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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. GALATIANS 6:9 “Anyone who won’t leave the past, will lose in the battle of destiny.” One of the forces that has crippled billions of destinies all over the world from generation to generation, is what I call the force of your past. It has made many to die untimely death, even while they are yet breathing. It has caused stagnation in a lot of lives; frustrations, limitations, depression, setbacks, hardships. The force of the past has made destined global champions to die as failures. Some of them at best they die as local champions. If there is one prayer point you must never cease to pray for the rest of the months of this year, it is the prayer of deliverance from the forces of your past. Why should you pray after this manner? Why should this be your earnest heart cry? Because the forces of the past often show up when you are about to make progress. The forces of the past show up when you about to ascend your throne. The forces of the past show up when you are aiming high for the top. The forces of the past show up when you are on your way to the next phase of destiny. The forces of the past show up when you are about to scale that hurdle. Anyone that will not leave the past, will lose his life – Genesis 19:17. When we talk about losing your life, it is not necessarily a physical death; it is that your destiny is dead; your future is dead; you have stopped to exist. That means from that time on, your story can only be about your yesterday. There are too many yesterday people. How do you know a yesterday man? All he has to say is about yesterday; the good old days, who he was; who his grandfather was. But currently, he has nothing to show. In this second half of 2023, that will not be your story, in the Mighty Name of JESUS. Right there in verse 26 of our main Scripture reference, a disaster happened to Lot’s wife; she turned into a pillar of salt because she disobeyed an instruction from the Lord. The question is, why did she look back? She knew what was at stake. She was told the consequences; she knew that her life will go. The forces of her past called her, at first she ignored it but it got so strong that finally, she turned to answer, and that is where she signed out on destiny’s time book. When the forces of her past called her, she was running for her life, she was aiming for her destiny, she was going for her throne. In the months and years ahead of you, the forces of the past will come calling – past achievements, past failures, past disappointments, missed opportunities, lost blessings, etc. May you never answer the call to your past; the call to yesterday. And if you have answered the call already, it is time to cry for God’s mercy. Ponder Point Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 32 – 34 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 10

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. GALATIANS 6:9 “Uncommon successes do consistently what others do occasionally.” Many years ago, I found out that flying high in life is a function of the height and depth of your understanding. Every high flyer is simply giving expression to some height and some depth of understanding that he has. And I have also discovered that there is just a thin line that differentiates the normal from the extra-ordinary and very few people have come to this realization. When you come in contact with that height or depth of understanding, and not just stop at the level of awareness but you begin to act accordingly, so many things will change around you. One of such is consistency. Uncommon successes do consistently what others do occasionally. It is not unusual to find that there are people who do what uncommon successes are doing but are not getting results. And even if they get the results, they never get to cross the line to be classified as extra-ordinary. The reason is not farfetched; they are not doing it the way they should do it. For instance, statistics have shown that successful people wake up at the same time everyday. They are committed to routines. It is not enough to do what you should do but doing it how you should do it. JESUS was an early riser. The Bible says in Mark 1:35 – “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” And yes, He was an uncommon achiever of all times. The results and impact He made on the earth within the short period of time He lived is unmatchable. Do you want to make the uncommon happen in your time? Stay on the path of consistency and you will have results to show. Unstable or inconsistent people do not excel – Genesis 39:4. They take a step today and by the following week, they go back to level 1. It takes discipline to be consistent and it takes consistency to produce daring results. In this second half, that will be your story, in the Mighty Name of JESUS. Just Do It Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 29 – 31 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 9

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. JOHN 6:38 “Getting to your destination will be impossible until you learn to pay zero attention to the things that do not matter.” A typical meeting has an agenda in which different activities are outlined – from the opening prayer to reading of previous minutes and so on. All of these activities are by the way, there is usually the main reason for the meeting, why the meeting was convened in the first place; it is called “Business of the Day”. This is when the main issues are being deliberated upon. Every other thing can be left untouched but the Business of the Day must be dealt with for the meeting to achieve its purpose. Even so it is in life; there is the real purpose for your existence, it is the Business of the Day. There are things that you get yourself involved in that do not really count; they are classified as Matters Arising or Reading of Previous Minutes. They are part of the agenda of your life but none of them constitute the main reason why you are on earth. Let’s go down memory lane, back to the days when you were in secondary school. There were different clubs in school – Debaters’ Club, Science Club, etc. Maybe you were the number one debater for the school, or you were into sports, or you were the school prefect and so you got very busy with all of these activities. The truth is, the purpose of going to school was not any of these, what was crucial when you left school was the number of credit passes you had in the final examination. Was your mind transformed? Did you actually receive an education? The other activities you got involved in are called extra-curricular activities; they do not constitute the Business of the Day. The Business of the Dayis the transformation of your mind. There is no job you will get for being the school prefect. It is even possible that the reason you had an ‘F’ was because you allowed the extra-curricular activities to distract you; they got into your head. There are many things that do not count, which will not add up at the end of the day. The day you stand before your Maker, they won`t matter at all. May you not be one of those who will tell stories, meanwhile you would have blown it big on this side of Jordan. Let me remind you before you forget: this is your life, it is not a rehearsal and you have only one shot to make it count. It is time to get more focused on the path of purpose and make your destiny happen. Receive grace to run, in the Name of JESUS. Just Do It Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: 2 KINGS 16 – 18

BEWARE OF DESTINY STOPPERS He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.  Proverbs 13:20  “The greatest gift you can give to any man in your life is the gift of access. Do it with the highest discretion.” By God’s design, man was created for interdependency. No man is made to succeed alone. Even JESUS while on earth could not succeed in His earthly ministry without men. In His most desperate moment at the garden of Gethsemane, one of His greatest cries was for men who would watch with Him. Two men may find themselves in the same kind of challenging situation but the truth remains that the quality of people in their lives will determine if they will come out of that situation or sink by it. Friend, there will be times in your life when all you need to break through, scale new heights, succeed in life and make the right choices in the face of life threatening issues will be the quality of the company you keep. A wise man once said, you will remain where you are today in the next five years except you watch the company you keep. If you are not challenged to improve the quality of your life by the time you are done talking with your friends, you are in a wrong company. If what you discuss when you are in the company of your friends are vain and carnal things, you are in a wrong company. Wrong friends will stop you from making progress. Their singular assignment is to pull you out of the faith and make a shipwreck of your destiny. Check it, every successful man in this kingdom are men of few but highly productive and valuable friendships. This is your life, it is not a rehearsal; start choosing your friends wisely knowing that your life can never be better than the level of the company you keep. It’s a new day for you! Just do it Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 26 – 28

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. PROVERBS 4:13  “Obeying God’s instruction is about a practical demonstration of your submission to the authority of God and when you submit to His authority, He compels all other things to submit to you as well.” Divine instruction is whatever God commands you to do or not to do; however God commands you to live or not to live. It is God’s wisdom delivered to you for your best interest both in time and eternity. It is God’s principal tool for delivering, guiding, protecting, promoting, prospering and glorifying you on the earth. Proverbs 8:10 tells us that instruction is of greater value than silver. So even if someone appears with $1billion and you have to choose between that and Divine instruction, you will be a disaster happening if you decide to go for the silver. You can get it today and it evaporates tomorrow. What you need is instruction; you do not need the silver. When you go after Divine instruction, the silver will find you. What gives you access to Divine instruction? God’s word is the primary source of Divine instruction. Whatever God commands in His Word is an instruction. Anytime you study the Word of God and you come across what God commands, it is not optional; it is in your best interest. To begin to reason and downplay on Divine instructions is to make a mess of your life and die a failure. That is not your portion, you won`t fail, in the Mighty Name of JESUS. Submit yourself to Divine direction. To receive divine instruction, you must suspend your brain and not think. Many miss it because God’s instruction many times does not make sense. The key to succeeding is OBEDIENCE. You must simply learn to obey every single instruction you receive from God for it to profit you. Make up your mind to follow God the rest of your days and watch Him take you from the ground and set you among princes. Do you want to fulfill destiny? Go for Divine instruction. It will take you anywhere and everywhere. Ponder Point Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 23 – 25 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 8

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.   LUKE 5:4 “You are always an instruction away from your desired miracle.” Nothing opens up your way for destiny fulfillment in this life like receiving and obeying God’s instructions. Whatever you want to achieve in life; whatever height you want to attain, there are Divine instructions that can guarantee your undeniable success. Whether you want to be great, rich, wealthy or famous there are Divine instructions that can cause that dream to be actualized. Divine instructions provide direction and certainly bring about progress. In Deuteronomy 2:3, God said – “Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.” Until instructions came, they were going round circles year in, year out; month in, month out; struggling to make progress. But when instruction came, stagnation took a flight, failure disappeared and what seemed like a mountain became the stepping stone to a greater future. Peter received an instruction in Luke 5:4 and failure was overturned. By receiving and obeying Divine instruction, Peter achieved what was hitherto impossible. Before the instruction came, Peter was unable to catch even one fish. Maybe in your case, you have not had patronage or business contracts since this month or year began, all that can change with just one instruction. Peter was fishing all night in the same water, with the same boat, the same net, with the same skills but caught nothing. God showed up, gave him just one instruction and all the fishes in the sea responded. We fly high by instructions. Take heed to God’s instruction and see your life experience a turnaround. Ponder Point Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 21 – 22 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 7

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. PSALMS 32:8 – 9 “Your struggles in life notwithstanding, until God takes over the driver’s seat in the vehicle of your destiny, your destiny flight will never arrive at its designed destination.” The reason why some people die struggling is simply because they lived their lives trying to work out things for themselves. They gamble and labour all through life to find a bearing but never get round it. But hear me: a man of Divine direction knows it is not about him, it is about the One who is taking him there. Let’s expound on what it means to be Divinely directed. Imagine that you were travelling to another city or country and your driver is the Almighty God. He is the one handling the steering wheel while you occupy the passenger’s seat. Can you close your eyes and just visualize that in your mind? That means – You have nothing to worry about; you are secured. You are not going at human speed; you are moving at Godspeed. You have entered into rest; you have ceased from all your struggles. I don’t know how far you can go without Divine direction. You have struggled enough to make yourself, that’s why you are failing so badly. Until God makes you, you are not made; so, allow Him to make you and you will be made. So, as a new month opens up tomorrow, surrender your all to Him and let Him take the wheel of your life and you will be singing a new song from today. Just Do It Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 19 – 20 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 6

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. PROVERBS 16:9 “Your dreams and visions notwithstanding, without direction, you are going nowhere.” Have you ever been to place without a signpost that could lead you the exact location you were going to? I am sure that has happened to many people, especially if you were going there for the first time. The function of the signpost is to give direction; without direction, reaching your destination is not feasible. You see, no matter how clear your goal is and how interesting your vision sounds, without direction, you are going nowhere. KNOW THIS Our Scriptural text infers that direction comes from the Lord. You can plot the graph, draw up the work plan, identify possible strategies, but when establishing direction, you need to take your eyes off the ground and look above for help. When you miss the leading of God in your pursuit of destiny, you cannot escape confusion. Deuteronomy 32:9-13 paints a vivid picture of what it means to have Divine direction. The tenth verse declares – “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.” That means, before direction came, Jacob was in the midst of dryness; there was confusion round about him; there was no hope for advancement but when God stepped in, the story became different because God knows the end from the beginning. Jacob was now operating from the center of God’s will. He was receiving instructions on the steps to take and the Master Strategist was providing result-oriented and success-proven plan of action. When you have Divine direction at work, you will prosper, excel, and rise to the top effortlessly and sweatlessly Ponder Points Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 16 – 18

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single , thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!                                                                Matthew 6:22–23 “Those who run around, stay aground, only men of focus will arrive at God’s ultimate for them.” Sadly, we see men of destiny everyday dying as slaves. Lives heaven designed to handle wealth dying as beggars because focus has long been lost. They run through life as Jack of all trades but master of none. If they start a venture now, they tire out and give up just before it starts producing and yielding results. Hear me, it takes raw focus for any life to emerge in the school of destiny actualization. Many are busy here and there looking for what is not lost, others have their eyes on many things at the same time. They go on like this year in year out and have nothing to show for their labour. God is not at fault, check your focus. Every born-again child of God has a glorious and colourful destiny, not a miserable one. But fulfilling it requires a focused determination and pursuit. Running around does not make things happen, it is settling down that does. Every success ever recorded in life, both dead and alive, were men of one focus. Therefore, like never before, you must refuse to be busy here and there. The tragedies of lack of focus are way too expensive for any man of destiny to consider. A man that lacks focus will – Focus is what you need to get to your destination in destiny fulfillment. Without focus, no meaningful success can be achieved. It is focus that births the inspirations and ideas that will make for your global announcement. The voice of your destiny is calling out to you today to make a decision to live life free of distractions. Ponder Point Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 13 – 15 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 5

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James 5: 16 – 18 “If there is a man who can pray, there is a God who can answer” Destinies are in levels and degrees. There is no one size fits all when it comes to the issue of destiny. As different as men’s faces are, so are their destinies and so different are the prayer capacities required. No man of great destiny prays small prayers because the size of your destiny determines the prayer capacity required to power it into fulfillment. The destiny of JESUS was so great that He practically lived on prayers. He came to show us how to live here on earth, his destiny would have failed but for prayers. The fulfillment of any destiny is at the mercy of its prayer life and when the power of prayer is missing from a destiny, fulfilling such a destiny becomes a mirage. Prayer makes you a mystery that cannot be decoded. This is why the believer suffers the greatest attack of the enemy in this area of life, many times coming face to face with the temptation to faint but we must stay on in the place of prayer knowing fully well that; Truth be told, the enemy will fight your prayer life more than he fights your destiny. And for the enemy to succeed in grounding your destiny, he must have first succeeded in grounding your prayer life. If prayer is a key factor in destiny fulfillment then, we must start each day asking God for the grace to pray. Do not be deceived, the enemy of your soul will do everything to stop. So, you must be aggressive in your approach. If you can pray, you can make anything happen. Prayer is hard work but I see the praying grace that makes for destiny actualization rest upon you from today. Just Do It Prayers 1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN OLD TESTAMENT: PSALM 10 – 12 NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS 4