Just BE! International Newsletter – Issue 23 – "The Addiction to Purpose!"

Dear friend,

I never cease to be amazed at the die-hard commitment many men and women have had towards their BEcoming their dreams in life. Such passion is definitely worth emulating.

People like Martin Luther, Joan of Arc, Galileo Galilei, Aristotle, John D. Rockefeller, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Paul the Apostle, Simon Peter the Apostle, Ken Saro-Wiwa, just to mention a few of them, are people who lived for their purposes, so much so, they had to die living it! Today, their names provoke global attention and celebration. In this Easter season, one person that readily comes to mind is none other than the Man, Jesus Christ.

The passion of the life of Jesus Christ in the execution of His assignment (John 9: 4; John 4:34), and the fact that He knew death awaited Him at Jerusalem at the tail end of His walk on earth, but He still went there (Matthew 20: 17 – 19; Mark 10: 32 – 34), are issues worth studying. Jesus knew that for one to BE, then you must live to die. In His words, “Anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go…you’ll have it forever, real and eternal” (John 14: 25 – The Message translation). He went to Jerusalem, He was killed, but He resurrected! (Hebrews 12:1, 2).

What is holding you back from BEcoming all you were designed by God to BE? What is keeping you from fulfilling your assignment? Is it sleep? Blatant laziness? Lack of focus? Prayerlessness? Nonchalance towards your dreams? Procrastination? The fallacy that you need to know somebody to help you? Friend, just BE! Live your dreams! Get addicted to your purpose! Your purpose is your assignment on earth! Your purpose is the discovery of the specifics of why God created you! Really, time is not on your side! Get addicted to your dreams and BE! You shall succeed!
Take charge! Maximise life! Just BE!

In Him,
Amenze.

Just BE! International Newsletter – Issue 23 – The Largest Nation

Dear friend,

One of the greatest truths I have discovered in life is that of ‘The Largest Nation on Earth’. Now, the largest nation is not China, neither is it the United States of America. It is not Canada or Russia either. The largest nation on earth is not geographical. The largest nation on earth is the Nation of Images. Yes, the ‘Imag(e)-I-Nation’ or rather, Imagination.

Imagination is so large and powerful that everything thrives in it! Anything you put into the imagination, if you constantly brood/meditate upon it, will come to BEing, whether positive or negative. In the nation of images, anything is possible! God formed man from His imagination! (Genesis 1:26,27); Man began creating the tower of Babel from his imagination! (Genesis 11:1-6); Job’s life became what it was because he imagined it before hand! (Job 3:25); In short, all of a man’s life is a product of his imagination (Proverbs 23:7).

Hence, it becomes imperative that imagination is used constructively and not destructively. This law is too powerful to be toyed with! Why? God has designed the law of life in such a manner that not only will a person become his or her most predominant mental brooding (or imagination), everything around that person, living or inanimate, will help you to become that thought! Situations and circumstances will naturally bend to fit our most dominant thought patterns, whether good or evil. Positive imaginations breed faith hope, and inspiration while negative imaginations breed fear, despair and worry (Galatians 6:7,8). Interestingly, there is a prescription of what we are to think about: whatever is noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8). Let these be what guides your imaginations, and you will succeed!

You shall BE! Use your imaginations to think positive, right, pure and productive thoughts always and it is just a matter of time, you shall BEcome what you see in your mind! (Ephesians 3:20, 21 – keyword – ‘Think’).

Take charge! Maximise life! Just BE!

PS: Recommended reading: 1. “As A Man Thinketh” – James Allen2. “The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success” – Brian Tracy