Month: January 2025

Attitude is everything, as suggested by the title of the book authored by Jeff Keller. Obviously ATTITUDE determines your ALTITUDE.

Attitude refers to a person’s settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically reflected in their behavior. It encompasses beliefs, feelings, and dispositions that guide how a person reacts to situations or interacts with others. A positive or constructive attitude can significantly influence a person’s growth, mental well-being, and relationships. In this piece, I will discuss three types of attitudes that must be adopted for growth and development to take place.

1. CAN-DO ATTITUDE
   A positive attitude helps individuals face challenges with resilience and perseverance. According to Philippians 4:13, the Apostle Paul says, “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” A “can-do” attitude, therefore, helps individuals overcome difficulties by relying on strength beyond themselves. Dear reader, you can do all things if only you can BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!

2.GROWTH-ORIENTED ATTITUDE
This attitude promotes self-discipline and focus toward goals and responsibilities, leading to personal development. People with a growth-oriented attitude are more likely to remain committed to improving themselves in whatever they do, constantly striving for excellence. According to God’s word, your eye must be single (Matthew 6:22) by staying focused on your goals and striving to achieve them through self-discipline.

3. CHRIST-CENTERED ATTITUDE
   A Christ-centered attitude, rooted in faith, encourages spiritual maturity and development. A positive attitude toward God and His Word leads to deeper understanding, peace, and a more fulfilling life. Romans 12:2 reminds us: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This passage emphasizes that adopting a renewed, positive attitude in alignment with God’s teachings leads to transformation and growth.

Dear friends, POSITIVE ATTITUDE is the foundation for holistic personal growth. Until you develop this, you will continue to dwell at the base of the success ladder thinking you can’t do what God has already given you the capacity to do.

Someone shared an interesting insight about “the mathematics of life’ that caught my attention. By assigning numbers 1-26 to the English alphabet, he summed up the equivalent numbers representing words such as:

L+U+C+K
12 + 21 + 3 + 11 = 47%

M+O+N+E+Y
13 + 15 + 14 + 5 + 25 = 72%

K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E
11 + 14 + 15 + 23 + 12 + 5 + 4 + 7 + 5 = 96%

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K
8 + 1 + 18 + 4 + 23 + 15 + 18 + 11 = 98%

None of these add up to 100%; so none of these isn’t what you really need about everything you desire in life.

Then what makes 100%?

Of course, ATTITUDE…(Try this sum)

A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E = 1 + 20 + 20 + 9 + 20 + 21 + 4 + 5 = 100%

It is, therefore, OUR ATTITUDE toward life and work that makes OUR life 100% successful because every problem has a solution, only if we change our attitude for the better. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

Let’s therefore change our ATTITUDE toward life and the things we do this year 2025; and sooner than later, we will realize that we can do all things through CHRIST, who gives us strength.

See you at the top

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Yesterday, I discussed A Change of Raiment. Another crucial change necessary for transformation in your life this year is the renewal of your mind. Your mind is the element within you that allows you to think or feel. Do you know that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7)? This is why it’s essential to think creatively and correctly this year. You need a positive mindset to succeed in life.

Great minds are successful people. However, no man can be as great as the one who possesses the Mind of Christ. When we talk about the Mind of Christ, we refer to a renewed and transformed mind that is not conformed to this world (Romans 12:2).

The Mind of Christ thinks and displays humility, which is essential for the grace of God to flow. The Scripture says that Jesus humbled Himself to the point of death (Philippians 2:8), and later, God graciously exalted Him to the highest place (Philippians 2:9-11). Yesterday, I told you that anyone who wears the garment of iniquity will be resisted by Satan. But if you wear a proud look, it’s God Himself who will resist you (James 4:6). You need a positive change of mind!

“But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Humility is the key that unlocks the door to God’s grace, however, I want you to get more clarity about this virtue:
Humility is the display of meekness in the areas of your strength. It should not be confused with being shallow-minded. No! To succeed in life, you must be high-minded (of high intellectual or moral value). It takes critical thinking and a high level of mindset to be creative and innovative.

Brethren, do not be shallow-minded, but remain humble whenever you are highly placed by God to ensure the continuous flow of His grace into your life.

Shalom!

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The only constant in life is change. One significant change that must happen in order for necessary transformations to take place in your life this year is the change of your garment.

Upon Joshua the high priest, there was a garment of unrighteousness and iniquity, which allowed Satan to have a hold on him(Zechariah 3:1-3). But by God’s intervention, this garment was replaced with one of righteousness, and Satan lost his grip over Joshua’s life.

As a child of God, you too are considered a high priest (1 Peter 2:9), and you need a change of raiment. The garment of reproach, humiliation, sin, and unrighteousness must be stripped off so that you can wear one of glory, dignity, and honor. Without this transformation, the devil will continue to harass you, resist you, and attack you, hindering you from exercising your priesthood roles and receiving your full blessings.Today, God will also help you and the devil will lose his grip over your life permanently in Jesus name.

“Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon; and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh” (Genesis 41:14).

From the physical perspective, your physical outlook sends a lot of messages to your benefactors. Before Joseph appeared before Pharaoh in the palace, he had to change his appearance. He shaved and put off the garment of shame that connected him to his imprisonment.

Brethren, this is also true in our spiritual lives. God expects us to put off our old sinful nature and put on Christ and His righteousness (Colossians 2:11) before He can pour out His blessings on us. There’s no doubt -God can do marvelous things in unexpected ways, but He will not pour new wine into old wineskins (Luke 5:37-39).

Beloved, do not let the enemy keep you trapped in your past. Decide today to put on Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) and become a new creation; able to command the blessings of God.

Be in Christ and remain blessed.

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