These lessons were posted by Pastor Mensa Anamoah Otabil on 22 October 2009. It still sounds as valuable as it was posted last minute. As part of our Monday Motivation, www.233times.net decided to share with Visitors the 22 of 50 lessons Dr. Otabil has learnt along the way.
As part of my 50th birthday celebration , i compiled 50 of the lessons i have learnt along the way. here are the first 22 lessons. i hope these lessons are of benefit to you in your walk with God.
SHALOM , PEACE AND LIFE TO YOU!
50 LESSONS I’VE LEARNT ALONG THE WAY – DR. OTABIL
1. I am as human as everybody else.
2. Without Christ, I am nothing.
3. God is no respecter of persons: His principles work for all everywhere.
4. No experience beats God’s written word and the Holy Spirit’s inner witness.
5. My character is the key to my destiny.
6. When I make my wife happy, my hope becomes happy and I am happy.
7. Choices really do have consequences.
8. Maturity is a result of quick learning; I grow up when I learn from my mistakes.
9. Cheap popularity is like a cheap jewelry; it wears out very quickly.
10. Life’s enduring lessons are learnt in silence and inner reflection.
11. The pulpit is a sacred trust; I must not use it to promote myself.
12. I must preach what I believe in and practice what I preach.
13. What I know is not all that there is to know.
14. God’s word is life; I must not beat people on the head with it.
15. I must allow my works to do the talking for me instead of my mouth.
16. My name is more important than my title.
17. If I keep my hands clean; I can always eat at God’s table.
18. Time waits for no one; it moves on whether I use it or waste it.
19. Paying attention to detail results in excellent performance.
20. When God opens a door, I must boldly enter in.
21. When God shuts a door, I must wisely turn around.
22. I can’t do everything in one day; what I start today, I can continue tomorrow.
Author: Nana Kwesi Coomson (www.233times.net)