Thread by @dolawanle

31 YEARS OF GRACE

Today the 8th of February 2021, marks my 31 years of living in the United Kingdom. It was supposed to be a journey of 3 days. I thank God for his incredible grace upon my life. The Lord who blessed the journey of Jacob has blessed my journey but I...

want everyone living abroad to take note of these points:

1. Don’t think you have time. 31 years disappeared like 31 days. Number your days as I am doing today.
2. Stop jumping from one church to another. I have only attended two churches in 31 years.

The one I joined on arrival for 15 years and the one I founded for the last 16 years. Church stability is key for the fulfillment of destiny.
3. Stop jumping from one relationship to another. Relationships do waste lives. Be careful with relationships.

Don’t waste years in courtship if it is not going to end in marriage.
4. Stop jumping from one menial job to the other. Do your best by adding value. If not, your wages will never be enough and you will be frustrated.
5. Bitterness, hatred and unforgiveness. They are a trio

that stall destinies. Whilst you are swimming in these, those you hated are making progress. I have never allowed these into my life. I have been hurt and I have never been bitter. Don’t be. The enemies will reap what they sowed.

6. The circle of impossibility. There are groups among black people that have very low expectations. Talk of a big dream, big projects and a lot of money before them and they will hate you. They will say you are boasting because it is too high for them. Run from such people.

7. Government benefits becoming a bondage. In 31 years, I ran very far from social security benefits with my wife. They limit destiny. Kings don’t live on benefits. They do everything to be independent. Remember you are Kings and Queens.

8. Lack of mentors. A lot of people don’t have mentors that will tell them the truth or guide them. They have made a huge difference in my life. Get a mentor if you want to succeed.
9. Don’t forget your motherland. I found that a lot of black people abandoned their home country.

They live here for many years, get married, have children and get old. By the time they remember home, they are too old. When you visit your home country regularly, you will appreciate how blessed you are living abroad. That will trigger an unusual hunger in you.

10. Don’t ever tell your children that your country of birth is rubbish unless it is a war-torn country. If you have the opportunity, take them there, visit there regularly and they will appreciate what being born abroad means.

11. Don’t repay good with evil. It never goes away. So, be careful.
12. Travel outside your city. Some people have lived outside London for 20 years without visiting London. Exposure is good for your development.

13. Travel to other countries for exposure. It is not good to be stuck in one country especially if you have the right to travel. It expands your horizons. It relieves depression.
14. Don’t run from or dodge the truth. A lot of immigrants don’t like the truth.

They dodge it but the truth will eventually overtake the dodgers. Read Zechariah 1:6.
15. Do not join conspiracies against any pastor in any church, it never ends well. God bless you is better than curses. The repercussions does not manifest immediately. I

t takes time and by the time the results manifest, it is too late. I have seen many people in the last 31 years who wished they could turn back time. If you are tired of being in a particular church, go quietly. Don’t join gangs within the church or try to destroy a church.

The church of God will always outlive her attackers.
16. Remember your parents both by blood and in the Lord. Their prayers will help you a lot.
17. Marry rightly. Be careful with marriage. When you are advised on marriage, don’t get angry. It has messed up many lives.

I have many clients in psychiatric hospitals as a result of bitter divorce. Some have gone into abject poverty. They lost all they labored for and could not see their children.
18. Raise your children well. Spend time with them. Invest money on them if you have it.

You will not regret doing so.
19. Don’t be too sophisticated to pray, fast and study the word. It is not old fashioned. Only fools look down on the source of power.
20. Choose your friends carefully. Friends can make you or destroy your life.

21. Remember to give God the glory for all your achievements. So I give God all the glory for his unusual mercies.
22. Do your best to own a property. Ownership is everything.
23. If you are a pastor, do everything to buy a church building. Members are always moving around

but the building will give your ministry stability. You will always have some faithful members that will stand by you.
24. Give honour to whom honour is due.
25. If you are a leader, don’t stop developing yourself. Have resources you can call your own.

26. Build something that will last. It has always been my vision. Forget the naysayers. Only fools argue with proof. I have proof of what I am doing.

Feel free to add to this list so that others can learn. RETWEET.