11th 30-Day Challenge June 2026 - Day 20/30 - Self Mastery : Power of Self control - Self-discipline

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You Are Unique And On Time

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Um God has created me to touch this world in a very unique way.

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And nobody else can do what I do. Nobody can do what you do. You're unique. You are special. There's a reason why God brought you to this planet, and the world is waiting for you to touch it. Uh, with your, you know, with this way, the world is waiting for you to grace it, to do that very thing that God has called you to do. And when you do that, you'll be overjoyed, you'll flourish. The Bible says, when you are planted in God's house, you shall flourish. We are praying that flourishing be part of you in Jesus' name. God's divine plan is for me to be connected in a loving relationship with Him and all living things. And I am not late. There's a reason behind everything that has happened in my life up to this moment. I may not fully understand it now, but I choose to trust God. You are not late. You are exactly where God wanted you to be. You are perfect. You know, everything is perfect, everything is improving. You are exactly where God wanted you to be. You are who you are, because every experience that you have gone through is designed by God to make you who you are, to make you special, to make you unique, to make you be able to touch this world in a way that no one else can. And so we choose to trust God. And surely God's goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I say, Amen to that.

Daily Prayer For Peace And Purpose

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Let's do a daily prayer. God, I thank you for my blessed life. This magnificent universe you're given to us. We pray that you bless all living things today with your love, with your grace, and with your abundance. May you flow to me and through me, infinite love, joy, peace, purpos, and prosperity during this new day that you're given unto us. Say amen to that. May you experience that flow, the flow of joy, peace, and that just perfect peace of knowing that God loves you, you're not an accident. Um, that even if people around you may reject you, may not value you, but you have a father who created you, who cares for you, is concerned about every single thing that has happened in your life, who is rooting for you, who wants you to be successful, he wants you to be prosperous, he wants everything good for you. That's the God that we serve. He's not against you, he is for you. And he wants you to make it, he wants you to be able to go to the other side. And when you know that, you can be in perfect peace. May that flow, may you experience that flow in Jesus' name. Hallelujah.

Strength In Weak Moments

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Let's do a mantra this morning. I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us. Yes, the things that we go through, it's only Christ who can strengthen us. And Paul understood this and he declares to the Philippian church, he has a man do all things, all things through Christ who strengthens me. That means you can go through any situation, not because of your strength, but because Christ will strengthen you in your weakest part in your weakest moment. When you feel like I don't do it, when you feel like you are you see in darkness, you turn. Sometimes you turn left, right, you see darkness. You don't know where you stand. But God's light shines in the middle of that darkness, and you find yourself having gone over the other side. And there are those moments when you feel like, oh, I'm in such a weak position. I don't know what to do here. But it's by that time that God comes and strengthens you, and you see yourself on the other side. And I pray that you'll experience that uh in Jesus' name. You're going through hard times, going through a difficult situation. May you feel God's presence, may you it may envelope you with his love um to be able to move forward and see the light even in the midst of darkness. Say amen to that. And then I'm living on purpose. Now I am on schedule, I'm exactly where God wants me

Letting Go And Abraham’s Test

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to be. He tools this morning, power in the physical world is measured by how much you can lift up, but in the spiritual world, it is measured by how much you can let go. The more you can let go, the more powerful you become, the more blessed you become. We are reminded here of the story of Abraham. Abraham had waited uh for Isaac for a long time. But as soon as Isaac came in, the Lord speaks to Abraham and he says, Yeah, go and offer him as a sacrifice up there on the hill. I will show you. The Bible says the next day without calling a meeting, without calling the wife for discussion, without asking for you know the wife's opinion, the Bible says the next day, the next day, he took some donkeys, some servants, loaded his things and the son, and off they went. Ready to go and let go, ready to go and let go. This child that he had waited for so long that he was willing to let go. He was ready, as precious as it was, he was ready to let go. The Bible says, on that hill. As he lifted up the sword, the Lord comes forth and says, No, no, no, there is a lamp. Take that one and offer that sacrifice, go back with your son. Now I know. Now I know. And that was the beginning of Abraham's transformation. Now I know that you have not withheld your child from me. Now I know. I pray this morning that that those now I know moments will be revealed in each of our lives. Now I know that God and that no now I know moment with God will be revealed, will be a portion, will be our portion. Because when God says, Now I know, and when you have an encounter with Him, and He says, Now I know I can trust you. Now I know that whatever I give you, you are willing to let go, you're willing to give it back to me. Now I know. Once God says, Now I know you are a candidate for the extraordinary in our lives. And I pray that it will not fail in those moments. Abraham could have failed, he could have said, Oh my God, I'm not letting go of this precious child. You don't know, I've waited for so long. You know, Abraham could have given God excuses. He could have even got to intercede. Ask God, are you sure? But he was willing to let go. And then from that moment, that was the turning point, that was the transformational point of Abraham. Now I know. And I pray, brethren, as a ministry, we will never be able to reach a point where we cannot let go. Anything that God led to us, we should be willing to give back, we should be willing to go, we should be willing to respond to God in faith and do what he has called us to do. May we have this now I know moment with our God. Because when that happens, you become a vessel, you become a channel. That was Abraham's starting point. And he went on to go to get many more children. That which God is asking you that looks like so little, is going to do far much more. More than you can ever imagine. He went on to have children, he went on to become the father of our faith. And the Bible says he was blessed by the time he was old, he was advanced in years, and he was blessed in every every every in every way. Why? He had passed that now. I know moment. I know I can trust you. I know you love me. Now I know it's not just because of what you're not just starving me because of what you get. Now I know. I know I can trust you. It's that trust moment with God. And I pray it shall be your portion in Jesus' name. Let me not get carried away here.

Generosity That Expands Your World

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Uh, let's go on with our banners mentality. Deuteronomy 15, 10 says, give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart. Then, because of this, your Lord will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. Brethren, it is something that we must pick from this third-day challenge. It's living from a position of generosity. When you become, you make up your mind to live in a from a place of generosity, not just sensitive to the people around you, the poor, and all that. But when you begin to live from a position of generosity, you enlarge your world. You enlarge your world, your relationships change. Everything changes by giving up so little, you gain so much. And I pray these 30 days, it's gonna be a mentor shift that you'll decide to live from a position of generosity, being generous, being generous, and you know, when you are generous, it is true. People will take advantage of you. It is most likely that people will take advantage of you, people you know will do funny things. You see, it's not about them, it's about who you are serving. Don't let that distract you, don't let those um, you know, that discourage you. No, no, no. Remain from a position of generous and generosity, and you'll just see how your world become big. Your relationship will deepen, meaningful relationships, you'll begin to attract things that you have chased. Now you don't chase them anymore anymore. They follow you, they follow you, they follow you and overtake you. Hallelujah. Again, let me not get carried away here, but these are they are small things, but they really have the ability to move mountains in your life. You become so rich, so rich in every way. Just a mindset of generosity with your time, being generous with your words. You know, generosity is everything with your word, you know, looking around, you know, being generous with what you are seeing. You begin to be sensitive around people around you. You you are seeing people, you are noticing people, you're complimenting people, you are you are concerned about the people around you. You're generous. Position of generosity, your gifts, the things that God has given you. You are you are generous with your giftings, with your abilities, with your speech, the way you talk, you are generous. Hallelujah. Let me

Making Room For God To Move

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move on here. Matthew 6:33 says, But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Again, that'll be a portion today in 1 Corinthians 2 9 says, With what no eye has seen, what no hear has had, and what no human mind has conceived, the things God has prepared for those who love him. And we are praying, these scriptures will be fulfilled for each one of us here. All those things we have written down there, you are believing God for not only will the you know the will the the um uh the blessings of God be your portion, but it says they will be mighty, the things that he has prepared for you, no eye has ever seen, that means it's gonna be a surprise for you. May this 30-day challenge resolve in surprises, surprises, things that you never believed could be yours. You'll hold them with your hand, you will touch them with your hand. Hallelujah. Let me move on there in Samuel 6:10, 6 to 10. It says, and the spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you prophesy with them, and you'll be changed into a different person. Says, once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do. For God is with you. We are praying. This study challenge as we turn into June 30th and we graduate and move on. We pray that we can say, God is going to go with you. So that God can find space in us. Sometimes we are just too full, we are too full of ourselves, that there's no space for God at all. You know, by letting go, forgiving people, those that have haters, those that have abused us, those that wasted our time, um, just letting go and say, Yeah, you really wasted my time. You you know, but I'm letting go. I'm letting you go. Um, and I'm trusting God for better things. Um cleansing our purifying our minds. We are creating room for God to come and be with us. And the Bible says, you know, God, once God is with us, He says, Do whatever your hand finds you to do. And some of us we're going to step out of this Saturday challenge, we're going to do things, we're going to move into beautiful relationships, we're going to move into things that we have chased for a lifetime. We're going to move into businesses, we're going to step into start things that we have procrastinated about and we have never been able to do because God is going to be with us. May this be your portion this morning. Amen. Hallelujah. And the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and He joined them in their prophesying. We pray that God is going to send us forward in a very dimensions of ministry, a new, you know, new walk with Him, a new encounter with Him. We're going to vibrate at a different frequency where we begin to attract the things that matter: kindness, love, and you know, peace, you know, prosperity, you know, what the things that we so much desire that will become our portion in Jesus' mighty name.

Health Disciplines And Challenge Recap

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Let's remind ourselves of our health disciplines. And today, being a Saturday, we have an opportunity, maybe, to be able to spend some time outdoor, walk silently, spend some time outdoor, connect with nature, and just pay attention to what God is doing. Take a lot of water, keep ourselves hydrated. Your body is the license for us to be here on earth, and then purpose will be a blessing to someone today, and eventually him or she that cannot pay you back in Jesus' name. Hallelujah. So let's dive in today. We spent a lot, a bit of time here, but um, this is what we have covered so far. We keep posting here every day. We are learning new things, foundational things. Yesterday we spent some time on fake day meditation, where we are saying, What is your perfect day? Picture it, how late, how does it look like? Hey, you are there, that loving family, that loving home, a beautiful home. You're holding your children in your hands, you have a husband there, seated there, um, you know, loving you, and you know, just that environment, and dang, yeah, you are everything has come true. What is it? And we said, meditate on that, walk into it. The more you make it real, the more it becomes real. And that was yesterday's lesson that we have covered so much uh visioning, self-actualization, changing our language, living on purpose, having the right map, yeah, habit elevation, our getting rid of habits that are taking us, that aren't serving us, and replacing them with habits that serve us. Those are the things we have covered here in the last 20 days. And if you have missed any, it's never too late. Just go to the recording, lay over it, lay over it, over it, over it. And when it blesses you, share it with someone, share it with your friends. Hey, this one has blessed me, and you just spend some time listening to it, you never know what a simple forward can do to somebody. So forward those messages, that's why you have downloaded them in the in the podcast, and you know, let's people listen, people download them, um, and they'll be a blessing to you.

Self-Mastery Through Paul’s Example

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But today, let's dive into self-mastery, day 20. We have like seven minutes to cover this, and then uh we'll be going to prayer with our sister Catherine. Uh, self-mastery in 2 Timothy chapter 3, 10 to 11. Paul is writing to a son in the faith, Timothy. And he says, You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings. And this what kind of things happen to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystraum, the persecutions I endured. Yet, the Lord rescued me from all of the brethren. The Lord will rescue you from everything. Even right now, you may be in the midst of doubt. You're wondering, oh God, what do I do? God will rescue you from it. You may be in a place of persecution, you're going through persecution in the office, the corporate politics, the backstabbings, the things that happen. God will rescue you. Hanging there, hanging there, hanging there. Um, you know, God is with us, God is with you. You may be suffering um of one thing or the other, he will rescue us. And this is what Paul uh tells Timothy, you have seen it all with me. You have been here with me, you've seen it all. And how was Paul able to go through all these things? Paul had learned self-mastery, and we're going to talk about that today. In 2 Timothy again, 4 6 to 8, he says, For I'm already being poured like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith. He's summarizing again how he has lived as he leads fell to his son, uh Timothy. Now, what is self-mastery? Self-mastery rotates around um two things that we're going to talk about um today. And rotates about two very important things self-control and self-discipline. Self-control and self-discipline. And these are the two very powerful things that will propel you, that makes you begin moving forward towards your destiny. Everything that we have learned, the ideas, the change, the mindsets, everything that we have done, these two self-mastery is the I would say is the push, is the one that gives the momentum to get these things revealed in your life. Self-mastering. Um, no life grows great until it is focused, it is dedicated and is disciplined. These three words define what we mean by self-mastery. No life will ever grow great until you learn to focus, you be dedicated, and you're disciplined. And this was given. Um, I think it is in the uh George Washington, um, no Ari Truman was the president of the United States. Um, he was the 33rd president, and he's all wrote this. He said, In reading the lives of great men, I have found that the first victory they won was over themselves. And he says, self-discipline with all of them came first. He said, when he looked at the lives of great men, I know he was a president, the commander-in-chief, and so he he was commanding the world's biggest and most powerful military. Um, and he he says, in observing the lives of great men, he had found that the first victory they ever win was over themselves. You can never be great until you win over yourself, and that's why self-discipline with all of them was number one. And we talk about that today. Then George Washington was uh also one of the um the founding presidents in America. He said, nothing is more harmful to the service, and he's talking about here the armed forces, the military. He said, nothing is more harmful to the service than the neglect of discipline. For discipline, more than the numbers, gives one army more superiority over another. He was saying that listen, you can be many, you can have like a million people in the army. Uh, you can have that what distinguishes one army from another is not just the numbers, it is actually discipline. You can have an army of 10,000 people, but they are so disciplined, and they will run over an army of one million people discipline in tighter state. He says similarly encourage the young men to be self-controlled. That is discipline. Well, self-control is another word for discipline. And in fact, he says, train a child in the way he should go. And when he is old, he will not turn from it. There's a lot of debate now in our country on the you know the unrest in the schools. And that you go to the social media, it is a hot topic, it's trending. And the question he was asking is all these things that we are seeing happening in the schools. Who is to blame? Because when things go wrong, people look for somebody to blame. So the government is blaming the parents. And you've seen the cabinet ministers or whatever you call them these days saying, you parents, you know, it's you parents who have messed up. You're no longer disciplining your children. And now you think the government is going to do anything. And the parents are turning around, they're saying, No, it's not us. It is you, government. Look at the quality of our schools, look at how crowded they are, look at the teachers, look at this and look at that. And then the teachers are running around and saying, it's not us. It's not us. It's your parents. We cannot substitute you, uh, you know, we cannot be your substitute. You need to do what you do. You bring us, you know, indisciplined children and you expect us to pull out miracles. So the teachers are blaming government, government is blaming parents, parents are playing teachers. It's a blame game. And it's a big, big topic. And I don't think there's anyone who has got any real answer on this and we'll continue on. But here in Title 6, we say, train a child the way you should go. When he's old, you're not turn from it. Basically, saying if you can instill discipline in a child when they are young, he said, when they are old, you'll not be able to turn from it. All right, let's go. Self-mastering. Now, in talking about self-mastering, uh, there's this prayer. I think most of you may have seen it. It's from written by this gentleman called Reynold Nabo, as a German, I believe. This was our German. And in that this prayer, I said, God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. This prayer, in a way, summarizes this subject of self-mastery, which I pray that you will get to know.

Self-Control Over Emotions And Words

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And the first part of self-mastery is self-control, is self-control. What is self-control? Which I think you see Paul writing to Timothy and Titus and all that. Self-control is deciding what you will do or not do, having that power to manage your emotions. We are not saying we don't have emotions, we all have emotions. Our bodies, we go through many emotions. But self-control is having that ability to manage your desires and impulses, or your emotions as you call them. Every desire, there's nothing wrong with having a desire. There's nothing with having an impulse, there's nothing having an emotion. But our ability to manage those emotions is what determines how our life is going to evolve. We talk about self-mastery, it begins with self-control. Deciding what you will do or not do. I feel like this, I feel like doing this, I feel like going, I feel like eating cake, I feel like eating ice cream, I feel like eating that, I feel like doing this, I feel like you feel all those I feels. I feel annoyed, I feel upset, I feel this, I feel all those eyes, I feel. They flood you, but being having to have the ability to say, I decided I'll do this and I'll not do that. That is self-control. And if you can have that, you become unstoppable. Self-control. The ability to manage your emotions. Your emotions, your desires, and your impulses. Being able to reach that point, you say nothing can control you. I cannot be controlled by my desire. I feel my body telling me do this. But no, no, no, you say, Oh, thank you very much for that. But you will not do that. That's not for you. That's wrong. Ability to control your desires and your impulses. That will be the bedrock of growth of everything that you ever want to achieve in life. Self-control. The second thing that we um and that that we need to and we talk about self-control, we talk about managing your emotions, you know, managing your time, managing your priorities, managing your energy, managing your thinking, managing your words. I'm telling me to tell you off, I will tell you off. I'll tell you as it is. Ah, no, no. You want to tell him as it is, but you're like, wait, wait a minute. What's going to happen with what I say? Can I take back those words? Can I take those words back? No, you can't. Once you've spoken, you've spoken. So you manage yourself and say, hmm, I feel like telling you off. I don't. Why? With self-control. I decide I can feel it, I can feel the emotion, but I'm not going to do it. Self-control. Brethren, we need this. The second aspect of self-mastery, before I tell you, I walk you through the process and then we go to prayer is self-discipline.

Self-Discipline And The NYS Lesson

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Self-discipline. Self-discipline is the ability to give yourself a command and you obey it. So the two go in hand in hand. The ability to give yourself a command and you obey it. Say it, um, I made up my mind, I'll be in the 30-day challenge. It starts at five, and I'm going to give myself a command to get out of that bed, and I'll be seated down and I'm going to participate. You give yourself a command and you obey it. You don't lose the phone. If you feel like every emotion is like, oh, I'm so tired. Today's a Saturday. Maybe I should take a bit of rest. No, no, no. You give yourself a command and you obey it. That is what is called self-discipline. When these two are combined and you get what we call self-mastery, you become unstoppable. You become unshakable. There's nothing you cannot be able to accomplish. Self-control and self-discipline. You see, one of the things, and Adam, maybe we were so fortunate, those of us here who were in the previous uh I would say education system, for us to go to the university. There's a period that to go to the university, you had to go to the National Youth Service, NYS, and you had to spend six months there. And I forget how many months we are there. It sounded like a whole year. There were a few months, but it was one of my hardest periods in my life. And I'm sure those of us here who were in NYS, I know we were a number of us here, uh Brother Ndolo, we were with him there uh in Gilgil, and the ladies were in Naivasha. But what NYS did to you in two weeks um was uh amazing. It was amazing. And if I was to if I was to be president in this country, every young person I'll be sending them to the National Youth Service. But these days they can write out, they can write out so they may say no, but I would send every young person to the National Youth Service. But what the NYS did to us, at least for me, was to make me understand that some things are possible, that you can actually give yourself a command and you obey it. The first thing that they dealt with for me on day one was sleep. Sleep. I arrived in Gilgale on a bus. I'd come the whole night, uh farboard from Mombasa, arrived in Gilgale in the morning, so very early in the morning, then we spent the whole day there being admitted. By the time we were being admitted, it was in the evening. Just going from place to place, place to place. By the time we landed in the barracks, it was in the evening. I didn't sleep the whole night, spent the whole day there. By the time it was reaching evening, I was like a wreck. I was like so sleepy. And we start preparing it's day one. Eight, nine, nine: thirty, ten. We are like, when are we going to sleep? And this fanda is just there watching us as if you know is it's not sick. 11:30. I'm like, when are we ever going to sleep? Midnight. We have not yet been given permission to go and sleep. And I was like, what is happening here? Then I realized that once they told once you had entered this camp, that the decision to sleep is not yours anymore. We decide for you when you go to sleep, and we decide what time you wake up, and we decide what you do every single minute is no longer yours, it's ours. And we make the decision. And they were not in a hurry. That day, one, I think we slept at 1 a.m. I will never forget it. I thought, my goodness, what's going to happen here? And they told us by 3 a.m., you need to be awake. Said, what do you mean? How can we sleep at 1 a.m.? And by 3 a.m., we expect us to be awake. And true to their word, the whistle was blown at 3 a.m., barely two hours after we had attempted to sleep. I could not believe it. 3 a.m. Bang, the blankets are thrown. We are out there, we are washing the barracks, and we are on the way to run for another five kilometers. And that was the routine for the period that we were in NYS. I came to realize that you could do without sleep. I came to realize that you know you could give yourself a command not to sleep when you actually obey it. And many other things. So self-discipline is it that's what it did to us. You came to realize that you can actually, your body can take more than you think. That you can actually the body can endure more than you can. Self-discipline. So anyway, let me not get carried away by that. But this is so important because if you don't, if you can you don't have self-control, you don't have self-discipline, you can learn so many things, but you cannot be able to give yourself a command and you obey. So how do we achieve self-mastery?

Serenity Prayer Steps To Self-Mastery

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Again, based on this serenity prayer, says, God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. So the first step is non-resistance. Is that calm confidence? What do we mean by that? You know, you come into a point of realizing, hmm, this is it. This this is this is it. Accepting things that you cannot change. You are here. This is me, this is who I am, this is where I was born, this is my family, this is my level of education, this is what I can do. Um, this is my life. And I cannot change this. I cannot change where I was born, I cannot change who I am, I cannot be anyone else. It's just coming to that point of you know, calm confidence, accepting things as they are. The things you cannot change. This is it, this is me, this is my family, this is who I am, this is where I am, this is it, this is my life. And it's called that calm confidence, non-resistance, and being at peace with it. You are a single mother, you are you know, you are alone, or you are you have just your life and accepting this is it, this is me. I cannot change anything, this is me. Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The things I cannot change, accept them. I can't, this is me, this is it. I can't change this. I can't, I can't, and coming to peace with it, and you you stopping to fight it, stopping to feel in theory about it, stopping to apologize for it. This is it. And I'm okay with it. Sorry about you if you don't, it's up to you. But for me, I'm fine. This is my life, this is who I am, this is where I am today. That's God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Now, once you move there, the second thing, the second step to self-mastery is responsibility. Responsibility means you are responsible to the degree you are able to respond. If you can respond, it means you are responsible. Responsibility, your ability to respond. That means the things that you can change, go ahead and change them. The ones that are in your power, change them. Change them. This one I can change. I can change my attitude, I can change how I speak, I can change my friends, I can change the things that are in your power to change, go ahead and change them. Say, this is within my control. I decide who is my friend, I decide who I talk to. It's my choice. I decide who I relate to. It's my position to take that. So again, knowing the things that you cannot change, and the courage to change the things you can. Today, the things you can change that are not working in your life, go ahead. You have ability, you are responsible, go ahead and change them. And then the final part is the wisdom to know the difference, to know the things you cannot change, the things you can change. Once you do that, you now move to the next step, step number three, which is self-discipline, and say now you give yourself a command and you'll be saying, I will stop this. I'm going to move, I'm going to, I'll I'll stop, you know, I'll I'll stop this. I'll stop this toxic relationship. You've been saying I'll stop it, you're you know, but you keep calling, you know, you cut off, I'll stop it. Give yourself a command and you obey it. Self-discipline. Once you master you, you have those three, you know, those three steps there, you become unstoppable. Brethren, self-discipline. The pillars of self-discipline is acceptance, acceptance, accepting. That's what the things that you can change. That's you can change willpower, assistance, hard work. Those are all things that come to that word self-discipline. And when we have self-discipline, it enables us to take the right action regardless of what we feel. Self-discipline will make us take the right action regardless of how we feel, we'll take the right action. It is the vital ingredient to be added to talent. You may be very talented, but if you don't have the discipline to give yourself a command and you follow, you'll not be so far. So, in addition to talent, when you have vision, academic qualifications, passion, intelligence, all those things that are so critical in us excelling and being great, you need to add self-discipline. Give yourself a command and you obey. It is the key to harnessing our potential. The potential that's in us, brethren, the things that God has deposited in us. If we lack self-discipline, the ability to give ourselves a command, that potential will now be realized. Self-discipline is the key. It is the path to living an above-average life or an extraordinary life. The pathway to an extraordinary life is self-discipline. And um I think it is um uh William, an English uh famous English leader who said, No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. That you have you are not fit to command another man if you cannot command yourself, and begins with self-discipline. Brethren, this is powerful. If we can master this, we're going to be unstoppable. Is the key to leading an extraordinary life? Self-discipline. Where you say, I'm not eating it, give your command. I'll not eat that. I will not do that, I will not go there. You give yourself a command and you actually obey it. That is self-discipline. You become unstoppable. Amen.

Three New Disciplines And Closing Prayer

SPEAKER_00 38:57

So today's exercise: write down three new positive self-disciplines. You command yourself to obey. Start small. You know, command yourself not to eat that cake. You know, it's not good for you. You know, command yourself, I'll not touch you in Jesus' name. Even when it calls you, you know, when you're hungry and you go through the supermarket shelves and the cake is like calling you. It's like, well, welcome, eat me, eat me, eat me. You look at it and say, Mr. Cake, I'm not eating you, I'm not touching you in Jesus' name. And you walk out with a bye-bye, bye, bye. Giving yourself a command. Then you move on to other experience. The moment you become now able to give yourself a command, you become unstoppable. You can command yourself to start new businesses, new ideas, new visions, because it becomes a way of life. Self-mastery, self-control, self-discipline. Amen. Time is gone. Let me reach there. Welcome, my sister Catherine, and lead us in prayer and let us be blessed. Welcome.

SPEAKER_01 39:53

Amen, amen. Such a powerful teaching this morning.