Thursday, 26 November 2015

SELF DEVELOPMENT BY MR OMOO ANETEKHAI

Self-Development: A.K.A Personal development A.K.A Personal EMPOWERMENT is a lifelong process. It's a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realise and maximise their potential

Character: the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual or the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing

Let’s go to the Bible now: I typed the word character into www.biblegateway.com and it brought out 7 places the word was mentioned: 
Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.
Proverbs 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 31:10 [ Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character ] A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
Acts 17:5 But other Jews
were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
Acts 17:11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Romans 5:4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
From the above text, we see that Character
·         is noticeable by people
·         is a crown not just to the individual but to the key relationships one has
·         is seen most in the time of challenges
·         can be corrupted

It is also interesting to note that the word NOBLE was in front of 4 out of the 7 places the word character is found in the bible.

2 peter 1:4 says we have the NATURE/character of God but we live in a Corrupt/rotten world. Refer to 1 Corinthians 15: 33 – character can be corrupted. We must therefore not be satisfied with our current mental or moral qualities (character). We must strive to develop our qualities/character.

2 peter 1:4 says we must DILIGENTLY add to our faith CHARCTER and it listed the following

2 peter 1: 5 – 8
Galatians 5: 22 ;23
Goodness
Love
Patience
Joy
Temperance
Peace
Godliness
Patience/Temperance
Kindness
Kindness
Charity
Goodness
Virtue
Faithfulness

Gentleness

Self- Control

Vs 8 then says “if these things be in you and ABOUND (or are Developed) you will be fruitful in the knowledge of God.

Gal 5 shows that it is the Holy Spirit that is the source of these qualities. That is He produces them in our lives. So we must yield ourselves to Him.

Let’s sing
“Into my heart 2ce
Come into my heart
Lord Jesus
Come in today
Come in to stay
Come into my heart Lord Jesus

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