Accomplishing Your Aspirations: An Encounter With Godly Strategies That Make Life Successful

By Raymond Obeng

ACCOMPLISHING YOUR ASPIRATIONS discusses strategic godly steps that we can follow to achieve our God-given goals. The Bible as well as words of wisdom from renowned ministers of the Gospel and useful quotes from scholars and great men and women has been applied in the book to motivate people so that they can see the best side of life. The book establishes that God has blessed every man with gifts and talents, and that we can succeed if only we diligently use what is available to us in the right way. The book indicates that there is a message in every mess and a triumph in every trial. It explains that we can give meaning to our lives by applying God's word, unfolding our powers, and living productively.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Mar 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781483445120

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ACCOMPLISHING

YOUR

ASPIRATIONS

An encounter with godly strategies that make life successful

RAYMOND OBENG

Copyright © 2016 Raymond Obeng.

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Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

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Scripture taken from the Amplified Bible, copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

All Scripture quotations in this publications are from The Message. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4513-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4512-0 (e)

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 3/10/2016

CONTENTS

Foreword

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Message From My Mentor

Introduction

Chapter 1 Begin Right

Chapter 2 Know Who You Are

Chapter 3 Think Right

Chapter 4 Accept Challenges And Keep Pushing On

Chapter 5 Be Diligent Always

Chapter 6 Have Faith In God

Chapter 7 Discover The Will Of God For Your Life

Chapter 8 Identify What You Have

Chapter 9 Plan Your Life Well

Chapter 10 Change Your World

References

Appendix Ghanaian Words And Their Meanings

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Raymond Obeng and Benedicta Eshun at University of Cape Coast Congregation in Ghana in 2006

Satisfied desire is sweet to a person (Proverbs 13:19a, AMP).

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Raymond and Melinda when they got married in Ghana, West Africa in 2009

Champions make decisions that create the future they desire.

-Peter Jackson Wadja

(Doctoral Student at CPS, Northeastern University, Boston, MA)

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Raymond and Melinda with Rebecca in 2014 in Waltham, MA when Rhoda was being expected

When vision becomes your driver, God will make sure you arrive safely.

-Rev. Dr. Abraham F. Aiyelabowo.

FOREWORD

L IFE IS FULL of challenges. Therefore, accomplishing your aspirations does not come on a silver platter. You need to begin right so you can change your world.

This book would inspire all readers to know who they are, accept all challenges, think right, and keep on pressing toward the goal that the Lord Almighty has set up for them.

Having faith in God is the beginning of great things, because by faith we understand that the worlds were formed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Indeed, without faith, it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Being diligent in the Lord always is a pre-requisite to help you have greater faith. Man is in a dilemma of knowing the perfect will of God. Discovering the perfect will of God would help you accomplish all your aspirations. Therefore, there is the need to plan right and identify what you possess in life so you can use them to produce a fulfilling life.

Concluding, I want to state that the many quotations from men and women of God of diverse professions would challenge every reader to desire to accomplish all that is in stock for them in their lives.

Read it now and always, and I believe that God will only show you what you wanna see; He will only tell you what you wanna know; He will only give you what you wanna receive, said the late Dr. Myles Munroe.

Rev. George Kofi Affum.

BS. (Computer Science).

Chaplain, Mfantsipim Senior High School,

Cape Coast, Ghana.

DEDICATION

T O MY GRANDMA (Grace Akoma Aniakwa), my mom (Grace Akosua Serwaa), my sister (Blessing Anokye Obeng), my wife (Melinda), our two daughters (Rebecca Serwaa Obeng and Rhoda Aniakwa Obeng), and our still-in-the-womb (Eli) whose name reminds me that Yahweh is my God.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

G LORY BE TO God Almighty for the completion of this book!

I am forever grateful to Rev. Isaac Agyapong, the General Overseer of Gospel Results Chapel and Networked Churches; Regina Turkson, an educator at Wiawso College of Education; Daniel Akah, former Prayer Secretary of PENSA–University of Cape Coast (UCC); Rev. George Kofi Affum, Chaplain of Mfantsipim Senior High School; P.Y. Agyekum, Assistant Headmaster of Nkawkaw Senior High School; Joshua Akoto Amoyaw, a teacher at the Languages Department of Nkawkaw Senior High School; and Akoto Francis Ahiaye, a Ghanaian educator, who took enough time off their busy schedules to peruse the manuscript and made several useful suggestions to finally polish this book.

I am forever indebted to my God-given grandma; my caring mom; Melinda, my better-half; Melinda’s parents (Andrews Nkansah-Antwi and Georgina Adomaa), and Foster Yakubu, a Ghanaian educator and businessman, for standing by me in difficult times.

Also, I do owe a lot of appreciation to Ministers of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, lecturers, motivational speakers, and writers whose teachings, counsel, and advice have helped shape my life.

Christian programs like The Church of Pentecost’s Pentecost Hour, Rev Dr. Mensah Otabil’s The Living Word, Archbishop Duncan Williams’ Hour of Inspiration, Rev. Gideon Titi-Ofei’s Words of Insight as well as the divine teachings of Apostle Dr. Annor-Yeboah, Founder and Presiding Bishop of Christian Praise International Centre (CPIC); Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, PhD of Christ Embassy; Rev. Dr. Eastwood Anaba and Rev. Clement Ancheba of Fountain Gate Chapel; Rev. James Obeng of Evangel Church International; Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries (Home of Success); Randy Morrison, Senior Pastor of Speak The Word Church International; among others have really made me who I am today.

Finally, I thank all my pastors and elders of the Church of Pentecost International, and members of Emmanuel English Assembly of Nsuta District of the Church of Pentecost of Nkawkaw Area in Ghana for their love and prayers.

MESSAGE FROM MY MENTOR

T HIS BOOK IS exceptional enough to justify its telling. It gives the ordinary experiences of every man and woman and it is planned with a sense of structure that might tell you that the author has a rich background of philosophy.

The chapters are flair in expressing matters of common concern and experiences to people whom the book is targeting: the men, women, and children whose lives will be transformed by it.

Backed by a lot of experiences and practical examples, the author tells us his story in such a candid way that the lessons are not learned by the mere process of hearing or reading, but by assimilating, studying, and fixing in the heart what is learned so that it becomes productive when occasion arises for putting it into practice.

He therefore prepares the mind and the heart to receptive in placing ourselves in the atmosphere of reading it and having the desire of acquiring knowledge, blossoming it into personal love and service which will be beneficial to us.

Reading it will therefore make some change in your life and putting into practice what you have read to add to your interests, ambitions, plans for improvements in your station in life, pleasures and such like to be really serious in