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Of Occupational Performance and Grace


In an office I am very familiar with, they recently found a locked padlock decorated with red, white and black threads. Underneath the various layers of threading was a piece of paper with Arabic writing. Somebody had planted it to gain some influence over the boss and his wife through the spiritual realm. They didn't need to know Arabic to understand what it was all about. Places of work and are now spiritual minefields. Careers and destinies are being attacked and talents are being misdirected from the other realm and you will be amazed who is doing it. Those who do it, understand something most people don’t.

Here is the bigger picture:
There are two dimensions to man: the physical and the non-physical, the tangible and the intangible, the seen and the unseen. Interestingly it is the intangible that creates and controls the tangible. Man is spirit (intangible/Unseen)first before body(Tangible/seen). In fact, he refers to the body as MY BODY which implies that we are actually spirits wearing bodies like perhaps one will wear a space suit in order to survive on the moon. Man, in the image of his maker who tends to replicate this method in his own creations. He conceives things intangibly before he brings them to tangibility. Plato(a pagan) concurs with his forms idea. The upshot is that, one cannot be said to be at full power in terms of his performance when the more powerful intangible (spiritual) aspect of him is dormant. He has to activate before he engages in order to function at full power. He needs GRACE! Grace is activated by connecting to the maker who happens to be the only one who truly understands the purpose for which each person was created. He understands the mechanics of your being and how it can be pushed to its very limits. True performance is only possible with the influence of the spirit.

I have spent four years studying individuals I consider high performing. It is clear that they are all (whether negatively or positively) spiritually active. This means they are firing on all two main cylinders (the physical and spiritual). It is also true that when counter-forces (those who's mission is to ensure that you don't reach your true destiny) attack, they often do it from the spiritual realm. The reason is simple; you are automatically disabled in the physical when you have been disabled in the spiritual. The story is not the same the other way round. It is wise then to ensure spiritual security more than physical security.

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127:1 (KJV)

Grace makes all things possible.  No matter how trained you are, Grace is what will ensure you are at your best and also have access to opportunities. A person functioning under Grace is more powerful than the most talented or most educated person. Grace is Unmerited Favour.

The questions I have for you are very simple: is your spiritual cylinder firing? How many times do you pray for your (occupation) career, job, investment or business in a month? Are you secured spiritually in what you do? Are you getting the exposure you need ? Are you working hard and yet cannot see the results? Is there a covenant between you and God regarding your occupation?
In my Uptimetrics(R) Training program, we recently included a new Module called Spiritual Intelligence (SI) to consolidate the Emotional Intelligence (EI) Technical Intelligence (TI) and the host of other "intelligences" that we have identified that everyone needs in varying helpings in order to function at full capacity in their occupations. The objective is to ensure the activation of the spiritual cylinder in order to ensure full performance. You will get more of this in my coming work "Perform with supernatural Influence" in the SPiD-UP book series.
Tomorrow (Saturday 29th of  March, 2014), I will speak on Occupation and its connection to your destiny and what role performance plays in the equation at the Oil Of Grace Service at Mission of Hope Ministries in Dzorwulu  under the authority of Rev. Dr. Ebenzer Alabi who is my GO and mentor. I am inviting you to join us at 7.30 AM to 90.30 AM so you can access the GRACE to take your (Occupation) career, job, business and investments to the next level. Oil of Grace is held on the last Saturday of every month and is open to everyone. Call 0244 799 606 for more info.
It does not therefore depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. Romans 9:16

I look ford to seeing you. They call me H O P E M A N and I am a Jnr. Minister at Mission of Hope, a Peak Performance instructor and coach, Author and founder of the Center for Self Development. I 

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