As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Proverbs 27:17   REFERENCE Proverbs 27:17 The power of one person cannot be overemphasized. Years ago, through one man’s influence, a whole nation committed genocide, resulting in the death of six million Jews. As humans, we individually exude ‘magnetic’ fields of energy - the power to motivate and uplift others on one hand, and/or the power to dampen someone’s spirit, create fear, and discourage others on the other hand. You can come into the company of someone and go away with a positive energy; their presence lifts your spirit, calls...

And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him. -Mark 1:20 REFERENCE Mark 1:16-20 The greatest discovery in life is not the discovery of an oil well or gold mine but self-discovery – who you are, what you have and what you can do. The process of reinventing you ultimately leads to discovering you – the authentic you. When you discover that ‘YOU,’ you will enjoy a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction; you will feel more comfortable in your skin and become your own prime competition. There...

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4:25 REFERENCE Proverbs 4:25-26 “Do not look backwards if your goal is to move forward.” ― Germany Kent As you start the path to reinvention, one of the greatest fights you will have is the temptation to look at your past and think that what you had then is better than the changes you are presently making in your life. It will seem like you are making a mistake, but you must remember why you took the decision to reinvent yourself and stay focused because ultimately,...

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. – I Corinthians 9:24 REFERENCE 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Earlier on in this series, we talked about ‘preparation’ being the bridge between where you are and where you want to be as you seek to reinvent yourself. However, while preparation gets you started, the price of an on-going sacrifice is what keeps you going, and what ensures that you get to your ‘finish-line.’ The challenge with us often is that we do all we should to...

Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. Daniel 6:3 REFERENCE Daniel 6:1-3 “If you make yourself indispensable to your employer, he is not going to part with you in a hurry no matter what it costs him.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell A vital ingredient for reinventing yourself is becoming so good at what you do that you become significant wherever you are, causing people to miss you when you are not there. To be indispensable means to be important, absolutely necessary, essential, or...

So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” Ruth 2:2 REFERENCE Ruth 2:1-16 The Apple dictionary defines opportunity as ‘a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.’ It is also a good chance of advancement or progress. It is one of life’s greatest gifts to man. Moving from one step to another in life is often a function of the opportunities open to you, that you can discern and take advantage of....

Then he said, “Take the arrows”; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground”; so he struck three times, and stopped. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it…” II Kings 13:18-19 REFERENCE II Kings 13:14-19 This idiom, “Shoot for the stars,” basically means to set one’s goals or ambitions very high; to try to attain or achieve something particularly difficult. It was Norman Vincent Peale who said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll...

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.  “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father…”’ Luke 15:16-18 REFERENCE Luke 15:11-24 The title of today’s devotional looks paradoxical and you may be tempted to ask, “What blessing can be associated with discomfort?” No doubt, discomfort is an inconvenience; it is associated with difficulty and things that are irritable in life. Nevertheless, discomfort can...

“Provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.” - Proverbs 6:8 REFERENCE Proverbs 6:6-8 No matter where you are in life, remember, you can still reinvent yourself to produce a better and an improved version of you. To reinvent yourself, PREPARATION is a must, because nothing just happens. To prepare is simply to get something ready for use, or to become ready for something. Therefore, you have to prepare or get ready for the improved version of yourself that you will like to see this year. What will the new and improved YOU look like?...

 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. I Corinthians 2:3 REFERENCE I Corinthians 2:1-5 I listened to an interview with Rushion MacDonald. His story reinforced the belief I have that no matter where you are in life, you can still reinvent yourself. To reinvent is to change something that already exists so that it appears entirely new or different. It is to improve upon something that already exists. The word is synonymous with ‘remake, revamp, renovate, and refresh.’ Thus, to reinvent yourself means, to make noticeable changes in your life that would produce a better or...