BUILDING CAPACITY 1

Success Seminars, Leadership Conferences, Master Classes etc... Do they GUARANTEE success in their fields of discussion?
No, they don't... They basically PREPARE one for success. SUCCESS becomes a natural/God ordained reward for preparation.
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By implication, PROMOTION, EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP, INTIMACY WITH GOD and our desires in general natural rewards. Sole focus on rewards never yields rewards, hence you try to be more focused and the cycle of personal frustration just begins.
As simple as this illustration gives, it reveals one of GODS central truths in his reward system. 1Kings4:1-7
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The Widow at the verge of losing her children to her late husbands creditors comes running to the Prophet for help(REWARD). Life doesn't operate this way. God doesn't either. Miracles are induced. There are no blank checks in life, you earn your coins.
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The Prophet, skilled in reward systems, gives her a RESPONSIBILITY... This proves to us that whatever we desire, requires our PERSONAL RESPONSIBILIY to make it happen. Not the Pastor's, not the mentors' but ours... And what was her responsibility to her desires? Go and get vessels(BUILD CAPACITY)
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Truth she had her oil, good though but it wasn't enough. If there's going to be increase, there must be CAPACITY for it. The here isn't that she got vessels, but she got only 10vessels(Not in the Bible). When the 10th was filled, with her oil, the flow stopped!

What if she had gotten 20, 30, 40 or even 100??!! There would have been a continuous flow until her LIMITS were reached. Selah!
Ultimately, she was the creator of her fate.
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While we are called with a High Calling, we have a responsibility to determine the height we attain in that calling.
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There are four areas of significance i personally recognise that capacity must be Built:
* SPIRITUALEADERSHIP(Though not considered important by many, but as a Christian this is of utmost importance).

* MENTAL CAPACITY(Your ability to see things from different perspectives, to make decisions, creative etc)

* EMOTIONAL CAPACITY(We can't rule out emotions from life's involvements. It includes tolerance, empathy, love and coupled with our minds it includes our will power).

* FINANCIAL CAPACITY(Earning, Investing, Accountability, investment oppoutunities etc)

* LEADERSHIP CAPACITY.(in a nut she'll, its mastery and impartation).
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In the next couple of days we'll kick off our Building processes in light of sound Biblical principles.

I see you EMERGING in Christ!
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Pastor Phil
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