HOW TO ENLARGE YOUR TERRITORIESOct 9, '10 11:28 PM
When you were a baby, were you cute and cuddly? All babies are cute and cuddly. People go gaga over babies bec everyone even adults become babies too. Infront of an infant, educated and cultured people say "kookoo, waawaa, meme, nana, yuyu..." But no matter how cute those babies are, they're pure unadulterated and narcissist.
These tiny creatures are totally selfish, self centered and self absorbed. In their little worlds, others dont matter. Only "what I want" matters. Everything is about "Me".
A baby's life revolves around 5 things and 5 things only. "I want to eat, I want to burp, I want to sleep, I want to pee and I want to poo". If a baby does'nt get any of these 5 things, he declares World War III. And if he wants any of these 5 things, he does'nt care what you're doing, you dont exist.
You're there to serve his 5 needs. The baby does'nt care if you're sleeping or you're resting, or you're sick or you're depressed. Babies dont care. Through his endless crying, the cute baby says "I dont care about you, I dont care about your world, I dont care about what you feel, I dont care about what you think, I dont care about your existence. You exist to meet my needs. You serve me, and you serve me now."
But thankfully, babies grow up. At least some of them do (he he). Soon babies learn to talk and to grow up. And one of the things they outgrow is their narcissism. Human beings soon realize that others exist. That others matter, that happiness depends on living for something bigger than themselves. But sadly, some babies dont outgrow their narcissism. They grew physically, but deep inside they're still babies. Selfish, self centered and self absorbed. They're really babies "disguised as adults".
That is why, there are people who wake up one day in their old age with a deep, nagging, haunting emptiness within them. Where does this emptiness come from? From living a small life.
YOU WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS
Ex.: You have a powerful laptop with 2.66ghz core 2 duo with a 4gb memory. Its the most powerful computer, it is fast and it has muscle. But what if you just give this powerful computer to your kid and all he does with the laptop is play Plants vs Zombies. For the next 3 years of the life of the computer, all he did was plant peas to shoot down walking zombies. (Its a crazy game) You get all this giga juice in you and its never used. You're so powerful, you can create entire movies from scratch. You can design a thousand websites. You can write a thousand computer programs. But what do you do? Run a silly game of funny-looking plants and funny looking zombies, what a waste of gigabytes and gigaherts.
If you live small, you'll exactly like that computer. You were born for greatness. You have a destiny to fulfill. You were born for a mission so great. God created you to inspire, to serve, to care, to live and die for others. God created you to sacrifice yourself for something bigger than yourself. If you won't fulfill your destiny, you'll always feel empty. Don't live a small life, dont live a selfish life, expand your influence, expand your wealth, your wisdon, your resources, your skills and most importantly, expand your purpose in life.
There are 2 great moments in a persons life" the first is when you were born, the 2nd is when you discover why you were born. You were born for greatness, fulfill your destiny. How? It really requires one "GIVE YOUR ALL".
GIVE YOUR ALL
One day, a boy left house with his baon tucked in his shirt. He was going to listen to Jesus. When Jesus spoke, there were 5000 guys there and none of them brought their baon. And Jesus wanted to feed all of them.
The apostles began to walk around the crowd and asked "Who brought food? Can you share your food to others?" That was when a boy stood up and lifted up his pouch. He offered his baon to feed the hungry. But the apostle said, " they will certainly not be enough for all of these people" But Jesus proved him wrong. He multiplied his bread and fed them all.
You're like that little boy. You only have a little piece of bread in your pouch. It's for you only. But you're tired of small living. You want to live for someting bigger than yourself. So you offer your little bread to God.
And the miracle happens: YOUR WEALTH WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH FOR YOU. (Because human desire is insatiable) BUT IF YOU OFFER YOUR WEALTH TO GOD, IT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THE WORLD. GOD WILL MULTIPLY THE LITTLE THAT YOU HAVE.
By: The Feast (Kerygma)
When you were a baby, were you cute and cuddly? All babies are cute and cuddly. People go gaga over babies bec everyone even adults become babies too. Infront of an infant, educated and cultured people say "kookoo, waawaa, meme, nana, yuyu..." But no matter how cute those babies are, they're pure unadulterated and narcissist.
These tiny creatures are totally selfish, self centered and self absorbed. In their little worlds, others dont matter. Only "what I want" matters. Everything is about "Me".
A baby's life revolves around 5 things and 5 things only. "I want to eat, I want to burp, I want to sleep, I want to pee and I want to poo". If a baby does'nt get any of these 5 things, he declares World War III. And if he wants any of these 5 things, he does'nt care what you're doing, you dont exist.
You're there to serve his 5 needs. The baby does'nt care if you're sleeping or you're resting, or you're sick or you're depressed. Babies dont care. Through his endless crying, the cute baby says "I dont care about you, I dont care about your world, I dont care about what you feel, I dont care about what you think, I dont care about your existence. You exist to meet my needs. You serve me, and you serve me now."
But thankfully, babies grow up. At least some of them do (he he). Soon babies learn to talk and to grow up. And one of the things they outgrow is their narcissism. Human beings soon realize that others exist. That others matter, that happiness depends on living for something bigger than themselves. But sadly, some babies dont outgrow their narcissism. They grew physically, but deep inside they're still babies. Selfish, self centered and self absorbed. They're really babies "disguised as adults".
That is why, there are people who wake up one day in their old age with a deep, nagging, haunting emptiness within them. Where does this emptiness come from? From living a small life.
YOU WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS
Ex.: You have a powerful laptop with 2.66ghz core 2 duo with a 4gb memory. Its the most powerful computer, it is fast and it has muscle. But what if you just give this powerful computer to your kid and all he does with the laptop is play Plants vs Zombies. For the next 3 years of the life of the computer, all he did was plant peas to shoot down walking zombies. (Its a crazy game) You get all this giga juice in you and its never used. You're so powerful, you can create entire movies from scratch. You can design a thousand websites. You can write a thousand computer programs. But what do you do? Run a silly game of funny-looking plants and funny looking zombies, what a waste of gigabytes and gigaherts.
If you live small, you'll exactly like that computer. You were born for greatness. You have a destiny to fulfill. You were born for a mission so great. God created you to inspire, to serve, to care, to live and die for others. God created you to sacrifice yourself for something bigger than yourself. If you won't fulfill your destiny, you'll always feel empty. Don't live a small life, dont live a selfish life, expand your influence, expand your wealth, your wisdon, your resources, your skills and most importantly, expand your purpose in life.
There are 2 great moments in a persons life" the first is when you were born, the 2nd is when you discover why you were born. You were born for greatness, fulfill your destiny. How? It really requires one "GIVE YOUR ALL".
GIVE YOUR ALL
One day, a boy left house with his baon tucked in his shirt. He was going to listen to Jesus. When Jesus spoke, there were 5000 guys there and none of them brought their baon. And Jesus wanted to feed all of them.
The apostles began to walk around the crowd and asked "Who brought food? Can you share your food to others?" That was when a boy stood up and lifted up his pouch. He offered his baon to feed the hungry. But the apostle said, " they will certainly not be enough for all of these people" But Jesus proved him wrong. He multiplied his bread and fed them all.
You're like that little boy. You only have a little piece of bread in your pouch. It's for you only. But you're tired of small living. You want to live for someting bigger than yourself. So you offer your little bread to God.
And the miracle happens: YOUR WEALTH WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH FOR YOU. (Because human desire is insatiable) BUT IF YOU OFFER YOUR WEALTH TO GOD, IT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THE WORLD. GOD WILL MULTIPLY THE LITTLE THAT YOU HAVE.
By: The Feast (Kerygma)