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12/08/2019

*When the Baboons and Monkeys heard that the Man who used to chase them away from the maize field had died, they hysterically celebrated. The following year, there was no maize, that is when they painfully realized the dead Man was the Farmer!*

Under all conditions, learn to live with your enemies.

You might reject them now but, soon, you will realize that they were the only pillars you needed

Not all enemies are enemies.
Some are mere wailers.
Others are imaginary haters.

Lets love one another despite our differences

Good Morning

11/08/2019

Stolen Post.

Had to share this

Are Banks Racist??????

I get asked this question so many times. My answer is always the same. No!! Banks are not racist. The next question I get asked is then "how come they keep funding only white people and reject our proposals".

Well, I will tell you.., truth hurts, and this truth will hurt very much.. but let me tell you truth now anyway.

I am going to tell you a real life situation that happened. This is not a hypothetical situation, it is not an example I made up to prove my point. NO!! This ACTUALLY happened.

We approved 2 transactions almost at the same time. Brick manufacturing plants. One in the Free State and One in Kzn. The one in the Free State was operated by a Black Male and the one in KZN owned by a white Male. I will give both of these Fundees names that are not real. Lets Call the black business owner Mr Ndlovu and the White Business own Mr Debruin.

Right!! After 6 months I went to KZN to find out how the plant is doing. I found Mr Debruin out in the yard, busy with the workers, feeling the texture of the mixture the make bricks with. His Khakhi clothes were dirty and his hands rough from all the brick handling. His wife welcomed me. She was in the office doing their books. The first thing I noticed in the Carport was that Toyota Tazz they drove when they came to apply for funding. The production was around a thousand bricks a day. He was already delivering bricks to a few customers.

A month later I visited the free state brick laying plant of Mr Ndlovu. Before I got to the reception area, I saw a brand new BMW M6, white, with burgundy seats. It was parked under the shaded carport branded with the name C.E.O. Well finally I went inside and I found the man. Wow!! The man had transformed. It was certainly not the same man that came to our offices a year ago… wow!! This man was now the king of BLING. Expensive suit, shiny shoes; expensive watch. He was not too happy to see me. It took me a few minutes to understand why. You see, he had spent the money that was meant for working capital on unnecessary capex, (Capital expenditure). He had bought expensive arts on the wall, Apple Laptop, boardroom suite that could make our Sandton offices look like an informal settlement. He was now getting orders, large orders, but he could not fulfill them because he just had no working capital.

So, within 15 minutes talking to him, he asked me if he can come to ask for more funding. He was already in financial trouble, 7 months after his transaction was approved. When I asked him when can we expect repayment of the facility, the man stood up, pulled up his shirt, and pointed me a scar on his big belly. He said, I got this scar in exile.

Wait a minute. Sir, I am not coming for vitality points, no need to show me that belly, I just wanted to know when you are going to repay us. Struggle credentials are not mentioned in the repayment schedule.

So within a year, we had to close down his business. And so who do I find to run this business? You bet, I called Mr Debruin in KZN. I asked him, sir, don’t you need to expand into the Free State? He said it was a big decision and needed to discuss with the wife. After 2 days or so, he says they came up with a strategy to run both business in different provinces. Today..as I speak, the businesses are having a combined turnover of more than R200 million. He has long finished his debts. So tell me, when Mr Debruin asks for more business, and he wants to venture into Green Energy, will the funders say no?

Does it mean that banks are racist? Not at all. Banks are businesses. They want to fund entrepreneurs who they are sure that will return their capital back with interest. Banks are not charity institutions.

The case I have spoken about is just one of the many. I don’t know what is it about our people. The minute we get funds approved for business, the first thing we think of is .. a new car. Then you start remembering all the dangerous prayers you have been making at midnight.. “YOUR ENEMIES WILL BE ASHAMED.. THOSE THAT OVERLOOKED YOU, WILL FIND YOU OVERBOOKED”..HEHE!! That’s it. Then you give Mercedes Benz a call, and order the top of the range ML 63.

Now this is worse. After buying a ML 63 with business funds you go to church and give a “Testimony”. You stand up with a brand new suit and shiny shoes.., everyone can see that something “miraculous” has happened to you. Then you start to talk.

I thank the God of Pastor/ Prophet/ Major/ Apostle.. so and so. This God is too much!! Then people start clapping. I got a R5 million loan from the bank 3 weeks ago. When Jesus says yes, nobody can say no!! I have vowed to the God of Prophet that when I get this loan I will pay tithe because If it was not for Angel Gabriel, I would not have gotten the funding.

Then what do you do, you take R500 000 of the Bank’s money and you pay tithes. Hehe. There goes working capital out the window. R1,5 million for ML 63, out of the window. You are left with R3 million to start operations.

Let me tell you. It is ILLEGAL to utilise the funds you were given for a specific purpose for other things. When Absa gives you a loan, you cant pay first fruits, tithe, Gabriels’ offering.., no, that is not your money. Start a business, make money and out of your PROFITS, then you can pay tithe, first fruits and thank angel Grabriel.

Many of our business are failing, because we failed to apply the LAWS OF BUSINESS. Let me give you an example. Lets say I am a prayer warrior. I love to pray. I can pray till the whole village wakes up. Then one day I go up the mountain and start praying.. LET THERE BE ELECTRICITY.., I WANT ELECTRICITY, I can pray and fast for 40 day, there wont be any electricity.., because I did not follow the LAWS of Electricity.

Everything has a law. Law of Gravity. Everything that jumps up, must come down. We have a LAW of reproduction..every seed will produce after its own kind.., birds can fly but you cant , because they have within them a law of flight and you don’t. So, business it’s the same. When your business is failing, the first thing, instead of starting to apply basic fundamental laws, am I offering the right product, to the right market, is my business geographically located where It can maximize impact, no that’s not what we do. The business is not doing well, there is my black sister, goes get a loan R32 000 and off you go to Lagos, you come back with water and spray fire around your hair salon.

Had you done a little bit of market research you would have noticed that if you could have opened your business just a 3 blocks away, it would have made all the difference. But, no, it has to be witchcraft. Then when banks refuse to fund us we say they are racist, no they are not racist.

Knowledge is power. We are afraid of knowledge. We just want things to work out smoothly and miraculously without doing anything different from the next man. We would rather pay R7000 to consult a prophet to help boost our business than attend a R2500 course that could have taught us about how to reduce our overheads and maximize working capital.

There is a very popular hang out place in Tembisa. One guy was telling me, the reason why this place is so busy is because the owner is using Muthi. Well, I am sorry, My mind is not wired in a Muthi way, so I personally went to the place to see why it was successful. First of all, it is in a PERFECT spot, the busiest corner in Tembisa, Then their food is absolutely out of this world.. the ambience is great. It is a very nice set up. The owner does not have to use any muthi, she has a wonderful business model. Mzolis in Cape Town has a great business Model, he doesn’t need to spray holy water around his business. We need to change the way we think. We cannot just preach reformation in church and yet in our economic lives we are still superstitious, we are more interested in a “show off” lifestyle which does not reflect our economic reality.

A car is not really an asset. It depreciates the moment you drive from the showroom. What makes us want to live lives we cant afford, artificial lives, so we can be front seat in church., who told us we need to prove a point to "enemies"? It can definitely not be God.

I do not know when , perhaps from next month, I will start holding Monthly business seminars, just to impart real practical, tangible, applicable business knowledge. God’s people are not perishing from lack of prayer, no.., its lack of knowledge. Practical knowledge, acquired knowledge. As long as we reject proper business principles, asking angel Gabriel for miracle money instead of effective cash flow management, we will go around telling people that funders are racists..,

07/01/2019

When I started using pen in my primary school, and I made a mistake, I would try hard to erase it before submitting to my teacher.
Sometimes, I use chalk to clean my mistake but it later re-appeared.
So I began to use saliva, it worked, but only to leave holes in my books.
My teachers then used to beat me for being outrageously dirty. But all I tried to do was to cover my error.
One day, a kind hearted teacher who loved me so much called me aside and he said, " Anytime you make a mistake, just cross it and move on" .
He said further " Trying to erase your mistakes would only damage your book to nothing.
I told him in protest that I don't want people to see my mistake.
My loving teacher laughed and said " Trying to erase your mistake will make more people know about your mess and the stigma is for life".
Have you made some mistakes in life? Cross it over and move on.
Don't expose yourself as a result of trying to cover your mistakes.
Better things are ahead of you.
Strike your 2018 mistakes and move into 2019 with a fresh note.

29/12/2018

Did Moses stay in the river throughout his life? 🤗 NO
Did Joseph stay in prison or pit forever? 🤗 NO
Did Shad, Abed and Mesh stay forever in the fire? 🤗NO
Did Daniel stay forever in the lion's den?🤗 NO
Was Esther a slave forever? 🤗NO
Did Hannah stay barren forever? 🤗NO
Did Abraham stay childless forever? 🤗NO
Did Bartimaeus stay blind forever? 🤗NO
Did Lazarus stay in the grave forever? 🤗NO
Was Jairus daughter dead forever? 🤗NO
Did Jesus stay in the tomb forever? 🤗NO.
Nobody can remain in the same situation forever because God has good plans for...
E. V. E. R. Y. O. N. E

28/12/2018

Urgent Message to All the Parents...

Dear Parents,

HABITS THAT SHOW IMPROPER UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN:

Please, carefully look at the list below and identify where you may want to make amends on yourself or on the young ones you are bringing up.

Children, if not properly groomed may never get to the top in life, even if both parents are at the top of their careers.
Manners take you to where your education can't irrespective of your status, wealth or your reach or influence:

1) Going to your child's school indecently dressed. (Think again).

2) Speaking rashly to your child's teacher.

3) Cursing, using foul language or swearing words in front of your children.

4) Using makeup on children.

5) Dressing your little children up indecently (they loose their sense of Princesshood).

6) Putting earrings on your son's ears.

7) Your child hold the cup or glassware by the brim and you don't correct.

😎 Your children don't greet and you just feel they will come around one day because they have a mood swing. (You will be blamed for it).

9) Your children eat with their mouth opened and you feel they will grow up some day.

10) Your children bringing home something you did not buy for them and you say nothing. (that is the beginning of stealing).

11) The Children talk back at you and you conclude it's okay since you are a 21st century Mummy. (You will hate yourself if they do that outside and they are disciplined).

12) The Children interrupt when you are speaking with another adult and you think they are bold and clever. (It's really bad manners).

13) The Children exercising authority over the Nanny and domestic staff and you let them be. (that is bad parenting).

14) The Children saying things like "my driver is on his way..." I do not advocate that children should call your domestic staff Aunty or Brother, calling them by Name when they are not young people is not proper either. The use of Miss, Mr or Mrs will look good on them.

15) Your children don't say a 'thank you' when they have been helped or served something and you are cool with that. (Bad parenting).

16) When your Children cannot stand children's who are less privileged.

18) When the Children pick their noses with their hands.

19) When the Children don't wash their hands after visiting the washroom or after returning from school or outside visits.

20) When your Children take something from the fridge without taking permission. (Bad parenting).

21) When your Children don't knock on closed doors and wait for a response before opening the door.

22) When your Children don't collect from your hands items you brought in as you walk into your home.

23) When your Children request for a bribe to carry out their home chores or extra task. (That is disgraceful).

24) When your Children act like their Grandparents irritate them. (It's a Transferable Curse).

25) When your Children have not learnt to get up from the Chair for the Elderly or Visitors to sit.

26) When your Children tell lots of Lies. (You will both cry in the future).

27) When your Children ask "who is that?" at a knock on your door instead of "please, may I know who is there."

28) When your Children is always seated by your Visitors when being served Drinks or Food.

29) When your Children still point their fingers at other people, when talking to or speaking about them.

30) When your Children play and jump around when Prayers are going on. (These can apply to Children from Ages 4 and Above). This is very rude & rotten parenting. Such a parent is a shame to herself.
Teach your children at home, it's very frustrating to have your children make noise while prayers or preachings are going on.
May the Lord help us parents to stop being irresponsible.

Don't be a 21st Century Parent who can't correct their Children.
You leave your children to jump on beds, sofas at your house, & they carry this personality to other people's houses whom you visit.
They open fridges at other people's houses, jump on sofas, break glasses & you do not even stop your child.
Go ahead, destroy them so they will fail their future.
Train your Children in the way of the Lord so that when they grow up they will not depart from such Godly Training or Upbringing.

IT IS BETTER TO LET YOUR CHILDREN CRY AT AN EARLY AGE WHEN YOU CORRECT THEM, IF NOT YOU WILL BOTH CRY AT NIGHT WHEN THEY BRING DISGRACE TO THE FAMILY WITH BAD AND TERRIBLE BEHAVIOURS (PROVERBS 23:13).

Please circulate to all Parents and Grandparents that are on your Contact Lists to ensure Better Futures for All Children under their Watches. Copied

God Bless You...!!!