WHAT KILLS RELATIONSHIPS

WHAT KILLS RELATIONSHIPS

*Refusal to let go past relationships*

This is one of the most challenging issues for most of the youth in courtship. Most of the young people fail to understand that they are now with another person and it is time to move on. They continue to communicate with their ex-boyfriends or girlfriends. They continue to show intimacy with their past relationships.  This is playing with fire. Refusal to let go of your ex is jeopardizing and injurious the current relationship. It is actually an insult to your partner.  It will make you lose focus needed to build that particular relationship. It pollutes the trust needed in any relationship.

Some even go to the extent of comparing their present partner with their ex. Instead of focusing on good of the current courtship relationship they make references to the ‘good’ experiences they had with their ex. This will mean that you still have feeling for that past relationship. Good news is that it is time to move on.

*John Museredzo* is a motivational speaker, author and life coach. Send feedback to motivatebusinessworld@gmail.com

TEACHING ON SPIRITUAL FATHERS AND SPIRITUAL SONS

TEACHING ON SPIRITUAL FATHERS AND SPIRITUAL SONS
1. Though this is a biblical teaching, it has been taken to extremes and abused by many

2. A spiritual father is not a dictator or one who reduces the son to a zombie

3. There should constant communication between the father and the son

4. The father must not just go on a recruitment drive just for the sake of having as many spiritual sons as possible. It is all about nurturing the talent or the gift in the son. Even if you have one spiritual son, you are still a father

5. There must not be competition between the son and the father. There is a great challenge in the body of Christ when fathers and sons take this as a good platform to steal from each other as far as members is concerned.

6. Even if the son seems more gifted or more anointed than the father, he must remain a son

7. Though spiritual component plays a part but it is dangerous to just choose a father because he moves in the prophetic and demonstrates the power of God. Most fathers may seem not gifted but they have a unique stabilising and nurturing anointing. They may not be dynamic but fatherly

8. Some fathers kill their own sons but not giving platforms of growth as they must follow a prescribed route of ministry

9. There are cases when a son reaches a dead end when the father starts to lead the son into weird and strange acts outside the Word of God. This is one of the most challenging moment where discernment is needed. You may not be forced to remain a son. However look at the bottom point

10. Sons must by all means avoid to be prostitutes, that is jumping from one father to another. That's not how it works

11. Sons must be so mature to take note that your father is not my father. There is no need to start comparing father and start heated arguments on how effective one's spiritual father is to the extent of deifying such. These are our fathers but there is one Father who has bore these fathers

12. Never should we replace God with our spiritual fathers

13. It is allowed to minister to your spiritual father. However it calls for great submission to continue to be under a father

14. Fathers must understand that admiting to be a father comes with a cost. You are responsible for the ministry of your son who may also have other people who call the son , their father. So its not a playing moment. Its serious work. Allowing your son go astray and do funny thing will in the end make you to be discreted and your name dragged into disrepute

15. Some sons choose some fathers with great name just for the sake of it and of prestige to be associated with the name but not the character and the spirit of the father. The question will remain, Why are you under that person?

16. Some sons are so rebellious and some sons instead of becoming sons they want to teach their fathers one or two things. Why then did you become a son under that father

17. Having a father or son must not degenerate into a give take relationship where it is matter of inviting to each other's ministries or churches

18. The ministries of the father or the son must not suffer just because of the relationship of the father and son. The point is that some father become so engrossed into moulding the son to the extent that they literary drop nurturing the church they come from

19. It is dangerous to be non aligned father. This is a father who just come from the air without any church to pastor but want to pastor another pastor. That's a difficult one

20. Above respect must be mutual. Privacy must be respected. Instead of preaching about God we may be tempted to preach each other and our relationship. The worst scenario is on developing sermons about ourselves.

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BIBLICAL PROSPERITY

#BIBLICAL PROSPERITY#

Think about God

And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth~     Deuteronomy 8:18 NKJV

It is dangerous to just think about how one can go out of poverty and forget to think and meditate on the one who gives power to get wealth. When we do that we are trying to usurp the authority of the Ultimate. It is God who gives us the power to generate wealth.

When we meditate about God and his word we tap into the power He gives to humanity to generate wealth. We are empowered by Him to create wealth for ourselves. When we think more about God we tune into his wisdom and ideas to manifest the wealth He desires us to have.

We should never view prosperity as something that is divorced from the fear of God. As we teach prosperity we should make an emphasis on the mentality that values our relationship with our maker. It is the blessing of the LORD which brings wealth, and he adds no sorrow.


INSPIRED FOR FINANCIAL PROSPERITY
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DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS MIND

DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS MIND 

One day I went to Bulawayo to top up my peanut butter consignment for resale. I normally order from Harare but had heard there were also suppliers in Bulawayo. I went to one of the manufacturers and was met with this lady whom I assumed was the sales lady. In our conversation, we debated about their prices and other things. Then I pointed that they had to move with time and have Point of Sale Machines for convenience. Then she said she only deals with cash and also she was very much covered because she dealt with vendors who always have cash to buy after their sales every day. I was shocked by her adamant position. I imagined how many customers they lose by insisting on cash and relying only on vendors. I told her that I am not a vendor but a business person who actually buy in bulk. After I saw her insistence on the vendor issue I then touched another issue of spreading their market. Then I asked if they supply my area Hwange. She said, ‘No we don’t have Hwange on our list but Victoria Falls, yes’ It shocked me that she didn’t make any effort make me as a market point of contact considering that Hwange is just 100 from Victoria. In fact they pass through Hwange before Victoria Falls for their supplies. 

From this I learnt why most businesses fail;
1. The need to maintain the status quo and traditional way of doing things.
2. Limited mentality and limited way of see things, as in we supply vendors only.
3. Lack of business growth and expansion plans.
4. Poor customer service, courtesy, care and communication.
5. Wrong people for our front office.
6. Closing our ears to suggestions by customers.
7. Lack of creativity.
8. Lack of competitive advantage
9. Lack of technological acumen. Business should harness the technology to their advantage.
10. Lack of flexibility

Today in your business develop your business mentality. The way you see your business is the way it will grow. See you at the profits arena.

About the author

John Museredzo is | an author | motivational speaker | pastor | life coach | business consultant | blogger. He is an author of 6 books to date including The Dream In The Wilderness; Youth, Relationships and Marriage, In Pursuit of The Calling and Success Within Reach. He also does articles and seminars online and in colleges, universities and development organizations.

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LEADERSHIP PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS

*LEADERSHIP PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS*
Mark  3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,  3:15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

*Appointment*: Great leaders know and understand the principle of appointment. They understand that a leader needs a leader. Sometime you need to be identified for leadership functionality. I like it when it said ordained. It means separated for a special task. It was Jesus who appointed them. It is painful that these days many leaders are appointing themselves. Self appointment leaders don't last long.

*Teamwork*: Jesus understood the principle of team work. He didn't appoint Peter only but 12 apostles. In leadership you need other leaders or your team. Many organisations fail because of trying to do it alone. Everything is with the chief leader. I call it briefcase leadership.

*Governance*: Twelve is the number of governance especially spiritual governance. We should understand that leadership is spiritual and effective governance cannot rule out the hand of God. Many organisations start well but try to leave out God in the equation. Let's go back to the Chief Governor our maker, the originator of leadership.

*Naming of a leader*: Other versions say that the twelve were named or called apostles. It was a name defined by Jesus. When God calls you into leadership,  what does he name or call you. Many people masquerade as apostles, prophets, Bishops,  pastors, CEOs,  Emeritus, Giant Killer, Demon Destroyer etc. The question remains; what did God name you when he appointed you into leadership?

*Relationship*: The disciples were to accompany Jesus, they were to be with Him. It signifies relationship. A leader must be related to the one in authority for effective leadership. Many leaders operate in isolation of the one who appointed them. Many spiritual sons lie that they are under their spiritual father when not. Many leaders are leading without Him. Many leaders are rebellious to the system that appointed them.

*Assignment*: The disciples were given an assignment. They had to know it. The assignment was actually to duplicate and grow the ministry of Jesus. They carried the power of being send. They were to preach, do, healings and deliverance. How often do we digress from the sending authority and the assignment? Do you understand your assignment? Don't try to do another person's assignment. Do yours and you will be an effective leader.

About the author

John Museredzo is | an author | motivational speaker | pastor | life coach | business consultant | blogger. He is an author of 6 books to date including The Dream In The Wilderness; Youth, Relationships and Marriage, In Pursuit of The Calling and Success Within Reach. He also does articles and seminars online and in colleges, universities and development organizations.

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7 REASONS WHY PEOPLE SLEEP IN CHURCH

7 REASONS WHY PEOPLE SLEEP IN CHURCH

In my years as a believer and a minister of the word, I have seen many people sleeping in church. In these years, I have also made it a point that I do not sleep in church. I am very much inspired by the church life of Apostle Ezekiel Guti. In a conference which he may not be actively participating, you see him wide awake and actively listening to the proceedings of the conference. At that age (94) it is very much inspirational. I have seen that many people sleep in church, especially during the session of preaching of the Word of God. The following reasons why people sleep in church can help you:

·        Lack of discipline and concentration: church is serious business which needs concentration and discipline.

·         The PREACHER: It may be surprising. Yes some preachers are not appealing especially in their presentation. Some preachers don’t preach the Word. They put people off and people switch off.

·         Spiritual attacks: Many believers are not aware that the devil knows that if we get the word we will be strong. He makes sure you are sleepy in church. Have you ever observed that sometimes after the church, the sleepy feeling goes? That’s the devil.

·         Lack of preparedness: Sometimes we come to church hurriedly. We are disorganized. We are not fresh. As soon as we get in the church auditorium we feel sleepy. Church need to be prepared for.

·         Lack of expectancy: We should come to church with expectation. We must expect God to move, we must expect new things, we must expect healing and so on. If you just come to church without expectation, you don’t look forward to it. Some are just forced to come to church.

·         Communicating something: Some can sleep in church as a sign of boycott or disinterest of what will be going on. For example it could be giving time; someone may sleep so that it can pass. Therefore, some sleep as a communicating gesture.

·    Sickness and age: Some sleep in church because they are sick or they are in old age. However in my time and experience in ministry I have also seen that old age influence these can be suppressed. I say so, seeing the life of Apostle Ezekiel Guti.

About the author

John Museredzo is | an author | motivational speaker | pastor | life coach | business consultant | blogger. He is an author of 6 books to date including The Dream In The Wilderness; Youth, Relationships and Marriage, In Pursuit of The Calling and Success Within Reach. He also does articles and seminars online and in colleges, universities and development organizations.

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ARE YOU BORN AGAIN?

ARE YOU BORN AGAIN?

Jesus replied, Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again... You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You be must be born again.’~ John 3:3,7

This is a touching scripture on being born again or repentance. Jesus presents us with a discourse which shows that some people can be surprised that they have to be born again. Christian life starts by repentance. You can’t jump this stage even if you know scriptures or you have a position in church. First things first.

Salvation is all about being born again first. Salvation is paramount to the life of a Christian. Being born again speaks of newness of life, starting again, changing of life. We are made anew in Christ Jesus (2 Cor 5:17). It’s regeneration. It is dangerous to think that salvation is all about joining a church or ministry. Being born in a Christian family doesn’t automatically make one a Christian until a decision to be born again is made (Rom 10:9-10).

As church leaders, we should make sure that people are born again, not just fill halls with people. We should make sure that Jesus fills their hearts starting with ourselves leaders. Many people are in churches but outside the Kingdom. I call them Churchians instead of Christians. There is no regeneration experience. Being born again means Jesus in is me. It is painful to see that many times we have developed ‘events Christians’ that are only after braii fellowships, conferences, partnership seminars and never committed to the life of Christ. We can’t reduce the church to that level. Salvation is a spiritual process to do with the transformation of the heart of man. It is a process of being in right standing with God.

Today ask yourself, ‘Am I born again? Is Christ the Lord in my life? Am I in the kingdom?’                  I also ask you, Are you born again?      

If you have not yet received Jesus Christ pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge and admit that I am a sinner. You died for my sins. I open my heart today. Lord Jesus, come into my heart. Be the Lord and Saviour in my life. I will follow you all the days of my life. I thank you for making me your child. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Be blessed and start a new life to follow Jesus. Find a Bible believing church to receive teaching and grow in Him.

About the author

John Museredzo is | an author | motivational speaker | pastor | life coach | business consultant | blogger. He is an author of 6 books to date including The Dream In The Wilderness; Youth, Relationships and Marriage, In Pursuit of The Calling and Success Within Reach. He also does articles and seminars online and in colleges, universities and development organizations.

·         Cell: +263775127589, +263712154277

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