difficulty to it but there will certainly be a difference.

So if you want to live an admirable life. If you want to be able to make big tough decisions. Start with small ones. The daily ones. You need to start with pins before you can get to nails. It will take time. 

It will be hard. But it is a great way to live. May God give us strength. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.

What do you have that other people wish they had? And are you making the most of it?

As I write this half of my mouth is in excruciating pain. One of my molars decided to rip out of my gums today and even though this has happened to me before it has never been this painful.

I made a stupid decision yesterday night to watch a 3 hour video instead of sleeping and I am reaping the bitter fruits of three hours of sleep and a day full of work. The reason I couldn't stop watching is because some obvious and wise points were being made. One of them was about feelings.

Feelings have been put on a pedestal. We are told to explore our feelings, to inspect them, to think about them and examine them. Not to be afraid of diving deeper. But there is a danger to doing this. We focus on our emotions and forget the motion. You can end up using your emotion as an excuse and a scapegoat as I have.  

Emotion follows motion. Not the other way around. Through experience, I have found that the best way to change how you feel isn't through drugs, therapy or focusing on those feelings but by doing things. Being useful. Being productive. Moving forward. 

This is a skill and a muscle that grows through practice. Of course this is what I have seen working for me. So it is okay if it doesn't work for you.

Let me get back to my pain and my work now. Thankfully I have been able to work through pain. And hopefully I will master the art of working and functioning in spite of my feelings. And I hope you will master that too.

I have been talking about skills, dreams, purpose and resistance. I am just from watching a movie called The Hill. A movie about a baseball player who had to fight disability, disease and injuries to reach his dream of playing baseball in the major league.

Just because God gave you the skill, the dream, the vision and the provision. It doesn't mean that you won't meet any obstacles in the way. I have talked a lot about the resistance you will face. But know that you also have to fight back.

Fight back is through faith. Faith will fuel you. You have to go back to God for the strength. You need to recognise His sovereignty and accept His will. His ways are higher than our ways, so you may not always understand why certain things are happening, but you need to remember that He is your heavenly father and nothing He does is malicious or a mistake.

There will be pain. You may have to wait. Your dream and your journey may not turn out the way you want because the dream isn't essentially yours. The skill isn't yours. God will play it out His way. You need to surrender it and that is painful but it is also freeing.

Remember that there are other destinies related to your dream. It is not just for you. Keep walking every single step with God. Honour Him. Rely on Him. Consult Him. May He guide you and help you. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.

I am going to take time to build upon yesterday's idea. I shared that everything we have belongs to God. Including our ideas, our businesses and careers. This increases the weight of responsibility that we have. Let me explain.

If your parents, your boss, your friends tell you to do something, you can shrug it off and not do it. There may be consequences, but generally you can survive without following their orders. But when God tells you to do something then you need to pay attention. He is the Lord almighty, sovereign creator of all. He just doesn't make random suggestions for fun.

So what if we take our ideas as not just ideas but instructions from the Lord. The first people recorded to have been anointed with the Holy Ghost were skilled workers. God worked through them to bring His plans into life. He wants to do the same through you.

We are His stewards, His agents and we are at His service. I am not saying every idea is from Him but He has provided us with His word and ways to reach out to Him and speak to Him so that we can verify them.

I see ideas as answered prayers. The skills and dreams God gives us are not to serve ourselves but to serve Him and bring His kingdom to earth. Whenever someone prays and tells God a problem if God won't answer it directly He may choose to answer it through His servants. You and me.

So let us treat whatever God has put in our heart with the seriousness and urgency it deserves. I for one, have a lot of work to do. What about you?

Today's post is from the online fellowship I attend called Faith Driven Entrepreneurs. 

It is a free online fellowship for any Christian Entrepreneur to join and we talk about how to carry out our businesses in a way that honours God.

Every good thing comes from God and belongs to God. Our ideas, our businesses, our money, our family, our time, our energy and the breath in our lungs. It all belongs to Him. 

We are extremely privileged to be able to be stewards to watch over and manage His property and as good stewards we should manage it according to His instructions.

Imagine giving money to a charity and later being informed that 90% of the funds went to buy a lavish house and a car for the director of the charity and 10% went to the actual cause of the charity. How would you feel? 

Or imagine hiring someone to do a job only to come back and find that they used your money and resources for their own personal gain and spent it all on themselves.

That is what happens whenever we use God's resources without His instructions. As my fellow entrepreneurs in the meeting pointed out, this is a painful message to hear. 

It calls for us to rethink and redesign our life. To be intentional about every action. Making sure that everything we do is in line with the instructions received from He who owns it all. 

May God help and guide you and I to be good stewards. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.

Everyone is lazy by default. Some people have just taught themselves to be disciplined and made it a part of their life. Sometimes you need to acknowledge your laziness and take steps that will force you to work.

I have been a quitter for most of my life. I decided a while back that I couldn't swim because it is hard. And I almost drowned because when I was thrown into the water. I did nothing. No struggle, no splashing, just let myself sink without trying to swim.

That is just one of many examples where I answered hardship with quitting. But I have now found a way of forcing myself to work, some of the time. By making commitments. One of the main reasons I write daily is because I made a promise to you. By you, I mean the public, that I would write and post daily. If I hadn't made that promise, you wouldn't be reading this.

Apply for, pay for and committing to things that will make you uncomfortable. I have to wake up early tomorrow for an online fellowship. I have to do some content creation homework and attend creative entrepreneurs meeting. Because I signed up and promised to be there. I always regret making these commitments right after I have made them. Because of the work that awaits me. I always wish that I hadn't. But after doing the work I am glad that I did.

So what uncomfortable promises and commitments can you make? And instead of thinking how much you will disappoint people if you don't fulfil them, think of what will happen if you do?

One of the three books currently in my head is about identity. About how we live in a society that seeks to put a label on everyone and put them into tribes. 

There is a lot I can say about this but today I will focus on the power labels have and the power you have over them.

One of my favourite and most time-consuming pieces of content I ever made and recorded was related to making things in your life matter less. Specifically the negative things. 

You cannot change what happened to you in the past, you cannot fully control what happens to you now but you can control your reaction to those things.

You may have grown up with labels of stupidity, labels of poverty, labels of sickness, labels of failure. One of the labels I battle with is referring to myself as depressed. 

My friends have warned me against continually running to that label every time I think of myself and talk about myself because I end up becoming that identity.

This does not mean that I should ignore my condition but it does mean that I should not elevate it above everything else. 

I can choose to live up to the characteristics of being depressed or I can choose my own path of who I want to be, and where I want to go, then decide to embody those characteristics while being conscious of my depression. Moving forward in spite of it.

So what labels have you given power? What labels have you let go? And what labels do you want to embody?

That moment between the time you start and the time you finish. That is where life happens. That is where you face challenges and you grow. That is when you learn about the world, about other people and about yourself.

Having grown up in a generation referred to as the microwave generation, patience is something not a lot of us have. We want things to work and we want to see results now. 

We have grown-up exposed to people with riches. We have grown-up wit this idea of virality, that something can shoot up in popularity and change someone's life, just like that.

We have grown-up seeing the highlights. Not in the ugly in between.So when our lives and our paths are less than perfect we panic. 

We think that when anything is wrong everything is wrong. We have been told all the information we need is on the internet so we keep seeking, buying books, listening to podcasts, looking for the answer, the antidote to pain and discomfort.

Pain and discomfort are the price of admission to purpose and accomplishment. And it takes time. 

Some have built for decades, others less. But you need to accept that if you are building something, a business, a relationship, a family, a career, a discipline, a habit, you cannot escape the in between

And the in between will have rough points that will make you want to give up. That is just part of the path you are on and the price you have to pay if you want to get to the end of your journey.

There is a phrase "clinching victory from the jaws of defeat. But there is also an opposite version of that phrase that I was reminded of in church today. "Clinching defeat from the jaws of victory". Specifically failing at the edge of success. Let me explain.

The reason that there are so many self-help books and there will always be more is that there will never be an end to different perspectives. As long as there is more than one person on this earth there will always be more than one perspective, more than one way, more than one opinion,methodology, timeline...you get the point.

There will always be more than one way to succeed and one element that is different in regards to attaining success is time. No two people will have the same exact timeline. Most people set out to do projects at the beginning of the year and now that we have three months left that initial energy may have been lost or is running out. I am writing today to encourage you, in the final stretch of this year, to continue until the end. If you left that project somewhere it is time to pick it up again and dust it off.

The calendar is nothing but digits, don't let the illusion of a new year break you. There is no magic that will happen in January that is beyond the psychological impression of newness and that psychological impression can be made right now. So finish what you started, find a way through the obstacles on your way, you may just be on the edge of success so don't give up now.

As I try and navigate my young adult life I have realised that the sooner you accept responsibility over every aspect of your life the closer you will get to achieving your goals.

If you don't take responsibility over managing your money. Other people and circumstances will. If you don't have a budget then you will never know whether you have enough money or not. You will have a hard time saying yes and no to things and requests because you won't be sure of the effect of those decisions.

If you don't take responsibility over your timethen other people and circumstances will. You won't be sure whether you are free or not. You will finish weeks or even years having made no progress despite knowing exactly what needs to be done. Time will pass but you won't grow.

I am not saying that you can have control over everything in your life. There are things that will happen outside your control. But you would rather have a plan, a budget, a schedule so that even when unprecedented things happen you can react accordingly, you can plan around them because you are used to planning.

But if disaster finds you without a plan or direction in your life then you will also have no plan or direction in regards to dealing with it.

If you don't decide things for yourself, the world and circumstances will decide things for you.

Have you ever felt like your mind is full? Like you have so much going through your system and you feel overwhelmed. You can't think straight or process your emotions correctly. I have felt that way many times in the past.

In this digital age it is easy to get to this feeling. Especially if you spend a lot of time in front of screen. It is also, in my unprofessional opinion, an easy situation to diagnose. You have more information coming in and more things inside you than there is coming out.

The worst thing you can do in such a state and what I have been guilty of doing is to consume more. Watch more videos, listen to more podcasts, distract myself with entertainment. This will not relieve the pressure. It may add to it or give a temporary soothing.

The answer is in doing things that demand that you exert energy, thinking power, words, emotions and focus. Things that draw more out of you that they give. Give yourself a project, an assignment, talk to a friend, go on a random run, talk to your Heavenly Father in prayer, write your thoughts and emotions in a journal, a piece of paper or in an app. Release whatever is inside you, get it out, get unclogged. Then you will be able to move forward. And to avoid getting clogged up, always try and create,exert, before you consume.

Thank you for reading.

Fulfilling your purpose brings God pleasure. The first time scripture mentions people being filled with Holy Ghost it was so that they would work in excellence. He has the same purpose and plan for you. To make His good creation better.

Let me set something straight. God loves you and He is generally pleased with you even if you don't fulfil your purpose. You are not fulfilling your purpose so that you can get access to heaven. It is a privilege to take part in His will and building His kingdom.

I get this point from the baptism of Jesus, the man whose purpose and goal were known many years before His death. When he was beginning His ministry He was baptised and God, His father, our father, the king of kings and the Lord of Lords acknowledged Him as He is His son and shared that He is proud of Him just as He was starting the work He was born to do.

The same Bible also shares the parable of the talents where one servant is punished for not utilising what he was left with. So even if God still loves you and He will still accept you into His kingdom if you don't fulfil His purpose. You should seek to bring Him more pleasure by fulfilling the purpose and responsibilities He has given you.

Yesterday I shared a quote "The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding." I got it from a video of a man named Chris Williamson. I thought I should clarify it today.

In the statement the magic means what you desire. The place that you imagine you should be in your life. If everything goes to plan how will your life look? That's the magic.

To get to that place there are steps you need to make. Choices you need to make. Things you need to sacrifice. You need to be brave and bold. You need to push yourself more than you have before. You need to go into the unknown.

That venturing into the unknown is the work that we avoid. The work we procrastinate. The risk and the steps we know we should take but we don't.

Of course this doesn't apply to everyone. Some people have already done all they could and they are still not where they thought they would be. But we have a general idea of our potential and we tend to know what we should do. The hardest part is doing it and sticking to what will move us forwards even when the results don't come immediately.

So do the work. Force yourself to take that step. Otherwise you will get to the end of the road wondering "What if ?..."

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.- Chris Wiliamson

It is easier to fulfil and pursue purpose when things in life are smooth. When resources are available, when you have support, when you are making the right choices and getting the right results. But what happens when you make a wrong turn or are met with a big obstacle?

Refining happens in fire. Relationships, careers and objectives are all tested in times of hardship. What happens when you make a mistake, what happens when things don't go as plan, what happens when disaster strikes?

At the moment of disaster you are met with a choice. Do I give up or do I go again? Sometimes it isn't even a disaster, sometimes what has always been working stops working. The methods you have been using are no longer relevant or effective and you have to adapt.

During these moments, it is important to remember that you cannot be perfect. Eventually something will go wrong. You also need to keep the end goal in mind.Is what you are going towards important enough to fight for? If the answer is yes, then gather strength, gather information, see what lessons you can learn from your setback and move forward.

Failures don't define you. It is what you do after them that does. And just because you have failed once it doesn't mean you won't fail again. You have to keep the faith, keep the fight, keep the goal in sight and always move forward.You define your outcomes, you choose when to stop, you choose when to give up and you choose when to press on. Choose to keep going until your work is done.

Another way that we can end up not fulfilling our purpose is by thinking that we don't have to pursue it now. We lack the sense of urgency and we procrastinate its pursuit.

I am not saying that you should rush into your dreams and goals, but more often than not we tend to push them forward in the name of "perfect timing." A perfect time does not exist.

Jesus Christ began his ministry at 30 years of age despite knowing His purpose. Two days later His mother Mary asked Him to help some people in a wedding and He responded that it wasn't yet time to start His work. Nevertheless, He helped them and performed His first miracle.

Even though we may not feel or be ready to pursue our purpose, the world needs all the help it can get. Whatever you have to offer is valuable. And it is far easier to improve in your craft once you have started practising it. Rather than just having it in your head.

Time and trends will move forward but if you never put yourself in the race you will always be behind. Start now. Then you will be able to know what you need to be ready, And the earlier you start, the more room and flexibility you will have to test and confirm your calling, then change if needed. And you can only test by doing it.

2nd Peter 1:10a Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election.

Don't be distracted from your purpose and goal. God has a plan for you but the powers and principalities of this world don't want you to implement that plan.  

Distractions don't have to be negative. As long as you are not doing what you are meant to do, then the enemy and principalities are satisfied. You can succeed, gain wealth, have great businesses, do big good things, but as long as you are not where you are meant to be then the enemy is happy.

The general pattern of the world, especially from where I am from, is to be born, go to school, get educated, get a job, get a family retire and die. It may be different from your general pattern but you get the point. You live as the system and society guides you to.

Then there are distractions of pleasure. Entertainment and seeking thrill. These may not be intrinsically bad, depending on what you are doing, but they become a problem when you do them in place of pursuing your goal.

To combat this, you simply need to be aware of your goals,aware of your boundaries and intentional with your time. You can plan for pleasure but only after you have planned for purpose. Otherwise you will find yourself being " Everywhere in general and nowhere in particular-Joe Wisdom" having "Tried so hard and gone so far but in the end it doesn't even matter."- Linkin Park.

You may have a great family, a great business and career, have great impact but still not attain your purpose. Don't live a distracted life.

When you meet resistance on your journey, don't be surprised. Also don't wallow in self-pity, languishing in the pain and the constant battle and setbacks. Remember, you are on the winning side, the one who is in you is stronger than He who is in the world. Turn your persecution and pain into prayer and into praise.  

There is also great pleasure in pursuing your purpose. You get lost in your pursuit. You forget to eat,you forget what day it is, you even forget to sleep. And when you meet people who also operate in their areas of purpose, great things happen. You all bring your flames to become a roaring fire.

Therefore, one of the most effective ways of handling resistance is through fellowship with other believers and other people pursing purpose. Encouraging each other, sharing your failures and your victories. Learning from each other and supporting each other.

You also need to remember who you are and why you do what you do. You are God's creation and through faith you are God's child. You are a Christian first before anything else. That affects your values and principles. It affects How you do what you do and who you are doing it for. For God.

Moreover, also have your why, why are you pursuing that path, what is your goal, your aim, your desired effects, your steps and strategies, your plan. Remind yourself of these truths as often as possible to keep you going.

When Moses was born there was a decree to kill all the baby boys. He survived and delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. When Jesus was being born a decree was given to kill all the baby boys. He survived and delivered the whole world from eternal damnation. When Thomas Edison was a child he was deemed to be too slow a learner to be in school. He later invented the light bulb. 

The world and it systems mign not necessarily allign with your purpose. If you choose to pursue purpose you will find resistance. People and things will be against you even you closest friends and family may be your enemies. Your plans will be disrupted, things will happen against you, you will be discouraged.

However, you must remember why you are in the battle. Fighting for God's will to be done and if you are reward oriented there is no greater reward than being with God in paradise for eternity. And the benefits of having the grace, peace, favour and joy of God will be with you before you get to enjoy heaven.

As I said yesterday. The world as we know it wasn't God's plan. All this pain and suffering wasn't meant to be here. Human beings messed up and brought this upon us. But God gave us a way out.

The ideas and dreams inside of you are God's way of mending the world. Provided they are in accordance with His will. He made the world, He made you, He knows how to fix it and He knows how to fix you and everyone else. 

And even if your life has no issues there is still a spiritual problem that needs fixing. Our spiritual reconciliation with God, to live with Him in eternity.

God tells us not to conform to the world but be transformed by the renewal of our mind. The world will try to make you do it's bidding. Give you worthless targets like monetary wealth and fame. Things that will not last after your death.

God gives you the chance you to have an eternal impact. Something that will matter after the grave. But He also allows us to bring a bit of His kingdom here on earth. 

He has work for every one of us, to make people and things to being in right standing with Him, to spread peace and to bring and maintain His joy.

In whatever area you are designed to. From finance to farming, art to actuarial science, preaching to playing football. You can bring His kingdom down through excellence and through spreading the gospel in any way you can. Don't settle for less when you can have an eternal impact.

Yesterday I said that God has a plan for you. He has a plot for you in the story of human existence and He put you in this world for a purpose.

Both the world and your heart don't want you to accomplish that goal. The world is not our own. It is broken and flawed and it is ruled by principalities and powers that are constantly fighting against us.

Your heart is also deceitful beyond all measure. Your flesh has desires that are insatiable. Your body will constantly do what you don't want it to and your mind will go to places you don't want it to go.

But you can do something about this. By believing in Jesus Christ and loving Him and His father you can resist your bodily and mental temptations and you can work and thrive through the brokenness of the world.

It will be hard. It will be a daily second by second battle. But it is a battle that is already won. At the end of this side of eternity the battle will end. Everything we know of will pass away. The victorious, those who believe in Jesus Christ the son of God will live in paradise with Him. Those who are not, will live in eternal suffering.

But before then you can choose to make your life on earth as well as the life of others a little less broken. We all want the world to be better. It wasn't meant to be like this. Will you take part in building and living in the world we were meant to have. Will you take your part in the story God wrote for you?

As crazy as some of the stories are, I believe the Bible to be a historical account of past events. They are things that happened. Yes there are parables and there is symbolism but the historical accounts are ture, especially the central story of Jesus Christ.

I believe the earth stood still, a donkey spoke, there was a global flood, fire and sulphur rained from heaven. That a man prayed for a three year famine, then prayed for it to stop, and it did. He prayed for fire from heaven to burn a sacrifice and it happened.

And I believe the same God who did all those things through people like me and you is still alive and looking to work through us. Our actions and stories may not be as dramatic or miraculous but they will still have the same impact. Ensuring that the will of God is done of earth for the sake of us all, His creation and His children. Bringing His kingdom down.

You are significant, you have a story, you have a role. The only way you can know it is by getting to know the story writer. The one who put your name in the book of the story of the world. He conceived you in His mind before you were conceived by your mother and He has a very specific job for you.

So will you choose to live out your destiny or conform to what the world wants you to do?

I plan to write daily till the end of this year as promised and then I will review whether I will be writing daily for the rest of my life. What I know is that I will always be writing.

I have also been thinking of starting a newsletter and centralising and organising all my posts into one website so that they can be easily accessible.

I do need to make money and move forward in my life from the stage I am at. But I don't want to put my content behind a paywall. I think I need a bit more consistency and quality before I offer extra content for a cost. Let me know if you have ever thought of paying for my content or making a donation.

But I may also end up looking for money in other ways such as graphic design or writing for a publication. I already have two book ideas. One a short palate cleanser and another that may morph into podcasts, courses, workbooks, workshops and a mental health and mindset movement.

I used to have no ideas dreams and goals. Then I asked God to give me some and now I have too many. As I have said before, I have enough contentment to die tomorrow and enough ambition to live for another 100 years. But all these are long-term goals that will be achieved through incremental actions. I may achieve all of them. I may achieve none. But I will do what I can. In the best way I can.

I was made to write. Most birds were designed to fly and most fish were designed to swim. I was designed to write, among other things. It is one of my gifts and it wasn't meant for me to enjoy alone.

My topics come from trying to get myself out of a 4-year rut I have been having. While battling with depression, I have become the least productive and active version of myself. I thrive when I am active and adding value consistently, creatively and diligently. Those are three pillars of my life that I have failed to uphold lately.

My daily posts are more of public diaries or public letters to myself and things I think people should know and think about. I believe my opinion is worth sharing.

I don't want to dictate your life I want to challenge you to think and to be better. If you think better, you act better. If you act better, you live better and when you live better that affects those around you.

So by making one person think twice about something I can change the world. That sounds far-fetched but it isn't if you look through history and see the influence that one person can have on millions, in public and private life.

So I write for me to use what I have. The knowledge and gift I have been given. Then I write to help you, to encourage you, to make you think about things and hopefully to affect your life and the life of those around you positively.

Tomorrow I will talk about my rough future plans.

I have been going on and on about the importance of having a goal so that you can orient all your life towards that goal.

Goals help you make everyday decisions as well as long term decisions. They give you clarity and enable progress. So what's my goal?

As of now my overall goal is to please my heavenly father by obeying His commands, fulfilling my purpose, using my talents and taking part in the great commission. I am not doing too well in every part of that goal but I am doing my best and I will improve.

Writing allows me to fulfil my purpose, use my talents and on some days I share the gospel in the best way I know how, hoping to bring more people to believe in Christ, repent, be born again and start a new life of immorality.

That's my overall goal for now. I hope to refine and define it better as I move along. The book we went through together, "The Purpose Driven Life" encouraged coming up with a purpose statement.

Tomorrow I will talk about my plans and ideas for my writing. Hopefully giving you an insight into what you can expect and giving me a clear target to achieve and goals to work towards.

When your job and focus is on social media it is easy to glorify numbers over people forgetting that every single metric has come from a person.

Ever since I started posting daily I have been losing followers on some platforms and gaining followers on others. I could post a video pouring my heart out, sometimes even spending money to get the graphics and the video would get views that I am not happy with. Others with less effort would get more views.

But I have to remind myself. These are not just views, likes, comments and metrics. These are people. You who are reading this is a person. And even if just one person takes the time out of their busy life to read what I am writing. That is a massive privilege.

Even if only one of my posts gets one view, that is still one person who I would not have reached if I hadn't posted. I have to fight the greed of more numbers because it is greed.

The views, comments likes and responses I have received for my content are more that other people will have in their lifetime. Not everyone will share their thoughts with the world and for those who do not everyone will get viewership and support like I have.

I am grateful to you, for giving me this opportunity. And if you are a content creator like me. Don't get greedy. Even one life impacted. One person reached. It Is a massive achievement.

Thank you so much for reading.

Everyone's context is different. Everyone's environment is different. No two lives are the same. You have to carve your own path. Take the tips that work. Leave the rest.

This worked for this person and this worked for the other. Your path may be the same but some parts will be different.

A method may take 10 people 3 years to get to where they are going. The same method may take you two years or 5 years. Some people like working themselves into the ground for a long time then taking short breaks. Others like bouncing back and forth between work and breaks. Some prefer to work at night, others in the morning. Find what works and work with it. As much as your schedule and life allow.

I have asked myself why I have followed so much advice but not gotten the results. It's not easy to keep doing something consistently without anything to show for it. So much time and resources. But I tell you. It's not for nothing.

You may have not learned what will get you success but now you know what won't. You are far better than you were when you began. The only way to know what works is by working. Even if you have mentors, books and courses, you still have to apply the knowledge. So start now. I wish you all the best as you work towards finding what works.

There is this pressure of adulthood when making decisions. We are afraid of making the wrong ones. But in reality the worst decision you can make is indecision. There is no perfect path. Some are better than others but don't let the pressure make you do "nothing."

Nobody has life completely figured out. We learn as we go. Life has many moving parts and all the parts have their own challenges. Once you overcome one challenge another one pops up. The best you can do is choose a path and choose your perimeters, as I have said many times before.

I am talking more on the aspect of careers. Your life has many aspects and they all deserve their fair bit of attention. Your spirituality is at the top of the list. But back to talking about careers/work. I don't have a career so do take my advice with a pinch of salt. I am writing to myself as much as I am writing to you.

You may have many interests and many ideas. You cannot implement all of them simultaneously. Believe me, I have tried (and I am still trying.) But pick one thing. Focus on that main thing for 1-5 years as you touch upon your other ideas on the side. Life is short but it is also fast. 5 years will be over before you know it.

Figure out that one thing. Build it out. Find what works and continue doing and building on what works. I will share more on finding what works in tomorrow's post.

Today's post is dedicated to my grandmother, who today celebrated her birthday. After we finished the birthday celebration, she was asked to share a few words and said, “Don't take anything for granted. This, right here, being able to meet as a family. Is a miracle.”

I may not have said it verbatim, but it made me think of all the things we take for granted. Being able to wake up. That isn't something automatic. There are people with commas and people who are dead. There are those who are paralysed and can't even get out of bed.

Having food, shelter, clothing access to clean water, the internet, electricity, family, and friends. All little miracles. All precious things that are not as common as they should be.

Don't feel guilty for having these things. I often refer to myself as privileged because I am. But feeling bad for having access to things other people doesn't help anyone. Instead, you can be grateful, maybe less wasteful and take some time to appreciate the little everyday miracles.

Imagine that you have a well as the only source of water in your home. You can leave the house to have water and food elsewhere, but when you get back home, your water for drinking and cooking comes from this well. The only issue is that the water in the well is poisoned.

In life, what matters is what you do consistently. The core of your behaviour dictates every other part of your life. You can have some good stints here and there but the habits you have, your source and your core beliefs and systems. Those are the things that matter most.

I saw a quote today online that you can't expect to be spiritually fit if you only work out on Sundays (by going to church.) And I see the same sentiment playing out in my life. My anxiety and overall internal stability has been off the charts lately, negatively. And I have realised it's because of what I feed myself.

The content I consume hasn't been the worst. But it hasn't been healthy. Not all my meals are junk, but my well is poisoned.

And as I work on reducing the garbage I consume. Maybe one of you out there is feeling internally sick. If so, you may need to check your well.

Thanks for reading.

I will be honest with you. I have struggled to come up with a topic to write about today. And it seems like it has got harder over the past few weeks. Let me know if you have any questions or recommendations that can help me come up with ideas.

This year I have been watching Saturday night movies on a local TV station. They are usually based on true stories. Today I just wanted to point out how life can change in a moment.

A disease, a headache, or an accident can be a tragic turning point in one's life. Getting a child, a job, a call, or an opportunity can also be a great positive life-changing moment. It only takes a few seconds for your life to be unrecognisable.

So live fully in each moment. Cherish your experiences, work to your level best when you can, and stay close to God, loving Him and serving Him. I believe these few things will help you be ready and steady to face whatever eventuality.

Again these are just my quick thoughts. Let me know if you agree. Thanks for reading.

Ideas are like minerals. They are still valuable when they exist in your mind, but their true worth and potential are realised when you extract them, refine them, test them, and apply them in the real world.

I have mentioned before that ideas are not eggs. They won't hatch if you sit on them. I firmly believe that your ideas are incredibly valuable. If you choose to ignore them, someone else will come along and implement them, as God will not let such valuable ideas go to waste. I have personally witnessed this happen in my own life.

Get everything you need to implement your ideas as soon as possible. There is an ideal time, but there is no perfect time. The sooner you try them out, the sooner you can test whether they work or not.

Die empty. Die idea free. Implement those ideas as soon as possible and get them out of your head.

In the pursuit of progress, it is easy to fall into the trap of believing that there is a secret or a hack that will completely transform everything.

In order to manage my mental condition, I have tried many things. Exercise, individual spiritual deliverance, corporate spiritual deliverance, medication, reading books, counselling, therapy, staying occupied, sunbathing, talking, changing my environment etc. I know these things aren't necessarily meant to cure me, but help me manage.

The point I am driving at is that I sought external solutions for internal issues. I also became lazy, waiting for something to click and for a magical change to happen in my life.

In pursuing financial stability, I have encountered individuals who lack income sources seeking advice from those who are financially secure, hoping to learn the secrets to earning money. The majority of bestselling books state the obvious in a clear and consistent manner. Sometimes, we mistakenly believe that the solution to our problems must be complex. However, in reality, we are simply avoiding the effort and dedication required to do what we already know.

I am not saying that there is no use for knowledge, courses, classes, mentors, etc. But make sure that before you buy a book or pay for a course. Before you ask for any advice. Make sure that you have implemented what you already know. Otherwise, you will just be avoiding the responsibility of taking control of your life and attempting to shift the blame onto external sources.

Nobody is perfect. By that theory we are all imperfect and we make mistakes. But we can attain near perfection. But that only comes through practice and practice includes trying and failing.

So the sooner you start the sooner you start practicing and the sooner you fail. But at the same time the more you practice the better you get. So the sooner you fail, the faster you improve and the further you will go.

So start failing today, get all the mistakes, wrong ideas, wrong approaches and wrong results out of the way. You have less time than you think and even if you had a lot of time your time is better spent in the pursuit of progress and perfection than in fantasising what could have been.

"Today we rest. Cry if you need to. 

Do what you need to.

Then tomorrow. We go again."

Andrew. W. Rubia.

It is hard if not impossible to always be on your A-game. It is easier for some than it is for others. I wrote a post  a while back on how momentum goes both ways. Your good days can bring more good days and your bad ones breed other bad days.

Sometimes you need to take a breather. Things won't always go to plan. Recently the gratest marathoner of all time Eliud Kipchoge won his 5th Berlin Marathon. But the one before that he finished 6th. Even greatness takes a break and fails to meet its target sometimes.

Treat yourself like a human being. Not a machine. But when the world gets you down. Don't stay there. Do what you need to and get back up. Then go again. The world will eat you up and spit you out if you stay down.

"If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” 

Daniel 3:17-18

I suffer from a mental condition that has plagued me for a few years now. Every now and then I win the battle with myself and I manage to make some progress. But most of the time I am defeated and I wallow in internal pain and suffering.

Some of my methods of coping are harmful to me and they have negative effects on my present and future life. These unhealthy coping mechanism give me temporary pleasure but leve me with more pain and shame.

To those in a similar battle. Do not succumb to the pressure of unhealthy coping. Fight the temptation. Find healthy ways to eliviate or survive the pain.

I know that God can deliver me from this suffering. He can deliver you too. And I have hope that He will. But even if He doesn't I will not bow to the gods of temporary pleasure and the useless pressure of this world.

I pray that you will choose to do the same.

There are situations during your time on this side of eternity that may feel like a matter of life or death. In both the dramatic and the literal sense.

I am not talking about physical death. But rather, spiritual death. In the Bible, the first human beings were warned that if they ate from a specific tree, they would face death. They ate the fruit from that tree and continued to live, in the physical sense, for a while. But God separated them from His presence. Separation from God is the death I am talking about. 

In order to return to God's presence, one must have faith in Jesus Christ. He says He is the life and that he comes to bring life. He isn't necessarily talking about resurrections because He also says He is the resurrection and the life. This means that he is referring to more than just physical death.

So choose now and choose daily whether you will live or die. Whether you will spend the majority of eternity in endless pain or in paradise. This life on earth is fleeting. 

Most of it is insignificant unless you choose to have an eternal impact on your life and the lives of others. The greatest thing you can give or have is not food, education, money, or anything that the world offers. It is the Gospel of Christ.

Deut 30:19 I have set before you life and death... Now choose life.

Eccl 12:13 - Now, all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

The straight and narrow road is full of depth. Restraint builds freedom. Let me explain.

What is freedom? At first, I thought it was the permission and ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want, and however you want to do it. But choices have consequences, and those consequences will result in future limitations. 

So, you can't be fully free forever. Even if you do it unknowingly, you will be choosing a path in that pursuit of freedom by the actions you do and don't do. It will just be without a purpose.

I believe freedom to be the ability and permission to be who you were meant to be. To attain freedom, you need both a destination and boundaries. You were not made to be everyone or do everything.

Think of limitations as a route on a map. Freedom is having the entire map and being able to navigate it anywhere. You won't achieve anything unless exploration is your goal. 

And you won't know how far you are in your journey, whether you can stop or if you can continue. You will have to rely on your feelings, which are not always reliable. The human heart is deceitful and as confused as you are.

Choose the map with a route marked on it. This will give you a purpose. It will let you know what obstacles are worth your effort and what things you should ignore. It will truly fulfil you, challenge you, and develop you. 

The only one who can give you that map is the one who made you. Make discovering your purpose your top priority and experience genuine freedom.

I believe that we will work in heaven, and that is a good thing. Human beings were made to work. We are not designed to constantly consume food and entertainment, lounge on beaches, or be idle all the time. We were created to create, to produce, to process, and we are at our best when we do so.

I am not saying that we shouldn't take a break. Rest is a part of work; it is what enables work to go on. I believe that the world would be better if each of us did what we were made to do, and ultimately, that is how the world will be for those who have faith in Christ.

Have you ever encountered someone who loves what they do? A waiter, a cab driver, a teacher, a cleaner, a receptionist? What about someone who doesn't seem like they enjoy what they are doing? Is there any difference in how they treat you? How do they serve you? How do they make you feel, and what demeanour do they have?

For me, meeting someone who enjoys their work is rare. But it is memorable. I get surprised, and even suspicious because I am not accustomed to it. But the experience ends up being worthwhile for everyone involved.

Strive to be that person who gives that feeling, who serves and lives with a pure pursuit of purpose. It isn't as easy as it sounds, and for most people, it seems impossible. But if there is a chance that one day you can get there. Through change, savings, planning, or any other means. Take that chance. Because you and the world will be better off for it.

The question "How are you?" is a common one but through its overuse has lost its weight and depth.

It is a question that I take seriously most of the time, and my answer isn't usually straightforward. Today, I will explore the most common answer and try to define what it means to be "okay."

To me, being okay means being able to function normally. Normalcy can be seen from two perspectives. There is a personal aspect where you are aware of your own capacity and capability.

You are aware of your abilities and limitations, as well as the methods you use to accomplish tasks and the boundaries within which you operate. So, being okay means functioning within that range

Then there is the expectation of normalcy placed upon you by those around you and society at large. Even though you shouldn't live solely based on expectations, you should also not disregard the expectations and responsibilities you have towards those around you.

You are not okay if you have not been functioning normally for an extended period of time. And if that change in behaviour and operation is not deliberate. Because you have the ability to choose how you operate.

With all of that in mind. How are you? Are you okay? And if not, what will you do about it? Because I can assure you. Doing nothing about it will not improve the situation.

Delayed gratification is a great skill to nurture as it leads to a better life.

The skill is as simple as it sounds but it is not easy to practice. It is the cornerstone of discipline. Another way to phrase it is fighting temptation.

It starts in the morning with fighting the urgent to snooze your alarm or stay in bed. Then you have to choose whether you will waste time scrolling or start your day with something more productive.

Along the day, you will be faced with other opportunities to choose from and other decisions to make. Whether to spend time and money in ways you have not planned.

If you choose to always do what you feel like doing when you feel like doing it, then you relinquish the little control that you have over your life.

You open doors for addictions,wasting money and time and overall wasting your potential. You become a slave to your desires and you give up your goals and dreams.

Choosing to delay short-term pleasure for long-term gain will help you have a stable and predictable life. Actually living the life you plan to or at least getting close to it.

How do you start? One desire at a time. Train your body and mind that they won't always get what they want when they want it.

It will be hard. But the rewards will be worth the pain.

Even though I would like to be, I am not a robot, and you are not one either. You are human; you have emotional capacity. The ability to feel and the impact of those feelings can affect you. Today's post is meant to encourage you to address that area of your life.

Some individuals are more emotional than others. Some people are like rubber balls; anything you say bounces or slides off of them. Some people, including myself, are like thick sponges. I still remember the negative comments and incidents that happened to me when I was 12 years old, and they still sting.

For those like me, you have to acknowledge that you cannot carry all this baggage without facing any repercussions. I have experienced multiple panic attacks and random moments of crying and weeping, and I am dealing with severe depression.

The longer you ignore or carry these things, the worse the effects. The more you live, the more you accumulate. You may get a promising career, a family, friends, a network, or a business. Therefore, if something happens, you have more to lose.

I appeal to you. Look for someone to talk to. A friend, a therapist or a counsellor.Forgive those who have wronged you, face to face if that is possible. Find ways to let go of your baggage. Otherwise, the weight will be too much, and one day it will crush you.

Trailblazers usually have the hardest time.

If you think of a forest or jungle, the path less travelled is the path with the thickest bushes, the uneven ground and more insects and animals.

In the same vein, if you are doing something different or new, be ready to be met with opposition. Those around you won't understand it since they have never seen it before. So they are more likely to project their fear of the unknown towards you.

You will also have a fear since you don't have someone who has gone before you to show you the way. As a result, you will make the mistakes and the wrong turns.

But just like in the forest. Once you have reached your destination, the path is clearer. Now there are more people who can follow the same path and reach the goal.

So don't get tired as you forge the new path forward. Your destiny and the destiny of others that will come after depends on it. Focus on the next step forward and keep getting up whenever you fall.

You don't need to be a scientist, a doctor, or conduct any research to see how sick the world is. Economies are struggling, natural disasters are raging, and rates of suicide, depression, and other negative mental phenomena are on the rise. But if the world is sick, what does a healthy world look like, and how do we get there?

I won't waste your time. I believe that Jesus Christ is the answer. The world wasn't always sick. It was designed to be perfect, but sickness found its way into the world. The first children to ever be born were two boys, and one killed the other. This is a sign that the sickness is hereditary. The sickness of sin.

Now Gog, the creator of the world, devised a plan to save the world. First, He tried wiping out everyone and starting over. It didn't work. Then, he came up with a system of animal sacrifice. It wasn't a perfect solution. So, he decided to send his son to be the sacrifice. So that all the sins in the world can be dealt with justly. Because He is a God of justice, and sin leads to death. He sent Jesus Christ to die so that you, me, and everyone else can be saved. This sacrifice provides us with a way out and a cure to the sickness.

You may not agree with his methods, and that's okay. It isn't easy. But if it is true that Jesus is the cure then getting it wouldn't be easy. That is why you have to make the difficult choice to believe, choose to trust, and take the chance. You have the opportunity to gain an eternity of paradise and avoid an eternity of suffering. Choose to believe, choose to be free. Choose to be cured.

I am taking a break from the quarter-life crisis response as I wait for more details from the one asking and look for someone to give me insight on parenting.

Today, I am exploring a principle of life. You reap what you sow. If you sow nothing, you get something. And the more you want, the more you need to give.

If you want good grades, you have to invest time in studying. If you want to have good relationships, you need to invest time and resources. If you want to live eternity in paradise, you must resist temptation and be willing to sacrifice your time and resources in obedience.

You need to put in the work to achieve the desired outcomes. As I write this, I am sacrificing entertainment and time. This post serves as a reminder and an encouragement for you to make the difficult decision of sacrificing short-term pleasure in order to achieve long-term gain.

The world we live in has glorified happiness and pleasure to an extreme extent, to the point that we feel like if we are not happy or feeling pleasure, then we are doing something wrong. 

Don't retreat from pain and discomfort. Fight through it in pursuit of your goals. Don't run your body into the ground, but also don't be afraid of a little discomfort.

Here are some guidelines on differentiating relationships. Be conscious and deliberate about the direction and intention of the relationships around you.

You need to be able to mentally and emotionally categorise the relationships you have and treat them accordingly.

You have professional relationships, familial relationships, friends and a romantic relationship. Life is easier when you are romantically involved with one person at a time.

The closer the category, the more detailed information you share. For professional relationships and acquaintances, it shouldn't usually go beyond sharing biodata and publicly available information such as name, age, location, and career details. For your family and friends, the depth of your relationship depends on each individual connection.

The main point is that the more personal information you share, the deeper the connection becomes. The deeper the connection you form, the stronger the bond. And the stronger the bond, the more painful it will be if the relationship breaks.

Reserve the most intimate parts of your life for those with whom you have agreed to have a lifelong relationship. Anything of a sexual nature should be reserved for the marriage bed and conducted in accordance with God's teachings.

That is how I believe one can still have deep relationships and connections while minimising the pain and damage if the relationships break.

However, it is important to understand that love involves taking risks, whether it is with friends or in a romantic relationship. In order to experience the happiness, peace, and bliss that love can bring, one must be willing to face the possibility of pain. I hope my thoughts have been helpful.

I will first have to admit that I am no expert in relationships. I am in my late twenties and I have only ever been in one romantic relationship. I also spend most of my time alone.

However, I know very well that it is not advisable to live your life in isolation. Good relationships help emotionally, mentally, spiritually and financially.

The question I shared yesterday had more details" wondering if the person am dating is the person I'll spend the rest of my life with." This is a major and I believe common concern.

Relationships take a lot of time, effort, energy and other resources to maintain and it would be great if you know whether they are worth the investment.

Unfortunately the truth is that you can never really be sure whether your relationships will be life long. I have had friends who I love that are no longer in my life. Some, it's because I messed up and broke their trust, for most we just faded away when we were no longer sharing the same space (school or other forums).

So does this mean that you shouldn't invest in any relationship because it won't last? I think not.

On the contrary, having the knowledge that it may or may not be lifelong allows you to enjoy every waking moment of every relationship and at the same time put safeguards and boundaries that will ensure that whatever happens to the relationship. It was worthwhile for all involved.

I will mention some of the safeguard and boundaries in tomorrow's post.

I received this question form a friend and loyal supporter of my content: Hey...Quarter life crisis...been bugging me and I would like to know your take on it, please don't say trust the process 🤦‍♀️

She wanted me to focus on education relevance, long-term romantic relationships and being a young parent. I will try and tackle the topics one by one and see if I can get some external help on the parenting topic.

She was specifically worried whether whatever she is studying would matter in the next 5 years. 

To ensure the relevance of what you are learning you first have to accept that learning and implementing what you learn is your responsibility. 

Papers are relevant but they won't talk for you. Your work is what will speak on your behalf. Society or your learning institution owes you nothing.

The sooner you start implementing what you learn the better. Volunteer or get an internship in your area of learning as soon as possible. 

Look for people who work in your specific field and shadow them, ask them questions, see what  a day in their work life looks like. 

Respectfully stalk people on Linkedin. And if there are any publications, influencers or information channels that speak about your industry. Make sure you are glued to them. You are the one who will make your skills relevant. Not your course. 

So my advice would be to take initiative, take responsibility and stay active in implementation of what you learn, if you can.

The biggest lesson I have learned this year is that the best way to make progress is through taking action. Action gives you experience. It helps you test what you know, try what you think you know, and identify what you need to find out.

Accept that whatever venture you pursue will be difficult and will present challenges. But accept that hardship is a part of learning and growing that cannot be skipped. No matter how careful, diligent, and knowledgeable you are in approaching something, you cannot completely eliminate mistakes or hardships.

I am not saying that mastery isn't possible. It is possible to do your work almost perfectly. Surgeons, pilots, and other professionals have little room for mistakes. But even for them, they faced challenges along the way, and they continue to face daily challenges that they must overcome.

So, if you are not resting, recovering, or strategising then it is time to take action and learn along the way. Get up every time you fall, and take note of all your mistakes. Keep trying, keep fighting. Keep moving forward. Give every day and task your best shot.

So yesterday, I mentioned that I was contemplating making changes to my content, specifically on its delivery. 

I want to apologise to you, my amazing readers, for the dip in quality since August and all the typographical errors. Writing daily isn't easy, especially when you are exhausted, sick, or in a different environment.

I would also like to thank all of you for reading, commenting, liking, and reposting. Every interaction with my content encourages me to continue writing. It fuels me, and I am privileged to have an audience.The thought I had was about separating my content. 

This year, I have created content on topics such as fitness, mental health, Christianity, relationships, and motivation.

Initially, I had planned to divide my work into different channels, allowing you to choose the channel that is most relevant to you. However, after discussing it with my girlfriend today, she suggested that it would be better to allocate specific days for specific types of content. This way, you will know exactly when to tune in to get the content that you specifically want. I like that idea.

I would also like to focus on one or two social media channels because posting daily everywhere isn't effective and its labour intensive since I currently can't afford social media distribution software or help. 

Let me know your thoughts on the proposed changes and which social media platforms you prefer. If I measure engagement, I will be keeping TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn for text. I use YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok for videos.

If you would have told me last year that by 10th September I would write 253 posts, one for each day of the year. I would make 100 videos in 100 days and read 40 chapters of a book in 40 days. While providing written commentary for each chapter. I would have believed in my ability to do it but not that it would be done.

To be honest I have written some posts late and the chapter commentary lowered in quality from the last week of August. Part of that was because of my volunteer responsibilities as well as a deterioration in my physical and mental health. But most of it was due to laziness.

I underestimated how much time and effort it would take to write and publish daily. And I overestimated the positive impact it would have on me. I thought if I did something consistently for long enough I would change dramatically. But it is not just about how much you do something, it also matters how you do it. And what I am learning is that it matters whether what you are doing is aligned to your purpose and whether it is offering value to others.

In this regard I had some changes I wanted to make to how I deliver my content. Initially I wanted to change when the year ended but I think it will be better for you and I if I make them sooner. I will talk more about them tomorrow.

“Living on purpose is the only way to really live. Everything else is just existing.” People struggle with their identity, their importance, and their impact. And God's five purposes provide those three things.

To stay on track and remember what matters most, you should create a purpose statement that can serve as the yardstick for your actions.

A purpose statement is: a statement that summarises God's purpose for your life. (in your own words affirm your commitment to God's five purposes for your life.), It points the direction of your life (it tells you what to do and what not to do), It defines success for you (what you believe is important), It clarifies your roles and it expresses your shape.

Some questions to consider are: What will be the centre of my life? What will be the character of my life? What will be the contribution of my life? What will be the communication of my life? And What will be the community of my life?

Set up your life for an eternal impact. To live for the One who created you in the way He intended.

Your life has five purposes: worshipping God (Love the Lord with all your heart), ministry to others (Love your neighbour as yourself), evangelism (going and making disciples), fellowship with other believers, and discipleship.

You will tend to focus on what you feel most passionate about, but it is best to ensure that you are addressing all areas. You can stay on track by joining a small group for accountability, regularly assessing your spiritual well-being, documenting your progress in a journal, and sharing your knowledge with others.

It is all for God's glory. And thankfully, God has designed life in such a way that when we prioritize living for Him, it automatically takes care of our other needs. Seek Him first, and everything else will follow. These purposes should be the star of the show. Not a sideshow.

You are either a world-class Christian or a worldly Christian. Worldly Christians look to God for what He can do for them. World-class Christians look to what they can do for God.

God gives us the privilege to participate in His kingdom and be involved in His work and mission. He didn't have to. When you consider the vastness of the universe and the expanse of time, you realize that your significance is relatively small. But you have the opportunity to make an eternal impact by participating in His plans.

To think like a world-class Christian, you need to: shift from self-centred thinking to other-centred thinking; shift from local thinking to global thinking; shift from here and now to eternal thinking; shift from thinking of excuses to thinking of creative ways to fulfil your commission. Remember, your limitations can be seen as opportunities for God's breakthrough and your personal growth.