CAUTION! I want you to understand that finding your self is not a one time deal. This is a journey of different phases. Finding your self is some thing you will do and some thing you will keep doing till Jesus return. It is a journey from Faith to faith. This is a journey from Glory to Glory. This is the Journey from one Encounter to another Encounter with God. Secondly, because you have found your self does not mean you can automatically become your self. Finding yourself or discovering your self is the awareness and you recognizing God has given you the capacity to become and do a specific assignment, according to a specific pattern ( Christ ). You must come to understand that discovering your self in Christ is a call to preparation or becoming what you have discovered. Here are questions you must prayerfully ask and answer your self. Don’t answer any of the following questions according what any body has ever told you about yourself. Don’t answer the following question

THE WAY FORWARD… JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT LEADS YOU TO FINDING THE REAL SELF. -           You need a personal Encounter with God. Personal Encounter with God is any situation or any scripture from the bible that gives you a clear understand about who you really are according to God’s plan. This clear understanding is new and fresh. It’s different from what you use to know before the Encounter. -           You need a personal relationship with God base on your Encounter with him. This is the platform of you listening and talking or you talking and listening. It’s the platform of you using what you have learnt and understood from your Encounter as a platform for a conversation with God. This is the platform of Matthew 7:7 – 8; a place of you asking, seeking and knocking for God to reveal to you who he has created you to be. This is your right and the Holy Spirit is at your service to see to it that you know and understand whatsoever you ask, seek and knock for in line

THINGS YOU ARE NOT… FEARS: You are not what your fears tell you. WORRIES: You are not that person your worries have projected you to be. DOUBTS: You are not that person your worries are convincing you to accept. CONFUSION:  You are not that person your confused state has defined you to be. IGNORANCE: You are more than what your ignorance has made you to settle for; you worth more for Jesus is your worth! PAST: You are not your past; the blood of Jesus has declared you not guilty. WEAKNESS: You are not a prostitute. You are not a smoker. You are not a liar. You are not foolish. You are not useless. You are not a failure…etc. All of these are the mal-functioning of the ordinal you; don’t buy that lies from the devil. I know you are struggling with you but the truth is, that is not you. I know you are addicted to it but the truth is; that is not you. You are what the bible says you are. You are what God has ordained you to become before he formed you into you

In God’s kingdom, you don’t have a choice because all you have been created to do and become has been planned and written before you were formed into your mother’s womb. You must think, desire, expect and decide through what God has revealed to you as your purpose. In the society out there, you have a choice of sticking to what God has revealed to you. You have the choice to hold on to what you have learnt and understood from your self discovery in Christ. ‘Looking 4 Myself’ is the quest for LOVE. The only way to find love is when you are being able to find yourself. The possibility of you getting stock in an abusive relationship becomes easier when you have not found yourself. You can be used and dumped if you have don’t find yourself. There is no way you will really understand your true worth and values if you don’t find yourself. There is no way for you to understand God’s martial will for your life if you don’t find yourself. You totally become a victim when you don’t

You are not a PRODUCT OF MISTAKE OR UNPLANNED EVENT . God consciously with pride formed you into your mother’s womb. He planned for you; from the start till the very second you will spend on it. He planned, prepared, provided, and secured or protected every bit of your life, time, season and all you have experienced, all you are presently experiencing and all you will experience in future. All God have created you to do and become have been decided before God formed you into your mother’s womb. BUT God has hidden this plan. The devil, no angel, witchcraft, or any demon knows the purpose why god created you. No prophet or pastor can tell you the full detail of your purpose for existence. It is given to the Holy Spirit alone through the Scriptures to reveal to you, your purpose for existence. Your self is your past, yourself is the present and yourself is the future. You were created to live your self. Life in itself is you. This is the pattern God created for every individual

Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter but it is the glory of kings to search it out. You are welcome to the February edition of STRETCH YOUTH SUMMIT. In this month of February, we will be looking into the issue of Looking 4 Myself (The quest for LOVE ).  In the month of January, we dealt with the issue of You vs. Yourself (The War Zone). We were able to establish that you are where you are today because you allowed it. We also dealt with the issue of shifting blames, accusation, and making excuses. We looking into the scriptures and discovered that it’s God’s desire for His children to be responsible and accountable for his words, decision and attitude. This month, from our text Proverbs 25:2 – we need to understand that ‘Myself’ is the function of your divine purpose for existence. I want you to understand that God’s plan for you is for you to become the original you. You were not created to walk in any body’s shadow. You were not created to settl

All  Relationships Need to Be Nurtured   A relationship cannot survive on its own. It needs the care and nurturing of two adults, giving to each other in a way that creates a mutually beneficial connection. To foster a deep and loving relationship, there needs to be: Kind, constant, and honest communication.   Without talking, your relationship will not survive. The more you communicate, the closer you will be. The willingness to work through difficulties and disagreements.   Throwing in the towel, even if you don't walk out the door, is not the path to happiness. You must face the discomfort that comes with differing opinions and ideas. A sense of humor, some fun, and a bit of distraction from the rigors of daily life. You can't spend all your free time "working" on your relationship, don't make it a hobby. Discuss what you like to do, where you'd like to go, and how you both like to have fun. Then go do it. Sharing life lessons with the o

But there is disaster in this type of poverty, because it is a misinterpretation of God’s precious word, and an injustice to the reflection of His heart.   We are called to love ourselves! We are called to enjoy how God has made us, to delight in our uniqueness, our value, and our worth.  God delights in us, and we also are to delight in who He has created us to be. You see, God is not calling us to deny who he has made us to be, but rather, who He has not made us to be.  To deny our sinful nature with its temptations and its downfalls.  To deny our selfishness and our stubbornness.  To deny our lust, our pride, our idolatry.  To deny the things that separates us from God.  And only those things. But, Christians, we are ultimately called to love ourselves - just as God loves us. We are called to delight in ourselves as He delights in us.  And when we do, we will find that gates to loving others have never been so easy to walk through.  We will find that loving others

Love, friendship, business or any teamwork is meant to be a two sided. If you are the only person investing into the relationship, friendship, business or any teamwork – YOU ARE NOT WISE. Even God gave us His son to die for us in other for us to be reconciled back to Him. Our reconciliation to God was what God gained from His Son that he gave to die for our sake. The principle of giving and receiving is a must in the kingdom of God. The major question life, love, relationship, friendship, marriage or business will have to ask you always is WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER?   The only Pillar that sustain life, love, relationship, friendship, marriage or business is GAIN (what do I stand to gain? What about me?) You need other people and other person needs you. This truth is what will make your wisdom to be balanced. In life, friendship, marriage, relationship, and business – the only principle that works is TEAMWORK. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE YOUR SELF? Loving yours