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Greetings from Pretoria, South Africa!

I do hope you have all been doing ever so well in my absence here on the blog. As you can imagine, it has been a very busy first and second quarter of the year and this 2016th edition of it seems to be flying through. We do bless The Lord however that Jehovah Loves us enough to remind us of His Purpose in our lives even in our busyness and it is that stern reminder that has brought me back to a very important part of His Plan for my life; ministering on this blog.

 

So often we allow the relentless pursuit of economic freedom and success to steadily shift us from what The Lord wants us to do. I know this has been the case for me and I have learned a great deal regarding this. I do apologize to you as well my beloved reader.

In business, we can come across an incredible amount of choices and options that we can take, to change the weight of our pockets and the amount if zero's that show in our bank account balances. The way that it happens is that naturally we are drawn to the option that can do this for us quicker and more abundantly.

Often times frustration walks along side of us because we also find that many of the things we do can fail, not perform as promised and even set us back further than where we had started. Despondency, lack of peace, sadness, anger etc start kicking in and that just shuts us down further and further away from The Lord's Purpose.

I want to just encourage you by saying that The Almighty knows what we need and want and truly NEVER leaves nor forsakes us. This means that right now, in the middle of all of that, you can stop, look up to Heaven and pray. Believe it or not, He can even show us what to do at that moment to maximise our current position! The problem is that we walk this road alone, pushing as hard as we can, yet we can't see the ditch we are heading into; He can.

Let's remember that He is The One Who knows the Plans that He Has For Us, Plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us a hope and a future. Let's go back to trusting His Voice and His Word.

 

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Built To Build 10

Cumprimentos!!!! Como Vai?!!!!

Want to take a guess where I'm greeting from now? (in terms of the language)

It's Brazil and it's Portuguese. Oh yeah, the learning continues.

How are you doing on your side of the world? Progression is the name of the game down here in Tshwane, South Africa.

Right, we are still dealing with the Building block called - Relentless Decision. In the last post we concluded the matter of my bro, Oswald and he is now doing better actually.

Rose is an acquaintance of mine whom I met when I was a cab driver. She went to the Eastern Cape for a four month long Missionary Training Program, called me when she came back to Tshwane and asked that I pick her up from O. R. Tambo International Airport.

When she came into the car she seemed both excited and somewhat indifferent, but I made nothing of it because I didn't know her beyond our arrangement as client and transporter.

I inevitably asked how it was down in the South, the home of most Xhosa speaking people and joy came bubbling out of her, "It was quite life-changing Gabriel! I learnt so much there!"

I however sensed a small, almost imperceptable inconsistency in her expressed joy and asked, "So everything was great then?"

Something about my question made her reconsider trying to avoid what I have caught out to be some reservation with this experience. After a few minutes of cogitation and clear reevaluation, she said, "I feel so exhausted Gabe...I'm just so tired of this. I just hate pretending and I feel like that's all I've been doing."

I wondered how a time that seemed to be life-changing could also be so exhausting for her to bring pretence into it, "What's up Rose?"...

To Be Continued...

Ready?

Within the Building Block of Relentless Decision is an important ingredient that if avoided, can cause us a complete meltdown even though things seem to be going well with us in people's eyes and ears. People can't help reacting to what we give them, so its somewhat unrealistic to expect them to know the truth of our inner struggles that we hide.

Coming Next...

My Friend Rose Explains Her Inner Torment

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Built To Build 9

Hola! Heitha!

Greetings to you in The Mighty Name of The Master!

A new journey has begun on my side and I have seen God open a door for me through His Mercy and Grace that I couldn't myself! I serve a God that knows no bounds!

As I continue to settle in to the new walk that has begun, it has been a while since I have put up a post. My humblest apologies.

Let's continue then shall we?

Remember that thus far we are still dealing with the series of What God Is Building In Us, in order for us to Build His Kingdom.

We have been through Faith, Confession and Perspective (or view). We are now busy with Relentless Decision and in the last post, we met my friend Oswald, whose frustration has to do with business. So now let me allow you to be a fly on the wall during the conclusion of our convo...lol.

Gabriel, "You sound pretty upset my authi...and I'm sorry about that...let me tell you this... There is a difference between knowing God's Will, allowing Him to lead you in doing it, and Doing God's Will Your Way."

Oswald, "What?!"

Gabriel, "Look it's like starting a new job at a new company, for example, Pick n Pay. When you get there after having gone through the interview and all that, and you are now under training. Your supervisor, who we will call Teboho, starts teaching you about the elements of your job description and the duties that you have there...right?"

Oswald, "Yeah...."

Gabriel, "Yeah, and one of the things they teach you is how to do what we call, 'ordering of stock'. They tell you how to read the system and make sure that in order for the customers to always find stock available on the shop floor, which numbers you need to look at."

Oswald, "That's simple enough..."

Gabriel, "Right. Now you get the hang of things as January, February and March come and go and you go ahead and sit in front of the computer in April and Teboho happens to be in the office and shouts, 'Stop!'. So you wonder what the heck is wrong with him because you were busy doing what he taught you to do... He explains that a this time of year, we don't order as much stock of a specific item as we would have earlier and redirects you to stock you didn't even pay attention to before. He teaches you that the seasons determine the amount of stock they order and how long they should last etc. This he never taught you when you started, but left it until now because it would be more relevant for you to know it now..."

Oswald, "I think you are starting to mess with me now. You're doing that thing again of being all philosophical akere?"

Gabriel, "Hai morena, I'm trying to explain hore o ska kwata so. As much as God has given you favor in certain things, much like Pick n Pay giving you access to be able to make orders, there are certain things that you won't know until the season has come or it will be irrelevant."

Oswald, "So you are trying to tell me that I have the ability to start things, that He told me He has favored me on, but I'm now missing the time?"

Gabriel, "Not just the time my friend, but also the way to do it. This is because you would have to now learn to look at stock that you never really noticed before and in your case, it may be a Fruit of The Spirit that you haven't yet become strong on in order to survive the success that will come when that ink finally does hit that paper. So instead of fighting God about what He already promised you, rather stop and ask what you need to learn now and let Him move you one step after another to fulfillment. He promised it, so it will come to pass...His way and at His time. You need to choose to stick with His Plan and never lose hope."

Ready?

Let's Be Relentless in what Jehovah has promised us, may we never lose hope in the destiny that He has designed for us. It's critical for us to walk with God on this journey because He doesn't just show us the way and let us just run with it...we will fall dismally. We have an enemy remember? We must remain sensitive to His Voice and do that Relentlessly.

Coming next...

We Meet An Aquaintance Of Mine Named Rose

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Built To Build 8

Kgotsong! Greetings To You In The Ever Extraordinary Name Of The Master and Lord of all...Jesus Christ!

It's good to be alive and well by His Grace. Is it just me or is this year just moving so quickly?! Yoh! We are already going into April...gosch. It feels like just last week that we were celebrating the end of 2014.

Anyway, I hope you are lovely wherever you are as we continue this blessed series.

Oswald is a very good friend of mine whom I have known all my life really. This guy is chronically a business man and his ambitions are just out there. He loves people and wants so bad to expand his economical territory and footprint so that he can be 'blessed to be a blessing', he always says.

We had this conversation recently...

Oswald, "Gabe, how're doing my brother?"

Gabriel, "I'm rocking ekse my authi, Jehovah is Awesome!"

Oswald, "Yeah I hear you there, but I don't think He likes me all that much anymore."

Gabriel, "What are you on about morena?"

Oswald, "Dude, you remember back in 2006 when I was praying all year about what He called me on earth to do right?"

Gabriel, "Very well mfan'..."

Oswald, "Yeah and He told me about business among other things. I was like, 'cool God, let's do this thing. Where do we start?' you know..."

Gabriel, "I do know. You have been trying to break through a lot of things business wise...I know what you're talking about."

Oswald, "I have been doing exactly that. I mean I see God's Favor as He allows to meet some powerful contacts bra! I mean people who are high up in the presidency and in different departments that are financial institutions that can set me up at a single go. Let's not even talk about the trucking contracts that come my way time and time again."

Gabriel, "Yes indeed...wait what happened to that Kendal Mine Contract that you spoke about late last year?"

Oswald, "Flip! The same thing that happens to every bloody endeavor I get into...things were going well until the day of the signing of the contract with everything in place. He never showed up! Gabe! I get to start things and take them off the ground but towards the end when we just need to put the ink to the paper...something just goes wrong!!! What the hell man?! why would He point me in the direction of business if He won't let me succeed in it so that I can fund The Kingdom of God and be used of Him to bless other people?! It's really starting to drive me up the wall!"

Gabriel, "You sound pretty upset my authi...and I'm sorry about that...let me tell you this..."

To be continued...

Can you relate to what my bro Oswald is going through? What do you do in this kind of situation when you are trying to follow God's Voice and nothing seems to just come together and if they do, they fall apart at the end? Don't miss the next post.

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Many of us face troubles that cause us to question God's involvement in our matters and in most cases we want to call this 'Trusting God Thing' quits and just do our own thing...right? I feel you and the most important thing is to remember one critical thing...(on the next post)

Coming next...

Gabriel's Advice To Oswald, Continuing In Relentless Decision

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Built To Build 7

Hey There Reader! How Are You Doing?!!!!

The weather down here in Tshwane, South Africa is a little overcast and scattered showers here and there. It's a lovely day nonetheless and I hope you have woken up to another good day wherever you are.

I don't know about you, but this series has been awesome for me and its effect has been notable. A quick recap of the Building Blocks so far? Yep:

• FAITH
• CONFESSION
• PERSPECTIVE (or View)

I hope you've also been following as we continue to Build. 

I bought a DVD some years ago and it was a Message by Bishop T.D. Jakes, titled - Relentless. He partners the great Bishop Noel Jones on it and that Message is simply timeless. He introduced the Message by speaking of a time when he was driven by a young gentleman in his early years of ministry and he asked Bishop Jakes a question that went along the lines of, "In one word, what does one need, to be to be successful in ministry?" 

The Man of God replied, "You need to be, Relentless"

A powerful Building Block that needs to be Built into us is one I would like to call Relentless Decision. If there is one decision that is attacked mercilessly in this world, it's the one to follow Jesus Christ and live according to his Word and His Spirit.

We need to be Relentless in our pursuit to stand strong in our decision to Know The Lord Our Builder. He is Building us to be unstoppable by any force that is against Him and this is not a two week training session...Oh no! It's continuous and if I wanting to stop or derail you in this regard...I would only have to sway your decision through my own opinion. Ain't that the truth?

We'll see as we will explore the stories of a few friends in the coming post to expand on this as we push on through this series.

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We must be aware of how powerful our decision to be a child of God is and how much opposition we will get, designed to stop us from growing more and more in the Knowledge of The Master which is full of Authority for us here on earth and beyond. Yes I said it, here and beyond. Let's stand strong on this decision as it is Simply The Best Decision We Will EVER Make!

Coming next...

We Visit A Few Friends To Discuss This Relentless Decision Matter

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Built To Build 6

A Wie. Na Fede? Na fe nu te!

Oh yeah! I thought we should take a turn to Liberia. That's Greetings. How Are You? and I'm Fine in Grebo, which is spoken in the Northern side of that part of the world. I love learning new languages... I do hope you are doing lovely by His Grace of course and we should get right into it neh?

Cool. We have thus far been dealing with an understanding of what it means to be Built To Build. Matshidiso and her friend Sarah have illustrated just how pivotal it is to be careful with our words and what we believe as a result.

Sarah's cousin, Pontsho lives in Hammanskraal and she gives her a call while looking out of her second floor bedroom window. Her husband Trevor is sitting on the bed in the room.

Pontsho, "Sarah o kae my sister?"

Sarah, "Hai I'm doing fine wena Pontsho...what about you?"

Pontsho, "Aag ke sharp really. I'm just bothered by this neighbor of mine, Tlholo. Every morning I wake up and find her clothes hanging on the line neh?"

Sarah, "Jah and...?"

Pontsho, "And they are always somewhat dirty choma. Like, they have blotches and spots of dirt and I just wonder how she can't wash them clean. I'm so disappointed in her and she seems so proud of herself all the time."

Sarah, "So her clothes are a little dirty and yet she hangs them on the line like that?"

Pontsho, "Yes hle. I just wonder how her man deals with all this. I am looking at them now again and I'm just stoned..."

While she is talking she sees the husband who had left the bedroom push a step ladder right up against the wall nearest to the window, get on it and use a wet cloth to clean their bedroom window outside.

Sarah, "Hauw, Pontsho, why are you so silent now? Are you ok?"

Pontsho stays mum until Trevor cleans the entire window and another look at Tlholo's washing leaves her without words as they are sparkling clean.

Well I do wonder what Pontsho will tell Sarah next but for you and I, the point should be clear. What we say generally speaks of how we see things. Sometimes, it may be our very own perspective that shields us from the actual truth. We can see many things as dirty and wrong not necessarily because they are, but that our own 'window' is what is actually dirty and wrong.

Check this out: Ephesians 5:25-27 says, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."

Christ was and is all about washing His Bride, The Church, being us, with The Word so that our perspective can be as His is. Then, what and how we see, will inform what we believe, alter what we say and shape our reality. 

Ready?

We need to make sure that our 'window' which speaks of our perspective, reflects that which is of God. That is achieved by reading and meditating on The Word more and more, allowing it to cause us to see things the way Jehovah sees them. Then Faith and Speech become aligned correctly and we can do what is right in His Sight.

Coming next...

More Building Blocks From The Master

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