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TRULY, THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ARE WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM!

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Sometime ago, I was talking to a lady about a business opportunity, without finding out what it was, she said it was too easy and looks like a scam and even though I showed her my earnings, she still could not be convinced. This made me remember the words of Jesus Christ which goes thus: “The children of the world are wiser than the children of the kingdom.” Was Jesus wrong to have said that? Looking at Jesus’ example of a servant, who after realizing his master was going to chase him away due lack of productivity, called his master’s debtors, whom he has given goods on debt without the knowledge of his master and told them to pay half of what they were owing. This made it easier for them to pay, they paid and he gave the money to his master, who in return retained him and loved him more. He had achieved three things with that: making his master happy, retaining his job and setting the debtors free. Looking at it critically, that servant wasn’t honest. He wasn’t hon

THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS

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No one has become successful without first having faith to do something and taking the risk to do it. The two most important ingredients of success, regardless of how it is defined are faith and risk . 12 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg invited 5 people to his Harvard dorm room to discuss a business opportunity - "Facebook" Only 2 people showed up and they got in. Today those two people are billionaires: Dustin Moskovitz ($10.7 Billion) and Eduardo Saverin ($7.4 Billion) The three other people simply didn’t have faith in the vision and were not willing to take the risk involved in achieving it. Where are they today?  They are simply nowhere to be found compared to Mark and the other two. There is nothing more expensive than a closed mind; neither is anything as painful as a neglected opportunity, that you later see people succeed with. According to Soul’e Rhymez , “ One of the hallmarks of great entrepreneurs is risks taking. If you haven’t taken an