Breathing of your mind

With every breath, we inhale that which we need, and exhale what we don't need.
Inhaling what serves us and releasing what doesn't serve us.

Let your life be like your breath—
—Take in things that serve you and
—Let go of things that don't.

Remember this always, if we hold onto toxic people, past events, habits, beliefs, superstitions, etc we will poison ourselves, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally — the same way we would do physically if we held onto the carbon dioxide that our bodies let go of with every breath.

Ephesians 4:22-24, "You were taught,...to put off your old self,...to be made new in the attitude of your minds;...to put on the new self,..."

Every breath is a new opportunity to let go and step back into the infinite field of potentiality and opportunities that this new moment brings you.

Before you sleep tonight, release your mind of those "carbon dioxide", and take in those "oxygen" so that you can have an awesome, inspiration-filled sleep as His angels minister to your soul while the flesh sleep!

The soul that still hold onto the old self, thoughts, beliefs, superstitions,...will be unable to connect to Divinity signals.

Let go of what was,
Accept what is, and
Embrace what will be.

Have an awesome night rest!
Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo
Nation Of Grace Ministries
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The Mystery of Life (part 1)

Life is like a puzzle. All the puzzle pieces must be fix together to get the expected beautiful picture or a whole. In the cause of you picking, you may not like a particular piece but, you have to fix it irrespective of your desire. You know there are some that maybe good to you but it wont fit to a particular part. Well, most times we maybe wrong. But, the Maker Himself is never wrong. After the picking and fixing - the completion of this awesome journey - you will be glad to have humbly pick and fix every pieces. At this moment in your journey of life, you are exactly where you need to be. Believe it or not, you are! You may think: Others have gone ahead of me, I have gone ahead of others, I have been too slow in life - Absalom and Adonijah (sons of David) lost their lives because they were in a hurry to be king. I am suppose to be up there not here. But, this is not the final picture of the puzzle! Keep picking and fixing! If it was by choice, the Israelites won't have chosen the long journey over the Red sea. They have to go through that! Deuteronomy 8:2-5 (MSG)

"Remember every road that God led you on for those forty years in the wilderness, pushing you to your limits, testing you so that he would know what you were made of, whether you would keep his commandments or not. He put you through hard times. He made you go hungry. Then he fed you with manna, something neither you nor your parents knew anything about, so you would learn that men and women don't live by bread only; we live by every word that comes from God's mouth. You learned deep in your heart that God disciplines you in the same ways a father disciplines his child."

Then in verse 16:

"the God who gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never heard of, in order to give you a taste of the hard life, to test you so that you would be prepared to live well in the days ahead of you."

You chose to be here, with the collection of choices that you've made along your path that brought you to this point. Even if it was a sinful mistake that brought you to where you are right now, they are all in the past. They are part of the puzzle too. Don't fight it! You can't change the outcome of those choices...you are here already! But, you can decide tomorrow! Live righteous and allow God! There is a reason you are here, There is a reason you are in this struggle, challenge, or time of darkness or wilderness...no one that won't pass his or her wilderness period in life. Life is giving you what you need to help you learn and grow into your true and higher being. If it were not so, God wont have allowed it in the first place. All stages are there to refine or brood on you for a better you in the glorious future. The "you" before isn't fit for the glorious future. The "you" has to refine or brooded upon as hen brood on her eggs for 21days until they are hatched. Check the life of Joseph: he had to be a slave and prisoner to become a better, humble leader. If not, he wouldn't have been a proud leader. Check the life of Moses: he had to be a Shepherd for years - learning how to lead a flock until he was ready to lead our Lord's flock. He was trained in the palace on how to write, so he wrote the laws and books. And the list goes on and on. If you want to move forward past whatever struggle you're facing, You need to first accept where you are by allowing yourself to be here, so you can stop resisting it and let go back into the divine flow of life. Most people would complain and be grieved over what they know they can not change. If after making knives or cutlasses, the maker ignored the sharpening process - where the knives have to go through harsh and thorough process - there won't be useful knives or cutlasses. Same with pottery works, blacksmith and Goldsmith works. Such is life! Allow God to lead you! Everything happens for a reason. Later, you will know why you have to go through such stages. In the very end when you look at the bigger picture and the "you" later, you be glad to know and allow God! You have a glorious future for your "future you" than you can currently believe. You have an awesome place in the destiny of this world. You are made for something greater! You are more powerful than you can currently believe, and Even if you don't believe in yourself, I believe in you! Good night! Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo LiveOutLoud Nation Of Grace Ministries

We are accountable for every actions

It is bad enough that people in the world do not want to be held accountable for their behaviour. They want to do all but want to avoid the reactions of the "all". Can one eat his cake and it? It's really bad!

It is more catastrophic when Christians have the attitude that they are not accountable for their behaviour and, to anyone. Christians should take care not to use their liberty to the hurt of others, or to their own reproach and fall.

'You say, "I am allowed to do anything"--but not everything is good for you. You say, "I am allowed to do anything"--but not everything is beneficial.' - 1Corinthians 10:23 NLT

We can not do whatever we please.
Many people want to do everything and run under a false perception of grace they build for themselves.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts. - Mahatma Gandhi

This practice of many has produced immaturity and a somewhat silly attitude toward life on the part of numerous Christians.
Also, one of the truly destructive results of the unscriptural "state of grace" concept is that once we make a profession of faith in Christ we no longer are responsible or answerable for our behaviour. That isn't Grace! Grace speaks of responsibility and accountability.

But doesn't the fact that we have placed our trust in the blood atonement mean that God does not see our behaviour, and that we can speak careless words and it does not matter?—we will not be held accountable for them?
Or, since God has a glorious destiny for everyone and His thought toward us are of good not of evil, we can do anything with our lives? - we have be predestined by Him already?

Do you really believe those?
Do you truly believe that Christians can sin and it doesn't matter, but the unsaved will be held accountable for every idle word?
Do you believe Christians can do all things since the Grace is available?
Do you believe we need to fold our hands and do nothing since there is "destiny" and fate?

It is no wonder many Christians behave in a foolish, irresponsible manner, as though God is a genie. They have been taught they are not accountable for their behaviour. But, remember not all things are beneficial to Christians.

Funny how people do whatever they please and then get upset when they feel the consequences of their actions.

Accountability is one of the principal ideas of the Bible. We are going to be held accountable for our behaviour, at one time or another. We are going to answer to God for the things we have said and done.
But doesn't the fact that we have placed our trust in the blood atonement mean that God does not see our behavior, and that we can speak careless words and it does not matter?—we will not be held accountable for them?

Every believer though are not saved by works but, will be rewarded according to what we did for Jesus Christ while on the earth.

"...ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building...Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.  If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.  If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" - 1 Corinthians 3:9,12-15,6.

The following three questions have to be answered when we seek to understand accountability:

To whom or to what are we answerable and responsible?

Who decides what is right or wrong?

What are the consequences of being right or of being wrong?

The answers to the above three questions are the most important issues of each person's life. Here are the answers:

We are answerable and responsible to the Lord Jesus Christ, for the Father has given all authority of judgment to Him.

God alone decides what is right or wrong.

The consequences of being wrong can be chastening, severe or not as severe, or banishment from God's Presence in a place of torment.

Make no mistake: doing what is right will pay off in the end, just as doing what is wrong will yield an appropriate recompense. - Anonymous

To be accountable is to be answerable and responsible for our words and actions.

Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains. They create trouble, then complain when bad things happen.

So,
Always remember, your destiny lies in your hands.
Your thoughts and actions determine what you get.
The destination of your soul is determine by your actions here on earth.

Conclusively,
Never do anything that you can’t admit doing,
because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is,
it is probably wrong

Live Out Loud!

Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo
Nation Of Grace Ministries

Message to Parents (part 1)

The moment a child staggers into life his/her reception is very important.
The way and manner he or she will be handled as a child will determine his or her future.
All these go a long way to dent or polish his/her destiny.

Imagine Jesus, the Christ had a wrong or bad reception at birth. What if Joseph had refused to father the child? It would have been a different story today. Perhaps, an inglorious one! I trust God, He would have created another way!

The questions we need to ask for every child (and our own biological children) are:

What should be his/her reception?
What treatment should he/she be given?
What kind of dedication should be done?
On what altar?
And to whom should it be done?
Who should be his/her handlers?
What parental care should be given?
Who should be his/her instructors or pedagogues and mentors?
What foundation must be layed during his/her tender period?
How/What should he/she be taught to handle him/herself?

Let's take a lesson from the early life of Jesus Christ.

What kind of dedication should be done? On what altar? And, to whom should it be done?

Luke 2:21-24, "And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."

What surprised me here is the action of Joseph and Mary. Though they knew Jesus was born of the Spirit, they still have to follow the due process. They strictly adhere to the law.
Many parent today would not have done that. After, those revelations and receptions. They would not go to the temple let alone offering sacrifices.
Some would never go for purification. But, Mary the mother of Jesus did.
Many parents today care less. When they have not given birth to a greater Jesus.
Many "ceremonized" the whole event which have made it to lose it's essence in some lives today.

What altar are you dedicating your children on? And to whom?
A lot of people possesses altars which contradict God's principle. Some have altars of sex, idols, iconic idols, celebrity, sports, alcoholism, materialism, etc.

If Baby Jesus had to be redeemed and dedicated, dedication and purification is very important. If you think otherwise, explain why Jesus had to be baptised by John and fasted 40days in the wilderness? To fulfill all righteousness? If baptism is important, true dedication to God almighty is important too.

Who should be his/her handlers?

Luke 2:25-34, "And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;...and the Holy Ghost was upon him. Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God,...And Simeon blessed them,..."
Luke 2:36-38,"And there was one Anna, a prophetess,...which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord,..."
2 Samuel 4:4,"And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son...He was five years old...and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth."

The handlers of a child is also very important.
Parents need to be extra prayerful and careful mostly the first 40days of the child or during the period when the top spot of the child's head is still soft and forming.
The way they handled and what they say to the child is a strong factor. But, thank God parents have the power too to decree prayerfully on their children. Well, I only fear for those that don't.

Careless on the part of so many parents has resulted to crash and fail of destinies of their offsprings.
Many parent like Mary and Joseph have lost their adolescent Jesus. Tell, how would a parent not know that a twelve years old boy was not traveling with them? Why did it have to take 1 day before they realise? Luke 2:42-52. To God be the glory he was found in the temple after three days of search.
Many parents are still looking for their adolescent Jesus even after 20years. Many have lost their parental ground in the heart of those little ones.
They see you as the arms of God, but when that sight is lost they seek solace in other gods!

Your children shall not go missing in Jesus name!
The missing I am taking about here also is losing the parentage hold in their lives.
Your children shall not slip out of your care in Jesus name! No even shall snatch them!

A lot of adults today had it the wrong way, but thank God for His redemption and restoration.
Today, we have the chance to make it smooth for these little ones and those yet to be born.
The reception, handling and treatment given to each unborn and born babies have a deep influence on the destiny.
No one can fulfill destiny without being born.
The children of the great, the brave, the feeble, the weak, the rich, the poor all experience the commonality of birth. But, they are never equal.
The differences or inequality we see among children later in their life are as a result of the different manners they were been handled after birth.

To Be Continue!

Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo
Nation Of Grace Ministries

The mind and the thoughts

*THE MIND AND YOUR THOUGHTS*

*The mind is a well of abundance, a well of success.

*Battles are won or lost in the realm of thoughts before they are acted in the physical arena.

*The mind is the center for the storage of knowledge, where understanding and wisdom find their residence.

*A man without a mind has no worth.

*The largest room in the world is the room for self-improvement.

*The degree of your thinking determines the quality of your lifestyle - Prov. 23:7

*You are essentially your thoughts.

*The entrance to the house of wisdom begins through thinking.

*If you refuse to think you fail to find a way out.

*You must think differently in order to succeed differently.

*The future you cannot think through is future you cannot see.

*Until your mind is changed your circumstances never change.

*Human mind is the most intricate.
FEED YOUR MIND THE RIGHT INFORMATION...
FEED IT WITH THE *WORD*

*The mind must be developed. Knowledge is to the mind what light is to the eyes

*Counsel is vital to the mind - Prov. 11 :14

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Lose your life to live it at it's best

Our vigour is fleeting;
Our years are brief,
Our youth passes quickly-
Time's ever a thief;
But hope yet becomes us -
death's sting hold no power,
We have a REDEEMER - an unfailing tower! - Gustafson

Life at its best is very brief.
Though people say life has three stages:
The morning (Prime)
The afternoon (middle age)
The twilight (old age)

There is no guarantee that a person would live through all the stages. Life can terminate at anytime.

Psalm 103:15-16 - "As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more."

James also compares the ephemeral existence of life to a vapour or steam. It is steaming this moment and disappear the next moment.
James 4:14-15 - "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then away."

Also, because life is short, doesn't permit you to lose your hands and look!
You can’t control the length of your life, but you can control its depth.
You can't control the breath, you can live every moment at its best.

Surrender is the secret to life at its best!
To whom do you surrender? To Materialism, Instinct, Fear, Humans, Family, Death, Career, Money, or God?

Study the life of Abraham. His heart must have pounded as he stood on Mount Moriah with his son Isaac. He has given all to follow God.
Remember, God asked him to place his promised son on the altar and yet retain his confidence in God’s love and integrity. Imagine!

Jesus said in Matthew 16:25,"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."

You must be willing to give to Christ what is most precious to you.
He wants more than your spare time and leftover possessions;
He wants to be Lord of everything in your lives.
Only when you are willing to let go of what you love the most can you experience the freedom that comes by yielding to Him.

All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live. —Van de Venter

When it was clear that Abraham was ready to slay Isaac, an angel stopped him and provided a ram instead. Abraham had totally surrendered his all to the Lord. And his son Isaac was returned to him. He became that which God has spoken - the father of nations.

"I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." —Genesis 22:12

Let God have your life; He can do more with it than you can!

He is the architect.
He is the creator.
He knows why He put your soul in that container (body). He has a reason for it. He has a plan if only you can let Him have his way!
Did you choose to be born?
Did you choose the daily you were born into?
Did you choose to be you?
Can you have your yesterdays?
Can you tell the outcome of tomorrow?
What wakes you up when you sleep?
Do you know that there is a thin line between life and death?
Who are you?
Someone is out there who knows all.

He knows the beginning before the beginning began!

You are alive, huh?
Your life matters because birth is God saying,“You matter.”

Let Him have your life so as to live that life at its best!

A spiritual truth: If you are alive, your life matters. Here are 50 reasons why:

I have no Yesterday in my bay,
Time hastily swept it away.
Dead, gone and lost in the wave,
A price I have to humbly pay.

Tomorrow nobody knows,
It may not be mine to own.
A mystery darken with coal,
with presents or woes ready to unfold.

Today, to me was a sweet gift,
On the lap, I humbly receive.
"Open the package!" my heart bleat.
Its mysteries - I feared - are revealed,

But, with the Creator of all lives,
Faithfully by my earthy and lonely side,
Everyday I enter with blinded strides,
Is conditioned to favour me in all sides.

As myself and I approaches any day -
dim, dark, lighted, blue or stale -
Yesterday, tomorrow and today -
They have no choice but to pay,
And bear fruits for my insatiable clay. - Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo

Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo
Nation Of Grace Ministries

How well are you growing in faith!

Galatians 4:1 "Let me show you the implications of this. As long as the heir is a minor, he has no advantage over the slave. Though legally he owns the entire inheritance," MSG

KJV says, "Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;"

The cases of many Christians are not related to devil. Devil was not there when God was making covenant with you and your family. The devil is just a spectator and an accuser. He can do nothing! I am not here to discuss him anyway.

The problems of many Christians is rooted in the passage above. As long as the heir of a powerful man  is a minor (child) he has no advantage over the slave (the rulers of darkness and nature itself). What can a heir (who chosen not to grow) do?
Most Christians are not growing. They have left growth to pastors, Prophets, Bishops etc. Is it only clergies that want to go to heaven?
They even desire to be spoon-feed. And, they desire liquid food!

Come on!
How can they have a say in the conduct of their lives? A child don't have any say. For instance, what do a child of 5years know in respect to his inheritance if parents are no more? Whatever he was told by the servants is what he or she will believe. He can be told that he is the son of a servant and he will believe.

So, whatever most Christians are told by the devil and the world, they believe like that baby heir. They know not so, they die like mere men - Psalms 82. That is why prophets and other clergy manipulate them and make merchandize of them.

Galatians 4:3,"That is the way it is with us: When we were minors, we were just like slaves ordered around by simple instructions (the tutors and administrators of this world), with no say in the conduct of our own lives." MSG

That is baby Christians for you!

Spiritual growth is a continuous process. There is no limit!

The more you of Him you have in you, the more your growth.

Our growth is directly proportional to our relationship with God.
Our growth is directly proportional to how much we have Him in us (if it can be quantify).
How well do you "know" God?
What kind of relationship do you have with God? Is it casual, official, infatuated, crushed, seasonal, give-me-but-keep-your-words, give-me-goodies-only, I-speak-you-listen, (you can add others).

How can you claim to be a good friend when you don't want to listen to that your friend?
Friends know each other!

Grow up!
Baby Christians are casualties in the war.
Can they defend themselves?

Eat more of God's word. Know more of Him through His word in the bible.

Your growth is important - just as your repentance. It is part of the salvation process! Can a baby survive on it own in this world.
As a heir, try to know your father and grow up!
Your inheritance is great! Ye are gods! Read the bible passage again.

Galatians 4:1-11,"Let me show you the implications of this. As long as the heir is a minor, he has no advantage over the slave. Though legally he owns the entire inheritance,
he is subject to tutors and administrators until whatever date the father has set for emancipation.
That is the way it is with us: When we were minors, we were just like slaves ordered around by simple instructions (the tutors and administrators of this world), with no say in the conduct of our own lives.
But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law.
You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, "Papa! Father!"
Doesn't that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you're also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance.
Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them.
But now that you know the real God - or rather since God knows you - how can you possibly subject yourselves again to those paper tigers?
For that is exactly what you do when you are intimidated into scrupulously observing all the traditions, taboos, and superstitions associated with special days and seasons and years.
I am afraid that all my hard work among you has gone up in a puff of smoke!"

Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo
Live Out Loud
NOGM

LEARN FROM THE HEN

TEN POWERFUL LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE HEN

1. She first lays enough eggs before sitting on them
*- GOOD PLANNING.*

2. When she starts sitting on her eggs, she minimizes movements
*- DISCIPLINE.*

3. She physically loses weight while sitting on her eggs due to decreased feeding 
*- SACRIFICE AND SELF DENIAL.*

4. She can sit on eggs from another hen 
*- INDISCRIMINATION AND GENEROSITY.*

5. She sits on her eggs for twenty one (21) days, patiently waiting, even if they do not hatch, she will lay eggs again 
*- FAITH, HOPE AND NOT DISCOURAGED.*

6. She detects unfertilised eggs and rolls them out 
*- SENSITIVE AND DISCERNING.*

7. She abandons the rotten eggs and starts caring for the hatched chicks even if it is only one 
*- WISDOM, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND REALISTIC.*

8. No one touches her chicks 
*- PROTECTIVE AND LOVE.*

9. She gathers all her chicks together 
*- UNITY OF PURPOSE.*

10. She cannot abandon her chicks before they mature
*- MENTORSHIP.*

Never Give Up

Adhere to this Wisdom of the Hen.

Be wise

Keep Your Dream Alive

Keep Your Dream

The day you decide to focus 100% on making your dream a reality willbe one of the hardest decisions you will make in your life.

Once upon a time, there was a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.

He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after class.'

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, `Why did I receive an F?'

The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.'

The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’ Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.

He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.'

Monty Roberts, that young boy then, later became wealthy owner of a 200-acre horse ranch and a 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of in that ranch in San Ysidro.
Monty Roberts still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.

The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on Monty's ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, the teacher said, ‘Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.'

Lessons

The great mean and leaders you see today have felt this uncertainty in one form or another through their career — from Michael Jordan to Winston Churchill to Thomas Edison to Henry Ford to Abraham Lincoln to Tony Robbins -just to mention a few.

It is said that winners never quit and quitters never win.

The difference between those that persevere and those that quit, is that successful people are mentally prepared for what it takes to cross the success line. They believed. They fight for their dreams. What stopped others could not stop them. They see the obstacles as stepping stones. 

In other words, they embrace the worst that will inevitably come their way and have the resiliency to continue, believing that the best is yet to come.

Anyone can make the decision to start. The winners are the ones bold enough to make the decision to continue.

If you must keep your dream alive remember these:

You have a lifetime to succeed. Whether you’re 20, 30, or 40 years old, you have a lifetime to succeed. Arianna Huffington started Huffington Post when she was 55 years old, and today it’s one of the most successful websites in the world. Anything is possible.

Time, years etc are just numbers. You don't grow old because you have lived a number of years in life, you grow old only when you lost your dream in life. You are as young as your dream.

You’ll always have more opportunities. Opportunity unlike what many believed, do not come once in a lifetime. Opportunities are every where glaring at us everyday. The time is anytime. If it didn't yield result, keep on and don't fold your hands hoping for luck to come your way. There is no luck. But I believe in "thorough preparation, planning, and utilizing any chance or opportunity one sees"

Be patient. Achieving long-term success takes time. A lot of people give up their dream due to impatient. Sadly, they give up at the ledge of success. Patient! The gold might just be a stone throw away. Keep moving! It’s as simple as that.

Stop selling yourself short. When the going gets tough, it’s natural to begin losing confidence in yourself. Know that we’re a lot stronger than we give ourselves credit for — mentally and physically. What our brains are predispositioned to make us believe versus the pain we can actually endure are two very different things.

Experiment, experiment, experiment. Look at failure as finding another way to succeed, not a dead-end. There’s an endless number of ways to find the solution to your struggles, your mission is to experiment these in the shortest amount of time possible until it click. Someone ways to success might not be yours, so you have to experiment, experiment and keep experimenting because our environs, dispensation and "making" is different.

Only compare yourself to yourself. The only person you should become better than everyday is yourself. No one else.

Embrace the lowest moments. Know that when things are at its worst, there will always be light at the end of that tunnel. The greatest inventions and success stories go through “a dip” before they achieve prosperity. The night is darkest just before the dawn. The gold are behind the lowest moments, don't give up!

Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
However through GOD everything is possible, so clinch to the LORD that for him Dreams are REALITY.
IF THERE IS A WILL THERE IS WAY.

Few that have failed a lot in life, at a point in time have decided to cooperate with God’s Graces and do His will and actually live to their fullest potential with the abilities He blessed me with.

Some when they were younger, let everybody and anybody sway them and discourage them from doing the right thing. Regrettably they realize now - after so many years later - that they have only themselves to blame for all those failures of theirs.

Never let anybody ever tell you that you can’t accomplish anything in life, because with GOD all things are possible.

It’s better to give a deaf ear to those who show you a 1000 reasons why you won’t achieve your dream. Tell them there is 1001th reason for it possibility.

Now onwards you have to believe in yourself not in what others think about you.

Dare To Dream !!!
When you find a dream inside your heart, don’t ever let it go because dreams are the seeds from which beautiful tomorrows grow…

Dare To Dream!!!
Reach For Your Dreams!!!

Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo
@LiveOutLoud

Step Out and Work!

Step out!

Between the begining of a man and the end of a man, two people are involve- God and man. Only this two are involve in man's destiny. Even the devil is not involve. Yes the devil spoils - but to the extent that you also him. He only tries to contribute to a man's destiny when we allow him in.
God and Man are the only two that determines a man's destiny.

Job 1:21."And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away;..."KJV

Ecclesiastes 5:15, "As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour,..."KJV

A man comes naked into this world,
Lord gave,
He labour and,
He leaves this world naked.

God is to give, while the man is to labour (work). Which means man labour on earth with what God has given. God has always be giving. He can't fail on that.

2017 is going to be a better and bigger year for you. Lot of goodies and blessings for you and your family.
There are lots of prophetic declaration concerning this year.
"This year shall be great."
"This year shall be glorious."
"There shall be abundance this year."
"This year, my case is different."
All this are good but not the completion of the whole matter. Remember two persons are involve in the whole matter. God's gifts and Man, who uses those gifts.

You shouldn't take the giving of God to be the completion of the matter. The giving of God and the labour of man determine how quick a man succeed. The two must be complete and combined before a man can actualise his destiny.
The combination of what God gives to you and what you put in will determine your productive outcomes. Total success or Complete Failure.
Man must always have input, credible input and substantial input before his destiny can be glorious, irrespective of what God has given or said.

God gave His only begotten son. That only begotten son had to laboured to the cross in pains, if not there won't be salvation. Even Christ won't have been given a glorious name if he had folded his hands and done nothing here on earth.
Many Christians mistake the giving of God to be the completion of the matter.
When God says a word, it's not all. The words hang in the air - if I should put it that way. It do not go back to God unfulfilled. It hang there until it sees a man who make a move in the same direction. God had promised Joshua that the River Jordan will be separated but it didn't separate until they move and stepped in the river. God had promised Canaanland to the children of Israel but they have to fight, kill and destroy the canaanlites to claim the lands. God had promised the Israelites victory over their enemies, but when Goliath came, that promise was not manifested until David stood on that word and act.

What input have you put in with what God has promised?
What have you done for that glorious destiny of yours?
2017 will be bigger, blessed, glorious,...but your input determines the manifestation of those proclamations.

I was told a story sometime ago, but I will make it brief.
Two friends, Edet and Agbor went to a spiritualist (Babalawo) to see what the future holds for them. They went to enquire more about their individual destinies. The Spiritualist said to Edet, "Edet, you are born to be rich.. .you will be a wealthy man..."
To Agbor, he said "Agbor, you will not be rich..."
They left. Agbor went and started to work more harder and pray fervently. He eventually became rich while Edet who was lukewarm was poor.
So after 15 years they returned to the spiritualist confused. The spiritualist told them that what he saw was the truth. Only that Agbor worked himself out of it. While Edet, knowing he will become wealthy became lazy. The law of this earth never change...

From the story, we realised that no one is predestined in this world. No one is predestined to be rich, poor, a saint, a sinner, etc. We choose the path we trod.
It wasnt the seer that was wrong, it was Edet that was at fault for his eventual outcome.
So if God's promises or Words failed to be realise or materialised in a man's life, it was the fault of the man. God's word can not force a man. When God gives or say a word, he do not force it on you. You choose to receive it and work with it or discard it. We are free moral agent. We are not robots.
Don't say, "God said 2016 would be my year but it wasn't."
When God speaks it is done. When God promise it is established. But if it is not done,it means you didn't do it. In other words, you did nothing! Someone said when a man fails, it denote that there was something he didn't do rightly. So it was or is not the promises or words of God concerning the man's life.

God speaks the word in heaven, while man establish it here on earth.

Luke 19:11, "And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear."

The promises of God can not just appear in your life, you have to make it appear. You have to labour in that direction on the word or promises or prophesies and you will see the manifestation.
Yes, God's word will not return to Him void. It must fulfil what it is sent for. If the man concern fail to do his part, His word look for any man available who is labouring and ready to key into the word.

Conclusion,
The mountain in front of you, will not go away until you step on it. It remains because you refuse to move. The top of Mountain Everest would still be a wonder or mystery today, if not for those brave humans that climbed to the top. The moon, bottom of the oceans etc. are impossibities before man then until man acted.

God speaks in heaven, and you go on earth and do.

I charge you today, do what He has spoken.
The mountains that God gave is the mountain you conquer.

Arise today, everyday and enlarge your coast, not because I am saying it but because God has given it.
Utilise the power in God's word.
And live your life to the fullest.

Everyone you meet in life has something valuable to teach

I strongly believe: "THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS IN THE UNIVERSE".

      Everyone you meet in life has something valuable to teach.

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Every person that you meet serves a purpose in your life. Sometimes, the reason is not apparent but if you have enough wisdom and you’re open minded, you will find out soon enough what it is. You have a lot to learn from them. Even the dullest of them all still have something to teach you.

“My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.” - Byron Katie

When someone is in your life, nature brought you close for a reason, for the season and suchlike. They are destined to meet you. Your meeting is usually to meet a need you or them have expressed although it may not be obvious to you sometimes. When you open your heart, when you figure out which one it is, you will know what to grabbed and grow in life. That is wisdom! Most businessmen and women will attest to that. The wise picked from others to grow. Inventions takes their inspirations and designs from nature. Humans - good, bad and the terrible - have alot more to learn from one other. We are blessings and life's lesson to each other. We have as much to learn from each other. Specifically, when you see a trait that you perceive to be negative traits in others, see it as opportunities to develop patience or kindness toward them. To me, I see it as a struggle they are going through, and if I can be patient or kind, then that helps them. It also helps me. It teaches you, to embody those positive traits or qualities eve when you don't feel like it. If a colleague, friend, or acquaintance is abrasive or aggressive, you try to extend loving thoughts to them. As for me, I think about what it’s like to be in their shoes and how I can lead by example by being kind to them. I breathe in their perceived negativity and breathe out positivity. I tell myself, this is your opportunity to practice. So I practice. How well can I say, I am good if I have not practice my goodness in the midst of negativity? Can someone say, "I can really manage resources, when he or she have not experience inadequacy or lack?"

"Everyone will teach you something about yourself. Both positive and negative relationships teach you valuable lessons. This is an incredible step toward expanding your consciousness. The road to self-discovery requires help from others. As humans we are always seeking feedback and approval from others. That is how we learn and become better as individuals. No relationship is a waste of time. The wrong ones teach you the lessons that prepare you for the right ones. Appreciate everyone that enters your life because they are contributing to your growth and happiness." - John Geiger

Every individual you meet have come to assist you through a difficulty, you may not understand this but it's the truth. Sometimes they come into your life, and answer questions you never really knew you had, like messages coming to you, signs, they may not even stick around but when they do leave, something wonderful has happened. They are here to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a Godsend and they are! Even the devil too. They are there for the reason you need them to be. They teach you things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. They may teach you something you have never done. Also they usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy ( or pain to value and manage joy when it comes). There is an adage that says, "it is the taste of the bitter leaves that tells us how sweet the pumpkin leaves are". Believe it! It is real! Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
The people you meet may be the ones God knows can be of help to you or, you can help them along their path. It may or may not be now may but soon you will know why. This is happening to me now. I believe every single person I have met on here, was guided to me by God. I know the reason for it, he has guided me to the message several ways. Everyone is an Angel. It depends on the side of that person you are looking at. If you choose to look at their bad sides, bad sides you receive you and miss out of their goodness.

"There is goodness in every individual, even the devil. Why did God choose to let him live?" - Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo

Sometimes God allow evil doers in your lives. God sends them strong delusions, to see whether they believe the lie or the truth. He does this so (as Jesus says) he knows who to condemn. These evil doers are life lessons that God wants us to learn and guides us to the next path of his abundance and power. Don't complain again. Live and learn and grow. They may learn from you and move on or choose the evil way.

"In life, you will realize there is a role for everyone you meet. Some will test you. Some will use you. Some will love you and some will teach you. But the ones who are truly important are the ones who bring out the best in you. They are the rare and amazing people who remind you why it's worth it." - Unknown Author

The mistakes of people is trying to treat people otherwise. Do not forget, treat people only with Love. Whether that person is unpleasant, try not to look at the bad and try to understand. Sometimes they may be hard because God want you to grow up. Sometimes they act up to force you to take a stand, pleasantly or unpleasantly. What you must realize is that your need has been met, your desire fulfilled, their work is done. Your need has been answered, and now it is time to move on.
If that person is nice and good to me, consider that a plus. Anyhow, try to love any individual whether they have been pleasant or unpleasant. It may surprise you that your the lesson or knowledge that will take you to your greatness aye learned from that unpleasant individual. He or she may hold that key that answer a particular question or that stepping stone to your success. 

In life, knowledge is not monopolized in one man. Also, no one is an island of himself.
To live life to the fullest, you have to learn from everything and everyone so that you can move to the next level and be able to handle issues ahead of you. Even those who have hurt you or caused you pain play an important role in the course of events in your life. While good people give you happiness and wonderful memories, the bad ones will teach you lifelong lessons and give you the experience you need to become a better person. How can you learn to handle hate if you haven't meet people who hate? How can you learn to be accomodative if you havent met with people that are terrible to be with? The experiences are useful, believe me! You don't know where the wind of life will blow you to and to whom.

So don’t ever regret having known someone in your life.

Every meeting has its own impact in a person's life. Whosoever the person may be - your boss, subordinates, colleague, classmates, peers, friends, family relations etc. It can be good or bad, that's a different issue. The important point is that a person learns a lesson from every man he/she meets in life. Even bad experience helps you to be cautious in the future while good ones are always motivating. I invariably consider it to be destined. Through this cycle of meeting various people in life, God imparts a valuable lesson which helps you to understand your life better and accordingly you can further bring in positive changes in your live. Instead of looking at how to deal with qualities in others that you perceive negatively, look at how to embrace their positivities so that y out can gradually start to embody them more yourself. Strive to follow the many positive examples other set.
And this is how we teach on another - by seeing the best in each other and bringing out the best in each other.
We are all on equal footing, human and imperfect.
Let’s live
Learn
Love and
Grow together.
Live out loud!!!

By Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo

Day 3 - Discover Your Purpose

by Apostle Julius Ikhide-Iyke Etaifo

"You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously," - Steve Maraboli

Before I commence on this, I would like you to read this:

"I said to myself, “Have fun and enjoy yourself!” But this didn’t make sense. Laughing and having fun is crazy. What good does it do? I wanted to find out what was best for us during the short time we have on this earth. So I decided to make myself happy with wine and find out what it means to be foolish, without really being foolish myself. I did some great things. I built houses and planted vineyards.I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees. And I had pools where I could get water for the trees. I owned slaves, and their sons and daughters became my slaves. I had more sheep and goats than anyone who had ever lived in Jerusalem. Foreign rulers brought me silver, gold, and precious treasures. Men and women sang for me, and I had many wives who gave me great pleasure. I was the most famous person who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was very wise. I got whatever I wanted and did whatever made me happy. But most of all, I enjoyed my work. Then I thought about everything I had done, including the hard work, and it was simply chasing the wind. Nothing on earth is worth the trouble. I asked myself, "What can the next king do that I haven't done?" Then I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and stupidity. And I discovered that wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness. Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same. Finally, I said to myself, “Being wise got me nowhere! The same thing will happen to me that happens to fools. Nothing makes sense. Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.” This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it’s just as senseless as chasing the wind. Suddenly I realized that others would someday get everything I had worked for so hard, then I started hating it all. Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn’t make sense. I thought about all my hard work, and I felt depressed. When we use our wisdom, knowledge, and skill to get what we own, why do we have to leave it to someone who didn’t work for it? This is senseless and wrong. What do we really gain from all of our hard work? Our bodies ache during the day, and work is torture. Then at night our thoughts are troubled. It just doesn’t make sense. The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working. I believe these are God’s gifts to us, and no one enjoys eating and living more than I do. If we please God, he will make us wise, understanding, and happy. But if we sin, God will make us struggle for a living, then he will give all we own to someone who pleases him.This makes no more sense than chasing the wind."

Hmm. That was from the wealthiest and wisest man that have ever lived - King Solomon - Ecclesiastes 2Contemporary English Version (CEV)

Why was I created? Why am I here? Why was I born into that family, community, country or condition I find myself. These and many more are questions that one time or the other do flood your ignorant minds. For some the questions become: why not that for me?  Why not this for me? Why wasn't I born into a wealthy family? In the state you begin to lose connection with your very self and sink into the swamp of self limitation and defeat.

I read a story about a hammer.
This hammer was created to do one thing - to hit nails. Naturally that was it's design. The hammer was never used. It just sat in the toolbox. The hammer didn't care. It sat there with perfoming that which makes it happy. Days mounted into years and it remained in the toolbox. He felt funny inside, but he's not sure exactly why. He felt something was missing, but he didn't know what it was.
Then one day someone pulled him out of the toolbox and used him to break some branches of trees. The hammer was exhilarated. Now he was being held - being wielded. The hammer loved it. He have for sometime not expressed himself and, used to hited the branches to it was okay. At the end of the day, though, he was still unfulfilled. It was fun, but it wasn't enough. Something was still missing. It still felt emptiness within.
Days after days, the hammer was used often. But, he was used to reshape objects, break some rock, and beat some metals. Inspite of all that, he was left unfulfilled. He longed for more action thinking it would fill the vacuum in him. So he chose to be used as much as possible to knock things around, to break things, to blast things, to dent things and destroy things. In as much as he had enough of these events to 'satisfy' him, it never was the solution to his lack of fulfillment.
Then one day, someone used him on a nail. Suddenly, the soul of the hammer was lighted. He now understood what he was truly designed for. He was meant to hit nails. All the other things he hit pale in comparison. Now he realised what his soul was searching for.

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well," - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many people like the hammer at first, searched for the purpose of life. Why was I born? Why was I made? Why was I designed this way? People hope that their lives have meaning. Many of us keep ourselves so busy between work, chores, leisure and religious activities thinking it will bring in fulfillment.

"The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it," - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Many have attempted the pursuits of money, material success, career success etc, in their attempt to find true purpose in life. But still found nothing. A wealthy and wise King in particular experimented with all these things and more, and still came to a disconcerting conclusion:

“Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind” (Ecclesiastes 2:10-11).

In Ecclesiastes 2, Solomon reflected upon his tragic experiences in attempting to draw satisfaction purely out of pleasure. He pursued fulfillment through pleasure, wine, great works, wealth, aesthetic and artistic pleasures, and fame. Yet all of these failed to bring a lasting satisfaction to the wisest man of all time. And yet people are still trying them in search of enduring fulfillment. Too bad.

Someone wrote:

"God had given King Solomon great wealth and great wisdom. His experiments in seeking purpose in life were not half-hearted! And he did find some satisfaction in the things he tried. But he, like the rest of us in quiet moments of reflection, still wondered, Is this all there is? Are these physical and temporary things really why I was born? It is all so fleeting and temporary—like trying to catch the wind."

 So if all the money in the world can’t buy a meaningful life or give us its purpose, then what can?

Sadly, there is really little time to think deep thoughts about the meaning of life. More often a feeling of emptiness nagged your minds. Making you feel that there is something missing. Granted, there must be a purpose for your life. There should be something you were meant to be or accomplish. What is that? So what is the purpose of life - of your life?

Now the big question: WHAT'S MY PURPOSE IN LIFE?

It’s the most important philosophical question; yet at the same time, it is deeply practical. Knowing your purpose gives direction to our lives.

A life full of purpose is a life of vitality, excitement and ultimately success.

I know you are expecting me to write out steps like:

Know your dreams,
Find you talents,
Know your passions,
Decide what gives you the most joy and fulfillment. Is it helping the elderly or teaching a child to learn? Is it music, art or sports? Is it reading, writing, or meditating? Is it negotiating the deal? Discover what gets your blood going. It is something that you almost crave. What is that thing that you might be willing to gamble everything you have to do, to be, or to experience? There's much more than all that.

Wise King Solomon have tried all of that and was still empty. Why should you?

Don't get me wrong those steps aren't bad. It will only lead to guessing games or "try your luck". But in the end it will be meaningless. 

So you shouldn't cut the yam from the middle. Let's face the reality.

Who have those steps helped? Many writers will bring their own version and outline but they help no one.

Do you know why? 

We are uniquely made. My path is not your path.

This is also far beyond looking for a prophet, seer or socerer for explanation. They don't know themselves how much more you. What can they see? They are also in search of the missing spark of their lives.

It's for you only to find.

Only you can discover it within, and with the help of the maker Himself.

A manufacturer determine the purpose of a technological product. He know the capacity or capabilities or usefulness of the device he produced. He includes with it a manual or brochure or an instruction leaflet, to inform all of the purpose of the device and many more. 

That manufacturer is God, our Creator, our Maker.

"Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb..." Isaiah 44 : 2

He made us in His image and likeness as stated in the book of Genesis - without that single information, we would have been in total confusion and darkness of our origin - though many in such states have consoled themselves with Evolution. Thank God for that piece but great information. We now know our origin. And if we do, then we can find our purpose.

"...everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him." Colossians 1:16b (Msg)

Many people may doubt that finding God is the purpose of life; but those that have accepted the ideas that the purpose of life is to find "others", have ended up with emptiness. Ask King Solomon. 

"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." - Ecclesiastes 1:14

When you keep God out, you become lost.

How can Television think it can perform the functions of a hammer?

How can a bag perform the functions of a cloth?

How can a drug meant for malaria cure measles?

It only will lead to a meaningless venture. You try to find fulfillment in something other than God. Do you know yiu can never get enough of those things you thought bring fulfilment? You keep longing for more, more and more, until you wear out. The problem - you can never be ultimately satisfied. The end point is vanity.Until you adhere to the instructions of the maker, you can not get result. You will continue to rigmarole aimlessly. That won't be your portion.

"This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God". - Ecclesiastes 2:25-26.

Until you come to know God, you've had many wonderful experiences, but you haven't hit a nail. You've been used for some noble purposes, but not the one you were ultimately designed for, not the one through which you will find the most fulfillment. He owns the blueprint. He is the Maker. So your purpose can be found in Him only. Like the hammer, you don't realize what will end the emptiness, the lack of fulfillment, in your life.

Even in the midst of a Nazi prison camp, Corri Ten Boom found God to be wholly satisfying: "The foundation of our happiness was that we knew ourselves hidden with Christ in God. We could have faith in God's love...our Rock who is stronger than the deepest darkness."

Your greatest desire should be to know God, to have a relationship with God. Why? - if you may ask - He knows you better. He is the Potter. He owns the design. So why wondering in vanity when He can tell you all you need to know about yourself. God is the ultimate. 
The more we get to know our Creator and the more we love Him (Matthew 22:37–38), the better we understand who we are and what our purpose is. We were created to bring Him glory. God has unique plans and purposes for each person (Psalm 139:13–16), but we can know that, whatever those plans look like, they will ultimately result in His glory (Proverbs 3:6; 1 Corinthians 10:31). If you must know - or perhaps you have heard it from many speakers - YOU have a defined purpose. YOU are uniquely made for a reason. Each of us too. Each of us has a purpose in life. We are here to give our quotation to this world. And that quota of ours is very important irrespective of the size or where we are from. God has made us for something.

"But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." - Exodus 9:16

That was God speaking to Pharaoh who mistakenly thought that he was in control. Just imagine. Even Pharaoh has a purpose, a role to play in God's plan. However, God put him in the place of being an Egyptian leader for His purpose. This shows that God has a purpose for everyone - including those who resist Him. He is the Giver of purpose in every life whether they live for Him or not. That is a fact.

Do you know:

• God works through all situations to fulfill His purpose. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28).
• God’s purpose can’t be undone. "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted" (Job 42:2).
• God’s purpose is the one that lasts.“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails" (Proverbs 19:21).
• The Lord and His purposes are perfect, but we are not.

"Don't work to live, live to work." - Apostle Julius Ikhide - Iyke Etaifo

The wonderful purpose God has for your lives goes beyond our physical bodies and your temporary lives. God offers human beings the chance to prepare now to have a purposeful, meaningful life—forever!
When you know God who is your only source of purpose, who is our creator, then you can know how to:

Discover your passions

Learn to use your talents, resources, abilities and passions to determine your purpose.

Discover how to use assets to fulfill destiny and to be the solution to a need or the salvation of a soul, community or a nation. And lots more.

Only the manufacturer knows:

How a product was designed

What it was designed with

What it was designed for

Why it was designed

How it would be use effectively and efficiently

How it would be maintained or cared for longevity

What needs to be avoided

What is it strengths and weaknesses, etc. 

Too bad, you don't bother to enquire from the Creator Himself. Everything is written in His book - the Bible - the manual! Nothing is hidden from man by God.
Pray regularly - communicate with your Father.
Explore in your own Bible your amazing purpose of your life!