Tuesday, March 27, 2007


INCUBATING YOUR DREAM


Every worthwhile dream takes its origin in God. - God is the One who gives you the dream. It was never yours to start with.


Many times, we run off and try to make things happen for ourselves; and all we get is heartache and frustrations. Psalm 127:1 - "Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it" The most important decision you will make regarding the fulfillment of your dream is the decision to vigorously pursue your relationship with God.


Mathew 6: 25-33 - "Seek ye first...." John 15: 4,5


Psalm 37: 4-7 - That expression "delight yourself" means to open your heart to God. It means to render your heart soft and pliable in God's hands. When your heart is yielded to him, He will plant the right desires in it.

"Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him, don't bother with those who climb the ladder who elbow their way to the top" - Psalm 37:7 Message Bible

The desires that God puts in your heart are a key to what He has already empowered you to accomplish.
It's as if God is saying: "If I put the desire there, then I have already finished it."
So God is the One who gives you the dream - the desire. But in order for it to come to pass, you must receive it and nurture it.
In Mathew we learnt :Seek ye first the kingdom of God and in Mark 4: 26-29, the kingdom is revealed.


Every dream from God is like a seed. According to this passage, for every seed to grow, it requires three things
1. The right environment
2. The right nurturing
3. Time


Your dream also requires these three things.


(1) The right environment: Mark 4: 26When God gives you a dream, it is not enough just to receive it. You need to put that seed in the right environment for it to become to pass.


A seed is a powerful little thing that is pre-programmed to be more than it is But a seed will not grow simply because it is a seed.


Your dreams need two types of environment for its incubation:
a. Internal environment which speaks of your heart condition. It must be one of faith and obedience.
b. External environment which speaks of the kind of company you keep, the books you read, the music you listen to etc.


(2) The right nurturing - I Cor 3:6
When you plant a seed, you need to water it. Your dream needs to be fed to keep it alive
Nothing stays alive all by itself. You must fight to keep your dream alive
What are you nurturing right now?


(3) Timing - Mark 4:27-29
Dreams do not come to pass the day God gives them - there is a process involved and the process takes time - Hab 2:2, 3
God's word will not necessarily come to pass the day He speaks it over your life
The prophesy of Gen 3:15 took 4,000 years to be fulfilled. But God was working on it all the time. And when the fullness of time came, nothing could stop it.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Everything in life has a due season and an appointed time.
The devil will try to use the element of time to discourage you, but God uses time to prepare you and to complete the process.


So get a Dream TODAY!!

Friday, March 23, 2007


TOUCHPOINT STRATEGIC INTELLECTUAL SUMMIT

Amazing! Is the word that best describes the outcome of the Strategic Intellectual Summit, a meeting organized by TOUCHPOINT on Saturday, 10th of March 2007 at Lekki Peninsula in Lagos.

The meeting which started around 11:00 am had in attendance 11 young professionals with one purpose and that is Salvaging A Nation Endangered (SANE). These are youngsters with a difference. They are best described as change agents who have decided to make their talents and intellectual resources available for the purpose of charting a new course for the Nigerian youths. The common denominator among these young professional is passion.

The list includes:
1. Biodun Kolawole (Managing Partner, MBS Consulting) 08035789131
2. Kemi Okusanya (PricewaterHouse Coopers) 08037037979
3. Cindy Ubani ( HoneyWell Group, Lagos) 08060584700
4. Funmi Akinwale (Staff, Guaranty Trust Bank. Lagos) 08023816888
5. Modupe Akiwumi (Senior Advisor, RTC Company) 08084341012
6. Sotomi Lolade (Lecturer, UNILAG) 08034046184
7. Odunewu Kofo (Educator) 08054981405
8. Anthony Lekan (Engineer, Kakasa Firm) 08038585722
9. Linda Nwabuisi (Accountant, DeltaTek Engineering) 08036839483
10. Ipinmoye Abiodun (Ordinand, Emmanuel Seminary Ibadan)08036530285
11. Adebola Adediran (Staff, Diamond Bank Plc) 08037554015


The meeting involved sharing of vision by the convener, Kenny Akinola, some motivational talks and principally brainstorming. During the meeting, the vision, mission and values of TOUCHPOINT were reiterated.

The meeting ended around 3:30pm with every participant poised for action and impact. It will remain memorable because it also birthed a forthcoming programme tagged S.A.N.E. – Salvaging A Nation Endangered. A programme which should hold sometime in July would feature great speakers like Gbenga Sesan, Niyi Adesanya and Deolu Akinyemi. As well as other vocational education targeted at Secondary school students in the Lagos Metropolis.

You can’t beat the feeling!