Making one into millions is possible with the right mindset. You can multiply the little you have into millions. You can make it if you have the determination, and if you are patient, persevering, and assiduous.

We have direct access to God through Jesus Christ. (Please, stay with us and continue reading to learn the miracle of turning one into millions). We do not need any other rituals to perform to get access to God. God pours His spirit upon us (Joel 2:28-29) so that we can live in the spirit (Galatians 5:25). The Spirit then transforms our spirits and makes us spiritual and mighty. Words that come out of us are energized (or enabled) by the Holy Spirit, (Acts 2:4). And signs and wonders are actualized.

I use milk and water for illustration. Both are liquids. But milk is whitish (or creamy) while water is colorless and transparent. If the milk is poured into the water, the water changes color. The water does not change itself. The milk transforms the water to be like the milk in color and in taste. The more you pour the milk into the water, the more whitish or creamy the water becomes. Eventually, the water loses its color and taste and now looks and tastes milky.

In the same manner, the Spirit of God is poured into the human spirit to transform the human spirit. And just like the water becoming milky, so also as many as are led by the Spirit of God they become spiritual children of God. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God (Romans 8:14-16). Our spirit and God’s Spirit become one in union (1 Corinthians 6:17) as God pours his Spirit into our spirit (see the illustration with the water and milk). God’s power to perform miracles then indwells us.

Our union with God gives us direct access to God. So, 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, “He that is joined (kollao – to join oneself to, to glue together) unto the Lord is one spirit with Him.”

This is not so in other religions. In the New Testament, in Christ Jesus, we have a better covenant and a better way to God. (Hebrews 8:6-9)

God’s Spirit indwelling the individual actuates God’s Spiritual power in us.

Do not vent your anger and frustration on people when people fail you.

Some people feel neglected by their relatives and friends. They don’t understand why their siblings or friends who have been blessed by God will neglect them and let them suffer in poverty. And so, they vent their anger on them.

Some Christians angrily complain to me that their churches do not give them aid when they need it. Though churches should consider helping the needy, the churches may not always be able to help everyone who needs aid. Churches have their own pressing needs and can only give what they can or what is available. They can’t give beyond their means.

Churches that can help must do so. Because the Bible tells Christians to love and help each other. That is how the Church started (Acts 2:44-47). However, we must also consider the financial ability of the churches.

I have heard some people curse their siblings because their siblings have not given them aid when they needed it. They assert that God expects those he blesses to also help others out of their financial difficulties.

It is wrong for us to hate relatives and friends for their failure to give us aid. Though God expects us to aid those who are in need, we can’t hate people who do not help us. It is God who gave them their wealth. And everyone has the right to do what he or she wants with his or her wealth. We have no right to be angry with people who do not share their wealth with others. They might also have helped some others before you came to them for aid. And so, they might not be financially able to give you the aid you requested from them when you asked.

Take your problem to Jesus. He knows what to do.

I do not curse people. Not even those who hate me, or those who wrong me. I obey the words of our Lord and Savior Jesus not to hate and not to curse.

You, too, can be successful if you do what others did to become successful.

It could take a long time for you to rise to the top if you are poor and have nothing to start with. But surely you can get to the top one day if you persevere. You can become successful if you have faith, seek God’s wisdom, and invest wisely. And you must be prepared for a long and difficult journey. Because it is a hard and rough road that you will be traveling on.

Psych yourself up for challenges that you will meet on your journey to wealth or success. It will prepare you to face the challenges before you meet them.

And don’t be like Cain who was angry with his brother Abel when God rejected his offering. If you do well, you will reach success.

“The LORD said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’” (Genesis 4:6-7; ESV)

God is telling us, by this passage in the Bible, as he told Cain, not to be angry when others are successful, and we are not. God wants us to do what is right, so that we, too, will be accepted or be successful.

Success is hard to reach, and good things are hard to get, especially if you are not financially endowed.

People who are controlled by anger become angry when they don’t get what they want. They vent their anger against everybody. Yet they will not do what they are expected to do to get what they want. Cain would not do what was right, yet he wanted God to accept his gift.

Our actions decide what we get. We reap what we sow. If we sow maize seeds, we shall harvest maize. We do not reap tomatoes by sowing contrary seeds. We must sow tomato seeds to reap tomatoes.

God told Cain his sacrifice was rejected because he did not follow the rules. The passage does not say that Cain provided rotten crops as some people claim. Cain took the best of his crops to offer the sacrifice to God. One does not offer rotten crops to the person one seeks favor from. His brother, Abel, on the other hand, presented animal sacrifice.

Both would present the best to please God. Cain did not present the right offering, that was why God rejected his offering. Abel, on the other hand, presented the right sacrifice and so God accepted Abel’s offering. Therefore, God told Cain who presented the wrong sacrifice, “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door.”

The rules must be followed for God to hear and answer our prayers. What Cain had to do was to obey the rules.

Before the comprehensive ritual sacrifice system was introduced years later, the only sacrifice we noticed in the Garden of Eden was animal sacrifice. God took away the fig leaves that Adam and Eve had used to cover themselves and replaced them with animal skins.

That meant animals died for their skins to be used to cover Adam and Eve. Now God would see the animals, instead of Adam and Eve as they were covered by the skins of the animals. It would, therefore, be right to intimate that animal sacrifice preceded all forms of sacrifices. It is also noteworthy that the animals died so their skins could be used to cover Adam and Eve. And the death of the animals was the means of atonement so that Adam and Eve would not die immediately. Their lives were substituted with the lives of the animals that die. Their deaths were postponed into the future when they would eventually die.

So, we can understand how animal sacrifice became the standard for atonement until the death of Jesus replaced that.

Therefore, when Abel used some of the first lambs as a sacrifice to God, he was performing atonement for himself. As God had done for his father and mother when God used animals to make atonement for Adam and Eve. And in that, Abel was honoring God.

God had not yet instituted sacrifices that included crops. The only sacrifice they might have known or had an idea of was animal sacrifice as the atonement. The Bible does not say if Adam and Eve continued with the atonement. But we come across the atonement and the reason for the atonement in Leviticus chapters 9 and 16 and in other books of the Old Testament. When God delivered the Children of Israel from Egyptian bondage God told them, “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you;” He also asked them to keep the Passover as an annual memorial (Exodus 12).

So, where did Cain learn of any other kind of sacrifice? Other sacrifices were introduced later by God’s direction.

God answers our prayers because we obey him. God multiplies and increases our wealth for us as we trust, and obey him by keeping his commandments.

“And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.”  (1 John 3:22; ESV)

Jesus said,

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7; ESV)

We receive from God what we ask because we keep his commandments. Not only because we have faith. Unbelief and sin prevent God from working miracles in our lives.

If we have faith in God, do what is right, plan well, and work assiduously God will also multiply our efforts and gains into millions of dollars, pounds, or cedis.

Age is not the problem. Abraham was 75 years old when God called him (Genesis 12:4). Moreover, before God called Abraham, his wife, Sarah, was a barren woman, (Genesis 11:29-30). With God, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26; Luke 18:27).

Twenty-five years later, when Abraham was 100 and Sarah 90, God visited Sarah and she had Isaac. When Abraham was 99 years old, God appeared to him and renewed the promise and covenant he had with Abraham, (Genesis 17). God told Abraham that he would give him and Sarah a son (Isaac). Abraham was stunned and asked, “How can I, 100 years old, have a son by Sarah who is 90 years old?” (Genesis 17:15-17). In Genesis 18, God renewed the promise. Sarah at 90 years old, and Abraham at 100 were both given a son (Genesis 18:14; Genesis 21:1-7).

Moses lived forty years in Midian with his wife and father-in-law, Jethro (also known as Reuel). He took care of the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro. Though Jethro was a priest, he was not the priest of Yahweh, the God Abraham worshipped. Moses was 80 years old when God appeared to him and asked him to go back to Egypt and deliver the Children of Israel from bondage (Exodus 3 and 4).

Therefore, age is not your problem. Furthermore, whether you have money or not should not be a problem. What you have is what God is going to use to multiply wealth for you. God told Moses to stretch the rod in his hand (Exodus 14:16-30) for God was going to use the rod in Moses’ hand to part the sea for Moses and the Children of Israel.

God makes the impossible to be possible. What you have is what God is going to use in prospering you. (Jeremiah 32:27; Exodus 14:16-30)

Joseph was a prisoner when God caused him to be taken out of prison and promoted to second-in-command to Pharaoh in the land of Egypt.

God is the one who multiplies your talent into millions. That is, if you believe in God and put your faith into action and if God’s Spirit indwells you.

Faith in action makes things happen. “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” (James 2:26; KJ2000)

God’s Spirit actuates and actualizes your vision when you put your faith into action.

Many people think they must have a lot of money to make wealth. But with God by you, you can rise to the top of the mountain even if you are not as strong as others. And no matter how poor you are.

Start with that one talent or unit you presently have, that you consider as too little or inadequate. God who makes possible what is impossible will multiply it for you to become wealthy. (Jeremiah 33:2-3)

You need faith (belief), perseverance, determination, tenacity, and passion for what you want to achieve. God will use these to actuate your vision and actualize it.

A man traveling gave money to his servants and asked them to occupy until the time he would return.

On his return, the first came and said, “Lord, you gave me five talents. I have made five more, and now I have ten.”

The master told him, “Well done, good servant. Because you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Come and share your master’s joy.”

The second came, saying, “Lord, you gave me two, and I have earned two more. And now I have four.” His master congratulated him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Come and share your master’s joy.”

The third who received one talent came and said, “Lord, I knew you. You are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not spread. I was afraid and went and hid your talent in the earth. Here is the one talent that you gave me.”

His lord answered and said to him, “You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not spread. You ought, therefore, to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest. Take the talent from him, and give it unto him who has ten talents. And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 25:14-30)

The man who had only one talent regarded it as insignificant. Remember that each, according to his ability, would double what he had. One added five to his five talents, and the second person added two to his two talents. Based on his ability the one who received one could also have doubled his, adding one to the one talent he had.

He was not expected to add five or more than he could. Just as the others did, he, too, could double the one talent, or one pound, or cedi that he had, by adding one. His master would do the rest by adding more – making him ruler of many things and sharing his joy with him. Those are the added blessings God gives as he multiplies the one talent you invest.

Let us do a simple calculation and see how faith, perseverance, determination, tenacity, and passion can help us to multiply one cedi, one pound, or dollar and make wealth out of the little we have.

As stated earlier, one must not necessarily have a large sum of money to become rich. You can start with the little that you have and build it up.

I didn’t have money when I had a vision of becoming successful. I used my hand to make money to pay for my secondary school education. I planted vegetables, burnt charcoal, dug trenches, and did different menial jobs to earn money. Because I did menial jobs, and the pay was small, it took me many years to get my secondary school education and eventually my tertiary education. And now I have my doctoral degree.

Faith, perseverance, determination, tenacity, and passion to succeed kept me striving. Some of my friends gave up when the going became tougher, and the hill became steeper for climbing.

Sometimes, I wanted to give up. But when I considered my position in life, the life I was living, and the pain of poverty, I decided to continue.

I did not have capital, so I had to work hard to make the money. While some people used short periods to get what they wanted, it took me a long time to make the money I needed.

It would take the one who had one talent, or one pound longer than those who had five or more. But tenacity will take him or her through the challenges. Just as perseverance and hard work on the part of the one who had two talents increased his wealth into four, so also perseverance and hard work will increase your one talent into two.

Without capital to start with, the journey to prosperity is long. In most instances, very long. That scares many people. And so many people stay poor.

You can multiply one talent into millions. Starting with 1+1 we get 2; 2×2=4; 4×2=8; 8×2=16; 16×2=32; 32×2=64; 64×2=128; 128×2=256; 256×2=512; 512×2=1024; 1024×2=2048; 2048×2=4,096; 4,096×2=8,192; 8192×2=16,384; 16,384×2 = 32,768; 32,768×2=65,536; 65,536×2=131,072.

By the seventeenth period, you would have a total of 131,072.

I was able to build my training facility thirty (30) years after I conceived the vision (because of peculiar circumstances). That was 360 months. More than 17 periods. If we assume a period to be two months, then that would take 180 periods to cover 30 years.

However, you may not take 30 years to reach your goal or success. If we assume that two months may represent a period, then we will have 34 months to cover the 17 periods. Two months short of three years. If we assume a period to be three months, then we have 51 months, making it 4 years and three (3) months to reach 131,072.

It took me 30 years to do what I had planned because of some strange reasons. It could have taken me less. So, 4 years and three (3) months should not be too much for you. However, to make up for decreasing returns and other shortfalls we give ourselves five (5) years for the entire project.

Starting from the bottom without a dime and working with your hands to make 131,072 in five years should not be too burdensome. If you consider that it could be more. Remember it took me thirty (30) years from the time I conceived the vision to when the center was built.

If you invest 131,072 properly, and work hard, in about another five years, you could become a successful entrepreneur. So, in all, it could take you a total of ten (10) years to be an entrepreneur with that one talent.

Making money is not easy. Besides, only a few people may understand your vision or sympathize with you. Therefore, depending entirely on gifts is not easy and not the quickest way to be successful. That’s why many people are still poor. They are waiting to receive large donations before they start building their businesses.

It took Moses 40 years, Abraham 25 years, and Joseph 13 years. It will not be the same for everyone. But those who believe and put their hands to the plow shall surely harvest.

When Paul converted, he did not have it easy in the first stages of his ministry. He took three years to carefully study the scriptures and comparing to be sure. When he came to Jerusalem, things didn’t work out as he expected.

The disciples helped him to sneak away and escape from the Jews who wanted to kill him. He went to his hometown, Tarsus. Fourteen years later there was an awakening in Antioch. Barnabas was sent from Jerusalem to Antioch.

While in Antioch, Barnabas remembered Paul, who was then known as Saul. He went to Tarsus and brought Paul to Antioch and they stayed there a whole year teaching the new disciples, (Acts 11:19-26).

It took Paul 3+14 or 15 years, adding the one year in Antioch, (about 14-18 years) after Jesus called him to rise to the top in his ministry.

You, too, are destined to be successful. But you must be patient even when others don’t notice you, or if people don’t think you can be what you think you are destined to be.

Don’t lose hope. Believe in God. Climb the ladder to get to the top and secure your success.

You can multiply that one talent into millions.

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We discuss peacemaking, conflict resolution, principles of prosperity, and principles of spirituality.

Our motivator is Jesus Christ, The Prince of Peace.

It is a paradox that truth can be difficult to say and difficult to believe. The more truthful you are the less impressed people may become. The more you try to be truthful the more people disbelieve you.

Despite being honest and trying hard to maintain an honest stance, circumstances can ruffle the wind of life and disturb the environment. No matter your effort to be truthful you will find yourself wading through circumstances that make you helpless to the point of losing hope and wanting to succumb.

Circumstances can test your integrity, putting your integrity into question despite you being truthful. Your resolve will be tested to the point of almost succumbing to pressures. You will hear negative voices suggesting to you to bend the truth a little and do what others do in similar circumstances. But you will also hear the still voice of God encouraging you to press on, to continue to have faith in God, and not yield to the pressures of the negative voices. Your resolve will keep you on the path of righteousness.

Integrity insists that you speak the truth always even when situations urge you to do otherwise.

Then the paradox hits you as the people you want to impress become cynical. The more you try to be truthful, the less impressed they are.

Truth can be hard to speak sometimes, or most at times. But integrity still demands you tell the truth always. While negative voices insist that you succumb to lies, you will hear the still voice of God (or your conscience) stressing that you remain truthful). Negative voices will be stressing that you succumb and tell a lie to please hearers. But you must not yield to the pressures to lie. You must remain truthful.

It is a paradox that people doubt you when you are speaking the truth.

Negative voices will suggest that you say what people want to hear. The pressures of the negative voices will be dousing your faith to make you waver so that you won’t be able to hold on to integrity. But despite the pressures of the negative voices, you must remain defiant and be truthful.

The paradox will hit you harder as the people that you are trying to impress with your truth become more cynical. And you see yourself betwixt telling the truth and telling a lie. Many people, sadly, will tell what they claim is ‘a small or soft lie’ to please the people.

However, there is no small or soft lie and there is no big or hard lie. A lie is a lie. God abhors all lies. The Bible states categorically that liars shall not inherit God’s Kingdom, (Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15).

Every lie robs part of our integrity and bruises our souls before God. Every lie taints us before God and makes us lose part of our true selves.

The Christian Church does not experience many miracles presently because of contamination. Untruths have contaminated many Christians. Otherwise, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, (Hebrews 13:8). Jesus is still performing signs and wonders. But sins, lies, have contaminated truth and holiness in the Church. Therefore, the Holy Spirit does not function freely as He should. The Christian environment is flooded with untruths. These interfere with the free flow of the Holy Spirit among Christians

God’s Spirit operates freely when the atmosphere is not contaminated with lies, and when people live holy or righteous lives. Peter writes in 1 Peter 1:15-16,“But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy,’” (ESV).

Hebrews 10:36 tells us that we need endurance, so that when we have done the will of God we may receive what is promised, (ESV)

It is always right to tell the truth even when people think you are lying. It is always right to tell the truth even at the expense of people calling you a fool.

Sometimes, you know that the truth you are telling is hard for people to believe. Yet you must maintain your integrity. You may even have to sacrifice to do that.

You may be doing your best and helping people with all your heart, mind, and soul. But the same people that you are sacrificing your time and life helping can impugn your integrity.

Moses led the Children of Israel out of Egypt. They were in bondage and cried for a deliverer. God sent Moses to help them out. They were glad when Moses come to deliver them. They saw Moses as a hero.

No one compelled them to follow Moses out. They wanted to go out of bondage. And they jubilated as they went out with Moses.

While everything was okay, Moses was the hero. Everyone loved and praised Moses. He was the greatest and most honest leader.

But as soon as they smelt trouble, they quickly turned against Moses. They accused Moses of being the reason for their plight. They said, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, so you have brought us here to die in the wilderness?”

Moses who was the hero some days earlier had now become a villain, a scoundrel, an evil person. He was now the person to blame for their misfortune. Moses was no longer seen as the truthful person leading them out from bondage into freedom.

They said to Moses, “Is it not what we told you in Egypt, saying ‘let us alone so that we may be slaves to the Egyptians?’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians as slaves than for us to die in the wilderness.”

It pains when people disbelieve you or blame you for what you have not done. It pains to be regarded as a liar when you are telling the truth.

In a situation like that, you might want to try and convince them to believe what you are saying. But the more you try to explain, the more they are convinced that you are lying.

You find yourself in the middle of brutal circumstances and your integrity is at stake.

Remain calm despite the unfair criticism they hurl at you. Try not to be emotional. It will not be easy. But with prayer and faith in God, you can do it.

Most people are full of emotion, bristling with prejudices, and motivated by pride and vanity. No matter how sincere you are, you will find some people who will see you in bad light.

Moses had a genuine intention, but the people were not seeing that.

Using logic and facts to argue with people who are controlled by their emotions will be futile. Angry and suspicious people don’t want logic. So, Moses did not waste his time arguing and trying to convince them to believe him. The emotional person is not in the mood to listen. He or she only wants to share his or her feelings.

When people accuse you, turn to God, and pray for courage and wisdom. God will give you wisdom.

Moses turned to God and God told him to stretch the rod he was holding over the Red Sea. He obeyed and God made the winds to part the sea in two. God will always provide the miracle you need. Trust God and remain truthful always.

God will always provide the solution to your difficult problems. And will also prove your integrity.

The law of life is also the law of belief. We demonstrate what we believe. People who look at circumstances and believe they are helpless will remain at a standstill in life. What we sow in our hearts will be what we reap. If you sow thoughts of fear, sickness, enmity, and hate, you shall reap the same in abundance. The law of harvesting gives more of what we sow. Therefore, those who sow thoughts of greatness, prosperity, and health reap the same abundantly.

Maintain the vision of what you want to be. Stop whining. Maintain your integrity, no matter what situation you find yourself in.

Be truthful to yourself and God. Let your integrity be transparent even when people doubt you. If you remain true to God, He will make your integrity shine for the doubters to see.

Remember that each of us will give an account of himself or herself to God (Romans 14:12). Do what is right always and leave the rest to God.

There will be times when you would feel that the load is too heavy to bear. Even then, it would be right not to give up. Be truthful always.

You might be blamed for situations that you have no control over. When things are good, and everyone is happy, people will call you an angel. But when there is a problem, people blame you for what is even their fault.

If the Spirit of God indwells you, He will produce compassion and forgiveness in you despite the ingratitude people hurl at you.

The paradox of truth is that the more you try to be truthful, the less impressed people are. The more truthful you are the more people may disbelieve you.

Truth can be difficult to say and also difficult to believe. But you must remain faithful to God and truthful in all that you do.

“If we are faithless, he remains faithful — for he cannot deny himself.” (2 Timothy 2:13; ESV).

Have a good conscience, even when people speak negatively of you.

“For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.” (1 Peter 3:17; ESV)

Maintain an honest conduct always, that whereas people speak negatively against you, they may, by your good works, which they behold, glorify God, (1 Peter 2:12).

Be morally right in everything you do or say even when dishonesty appears enticing.

Many people believe lies easily. And you may be lured to play along and lie to please them. But remember that God, the Almighty Judge, is aware of what you do or say, and He records everything.

It is difficult to predict life. Anything can happen. And when the unexpected happens, some people may want to lie as the easy route out.

But even when the truth hurts, and nobody seems to believe you, God still expects you to be truthful. So, be honest and trust God to take care of the consequences.

In 1 Peter 5:7, we are advised to cast all our cares upon God, for He cares for us.

Be assured that when the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit, (Psalms 34:17-18; ESV).

Walter Darby Bannard intimated that “The problem with truth is that it is hard to believe. It is even harder to get other people to believe.”

And Os Guinness said, “Truth is true even if nobody believes it and falsehood is false even if everybody believes it.”

People may not believe you because they base their acceptance of truth on their personal opinions and feelings.

Proverbs 19:1 tells us, “Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool,” (ESV).

Philippians 4:8 advises us, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things,” (ESV).

Lies will shield you temporarily. You may hide in the dark, doing negative things and lying, but one day, there will be an exposure. The exposure can be devastating. The exposure will remove the mask covering your true nature and erase all the false glories you were basking in. And your shame will be unbearable.

Jeff Olson said, “Time will be your friend or your enemy; it will promote you or expose you.”

Untruth will make you lose your relationship with God, the Almighty Creator and Judge. When you are unmasked, you will see that the lies that covered you were not worthy. Lies will make you a despicable person.

Telling the truth is not always easy. Therefore, many people do not speak the truth.

People may tell lies to make themselves appear important. They lie or wear masks to hide their true selves and appear to be what they are not.

People may lie when they want to win a debate or argument.

The Bible advises us to put away our former corrupt ways of life and be renewed in the spirit of our minds, (be made new in the attitude of our minds), put on the new person, or the new character of righteousness and true holiness, and stop lying to each other, (Ephesians 4:22-25).

People lie to please others even when they know that what they are saying is not true. Politicians are full of grandeur promises when they go to the electorate for votes. They say anything that will convince the electorate to vote for them.

After they win power, they come back to the electorate with excuses to explain why they can’t fulfill their campaign promises. They lament that the period of their mandate is too short and inadequate to allow them to achieve their monumental visions. That the period is too short for them to fulfill the fantastic and gigantic promises they made.

They were aware of those shortcomings when they were on the campaign trail, yet they made those grandeur promises.

Nikita Khrushchev was right when he said, “Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.”

Though lies can be enticing, learn to tell the truth always. Because that defines who you are.

Thomas Jefferson said, “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

Remember that the Almighty God, the Creator, and final Judge, abhors lying lips. “Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.” (Proverbs 12:22; ESV)

Some Christians exaggerate what God is doing in their lives. They compete with each other and tell all manner of exaggerated lies to project themselves highly. Such people succeed in deceiving people because, as Ralf Waldo Emerson said, “People only see what they are prepared to see.”

Francis Bacon also said, “Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.”

Though people may prefer lies to truth, the child of God must remember that God hates lies. Moreover, since we shall all stand before the Great Judge on Judgment Day, to give an account of ourselves to God, (Romans 14:12), stay with the truth till you meet the Great Judge. God will render to every person according to his or her deeds, (Matthew 16:27; Romans 2:6; 2 Corinthians 5:10).

Even when people disbelieve you, continue being truthful. And like Joseph was vindicated and promoted to a high position in Egypt, the day will come when God vindicates you and lifts you.

So, finally, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil, (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; KJV).

YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE IF YOU ARE DETERMINED.

Obstacles nor persons cannot stop you unless you allow them.

Our mindset determines how we think and how we act.

When people seek a quick and easy way to make money they become gullible and vulnerable to the deceptions of unscrupulous people who take advantage of their gullibility and eagerness.

Many people believe and rely more on juju, miracles, and mallams. Some also believe in scams to get rich quickly. Their eagerness to get rich quickly and easily becomes the weakness unscrupulous people exploit.

When people are desperate for anything they easily become pliable. And so, unscrupulous people easily take advantage of their weaknesses to manipulate them. People desperate for quick wealth typically do not believe that there is no quick and easy way to become successful in life. They easily believe fairy tale fantasies about how to become rich overnight. They easily believe anything they hear from people who pose as messiahs.

In their desperation to make quick and easy money, they allow themselves to be cheated by people who promise huge and quick financial returns on their little investments. They think that they cannot succeed in life because they have little or no money as capital.  Therefore, they think the only way is to take the shortcut.

They lack confidence and cannot believe that they can succeed with the little money they have. But the truth is, you can make money just as you are, even without money. You can use your hands to earn money and make a small capital to start your business.

Some people also think that their geographical locations are paramount in determining their success. However, you can become successful wherever God places you. There is wealth everywhere. Even in the desert you can make wealth if you are determined.

For a long time, Ghanaians believed that it was impossible for northern indigenes to become highly financially successful in the northern parts of Ghana. It was the notion that the northern parts of Ghana were not endowed with wealth. Therefore, it was believed that people from the northern parts of Ghana would remain poor unless they traveled to the southern parts of the country to work.

Those who believed that notion didn’t consider the fact that there were poor people, too, in southern areas of the country. Just as the prevalent notion that one must travel to Europe, America,  etc., before one can make money, without considering that there are poor and homeless people struggling in Western and European countries.

We now know that it was a lie that a person could not make wealth in the northern parts of Ghana. We now know that the northern soils of Ghana also possess gold and other rich minerals. People are now mining gold in parts of the Upper East and the Upper West Regions of Ghana. Areas that were previously considered so poor. Gold mining is going on in the Bongo and the Talensi areas, and in other parts of the Upper East Region. Yet the Upper East Region was previously regarded as the poorest region in Ghana.

Lithium has been discovered in the northern parts of Ghana. And other minerals are being discovered in other areas of the country.

Success begins in your mind. No matter how poor you think you are, you, too, can become a wealthy person.

Though money makes success easier, without money you can still achieve success. We hear stories of “from rags to riches,” emphasizing that people who believe in themselves can also rise to the top of the economic ladder. Therefore, do not be limited by the lack of anything. Though lack can hinder progress, lack should not stop you from achieving success. No matter how slow you are, you can also reach your goal.

In 2 Samuel 18, we read of an interesting account. When Absalom was killed, there was the need to send someone with the information to David regarding the outcome of the battle. Joab asked a Cushite to take the message to King David.

Ahimaaz, who was a fast runner, told Joab to let him go instead. Joab told him he could take a message another day, but not the present one.

After the Cushite had taken off, Ahimaaz came again to plead with Joab to let him also run. Joab allowed him. Because he was a fast runner, Ahimaaz came upon the Cushite and passed him on the way.

Do not be angry when others are progressing ahead of you

The Cushite could have been angry with Joab for allowing Ahimaaz also to run when everyone knew that Ahimaaz was a faster runner than him. He could have become angry and heartsick to continue running when Ahimaaz passed him. He could have envied Ahimaaz for being the fastest runner, and for competing with him.

But he didn’t allow these negative feelings to destroy his confidence. Rather he believed that he, too, was relevant.

Believe in yourself.

You may not have the facilities as others have. Nevertheless, you can believe that you are also significant and that you are capable of achieving great success like everyone else. The Cushite was not a fast runner like Ahimaaz. But he had self-confidence and self-discipline.

Success is for those who really deserve it. God reserves success for the people who really want to be successful. People who truly desire to be successful will go all out to achieve it. Self-pity will not bring you success. Respect whatever you have and believe that you can make something great out of what you have.

Jesus told a parable of three persons who received talents from their master. One received five talents, another two, and the third received one. While two believed they could achieve success with what their master gave them, the third who got one talent did not have faith that he could achieve something worthwhile with his one talent.

The one who had two talents believed he could achieve some success just as the one who had five talents. What you do with what you have is important. It is not how much you have. It may take a longer time to get rich, but you will make it.

Most of my achievements happened gradually. They grew slowly to become great achievements.

If the one who received the one talent had also invested his talent, he would have gained another one. And it would have continued to multiply if he continued to re-invest.

Many people want to be successful, but only a few will do what it takes to be successful.

Work diligently…. Persevere against the odds… Believe in yourself and in God.

In fairy tales, people become rich instantly. But even in fairy tales, those who suddenly become great or successful first went through trials. After going through trials, good luck then comes around in the form of a fairy and makes everything to work out easily and smoothly for them.

Real life is not a fairy tale though. Unless you were born into a wealthy family, you will take the hard road to reach success. You must make conscious efforts and must have the determination to reach success.

Many start but do not get to the finishing point. They are the ones who say it is not possible to reach success by doing right. Yet some of us are making it despite such claims.

People easily believe sweet words of “quick and easy returns.” Francis Bacon said, “Men prefer to believe what they prefer to be true.” So, some people believe in fairy tales of getting rich quickly without sweating.

If someone tells you to invest your money for quick and easy returns, especially when the returns are fantastically huge, about fifty percent profit within a couple of days or months, think twice before you leap. Do proper calculations, a proper check on the person, and do not be satisfied with what others may tell you. They may be spreading rumors.

While you are waiting for that miracle to happen in your life, start something. You can be expecting your miracle to happen, but don’t be idle. James tells us that faith must be accompanied by work. If we claim to have faith then we must prove it with action. Faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with action, is dead, (James 2:14, and 26; ISV).

There are two ways of making money… the bad (or wrong) way and the good (or right) way... working hard or diligently, which is the long and narrow way, and the quick and easy way, which is dealing in evil ways, cheating, drugs, prostitution, etc.

When people are in debt, they usually want the quick way out… some will cheat, steal or borrow.

When you borrow, you create a huge financial burden to carry for a long time. Debts are difficult to get off your back. When you pay with what you earn, you are left with nothing, or you have little left. And you feel like borrowing again to survive.

Therefore, learn not to borrow unless you are in a life-and-death situation, or in a real emergency.

Get rid of your debts so you can breathe well to continue with the journey to success. And you must determine to want to come out of debt before you can come out of it.

Don’t daydream! Don’t wish… Put your plan into action!

1. Consolidate all your debts and work out a plan to pay in monthly installments.
2. Take a percentage of the money you earn, (however small) for savings.
3. Increase the percentage of the savings when you clear or pay off some of the debts.
4. Use part of what you used to pay those debts that you have cleared to increase the percentage of the remaining ones that you are still paying so you can pay off the remaining ones quickly.
5. Determine to cultivate a habit of savings — be frugal and persevere.

People usually see the negative side and will tell you that you cannot achieve the task. You must see the positive side as well. Every coin has two sides. Don’t focus on one side only. Believe that the other side can override the side that you are seeing now.

People who think all is negativity look at themselves, and they think you, too, are like them. Therefore, they think you, too, cannot achieve because they have not yet achieved success.

I read about a highly successful businessman on the internet who was asked how he managed to achieve so much.  He replied that he grew great by dreams. He said he turned his mind loose to imagine what he wanted to do. On his bed, he thought about his dreams. In the night he dreamt about them. And when he awoke in the morning, he saw the way to make his dreams real. While people were saying that it was impossible for him to achieve his goals, he was well on his way to achieving what he wanted.

Many people have heard of John D. Rockefeller and his achievements. John D. Rockefeller was not from a rich home. His mother struggled to keep the family surviving.

However, John D. Rockefeller, as a youth had two great ambitions… to make $100,000 (at the time that was a huge money), and to live 100 years.

According to accounts, at 20 his business grossed $450,000. He did not stop pursuing his ambitions. His seriousness projected him to become a millionaire. He established universities, and businesses, including Standard Oil, Rockefeller Foundation, etc.

By 2007, according to reports, the legacy Rockefeller left behind was estimated at $336 billion.

He died in 1937, in just two months he would reach 98 years; almost the 100 years of his ambition.

God told Gideon, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites.” (Judges 6:14)

If you think you cannot be free from debts, then you will continue to be saddled with debts. And that will make you continue to borrow. You will continue borrowing because you think borrowing is the answer. The Bible says the wealthy rule over the poor and the one who borrows is a slave to the lender (Proverbs 22:7).

Learn to borrow when it is only necessary to borrow. I have learned to live without borrowing. I used to borrow and buy things on credit. Then I realized that was not the way to success. So I cultivated the savings habit. It was not easy. I had to discipline myself to cultivate the habit.

Proverbs 18:14 says, “The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?”

Many let their spirits break down when the going becomes tough. When that happens, only the tough continue moving on.

The poor do not save because they feel they earn little. However, if you discipline yourself and save a percentage, no matter how small, you will eventually make capital out of the little savings.

Nothing comes easy. Many people want to achieve the easy way. However, the rich will tell you that they labored to build their wealth.

Whatever you earn, you can save part. No matter how little. Little drops of water, they say, make the mighty ocean. In Ghana, it is cedis and pesewas. In the USA it is dollars and cents, while in the UK it is pounds and shillings. Whatever your currency, just a little and a little, and it will eventually grow big. For instance, in Ghana, five cedis a day x 6 days in the week gives you 30 cedis. Multiply that by 52 weeks and you will get 1,560 cedis; multiply that by 5 years and you have 7,800 cedis.

Though it appears small, 7,800 cedis is capital enough that you can use to start a small business.  You need only a little patience and perseverance. Some people in Ghana go in for only 1,000 or 2,000 cedis to start businesses.

On the other hand, if you can save 10 cedis daily for six days a week, it will become 60 cedis at the end of the week. Multiply that by 52 and you will have 3,120 cedis for the year. You can use that for a start-up business. On the other hand, if you want more and you are consistent for 5 years you will have a total of 15,600 cedis. You can use that as startup capital without going in for a loan that attracts interest.

Therefore, you can come out of your debts, and you can be successful if you really are determined.

Don’t envy those who have made it in life. Don’t be angry when no one is helping you. If you want to be angry, then be angry with God. But then, too, you would be wrong. Because God gave you the potential to become successful.

God will not help you when you will do nothing for yourself. God is waiting for you to start and then He will meet you on the way to direct your steps to success.

That “good luck” you are waiting for is ahead of you. You will meet him on your way as you start doing something. Start utilizing the chance available to you now and you will attract good luck and success.

I was penniless and had no one to assist me. However, I was determined to succeed. Therefore, I labored, sacrificed, and saved for my future. My friends who would not do as I did, are still struggling.

Don’t faint in adversity.

Our world is full of deception, violence, hate, and all kinds of evil. Envy is eating and destroying us. People are sarcastic and evil-minded towards fellow humans. The human heart is full of evil and planning destruction against fellow human beings.

C.S. Lewis said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

So, start from where you are and make a brand-new ending. Don’t succumb to pressures and give up. Don’t let people dictate to you how to live your life. You are the commander of your destiny with God by your side. Let people say what they want. They may see you the way they want, but you can prove to them that you are not a failure.

Remember that no one will make your life for you the way you want it. You will have to make it yourself. Furthermore, do not be angry when people despise you. Instead, use your energy to improve on how you climb your ladder of success.

Tyler Perry said,

“It doesn’t matter if a million people tell you what you can’t do, or if ten million tell you ‘no’. If you get one YES from God, that’s all you need.”

Don’t take so-called shortcuts. Don’t listen to people’s bad advice. Don’t cheat and don’t steal to become successful.

Others are living in the same community or in the same environment as you. Yet they have chosen to remain honest. They have labored through the same challenges that you are complaining about. But they are persevering with determination to do what they must do to achieve their goals.

Jesus said that God makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust. What each does with what God makes available determines each one’s success or failure. Therefore, God has given everyone what we call “good luck.” How you use it determines what you will become.

In Ephesians 4:22-29, we read that we should put off the former behavior by renewing the spirit of our minds; we must renew our way of thinking and behaving. The mind processes what we feed the brain.

When you perform an action, the brain registers it as a pattern of behavior or action. Repeating the action eventually makes it become ingrained and a habit is formed.

You can become rich or successful by forming the habit of saving a percentage of what you earn. How long it will take you to get what you want will depend on the percentage or how much you save. And perseverance will make it possible. It may take a longer time if what you are able to save is small. But you will reach there someday if you persevere.

Be focused and patient. Change your thinking and you will change your situation. Renew the spirit of your mind by feeding the mind with positive thoughts. Determine to be a winner and you will be a winner. Determine that you will not steal, or cheat. Practice that until your mind is renewed by adapting to the new honest and persevering attitude.

Don’t be angry when others have made it in life, and you are still struggling. Don’t engage in armed robbery to make it in life.

Cain was angry with his brother Abel when things did not go the way he wanted. He envied his brother Abel. But God told him he was wrong.

6 So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” (Genesis 4:6-7; NKJV)

Nobody is preventing you from prospering. Search your heart and be sincere with your yourself.

We read in Proverbs 5:21-23,

21 For God is closely watching you, and he weighs carefully everything you do. 22 The wicked man is doomed by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him. 23 He shall die because he will not listen to the truth; he has let himself be led away into incredible folly. (TLB)

Work and focus on doing what is right in God’s sight.

Hebrews 10:36 says, “For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise,” (NKJV).

Note that the passage says that after you have done the will of God you may receive the promise. The passage also mentions ‘endurance.’

Our mindset, therefore, determines our actions. Every action we take begins in the mind. We must have the will to practice what we want to be.

Willpower is determination, self-discipline, self-control, and self-regulation. Practicing will renew your mind and enable willpower to operate in you. Self-control is a necessity for survival and achievement.

Many want to achieve success the easy way. However, honest rich people will tell you that they labored to make their wealth.

Angry people cannot wait and think over an issue before reacting. Angry people have little or no patience. Angry people want to be in control.

Some people have risen from grass to grace by dint of hard work, saving the little that they earn and using that to start businesses.

Winners win because even when others have passed them, and they are alone, they continue running; they do not give up. When they find themselves in hostile environments or situations, they do not lose their composure and confidence. They press on. They don’t give up when the going gets tough. They keep feeding their minds with ideas of success as they face difficulties.

Frustration is an emotional response to opposition. Some people deal with frustrations through physical engagements or verbally assaulting their opponents. An individual suffering from frustration may feel powerless to change the situation and may be pushed into anger. He may react in several different ways; some of them negatively. Some people vent their anger by attacking the person that is the cause of their frustrations.

It can be very frustrating and painful when one person is doing everything to make a marriage or relationship work and the other is doing everything that will derail the relationship. That can make some people to get angry and explode.  Often, the one who is causing you to have these feelings does not bother how you feel.

We read in Ephesians 4:26-27,

26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.

Furthermore, Proverbs 14:29 says that the man who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the impulsive person exalts folly.

Whatever you aim at succeeding, remember that you will encounter difficulties of some sort. There will be hills and mountains, and there will be valleys along the way.

However, no matter the circumstances at any point in time, never give up. No obstacle will be able to defeat you unless you allow it. The obstacles may slow you for a while, but they cannot completely defeat you. Do not let any obstacle you encounter discourage you. Let them serve as incentives for you to work harder.