“As a man thinks in his heart, so he is.” Proverbs 23:7
You are welcome to this great year of the Lord. I also want to welcome you to the first edition of Stretch Youth Summit 2016. It is my greatest desire you to become better and stronger in the knowledge of Christ daily as this year unfolds.
I will start by writing that, the battle of life is not the battle of the world against you. It’s not a battle of the economy against you. It’s not the battle of your ex lover against you. It’s not a battle of your parents against you. It’s not a battle for the devil against you. It’s not a battle of any thing or being against you. This war and struggles of life has always being a war between you and yourself.
This war is not just the spiritual warfare but it’s a war that includes your physical, social, mental, emotional, and financial lifestyle. It’s a war that fights you on every side and it has caused many people to live unfulfilled life. This war has created broken families. In fact, this war is the major cause behind all the struggles, defeat, anger, and un-fulfillment people experience daily. Either you are young or old, rich or poor, a child or teenager, youth or adult, single or married; any where you find yourself, this is a war every one must learn how to conquer if destiny must be fulfilled.
This war is part of life and any body that must experience fulfillment in destiny must learn how to conquer this war. What even makes this war interesting is this; it’s not a war. These wars are in different phase of life and it’s a war you must keep conquering till Jesus returns. Salvation and all the finished work of Christ are resources and license made available for you as weapons for this war.
Either you are aware of it or not, either you believe it or not; we are constantly in war and it’s a war between you and yourself.
At this point, I want uncover to you the Revelation behind this topic and God’s intention for giving us this topic as our first topic for the year. Let us take a deep look as the difference between YOU and
YOURSELF.
These wars come in two patterns; a war between your past and your present state and a war between your present state and your future. It’s the struggle between who you were in the past, who you are now and who you are becoming. It’s a war between your pains and your healing. It’s a war between you being rejected and you being accepted. It’s a war between you being unloved and you being loved. It’s a war between your weakness and your strength. It’s a war between your regrets and your achievements. It’s a war between how people see you and how you see yourself. It’s a war between what people expect from you and what is meant to be. It’s a war between what people wants from you and what you need for your self. It’s a war of past memories of hurts and abuses. It’s a war between your freedom and your prison. It’s a war between your destiny helpers and your oppressors. It’s a war between pleasure and your necessity. It’s a war between your past decision and today’s reality. It’s a war between your growth and improvement process. It’s a war of responsibility and accountability to God, your self and to the people around you. Etc.
These wars are in different dimension and the list can go on but I really want you to know that people’s attitude and the way people treat you is the manifestation of the war that goes on inside of their lives. This war is more dangerous because it’s a war in your mind; it’s a war that goes on inside of you, your emotions, your mind-set etc. It’s a war yet in it you can smile when your heart is really crying. You end up blaming every body for what’s going wrong in your life without you blaming yourself. You make other people feel bad just to make yourself feel good about yourself. You judge and condemn people just to appeal your own guilt. You settle for less just because you are scared to risk new ideas. You settle for abuse because you hate truth.
Your present state success or fail in life is just the reflection of how defeated you are in this war and how victorious you are in this war.
Is this what the Lord has planned for us individually? No! This is not what He has planned. What is the way forward? The only way forward lies in you knowing and understanding who you are.
... to be continued
You are welcome to this great year of the Lord. I also want to welcome you to the first edition of Stretch Youth Summit 2016. It is my greatest desire you to become better and stronger in the knowledge of Christ daily as this year unfolds.
I will start by writing that, the battle of life is not the battle of the world against you. It’s not a battle of the economy against you. It’s not the battle of your ex lover against you. It’s not a battle of your parents against you. It’s not a battle for the devil against you. It’s not a battle of any thing or being against you. This war and struggles of life has always being a war between you and yourself.
This war is not just the spiritual warfare but it’s a war that includes your physical, social, mental, emotional, and financial lifestyle. It’s a war that fights you on every side and it has caused many people to live unfulfilled life. This war has created broken families. In fact, this war is the major cause behind all the struggles, defeat, anger, and un-fulfillment people experience daily. Either you are young or old, rich or poor, a child or teenager, youth or adult, single or married; any where you find yourself, this is a war every one must learn how to conquer if destiny must be fulfilled.
This war is part of life and any body that must experience fulfillment in destiny must learn how to conquer this war. What even makes this war interesting is this; it’s not a war. These wars are in different phase of life and it’s a war you must keep conquering till Jesus returns. Salvation and all the finished work of Christ are resources and license made available for you as weapons for this war.
Either you are aware of it or not, either you believe it or not; we are constantly in war and it’s a war between you and yourself.
At this point, I want uncover to you the Revelation behind this topic and God’s intention for giving us this topic as our first topic for the year. Let us take a deep look as the difference between YOU and
YOURSELF.
These wars come in two patterns; a war between your past and your present state and a war between your present state and your future. It’s the struggle between who you were in the past, who you are now and who you are becoming. It’s a war between your pains and your healing. It’s a war between you being rejected and you being accepted. It’s a war between you being unloved and you being loved. It’s a war between your weakness and your strength. It’s a war between your regrets and your achievements. It’s a war between how people see you and how you see yourself. It’s a war between what people expect from you and what is meant to be. It’s a war between what people wants from you and what you need for your self. It’s a war of past memories of hurts and abuses. It’s a war between your freedom and your prison. It’s a war between your destiny helpers and your oppressors. It’s a war between pleasure and your necessity. It’s a war between your past decision and today’s reality. It’s a war between your growth and improvement process. It’s a war of responsibility and accountability to God, your self and to the people around you. Etc.
These wars are in different dimension and the list can go on but I really want you to know that people’s attitude and the way people treat you is the manifestation of the war that goes on inside of their lives. This war is more dangerous because it’s a war in your mind; it’s a war that goes on inside of you, your emotions, your mind-set etc. It’s a war yet in it you can smile when your heart is really crying. You end up blaming every body for what’s going wrong in your life without you blaming yourself. You make other people feel bad just to make yourself feel good about yourself. You judge and condemn people just to appeal your own guilt. You settle for less just because you are scared to risk new ideas. You settle for abuse because you hate truth.
Your present state success or fail in life is just the reflection of how defeated you are in this war and how victorious you are in this war.
Is this what the Lord has planned for us individually? No! This is not what He has planned. What is the way forward? The only way forward lies in you knowing and understanding who you are.
... to be continued
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