Why Do Successful People Believe in Self Belief ?

Why do most successful people says, 'believe in yourself'? I used to say that too before, and I have be advocating for 'Self Belief' until recently during one of my Quite Time; I heard a still voice saying to me why believe in yourself?

It is a good thing for us to have dreams and think big, but believing in yourself could be positive and negative. Dreams could be reffered to as one expectation of achieving great success. Which the bible is not against, for the scriptures says the expectation of the believer will not be cut off: which means if the righteous does not have any dreams or expectations it is very dangerious because God promises to give the righteous all his heart desires.

So in all your dreams or expectations be conscious of God as your helper and speak always positive things to yourself. When I was a child, I was in love with writing. For me, I knew even though I didn't go to school, I will still be a Writer. I believe in my God given Talent; I finished my elementary class in the year 1996, and I could'nt go to the High School due to my mother illness. My mummy was very sick, and the sickness leads to her death in 1997. I could'nt go to Secondary School until after three years of staying at home. When other children in my  neighborhood go to school I will locked myself up in the room and started reading the bible and my elder brother Text Books; after reading I will write a story from what I have read. Even when I fellowed my cousins to sell smoked-fish  at Iyana-Iba Market, I often go with my pen and paper to write down my story telling. At one point I wrote a lot of inspirational messages about life in my book, and I titled it 'My little book of happiness'.

I remember when one of my big cousin advised me to go and learn fashion designing; since there are no means of furthing my education, I said no that I want to go to school. Because I love education but in my humble opinion, I was believing in myself and trusting God for his provision. There is nothing wrong in trusting God, and having confidence in yourself but the moment you give too much self praise for all your achievements, is very dangerious.

Recently I read an article from one American Pastor on "You have to start believing in yourself more than you believe in God". That message actually shook my faith; Do God really exist? Is the bible story real or it is just imaginative story? What do I get if I believe in God? Why do those who believe in self belief are the most successful people in the world today? All these were the questions running through  my head.

I have always attended church services and when i'm confronted with false teachings, I go for more scriptures research:

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me"- Said Jesus Christ in the book of John 14:1

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding"- proverbs 3:5

"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered"- proverbs 28:26

There are no any place in the bible that says, "Believe in yourself more than you believe in God", the book of Philippians says "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me"- It is not a boast of self belief, Paul was confessing the power and authority of Christ through him. I remember at one time I was having a conversation with a friend and we spoke about believing in yourself, and my friend asked a question that I couldn't answer, "Do you think is because we prayed in the name of Jesus that made our prayer to be answered or because we believe in something". She said. I told her all I know is that God is real, and I believe that when I approach my life as a laborer in the vineyard and as a child of God he will directs my steps. It means when I do anything and I succeed it means God helps me: it is through God that I can do all things and I believe in him more than I believe in myself. Man will fail but God cannot fail.

However, belief is something powerful and that is why the bible says without faith no man can please God. And this applies also to human belief, that when we put our mind on something and believe in it we are likely to get what we want and this is where the 'Law of attraction' comes in but the question here now is; should we start believing in ourselves more than we believe in God? Should we remove our belief in God and replace it with the law of attraction and other rules that has worked for others?

Anyway, like I said earlier believing in yourself could be positive and negative; the positive side of it is when we learn to understand that God is our helper and do not boast of self belief. The negative side is when we replace God with our intelligence for all our achievements and this could also lead to the fall of man; for example, Adolf Hitler believe so much in himself, he became a messianic figure and have his own followers ( Nazi). Today, there are still few people alive from the Nazi era, and this people are growing more members... Another example, is Lucifer (Satan) he believe he could even do battle with The Almighty GOD. Self belief is pride, when you see people boasting of their achievements perhaps the pride of this world has blinded their mind.

Don't forget in all your getting, please get wisdom. I have said this before and I will say it again here, I don't believe in myself, because God is my belief. Without God the purpose of man existence will be in vain. Do you get?

Why did Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Retired?

Pastor E.A Adeboye has retired as the general overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, but he remain the international overseer of the RCCG. Few years ago there was so much discussion, as some members of the council of the church wants him to retired. I could remember in 2012, we prayed against that, but now it has finally happend but i'm glad he is still part of the church, on the international level. 

Pastor Joseph Osuolale Obayemi has been named as the new general overseer of RCCG Nigeria. Obayemi who was a deputy in charge of Finance and a member of the governing council of the church. However, Pastor Adeboye agreed to step down as the general overseer in Nigeria but he still the general overseer globally. 

Pastor Adeboye is a highly respected and educated man is currently 74 years old. He had his B.Sc in Mathematics at University of Nigeria Nsukka and got his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Lagos, and worked as lecturer at University of Ilorin. He joined the RCCG in 1973; he worked in the church as translator of Pa Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi from yoruba into English. Rev. Josiah who was the founder of the church also claimed God showed him that the man that will be his successor will be highly educated and when he saw Pastor Adeboye for the first time he said it that he will be his successor when he died. 

In 1980 Pa Akindayomi founder of the RCCG died and in 1981, Pastor Adeboye was appointed aus the General Overseer of the church. The church was not known before Adeboye became the General Overseer, and Pastor Adeboye worked tiredless, has the church has branches in about 190 countries, including more than 14,000 parishes in Nigeria alone. One of the goal of the church according, to Pastor Adeboye is to plant a church within five minutes walking distance of  every person on Earth. 

The church is one of the fastest growing pentecostal in the world no doubt. 

According to one of the member of the church, says that Pastor Adeboye announced his retirement during the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving as the overseer of RCCG in Nigeria. Stating that this is sequel to the new legal requirements set up by the Financial Regulations Council, guiding all registered churches, mosques, that they now have a maximum period of twenty years to lead their organizations. And they are not permitted to hand over to any member of their family.

Pastor E.A Adeboye remains the General Overseer of RCCG Worldwide. 

May the almighty God contiune to strengthen Pastor Adeboye and peace to the church!

So My Parish Pastor Has Been Transferred...

Today service was not the usually Sunday service where we do have few attendants. The Congratulations is always few on a normal Sunday service. Today is the first Sunday after the New Year celebrations. In Nigeria the first Sunday of every month is thanksgiving services in some churches but the case is different in Germany. However, the church was filled up today with a lot of people including some prominent people who also graced  the occassion. It was a  send off service for one the parish pastor of the Martins Church in Grünstadt; Pastor Stefan Kuntz who has pastoring the church for the past eight years alongside with Pastor Andreas Funke. 

It was a beautiful service but I was surprised as the people sat quitely observing the service. And I thought weithin myself; how do people react in german church when they heard their pastor has been transferred? For some Nigerians, even regular church going types or a dedicated full time church members it is a big problem for them, if their pastor has been transferred to another church because most christians in Nigeria do have a strong personal relationship with their pastors; some members of the church in Nigeria go as well to their pastor to seek direction of how to live theirlife, some go ask the pastor to prayer for them before embarking on any journey; for example, if they want to travel they ask the pastor to pray for them, so that they can have a safe journey,and return safely. Some even ask the pastor to pray for them to get Visa to travel out of the country and so on. They have a lot to do with their pastor, that if the pastor is good enough they can even go to the church he has been transferred to if is not a far place from the formal church. I have seen  some cases in Nigeria where a pastor has been transferred from a church and some members of the church will stop coming to that particular church.Some church members in Nigeria are happy when they learned that their pastor has been transferred. This could be that they don't really like the pastor for some pesonal reasons and it's fine for them to see him go without any emotion. And also a lot of people have said they do not understand why the church transferred parish Pastor to another church, but no one seems to understand why parish pastors are being move either; for spiritual growth or phyiscal growth or for church growth or for personal reasons. Anyway, as we all know that the only thing that is costant in life is change.

From left, Klaus Wagner Mayor of Grünstadt, Queendaline Schneider and Pastor Stefan Kuntz

I really like the German evangelism church, as the people prayed for Pastor Stefan, and thank God for his life for a good leadership during his ministry as parish pastor in the Martins church Grünstadt. As they earnestly wait for the new Pastor. I think all these pastors are working for God; though they are also serving the people God has put in their care. I am privilege to have know Pastor Stefan as I fellowship with the Evangelische church (Martinskirche) Grünstadt and he is also member of the New Green Voice of Hope Gospel Singer Group. He is really a quite and nice Pastor. 

Another thing that I observed that  is different from the church in Nigeria and the church in Germany;  there were also some politicians who were invited for the service today, the Mayor of Grünstadt Klaus Wagner and the District Councillor of Bad Dürkheim Herr Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld. I'm surprised in Germany the politicians do not go every where with police men and bodyguards unlike in Nigeria the Mayor will not go out without maximum security, and you see them with their entourage. And some of the Nigerian politicians do not really go to church service, they go only during their election campaign and when they go some of them feel too big and very important to stand up from their seat. I am surprised seeing the District Councillor and the Mayor standing up to sing the hynmm with the member of the Congratulations and standing up for prayer, such an act of humility to God and human I have never seen from the Nigeria politicians. I hope the politicians in Nigeria change some of their ways, as the New Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo is also a Pastor. I am privilege to have seen Pastor Yemi Osinbajo is a member of the Redeemed Christian  Church of God, and he is really a humble person.

At the end of the service, the Gospelchor (the Green New Voice of Hope) sang a song titled "Blessing" as a surprise for Pastor Stefan. And of course fellow by refreshment at the Old Latin School in Grünstadt. 

The old Latin School was renovated last year by the church with support  from the Grünstadt government. I find it very interesting that the church gets support from the government in Germany. I pray Pastor Stefan contiune to waxing strong in faith and the strength to face the new work ahead of him, and a ever burning love to do the will of God. Amen!