Tafadzwa Mazibuko |
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Tafadzwa Mazibuko is an Author and Inspirational speaker
Published Book :The dream that was worth fighting for! and Dreamer’s daily planner 2017Facebook page :The dream that was worth fighting for!
www.tafadzwamazibukospeaks.co.za
Focus on who God says you are!
A couple of weeks ago, a man selling stuff by the robots came to me and wanted me to buy what he was selling. "Hey, my sister, please support my small business buy from your brother" He pleaded with me and I smiled at him and said, " Not today my brother, maybe tomorrow" " Ahha my sister us Africans are born to suffer my sister, do you know the song by Lucky Dube my sister born to suffer?" He asked as he sang the song for me." Oh, my brother we were not born to suffer, keep working on your business am sure it will grow eventually but you need to change your mentality first that you were born to suffer because already you are acknowledging defeat." The robot turned green and I had to drive away.I was reminded of Gideon in the bible. When the angel approached him and called him "Mighty warrior!" Gideon asked, "If the Lord is with us why has all this happened to us?" Sometimes circumstances around us force us to magnify the negative but those who go far choose to see themselves the way God sees and says about their situation. Focusing and searching on Who God says we are helps us not to magnify what our experiences and surroundings are saying to us despite how real they seem. Keep believing no one was born to suffer we are more than conquerors in all situations. All things work together for good
The Lord turned to Gideon and encouraged him to go in strength. Sometimes even when God has confirmed that He is the author of your dream when things do not go as we anticipated like the Egyptians we forget. We start wishing we were in slavery. The devil holds us in bondage by magnifying our past experiences but God has bigger opportunities for us. We need to believe that if we are doing it with God the best is yet to come. The bible says no eye has seen nor ear has heard that which the Lord has prepared for those who love Him. We need to continually renew our mind and connect with His heart. When God is in it there is no limit.
Gideon said now that I have found favor give me a sign that it is really you talking to me. When God has placed a dream in our hearts sometimes it seems like He has forgotten about us. When we are afraid it is easy to come up with excuses but those who know their Lord will do great exploits. Those who know their God do not necessarily need a sign they know that if He said it He will do it. His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Meditating on His word will remind us on what He says about us. God says we are more than conquerors. He says by His wounds we were healed. He says He will lead the blind by ways they have not known along unfamiliar paths, He will turn darkness into light before them and make rough places smooth. He says He will go before us and will level the mountains. He will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. He will give treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places. He will teach us to make wealth and bless the works of our hands.
God has promised to accomplish that which He has placed in our hearts. We all have a mission to accomplish on earth and despite our circumstances we need to rise above them and focus on who God says we are, what God says we can do with and through Him.
Keep dreaming and trusting!
‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time: it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it lingers, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay”Habakkuk 2:2
When the year starts everyone with a dream in their heart is expectant. Writing down the vision as required by the bible is a common practise to those who are serious maybe to achieve all their dreams. Bishop Musa Sono of Grace Bible Church South Africa defines a vision as” A vision is the art of seeing with the invisible eye, seeing possibilities before they become obvious. Vision is a glimpse of your God given purpose. We should not be governed by circumstances but rather be led by vision. Vision is seeing what you were born to do a God given perception of what God wants for your life”Indeed, you cannot manage what you cannot measure.
The first month of 2017 has gone by maybe you look at the vision and your goals you wrote down and are slowly wondering whether the vision is realistic because you did not achieve any of the goals or some goals as you anticipated. Do not be discouraged, every successful person had moments when they looked at their circumstances and it appeared as if they would never achieve their dream. Successful people are clear of their vision and they set priorities then prioritize them. They don’t get discouraged by dreams not achieved rather they celebrate life and the dreams achieved and realise that the other dreams are just deferred.
Knowing who you are will help you determine who you want to be. Knowing where you are will determine where you want to go. Knowing who you are not will determine what you should do to be who you should be. A vision will enable you to focus and be faithful to the cause.God equips us for the dream He has put in our hearts. We need to seek His will as the bible states that if we ask it will be given to us. If we seek we, will find, knock the door will be opened to us. Which of you if his son asks for bread will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish will give him a snake? If as evil as we can give our children good gifts, how much, more will our father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him. Our Father in heaven who teaches us to prosper desires to bless us.
We need to understand where we are, sometimes when we feel like we are never going to achieve we just need to look inside of us. Maybe you just need to improve your skills. Attend that course to improve your skills, get that mentor to help you or attend that workshop with people who are more talented than you. There are many better talented people than you in whatever you do but no one has a right to work harder than you so child of God rise and be the best you can be. The word of God in Proverbs 22:29 “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings: he will not serve before obscure men".
Do not be discouraged you maybe one step away from achieving your dream. When a door is closed, it does not necessarily mean that it is locked. If you push it, it might open. Keep dreaming! Believing in oneself alone does not take you far-you need a higher power to carry you through. Dreamers who soar like eagles are not afraid of the storm, instead they are encouraged by miracles of yesterday to deal with today’s mystery. The Lord your God will teach you what is best for you and direct you in the way you should go. Do not cast away the vision. Keep dreaming and trusting in God!
An eagle flies with speed and no bird will fly the height of an eagle...
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.” (Ecclesiastes 11:4) When one is clear of their dream then they need to act upon it. Sometimes the dream is so big that there is temptation to procrastinate waiting for funds for the vision or the right people to come on board. Depending on the dream, some dreams take longer to start manifesting. Like an eagle one has to fly with great speed.
Every day one has to work towards the dream. Building a brand might not be an overnight act but excellence comes with being diligent and executing things on time. Everyone has twenty-four hours. CEO of the biggest multinational in the world, Chairman of the largest foundation in the world, the largest ministry in the world were all started by people who had twenty -four hours but used those hours effectively and did not look at how others were spending their time! Everyone who achieved greatness was not held back by the circumstances, the economy, other people’s opinions but rose and acted with speed. When you are prepared to execute your dream with speed like an eagle, God will give you strength and wisdom to excel. “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary and the young man stumble and fall, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40v29-31)
An Eagle loves the storm
The late Dr. Myles Munroe in his article, “7 Principles of an eagle” says “Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm’s wind to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles use the raging storm to lift him above theclouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees. We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably.”
The people who have possessed their dream see storms as an opportunity to go to the next level. When faced with the same challenge they can be encouraged by the breakthroughs of yesterday and know that if they survived that storm they can survive any other storm. Sometimes we easily forget like the disciples. They experienced Jesus doing a miracle of feeding the five thousand when they had asked Jesus to send the crowd away and look for their own food because it was late and remote. Jesus had asked them what they had and used the five loaves and two fish by breaking the loaves and giving thanks. You would expect that when they met four thousand people not long after that they would ask the crowds how many loaves and fish they had and ask Jesus to do it again. Yes, I mean, look to heaven, break the bread and give thanks. But the disciples still asked Jesus where they could get enough bread in that remote place to feed such a crowd.
With the four thousand people it was Jesus who had said he did not want the crowd to leave without having food. You would think that they knew Jesus enough that whenever he would be compassionate about people he would solve their problem at hand. With the five thousand He had asked to give them food of which they focused on their limitation and saw the five loaves and three fish but with the four thousand He wanted to give them the food.Sometimes our storms become bigger because we are looking with our human eyes and using words like “such a” for example when one looks at the capital needed to start their business or to run their business and they ask themselves where they can get “such capital” where they can get ‘such a’ committed team. Jesus asked the disciples what they had despite “such a crowd”
Our storms also become magnified when we ask ourselves “Who am I?”. When Moses was asked to bring people out of Israel he asked himself the question.” Who am I?” The combination of “Who am I” and “such a” can instill great fear in the dreamer. Moses was afraid because he looked at his abilities, strength and weaknesses. He checked what he could do in the situation and maybe thought “Who am I” to deliver Israelites from “such a” Pharaoh. The moment it becomes about us then fear creeps in. When David got to the battlefield he did not see such a Philistine champion who all the Israelites ran from. When Saul told him that he was not able to fight Goliath he did not agree with him by saying “Who am I” to fight the champion. Who am I when everyone else is running away? He remembered what God had done with him in the previous battles. He had killed the both the lion and the bear. He was confident that the same God who had enabled him would help him conquer the uncircumcised philistine. Even when Goliath despised him because of his stature he did not say “Who am I?” He knew that the name of God who Goliath had defied was enough to deliver him.Possessing one’s dream requires an 'eagle's attitude' that this storm we see today is the same storm we faced yesterday and if we soared in that storm, we can also soar in this storm and even be lifted higher. When everyone is wondering how and when we will feed the crowd we should remember that the same Jesus who fed the five thousand yesterday when we were desperate and even healed the sick they brought with them can still feed four thousand today. Sometimes we get held up because of the word “only” I can only do so much …I only have so much... I can only go this far... Jesus does not work with our “only” He is God of the possibilities despite what we have in our hands!
Dreamers, possess the dream
“Possessing one’s dream is when one’s mind takes ownership of the dream”
Dreamers who soar like eagles are not afraid of the storm instead are encouraged by the miracles of yesterday to deal with today’s mystery. When one has possessed the dream they need to believe in themselves that they can do that. Believing in oneself takes you so far you need higher power to carry you through. “Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. The Lord Alone led him (Israelites); no foreign God was with him. He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields.” (Deutronomy 32:11-13)
When one is clear with their dream they need to look up to Abba Father.“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youth grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will walk and not be faint.(Isaiah 40v29-31) It was at Falcon Ridge Bird Prey Show in Drakensberg. I had a breath taking glimpse to watch a demonstration of rare black eagles, martial eagle being flown in the air and coming back at a bird show. The bird owner was so passionate that even the scorching sun could not be felt by the audience. As much as they displayed other birds like lammergeyer (bearded vulture) or the Falcon I was fascinated by informative talk about the eagles. The memorable performance of the birds as they flew at a high speed to catch the meat which was thrown to them. I could not leave the place without a picture taken with an eagle. It reminded me of one of my favourite songs “Up Where We Belong,” by BeBe and CeCe Winans from Album “Best of Bebe & Cece Winans released 24 June 2014” which says “Lord lift us up where we belong. Where the eagles fly nn a mountain high.Lord, lift us up where we belong, Up from the world we know, Where the clear winds blow.
Yes there are lessons I learnt from eagles which we can also learn when we possess our dream. An eagle does not lay its eggs just anywhere, it looks for a mountain to lay its eggs and put thorns.Every dream has to be achieved in a strategic place. When we trust in God he will show us where we should go so that we can enjoy the fullness of his blessing in achieving our dream. The Lord asked Abram also later known as Abraham to leave his country his people and his father’s household to the land he would show him. It takes great faith to just leave the familiar to go to the unknown. When God wants to do great things with you sometimes all he gives you is that word to leave behind the familiar, to leave behind those who we can easily depend on and go to a place where it will be all about him. Where you will have to totally depend on his blessing to take you through. Where you will have to hang on to his word because you are the only one who heard the word anyway.
God promised Abram that he would make him into a great nation and would bless him. He would make his name great and also be a blessing. When it is about God, even if he asks you to leave people he always has other people and sometimes even including these in mind.The eagle knows a strategic place to nurture its eggs. A mountain is a place associated with victory. Moses said unless your presence goes with us Lord...! When you are on top of the mountain you can see the enemies coming and run. You can make a plan to conquer the enemies wanting to steal your dream. The eagle put thorns to protect the eggs from predators when we possess our dream we have to guard it jealously there are many enemies that includes fear of failure, low self -esteem, lack of finances and our perceptions on who and whose we are. One needs to know their mountain where they can pursue the dream which they will have possessed.
“Dreams need to be taken out of the dust pile of life and dusted then put in a place where you can view them often.” A quote from the book 365 things every woman should know compiled by Wilma le Roux and Lynette Douglas.
Dreamers, perceive the dream..
“Perceiving one’s dream is when one’s spirit takes ownership of the dream”
Every baby comes to this world with beautiful, beautiful dreams hidden in their heart and unfolds each day like a blooming beautiful red rose until one day if perceived blossoms with a beautiful scent and colour. Every living human being has a dream. A multinational companies’ owner who does not have a company in Paraguay and Uruguay yet still has a dream to dream. If you are a have-it-all stay at home mum and you wish to see your daughter walking down the aisle with the highest paid and best sports car -racer in the world, you still have a dream to dream. If you own a foundation feeding millions of poor people and there is still that woman in her off-white dress because it was last washed by the lady who drove past in her BMW 700 series and donated it to her. If she still stands at the robot or traffic light holding a pink cup that has lost its beautiful shiny look because she holds it every day, waiting that someone will drop the five Rands which he remained with after giving the other to the security man who directed him to do parallel parking at the business centre, there is still a dream to dream.
We are created with a creative seed in our hearts. There is an advert I watched on television about Lotto where the people keep on saying “One day is one day!” As long as we breathe, we all have a “One day”
“One day, I will own a 17 Pillar mansion!”
“One day, I will own a multinational company!”
“One day, I will own a world- wide ministry!”
“One day, I will….
The “one day I will” is birthed differently it could be:
The kids looked stunning in their black graduation gowns and caps. The parents were packed in the auditorium and one could sense relief from the parents. Yes they were graduating in grade zero. I had tried to convince my son to practise for his graduation speech at home but he managed to convince me that he wanted to surprise me. I had suggested all the careers that had come to my mind for him to at least be ready for his presentation but he had insisted he knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grows up.
My heart beat so hard as if I was the one who was going to give the presentation. Others who went before him looked confident and well prepared.
“When I grow up, I would like to be a Zoo keeper,” A beautiful little girl said with a smile.
“When I grow up, I would like to be a neurologist.” The boy who followed after said. Mmmmm parents mumbled as they looked impressed.
Themba Junior walked confidently and with a smile said,
“When I grow up, I would like to be a Rich Man.” He said the “Rich Man” with conviction and passion that after the graduation I suddenly became a popular mum amongst parents.
My son’s dream was just a desire planted in his heart.
The dream that is motivated by watching other successful people in the field
According to the biography written by Joan Graff Clucas, Author of Mother Teresa (World leaders Past & Present), in her early years Agnes later known as Mother Teresa was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service in Bengal and by the age 12 had become convinced that she would commit herself to a religious life. Her final resolution was taken on 15 August 1928, while praying at the shrine of Black Madonna of Letnice, where she often went on Pilgrimage. She left home at age of 18 to join sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She never again saw her mother or sister. On 10 September 1946, Teresa experienced what she later described as “The call within the call” while travelling by train to the Loreto Convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. “I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order and to fail would have to break the faith.”
Mother Teresa founded the missionaries of Charity a Roman Catholic religious congregation which started with 13 members in Calcutta and by 1997 when she died had more than 4000 sisters and active in 133 countries. They ran hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. They ran soup kitchens, dispensaries and mobile clinics, children and family counselling programmes orphanages and schools. Mother Teresa’s perceived her dream she was clear about what she wanted to pursue and achieve. She said “By blood, I am Albanian, by citizenship an Indian, by faith I am a catholic nun. As to my calling I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.”
When one perceives their dream even others will perceive their dream too and testify. Nuwaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan on Mother Teresa’s death said “She was a rare and unique individual who lived for higher purposes. Her life -long devotion to the care of the poor, the sick and the disadvantaged was one of the highest service to our humanity.”
Dream motivated by a cause:
The movie had just been released at the theatres and I, my husband and our three boys were keen to be the first ones to tell the story “Long walk to Freedom” to others. As we munched our popcorn we were touched by the passion Mandela had to see South Africa be free from apartheid. He left home and family for 27 years. The most touching part of the movie was when he received a letter that his first born son had passed on and because he was in prison he could not attend the funeral. The pain that showed on his face was pain that could only be sustained by a man who was driven by a bigger cause than he. The six months visit by her daughter Zinzi were also touching because they were only allowed to see family in six months. They were also allowed to receive letters after a while. I remember watching his devastated face when he received a letter from his wife and the words were cut out.
I had an opportunity to visit Robben Island, an island in Table Bay, in Cape Town where Mandela spend 27 years in prison. The tour guide who was also a prisoner during the time narrated the events of the journey with passion. There was a garden we were shown which Mandela grew during the stay. His room had a mattress and a grey and brownish striped blanket which they said he used in the prison. This was one blanket that was used in and out of season. They showed us where they used to send letters to each other with the other prisoners. The lime quarry the prisoners used to dig each day has been kept to date. The dream was definitely motivated by a greater cause. Mandela perceived his dream and eventually moved from Prison to Parliament to Presidency. Since 1994 children can go to any school as long as your bank account allows. Malls are everywhere as long as your pocket allows. People are freer to go anywhere, anyhow and anytime as long as you have a good reason to convince the security man at the boom gate.
God uses people to achieve his purpose and for a cause. When he wanted to deliver his people from the bondage of Egyptian slavery he used Moses. When he sees a need he uses someone to meet that need. He can see his girls being abused in their marriages and he chooses another woman who has overcome marital abuse or someone who has not necessarily gone through marital abuse but is passionate and driven for that cause and to help others come out of the challenge.
Dream that come through a dream:
God does speak to different individuals in their dreams even to this date. There are people whose dreams have been birthed because God spoke to them whilst sleeping. In the bible God spoke to different individuals in their dreams. “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon asked that which dreamers who have perceived the end from the beginning of their dream would. Several times I have tried to answer that question myself and the more I picture Solomon the more I respect him because he asked for something that might seem insignificant considering the materialistic world we now live in, but that which he asked of is way more valuable than all the materials. I would probably have asked for a multi- billion and multi- national organisation without even thinking about it. Solomon asked for that which would sustain the multi-billion and multi- national organisation. He asked that he would be given a discerning heart to govern God’s people and to distinguish from right and wrong.
When Solomon awoke he realised it had been a dream. God granted his dream. He gave him wisdom and very great insight, and a breath of understanding as measureless as the sand on the sea shore. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all men of the East and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. He was wiser than any other man. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. He described plant life, from Cedar of Lebanon on to the hyssop that grows out of the walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.”(1 kings 4:29-34)
We cannot talk about dreamers in the bible and not talk about the Master dreamer Joseph. “Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of corn out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered round mine and bowed down to it.”(Genesis 37:5-7) Then he had another dream, and he told to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” Joseph perceived his dream and eventually moved from Pit to Prison then to the Palace.
Dream that come by Association:
When we moved to Johannesburg I was to take care of our son as a stay at home mum. I enjoyed when I was at the mall with my son in his pram and people would say. “Ash look at those chubby cheeks? Is he your boy? They would look at the size and complexion of mummy and that of the baby and would not resist to ask.
“Is this your child?” I would look at them and with a beautiful smile say “The complexion and the chubbiness, they take after their father. They take after me that which is not seen yet” there would be silence as the other person tried to guess what that could be then before I drive away I say. “The intelligence” They would just laugh and walk away but the brave ones would say “Oh! You are small but ambitious, no wonder they say dynamite comes in small packages.”
I enjoyed being with the kids at home. My husband came home one day excited that he had joined Toastmaster’s club at his work K.P.M.G. He said they were a group of managers but it was open to outsiders and they also offered free drinks and food. I decided to join him to one of the meetings at least if I was not going to be convinced to be a speaker I would have free food and drinks. For a couple of months I would just go to the meeting to listen to their speeches whether they would not be talking about Management Accounting or Auditing. As much as I had studied Accounting listening to an Accounting speech was not on my list of entertainment. Eventually I did my first speech which was basically to tell the audience “Who I am.” I got positive feedback that suddenly changed my dream. I loved speaking before an audience. I had spoken before but mainly to church people so this was a different environment of managers and accountants. I was not sure whether a stay at home would relate to them. My speeches were around me and the boys mostly and occasionally on a good day about their father because that is what I spend my day focusing on. I loved it when they came after the speech and told me that they had been inspired by my presentation. I later joined Professional Speakers Association where writing a book was spoken of and seemed to be “the only way.” It took me a couple of years wondering what I would write about, who would read the book anyway. I dreamt about being an author for a long time whenever I would meet someone who has authored a book I would wonder how they did that! That’s how my dream as a speaker and author was birthed.
Dream that is prompted by the small voice from the Holy Spirit:
When we allow the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us he is faithful to carry us through. Jesus said “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.”(John 16:12-13)
Elijah also heard God in the still small voice. “Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountain apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake, came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.” (1 Kings 19:11-13) Elijah was afraid that the Israelites who had rejected the covenant and were killing God’s prophets would kill him too. In the small voice God told him to go and anoint Elisha as a prophet who would be his attendant. As I wondered how others wrote their books the Holy spirit began to prompt me that I had shared my testimony to so many people I could start by writing a book about that and depend on him for guidance. Yes he was faithful when I wrote my first book “The dream that was worth fighting for!”
Dream that is birthed from trouble/challenge:
I was watching CNN (Cable Network News) a program where they show different talented people from the African Continent and they were showing a Poet Feling Capela from Mozambique(to google this). He specialises in Poetry motivated by photography and he inspires young people to write using poet. When he was interviewed, he shared that when he was young he used to like poems but the dream for poetry motivated by photography started when his dad died and his paternal family took everything from his mother. As he saw his mother crying every time and working hard to fend for them in desperation his dream was ignited and now he does that for a living and he also helps others achieve the same dream.
Perceiving your dream is being clear and very clear about where you are going. You cannot get in your car without knowing where you want to go and expect to get somewhere. There are even gadgets to help one with directions but one has to know where they are going. One day I set to go to and I put in the name “Oriental Plaza” I did not know that I needed to put in the address because the GPS would take me to any place with that name. I was taken to Oriental plaza in Johannesburg but the other side of town opposite to where I meant to go. I had an appointment there but to my disappointment I was taken to a place with the same name but not where I wanted to go. One has to have the end in mind of their dream before they start off. Like using the GPS one needs to:
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Focus on who God says you are!
A couple of weeks ago, a man selling stuff by the robots came to me and wanted me to buy what he was selling. "Hey, my sister, please support my small business buy from your brother" He pleaded with me and I smiled at him and said, " Not today my brother, maybe tomorrow" " Ahha my sister us Africans are born to suffer my sister, do you know the song by Lucky Dube my sister born to suffer?" He asked as he sang the song for me." Oh, my brother we were not born to suffer, keep working on your business am sure it will grow eventually but you need to change your mentality first that you were born to suffer because already you are acknowledging defeat." The robot turned green and I had to drive away.I was reminded of Gideon in the bible. When the angel approached him and called him "Mighty warrior!" Gideon asked, "If the Lord is with us why has all this happened to us?" Sometimes circumstances around us force us to magnify the negative but those who go far choose to see themselves the way God sees and says about their situation. Focusing and searching on Who God says we are helps us not to magnify what our experiences and surroundings are saying to us despite how real they seem. Keep believing no one was born to suffer we are more than conquerors in all situations. All things work together for good
The Lord turned to Gideon and encouraged him to go in strength. Sometimes even when God has confirmed that He is the author of your dream when things do not go as we anticipated like the Egyptians we forget. We start wishing we were in slavery. The devil holds us in bondage by magnifying our past experiences but God has bigger opportunities for us. We need to believe that if we are doing it with God the best is yet to come. The bible says no eye has seen nor ear has heard that which the Lord has prepared for those who love Him. We need to continually renew our mind and connect with His heart. When God is in it there is no limit.
Gideon said now that I have found favor give me a sign that it is really you talking to me. When God has placed a dream in our hearts sometimes it seems like He has forgotten about us. When we are afraid it is easy to come up with excuses but those who know their Lord will do great exploits. Those who know their God do not necessarily need a sign they know that if He said it He will do it. His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Meditating on His word will remind us on what He says about us. God says we are more than conquerors. He says by His wounds we were healed. He says He will lead the blind by ways they have not known along unfamiliar paths, He will turn darkness into light before them and make rough places smooth. He says He will go before us and will level the mountains. He will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. He will give treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places. He will teach us to make wealth and bless the works of our hands.
God has promised to accomplish that which He has placed in our hearts. We all have a mission to accomplish on earth and despite our circumstances we need to rise above them and focus on who God says we are, what God says we can do with and through Him.
Keep dreaming and trusting!
‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time: it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it lingers, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay”Habakkuk 2:2
When the year starts everyone with a dream in their heart is expectant. Writing down the vision as required by the bible is a common practise to those who are serious maybe to achieve all their dreams. Bishop Musa Sono of Grace Bible Church South Africa defines a vision as” A vision is the art of seeing with the invisible eye, seeing possibilities before they become obvious. Vision is a glimpse of your God given purpose. We should not be governed by circumstances but rather be led by vision. Vision is seeing what you were born to do a God given perception of what God wants for your life”Indeed, you cannot manage what you cannot measure.
The first month of 2017 has gone by maybe you look at the vision and your goals you wrote down and are slowly wondering whether the vision is realistic because you did not achieve any of the goals or some goals as you anticipated. Do not be discouraged, every successful person had moments when they looked at their circumstances and it appeared as if they would never achieve their dream. Successful people are clear of their vision and they set priorities then prioritize them. They don’t get discouraged by dreams not achieved rather they celebrate life and the dreams achieved and realise that the other dreams are just deferred.
Knowing who you are will help you determine who you want to be. Knowing where you are will determine where you want to go. Knowing who you are not will determine what you should do to be who you should be. A vision will enable you to focus and be faithful to the cause.God equips us for the dream He has put in our hearts. We need to seek His will as the bible states that if we ask it will be given to us. If we seek we, will find, knock the door will be opened to us. Which of you if his son asks for bread will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish will give him a snake? If as evil as we can give our children good gifts, how much, more will our father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him. Our Father in heaven who teaches us to prosper desires to bless us.
We need to understand where we are, sometimes when we feel like we are never going to achieve we just need to look inside of us. Maybe you just need to improve your skills. Attend that course to improve your skills, get that mentor to help you or attend that workshop with people who are more talented than you. There are many better talented people than you in whatever you do but no one has a right to work harder than you so child of God rise and be the best you can be. The word of God in Proverbs 22:29 “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings: he will not serve before obscure men".
Do not be discouraged you maybe one step away from achieving your dream. When a door is closed, it does not necessarily mean that it is locked. If you push it, it might open. Keep dreaming! Believing in oneself alone does not take you far-you need a higher power to carry you through. Dreamers who soar like eagles are not afraid of the storm, instead they are encouraged by miracles of yesterday to deal with today’s mystery. The Lord your God will teach you what is best for you and direct you in the way you should go. Do not cast away the vision. Keep dreaming and trusting in God!
An eagle flies with speed and no bird will fly the height of an eagle...
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.” (Ecclesiastes 11:4) When one is clear of their dream then they need to act upon it. Sometimes the dream is so big that there is temptation to procrastinate waiting for funds for the vision or the right people to come on board. Depending on the dream, some dreams take longer to start manifesting. Like an eagle one has to fly with great speed.
Every day one has to work towards the dream. Building a brand might not be an overnight act but excellence comes with being diligent and executing things on time. Everyone has twenty-four hours. CEO of the biggest multinational in the world, Chairman of the largest foundation in the world, the largest ministry in the world were all started by people who had twenty -four hours but used those hours effectively and did not look at how others were spending their time! Everyone who achieved greatness was not held back by the circumstances, the economy, other people’s opinions but rose and acted with speed. When you are prepared to execute your dream with speed like an eagle, God will give you strength and wisdom to excel. “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary and the young man stumble and fall, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40v29-31)
An Eagle loves the storm
The late Dr. Myles Munroe in his article, “7 Principles of an eagle” says “Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm’s wind to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles use the raging storm to lift him above theclouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees. We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably.”
The people who have possessed their dream see storms as an opportunity to go to the next level. When faced with the same challenge they can be encouraged by the breakthroughs of yesterday and know that if they survived that storm they can survive any other storm. Sometimes we easily forget like the disciples. They experienced Jesus doing a miracle of feeding the five thousand when they had asked Jesus to send the crowd away and look for their own food because it was late and remote. Jesus had asked them what they had and used the five loaves and two fish by breaking the loaves and giving thanks. You would expect that when they met four thousand people not long after that they would ask the crowds how many loaves and fish they had and ask Jesus to do it again. Yes, I mean, look to heaven, break the bread and give thanks. But the disciples still asked Jesus where they could get enough bread in that remote place to feed such a crowd.
With the four thousand people it was Jesus who had said he did not want the crowd to leave without having food. You would think that they knew Jesus enough that whenever he would be compassionate about people he would solve their problem at hand. With the five thousand He had asked to give them food of which they focused on their limitation and saw the five loaves and three fish but with the four thousand He wanted to give them the food.Sometimes our storms become bigger because we are looking with our human eyes and using words like “such a” for example when one looks at the capital needed to start their business or to run their business and they ask themselves where they can get “such capital” where they can get ‘such a’ committed team. Jesus asked the disciples what they had despite “such a crowd”
Our storms also become magnified when we ask ourselves “Who am I?”. When Moses was asked to bring people out of Israel he asked himself the question.” Who am I?” The combination of “Who am I” and “such a” can instill great fear in the dreamer. Moses was afraid because he looked at his abilities, strength and weaknesses. He checked what he could do in the situation and maybe thought “Who am I” to deliver Israelites from “such a” Pharaoh. The moment it becomes about us then fear creeps in. When David got to the battlefield he did not see such a Philistine champion who all the Israelites ran from. When Saul told him that he was not able to fight Goliath he did not agree with him by saying “Who am I” to fight the champion. Who am I when everyone else is running away? He remembered what God had done with him in the previous battles. He had killed the both the lion and the bear. He was confident that the same God who had enabled him would help him conquer the uncircumcised philistine. Even when Goliath despised him because of his stature he did not say “Who am I?” He knew that the name of God who Goliath had defied was enough to deliver him.Possessing one’s dream requires an 'eagle's attitude' that this storm we see today is the same storm we faced yesterday and if we soared in that storm, we can also soar in this storm and even be lifted higher. When everyone is wondering how and when we will feed the crowd we should remember that the same Jesus who fed the five thousand yesterday when we were desperate and even healed the sick they brought with them can still feed four thousand today. Sometimes we get held up because of the word “only” I can only do so much …I only have so much... I can only go this far... Jesus does not work with our “only” He is God of the possibilities despite what we have in our hands!
Dreamers, possess the dream
“Possessing one’s dream is when one’s mind takes ownership of the dream”
Dreamers who soar like eagles are not afraid of the storm instead are encouraged by the miracles of yesterday to deal with today’s mystery. When one has possessed the dream they need to believe in themselves that they can do that. Believing in oneself takes you so far you need higher power to carry you through. “Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. The Lord Alone led him (Israelites); no foreign God was with him. He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields.” (Deutronomy 32:11-13)
When one is clear with their dream they need to look up to Abba Father.“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youth grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will walk and not be faint.(Isaiah 40v29-31) It was at Falcon Ridge Bird Prey Show in Drakensberg. I had a breath taking glimpse to watch a demonstration of rare black eagles, martial eagle being flown in the air and coming back at a bird show. The bird owner was so passionate that even the scorching sun could not be felt by the audience. As much as they displayed other birds like lammergeyer (bearded vulture) or the Falcon I was fascinated by informative talk about the eagles. The memorable performance of the birds as they flew at a high speed to catch the meat which was thrown to them. I could not leave the place without a picture taken with an eagle. It reminded me of one of my favourite songs “Up Where We Belong,” by BeBe and CeCe Winans from Album “Best of Bebe & Cece Winans released 24 June 2014” which says “Lord lift us up where we belong. Where the eagles fly nn a mountain high.Lord, lift us up where we belong, Up from the world we know, Where the clear winds blow.
Yes there are lessons I learnt from eagles which we can also learn when we possess our dream. An eagle does not lay its eggs just anywhere, it looks for a mountain to lay its eggs and put thorns.Every dream has to be achieved in a strategic place. When we trust in God he will show us where we should go so that we can enjoy the fullness of his blessing in achieving our dream. The Lord asked Abram also later known as Abraham to leave his country his people and his father’s household to the land he would show him. It takes great faith to just leave the familiar to go to the unknown. When God wants to do great things with you sometimes all he gives you is that word to leave behind the familiar, to leave behind those who we can easily depend on and go to a place where it will be all about him. Where you will have to totally depend on his blessing to take you through. Where you will have to hang on to his word because you are the only one who heard the word anyway.
God promised Abram that he would make him into a great nation and would bless him. He would make his name great and also be a blessing. When it is about God, even if he asks you to leave people he always has other people and sometimes even including these in mind.The eagle knows a strategic place to nurture its eggs. A mountain is a place associated with victory. Moses said unless your presence goes with us Lord...! When you are on top of the mountain you can see the enemies coming and run. You can make a plan to conquer the enemies wanting to steal your dream. The eagle put thorns to protect the eggs from predators when we possess our dream we have to guard it jealously there are many enemies that includes fear of failure, low self -esteem, lack of finances and our perceptions on who and whose we are. One needs to know their mountain where they can pursue the dream which they will have possessed.
“Dreams need to be taken out of the dust pile of life and dusted then put in a place where you can view them often.” A quote from the book 365 things every woman should know compiled by Wilma le Roux and Lynette Douglas.
Dreamers, perceive the dream..
“Perceiving one’s dream is when one’s spirit takes ownership of the dream”
Every baby comes to this world with beautiful, beautiful dreams hidden in their heart and unfolds each day like a blooming beautiful red rose until one day if perceived blossoms with a beautiful scent and colour. Every living human being has a dream. A multinational companies’ owner who does not have a company in Paraguay and Uruguay yet still has a dream to dream. If you are a have-it-all stay at home mum and you wish to see your daughter walking down the aisle with the highest paid and best sports car -racer in the world, you still have a dream to dream. If you own a foundation feeding millions of poor people and there is still that woman in her off-white dress because it was last washed by the lady who drove past in her BMW 700 series and donated it to her. If she still stands at the robot or traffic light holding a pink cup that has lost its beautiful shiny look because she holds it every day, waiting that someone will drop the five Rands which he remained with after giving the other to the security man who directed him to do parallel parking at the business centre, there is still a dream to dream.
We are created with a creative seed in our hearts. There is an advert I watched on television about Lotto where the people keep on saying “One day is one day!” As long as we breathe, we all have a “One day”
“One day, I will own a 17 Pillar mansion!”
“One day, I will own a multinational company!”
“One day, I will own a world- wide ministry!”
“One day, I will….
The “one day I will” is birthed differently it could be:
- The desire in your heart
- Motivated by watching other successful people on media
- Motivated by a cause for example to liberate women and children from abuse
- Dream that come through a dream like Joseph in the bible
- Dream that come by association
- Dream that is prompted by the small voice from the Holy Spirit
The kids looked stunning in their black graduation gowns and caps. The parents were packed in the auditorium and one could sense relief from the parents. Yes they were graduating in grade zero. I had tried to convince my son to practise for his graduation speech at home but he managed to convince me that he wanted to surprise me. I had suggested all the careers that had come to my mind for him to at least be ready for his presentation but he had insisted he knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grows up.
My heart beat so hard as if I was the one who was going to give the presentation. Others who went before him looked confident and well prepared.
“When I grow up, I would like to be a Zoo keeper,” A beautiful little girl said with a smile.
“When I grow up, I would like to be a neurologist.” The boy who followed after said. Mmmmm parents mumbled as they looked impressed.
Themba Junior walked confidently and with a smile said,
“When I grow up, I would like to be a Rich Man.” He said the “Rich Man” with conviction and passion that after the graduation I suddenly became a popular mum amongst parents.
My son’s dream was just a desire planted in his heart.
The dream that is motivated by watching other successful people in the field
According to the biography written by Joan Graff Clucas, Author of Mother Teresa (World leaders Past & Present), in her early years Agnes later known as Mother Teresa was fascinated by stories of the lives of missionaries and their service in Bengal and by the age 12 had become convinced that she would commit herself to a religious life. Her final resolution was taken on 15 August 1928, while praying at the shrine of Black Madonna of Letnice, where she often went on Pilgrimage. She left home at age of 18 to join sisters of Loreto as a missionary. She never again saw her mother or sister. On 10 September 1946, Teresa experienced what she later described as “The call within the call” while travelling by train to the Loreto Convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. “I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order and to fail would have to break the faith.”
Mother Teresa founded the missionaries of Charity a Roman Catholic religious congregation which started with 13 members in Calcutta and by 1997 when she died had more than 4000 sisters and active in 133 countries. They ran hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. They ran soup kitchens, dispensaries and mobile clinics, children and family counselling programmes orphanages and schools. Mother Teresa’s perceived her dream she was clear about what she wanted to pursue and achieve. She said “By blood, I am Albanian, by citizenship an Indian, by faith I am a catholic nun. As to my calling I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.”
When one perceives their dream even others will perceive their dream too and testify. Nuwaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan on Mother Teresa’s death said “She was a rare and unique individual who lived for higher purposes. Her life -long devotion to the care of the poor, the sick and the disadvantaged was one of the highest service to our humanity.”
Dream motivated by a cause:
The movie had just been released at the theatres and I, my husband and our three boys were keen to be the first ones to tell the story “Long walk to Freedom” to others. As we munched our popcorn we were touched by the passion Mandela had to see South Africa be free from apartheid. He left home and family for 27 years. The most touching part of the movie was when he received a letter that his first born son had passed on and because he was in prison he could not attend the funeral. The pain that showed on his face was pain that could only be sustained by a man who was driven by a bigger cause than he. The six months visit by her daughter Zinzi were also touching because they were only allowed to see family in six months. They were also allowed to receive letters after a while. I remember watching his devastated face when he received a letter from his wife and the words were cut out.
I had an opportunity to visit Robben Island, an island in Table Bay, in Cape Town where Mandela spend 27 years in prison. The tour guide who was also a prisoner during the time narrated the events of the journey with passion. There was a garden we were shown which Mandela grew during the stay. His room had a mattress and a grey and brownish striped blanket which they said he used in the prison. This was one blanket that was used in and out of season. They showed us where they used to send letters to each other with the other prisoners. The lime quarry the prisoners used to dig each day has been kept to date. The dream was definitely motivated by a greater cause. Mandela perceived his dream and eventually moved from Prison to Parliament to Presidency. Since 1994 children can go to any school as long as your bank account allows. Malls are everywhere as long as your pocket allows. People are freer to go anywhere, anyhow and anytime as long as you have a good reason to convince the security man at the boom gate.
God uses people to achieve his purpose and for a cause. When he wanted to deliver his people from the bondage of Egyptian slavery he used Moses. When he sees a need he uses someone to meet that need. He can see his girls being abused in their marriages and he chooses another woman who has overcome marital abuse or someone who has not necessarily gone through marital abuse but is passionate and driven for that cause and to help others come out of the challenge.
Dream that come through a dream:
God does speak to different individuals in their dreams even to this date. There are people whose dreams have been birthed because God spoke to them whilst sleeping. In the bible God spoke to different individuals in their dreams. “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon asked that which dreamers who have perceived the end from the beginning of their dream would. Several times I have tried to answer that question myself and the more I picture Solomon the more I respect him because he asked for something that might seem insignificant considering the materialistic world we now live in, but that which he asked of is way more valuable than all the materials. I would probably have asked for a multi- billion and multi- national organisation without even thinking about it. Solomon asked for that which would sustain the multi-billion and multi- national organisation. He asked that he would be given a discerning heart to govern God’s people and to distinguish from right and wrong.
When Solomon awoke he realised it had been a dream. God granted his dream. He gave him wisdom and very great insight, and a breath of understanding as measureless as the sand on the sea shore. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all men of the East and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. He was wiser than any other man. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. He described plant life, from Cedar of Lebanon on to the hyssop that grows out of the walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.”(1 kings 4:29-34)
We cannot talk about dreamers in the bible and not talk about the Master dreamer Joseph. “Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of corn out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered round mine and bowed down to it.”(Genesis 37:5-7) Then he had another dream, and he told to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” Joseph perceived his dream and eventually moved from Pit to Prison then to the Palace.
Dream that come by Association:
When we moved to Johannesburg I was to take care of our son as a stay at home mum. I enjoyed when I was at the mall with my son in his pram and people would say. “Ash look at those chubby cheeks? Is he your boy? They would look at the size and complexion of mummy and that of the baby and would not resist to ask.
“Is this your child?” I would look at them and with a beautiful smile say “The complexion and the chubbiness, they take after their father. They take after me that which is not seen yet” there would be silence as the other person tried to guess what that could be then before I drive away I say. “The intelligence” They would just laugh and walk away but the brave ones would say “Oh! You are small but ambitious, no wonder they say dynamite comes in small packages.”
I enjoyed being with the kids at home. My husband came home one day excited that he had joined Toastmaster’s club at his work K.P.M.G. He said they were a group of managers but it was open to outsiders and they also offered free drinks and food. I decided to join him to one of the meetings at least if I was not going to be convinced to be a speaker I would have free food and drinks. For a couple of months I would just go to the meeting to listen to their speeches whether they would not be talking about Management Accounting or Auditing. As much as I had studied Accounting listening to an Accounting speech was not on my list of entertainment. Eventually I did my first speech which was basically to tell the audience “Who I am.” I got positive feedback that suddenly changed my dream. I loved speaking before an audience. I had spoken before but mainly to church people so this was a different environment of managers and accountants. I was not sure whether a stay at home would relate to them. My speeches were around me and the boys mostly and occasionally on a good day about their father because that is what I spend my day focusing on. I loved it when they came after the speech and told me that they had been inspired by my presentation. I later joined Professional Speakers Association where writing a book was spoken of and seemed to be “the only way.” It took me a couple of years wondering what I would write about, who would read the book anyway. I dreamt about being an author for a long time whenever I would meet someone who has authored a book I would wonder how they did that! That’s how my dream as a speaker and author was birthed.
Dream that is prompted by the small voice from the Holy Spirit:
When we allow the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us he is faithful to carry us through. Jesus said “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.”(John 16:12-13)
Elijah also heard God in the still small voice. “Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountain apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake, came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.” (1 Kings 19:11-13) Elijah was afraid that the Israelites who had rejected the covenant and were killing God’s prophets would kill him too. In the small voice God told him to go and anoint Elisha as a prophet who would be his attendant. As I wondered how others wrote their books the Holy spirit began to prompt me that I had shared my testimony to so many people I could start by writing a book about that and depend on him for guidance. Yes he was faithful when I wrote my first book “The dream that was worth fighting for!”
Dream that is birthed from trouble/challenge:
I was watching CNN (Cable Network News) a program where they show different talented people from the African Continent and they were showing a Poet Feling Capela from Mozambique(to google this). He specialises in Poetry motivated by photography and he inspires young people to write using poet. When he was interviewed, he shared that when he was young he used to like poems but the dream for poetry motivated by photography started when his dad died and his paternal family took everything from his mother. As he saw his mother crying every time and working hard to fend for them in desperation his dream was ignited and now he does that for a living and he also helps others achieve the same dream.
Perceiving your dream is being clear and very clear about where you are going. You cannot get in your car without knowing where you want to go and expect to get somewhere. There are even gadgets to help one with directions but one has to know where they are going. One day I set to go to and I put in the name “Oriental Plaza” I did not know that I needed to put in the address because the GPS would take me to any place with that name. I was taken to Oriental plaza in Johannesburg but the other side of town opposite to where I meant to go. I had an appointment there but to my disappointment I was taken to a place with the same name but not where I wanted to go. One has to have the end in mind of their dream before they start off. Like using the GPS one needs to:
- Know where you are, to determine where you want to go
- Know who you are, to determine who you want to be
- Know who you are not, to determine what you should do to be who you should be.
- Know where you are not, to determine what you should do to go where you need to be.
- What is it that you are passionate about?
- What is it that you consistently say if God could only?
- What is it that you could do for free and still be happy because you desire that one day it will grow?
- What is it that when you see the next person doing or having (not out of envy or jealous) and you wonder “How do they do it?”
- What is it that you say “One day, is one Day! “
Other Books By Zimbabwean Authors1.The Blessing Scriptures by Taka Sande www.itsmyfootprint.com
2.Little Tough Tips on Marriage by Taka Sande
3.The Discipleship Series by Taka Sande
4.The Emmaculate Calling By Ngoni Patony Musendo www.patonymusendo.com
5. Destined To Succeed By Peter Mbada
6. Tough Times Don't Last By Peter Mbada
7. Challenge Your Limitations By Peter Mbada www.pmbada.org
8. The Spirit of A Champion by Rodwell Jacha
9. It's as if by Rodwell Jacha
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