Your Potential is Dependent Upon God

The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 1:14).

What does it mean when Jesus told His disciples that they would do greater works than He had done? Some people believe that God is afraid we’re going to take His job. When we start talking about what we’re going to do for God or what we’re going to dream, some people say, “You’d better not think bigger than God.” Well, you can never be bigger than your Source. You can’t think or plan or imagine something greater than God, because God is the source of your imagination.

He leaked part of His potential into you when He pulled you out of Himself. It’s like owning a Sony video cassette recorder with multiple features. It cannot fulfill its purpose or potential until it is plugged into an electrical source. So it is for every man. We must plug into our Source. It is imperative, then, that you understand the characteristics and qualities of God, as well as the provisions He has made to enable you to fulfill the purpose for which He created you. Your ability to release your potential is directly related to your knowledge of God and your willingness to stay within the parameters He has established

for your relationship with Him.

Plug into your Source.

God Bless you!

Live for Tomorrow

One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts  (Psalm 145:4).

The greatest threat to being all you could be is satisfaction with  who you are. What you could do is always endangered by what you have done. There are millions of individuals who have buried their latent talents, gifts, and abilities in the cemetery of their last accomplishment. They have settled for less than their best. I believe that the enemy of best is good, and the strength of good is the norm. The power of the norm is the curse of our society. It seems like the world is designed to make “the norm” comfortable and “the average” respectable. What a tragedy!

A quick glance at history reveals that the individuals who impacted their generations and affected the world most dramatically were individuals who, because of a circumstance, pressure, or decision, challenged the tide of convention, stretched the boundaries of tradition, and violated the expectations of the norm. Few great things have ever been done within the confines of the accepted norm. In essence, history is always made by individuals who dare to challenge and exceed the accepted norm. Why follow a path when you can make a trail? It is incumbent upon each of us to ask ourselves the following questions: Have we become all we are capable of? Have we extended ourselves to the maximum? Have we done the best we can do? Have we used our gifts, talents, and abilities to their limit? Just as a seed has a forest within it, so we contain much more than is evident at birth. 

Everything is designed by God not only to reproduce itself but also to transfer its life and treasure to the next generation. Potential is not fully maximized until it reproduces itself in the following generation. An old Chinese proverb that states, “the end of a thing is greater than its beginning,” rings true for our lives. King Solomon concurred with this truth: “The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong…” (Ecclesiastes 9:11b). Every individual is therefore responsible to live to the fullest for the sake of the following generation. King Solomon states it this way: “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children” (Proverbs 13:22a).

To live for today is shortsighted; to live for tomorrow is vision.

God bless you!

Don’t Die With My Things

Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the

body of elders laid their hands on you (1 Timothy 4:14).

Suppose…

Suppose Shakespeare had died before he wrote his poems and  plays—the potential of Macbeth would have been buried. Suppose Michelangelo had died before he painted the Sistine Chapel or DaVinci the Mona Lisa—the beauty of their paintings would have been lost. Suppose Mozart had died with all that music in his bosom Suppose Moses had died before he saw the burning bush…Paul before he met Jesus on the Damascus Road…Abraham before Isaac was born. How different the pages of Scripture and history would be. Suppose Martin Luther had died without writing the thesis…Charles Wesley without penning the hymns…John Wycliffe without translating the Bible into English. How different the history of the Church

might have been.

Can you imagine how many great works of art, music, and literature are buried in the graveyard near your house? Can you imagine how many solutions to the problems we face today are buried with someone you knew? People die without getting out their full potential. They fail to use all that was stored in them for the benefit of the world. I wonder what would have happened if your father had died before you were conceived or your mother before you were born. 

What would the world have lost if you had not been born? What will the world lack because you fail to live out your potential? Will you carry songs, books, inventions, cures, or discoveries to your grave? What would the world have lost if you had not been born? Our teens are committing suicide. I wonder who they were supposed to be and what they were supposed to do that we will never know. Have we lost some great leaders? Was your grandchild’s professor or another Martin Luther King among them?

"What will the world lack because you fail to live out your potential?

God bless you!

Don’t Settle for What You Have

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary,

but what is unseen is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV).

Potential is always present, waiting to be exposed. It demands that you never settle for what you have accomplished. One of the greatest enemies of your potential is success. God wants you to maximize the potential He has given to you. You are not yet what you are supposed to be—though you may be pleased with what you now are. Don’t accept your present state in life as final, because it is just that, a state. Don’t be satisfied with your last accomplishment, because there are many accomplishments yet to be perfected. Since you are full of potential, you should not be the same person next year that you are this year.

Never accept success as a lifestyle—it is but a phase. Never accept an accomplishment as the end—it is but a mark in the process. Because you are God’s offspring, there are many selves within you that lie dormant, untapped and unused. Your primary problem is that you do not think like God does. There are many selves within you that lie dormant, untapped and unused. God is always looking for what is not yet visible.

He expects to find inside each person and thing He created more than is evident on the outside. On the other hand, man is often satisfied with what he has—or at least if not satisfied, he thinks there is nothing better. Thus he settles for what he has. Therein lies the tragedy of life. The minute we begin to settle down and be satisfied with what we have, we lose the possibility of revealing what is really inside us. Too often we die without exploring the gifts, abilities, and successes that lay hidden within us. Our thoughts, ideas, and possibilities are not used. We fail to realize the vast potential that is stored within us. We are like batteries in a radio that is never played—our potential is wasted.

"Since you are full of  potential, you  should not be the same person next year that you are  this year".

God bless you!

Potential Defined

Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a

deposit, guaranteeing what is to come (2 Corinthians 5:5 NIV).


It is a tragedy to know that with over five billion people on this planet today, only a minute percentage will experience a significant fraction of their true potential. Perhaps you are a candidate for contributing to the wealth of the cemetery. Your potential was not given for you to deposit in the grave. You must understand the tremendous potential you possess and commit yourself to maximizing it in your  short lifetime. What is potential, anyway? Potential is…dormant ability…reserved power…untapped strength…unused success…hidden talents…capped capability.  All you can be but have not yet become…all you can do but have not yet done…how far you can reach but have not yet reached…what

you can accomplish but have not yet accomplished. 

Potential is unexposed ability and latent power. Potential is therefore not what you have done, but what you are yet able to do. In other words, what you have done is no longer your potential. What you have successfully accomplished is no longer potential. It is said that unless you do something beyond what you have done, you will never grow or experience your full potential. Potential demands that you never settle for what you have accomplished. One of the great enemies of your potential is success. In order to realize your full potential, you must never be satisfied with your last accomplishment. It is also important that you never let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life that never realized its full potential. You must decide today not to rob the world of the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you. Potential never has a retirement plan.

"The greatest  tragedy in life is not death, but a life that never  realized its full potential." by Myres Munroe

God bless you!

The Wealthiest Spot on Earth.

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according

to His power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20 NIV).

The wealthiest spot on this planet is not the oil fields of Kuwait, Iraq, or Saudi Arabia. Neither is it the gold and diamond mines of South Africa, the uranium mines of the Soviet Union, or the silver mines of Africa. Though it may surprise you, the richest deposits on our planet lie just a few blocks from your house. They rest in your local cemetery or graveyard. Buried beneath the soil within the walls of those sacred grounds are dreams that never came to pass, songs that were never sung, books that were never written, paintings that

never filled a canvas, ideas that were never shared, visions that never became reality, inventions that were never designed, plans that never went beyond the drawing board of the mind, and purposes that were

never fulfilled. Our graveyards are filled with potential that remained potential. What a tragedy!

Only a minute percentage of the five billion people on this planet will experience a significant portion of their true potential. Are you a candidate for contributing to the wealth of the cemetery?

Ask yourself the following questions.

Who am I?

Why am I here?

How much potential do I have? 

What am I capable of doing?

By what criteria should I measure my ability?

Who sets the standards?

By what process can I maximize my ability?

What are my limitations?

Within the answers to these questions lies the key to a fulfilled, effective life. One of the greatest tragedies in life is to watch potential die untapped. Many potentially great men and women never realize their potential because they do not understand the nature and concept of the potential principle. As God has revealed to me the nature of potential, I have received a burden to teach others what I have learned. There’s a wealth of potential in you. I know, because God has shown me the vast store He placed in me. My purpose is to help you understand that potential and get it out. You must decide if you are going to rob the world or

bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you. You are more than what you have done.

"One of the greatest tragedies in life is to watch potential  die untapped."

God Bless you.

source/Myres munroe's Book

MU GIHE IMFATIRO ZASENYUTSE By Dr Bishop Fidele Masengo

Zaburi 11:3 - Niba imfatiro zishenywe, Umukiranutsi yakora iki?

Muri iki gitondo nibajije cyane kuri iki kibazo numva kigoye gusubiza.

Natekereje ku mfatiro z'abantu nsanga ari ninshi harimo: ubuzima(santé), ubukungu, umuryango, akazi, igihugu, inshuti, urugo cg urushako, etc.

Nibajije ngo mu gihe izi mfatiro zisenyutse umuntu yakora iki?

Nasanze abantu basenye zimwe muri izo mfatiro bajya bakora byinshi: kwiheba, kwimuka, kwiyanga, kwiyahura, guhungabana, kubyakira, kwiganyira...Wewe usoma iyi nkuru uzi ubwawe uko wabyitwaramo cg wabyitwayemo!

Maze gutekereza nasanze hari igisubizo kimwe cyonyine gihagije, gikwiye. Dore ngiki:

Imigani 18:10 - Izina ry'Uwiteka ni umunara ukomeye, Umukiranutsi awuhungiramo, agakomera.

Ahandi hose uhungira, ikindi cyemezo ufata ntacyo gihindura.

Kubera kumenya ubu bwihisho, ndakugira inama yo gukora ibi bintu 5 mu gihe imfatiro zawe zasenyutse:

1) Gushaka Imana;

2) Guhungira ku Mana;

3) Gusenga Imana;

4) Kwiringira no kwizera Imana;

5) Kuguma mu Mana;

USHAKA KU KUBUZA GUTERA IMBERE AKUBUZA GUTANGIRA!

Yobu : 8:7 

"Nubwo itangira ryawe ryari rito, amaherezo yawe wakunguka cyane"

Buri muntu wese usanga afite inzozi, zo kugera kubintu runaka, uko niko rimwe narimwe ubiganiriza inshuti, abavandimwe, ababyeyi n'abandi batandukanye ushaka ko bakugira Inama! muri bimwe nabonye ko Satani arwanya n'itangira, burya itangira ry'Ikintu cyose riba rihishemo itsinzi yose.

Iyo umuntu akubujije gutera imbuto, si imbuto aba arwanyije, ahubwo aba ashaka kurwanya umusaruro wose muri rusange, niba ari ibiti abashaka kurwanya ishyamba, niba ari ugukuramo inda, abashaka kurimbura umuntu ukomeye imbere!

Igihe cyose itangira niryo rigira intambara, ariko ukwiye gusengera itangira ry'inzozi zawe, hari abo Satani azitira itangiro kuburyo bahora bavuga bati twe si ibyacu, mbese akabinanirwa mbere yuko abitangira, umuntu akaba yananirwa kwiga mbere yo kugera mw'ishuri, umuntu agahomba ataracuruza, umuntu agafunga urubyaro ataragira umugabo, umuntu akumva ko ntacyo ashoboye!

Imana yahise iherezo rya buri kintu mw'Itangira ryacyo, igihe cyose ufite iyerekwa runaka, Imana ntakindi igusa kereka gutangira ukagira icyo ibikoraho, reka mbabwire umubibibyi arahinga, ibikurikiraho bikaba iby'Imana kuko ariyo Ikuza. 

Ntushobora Gusoza urugendo utatangiye, buri kerecyezo twifuza kujyamo usanga bidusaba guhaguruka tugatera, urutambwe rugana aho tugiye, nyuma yaho tukabona Imbaraga cyangwa na lift, ibaze ko bigoye ko umuntu yaguha lift agusanze murugo cyangwa wicaye akibwira ko ugiye. Rimwe na rimwe tugira imbaraga zo gusha uko tugera iyo twagiye bitewe nuko hari ahao twavuye.

Sinzi icyo wibaza, sinzi impano ushaka ko ikura muri wowe, igihe cyose utayikoresheje ntushobora kubona ikura cyangwa ngo itere imbere, Satani mubintu arwanya n'Itangira, iyo umuntu ashoboye gutangira ikinti burya naho we atagisoza gisozwa n'abandi, ariko ntawasoza ikintu kitaratangira. Ushobora kuba wibaza uti ese nahera ko nta bushobozi mfite bwo gutangira? tangirira kuri wowe, Burya amafranga ni umuterankunga w'uwo uriwe. hera aho ugeze, hera kubyo ufite, tekereza ko ukwiye guhaguruka, tekereza kujya ahantu utigeze ugera mbere!

umwuka w'Ubwoba wereka umuntu ko ikitarakozwe n'abandi kidashoboka, ubundi ukakwereka ko ubwo abandi bagikoze wowe kitazaguhira, ariko ndashaka ku kubwira ko ntamuntu wahamagariwe gukora umurimo wawe nkuko wowe wahamagariwe kuwukora, umuntu mushobora kuba mukora bimwe ariko mutabikora kimwe, wahamagariwe kuzana impinduka, niba rero ushaka kuzana impinduka mubuzima bwawe, Imana igusaba gutangira uyu munsi, renga imipaka y'abaguca intege, egera imbere aho watinyaga kugera, egera abantu bakubwiye ko bategerwa!

uyu munsi wanone ukwiye guhindura imyumvire ugatangira, abantu benshi Satani abereka ko nibatangira batazakomeza, reka nkubwire ko igihe cyose utangiye ntuba ukiri aho wari uri, niyo udakomeje uba wageze kucyo utari wakagezeho, gerageza utangire, gira icyo ukora kuri izo ndirimbo wahimbye, gira icyo ukora kuri uwo mushinga ufite, tangira ubikoreho, bivuge, reka nkubwire ko iyo udatangiye kugira icyo ukora ntago abantu bashaka gufatanya nawe baba bazi ko ibyo bintu bihari! 

ntago byatinze, uyu munsi ushobora gutangira, ushobora gusubira mw'ishuri niba ari inzozi zawe, ushobora kuririmba niba zari inzozi zawe, watangira gukina filime, watangira gufasha imfumbyi, wagira icyo ukora! igihe kimwe mother tereza yiyemeje gufasha abahinde b'abakene, maze abantu baramuseka bati ubuhinde bufite abakene benshi ntuzabivamo, ariko ntiyacika intege asubiza abantu ati: ngiye gutangirira kuri umwe" nawe ushobora gutangirira kuri Umwe, ushobora gutangirira kugishoro gike, ushobora gutangira ukora bike, iherezo ryawe Uzunguka cyane.

Ukwiye guca umugozi ukubuza gutangira uyu munsi, ntutegereze, kubikora umwaka utaha, igihe ufite n'iki, kuko wahawe uyu munsi, iherezo ryawe Uzunguka. Satani ntakubuze gutangira. akazi ke ni ukwiba inzozi, kwica inzozi, no kurimburana izozi na nyirazo. uri hano kubw'Impamvu kandi satani arabizi, niyo mpamvu agutera kumva ko ntacyo wabikoraho! 

hindura imyumvire Imana iri kumwe nawe kuko niyo yaguhaye Umwuka wo guhumeka!

Ndabakunda!

Pastor Gaudin Mutagoma

New Jerusalem Church.