K N O W Y O U R W H Y ?F R A N C I S M A D O J E M U 2 0 1 5 M E S S A G E

W A I T I N G , W A I T I N G W A I T I N G

• Many are waiting for the stirring' of water when God had changed when he said stir up the gift.

M A N AT T H E P O O L O F B E T H E S D A W A I T I N G !

• John 5:4 (KJV)

• 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

W E A R E T O S T I R U P T H E G I F T N O T W A I T !

• 2 Timothy 1:6 (KJV)

• 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

– G O D

“Step out”

P R O V E R B S 1 9 : 2 1 ( K J V )

• 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand

P R O V E R B S 1 9 : 2 1

( A M P L I F I E D B I B L E - A M P )

• 21 Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand

– G O D

“You can make all the plans you like, all you want

strategizing, projections, feasibility, financial planing

etc but God is saying I won't quit until I get what I want

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– G O D

“If you don't do what I want you to do I will wait for your children since I don't operate

in time.

T H E C H A L L E N G E S W E FA C E

• We have moved from why or purpose and have become distracted, why you got married us more important than the challenges you are facing

T H E C H A L L E N G E S W E FA C E

• Why you took the job is more important than your bosses attitude

• Why you came together as friends is more important than your shortcomings

T H E C H A L L E N G E S W E FA C E

• Why you went into the ministry

• Why was our nation created

• Why was I born this way

• It's when the why has changed can you choose to walk away

“Purpose Answers the Question Why?”

W H Y D I D G O D S E N D H I S S O N

• King James Version of John 3:16.

• For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life

W H Y D I D G O D S E N D H I S S O N

• King James Version of 2 Corinthians 5:19.

• To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

W H Y D I D G O D C R E AT E N AT I O N S ?

• Acts 17:26-28 NIV

• 26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

W H Y D I D G O D C R E AT E N AT I O N S ?

• Acts 17:26-28 NIV

• .27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

W H Y D I D G O D M A K E M A N ?

• Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV)

• 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

W H Y D I D G O D M A K E M A N ?

• Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV)

• 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

P U R P O S E O F A J O B ?

• 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (KJV)

• 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

P U R P O S E O F A J O B ?

Remember it's not He that does not have a job shall not eat it's those who don't work!

Purpose of a Job is Work & Reward of Work is Pay

2 Reasons why you stay in a job

1. To gather experience

2. To gather seed to sow after you have enough experience (money to invest etc)

L E W I S H Y D E O N W O R K V S . L A B O R

• Work is what we do by the hour. It begins and, if possible, we do it for money. Welding car bodies on an assembly line is work; washing dishes, computing taxes, walking the rounds in a psychiatric ward, picking asparagus — these are work.

• Labor, on the other hand, sets its own pace. We may get paid for it, but it’s harder to quantify… Writing a poem, raising a child, developing a new calculus, resolving a neurosis, invention in all forms — these are labors

L E W I S H Y D E O N W O R K V S . L A B O R

• Work is an intended activity that is accomplished through the will. A labor can be intended but only to the extent of doing the groundwork, or of not doing things that would clearly prevent the labor. Beyond that, labor has its own schedule

• There is no technology, no time-saving device that can alter the rhythms of creative labor. When the worth of labor is expressed in terms of exchange value, therefore, creativity is automatically devalued every time there is an advance in the technology of work

W O R K V S L A B O U R

• A man who does not work does not eat

• Labour

• Labour associated with child bearing not work

• Prayer is labour

P U R P O S E I N M A R R I A G E

One main conclusion I can reach is that God allows marriages here on earth for a purpose. Yet as illustrated earlier, many couples look to their marriage for fulfillment and not for purpose and this has been responsible for many of the disappointments many have experienced

As individuals we are created for purpose, even nations and peoples, we have purposes to fulfill in God. How much more in marriage? This is clearly expressed in the following scripture reference.

P U R P O S E & D I R E C T I O N O F I N H E R I TA N C E

• Proverbs 13:22 (NKJV)

• 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,

• But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

J E S U S L I V E D & D I E D F O R H I S W H Y !

• Hebrews 12:1-2 (KJV)

• 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

J E S U S L I V E D & D I E D F O R H I S W H Y !

• Hebrews 12:1-2 (KJV)

• 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

J E S U S L I V E D & D I E D F O R H I S W H Y !

• Isaiah 50:7 (NKJV)

• 7 “For the Lord God will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.

J E S U S L I V E D & D I E D F O R H I S W H Y !

• Luke 9:51 (NKJV)

• 51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

T H I S I S I M P O R TA N T

• Preparation is not just teaching it includes suffering, Joseph Moses, Jesus but having suffered won't it be worse if we fail to achieve purpose then all is wasted and lost

T H E W O R D O F T H E L O R D T E S T E D H I M

• Psalm 105:17-19

• “He sent a man before them—Joseph—who was sold as a slave. They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons. Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him.”

– F R A N C I S M A D O J E M U

“Destiny therefore is not a location or a portion but the process and purposes in

the journey!”

L A G O S - L O N D O N -D E T R O I T- L O N D O N - L A G O S

• The trip, even though the physical destination is Lagos, Destiny includes London & Detroit and the purposes in those destinations

• Destiny is the journey!

E V E N S A M S O N A F T E R FA I L I N G , F U L F I L L E D P U R P O S E E V E N I N D E AT H

• Judges 16:30 (KJV)

• 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

– R O B E R T K I Y O S A K I

“"Many people ask me how to do something. I used to tell them until I

realized that, even after I told them how I did something, they often did not do it. I then realized that it was not the how, but

why I do something that is more important. It is the why that gives you the

power to do the how."”

– R O B E R T K I Y O S A K I

“The reason most people do not do what they can do is because they do not have a

strong enough why. Once you find the why, it is easy to find your own how.

Instead of looking inside themselves to find their own why for wanting to become rich, most people look for the easy road

to wealth. The problem with the easy road is that it usually ends in a dead end."

– PA U L Z A N E P I L Z E R

“Most people believe they should achieve wealth primarily for their own material

comfort or that of their families. That is far too narrow a view. God does want each of us

to be rich in every possible way – health, love, and peace of mind, as well as material possessions. God wants this, however not

just for our own sake, but for the sake of all humankind.”

– PA U L Z A N E P I L Z E R

“The reason, as we shall see throughout this book, is that increase in wealth for an

individual almost always represents an even larger increase in wealth for the society at large. This is especially true in our modern

economy, where the largest individual financial rewards are increasingly reserved

for those people making the greatest positive impact in our society. ”

A N E N C O U N T E R W I T H G O D T H AT R E V E A L S H I M & P U R P O S E

A P O S T L E PA U L

L E T ' S H AV E A N E N C O U N T E R W I T H G O D

• Saul to Paul

• Like Saul to Paul

• Tired of being discipled by men

• We want to be discipled by you!

D I S C I P L E S H I P O F A P P R E N T I C E S H I P O R , D I S C I P L E S H I P O F R E V E L AT I O N

A C T S 9 : 1 - 1 9 ( N K J V )

• 1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

A C T S 9 : 1 - 1 9 ( N K J V )

• 3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” ( he didn't know God) Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”

W H AT Y O U S O W, Y O U R E A P

• What we are doing today we would pay the price later

• We don't pray or spend quiet time or pray or study the bible it would be hard for you not God and you will pay more if you cheat people today

A C T S 9 : 1 - 1 9 ( N K J V )

• 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”( we need to know what God wants us. To do). Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

A C T S 9 : 1 - 1 9 ( N K J V )

• 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. ( praying and fellowshipping not fasting 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, “Ananias.”

• And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” 11 So the Lord said to him, “Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. 12 And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.”

A C T S 9 : 1 - 1 9 ( N K J V )

• 13 Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”

• 15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.”

A C T S 9 : 1 - 1 9 ( N K J V )

• 17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized.

• 19 So when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus.

T H E H E AV E N LY V I S I O N A P O S T L E PA U L V E R S I O N O F T H E E V E N T S

A C T S 2 6 : 1 4 - 1 5 ( N K J V )

• 14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

A C T S 2 6 : 1 6 - 1 7 ( N K J V )

• 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

A C T S 2 6 : 1 7 - 1 8 ( N K J V )

• 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’