Happy glorious NEW YEAR!
It has been almost a full year I have written anything and I will be totally honest with you all! I have struggled for the past year with consistency but this is over, all glory to God. So this year, I decided that I would intentionally finish whatever projects that I start and this is one of them.
I started this blog to talk about skincare, relationships,travel,life and how it affects us financially, emotionally, spiritually and mentally and to share my very candid thoughts about almost everything. I want to build a community of kind loving people and most importantly share my love for christ. I honestly believe that our world today makes the word of God or our faith in Jesus seem like one big boring journey, but its not! And I hope to show it to the world with my ink and my truth.
The year has started and a lot of us would have scribbled down what we want to achieve and how well we want to do, definitely much better than last year. so Today, I will be talking about Being Intentional and having Faith. I will start by quoting proverbs 24:27,
''Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house''
Simply put, Plan. write the vision then Prepare for what you have planned or written down. Then you go further to take the steps to build that dream or goal. I shortformed it to- Pray, Plan. Prepare. Execute. Because you need to pray first before taking any steps at all, Once you find peace then you plan, prepare and then execute. It says so in Philippians 4;6
''Do not worry about anything but pray about everything.
Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.
Then you will experience Gods peace which exceeds anything we can understand.
His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus''
This is why you pray first about any thought, dream or desire. when you find peace, then you do what it says in proverbs 3;5
''trust in the lord with all your heart, lean not depend on your own understanding.
seek his will in all you do and he will show you which path to take''
A lot of times we may believe that we already have it all figured out so there is no need to seek the lord on which path to take and that is absolute woggwash! when you lean not on your own ways or intellect and ask him to show you what to do, it becomes way more easier, the path clearer and you have extreme peace. Do not forget, it is written. 'Not by power nor by might but by the spirit of God'
Let me get a little bit personal. Two examples in sight.
Last year I quit my job because I totally lost my peace of mind and joy in that place. I remember submitting my resignation letter and feeling a huge weight come off my shoulders. I am continually thankful for that deliverance. So I started two businesses out of anxiety and a need to keep extemely busy and they failed.... but before they failed, I did not have peace over them. I remember seeking the lord about what to do before I transitioned into my dreams and he gave me peace over one BUT I thought doing that willl not be so profitable. So in November, I went back to the business I thought would not be profitable and in LESS than two months, I had made over $1000 in revenue. I was checking my books in the beginning of the year and I was blown! BUT that is not the message here.
I had peace because I felt led to do this business. Now, I did not buy enough stock to cover the amount of sales I was hoping to get <translation- I was not being intentional and having enough faith>, I lost a lot of sales because of that and the holyspirit convicted me!
Another example,
My fiance and I were planning on have a December wedding. we did lots of businesses and had enough to cover the ceremony BUT we were not intentional and other things came up and swallowed up our funds and our time. Transaltion- we did not plan appropriately, we did not prepare and so we could not execute. we have both been convicted and things are looking really good!
Things will never work themselves out without you being intentional and having faith in God. I used to be so insistent on seeing beefore beliving untill I read proverbs 24;27 and I realized I felt that way because it is GOOD to Plan, prepare then build which in the case of my business it would be to: Plan for the sales I was expecting to make by paying for adverts, which i did. Then BUY sufficicient amount of products to prepare for sales and then begin to sell which is my execution in this case.
I have no idea what is non-progressive in your life BUT ask yourself if you are being intentional. Do an honest self appraisal. King David did too. If one of your goals for the year is going abroad and you do not have enough money to go as a tourist then look for fully funded scholarships. Write down what is needed, break it down into achievable goals and begin to walk towards it intentionally. By the end of the year or say October, you will be on your way. This is being intentional and trusting God. God does not want us to be passive.
If you want to lose say 10kg of weight in this new year, start exercising intentionally and quit eating all that junk and late night food. Again, write down your goal weight, plan how to achieve this by meal plans and dedicated excersise routine to keep you active, then execute. On some days, you will wake up and feel like doing nothing but let the satisfaction of ending the year better than you started be your motivation.
January is almost gone, today is the 18th already... Time waits for no one. Lay off every weight keeping you down. It could be procrastination, Unhealthy relationships, Video games, spending too much time with movies or novels. Whatever it is, throw it all off by the help of Jesus and have a more meaningful year. I used to feel so guilty about not being physically there for my family and I always wanted to please people until the holyspirit opened my eyes to see this was hampering my progress in life hence my inability to ''leave the nest'' and fly. I have since thrown off that weight and I also started to be intentional about life.
So I encourage you, be Intentional, Trust God and do unimaginable things this year.
If you are in Lagos,Nigeria and you are feeling lonesome, you need friends to hang out with during the weekends or travel with or you need a prayer group all to keep you accountable and enjoy this life Jesus has richly blessed us with then I will share details of the instagram handle of the african Iris community in my next post which will be on Monday. You can keep up with dates and events there BUT you will need to register. Kindly note that this gathering is to share laughs, good conversation and Kind company. If you are single or married in Lagos and you need some holy fun then please, Join us!
I love you with all my heart and I will be posting 3 to 5 times a week now. This is a year of being intentional!
Happy new year!
It has been almost a full year I have written anything and I will be totally honest with you all! I have struggled for the past year with consistency but this is over, all glory to God. So this year, I decided that I would intentionally finish whatever projects that I start and this is one of them.
I started this blog to talk about skincare, relationships,travel,life and how it affects us financially, emotionally, spiritually and mentally and to share my very candid thoughts about almost everything. I want to build a community of kind loving people and most importantly share my love for christ. I honestly believe that our world today makes the word of God or our faith in Jesus seem like one big boring journey, but its not! And I hope to show it to the world with my ink and my truth.
The year has started and a lot of us would have scribbled down what we want to achieve and how well we want to do, definitely much better than last year. so Today, I will be talking about Being Intentional and having Faith. I will start by quoting proverbs 24:27,
''Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house''
Simply put, Plan. write the vision then Prepare for what you have planned or written down. Then you go further to take the steps to build that dream or goal. I shortformed it to- Pray, Plan. Prepare. Execute. Because you need to pray first before taking any steps at all, Once you find peace then you plan, prepare and then execute. It says so in Philippians 4;6
''Do not worry about anything but pray about everything.
Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.
Then you will experience Gods peace which exceeds anything we can understand.
His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus''
This is why you pray first about any thought, dream or desire. when you find peace, then you do what it says in proverbs 3;5
''trust in the lord with all your heart, lean not depend on your own understanding.
seek his will in all you do and he will show you which path to take''
A lot of times we may believe that we already have it all figured out so there is no need to seek the lord on which path to take and that is absolute woggwash! when you lean not on your own ways or intellect and ask him to show you what to do, it becomes way more easier, the path clearer and you have extreme peace. Do not forget, it is written. 'Not by power nor by might but by the spirit of God'
Let me get a little bit personal. Two examples in sight.
Last year I quit my job because I totally lost my peace of mind and joy in that place. I remember submitting my resignation letter and feeling a huge weight come off my shoulders. I am continually thankful for that deliverance. So I started two businesses out of anxiety and a need to keep extemely busy and they failed.... but before they failed, I did not have peace over them. I remember seeking the lord about what to do before I transitioned into my dreams and he gave me peace over one BUT I thought doing that willl not be so profitable. So in November, I went back to the business I thought would not be profitable and in LESS than two months, I had made over $1000 in revenue. I was checking my books in the beginning of the year and I was blown! BUT that is not the message here.
I had peace because I felt led to do this business. Now, I did not buy enough stock to cover the amount of sales I was hoping to get <translation- I was not being intentional and having enough faith>, I lost a lot of sales because of that and the holyspirit convicted me!
Another example,
My fiance and I were planning on have a December wedding. we did lots of businesses and had enough to cover the ceremony BUT we were not intentional and other things came up and swallowed up our funds and our time. Transaltion- we did not plan appropriately, we did not prepare and so we could not execute. we have both been convicted and things are looking really good!
Things will never work themselves out without you being intentional and having faith in God. I used to be so insistent on seeing beefore beliving untill I read proverbs 24;27 and I realized I felt that way because it is GOOD to Plan, prepare then build which in the case of my business it would be to: Plan for the sales I was expecting to make by paying for adverts, which i did. Then BUY sufficicient amount of products to prepare for sales and then begin to sell which is my execution in this case.
I have no idea what is non-progressive in your life BUT ask yourself if you are being intentional. Do an honest self appraisal. King David did too. If one of your goals for the year is going abroad and you do not have enough money to go as a tourist then look for fully funded scholarships. Write down what is needed, break it down into achievable goals and begin to walk towards it intentionally. By the end of the year or say October, you will be on your way. This is being intentional and trusting God. God does not want us to be passive.
If you want to lose say 10kg of weight in this new year, start exercising intentionally and quit eating all that junk and late night food. Again, write down your goal weight, plan how to achieve this by meal plans and dedicated excersise routine to keep you active, then execute. On some days, you will wake up and feel like doing nothing but let the satisfaction of ending the year better than you started be your motivation.
January is almost gone, today is the 18th already... Time waits for no one. Lay off every weight keeping you down. It could be procrastination, Unhealthy relationships, Video games, spending too much time with movies or novels. Whatever it is, throw it all off by the help of Jesus and have a more meaningful year. I used to feel so guilty about not being physically there for my family and I always wanted to please people until the holyspirit opened my eyes to see this was hampering my progress in life hence my inability to ''leave the nest'' and fly. I have since thrown off that weight and I also started to be intentional about life.
So I encourage you, be Intentional, Trust God and do unimaginable things this year.
If you are in Lagos,Nigeria and you are feeling lonesome, you need friends to hang out with during the weekends or travel with or you need a prayer group all to keep you accountable and enjoy this life Jesus has richly blessed us with then I will share details of the instagram handle of the african Iris community in my next post which will be on Monday. You can keep up with dates and events there BUT you will need to register. Kindly note that this gathering is to share laughs, good conversation and Kind company. If you are single or married in Lagos and you need some holy fun then please, Join us!
I love you with all my heart and I will be posting 3 to 5 times a week now. This is a year of being intentional!
Happy new year!
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