Wednesday, 13 December 2017

OBJ's charge for Youths...

Our generation must produce its own leaders...that will take the world by storm...NotYetLate, We can do it...Just take a STEP.

The honest truth is that we can't just advocate or legislate for it, we must strategies for it, we must mobilise for it, we must act for it.... We have to just do what we have to do.

A lot of people say we are not ready... Just prove your self in your own corner.

Written by Dayo Israel and Edited by Shonola Taoreed.

Zimbabwe New President Life Lessons...

Lessons From Zimbabwe:

The Mnangagwa story.

So on the day that Vice President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe was fired, he decided to leave the country quickly and since he couldn't use a commercial flight, he decided to call on two Indian brothers who have been his 'friends' to ask if could use their private jet which was parked at Harare International Airport.

The guys flatly refused to help  Mr. Mnangagwa saying they didn't want to jeopardize their businesses. Mnangagwa had to eventually take the risk of leaving the country by road via the Zimbabwe - Mozambique border.

The interesting news  for the Indian friends is that yesterday,Friday,the guy they refused to help when he desperately needed their help has been sworn in as  the President of Zimbabwe.

Lesson 1:

Most of the people we call our friends will abandon us when we are down or when they feel they can no longer get any material benefits from us.

Lesson 2:

Never abandon your friend when he is on the ground because you dont know what tomorrow brings, tables  can turn when you least expect.

What do you think of the friends who drove with him in the car all the way to South Africa through Mozambique/Zimbabwe Border? They didn’t even know if they are safe with him during the journey. But....they volunteered to help and be with him in his hour of need.

Always Be a true friend and remember at times you are called for help or volunteer to help people with real or no problems.  Some may be victims and need your help.

THE IMAFIDON's SUCCESS STORY...

*Nigerian-born Chris Imafidon is a Professor at the University of Oxford, England. Though autistic, Imafidon, whose children have been described as world’s brainiest kids, tells ‘NONYE BEN-NWANKWO, how he got to the height he has achieved*

*_You were at the University of Ilorin recently during their graduation and you said you would give a scholarship to the worst graduating student. Why?_*

You might need to ask my grandmother that because she believes that every child, without exception, has a lot to contribute to the society. She would find out what you are capable of doing. In my own generation, I try to implement what she lived by. She didn’t just preach it, she did it. She was interested in every child. I did what she would have done. She is gone now. But I am here to represent her voice. I must not let her voice be unheard in my generation, I will always echo it and my mantra is that every child is a genius. If every child is a genius, then it shouldn’t matter if you are at the top of the class, bottom or middle. The lecturers were arguing with me but I told them that they would see what these people they judged the worst students would become. I would give them scholarships and if they don’t beat the ones you say are the best students after three years, I will publicly apologise.

*_We understand you have placed such bet before…_*

Yes, David Cameron tried it with me and he lost $25m. That was what we used to build our first school in Birmingham. He said that for my child to pass the General Certificate of Secondary Education exam at the age of six, it was just the gene. I told him it didn’t have anything to do with the gene. I told him to give me the worst performing schools and I would work with the least students and he should come back nine months later. He laughed at it. But when he came back nine months later, he knew what he saw. I spoke to the children, I mentored them and I adopted them as if they were my biological children. I didn’t even teach them all the subjects, I just spoke to their personality and I used one or two subjects as samples and they were flying. In one year, they beat the best.

*_But so many people believe that smart kids are born smart and not made to be smart…_*

Shakespeare said some people are born great while others achieve greatness, and some others have greatness instilled in them; giving us a suggestion that when God makes people, He makes some one way and the others another way. God is not jobless to make some human beings with half brains. Don’t ever say somebody is useless. You are not even insulting the person, you are insulting the God that created the person.

*_But in your own case, who saw that greatness in you? Was it your mother?_*

I still tell you that everybody is smart. That is the truth. However, I remember that in my secondary school days, I remember that my Physics teacher said I could not do Physics.  I took it like that and I went home and I mentioned it to my mother.  My mother quickly called her mum – my grandmother and they went to the school. They almost beat up the Physics teacher. He even had to beg me that if he said anything I didn’t like, I shouldn’t tell them at home.

*_Your parents would have loved you so much…_*

Yes, my mother had a son that died before he was two years. After that, she had another son that also died. So when I came, they used to drive flies away from me. They never allowed anything to touch me even when I was a baby. My father was the only son of his mother. To carry the family name, you must have a son and you protect the son. So anything I did was monitored by my parents and grandparents. All my friends that used to play with me, because of their parental input, scored lower than me. I ended up being different. So if every parent would believe that his child would achieve, that child would indeed achieve. We just need to work out the formula that would make that child achieve what you want him to.

*_So your mother or grandmother had a formula for you too?_*

Yes, mine was football and my mother knew I liked football. But then, whenever she saw me with football, she would take it away from me. She would say I wasn’t working hard enough. But my grandmother would buy me another football and say she would give it to me provided I came first in the class. In fact, I would say my grandmother is the professor and not me. She did all the work to ensure that I am what I am today. If not that she kept ‘bribing’ me to do this and that, I would have just done anything I wanted. So when you saw me working hard to pass an exam, it was mainly because of the football I was promised. I remember a day in my secondary school that I was given my report card, I didn’t go home, I went straight to my grandmother’s house and I gave her the report card. She cooked special food and after that, even while still wearing my uniform, I took the ball she had bought for me and went to the field to play. I played football till it was dark. Remember I hadn’t gone home then, so my parents were looking for me. Later, my father heard I was somewhere playing football. He was angry with my elder sister for allowing me to play football. My father caught hold of me and asked me for my result. I told him I took the first position and he said I made it up. I told him to ask my grandmother. He went to my grandmother and asked her and she told him she gave me the ball because I took the first position in school. He asked her why she didn’t tell him and she said, ‘you, how many times did you ever come first in school?’ So that is the story of my so-called intelligence. It wasn’t based on the love of school, it was based on the fact that I would gain something if I did well.

*_But did you know that your children would ever become world’s smartest kids?_*

I don’t think they are the world’s smartest kids.

*_But that is what they are known as; they are even in the Guinness book of records…_*

It was because British Broadcasting Corporation keeps a record every year during the day the result is announced. There is a programme that BBC runs, CNN later joined them. They usually showcase the best students in that year. So, the first year, Ann Marie, my first daughter passed GCSE exam while she was in primary school. She was the youngest schoolgirl in that year. They had to feature her and interview her. The next year, her younger sister passed the same exam even at a younger age. She was nine then. Then the media said nobody had ever had two siblings from the same family getting that position. Then, Samantha, my third daughter came and wrote that same exam at the age of six and even doubled what they scored. So they just believed that it is in their gene for them to do that well. That was when they started saying those rubbish and calling them world’s smartest kids.

*_But how could a six-year-old pass GCSE exam?_*

She didn’t read any book.  She just played games. You don’t need to read any book to play ‘ayo’.  She understood big concepts just by playing ‘ayo’. It is funny that they are called the brainiest. They are not. They are just a people that consistently performed well. And to show that they are not the brainiest, I told the BBCwhen they were interviewing me to give me the area with the worst school result and they gave me Hackney. I looked for the worst schools there and that was how I started getting students who are not biologically linked to me and we applied the same concepts and they passed very well.

*_How did you get to know the Queen of England?_*

I don’t know if the story is true but I was told that the Queen’s granddaughter told her that the GCSE exam was so hard and the next morning when the Queen was reading the newspaper, she read about a little girl that had passed the exam at primary school. This was the exam that her 17-year-old granddaughter said it was hard. She was marvelled! She asked how it happened and they told her that my child was a genius and we could also have used African voodoo. She then told them to go and look for me. I didn’t know who the Queen was then. I only knew she is a powerful woman whose picture is on the currency. I never knew she could like me because I was following what my grandmother said I should do. She gave us an award and she became interested in knowing how we were able to do what everybody found so difficult. That was how our royal journey started. But it is not difficult to pass; you only have to know the steps.

*_What are the steps?_*

Just know the limit of your mentality. You have to have a mentality that you can do something. Then you have to have a mentor. The mentor would help you construct the next step, which is the module that you would follow. Then you have to have a modality.

*_Why did you migrate to the United Kingdom by the way?_*

What I wanted to study was not available here and in Africa, I had to go to the UK for it.

*_What’s the course?_*

It’s a postgraduate qualification in a specialised aspect of ophthalmology. I wouldn’t want to bore you with it. But the essence is that you will be able to wear contact lenses in the normal eyes and you don’t have infections and inflammations or redness.  I had to study it either in the US or the UK. My options were limited. I did my first degree in Nigeria. The career path in Nigeria is traditionally British. The country went gaga and changed everything to American. But then, it didn’t play any role in what eventually became of me. What became of me was learning to learn. As such, I get irritated when people tie themselves to one profession or one job.

*_Nobody would know you were autistic…_*

I was autistic!

*_Were you stigmatised as a child back then?_*

Of course. I was teased and taunted by my colleagues and friends. People would always pick on you. People would always laugh at you. One of the signs of an autistic person is stammering. The society will laugh at you. If you have good parents, they will reassure you and protect you. I never allowed such to stop me. My grandmother made sure of that.

*_You must have also taught your kids a lot…_*

Buy your kids toy instruments. Let them ruin them if they must. It sounds very expensive anyway but you are teaching the child more than any book because the child is doing it and knowing it and fixing it. My children ruined a lot of my computers when they were growing up. I was so annoyed. But they turned out well. That is why my girl had to get me an iPad when she started working. She tried to compensate me for all the devices they ruined.  But all that they ruined made them understand the internal workings of the devices. When she went to school, the school computer crashed. The head teacher’s PA called the technical support team to come and fix it. My daughter came in, saw the screen with the error message and said she could fix it since it was the same message that was on the one she fixed at home. She was able to fix it instantly and it started working. When the engineer came, they told him a little girl had fixed it. He insisted on seeing my daughter. She told him what she did to the computer and the man opened his wallet and gave her 20 pounds! She was seven years then. The man looked at the head teacher and other staff members and told them if they had problems with their computers, they should call my daughter first before calling him. That was what changed her entire life. She did Information and Communications Technology exam when she was in primary school. She built the website for the school when she was still in primary school. The website won multiple awards. She became the technical director of the school. Why am I saying all these? As parents, we are very careful with all our devices. We don’t even allow our kids to touch our phones. Allow them! Sometimes, they would even be able to restore and repair it. You don’t know where they will be exposed to tomorrow. Every child is a genius. That is what I believe in.

*_Could that be why you decided to work with the Child Dignity Foundation?_*

The society said autism is a disease but autism is a gift. If you think it is a disease, then you cure it. If you see it as a gift, you have to celebrate it and it will replicate. When I heard what the Executive Director of CDF, Amaka Awogu, is doing with autistic kids and those who have Down Syndrome, I decided to key into it. It is irritating to me that we treat autistic people as less than human. We even classify them as disabled. I am challenging the mainstream and I say that I will work with autistic kids and at the end of nine months, if they don’t beat your best, then I will apologise publicly. I know what an autistic child is about. I didn’t read it; I know what it is about.

*_Did you ever know you would get to this level back then?_*

How could I have known? Who would have told me?

*_How is life in the UK? Is there any form of segregation even now that the world is developed?_*

There is no racism. I can tell you clearly. Anytime they see talent, they forget about your colour. They come here to look for (Nwankwo) Kanu to come and play football for Arsenal. He is not from London, so why did they give him that opportunity to play for them and they paid him millions of pounds even more than the Arsenal boys who were there before him? Talent lifts you above geographical boundaries or even racial boundaries. I am not supposed to have access to the Queen but a goldfish has no hiding place. The Queen read how the kids were doing in school and requested to see me. She said we have 35 per cent pass rate in Maths in England and this man is making primary school children to pass Maths, is it voodoo? My children received royal awards.

*_Your children passed secondary school exams in primary school, how then did they further their education?_*

My son and daughter passed secondary school exam and the school board had to meet and they asked themselves what they would do. There was no question paper in that primary school that they couldn’t pass.  So they had to vote an amount for them and so, every Wednesday, the head teacher would put them in her car and drive them to a secondary school so that they could join them to do Maths that is appropriate to their level. My younger daughter, Samantha, had to even do double Maths at the age of six. It hadn’t happened anywhere on the planet before her. I am telling this story because I want to let you know that your talent can trump your race, gender, country or anything because it is a competitive world. We blew Guinness books of records. You will not hear so much about Christiana in the press because she is too busy. At 11, she got a scholarship from the national government to go to a university. It is official. You can check it out at the University of Cambridge website. She studied Mathematics and Statistics. At 14, HSBC gave her a place in the bank and after two weeks, they gave her a credit card. Remember she wasn’t entitled to a credit card at that age. After a month, they said she should go to the stock exchange.

*_In all you do, do you even get tired?_*

Why? This is my hobby! You don’t get tired of doing what you love. You don’t retire from your hobby, you retire from a job. Your job is the profession you do every day to earn a living. I do what I love and I love what I do. I will keep working and working until I expire. Every single human being is a genius and I would want to open that greatness so that everybody would see it.

*_For 30 years, you did not return home since you left for England, why?_*

I wasn’t even supposed to be here now. The first person that invited me to come to Africa was Nelson Mandela. He read about us in the newspaper and he wept like a baby. They had told Mandela that when God was giving IQ, he only gave it to white people and gave the remnant to black people. So when he saw it on TV that a black person defeated a white person in intellectualism, he was thrilled. It’s so painful that he died before we could go there. He didn’t just want me to come; he had wanted the whole family to come when he heard about our story.

*_Did your grandmother live to see what you eventually became?_*

That is why I am sad. She didn’t live enough to see my children. I would have loved for her to have seen the fruit of what she planted. She told me how the educational system suppressed the women in her time. I was pampered by my grandmother.

*_Copyright PUNCH._

Saturday, 7 January 2017

DESTINY TRIGGERS - 15 set of people you must meet in 2017...By David Popoola



1. The ENCOURAGERS - Even in discouraging situations of life, these people keep you going with encouraging words; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

2. The HAND LIFTERS - They are those whose hands are strong enough to hold yours up when you are weak; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

3. DESTINY HELPERS - They provide shoulders upon which you ride to fulfilling your dream and destiny; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

4. The GIVERS - These ones will give of their time, talent, and treasure to you in your hour of need; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

5. The RECEIVERS - These ones are different from routine takers and serial beggars. You can’t be blessed if you don’t give, and you can’t give if there is no one to receive. Not all lands bring forth fruits, and not all hands that receive command blessings. You need those whose receiving hands will trigger abundant blessings unto you; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

6. The PRAYER CONQUERORS - You need more than prayer warriors IN 2016. Many Prayer warriors pray from their heads only; Prayer conquerors pray from their heart and conquer; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

7. The RECOMMENDERS - These are the ones who mention your name in quarters where your skills and talents will be celebrated; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

8. The CORRECTORS - These are the ones who honestly tell you when you are wrong; they prevent you from digging a grave of mistakes that may bury your destiny; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

9. The COMMITTED - Whether things are up or down, these ones are standing with you; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

10. The LOYAL - They work with you with all of their hearts to make things work in your life; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

11. The TRUTH-TELLERS - They will not call night day, and day night; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

12. The ALTRUISTS - These ones believe that life is not just about them, it is about you too; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

13. The RELIABLE - You can count on them when it counts most; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

14. The CONTENTED - These ones are not greedy, they are satisfied with whatever they get from you and they bless you from their heart for it; MAY YOU MEET THEM.

15. The LOVERS and PURSUERS of GOD & GODLY LIFE - These ones are always connected to God; MAY YOU MEET THEM, so you will never be disconnected from your source who is your MAKER.

#Success is a collection and network of Relationships. There are those who matter to your life; there are those whom your life also matters to!.
May you experience the  blessing and favor OF DIVINE CONNECTIVITY all through 2017 in the name of Jesus Christ.

You are blessed.

David Popoola (Pastor) 

The success story of FUTO student...Trial To Testimony...Making Excellence Common.



I had just got admitted to the University to study Animal Science. This was not what I wanted. I had envisaged studying Petro-Chemical Engineering or Industrial Chemistry, not necessarily because I knew what these actually meant then, but because I wanted to 'belong'. All my classmates were all about one kind of engineering course or the other, while others were all about Medicine and Surgery. No one mentioned anything Agriculture. So, why would I ever think of Animal Science. In fact, I didn't know there was a course like that until I got my admission letter.

I didn't meet up with the cut-off mark for my two desired courses. So, I was asked to apply for a supplementary admission. If you are from Nigeria, you sure have an idea of what that means. Long story cut short. I was offered admission. I was at my hometown when the letter arrived. So, I got a call from my brother that I have been offered admission by the Federal University of technology, Owerri. But, I was not told what course.

When I go home, I discovered that I was offered Animal Science. My first reaction? I cried. But that was just the beginning of my trouble. I think my dad had mentioned it to one of his  friends that he was then a proud father of a 'going to be graduate' son. Because, a few days later, as I was walking down to my mum's shop at the 'mami market, I met a friend whose in-law happened to be my dad's friend. He told me he heard I've been offered admission. And this was the discussion that ensued between us. Let's assume he's Emeka

Emeka: Hey, Apeh. How are you?
Me: I am fine. How are you?
Emeka: I'm fine too. I heard you've been offered admission by FUTO (Federal University of Technology)
Me: Yes.
Emeka: Wow. That's good. What course?
Me. Animal Production (That was what it was actually called then. It was only changed in my 2nd year)
Emeka: Hahahahahaha! Hahahahahahaha! Animal what? Hahahahahahaha! What kind of course is that? Hahahahahahahaha! You better find  a way to re-sit for JAMB oooo or change the course. If not, you will not find a job ooooo. Animal what?
Me: Dumb. Faced down. Embarrassed. Reduced. Laughed to scorn. Looking like a bird beaten by the rain.

There are no words I can use in this writing to portray how I felt. I left that spot with my tail in-between my legs. I felt defeated. But this is my life. What do I do when someone says "It's impossible?" Because I came to realize that it is not much about what people think or say about you but how you choose to react that matters at the long run.

When I got to the University I made up my mind that no one would ever laugh at me again for studying Animal Science. I did not choose it, but "I chose to ACCEPT it" and turn it for my good. I decided that I'll be one of the best there ever would be in Nigeria and hopefully across the globe.

I then set my face like the flint. I maintained focus. I did my best as an Animal Science student. I made sure I was well informed and knowledgeable about this thing that I've put myself in. I knew every damn way to make money from it. I knew every damn way to make a name from it. I realized that when people doubt you, your only answer or response to them should be RESULTS. I produced results.

As a matter of fact, at the point where I am today, no one remembers I studied Animal Science. Because I focused and worked on it, it has paid off. This post is not necessarily about a course of study. It is more on how I survived my friend's scorn by moving my focus on what happened that day to the kind of future I want for myself. And I found out that the kind of future I want is not dependent on any specific course of study. I am just using it to illustrate that knowing what you want and focusing in your goals is very important It is not much about what you read it school but what you decide to turn that into in your own life.

But all I have achieved was first inspired by a mockery. So, when you are mocked this year by anyone, don't give in. Don't take whatever they say to be who you are. You can have the last laugh against life, even though it may be mocking you now. You may be at a point where you walk the streets faced down, with all fingers pointing at you, and whispering sounds of gossips at the background.

If you want to have victory, then FOCUS. Tell yourself you are not who they think you are. And focus on bringing on the best EVERYDAY. I mean every single day. When you go in to your room. Lock the door behind you, go to work. When you wake up in the morning, go to work. Work until you have results that no one can gainsay.

This is the year to focus on ONLY THINGS THAT MATTER, and not otherwise.

So, let's make it a blockbuster.

#MakingExcellenceCommon

Written by Dr. Apeh Omede

Waiting Is Not A Waste of Time... Success Story of Dr. Apeh Omede.



The Waiting Period

While in school, I dreamed of studying abroad. I usually received handbooks and brochures from universities in Australia. I will look at them and imagine how someday in the future, I'd walk on the grass of the students' courtyard of one of those universities. This was as far back as the early 2000s. The dream became real in 2013. Long time to wait ah... I may talk more about that some other time.

However, my first ever trip to Australia was in 2008 for a conference, and that a student. I waited for 4 years before it happened. Before then, I came across a global Poultry Science Conference that was advertised in a journal scheduled to hold in 2004 at Istanbul, Turkey. The advert came with an information on sponsorship for young people in Poultry Science. The competitive 'me' glowed immediately I saw that. The deadline for application was 30th December, 2003. I quickly picked up my tools of war. I completed the application and submitted it on the last day. In the process of preparing the application, I needed a referee letter. I went to a well respected professor in the department to help me with that. I got the letter from him but with a comment. He said "I don't think you'll get it." And his reasons where candid.

My CV was scanty. I did not submit the application with a paper for presentation. I didn't have any research publication to count on as experience.

A few weeks later, I got a mail from the organisers. My application was unsuccessful, just as was predicted by the professor. But I had a second chance because the next conference was scheduled to hold in Australia but that required a waiting period of 4 years until 2008.

What should I be doing while waiting? I have 4 years. Is it worth waiting that long? How sure am I that I would get it in 2008 after waiting that long? These would be the typical question on the mind of any common man. But I refused to attend to such.

What did I do?

I went to my 'rich dad'.

And together, we walked through the 4 years preparing for 2008. While I waited, I had time to reflect on the points mentioned by the professor. I took several training during my service year to improve on my CV. I saved from my service year and went back to school. While in school, and working with my rich dad, we attended several conferences and I had the opportunity to improve on my presentation skills. I ultimately improved on my writing skills as well. Before 2008, I had a good number of publications for my level then, all with the support of my rich dad. Above all, I never lost sight of attending the conference in Australia in 2008.

And then, 2008 came. Four years passed in a flash. I wrote a paper that when I look back to, I can only imagine how it happened because of its quality. When it was time for the application again, I gathered my stuff. I prepared my application and submitted. We were 52 young people selected. Two of us came from Africa. One lady from South Africa, and humble self. Apart from that I applied for a side travel grant. I got that too. A very long story that can't be accommodated here also led to finding all the funds I needed. I arrived Australia in June, 2008. That single trip opened the door to coming back in 2013, after another 4 years waiting period, with its string of story too.

The point is you may never get what you want this year. You may have to wait some more. May be 2 more years. May be 5. You never can tell, and it may not be by your doing. Yes, that's the truth and not to be seen as a negative prophesy. The question is, what is going to be your disposition when an opportunity is postponed and you have to wait? Do you give up on your dream? Or do you go back to make work on yourself and make sure every day counts while you wait? The waiting period is not a time to place your life on hold. It is simply a time to grow.

Your ability to wait is dependent on the value you place on 'why' and 'what' you're waiting for. If you do not place value on the purpose for waiting, you won't have the 'waitability' needed for the period. If you also understand the possible benefits that may emanate from waiting till you get what you desire, it could help you. So, while you wait for anything this year, think of what the future holds if you successfully wait. Because, the real deal is on the other side of the waiting period.

While waiting, keep trying. While waiting, look for a mentor or someone you can trust to help you build around your dream. While waiting, keep the dream alive. While waiting, wait ACTIVELY! As we move into this year, let's move with this mindset.

To a blockbuster year!

#MakingExcellenceCommon

Written by Dr. Apeh Omede. 

Monday, 2 January 2017

Our Case Is Different...New Year Message from Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo...



COMMANDING NOISELESS BREAKTHROUGH IN HARD TIMES  - By Bishop David Oyedepo

In this Cross Over Night Service, we must know that you do not have to make noise to make news but you make covenant moves to make news.

In 2017, the Lord will impact every member of this church with the spirit of obedience of faith that would command unimaginable level of noiseless breakthrough in the name of Jesus. The spirit of obedience is the most powerful weapon of warfare but it appears to be the most ignored tool of spiritual warfare . People tend to pray more than work towards obedience. Exodus 23 v 23 -26.

We must note that, not every service is acceptable to God. Hence, we must know how to serve him acceptably.

We must serve Him joyfully and gladly but not questionably, forcibly and grudgingly. We live in the world of the supernatural. Philippians 2v3-9. It is therefore the spiritual level of obedience that provides the key to operate in supernatural commandment of noiseless breakthrough. Obedience is the key to our tomorrow. .We need to examine the blessedness of obedience in Psalm 112 V 1-10

The good news is that, the expected year of our greatness is here.  All we need is to use the key of diligent obedience. Psalm 23 V 6 . Obedience guarantees automatic dominion over darkness and all its manifestation. By working in dominion, you render darkness powerless.. Whatever the enemy has robbed you of shall be recovered in 7 folds in 2017.

Following God's instruction is the secret of the making of every believer. In fellowship is where your blessing are reserved. Psalm 132 V15-16, Zion is the platform for the making of the rise of giants. Obadiah 1 v 21. You must be glad to be a committed church addict. All those who mock church addicts as people who don't have work to do will run to hiding in 2017. So, be gladly enlisted among the church addicts in this year 2017.  As no doctor can operate on you in your bedroom,  so does God need you in Zion,  the congregation and fellowship of His people to empower you to a noiseless breakthrough in 2017.

Fellowship is vital to the rising of giants.  Know also that , covenant practise is the only platform for guaranteed breakthrough. 2 Cor. 3 V 7-9. Blessed are the meek... Mattew 5 V 5 , 1Pet 3 Vs 4

It takes humility to experience enlargement. God has a plan to take you to the top but meekness and humility are the major requirements to get there.  1Pet 5 V 6.  You must humble yourself before you qualify for the top.

Prayer is a secret ministry that guarantees open rewards. Members of this church shall in 2017 be praying and as they engage  in kingdom promotion prayers, they shall experience open reward. Therefore ,  expect a prayer revival in this church in 2017.

Following Christ at all costs guarantees noiseless breakthrough..  Examine Deut.  28 v 1-13. There is no commandment of scripture that is meant for group empowerment but for individual's benefit.  God blesses individuals.Therefore,  in 2017, no one will joke with obedience. Receive the grace for raw obedience to assess  and command your noiseless breakthrough in the name of Jesus.

It is very important that every demand of scripture requires the enduement of obedience. Some demands are too difficult to bear naturally. That is why we need the supernatural spirit of obedience. Gen. 17v10 .John 10 v 18 . It is important to note that ultimate obedience requires empowerment of the the supernatural spirit of obedience. Power to obey demands of scriptures,  receive it today. We need the Spirit of obedience for prompt obedience of God's command because delay obedience is disobedience.  It can be costly. You need to receive instruction and promptly obey for instant manifestation of its command.  To engage in prompt obedience, you need the supernatural spirit of obedience. In the name of Jesus be endued with the spirit of Obedience for prompt obedience. We need the spirit of wisdom for unreserved obedience. 1 Samuel 16:13. John 8 V 29 . When you work in the spirit of obedience, you enter into partnership with the devine. Every obedience  to devine instruction opens a new chapter to the believer. Through obedience to His commandments several new chapters would be opened to you this year (Amen)

Every month shall open a new chapter  to you this year. Every act of obedience enables you to pass a test which makes God to manifest Himself to you.  2 Cor. 10  V 6 when your  obedience is fulfilled, all evils are completely subdued.  Supernatural supplies always answer to our acts of obedience.  Praise God.

Remain Ever Blessed.

My Case is Different !!!

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The difference between the impossible  and the POSSIBLE lies in a person's DETERMINATION...Tommy Lasorda. You determine the life you live Irrespective of the circumstances and challenges before you. #CreateYourOwnFutureNow Please don't watch it happen. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON THIS PLATFORM. UNENDING TESTIMONIES  AND NOISELESS BREAKTHROUGH SHALL BE OUR PORTION IN THIS NEW YEAR. WE ARE ALL BLESSED BEYOND MEASURES.

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Sunday, 1 January 2017

2017 Prophetic Declaration for Living Faith Church Worldwide.


Sunday, January 01, 2017

2017 WINNERS’ PERSONALIZED PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS


  • We discover from scriptures that no prophecy ever gets fulfilled on its own, but every prophetic word always leaves believers with what to do to see it fulfilled – 1 Tim. 1:18/ Jn 2:5
  • Any prophetic word that doesn’t leave us with what to do is questionable – Ps 89:34.
  • For instance, to be exempted from the oncoming economic holocaust, we must subscribe to the covenant of giving and receiving – Mal. 3:17-18/ Mal. 4:1-2
  • This is because what we give today is what secures our tomorrow – 1 Tim. 6:17-19
  • This is why we must keep hunting for the responsibilities attached to every prophetic word – Mak. 10:21
  • There are always conditions to be met to access any provision in redemption – Gal. 3:13-14/ Duet. 28:1-13/ Zech. 7:13
  • We serve a covenant keeping God, and until our part is played, we cannot get Him committed – Deut. 8:18

I pray that the 2017 prophetic package shall fully deliver in the lives of every Winner in Jesus’ name. Amen.


(A) MY CASE IS DIFFERENT – 1 Pet. 2:9/ 1 Cor.4:7
  1. As I maintain my covenant walk with God all through the year 2017, while others may be drying up, I shall be flourishing, because my case is different– Mal. 3:6-10/17-18/ Gen. 47:15-27
  2. As I continue to serve God with joy and gladness, God shall make me to laugh, and all that hear shall laugh with me – Gen. 21:6/ Ps 35:27
  3. As I serve the interest of the kingdom of God throughout the year 2017 and beyond, I shall never lack bread and water on my table–Exo. 23:25/Matt.6:31-33
  4. Because I have made my choice to serve the Lord, no matter how many businesses collapse in this season of uncertainties, none of mine shall collapse – Exo. 9:1-7/ Mal. 3:18/ Mal. 4:1-2
  5. As I continue to serve God throughout 2017 and beyond, when men say there is a casting down, I shall be singing, there is a lifting up – Job 22:21-26/29/ Job 36:11
  6. As I walk in the light of scriptures, the destructions and devastations of these hard times shall never come near my habitation – Exo. 8:18-26/ Is. 60:1-3
  7. By the light of life all through 2017, I shall never get to a point where I will not know the way forward – Exo. 10:21-23/ Ps 25:12-14/ Jn 8:12
  8. As I remain committed to the covenant of abundance, I shall be exempted from the oncoming economic holocaust – Mal. 3:6-8/17-18/ Mal. 4:1-2

(B) MY DAYS OF SUPERNATURAL BREAKTHROUGHS ARE HERE – Luk. 5:1-8
  1. As I remain on course with divine plans, I shall be breaking forth on every side in these hard times – Joel 2:1-11/ Is. 48:21
  2. In 2017 and by my commitment to covenant practice, no matter the heat on this earth, it shall not affect me and my household – Exo. 9:1-7/ Mal. 3:6-11
  3. From 2017 onwards, because I belong to this prophetic family, whatever clears the way for this Commission begins to clear the way for me and my household – 1 Sam. 10:5-6/ 10-12/ 2 Kgs 2:12-15
  4. Through the covenant of tithing, I shall begin to enjoy the rain of divine ideas, which shall turn me to an envy of my world – Gen. 14:20/ Gen. 18:19 / Gen. 30:32-43
  5. By reason of my covenant walk with God, my children shall emerge as high flyers in their lifetime – Ps 112:1-3/ Gen. 22:16-18
  6. As I walk in obedience to the commandment of scriptures, my household shall emerge a family of giants – 1 Sam. 2:22-30/ Is. 60:1-3/8-22
  7. As I walk in the fear of the Lord all through 2017, I shall be divinely guided into realms of supernatural abundance – Is. 58:11-12/ Ps 23:1-6
  8. In the year 2017, whatever represents an air of pity around my life, shall be turned to testimony of envy – Is. 60:15/ Gen. 26:1-14/ Gal. 4:28
  9. By my raw obedience of faith, I shall begin to command noiseless breakthroughs all through 2017 and beyond – Deut. 28:1-13/ Luk. 5:1-8
  10. As I continue to serve God, every generational curse hanging around my life shall be supernaturally broken this year – Exo. 23:25-26/ Num. 23:8/20
  11. Because the righteous shall not beg bread, the days of my joblessness are over – Ps 37:25
  12. And because my God is not a robber, but a rewarder, there shall be no more dry seasons in my business and career life – Heb. 11:6/ Rev. 22:12
  13. All through 2017 and beyond, every benefit of covenant practice shall start speaking loud in my life – Phi. 4:15-19

(C) NO ONE SHALL ASK ME AGAIN, WHERE IS YOUR GOD? – Ps 115:2-3/ Ps 79:10-12
  1. By my commitment to kingdom advancement endeavours all through 2017, everything shall be speaking in my favour – Ps 102:13-15/ Ps 35:27
  2. All through 2017, everything shall be working together for my good as I maintain my covenant walk with God – Rom. 8:28/ Jn 14:21
  3. I believe serving God guarantees fruitfulness, therefore, I shall bring forth my miracle child(ren) this year – Exo. 23:25-26
  4. Because the fruit of the womb is listed among the rewards of service, I shall bring forth supernaturally this year – Ps 127:3
  5. For every form of shame I may have suffered, there shall be double restoration for me in 2017 – Is. 60:1-3/14-15/ Is. 61:7

(D) MY DAYS OF MANIFESTATIONS ARE HERE – Rom. 8:19-20
  1. From 2017 and beyond, and by reason of my covenant walk with God, I shall be feeding fat from heaven’s storehouse – Phi. 4:15-19/ Exo. 16:35
  2. All through 2017, while many may be begging, I shall be giving – Pro. 11:24-25/ Pro. 28:27
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  3. In 2017, while many may be living with hunger, I shall be distributing food – 1 Tim. 6:17-19/ Matt.25:31-40
  4. My covenant walk with God today shall continue to distinguish me all through this season of uncertainties – Mal. 3:6-11/17-18
  5. As I follow divine guidance, wonders without end shall be my experience all through the year 2017 and beyond – Ps 23:1-6/ Is. 48:21
  6. As I maintain my covenant walk with God, my showers of blessing shall continue to come down – Ezk. 34:26/ Deut. 28:1-13
  7. As I continue to serve God all through 2017, I shall be singing breakthrough songs all the way – Ps 126:1-6/ Ps 35:27
  8. As I continue to put the word of God to work, my life shall no longer be a question mark, but an exclamation among men – Matt. 13:54/ Is. 60:1-3

(E) MY DAYS OF TOTAL HEALTH ARE FINALLY HERE – Exo. 23:25-26
  1. By my faith in the finished work of Christ, my health shall be fully restored this year – Jer. 30:17/Matt. 9:27-29
  2. In 2017, through the revelation of the word, health and vitality shall be my testimony – Job 33:21-25
  3. Through the mystery of kingdom stewardship, every sickness and disease shall be taken away from my body – Exo. 23:25-26
  4. As an ambassador of Christ, reconciling the world back to God through soul winning, I shall continue to live a sickness-free life from henceforth – Jn 15:1-2/ 2 Cor. 5:20/ Pro. 13:17
  5. As I continue to give to the poor, I shall be totally delivered from every affliction of sickness and disease from henceforth – Ps 41:1-3
  6.  I believe that serving God guarantees longevity, therefore, God shall satisfy me with long life – Exo. 23:25-26/ Ps 91:16

(F) FROM HENCEFORTH MONEY SHALL BECOME A NON-ISSUE IN MY LIFE – Job. 22:21-25
  1.  Through my tireless commitment to covenant practice, I shall be financially settled this year – Deut. 8:18/ 2 Cor. 9:6-8
  2.  As I maintain a quality covenant walk with God, in the midst of this economic meltdown, I shall be scaling new heights – Mal. 3:6-10/ Mal. 4:1-2/ Gen. 47:15-27
  3. Through the mystery of tithing, this time of economic horror shall be my time of financial honour – Mal. 3:10-11/ Ps 37:18-19
  4. As I remain committed to kingdom advancement givings, my financial dominion shall be established this year – Hag. 1:5-14/ 1 Kgs 8:17-18
  5. By my raw obedience to the law of giving and receiving, money shall become of least concern to me all through 2017 and beyond – Job 22:21-25/ 2 Cor. 9:6-8
  6. As giving and receiving becomes my lifestyle, supernatural abundance shall become my testimony all through 2017 and beyond – 2 Cor. 8:1-3/ Phi. 4:15-19

(G) MY YEAR OF ESCAPE HAS COME – Is. 63:4/ Heb. 2:3
  1. As a covenant child, God’s vengeance shall answer in the camp of my enemies this year – Is. 63:4/ Luk. 18:7-8/ PS 94:1
  2. As I continue to make bold declarations, whatever is seating on any aspect of my destiny, shall be unseated this year – Ps 81:10-14/ Pro. 18:21
  3. As I continue to put the word to work, seemingly impossible barriers shall give way to me – Exo. 14:15/ Ps 114:3-7
  4. As I continue to walk in the fear of the Lord, in the day of famine I shall be satisfied – Ps 33:18-19/ Ps 37:18-19
  5. Because marriage is a good thing and they that serve the Lord shall not lack any good thing, my marital destiny is settled this year – Pro. 18:22/ Ps 34:10
  6. As a covenant child, every form of marital spell around my life is finally broken this year – Ps 68:6/ Num. 23:23
  7. As I maintain a quality walk with God, every satanic gang up against me, my family, business and career shall fall for my sake this year – Is. 54:15/17
  8. As I continue to serve God, I shall not suffer any assault of the wicked anymore – Luk. 10:1/17-19/ Ps105:13-15

(H) MY SEASON OF CELEBRATION HAS FINALLY COME – Is. 48:21
  1. As I continue to serve God, every day shall be Christmas for me all through the year 2017 – Job 36:11/ Ps 68:19
  2. As I continue to follow God’s leading, only goodness and mercy shall be following me all through the year 2017 – Ps. 23:6.
  3. Through my undying love for God, the kind of turnaround that I have never imagined shall begin to take place in my life beginning from this year – Ps 126:1-6/ 1 Cor. 2:9
  4. As I continue to dwell in the secret place of the Most Hight, I shall be exempted from all evils in 2017 and beyond – Ps. 91:1-16.
  5.  As I continue to engage in promoting the kingdom of God through prayers, all my secret tears shall be turned to public testimonies this year – Gen. 21:6/ Luk. 2:37/ Matt.6:6/17-18
  6. As I continue to serve God diligently, I shall spend my days in prosperity, and my years in pleasures – Job 36:11/ Ps 35:27
Jesus is Lord!