Date: 18 Feb 2021

EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION -DAY 2

Facilitator: Reverend Dr.Freeman  Osei-Tete

Dr. Freeman Osei-Tete is an Ordained Minister with the Assemblies of God (Ghana). He is the Regional Youth Director for Accra-West. He is the Senior Pastor in charge of the More Than Conquerors branch of the Assemblies of God, off the Santa Maria road, Auntie Aku, Accra. Rev. Dr. Osei-Tete holds a Certificate and a Diploma in Theology, both from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Saltpond. He holds a Bachelor’s degree, Master of Public Administration, Master of Philosophy and a Ph.D., all from the University of Ghana, Legon. 

He quickly picked up on the night with a quote on:" if you do the same old thing the same way, you're likely to get the same results. If you don't like something change it" - Alfred Noble.

He went on to say that you may  try and do  adapt to changes  as an avenue to improve and invest in yourself and wherever you find yourself . Change on its own has been cycled through some faces some of which involve:

1 Paper certificate to personal development

2 Moving away from promotion based on years to performance centered.

3. Moving from hard work to SMART results.

He gave a brief insight on generation- as a timeframe in which beliefs, systems, interest and opinions change significantly. 2Peter 1:5, Proverbs 24:3 “Anytime you can comprehend, you understand. Wisdom is the application of knowledge. If you receive knowledge and don't understand it's as bad as not receiving it well” he added.

Edu- Application of knowledge

ceré- Application of character

He made some key derivatives to the topic and thus gave compounding pointers to further support the ideology as follows:

 

# Potential

“Know what you can do, and yet to accomplish." You're your own kind and have to know you're unique and marvelously created by God”.

He said God has deposited so much in you.  You need to invest much more in yourself. Our potential comes in a seed form. "If we look at yourself now, you might write yourself off. God wants us to think- Philippians 4:13 Genesis 1:28

 

 

2# Planning

“God has a plan for you but does not plan for you"

Every plan needs a vision. And as such made it clear that a mission is a reason for existence and vision has to do with the mental image of a desired future. Vision is for the mind, sight is for the eye, Sight is limited to what you see, vision ought to be, Sight lives by observation, vision is by faith,Habakuk 2:2,3 states out the characteristics of Vision that;

1. Vision defines your life

2. Controls your choices

3. Clarifies your purpose.

4. Vision attracts resources

 

3#Persistence

“Where there's the will, there's the way”.

If the heart is willing,  there is a lot you can achieve but where the heart is not willing.  Excuses is the order of the day and productivity will be zero.

He gave some Examples of Persistence as ;

Luke 18:2- the woman and the King

Mark 5:25-34; the woman and the issue of blood.

 

# No matter the situation, check how you react.

 

Someone may have determine the first 20years of your life but for the next 20years, you're to determine how you'd want your life to be- Pastor Mensah Otabil

 

4# People

Be very careful about the people around you he added last but not the least on his delivery on the night  given that . It's important to look around the kind of persons you have around you and be very careful how you handle people. (Don't practice prejudice he added conclusively.)

The night on its own had the swing of time at it’s very leaping best as an hour looked like minutes not discounting to the key information and empowerment been given to all and sundry present and likewise it was hinted by the senior Pastor and host Rev. Anthony Doeh to always take with high importance every information received but keen to bring to bear that these information are also to deliver growth spiritually as well.

The most useful people are the ones who know how to get along with others.

# Avoid relationship

1* By chance

2* By Crisis

3* By convience

4* By competition

5* By cheating

THE FACILITAOR ADDED

 





WRITTEN BY PATIENCE MENSAH

 

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