New Book Alert
Bornface Ontomwa
Customer Experience | A skilled Project Manager | Learning & Development Specialist | E-Learning Consultant | Senior Learner Success Manager @African Management Institute (AMI)
Hello praise the lord. I am very excited about the launch of my second book (Wisdom for Living Vol. 2) but first I want to specially thank all those that supported this ministry and purchased Vol. 1 and am really glad to have had an opportunity to be a blessing to you. This book will be out on December 1st 2018 and I really do believe that it will be a great blessing to you also. I love you dearly
Here is an excerpt
GUARD YOUR HEART
[NLT] Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. MSG Proverbs 4:23 Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts
Need I say more? You know what he is saying in simple terms is that life starts from the heart. When he says that life starts from the heart he is talking about your surrounding circumstances and situations, he says that all that you see around you started from your heart! This of course can be hurting or blessing to know that my life as it is right now started from my heart. I know we might disagree with this statement but here is my advice, never find yourself at a crossroad with the word of God. Always say yes to His word and then readjust yourself to fit in. It is a strange thought to think that your life starts from your heart but it's also comforting because you can then control it.
Look at it again
MSG Proverbs 4:23 Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts
What most of us are reaping now is as a result of what has been planted in our hearts by our parents, teachers, pastors, friends and even enemies. But it's time now we took control of our lives and destiny. It's extremely sad to know that more than 90% of the population of the whole world will never discover this reality and hence will only produce what others planted in them. Consider yourself to be blessed to have discovered this truth and even more blessed if you decide to start putting it to work.
It's important I clarify something here, what operates in the heart is what we call beliefs. These are thoughts that we have heard again and again until they became a belief in our hearts and this is where topical bible study comes in handy. You see with topical bible study you zoom in on something until it changes the picture, for example if it's lack mentality issues then you pick verses that deal with lack and you keep looking at those verses, studying them praying about them until they change that belief. So what’s the first mandate you are given?
MSG Proverbs 4:23 Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts
Keep vigil over your heart, don't sleep and let anything pass. Another version says keep guard over your heart don't just allow anything to pass through. Isn't it sad that sometimes we lend our minds to the devil to think for us and after he has thought for us for like an hour then we go back and say Satan bring back my mind. But during those moments he planted some weeds and this is what Jesus was talking about that while the farmer was asleep someone went and planted weeds in his garden. You can't sleep when it comes to your mind, always be aware of what you are thinking about.
I remember back in campus as I was teaching some class I introduced this program called you have to think about what you are thinking about,