The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. Psalm 119:130

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Why We Don't Achieve What We Want

Delivered at Global Faith Coalition World Congress Nairobi Kenya 22-26 Aug 2023                                                         

by  Howard Sands

Vision and Goals

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volunteers  needed for demonstration
5 occupations - dentist, hairdresser, mechanic, doctor, pharmacist

5 Volunteers – all with the same problem but different response actions

 

Person with very sore open infected leg, painful, weeping sore.

Same problem – different beliefs and actions

Who to go to, to get leg fixed?


1/ Visits dentist, my leg is sore, dentist says, open your mouth,
I see the problem, your back molar is twisted it needs to come out.

Reaction – I am not sure.

 

2/ Lady, my friend is a hairdresser, I need a haircut, I will go and ask her.
Sitting in chair getting her hair done and asks about leg

I see the problem, its not clean, I recommend this shampoo to all my customers it works wonders for them, take some and try it.

Shampoo on leg – condition gets worse and more painful.

 

3/ Smart guy, My mechanic says he can fix anything, he’s fixed my car many times.

I see the problem, If you put this high grade oil in your car it works better, maybe it will work for your leg too.

Puts oil on leg, infection and pain worse.

 

4/ Even smarter guy, Maybe I should go to the doctor. Visits doctor.

I see the problem, you have an infection, we need to kill the bacteria with cream and antibiotic tablets, go get these and apply cream to leg and take antibiotics, come back and see me in a week.

 

Man goes to Pharmacy,  the cream is cheap but the tablets expensive.

Doesn’t buy tablets because he can’t afford.

Leg stops weeping but infection swelling and pain still there,

back to doctor in a week.

I couldn’t afford tablets but why is my leg not better?

 

5/ Even smarter still lady, Maybe I should go to the doctor.

Visits doctor

I see the problem, you have an infection, we need to kill the bacteria with cream and antibiotic tablets, go get these and apply cream to leg and take antiobiotics, come back and see me in a week.

Goes to pharmacy, gets cream, can’t afford tablets, goes home to family and friends, I have to get $X, searches, asks, borrows from family friends, goes back to pharmacy, gets tablets and uses.
After a week goes back to doctor, leg healed.

 

POINT

Don’t take your advice from someone who is not experienced AND qualified in the appropriate field.
Take the action recommended by the expert.

Do Whatever it Takes.

 

 

Jesus had goals
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. Lk 8.22

Then a storm came but he stilled the storm because he had a goal. 
He did not say, let's go out in the boat, go to the middle of the lake and drown in a big storm.
He had a goal and did whatever it took to complete the goal.  

 

Set his face to go to Jerusalem Luke 9.51

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Had clear goals and pursued them, in spite of difficulties.

 

Difference between a failure and a person who has failed.

you are NOT a failure, you are more than conquerors, BUT …

you may have failed:-

And continue to fail

perhaps because

  • You take advice from unqualified people
  • You don’t follow the advice of experts
  • Have been beaten by the circumstances, economy, culture, resistant people


BUT you don’t have to stay there …


You may have a general idea of a vision you want to follow

But most will not get there

Because:-

  • you don’t even ask any questions
  • some ask, but not the right questions,
  • you don’t ask the right people and
  • when you do get good advice, you don’t follow it.

 

You are either:-

  • Stubborn
  • Rebellious
  • Stupid
  • Or looking for a quick way or shortcut


What does God say about the person that knows to do good but does not do it?
To him who fails to respond to God, to him it is sin.

To act without faith is sin.

 

A few succeed,

  • They follow the advice of the expert
  • and act on it
  • and persist in faith despite obstacles until it works.

 

A success is a person that got up and tries again after every failure

A failure is one who says:-  

  • It can’t be done
  • I don’t know how to do it
  • I can’t afford it
  • It’s too hard
  • Nobody will help me
  • In our country you can’t do that because – long list of cultural, economic or social excuses.

 

Elite Sportspeople spend hours, weeks months and years in obscurity – practicing for their big moment.
But the sports stars all have one thing that most Christian leaders lack -

GOALS

Clearly defined, exact objective, time specific

And a
Strategy to get to the goal.

 

If it costs you nothing you will not value it.
if the cost is beyond your natural means, must use faith and persistence to obtain.

Stop looking for a free everything.

Some won’t come to an event if it’s not free lunch.

Free will not help you.

Pay for it and appreciate it.

I apologies on behalf of all western missionaries that have come to you and taught by their example that you don’t have to pay for anything.
They have (perhaps unknowingly), taught you a poverty mentality.

You must escape the poverty mentality.

Those wanting a free lunch are free loaders – they will still be looking for a free lunch when Jesus comes and their excuse for not doing the job will be we couldn’t afford it.

Lk 13.27 But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

 

John 6.26Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill27Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

 

If you have a vision, but no goals

You will –

  • Never know what is best to do next
  • Easily get diverted from the best path
  • Not knuckle down and work hard because there is no deadline
  • And never know whether you have achieved your goal.

 

Follow the blueprint
Exodus 25:9 You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern ...

 

As part of our program to help you learn how to hear God and set Godly specific goals for your ministry we have established

Growing African Christian Leaders facebook group

12258362494?profile=RESIZE_710xWe discovered by asking admission questions. 
1/ What is the biggest goal you have in your ministry? Share the specific activity or project, the deadline and measurement.

Less than 10% could provide a clear goal.

 We changed question to:- 

1/ What is the next big goal/project your ministry is working towards? Include specific project, how many, what size, describe the people by location, ethnicity, age, gender, interest or other factor & date to achieve.

Still only 17% can explain a clear goal that they have.

That's why we provide this training, to help you understand, create goals and fulfil them. 

Now after more 3000 applications, & 2500+ waiting to get in that didn’t provide answers at all.
We can clearly say that:-  
Africans need help with setting goals


That’s why we have a 10 Day Challenge to show you how to hear from God and do it,

and take your ministry to the next level in 10 days – and its free,

but you won’t learn if you don’t do the assigned tasks.

 

To Sign Up click here 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/growingafricanchristianleaders

Answer all 4 questions. 
When you are admitted check for private messenger message from Howard Sands

AND email (if not found check your email spam filter);

click CONFIRM link in email and start receiving email training.

get started on understanding and setting goals then achieving them and changing your life, ministry and community. 
I look forward to seeing your reports in the facebook group on your progress with setting and achieving goals to move you closer to your vision.

 

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A SUPERNATURAL VOYAGE INTO THE WORLD OF THE WORD

LEARNING IS LIVING

 

 

 

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MINISTRY IS ABOUT IMPACT

THE WORD!

You can't rise above your knowledge of the word of God. Ignorance of the word is the greatest ignorance of man. Dr. Etta

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IT'S A NEW DAY!

He called the Light Day. Genesis 1:5a

In God's perspective, a day is only justified by its light. That's why, Christ said, we should ask for our daily bread. The bread he was referring to was something deeper than physical food; it is the light (revelation and understanding) that goes with each day.

You can't survive on yesterday's light, today, which is the major reason why most institutions, churches, and organizations lose their relevance with time.

Operating with the light of yesterday in a new day is the major reason behind the decay in several quarters of Christendom.

Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they didn't know the time of their visitation. The light of the world walked through their streets, but their religious blindness made them miss such a glorious era.

I'm weeping for this generation, "And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil." John 3:19.

I pray you seek the light for this era!

Sometimes, it may require personal consecration to God and thorough mentorship under those entrusted with the light of a given dispensation.

"Religion" hates to hear this kind of truth, but we won't close our mouths nor drop down our pens until the light of the truth sweeps all across this dark world. Help us, God! DrBenard Etta

He Called the Darkness Night! Gen 1:5b

 

Physical things are weak illustrations of life realities. We are either walking in the “Day” or “Night” and the difference is light.

The difference between day and night is not time, but light. An entire generation can grope in the dark and live their experience in the night if they lack light (Illumination).

We are in the 21st-Century, and while there is a small group of people dotted around the world who are walking in the light of this day (21st Century), it is just unfortunate that millions of people living in this same era are walking in darkness and living the reality of the night.

An entire denomination, nation, and generation could walk in gross darkness even under the brightest sunlight. Thank God for sunlight, but its impact is merely physical. There is another light; divine light, the light of the revelation of Christ as the truth. That's the highest light!

It doesn't make people merely religious; it upgrades their knowledge and understanding and gives them access to “heavenly civilization” for early manifestation. That's why, just going to church alone isn't enough, there is light available if we press on to know the one who is Light, and in him is no darkness at all.

It is his light given to a generation that births their day. He called the Light Day!

Very soon, the power of his Light will lighten this age through his luminaries. I see a new day on the horizon; it's coming!

Don't get lost in baseless “religiosity,” disconnect to connect. Ponder to be a wonder!DrBenard Etta

The Word Of God Contains All The Vital Principles For Birthing A New Civilization!

The world within the word of God is the only realm without deficiencies; its sufficiency can make up for our deficiencies in all areas of our lives and spheres of strategic importance. Apart from salvation from sin, sicknesses, curses, and demonic oppression, the ‘world within the word offers breakthrough knowledge, ideas, strategy, inventions, creations, and innovative insights, capable of propelling advanced progress in the Politico-Socio-Economic-Cultural and Scientific arenas. The word of God contains all the vital principles for the birthing of a new civilization, in virtually all areas and spheres of life. It takes insight to see this possibility.

There is much more to our existence on planet Earth than mere survival. I said in Chicago last year during my mentorship program that the highly celebrated "American Dream" of a house, car, and others is the highest form of poverty if it becomes all one lives for.

 

Dr,Benard Etta Speaking during Beltville Maryland Mentor-ship Conference 2014

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WHY GFCSM IS UNIQUE!

1) It is a heavenly vision for such a time as this, packaged with timely and relevant revelation knowledge to equip the saints for extraordinary effectiveness and impact in establishing God's kingdom and His will on earth as it is in heaven in the lives of people and all facets of society in the 21st century.

2) The courses are not borrowed, but downloaded from the mind of God, and uniquely designed for 21st-century passionate, curious, and inquisitive kingdom ambassadors, whose search for God and truth can't be satisfied by baseless proclamations and religious rhetoric. Presently, I don't know of any school of ministry with the courses in the GFCSM online school program. This is what leadership is about; opening new frontiers and refusing to lead from behind.

3) GFCSM doesn't only educate and equip those called into the five-fold ministry but has an extensive vision and resources to equip marketplace leaders from all walks of life.

4) GFCSM is a pace-setting kingdom mandate for the 21st-century church. By the providence of the Almighty God, GFCSM is one of the very few schools of ministry with sound biblical revelations, which you would rarely come across cheaply.

If Jesus Christ said, he was not the light of the world, he would have been telling a lie. If we say GFCSM isn't a pace-setting and groundbreaking 21st-century revolutionary Christian leadership vision, we would simply be telling a lie.

This isn't cheap publicity, but undeniable facts. Jesus wept over Jerusalem for not knowing the time of her visitation.

A new move of God is on the horizon, don't miss out.

Join this chariot now! Enroll now! DrBenard Etta 

 

Dr.Benard Etta speaking in Tulsa Oklahoma 2014

Religion is like a virus!

Religion is like a virus; it attacks basic common sense and prudence. It is a baseless and senseless pursuit of God due to inadequate divine illumination. Deliverance from religion is the fundamental requirement in accessing the Divine.

It's interesting to note that, those who crucified Christ were religious people. Why? Christ was a threat to their religious domination, manipulation, and control of the masses.

If Christ returns to earth today, religious people would still seek to kill him. Religion is the most vicious enemy of humankind.

The world is divided between a minority who truly know God and a majority of religious people who believe in God but don't know Him.

Where do you belong?

Dr.Etta

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. Col 3:16a