The Scripted Life

By Frank Oyorhigho

Then I said, "Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me." (Psalm 40:7)
Every man or woman is living out a script as written of him or her by God the Creator. William Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players...” So life is actually drama and we all are actors in it.
This book: The Scripted Life succinctly shows in living words how that every life is created by God for certain reasons even before a baby is conceived (Jeremiah 1:9). It is wisdom to diligently seek that reason and pursue it. That is purpose.
Every chapter, sentence, phrase or word in this highly inspiring book is specially crafted to depict the Creator's intentionality in equipping His creatures with just the right features, characteristics, skills, talents and experiences to carry out their own peculiar assignments. Knowing this will help you live your own script instead of desiring another person's script or making a shipwreck of your assignment.
Reading The Scripted Life will make you know that you are on a mission.
This book boasts such captivating and intriguing chapters as Born to Play a Role, Know your part, Dramatis Personae, Sin1, Act 1, Action, Cut!, Focus, Influences, It's a wrap among others.
Your life script is written directed and produced by the Hand of the Almighty God. Read this book, Find your script, know it, Live it. Enjoy life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Frank Oyorhigho
• Release date: Feb 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215941317

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About this Book

Then I said, Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me. (Psalm 40:7)

Every man or woman is living out a script as written of him or her by God the Creator. William Shakespeare wrote, All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players... So life is actually drama and we all are actors in it.

This book: The Scripted Life succinctly shows in living words how that every life is created by God for certain reasons even before a baby is conceived (Jeremiah 1:9). It is wisdom to diligently seek that reason and pursue it. That is purpose.

Every chapter, sentence, phrase or word in this highly inspiring book is specially crafted to depict the Creator's intentionality in equipping His creatures with just the right features, characteristics, skills, talents and experiences to carry out their own peculiar assignments. Knowing this will help you live your own script instead of desiring another person's script or making a shipwreck of your assignment.

Reading The Scripted Life will make you know that you are on a mission.

This book boasts such captivating and intriguing chapters as Born to Play a Role, Know your part, Dramatis Personae, Sin1, Act 1, Action, Cut!, Focus, Influences, It's a wrap among others.

Your life script is written directed and produced by the Hand of the Almighty God. Read this book, Find your script, know it, Live it. Enjoy life.

THE

SCRIPTED

LIFE

FOREWORD BY KOLA OLUGBODI

YOUR LIFE IS A SCRIPT PENNED BY THE ALMIGHTY GOD

FRANK OYORHIGHO

Copyright©2023 Frank Oyorhigho

Book Design by Taiye David-Mukoro

Edited by Doris Bose Favour Esemuze

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or mechanical methods without the prior written consent of the author.

Scripture quotations in this book are taken from the King James Version (KJV) except otherwise stated.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

... AND IT'S A WRAP!

EPILOGUE

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This work is dedicated to God Almighty who from the beginning had prepared my script.

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I appreciate my wife Ronke for the peace and freedom given me while I worked on this project. Thank you Dearest. God bless you.

I appreciate the support and guidance of the Editor of this work, Doris Bose Favour Esemuze. I'm very delighted at how this turned out. Thank you for being there every step of the way.

Thank you to Kola Olugbodi. Our paths have been together over the years. You did not even blink when I approached you to write the Foreword. You did it cheerfully in spite of your very busy schedule. God bless you richly Sir.

To my first constituency, ATAS Class '98 of the Delta State University, thank you for being there.

I also appreciate the support and prayers of Pastor Niyi Adebanjo, Elder Olasunkanmi James, Pastor Sunny Ogboji, Pastor Charles Akoh, Pastor Akin Onimole, Pastor Sunday Owosanya, Tunji Ibrahim, Ferguson Atakere, Gbenga Ogbonaiye and Newton Ighoeghian.

I can never forget my father, Pastor Olurotimi Vincent Adegborioye (OVA). You cannot understand how much you have impacted my life with your mentorship. I will forever remain grateful.

I appreciate Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG). In the process of this work, one of your messages convinced me I was on the right path. A part is quoted in the book. God bless you Sir.

A big thank you to the family of Barrister Jide Ologun and Bose Anthonia Agbede for your love and support always.

Finally, I say a big thank you to everyone who has shown support in whatsoever capacity and also prayed for me in the course of this work.

We will never miss our scripts nor act the script of others in Jesus name.

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Reading through this book, I discovered that for everyone that comes into this world, God already planned out how their life will be.

The bible says in Jeremiah 29:11 " I know the thoughts I think towards you..." In other words, God has scripted the lives of all of us.

Some of us may be in the chapter of our lives where things are looking very tough. From the above scripture however, God has made it known that your story is not ending there.

Things might not look peaceful but God says I know how I have scripted your life. I scripted some areas where things will look tough; where it will look like evil is prevailing over you; like peace has deserted you; but your story is going to end with a lot of hope and on a very glorious note.

The Scripted Life is an eye-opener. It made me to look at the story of my life; how everything looked so tough and bleak when I started.

I started the first chapters of my life with disability; and in the ensuing chapters, I faced a lot of deprivation and downtimes, but suddenly, God turned things around because that was how He scripted my life even before my beginning. I am who I am today to the glory of God. Even then, my story is still being unveiled.

A lot of times, when I look at my life, I remember somebody like Joseph. Everything looked good at the beginning of his life. His father favoured him above his brothers and even got him a coat of many colours. Things however turned sour when jealousy came over his brothers and they sold him into slavery. From his master's house, he was thrown into prison and he seemed to have been totally forgotten there for many years.

Oh! This journey took 13 years!

If only Joseph had the opportunity of catching a glimpse of his life script when his brothers were about to sell him into slavery, instead of crying and begging, he would have been smiling confidently. He would have known that his brothers were oblivious of the fact that selling him would eventually make him end up in the house of a man called Potiphar, who would send him to prison where he would meet the cupbearer of the king of Egypt whose dream he would interpret. The cupbearer would in turn tell the king about him and the king would send for him and promote him from a common prisoner to a Prime Minister!

What a script!

If only Joseph knew the script of his life, at the various tough junctures, he would have just kept smiling, knowing that there was going to be a timing in a chapter when things would turn from darkness to light.

I encourage you, Dear Reader, be assured that your life is scripted and it is scripted to end on a very glorious note.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28.

This means that if you love God, all the calamities you are going through and will go through, will end up working together for your good.

For whom he did foreknow... - Romans 8:29.

Hey! God has known you long before now. Isn't that amazing?

...he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren - Romans 8:29.

So, God knows you and He has predestined you to conform to the image of Christ.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he

also justified: and whom he justified, them He also glorified. - Romans 8:30 KJV.

Since God foreknew you, He has predestined your life. In other words, He has scripted your life. He has planned how your life will go.

Since God has justified you, the story of your life is now tilting towards how He planned it - for you to be glorified.

For everyone reading this book, know that because He has foreknown you, He has predestined you. He has called you and He has justified you; and you shall be glorified.

I am very excited about this book. I have known Frank for about 18 years. He has always been drama inclined. So he understands the language of theatre and of movies - our lives being the movie, the script being God's foreknowledge and predestination of our lives; and God being the Scriptwriter as well as the Movie Director.

As you read this book, know that God has made and will make everything beautiful in His own time; your life will soon get to that chapter in the script where the glory will be revealed and the joy will keep flowing.

So, no matter the chapter of your life you have gotten to now, your story is still being unveiled because there are definitely chapters after this one.

So, read on and be blessed.

A very big congratulations to you Frank, for writing this wonderful and life-changing book.

Kola Olugbodi

CEO, Background Check International

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Author, Through It All: Memoir of My Many Trials and Triumphs.



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A WORD IN SEASON…

Before you were born, God wrote a play.

You and I are … actors and actresses in the play. Pastor E. A. Adeboye



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All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players ... William Shakespeare



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According to the above quote, life is drama and every man or woman is acting out a script. If life is a script, then, there must be a scriptwriter. Genesis 1:26 declares that every life including man was created by God the Almighty.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion

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God has all power and authority. That is why He effortlessly created the world. Nothing can exist without Him.

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Before creating the world, God had a reason or a purpose for doing so. Just like the creator of any piece of work, God had and has knowledge of everything He created. The creator of a production would normally have a script of his production where everything he wants to achieve is clearly outlined.

A script is a piece of writing in the form of drama. It is an outline detailing everything about the work, including the actors and their roles. In entertainment, especially in movies, theatre, music production etc, scripts are used by cast, crew and other personnel as production guides. Scripts can be revised and reworked as production progresses.

In a story script, actors are expected to learn and memorise their lines for effective delivery live on stage or in front of a camera. A shooting script on the other hand, directs the camera man on the most effective camera angles and shots. Even though the scriptwriter or Director is behind the camera or scenes, he is in charge of the production. Other scripts include the Director's script, the costume and make-up script, the lighting script etc. Every script is intentionally outlined by film makers or theatre practitioners to credibly tell their stories. Some productions look so real or believable that the actors continue to wear the character of their roles even while offstage. Some actors attract appreciation from audiences while others attract enemies who are unable to differentiate between the actors' stage and real life roles.

Actors only act their scripts. Some are so good that their fans love them and want to meet them in person. A number of actors are able to act romantic scenes so well that their viewers want to meet them in person. Some rich characters have such luxuriant lifestyles that viewers want to pattern their lives after them. These are however, just scripted lives. They are simply representations of the storyteller, adequately depicted by the talented actors who painstakingly give the time, effort, energy and intelligence to ensure their scripts are well interpreted and believable. They merely play the opinions or brilliance of their scriptwriters. Attempting to try to live the life from a script in the real world will be fake living or aspiring to what does not exist. Incentives for actors to perform well are the monetary rewards and professional advancement they get after a great production.

In the same vein, your life is a script written by God the Ultimate scriptwriter. As an actor in God's production, it is your responsibility to know the script written for you by your Creator and play your role to the best of your ability. Playing any role outside the script of the Almighty is tantamount to getting out of character. That will