THE I SAID IT SYNDROME

Each time you make the present/future suffer for the pain of the past, you will keep reliving round the circle. Don't assume it will be the same because the situation seem to be similar with what you saw and use to know. The reason why your new year resolution  keeps being about the same thing at the same spot is because you just relived the past year by making the present suffer for what used to be.
The 'I said it syndrome' simply means I already know this will be the turn out since this situation is similar to my last experience. Similar situation doesn't equal to similar outcome. How about a different strategy at your end and see how things turn out. Don't just give up and say 'I said it' without striving till the end. Don't just write a new resolution, renew your mind in alignment with the new.
Stop assuming things before you see the outcome, see to it till the end, with a positive mindset, different strategy and more enthusiasm. No one was born to fail. Let your expectation be of positive result, even for any reason you want to reminisce on the past ,let it be to give yourself a drive to be better and with a different strategy.
Keep off the 'I said it syndrome ' your thoughts are powerful enough to affect your outcome. Stop seeing things with the eyes of yesterday and a mindset to fail. Faith see's the invincible with a positive  mindset, no matter what has been or is happening see what God says. The new experience aligns with a new mindset and a positive enthusiasm regardless. Appreciate your process without self pity or seeing yourself as a victim. Say no to the - I said it syndrome.

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GO AND GROW

Emerging from your past into your present with more of the future in view  that is growth. It is not just about the size, height but the evolving  of your being, capacity,mindset and a greater drive. You can't grow if you keep on holding on to yesterday's offenses and differences.
There will always be a scar after you heal from that hurt but don't let the memories hunt you for too long-grow! You are not a victim of life, you are just in the process of time that leads to a great destination-grow! Don't live your life for a make believe, you just have one person to please and that is Christ the King-grow! Let go of the complexity of how you make life seem and how others make you see life to be-grow! Don't let the devil steal your joy, for he gives nothing in return-grow! The things you desire are not in yesterday but far better are stored in the future view-grow! You were given the privilege of today so your life can make a better statement than it did yesterday-grow! It is time you stop dragging yesteryears into the new year-grow! It is a new dawn!

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BE MOVED WITH COMPASSION

There is a difference between pity and compassion. When you pity, it most times doesn't move you to help, you could be burdened, sorrowful and the next minute you're over it. But when you are moved with compassion there is a compelling urge within you without an external force to lend a helping hand. You see it as a duty to be an help meet even without being asked . The Bible says be compassionate one to another. Don't just pity and talk about it be moved with compassion. Someone need's a soothing for that pain.
With a compassionate heart you come with passion to be of help and a blessing. A compassionate heart will choose love over hate. Being compassionate is a Christ-like nature that should flow through you seeing a fellow human in a tough state and discomfort. You're moved to be an help meet, not to brag or show off but from a heart of love. Compassionate Compassionately looks beyond the age, class, status, position, titles, race and even differences.
When you talk about it and make it a topic for discussion that is negating the Christlike nature/principle. You should see a need to raise your voice in your secret place not just for yourself but others. Your compassion towards others is a positive attraction to draw souls closer to God. It is manifesting the Christlike nature. Let others see Jesus in you ,so they can know Jesus through you that is the ultimate goal of a compassionate heart. Christ is the center of a compassionate heart. It is selfless. Don't just pity, shaking your head and saying it is well when God has made you a tool to restore hope.

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START ACTUALIZING IT

When God gives you an idea,vision, concept it is because he has a purpose he wants you to fulfill by actualizing it. Most times at a specific time and also to bless lives because what God gives is beyond selfish reason and desire. Which always/most time involves a period/time quality for it. It is very important that you make that move when God is telling you to.When you feel that drive in your spirit pay attention to it. It is certain someone somewhere needs what you have at that time,it is possible that's a solution for a nation, with God it is evident that the life of future generation will be transformed by it. Don't be so focused on material things that you're unable to see the greater worth of ideas in you. What is needed becomes the new whether it's been heard or used when God is the one giving you direction. So go ahead and be that solution before it becomes outdated. God gave you that idea/vision/concept for a particular reason at a particular season. When you say yes Lord,  back it up with action. Strictly and promptly obeying the voice of God, keeps you up to date beyond the dates, but you must be ready to go as he leads.
Someone need's your voice, that word, that idea, concept and God is saying spread it out so I can fill you with more. Empty yourself so that there can be a fresh infilling. Being too mechanical or organised in the natural sense can deprive you of spiritual sensitivity. Follow the rhythm of the spirit. The ultimate permission lies in the hands of the Almighty God. Start taking those steps and make up your mind to do better.

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YOUR ROCK YOUR STAND

There is a favourite song that is sang by most of us, which says "On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand"... But in sincerity their stand have shifted and now sinking with with the sand because anything outside Christ and doesn't have Christ as the focus is the sinking sand.
When you declare Christ as your stand, it means you believe in Him, you stay focused on him and you are confident in His power that is able to save you through every phase. The moment you begin to think that your money, influence, fame can get you through without God in it, it is am evidence that your believe has shifted, your focus changed and your stand on a sandy ground. This sandy ground has brought such people into confusion, uncertainty and for some reason no matter what they have they deem unsatisfied. The question here is, is Christ still your rock? Do you still diligently seek Him?  Is he still your first love or have gotten so familiar with him that you feel you can do anything at your will. Ate you still burning for him. You know those things you have and see as your god/stand can rock you on for a while but know this they will not keep you standing eternally. Christ is the only solid rock, when other ground sinks he keeps you standing.
There may be bumps along the way, it may get narrow as you go in the way of Christ, friends may even leave you but so far Christ is your rock, you're not alone. Be sure to get through victoriously. Won't you rather take your stand in the rock that is eternal, secure and sure than the things that are temporary and sinking. Check your stand today is it on Christ the solid rock or the rock of the sandy world. It is a costly risk to think that you can substitute the resource for the source. If you are not stand on solid rock (Christ)  you are not standing at all. It's time to take a stand!

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CALLED TO RAISE

As children of God, we are armies called to raise others . "Arise shine for the light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon  you"(Isaiah 60:1). Our voices are tools that should never be silent. Our voices are to lift up the name of the Lord in every place and to every people. You have been called out of darkness into His marvellous light. As we raise the banner of Christ, the light shines and there is a rising. You can't be a light to the gentiles and stay in same radar with them. There is a purpose why you have been called out.
Understanding your primary kingdom responsibility to lead others to Christ and live for His glory is very important. You've been called out stop trying to blend in. Isaiah 2:2  says "It shall happen in the last day that the house of the Lord shall be established and shall be exalted above the hills and nations shall flow to it". Reading further to verse 3 you will see that there is an assignment God wants you to fulfill,those that we're privilege to know God led others to Him. The house of the Lord is not just the building it is you and I, that have been called. It says nations shall flow into the mountain, you have been established spiritually and set as a city upon a hill. There is a reason why God made you a light and gown you with His glory, the question is what are you doing to add to the kingdom?  There is a kingdom purpose for your life. Your rising is to raise others. Your life is not ordinary. God took you from the crowd strategically so you can become a godly influence. The center of attraction is not you, it is God. Don't go back to where God took you from, rather keep rising as you raise souls for the kingdom of God.

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PRESSING ONWARD

Yes the year is rounding up but hey!  Your life hasn't come to an end. I know you had it rough and tough, with so many things in view, plans, project and much more that you couldn't even start,talk more of finish. My dear friend, God hasn't concluded on you why conclude on yourself. The reign of your heavenly father hasn't ended and will never end. He is with you in this.
You should be pressing onward. Why not start from now and see how you can make the coming year better, putting God first than you ever did. Maybe check your motive for desiring that next level, will it add to kingdom, does it align with God. This word is for someone who is about going into some kind of depression, the Joy of the Lord is your strength. Begin to see God in the picture as he alters your perception and your reality to see things His way.
It may not have come at the time you desired it but it will come at the time you need it best, that is God's time. It is not a time to sit pitifully but to press onward. Look at the drawing board of your life, which is the promise God has given you and release your faith to it,as you meditate on what you desire to see and not what you see. Press onward and move from the norm, be thankful for those things even though you haven't gotten them physically. The best are stored in the things you are yet to see. Press onward, God has something in store for you that needs no one's permission to bring it to pass. There are far more greater things in view. Press onward and step higher.

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THE SPIRIT OF THANKS

We often feel that, the only time we should be thankful is when something significant happens in our lives and most time this significance is attributed to material things. But here is the interesting thing everyday renewed in mercy ,hope,grace and love deserve more thanks. When some other persons singular request is if only I could see the end of this year, and here you are having that privilege with good health. That alone is a hundred and one reasons to be thankful.
Being thankful to God should be a lifestyle with nothing conditioned to it. Appreciation changes your perception and lifts your spirit. The devil uses the trick of ungrateful spirit to drag people in the swarm of sorrow. A thankful heart doesn't have a reason to drown in self pity because for every other reason life shows you to be ungrateful you have many more reason to be thankful.
You can't be thankful and stay down,there will always be a stir and an overflowing joy that causes you to rise as you think upon all God has done for you and even those he is yet to do because God is faithful. Releasing yourself to thankfulness unveils the truth of God's faithfulness. Think back on those times you thought you will never make it but hey you did and you're still standing. Until you've been invaded with the spirit of thanks you may not understand the value for your living. When you appreciate God ,everything around you appreciates. Don't be fixed on ungratefulness, shift your focus on thankfulness. Anything and everything you have is grace sponsored paid with a precious price. Your life is not ordinary,be thankful !

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THE TIDES WILL TURN

In the midst of the boisterous storm and the sound of the deepest waves. There is one whose voice is thunderous yet calms the raging storm. The waves and the billows bow to Him. His voice reaches out to you saying  I am the captain of this ship, I control the current because I am ever present, this tide will turn for it hears and obeys my voice.
You see the challenges but I,God am about to bring change in the tides for your favour. It may not look like what you hope for but I will bring you into the peace beyond what you can think of. I am still God in all season, I will bring you into your new season. This tide will turn!

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REFINED AS GOLD

Despite the furnace, I refuse to give up. I refuse to give in too discouragement, in life's furnace I stand tall. In life's furnace I dare to dream. I dare to confess the faithfulness of God because i know that life's furnace is not my enemy but a friend. A fiend in the school of life and a process I must go through. I will not give in the wickedness of brothers or the envy of acquaintance. Despite been thrown into the well I will not give in.
Even in the face of accusation I will still hold on to my integrity knowing that there is always a crown ahead, which I will receive if I remain steadfast in the furnace of life's affliction.
As I walk through this fire instead of complaining, I choose to learn the lesson, master the instructions so that I can be of help to others tomorrow. After everything I am certain that as I graduate from the school of life's furnace, I will come forth as good and a mastery of life's difficult paths.

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DEFINING THE MEANS

There is a passion driven by the world's most tempting distraction. Dedicating your time to the things that only matter for selfish goal. But have you stopped to think of the end, for the means you seek. This drive matters for a temporary means but it isn't your true goal.
Success is not about jumping processes but a process appreciated. In the world where the definition of success has been corrupted. Where the only thing that defines success is material things, people seem to go extra mile just to blend with worlds definition of a successful living. When God's definition of success is walking in the path of purpose and fulfilling destiny, which should be the drive for your pursuit. Not every open door has God's permission for you to walk into it. Some are traps to get you off the main focus.
You must define the means ,bearing in mind that anything that is sourced outside God will pollute your life taking you outside the plan of God.
Daily examine yourself, questioning your actions so you are not carried away by the world's distraction. How do you define your life goals, if not centered on the agenda of God. Check the drive of your pursuit, questioning your innermost thoughts so you don't hit a rock. Your life is not anything goes, be intentional about it because God is intentional about you. If it's not drawing you closer to God then it is moving you farther from Him. Check it!

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A SHIFT FROM THE PAIN FOCUS

The pain focus transcends the heart of hearts where the sense of belonging is almost lost in the thoughts of a different world. The focus is not the pain but the future where the essence of what your life will become brings a new dawn. Every pain brings a push that moves you further from the point you once belong. You aren't magnetized backward because every stride of your bones seeks for a solution to break out of the norm and be free from the pain. That point where you have to look up to the one who your help depends on and comes from. Then you know that it was never about the pain but a path  in the discovery of purpose. Where you come to the knowledge of who you are and what you were created for. Teaching you to trust not on your strength but the source of your life who is God.

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JUST STRETCH

Stretch yourself to the point where the odds don't matter no more. Stretch yourself to the reach of greater things to come. Stretch yourself and break the limits your mind conceives. Stretch yourself beyond the criticism of nay Sayers. Stretch even when life says you can't become. Stretch, for your success ground has no limit. Stretch beyond the life of mediocrity with a bandwith.
Keep stretching, break the norm. You aren't born for just a little but much more than you can think of. There is strength within you that has God totally involved, He doesn't give you what He can't help you overcome. Stretch and break free from self pity, your life is worth more. God brought you through the process capable of building you up. You stretch forth and soar for His grace is available for you.

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OVERWHELMED

Every first meet, greet, contact, encounter always comes with a certain excitement that doesn't necessarily determine the outcome of things. Everyone or almost everyone wants to be at their best at the very first meet but don't be overwhelmed. Maybe a few weeks, months, or years will test the integrity. Time will take the best test. Don't black out your instinct most of all don't silence the voice of the spirit of God speaking to pay attention, let God lead you.
Everything works/looks perfect at the first instance but watch it! So you aren't drowned by the wrong influence. Before you get drowned, carried away or overly trust get on your knees and ask God for the true identity of such person, for direction for such relationship. There are a lot of veiled faces coming with the nicest of everything but be careful so the affect doesn't become a defect.
Never base your verdict of trust on assumptions. The Holy Spirit isn't just for the altar or Pastors, the Holy Spirit is for everyone who hunger and desire for Him, inviting Him to take over all. You need the Holy Spirit of truth to discern every person that comes into your life. Readily defining the purpose of relationships also helps you stay in course. So when next there is a first meet or possibly you are still in the early stage of a first meet, take it one step at a time, ask the Holy Spirit for help and guidance, following His lead.

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ROYAL APPAREL

When you are dressed in royalty, you speak, act, relate and do things a different way that complements and more value to how you look. You wouldn't want to be stained nor want a dent. The dressing is just a physical side of royalty but the royalty nature is who you are. Because there are qualities that comes with royalty, it is beyond just the dressing it but being it.
The Bible says we are a royal priesthood means you have a spiritual dressing of royalty that makes you like Christ. And it comes from inside out, a reflection of from your inside. You will realize that not everyone dressed in royalty lives or behaves like it. But you are called royal by God, to live holy unto Him. How are you exhibiting that lifestyle. Does your life exemplify it. Is Christianity just a dress code for you. Your royal apparel is the spiritual dressing of Christlike qualities. It is revealing Jesus in you, affirmed by God's word. It doesn't permit stain(anything that doesn't glorify God). You're a royal priesthood, live it!

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CLEAR FUNCTION OF YOUR WORTH

Your worth became priceless the moment Jesus gave up His life for you. You must understand that for a person who has the kingdom of God inside of them, you have to live to show forth the light. Your worth comes with an essence,which is/are the qualities you need to exhibit/showforth. There is a reason why God gave you to this world, you must daily seek God to manifest that purpose. This is the basis of your living. How can you be comfortable operating in the ordinary, when the supernatural is available for manifest the extraordinary. Think twice before you bit your standard low especially when God is not involved. You must leave a mark, you must implant your foot print.
Who you are has to be seen in what you do and how you do what you do. Your worth is fitted into your purpose. You carry something that is rare and you have to function in line with it. No matter what life brings,you have to keep living the life you we're created for. Never loose the consciousness of your worth. The things you go through don't devalue your worth, rather they push you to manifesting your true essence. You have a worth in you, whose essence must be established on earth. Who you are(worth) is within, so you must shine from inside out. Your worth becomes established when you show forth the light(essence).Live like who you are and what you carry. Let your life bring glory to God.

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THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH

God was with you in the past,He see's you today, he knows your tomorrow,He hears your deepest desires. He never left though He seemed silent but still He remains. He is the Lord above all. Can you just see through the eyes of faith,and you will see that His thoughts of good concerning you are yea and amen.
See what you desire as things fall in place for you. Mirror yourself in God's plan and not the circumstances trying to chock you out of sight. You have outdone yourself without results, but His word is here to shine the light for a better outcome. Your physical sight says impossible but God is saying look again with the eyes of faith. It is a launch into the depth of divine  treasures, where possibilities are sure. You've lived with doubts in your heart but there is transformation through faith saying one more time,do it not with your own intellectual ability. It is through the eyes of faith that surmounts the impossible.

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BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES

Everything you have encountered in life should be a drive that pushes you further. Don't conclude on a glorious future because of a temporary encounter. You may feel a setback but God is saying this is the path walk in it by my timing.
You have to know that the One who created you predestined your life. So He knew the things set to cross your path. Hope maketh not ashamed don't give up before the dawn comes. The bigger your dreams the greater the encounter. The day is darker before the dawn but still the dawn breaks.
Disappointments are different ways of God telling you don't settle for less. In that disappointment God is appointing you for a new season. The limitations are in the thoughts of your mind. Look up and see the view of what God is sending in your way. Break the limits set by your mind. Stretch forth and reach for greatness !

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BE STILL-LET GOD

Let God hold you where you feel weak. Let God embrace you when you feel down. Let God grace your mouth with Joy and testimony where you are at your worst. Let God be your shield when you feel frightened. Let God heal you where you feel hurt. Let God mend you when you feel broken. Fall before God,, He is the pardon for your sin. Let God fill the emptiness you feel inside to the brim for an experience of overflow.
Just trust him to be God in you and show His power through you. If every means you've tried on your own seems futile there is a fruitful spring that is about to happen if you'll be still and let God into your all. No other peace can you get, than that which he gives. Breath in life in His word. See Him get through you bringing restoration, and healing every wound that has caused loss. You will burst forth into the uncommon keep pressing on and lean on Him. Let your totality be released into the divinity of God's power. You are His, just let Him be God in you.

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TOUCH YOUR WORLD

Every day gives you an opportunity to add colour to your world and that is your touch. Cultivate the habit to bless a person, make impact and touch more lives each day. What you have doesn't measure your sufficiency but your touch ,impact and investment in lives. The best way to do this is being selfless about what you do for others. Until you have made a conscious effort to putting your footprints in the sand of time by the lives you've impacted ,you may end up passing through life unnoticed. The touch you add to your world(those far and near, and to everyone around you even to those you hardly know)  is what will continue to speak for you. Remember that touching your world involves a conscious and selfless effort.
The impact you make isn't necessarily material things. Show love,be compassionate ,be forgiving, settle dispute don't fuel them, give that touch that speaks well, God glorifying and gracefully living. Don't get used to living with the excuse of, no matter what, you can't please people. Maybe this is true but have you truly and sincerely done your part. First do the needful and leave the rest to God.
Keep sowing( time,effort,love,talent,positivity, material things, word of encouragement and it goes on), because the true rewarder will definitely reward you bountifully. The reaping doesn't always come from where you've sown but it is more of how you've sown. The intent of the heart matters and the God that see's in secret will reward you openly. Do all as unto the Lord. Your touch can save someone who is about to give up on life. Don't go a day without that touch. Touch your world. Your world needs you.

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